v0rt3x22 wrote...
maaaze wrote...
It is good for your headcanon ... you can imagine how his life would have continued.
but Shepards story is done...and that is good in my opinion...let´s explore something new.
explore new characters.
Ah I see - so him surviving - and his LI going out to look for him - is all left up to my imagination.
Let me give you a little backstory on this if I may. When the original endings were release-the torso ending couldn't even be achieved by everyone due to the need to play multiplayer. And those that saw it asked repeatedly what the hell it meant since the Normandy was stranded. People wanted, begged, asked for clarity and closure on this ending far more than any other. In fact, Bioware even noted many times that they knew that this being the end of Shepard's story would mean people would be sad to say goodbye to Shepard. Well, sad can't describe it when the best you can hope for is a torso gasping in rubble that may just be abandoned there. People repeatedly expressed a desire to actually get the chance to say goodbye to Shepard and to understand where the torso was and how the torso got where it was. Bioware said they were listening, even said they'd seen fan videos on youtube-but what do most of the fan videos show from ME1 on? Personalized Shepards romancing characters-this mattered. And unless Bioware was in a bubble somewhere they knew it.
Prior to the EC's release Bioware said on twitter that there would be a Shepard reunion with friends. Great good-that's what some people wanted and that is just as valid a desire as those that thought a Shepard sacrifice would be great-why not both? The EC came out and fans were looking for that reunion, but couldn't find one. This is almost a direct parallel as to what happened initially when Bioware said you could get all endings without MP-which was proven to be false. Now, fans couldn't figure out how to get a reunion ending-not some big scene of blue children or drinks on a beach, but one scene where Shepard sees friends/LI/teammates are alive. People asked where the reunion scene was and were told it was implied and clearly would happen. So, it went from people being basically told they'd see a living Shepard at the end of the game if they chose to do so to it being head canon, AGAIN. After that people were told various contradictory things about it-that they had no way of doing a bunch of personalized reunion endings-REALLY? Really, in a game where you get a lot of personalized Shepard dies endings. One scene was too much. Especially given that within the DLC there is extraneous content that merely takes up room.
What was the first thing we all did in ME1 that let us know that we were personalizing it? We created a face for our Shepard, we took possession of Shepard. What did Bioware deny us at the end when we were saying goodbye to the only Shepard that lives? A last look at that face we created and one chance for our selfless hero or even self-serving hero to finally find a tidbit of happiness after years of sacrifice. Not bunnies and rainbows because the galaxy is a mess. But life, some hope, and some true closure. I paid for a video game. That implies 2 things. A possible win if I work hard and visuals in an ending. The hero of three games deserved a face and a life and a real sendoff at the end, not head canon. Shepard deserved to be brought up out of the dirt and rubble and only sadistic people would have decided not to do that. That's not art, it's cruel to fans. No, not everyone cared about it, but a sufficient number of fans did and should not have to imagine the ending of a game.
Death is not artistic and depressing is not fun. I have no reason and no impetus to play the games again or to buy pre-ending DLC, but they are working on getting us to do just that. What for if I will always get what I've already gotten? There's no reason for it.
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