eyezonlyii wrote...
MassivelyEffective0730 wrote...
My only complaint is the eggregious nature of many of their projects. TIM resorted too often to methods for projects that could have been accomplished in less bloody and violent means. Not that I'm morally or ethically opposed to such means, but many of them weren't practical and were downright brutal for brutalities sake which ended up being very, very expensive for the organization. They all accomplished their goals despite the costs, but I still can't help but feel that Cerberus could have been much more economical in their methods.
What projects in ME1 actually went to plan? Everytime you visited a Cerberus facility, the experiments were running wild.
Read my link.
1) We don't actually know what the purpose of the experiments were.
2) Aside from the Rachni, which were acknowledged as a mistake in ME1 and ME2, everything we see was going to plan. Anything that went awry was out of Cerberus' control, mainly due to Shepard's intervention.
And you're really not morally or ethically opposed to projects and experiments that cause such pain and suffering for indeterminate outcomes? Really? I'm not sure whether to admire or admonish such a viewpoint.
Nope. As long as the end is worthy enough (and I deem Cerberus' ends as such), then I'm perfectly fine with whatever goes into the fruition of my goal.
I have only two criteria:
1) Does it help my goal, or does it impede it?
2) Is it practical and applicable and economical?
As I said, it's a very utilitarian and Machiavellian perspective. I'm not sure if it qualifies for what John Stuart Mill was aiming for, but it fits as I interpret it.
Like I said, had TIM known the Reapers were coming for decades, or had found out in ME1 and tried to warn the galaxy, I could almost understand the brutal and corner cutting method of what they were working on, but clearly as we see in ME1, they were dirty just to be dirty, and that I cannot fathom myself tolerating.
He did know the Reapers were coming. Part of his goal for Cerberus was to prepare humanity for their eventual arrival. Even though the Reapers weren't mentioned by name nor did TIM know as such, he did realize that something threatening was out there and was preparing to unleash its fury upon the galaxy.
As I said, we don't know what their objectives were, and I also know the reason they failed was because I interfered with them, which I do rather regret.
If the game had allowed you to ask about the other pojects and Shepard was given realistic answers, then fine, but for eveytime you do ask, the answer is "Oh that cell got out of hand." How much control can he really have if all these cells can't keep it together?
That was only used once. Most other projects weren't mentioned, nor did you have any real information on everything that was going on.
As I said, read my link. I have more, though I don't know if you'd like the blatant Cerberus fanboyism, even though I like to think they're solid arguments.
I acknowledge I'm cold, practical, and detached and dispassionate. I consider it a virtue. Compassion is a strength at times, and at others, it is an undoing.
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