Marstead wrote...
I think BioWare gets a big round of applause for successfully writing away everyone's suspicion of Cerberus.
Everywhere I look, I see Wilson's motives listed as a potential "plot hole"; even the Wiki doesn't cast a shred of doubt on whether he was actually a traitor. If you look at the rest of the game, and the way both Miranda and the Illusive Man behave, it makes a lot more sense if the entire opening level was an intentional "fire course" built to test Shepard's abilities:
1) The incident occurs shortly after Shepard wakes up consciously for the first time.
2) Miranda does not hesitate for a moment to kill Wilson, and handwaves him as a traitor. The Illusive Man does similar handwaving when he mentions Wilson.
3) The Illusive Man's comments on the Mission Complete screen mention all evidence of the Lazarus Project facility being destroyed. If this was the intent, it would make sense to loose mechs on the involved scientists, kill its lead scientist, and all the while test Shepard's mettle.
4) Jacob & Miranda state pretty straight away on the shuttle that little additional evidence of Shepard's identity is necessary because of his performance on the ship.
5) Despite the game's largely successful attempts to change gamers' opinions about Cerberus, you have to remember that they were in fact performing vile experiments and are still an extremely shady organization. If you play the game Renegade, we know for a fact that the Illusive Man and Miranda lied outright to Shepard about the treatment of Veetor-they promised he would be returned unharmed after brief questioning, but talking to him on the Flotilla reveals he was tortured and drugged. These are not good people.
I don't think that Jacob was in on the deception; just Miranda and the Illusive Man. I think Miranda remains an "enemy" of sorts until the very end of the game, when you win her loyalty on the Collector Ship.
tl;dr:Wilson wasn't a traitor and he didn't matter; it makes sense for Cerberus to have done everything at the beginning of the game on purpose.
So...the fact that Cerberus is a bad, immoral organization makes it impossible for any of their own agents to turn rogue for any reason whatsoever? Your argument is a non sequitur. You've also ommited all of the evidence that makes Wilson the prime suspect such as his personal logs, the fact that he has clearance to the security mechs despite being apart of the medical devision, and the suspicious way he claims that the mechs shot him, but when you find him there are no mechs to be seen anywhere.
Let me address each of your points.
1. Wrong. It is not the first time Shepard wakes up. He wakes up once before, quite conscious, before he's put to sleep again with sedatives. I don't think the incident occurs shortly after Shepard wakes up. I think the chronology is 1. Facility is attacked. 2. Shepard wakes up to the sound of Miranda's voice.
2. Miranda doesn't hesitate to kill Wilson because she knows that he's responsible for the facility's mechs being hacked to fire upon Cerberus personell. Even before she pulls the trigger when bumping into Wilson, you can see her facial expression change from neutrality to an angry scowl as she's looking directly at Wilson.
3. I can't comment. I need to read the mission report again.
4. Because Shepard's performance in battle against the hacked mechs was satisfactory doesn't mean Cerberus was responsible for attacking its own facility. In fact, it makes little sense for the Illusive Man, after investing most of his resources into bringing Shepard back to life and rebuilding the Normandy, to risk killing Shepard. There are much less risky - and better - ways to evaluate Shepard's abilities.
5. You're claiming that Mass Effect 2 has succesfuly convinced gamers that Cerberus is actually not as bad as it was made out to be in ME1 without providing any evidence to back up your claim. The remainder of your 5th point is irrelevant in terms of your argument. The fact that Cerberus is an unethical organization does not mean that they're responsible for disrupting the Lazarus Project.
Modifié par Weskerr, 24 février 2010 - 09:52 .
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