I am so sick and tired of suffering on Bioware's account. They give us wonderful characters whose personalities and characteristics are both realistic and lovable, then decide that continuing such old flames in a sequel would make too much sense. Therefore, following the standard Bioware train of thought, angering the fanbase who legitimately cares about the characters is preferrable to not providing new, thoroughly dislikable party members whose presence is merely for sex appeal, and to encourage cheating.
They obviously feel that it is easier to introduce a new romance, hit the proverbial "reset" button, and start from sctach, rather than, I don't know... make the game
enjoyable and build on an old romance. It wouldn't hurt the story, oh BW, to keep a romance going into the stages beyond the initial attraction and mindless... well, you know. It's far more realistic! Why can't Liara remain Shepard's mate? Would that cramp his style or something? Don't want to distract from the story with features that actually made us buy the game?
We bought this game because it promised the revolutionary idea of carrying over your decisions, but it seems that they're afraid to commit to such a big endeavour (You're making an RPG! What did you think this would be, easy?) . We don't want brief cameos from characters we care about, we want them to remain as integral to the plot as Shepard himself (Or herself, political correctness and all). Shepard is only part of what made Mass Effect great! It's like having a delicious cake that isn't a lie (Portal joke), then deciding you would like to buy another. But the bakers decided that they want to continue impressing (Yes, I am quite aware they could just keep selling you the same great cake, but bear with me here!
), so they add all these extra fixings, while removing 89% of what made the original so great! We didn't come back to taste more chocolate icing, we came back to enjoy the whole experience! The icing is only part of what makes it great! (Now I'm going to stop this cake simile before I really embarass myself... Too late.
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Ultimately, I just want my old Liara back. Or even my new, darker one (I understand she's been through a lot). It's not uncool to stay together with your old love. Sure, you want to expand, try new things, "keep it fresh" and what not, but why not accomodate us nostalgic old fools who just want one soul to love? Nice try there with the beautiful Australian chick, mates, but I'm a blue-skin-loving kind of guy. The point of a sequel of this proportion and design is to expand on what was already great, provide new things for those of us who have high enough standards to expect new characters, but don't leave us devoted fans out in the cold! We just want what was promised to us, and continue our old romances! Do what you will with new characters!
Modifié par Sigilius, 14 février 2010 - 01:58 .
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