magnetite wrote...
Finally, I think demanding game developers to change their ending of their game is wrong. In fact, I think demanding any company to change their product just because you're not happy with it is wrong. The way that people should have gone about is by asking and leaving personal reviews and advice on forums like this one. Asking is a lot nicer than demanding and you're more likely to get what you want.
I don't know. Some people think that because they paid $60 means that they have the right to be satisfied. Or that since they spent 200+ hours playing a game series, that it automatically entitles them to anything they want.
The real definition of a loyal fan is someone who keeps supporting Bioware and buying their stuff no matter what happens. These people who were handed an Extended Cut made by Bioware themselves specifically for them to provide a little more closure and a few less plot holes (perceived plot holes not actual plot holes). The stuff people are complaining about is not a plot hole), and then turning around and saying stuff like "not good enough" "I need more closure, or less plot holes" aren't loyal fans in the slightest.
One of the reasons this place was stated to be increasingly toxic by someone who works for them. They also went on to say that the BSN is not the only place they get their feedback from. They have met plenty of people who hold Mass Effect 3 and it's ending in high praise, instead of people around here who continue to be bitter about the thing.
At this point, those people are disgruntled customers who have nothing better to do than to spend day in and day out talking about how much they were disappointed. At the end of the day, it's just a game. There are more important things in life to worry about.
You know what, magnetite, I think I agree with you.
I agree that you've been (as you are clearly, self-righteously hinting throughout this thread) a
loyal fan. You've praised Bioware repeatedly; you continue to defend them by re-hashing all the familiar 'fans-are-whiners' catch-cries and have been helpfully citing many of the articles that blighted the developer/audience conversation since the game first rolled out; and you have dismissed the rights of fans who are apparently 'too lazy to seek out the truth', and who consequentially complain about what they don't understand.
You are a 'true', loyal fan.
So don;t be shy. Go ahead and say the words.
Please. Don't just dance around being smug and implying that everyone is too stupid to glean the genius. Say what it is that people have missed. Share the
truth of the narrative.
Say the words 'Indoctrination Theory'.
Help everyone to reconnect with this game that they have
clearly,
sadly misunderstood. Allow them to share the complexity and depth that you have had the wisdom to perceive.
...Or are you not allowed to?
Has Bioware perhaps actively sought to silence this interpretation?
Your interpretation? Banished it from the forums? Have they actively pursued and locked down any discussion of this analysis for several months now, demanding that those who subscribe to it sequester themselves away in the non-public 'groups' section of the forum?
That seems a little weird, doesn't it? After all -
you are a loyal fan. You have a valid interpretation of the game, don't you? And this is
their genius that you are defending.
This is the 'truth' of the narrative that people like myself have ignorantly misunderstood. Heck, I thought the end of the game was a nonsense, intolerant,
deus ex machina ass-pull. What a jerk
I am. ...And yet I've never been ordered to hide my interpretation away from the public forum.
Hm. That's
weird, isn't it? I can call it lazy, incompetent, artless, unwittingly racist trash - and I'm allowed to speak the words. But you try to talk about the primary weapon of the Reaper forces - their capacity to bend the mind and thoughts of their enemies - and the discussion will get locked down by moderators.
Real weird.
But no, I'm sure your right. As a 'loyal' fan, who has understood the 'true' reading of the game's narrative (after all, you've read all of the codex entries), it makes sense that you should be unable to voice your opinion of a game that you love.
That must mean that you are right. It must mean that Bioware has treated its fans fairly and openly. And it must definitely mean that those who do not subscribe to IT are wrong, and deserve your pity and contempt.
So thank you.
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