I have just finished my playthrough of the game with this mod installed, and I would like to comment on it.
First, I encountered no bugs, everything has worked flawlessly. The installation might seem a bit complicated for some people at first, but everything is described well in the readme file. It really doesn't take much longer to install this mod than to write another angry post about the ending of the game on the forums.
Now on to the content. Of course no mod can provide what BioWare promised and what should have been mandatory for a great trilogy such as this. What many people rightly expected was a range of several different possible endings in which most of at least the important decisions during the three games mattered visibly instead of just adding to some imaginary score. Of equal importance was proper closure to Shepard's story. Shepard as the protagonist of this story deserved better than the possible endings that the main game provided, and the players deserved more too after BioWare created such a remarkable character to which most players became attached during those three games. And in my opinion, a proper happy ending has to be one possible option for a trilogy such as this. Unfortunately, neither of that was delivered. Instead the otherwise fantastic game ended with some of the most contrived and badly written content at least in BioWare's history. And the EC did little to correct these shortcomings.
But all of that has been discussed countless times. As I said, no mod can be expected to add all the content that BioWare should have delivered in the first place. Nevertheless, this mod improves the finale of the game a lot, and it will certainly remain a part of my game. As far as I'm concerned, the star kid and its nonsense are now out of the game for good, and that alone makes it worth installing this mod. But even better, Shepard finally receives proper closure as well. In fact, the scene where Shepard is reunited with the LI is what I like best in this mod. Not only does it add exactly what I always felt was needed, it certainly does so in style. Right to in my case Liara's facial expression, the execution and staging of that scene is on par with the rest of the game. This is truly amazing, and the best part of it is that it's an in-game cutscene with our own Shepard taking part in it.
It remains somewhat unclear how exactly Shepard was rescued, but of course that's due to limitations especially as far as voiced content is concerned. Yet the clever recombination of cutscenes works well enough. And of course it's not as if BioWare themselves explained each and everything.
I also like the additions made to the scene where Shepard runs up to the beam. Harbinger's taunts add a small, but atmospheric detail to it.
I would probably vote to remove the final scene with the man and his grandchild, if possible. That scene always felt out of place to me, and it doesn't seem to serve a real purpose. We all know that it was just a story, there's no need to spell it out. Maybe it could be replaced by something more meaningful, but what that could be after the credits would be up for discussion.
Overall, this mod is most likely the best that we'll ever receive as far as a proper ending to the game is concerned. Any future updates would be appreciated, but the most important fixes to the ending of the game are there now. I would like to thank you, MrFob, for the mod and everyone else who made it possible, especially those who created the tools. The community and the resulting mods are one reason why my platform of choice for video games solidly remains the PC.
Modifié par bjdbwea, 26 novembre 2012 - 02:08 .
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