jtav wrote...
Several people have said that the ME 1 LIs deserve a "better" payoff in ME 3 because other there was no point in keeping them out of ME2. I think this is nonsense. No Bioware character is ever "just" a LI. Ashley, Kaidan, and Liara have great things planned for them. The devs have essentially said they were sidelined in 2 so they could be in 3. They'll most likely be just as important as they were in the fist game, if not more so. This has no bearing on a romantic arc.
What's my point? I didn't connect with any of them as LIs (yes, I played ME first). I connected in spades with Garrus, Thane, and Miranda. I want the same level of romance (not plot) content with them, whether that be anything from a "Faithful" achievement if you only romance one person in the trilogy to dialogue and cutscenes. Please, Bioware, don't assume that they were just flings or temptation. My Sheps fell in love.
Let me preface this with an actual real response instead of my usual sarcastic and snide comments. Then I'll get to those.
I agree with you. Seeing your favorite character get thrown into a crappy cameo role is about the worst thing BW could do the player's emotional engagement to the game. It clearly ruined they entire experience of ME2 for me personally. Seeing a character you developed an emotional attachment to go through a transformation to the point that there is very little of the character you originally were introduced to left is about the biggest letdown you can get coming into a follow up to a game.
I really wouldn't want that to happen to anyone's favorite character even if I personally do not like said character.
That said, I do think the fans of the ME1 LI's who stayed faithful do deserve some sort of payoff. That's not to say the ME2 LI fans should not get a good ending as well, but not the same kind of ending as someone who has stayed with the same LI through all 3 games. Part of that is to make up for the fact that our 3 act story is now missing its second chapter and part of that is to represent the deeper emotional attachment Shepard would need to of had to stay with that same character after the crap BW pulled on the characters in ME2. I think it makes sense storywise that a faithful Shep clearly has a deeper emotional attachment to those characters after all they have been through.
I'd also like to see it just to see BW make good on the promise they have made to the fans. They told us there would be a big ayoff for staying faithful. If the ME2 LI's get the same level of attention, content, and emotional conclusion then was what BW said all just a bunch of smoke blowing and half truths just to placate people? As much as my opinion of BW as story tellers has dropped due to ME2 I'd like to seem them at least save a little bit of face by at making good on this promise.
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