In general, I've found the series gets more and more implausible as it goes on, pretty much starting with Shepard dying and being brought back to life. ME2/3 are definitely very enjoyable for me, but they both are pretty problematic story/logic wise at multiple points.
- Speaking of which. Not just the face (s)he dies and comes back to life but apparently no one really cares (other than a ME1 love interest I guess).. Even Shepard has almost no real reaction to being dead (apart from talking to Jacob, if you romance him, if I remember right) until Chronos Station in ME3. In a way it only emphasizes that it was a stunt for plot purposes.
- Jack being a teacher at Grissom Academy only a few months after being a rage-filled person with major psychological issues. Doubly so if the player was a renegade with her/didn't do her loyalty mission
- The Collectors attacking the Normandy in the opening of ME2...they don't even bother targeting the escape pods. So...if Shepard had reached a pod everything would have been hunky dory?
- Shepard being able to choose the next councilor in ME1. Yes, (s)he's a hero and important and it's more about making hte player feel that, but it also doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Especially since the Alliance approving Anderson doesn't really make sense either....a spec ops guy who was just captaining a frigate is on the Council?
- The move from "annoying but generally competent" to "completely and intentionally unhelpful" and "short-sighted to the point of utter stupidity" the Council makes from ME1 to 2 in order to help justify the "need" to work with Cerberus. Especially stupid for the Turians (hyper-militarized, always ready to neutralize threats) and Salarians (uh, what about that whole "win the war before it starts" doctrine?)
- Udina's involvement with Cerberus in ME3. If he's indoctrinated (like Edi suggests he is), then is he the only one? If he is, how and why? If he is not, why isn't it ever mentioned? If he isn't indoctrinated then why the hell would "being desperate" make him think any of it would ever work? He may be a jackass, but why would he ever think that him being the surviving Councilor would mean the entire galaxy would unite behind him and move on Earth?
- Somewhat related, I know it's for "plot reasons" but why is Tali's recording the only time someone bothers to use a recording, especially with omni-tools around? They apparently forgot to record any of Sovereign, it's mentioned (if I remember right) that someone on your squad recorded Vigil but that's lost. You could throw in not having Shepard record or in be contact with the Salarian Councilor if they're alive.
- This is more of a game mechanics thing but not being able to reply to emails. It's already kind of annoying to me that they didn't voice the messages (especially since some would definitely benefit from them), but it makes them feel even more sterile when you can't respond (Even via a dialog tree)
A machine (Legion) having a Shepard fetish;
If Chris L'Etoile is accurate and it's simple because someone thought it'd be "cool", double face-palm worthy
Modifié par Belisarius25, 02 février 2013 - 01:42 .