tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post1903018650301414216..comments2024-03-28T07:16:05.720-07:00Comments on Experience Points: EXP Podcast #166: Bioware BluesJorge Alborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857765716032886965noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-3723374007851051642012-04-08T15:16:23.652-07:002012-04-08T15:16:23.652-07:00Really enjoyed your discussion. I absolutely love...Really enjoyed your discussion. I absolutely loved the game - I think it's my favorite of the three, and at first I couldn't understand how people were complaining that their choices didn't matter. You had the power to end thousand-year-old conflicts and save entire species from extinction. Not through violence (well, mostly), but through reasoning and empathy. What other game can you say that about? Even if you take the most negative interpretation of the ending - that you failed and the entire universe is destroyed - you still brought hope to the dying and hopeless. Isn't that worth something?<br /><br />The final cutscene was a bit... odd, but I agree that the "deus ex machina" was set up beforehand. We were always told that the galaxy was using technology it didn't understand, and it made sense to me that the final outcome would be heavily guided by forces beyond your control. It's not an ideal ending, but I feel like it fit the universe they set up.<br /><br />After reading through the articles, I didn't realize that the Bioware developers were so explicit about how the ending would not be a "pick-one" cutscene. I also didn't know that it directly contradicted the DLC and novels (which I skipped). So on that front, I can see why people are upset. But I think it's a bit much to call for a new ending, or to be so put off as to swear off Bioware games forever. I think that belittles all that the game accomplished.<br /><br />My only real disappointment was that I missed out on Mordin's story arc. He died mysteriously in my ME2 game and was replaced with a kind of generic salarian, which wasn't nearly as effective.Chyneshttp://www.chynes.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com