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Post by therevanchist25 on Apr 6, 2020 4:16:12 GMT
Shepard was born in 2154 - which was 6 years after mass effect physics were discovered, 2 years after the first human colony was established, and 3 years before the First Contact War and humanity's induction into greater galactic society. Shepard grew up in a world that included aliens, and would have learned some basics about different species in grade school. On top of that, Shep was a mid-level Alliance officer, a proven N7, the XO of a technologically advanced ship, and a Spectre candidate. You don't get to that point without having some basic knowledge of the different species and a fair bit of actual contact with them. Shep's basic officer training would have included significant details about different species' military tactics & strategies, assets, capabilities, troop strengths, and liasion-ship in learning how to work with them. That's all pretty basic knowledge for someone in Shep's position. I'm perfectly willing to give a pass on Shep learning about quarians from Tali. Quarians had been in exile for - what, 300 years I think - and whatever was previously known about their culture may have changed. Shepard should have been aware of the Pilgrimage, though, since quarians on Pilgrimage were regular fixtures throughout the galaxy. I think you're crucially underestimating just how isolated Bioware intended Humanity to be a the start of Mass Effect. The amount of humans that have daily interactions with Aliens probably doesn't number above a few thousand, on a total population of Billions that's tiny, it logically follows that most Humans, even the majority of Alliance personnel, will never leave Human space much less visit the Citadel. As for education we don't have a clear point of reference as to what humans of various ranks are supposed to now, in 2007 gamers knew even less about the universe than Shepard so it's not strange most reviewers weren't perturbed by the game's exposition. If anything, one can criticize the games for focussing too much on the tiny minority of humanity that spread out across the galaxy and too few on the majority of earthlings and those from the larger colonies. For example we don't visit earth until the third game and even then don't interact with common citizenry or militia, only the privileged aristocracy, so the speak. Part of this flaw is inherent to format of the games of course, uncovering galaxy shattering mysteries isn't going to work as well when you spend the entire game on a residential colony. Certain characters do alude that Shepard is somewhat of a yokel, with his or her candidacy for the Spectres being largely based on Torfan/Elysium/Akuze. Confusingly, other moments do seem to indicate Shepard has extensive knowledge, such as the inspection quest were Shepard can effortlessly demolish an admiral with his statements on Turian design preferences and the Normandy's engineering. To wrap it up I generally feel Bioware's goal was to emphasize on Humanity's relative isolation to the rest of the galaxy, with Shepard as an exemplary military officer who is largely uncaring to the world outside of the Alliance. While this user deleted his account (god speed on your en devours) I wholeheartedly agree with this assessment. I'm not sure why so many people assume Shepard, or hell even most of humanity in this universe are nerds who spend like 10 years in college compiling degrees. For example, I live in America, the most ignorant first world country on earth. I actually know someone whose never heard of the state of Montana. We live in a world where people seriously still believe the Earth is fucking flat, and that we never landed on the Moon. We live in a world where people are so ignorant people compare elected officials they disagree with with Adolf Hitler and mean it with complete sincerity. Humans for the most part, are incredibly dumb.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Apr 5, 2020 22:35:01 GMT
In no reality does limited ammo make more logical sense than unlimited ammo. I do not understand why people keep debating this.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Apr 4, 2020 20:26:24 GMT
Well, I did it, I completed Mass Effect 3, with all the DLCs. Leviathan, Omega, Citadel. But I couldn't do it with the original game.
In 2012 I was very disgusted with ME3. The noticeable drop in the writing quality made ME3 a disjointed experience for me. The game has some geat moments, but I couldn't overlook some of its deepest flaws, especially the endings. This was made even worse with BW's response to it all at that time.
So, I buried myself in MP (and it was the best MP experience I had in gaming until now!), and accumulated +1000 hours on it. Ocasionally I tried to play SP, but couldn't get through Mars. I couldn't bother with all the bad writing. I didn't buy the DLCs as well, because I totally disagree with this business model.
Time passed by, and in 2019 I discovered some beautiful mods for ME3SP. Expanded Priority Earth, Galaxy Map Overhaul, High-Res Textures, Better Ending mods, Tali's face and romance mods etc. So I finally installed it all (a hefty 60 gbs worth of mods!), and kicked The Reapers ass to oblivion. To finish it all I played Citadel DLC after destroying the Reapers. Had my party, got everyone drunk (except Jack, who would thought...), and went to The Normandy again, to continue Shepard's journey.
The veridict? The game is good now. Not great mind you, good. It still has Kai Leng's bullshit, It still goes to the Organic vs Synthetic bullshit, it still has the nightmarish mission track and journal. I would change the entire third act, even make a Mass Effect 3, part two. But at least I can finally make peace with this game, and put it to rest, until some crazy modder makes an complete overhaul or BW decide to remaster or remake the trilogy.
I feel your pain my friend... Sadly I played the OT on consoles so I had no way to improve the travesty. i just recently discovered Priority Earth Overhaul, due to me not being able to use mods for ME I dont seek them out. But I'll tell you what, when I saw the trailer showcasing the changes to the final beam charge, with Harbinger screaming his taunts, with the Shadow Broker song playing...I am not ashamed to admit I jumped from my chair and cried out in a mix of anger and excitement, on the verge of tears of frustration. Because for that moment that is exactly what I wanted. Also the MEHEM, I feel like that ending was the most no brainer decision of all time, people on these forums don't like it because it robs them of their choice, but frankly it's the most logical ending the game can have, and if it wasn't for 2 guys who thought they were cute thats probably the ending we would have gotten. Which would have been a better ending in the long run for the sake of the franchise. You are right, those two mods alone, make a terrible game way better than it has any right to be. It is unfortunate that those mods cannot actually fix the problems ME3 created. So I am glad someone is able to find peace with this game and put it to bed, alas, I am forever cursed, because in the back of my mind, I know the mods aren't canon, and ME is still forever damaged by the "real" course of events. So sadly for me, the pain is ever lasting. But god speed to you, for finally putting it behind you. Gods knows I wish I could.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 26, 2020 23:21:48 GMT
It's revealed that Solas was preparing an army to combat the threat from Those Beyond The Sea, the same enemy the Qunari ran from when they arrived in Thedas. He lied about the Evanuris because he didn't want to scare people with knowledge of an unstoppable enemy. Turns out Those Beyond The Sea are gigantic, skyscraper sized squids who screech in Dub-step and shoot boiling hot ink from their glans, they call themselves the Grims. Then halfway through the game the Grims arrive and begin to purge Thedas of all life, so nature can reclaim it, because the cycle of nature cannot be broken by artificial interference. Near the end of the game we get a messenger that approaches and tells our company about The Miracle at Par Vollen how the Qunari destroyed several Grims by launching a suicide attack with several Dreadnoughts. This inspires the folks of Thedas, and together with Solas we drive the Grims back beyond Sea. It is at this moment that Solas strikes, and reveals that he lied about his lie about the Evanuris, and he needed Soul Essence from the Grims to shatter the Veil, which he does at once while evilly monologueing, because the Evanuris are actually his buddies, one more lie he told, and he releases them and they all fist bump and laugh while your party is utterly stomped and Thedas is brought to Heel, and Solas assumes the mantle of Leadership with his buddies and rules all of Thedas forever while he hangs the corpses of your party, the inquisitor, the HoF, Hawke, everyone we ever loved or cared about in the franchise outside of his palaces walls, as a lesson to all future generations that resistance is futile. The End.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 23, 2020 17:17:58 GMT
Lack of playable space combat. I love space combat. Possibly my favorite aspect of sci fi. I just eventually want the ME series to let me play it, at least once. Only if it's optional, like in SWTOR. A turret section is not space combat.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 21, 2020 19:16:10 GMT
Considering they were a candidate to become a SPECTRE, I imagine Anderson would have Shepard studying all about the alien cultures in more detail. The time between potential candidate and narrative shit hitting the fan was virtually non existent. As I understand it normally the process goes on for quite some time, so yeah I'm sure Anderson would have eventually under normal circumstances. And let's not forget the whole reason Shepard is even a candidate is because Shepard survived something horrific, in some form. Either butchering people on Torfan, surviving Threshers or saving Elysium. None of those things requires Shepard to have in depth knowledge of Alien cultures. Shepard was nominated because they " prove they get things done". Not because they know the proper greeting to give to an Elcor Diplomat.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 20, 2020 21:29:17 GMT
I mean, in a perfect world I don't want Mass Effect to go down the Reboot road either. Sadly we don't live in a perfect world. We live in a world where I personally feel like the Setting is almost damaged beyond repair. I don't see a future for this franchise with Andromeda being the only path forward. That is ultimately the problem, to me. Due to the clusterfuck this franchise has been subjected to, there is basically no flexibility for ideas. It's Andromeda or death. I'd agree that TMW is a narrative graveyard at this point. They created the setting for a trilogy, told the stories they'd planned there, and killed it on the way out. Thinking back to ME1, many of the details of the setting you mention here were not revealed until later games. The moment we left ME1's character creator, we were thrust into this world whose scope reached an entire galaxy with an established hierarchy, history and culture. We learned about it by talking to other characters, accessing Avina, and tell me about your species, Mr. Ambassador interactions. A lot of ME1 was info dump, and the way much of it was done is... less than ideal for building narrative and for roleplaying. The "show don't tell" gave way to history lessons, and Shepard needed to ask a lot of questions about things they should already know so the players could learn the answers. From time to time, the possibility of a prequel comes up, and the First Contact War is mentioned as an option. It might have been interesting to have gone through the whole process of discovering aliens for the first time, learning that there are multiple species and a form of government that spans much of the galaxy, but - we already know how all of that turned out. We were dumped into the middle of the "30 years later" the first time we loaded ME1. In Andromeda, we have the opportunity to go through the entire process, from the beginning. We can experience the prequel. At least as much at TMW ever did? We've visited but a single cluster of it thus far, and I'm hopeful that BioWare's experience with MET might prevent them from making some of the same miscalculations in Andromeda. One of the lessons I'm guessing they learned is to down-scale and not involve the entire galaxy in conflicts that arise. FTFY. Tropes, tropes, everywhere. There's a limit to archetypes and the number of unique stories that can be told. What matters is execution, and we've really not seen enough of that in Andromeda yet to know how any of it is going to pan out. As I mentioned before, that's because we were thrust into a world that spanned an entire galaxy with an established hierarchy, history, etc. - and even then, we weren't introduced to the vorcha, drell, or yahg until the second game. We're just getting started in a single cluster in Andromeda, and I think the disappointment expressed here aptly demonstrates the amount of baggage and expectations people brought to Andromeda with them. Realistically, such comparisons are unavoidable, but it would help if we could remember that MEA is more of a spin-off than a sequel, and has an entirely different premise and architecture. Speaking of references and call backs, the entire second paragraph of your post was all about them, and wanting to visit places that have never existed in any physical form - they are all just concepts at this point. Whether it would ultimately delight or further frustrate people to see them actually implemented depends entirely on the execution and perhaps how closely the actuality meets expectations - which is true of any new areas/levels they build, in whatever galaxy. In any case, I'm not sure why a disappointed fanbase would trust the same people who wrecked an entire galaxy as a setting and then went on to create a poorly received spin-off to re-boot something they're invested in. I think a poorly-received ME game in TMW would be far more destructive to the franchise than a spin-off - which is what I consider MEA to be - could ever be. Except if you do a full hard reboot of the franchise, there is no longer anything to ruin or disrespect. It's a whole new reality where things fans remember literally don't matter anymore. You can do anything you want narrative wise and the fans can't correct you for contradicting something. Andromeda is not the clean slate a Hard Reboot would be, because Andromeda still must conform to the basic premise and rules of the existing franchise. Andromeda still has all the baggage that a Full Reboot by definition cannot have. Moving to another geographical location (so to speak) does not change as much as being able to go back to the beginning and re-write and re-design the setting to be better. As I said, I'll never be able to do those things. Yes, they are references and call backs. They were also ideas that were pointless, ideas that implied a long term future for the setting. Making a setting THAT detailed for a measly 3 games is a colossal waste of effort. Whats more, the fact they kept ADDING new ideas and races to a setting that they were already hell bent on abandoning as soon as humanly possible just continues to speak to this idea that some Bioware devs thought the setting was going to continue, otherwise why fucking bother? Just make the Shadow Broker a god damn Salarian or a Volus or some other pre-existing throw away species. Why even introduce Javik in ME3 when it ultimately amounts to a big Nothing Burger? Sure he has some cool lines and scenes, but again why bother? They know we the fans will never see this man again, they know he's ultimately irrelevant to the plot, they know full well by games end their going to give this entire setting a giant middle finger and walk away laughing so why in god's name are they still wasting precious dev time on world building for a setting their about to nuke into dust? That makes no logical sense! The behavior the devs had regarding the world building of this franchise is entirely counter to this idea of "The MW was only meant for 3 games the end". Really? then why did they keep ADDING to it? WHY WASTE TIME AND MONEY TO KEEP DEVELOPING A SETTING YOU HAVE NO PLANS FOR?? If the MW was truly only meant for the 3 games then Bioware is even dumber than I thought, which is damn depressing.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 20, 2020 0:22:28 GMT
I do not subscribe to the concept of "a setting needs references to survive". Mass Effect 1 did just fine without referencing Mass Effect. Final Fantasy 7 Remake is throwing the old version of history out the window, and will be better for it. If all the die hard FF7 fans are perfectly happy with a Re imagining of their all time favorite thing in the universe, there is no reason to think Mass Effect cannot also be Re imagined. You don't need to throw the Lore out, just re design it so we avoid stupid garbage like "limited ammo is more advanced than unlimited ammo" or "Space battles are artillery duels at thousands of kilometers distance, except every space battle in the series on screen is point blank slug fests". Just clean it up, make the tech rules more vague, so it's harder for them to contradict things every 5 minutes. At the end of the day, if a new IP is the only answer? So be it. I'll take the new IP. I personally, am willing to forever lay to rest, my most favorite thing in the universe, in order to get something that isn't a total mess. I’ll admit that I’m not really a fan of that franchise, and don’t really like the whole all-over-the-place feel of it. I just don’t want Mass Effect to go down that route. If BioWare can’t be bothered to work with what they have and maintain some sense of continuity, I’d just prefer it ended. I mean, in a perfect world I don't want Mass Effect to go down the Reboot road either. Sadly we don't live in a perfect world. We live in a world where I personally feel like the Setting is almost damaged beyond repair. I don't see a future for this franchise with Andromeda being the only path forward. That is ultimately the problem, to me. Due to the clusterfuck this franchise has been subjected to, there is basically no flexibility for ideas. It's Andromeda or death. I will never get to walk the streets of Kar'Shan and see first hand the people and culture of the Hegemony. I will never get to explore the ocean depths of Kahje, and see the elegant Hanar dancing in the water, as Thane talked about. I'll never be able to get a game where you play as a C-Sec officer, LA Noir style, as we finally get a game solely focused on fleshing out The Citadel and all that a galactic hub has to offer. I'll never see the Quarians outside of their damn suits because a future without Rannoch means they'll likely never bother with such an idea. I'll never have the chance to see Parnack or see how the Yagh evolve and integrate into wider society. What the hell was even the point of introducing a new race that had no future, when there were already tons of races like the Batarians, the Elcor, the Volus who were all equally doomed with no future, never to be explored? Why bother creating the Raloi, knowing it's a waste of time that nothing will ever come of? Why tease the future potential of a setting that your just going to fucking piss away and abandon because you thought it would be cute to blow the whole damn thing up? All you people who act like the Milky Way had nothing going for it (pre ending) clearly didn't pay one lick of attention. ("you" in this case meaning the author, not you you). What potential does Andromeda have? A mysterious money man who everyone assumes is TIM, why? because TIM is a broken plot device with literally infinite money because screw you. The Scourge, the Protheans Version 2, and hostile alien race that is as generically evil as it gets. For all the flak ME1 gets for being a bad video game, it was light years ahead of Andromeda in terms of lore, set up, and world building. If Andromeda 2 does not pick up herculean levels of slack in this department, this franchise will die. So while you might prefer to see ME die because you would rather have references and call backs. I would rather sacrifice the history I both love and hate in order to get a second chance to fully exploit the potential that this franchise has pissed away.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 19, 2020 5:55:44 GMT
Honestly at this point, I just want a clean slate. a REAL clean slate. Wipe the board and start from Go. there is just too much drama and baggage attached to this series to have a clear path forward anymore. Too many mistakes have been made along the way. Too many inconsistency's and too many hurt feelings, from everyone across the board. What I want is a full hard reboot. No more Shepard, no more Reapers, no more Ryder or Andromeda. No more Endings bullshit and no more inconsistent Codex. Rebuild the Lore from the ground up, and start us off at the First Contact War, then just go from there, organically creating whatever story comes up. Let us humans get treated like dirt by all the "Older, wiser" aliens that know better than us (except the Asari of course because Diplomat masters). Rebuild the whole idea of Cerberus so their not so...dumb. At that point, I think it might be preferable to just establish an entirely new space opera game from the ground up, with its entirely different take on technology, history and hard-magic system, if applicable. If we're going to leave Mass Effect's setting behind, I say just abandon every single scrap of it and just start a new IP from scratch. If you create a Mass Effect game that decidedly does away with any references or ties to any bit of the other games, it'll just create its own set of problems anyway. Familiarity will just breed its own brand of contempt. I do not subscribe to the concept of "a setting needs references to survive". Mass Effect 1 did just fine without referencing Mass Effect. Final Fantasy 7 Remake is throwing the old version of history out the window, and will be better for it. If all the die hard FF7 fans are perfectly happy with a Re imagining of their all time favorite thing in the universe, there is no reason to think Mass Effect cannot also be Re imagined. You don't need to throw the Lore out, just re design it so we avoid stupid garbage like "limited ammo is more advanced than unlimited ammo" or "Space battles are artillery duels at thousands of kilometers distance, except every space battle in the series on screen is point blank slug fests". Just clean it up, make the tech rules more vague, so it's harder for them to contradict things every 5 minutes. At the end of the day, if a new IP is the only answer? So be it. I'll take the new IP. I personally, am willing to forever lay to rest, my most favorite thing in the universe, in order to get something that isn't a total mess.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 18, 2020 13:40:04 GMT
Honestly at this point, I just want a clean slate. a REAL clean slate. Wipe the board and start from Go. there is just too much drama and baggage attached to this series to have a clear path forward anymore. Too many mistakes have been made along the way. Too many inconsistency's and too many hurt feelings, from everyone across the board.
What I want is a full hard reboot. No more Shepard, no more Reapers, no more Ryder or Andromeda. No more Endings bullshit and no more inconsistent Codex. Rebuild the Lore from the ground up, and start us off at the First Contact War, then just go from there, organically creating whatever story comes up. Let us humans get treated like dirt by all the "Older, wiser" aliens that know better than us (except the Asari of course because Diplomat masters). Rebuild the whole idea of Cerberus so their not so...dumb.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 18, 2020 13:13:34 GMT
Lack of playable space combat. I love space combat. Possibly my favorite aspect of sci fi. I just eventually want the ME series to let me play it, at least once.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 18, 2020 13:04:55 GMT
Actually if you read the codex in the trilogy it says that biotics are treated differrently by the general population. It also says the reason so many are in the alliance is because it's the only place that encourages them and wants them. Not to mention the way L2's are treated by the government and such which we see in ME1 side missions. With respect, this is also in the franchise Codex: Ship mobility dominates space combat; the primary objective is to align the mass accelerator along the bow with the opposing vessel's broadside. Battles typically play out as artillery duels fought at ranges measured in thousands of kilometers.
Need I remind you why that's a giant crock of crap and wholly inconsistent with what the game actually shows? Forgive me, but due to Bioware's own failures to maintain consistency between their Codex and visual in game examples, the Codex is sadly not a reliable source of information. as for the side missions? Burns refused to provide reparations for people who were crippled. I can say with total confidence that that situation would likely have occurred either way, biotics or not. This is hardly proof of anything, as there are tons of regular, non biotic people that get shafted by the government on the regular. As for Major Kyle, perhaps, but if Biotics were truly so freakish and taboo why are Asari not treated like crap in the streets on a regular basis? Why is the only time you hear about biotics feeling marginalized coming from a freaking cult, and not a respectable source, like the news or Kaiden, or Jack, or Miranda, or Thane, or Jacob, or literally any biotic that you've ever had in your parties not named Cora? Hell even Shepard possibly. All human biotics, (besides Thane) not ONE of them has experience with biotic bigotry. They don't even hesitate to tell people their biotic, like someone whose constantly mocked for it would. I'm sorry, but Cora is the only human who makes this claim that isn't a Cultist. This is not believable.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 17, 2020 16:33:26 GMT
I want to preface this by saying, I never thought the game was "bad". Just mind numbingly dull, a giant pile of "meh" I called it at release. Now, given that no DLC ever happend, and knowing how the books turned out, I figured it was time to go back and give it a second look. The TL;DR version is this: I still think it's very boring, not bad, not good. It is still overall a "Meh" product with some small glimmers of potential, but also many wasted opportunities. Now for the ultra long, wordy Super Dork version...
As many on this thread know, I was never a fan of this "Andromeda" thing. This idea of having to go to another galaxy to explore uncharted worlds was always ridiculous in concept, knowing that 1% of the Milky Way had actually been charted and explored. However everyone knows why we're really here, we're here because Bioware, imo, made a mistake. A mistake that has cost Bioware in various ways, some minor, some larger. That said I do not enjoy the bending, twisting of the lore that had to happen in order to make this possible. Using Mass Relays as a telescope is always going to be dumb to me. You will never change my mind, so don't bother. But alas in Andromeda we are, and what exactly does it provide? Well...honestly, more of the same. This is not a compliment for me. What follows is entirely preference, so feel free to ignore it or whatever lovers of the game do around here. Andromeda kinda feels like a joke. It's not nearly Alien enough. It's far too familiar to what we left behind. I understand why this was done, but honestly for me, if your going to jump to a whole different galaxy, I want it to be truly alien. I want to see things that are just incomprehensible. Every time the game showed something that is suppose to be "ooh look how strange and weird that is!" I just shook my head and said to myself "No, these are all things that could easily have been discovered in the Milky Way, since 1% of it was charted." Flying alien manta ray things on Havarl? "ooo thats so weird" No, no it's really not. The game tries WAY too hard to sell you on this idea that everything is so weird and mysterious, but it's not, not even a little. It's the same milky way tricks in a different location. The only real exception to this is The Scourge, this is the one truly alien element that I just cannot see in the Milky Way. It's truly a shame that it ultimately played such a small role in the game. Assuming a sequel gets made I hope they take more advantage of it.
The layout of Remant ruins is still really bad. Way too video gamey. Totally ruins my immersion every time I interact with them. Because you cannot convince me people use to live or work in these buildings, because no one would build places with these types of platformer, gamey layouts if people lived there.
Andromeda also feels wholly inconsistent, on the one hand when we arrive, we're told that things are at the brink. Everyone is starving and desperate. There was an "uprising" of people because leadership failed on levels so great it makes the Citadel Council look competent. These people who dared to voice their skepticism were banished, basically sent off to die in the uninhabitable cluster. These people include the Chief of Security Sloane Kelly, whose crime was trying to prevent wholesale slaughter of scared, angry people looking for answers. Okay cool, no problem. I finally find the exiles and what do I see? that their doing just peachy keen, WAY better in fact, than the people who kicked them out as a "punishment". I'm not sure what this says about the game. I cannot decide if this is born of developer incompetence, or if this was wholly deliberate to hammer home just how pants-on-head retarded the Nexus Leadership is. I suspect it is the former, but the latter is wholly possible, given what a sniveling, disgusting worm Director Tann is. This leads me to the characters.
Tann is easily in the Top 10 of "Most annoying Bioware characters". Yet for me, hes only the Third most annoying character in THIS GAME. Tann is such a typical trope character, so typical in fact that I'm frankly tired of it. I'm utterly done with Bioware doing the "lol political leaders are all dumb idiots" thing. Tann is a fucking weasel, the absolute definition of stereotype politician. I seriously held more respect for the Citadel Council than I do this man. He is utterly worthless and cannot for the life of me understand why he is STILL in charge. My first time through the game, I didn't pay much attention to Tann, and brushed him off. This time however it was like seeing him for the first time, and holy hell did I hate every second I spent with him. My new understanding of this man has changed several views I've held until now...
Kesh is still badass, moving along...
My biggest surprise however, is the 180 change in opinion I've had about Addison. Make no mistake, shes not really a nice person. Shes still manipulative and overly political. However during this second time through, paying more attention to various things, I cannot shake the feeling that shes really not as shit as she seems. I get the impression that shes so prissy and nasty because like many, shes just been so frustrated for so long about the constant political bullshit and the complete and utter lack of progress. I had to remind myself that, until you found Eos, her opinions about things mean basically nothing, and no one cares how she feels about decisions. Also Tann has made it pretty clear that if you don't follow "protocol" he'll gladly look for a replacement, preferably another Salarian <.< You can argue that she should just stand by what she believes regardless, to hell with the position. That is valid to a degree, but she IS in a position that can enact positive change on a large scale...once things get going. To toss that potential aside is no easy ask.
Jaal, Vetra, Suvi, Kallo, Lexi, and Drack are fine, nothing else to really say. Competent companions with no real complaints.
Cora, sigh, Cora just does not make sense. Her personality and demeanor are perfectly fine. Shes a very nice, level headed woman. Logical choice for wife material. What makes no sense about her is her backstory. The OT gave NO indications that biotic people are treated like freaks in the milky way, or weirdos who get picked on. This just flies in the face of established norms in the OT. The fact she has to go be with Asari Commando's to find acceptance? I'm sorry that's just silly. Her character is basically an Asari reskinned as a human. I've no idea why they gave a human the backstory that obviously belongs to an Asari aside from "lol that would be too predictable". Except that's a crap excuse given how many times in the game they lean on obvious, expected tropes. To me, it would be FAR less predictable for us to have an actual Asari Commando for a companion, rather than a human asari commando. Why? Because the only Asari companion we got was a carbon copy of Liara's background. A super young "Ancient Alien" expert who gets no respect.
Why does the ancient alien expert have to always be Asari? Why can't it be a human, or a Salarian? Anything else really? Honestly Cora and PeeBee should have just swapped places imo. They can keep their personalities, but their backgrounds and role being swapped would be far less banal. Speaking of Ancient Alien expert...why does the Tempest even have one? PeeBee contributes almost nothing throughout the plot in regards to her field of Rem Tech study. SAM does literally everything Rem Tech related, the whole game. He translates the language, he figures out the programs, the bypasses, he even acquires the data logs to shed light on the Jaardan's history. These are all the things that narratively, PeeBee should be doing. Shes even more worthless to the crew than Liara was, because only Liara knew wtf Ilos was (a topic for another time). PeeBee does not even have that, she has literally no benefit she brings, other than being another body and making a Tech drone power that's kinda shit.
Liam is toxic waste, the definition of a character that I just want off my screen. I would take James Vega 7 days a week and twice on Sunday over this halfwit. I'm tired of not being able to throw companions off the ship. Pissed me off in the OT and that sad trend continues here. Idc if throwing a particular Companion off the ship dooms me to failure at the end. Let me make that choice, that's why killing Vivec in Morrowind is brilliant. You break the campaign doing it, but the game does not stop you from making that mistake. Stop railroading my options in damn rpgs.
The armor designs are exceptional. In fact in many cases it's the best in the series, and makes me wish they do a whole franchise reboot with this new philosophy in armor design. the Nomad handles nicely, my only complaints are the lack of weapons on it, and the pointless 6WD mode. There is no reason for that to exist.
Besides that, most side "quests" have the same problem as DAI, tedious busy work whose only purpose is to pad out game time. This is not the type of content that I enjoy doing, and thus is a negative. The only exception to this is companion related quests. These were the only side content worth doing, and was very competently made all things considered. I think it is also painfully clear to me now, that Bioware never intended to do DLC for this game. Given how the Quarian book plays out, the chain of events etc, that it was never going to be a DLC. Likewise The Benefactor, the most interesting plot point of the game. Was clearly never meant to be addressed and dealt with in a DLC. I also encountered an insane amount of bugs and glitches during this play through. Like, it's astounding. Other than that all I got left is nit picky detail things, like wanting an animation for getting in and out of the Nomad, wanting Ryder to verbally call out Profile changes like Alec did.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 16, 2020 16:28:24 GMT
Might have to boycott. I can't keep supporting these things.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 15, 2020 15:07:38 GMT
Perhaps his content has changed. When I used to watch, it was cynical and nasty clickbait without soul or merit. Some of the pond life that occupied the comments thread were worse, but I guess you reap what you sow. If he's turned it around, then good for him, but there's been too much scum under the bridge for me personally to revisit his channel. He used to do good work as you said, he had excellent coverage on Metal Gear Solid 5 even working with his friends to set up meetings with most of their voice actors. I'm not sure if he still does it today, but if he does it's covered up by the sea of low-effort clickbait videos consisting of him just reading the news. Theres no doubt the effort in his videos has declined. As I said, he's trying to be a voice actor now, so I assume the youtube thing is taking a backseat, for good or for bad.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 14, 2020 17:53:15 GMT
I didn't claim it was creative, or was difficult work. Simply pointing out the fact he is not "just a hateful troll". Because he makes many videos with entirely neutral points of view. Also as I said, everyone lives in their bubble. haters and defenders alike. Everyone avoids points of view they disagree with. No one compromises or changes their mind. Everyone wants it their way. That is just the reality of the world we now live in. All of the official websites are just like Yong and all the other guys like him. They all have their own agendas, their own messages they want to push. Like journalists who constantly bitch and complain about Ubisoft games NOT being political. Not making dramatic statements about reality. But of course, it's difficult to direct scoffs and indignation at a faceless collective of people like a website like GQ, or Kotaku. It's very easy and simple to do so at an individual, like Yong Yea or Jason Schreier, who in the case of the latter is constantly proving to have correct and solid sources and information. But constantly gets flak because he goes after people who constantly say he is a hack. I never said he was a Troll, I feel he's a biased Youtuber who is just riding whatever hate wave his audience is falling. As much as I don't have any love for Jason for how he attacked BSN at least he's actual journalist with links to the industry. Or maybe, he simply attracts like minded people to him? The man has a million subscribers, good or bad. Just like millions of people watch Fox News, or MSNBC, or whatever. People flock to sources they are more inclined to agree with.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 14, 2020 17:36:06 GMT
I mean, of course he is. Everyone is really. No one shits on their "sacred cow". people around here are no different. Every day I come here and see people defend the most ridiculous nonsense just because it's something they enjoy. Or likewise defend the most abjectly stupid take possible because it conforms to the sacred cow their pushing instead. Everyone does this, it's a flaw of humanity to be so heavily biased about things. Except people here don’t say they are journalists. If that’s what Yongyea is claiming to be, then he has to drop his biases and be objective. Otherwise he loses all credibility. I could be wrong, but I don't think he himself has ever claimed to be a "journalist". He is however, a beginner voice actor. Hes just some random shmuck who makes videos about games and gives his opinions when reading articles or tweets. Hes made personal review videos for games, but I don't personally think making personal reviews makes someone a journalist. otherwise everyone here would be as well.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 14, 2020 17:29:24 GMT
You are correct, he is just a guy that reads stuff online. He is someone people can choose to go to in order to get information about things, rather than going to like 5 different websites to compare the information, he does that for you, and shows you the 5 different websites and what their saying. He says nothing out of the ordinary that other, more "respectable" outlets don't. The problem here, is no one around here wants to see things they disagree with. Everyone who visits this site lives in a bubble of their own making, and only want information that conforms to that bubble. Most outlets report on things that are not tinted with rainbows and happy things, therefor people who want positive and happy always dismiss it as not helpful. Like-wise in the other direction. Example, here is a Yong video from 17 hours ago. Literally all he is doing, is telling you, the audience, about things the "industry" is talking about. There is nothing clickbaity or trollish about this video. Here is another one from a week ago, talking about the well known fact that Breakpoint was a huge failure for Ubisoft. Again, talking about only facts and using official press releases as a source. I feel like people around here who keep shitting on this man either A, don't watch anything he makes and just assumes they know what he does. Or B, simply dislikes his opinions and dismiss him wholesale as a result. Either way, people need to stop acting like this man is nothing but a troll. That’s the thing, it’s the laziest form of producing a YouTube video. There’s nothing special or creative about it. It’s just hopping on the latest hate bandwagon for views. If I want to read the news, I’ll read the news without being swayed by some Youtuber. And it’s pretty funny how you mention that people visit this site live a bubble and only listen to news sources that confirm that bubble. THAT’S pretty much my problem with people like Yongyea and many Youtubers in general. They only confirm news sources to confirm to their bubble. I didn't claim it was creative, or was difficult work. Simply pointing out the fact he is not "just a hateful troll". Because he makes many videos with entirely neutral points of view. Also as I said, everyone lives in their bubble. haters and defenders alike. Everyone avoids points of view they disagree with. No one compromises or changes their mind. Everyone wants it their way. That is just the reality of the world we now live in. All of the official websites are just like Yong and all the other guys like him. They all have their own agendas, their own messages they want to push. Like journalists who constantly bitch and complain about Ubisoft games NOT being political. Not making dramatic statements about reality. But of course, it's difficult to direct scoffs and indignation at a faceless collective of people like a website like GQ, or Kotaku. It's very easy and simple to do so at an individual, like Yong Yea or Jason Schreier, who in the case of the latter is constantly proving to have correct and solid sources and information. But constantly gets flak because he goes after people who constantly say he is a hack.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 14, 2020 17:11:35 GMT
You are correct, he is just a guy that reads stuff online. He is someone people can choose to go to in order to get information about things, rather than going to like 5 different websites to compare the information, he does that for you, and shows you the 5 different websites and what their saying. He says nothing out of the ordinary that other, more "respectable" outlets don't. The problem here, is no one around here wants to see things they disagree with. Everyone who visits this site lives in a bubble of their own making, and only want information that conforms to that bubble. Most outlets report on things that are not tinted with rainbows and happy things, therefor people who want positive and happy always dismiss it as not helpful. Like-wise in the other direction. Example, here is a Yong video from 17 hours ago. Literally all he is doing, is telling you, the audience, about things the "industry" is talking about. There is nothing clickbaity or trollish about this video. Here is another one from a week ago, talking about the well known fact that Breakpoint was a huge failure for Ubisoft. Again, talking about only facts and using official press releases as a source. I feel like people around here who keep shitting on this man either A, don't watch anything he makes and just assumes they know what he does. Or B, simply dislikes his opinions and dismiss him wholesale as a result. Either way, people need to stop acting like this man is nothing but a troll. If you say so, then why there aren't at least 5 videos at his chanel, criticizing the management chaos happening in CDPR, which led to 2 delays of the cyberpunk game and also the crunch happening there? He have only 2 videos defending CDPR for this 2 points. Imagine if instead of CDPR there was BW. Yeah he isn't troll, he is a hypocrite. I mean, of course he is. Everyone is really. No one shits on their "sacred cow". people around here are no different. Every day I come here and see people defend the most ridiculous nonsense just because it's something they enjoy. Or likewise defend the most abjectly stupid take possible because it conforms to the sacred cow their pushing instead. Everyone does this, it's a flaw of humanity to be so heavily biased about things.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 14, 2020 11:30:57 GMT
Why is Yongyea treated like some veriable source? He’s just reads stuff on the internet. You are correct, he is just a guy that reads stuff online. He is someone people can choose to go to in order to get information about things, rather than going to like 5 different websites to compare the information, he does that for you, and shows you the 5 different websites and what their saying. He says nothing out of the ordinary that other, more "respectable" outlets don't. The problem here, is no one around here wants to see things they disagree with. Everyone who visits this site lives in a bubble of their own making, and only want information that conforms to that bubble. Most outlets report on things that are not tinted with rainbows and happy things, therefor people who want positive and happy always dismiss it as not helpful. Like-wise in the other direction. Example, here is a Yong video from 17 hours ago. Literally all he is doing, is telling you, the audience, about things the "industry" is talking about. There is nothing clickbaity or trollish about this video. Here is another one from a week ago, talking about the well known fact that Breakpoint was a huge failure for Ubisoft. Again, talking about only facts and using official press releases as a source. I feel like people around here who keep shitting on this man either A, don't watch anything he makes and just assumes they know what he does. Or B, simply dislikes his opinions and dismiss him wholesale as a result. Either way, people need to stop acting like this man is nothing but a troll.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 14, 2020 7:26:56 GMT
Anthem and Andromeda were basically developed concurrently, and both suffered from similar issues in development. The fact that they were released two years apart changes nothing of it. Unless you have some good insider knowledge, I'd suggest waiting for DA4's reviews to drop in a couple of years before claiming Bioware hasn't learned from their mistakes. If it gets around Anthem scores or lower... shit, then you got my blessing to do so. But until then, please either be more tractable in your criticisms or don't say anything at all. To be fair, the only Bioware game that has scored well since ME2 is Inquisition. That's a pretty long stretch, showing they do have issues learning from their mistakes. Combine that with Bioware's constant tendency to hilariously over-correct any system folks complain about. Like for example, actually giving a shit about "making your game un-memeable". Because Andromeda was blasted with memes. I'm sorry but for me, that is a childish response to a childish problem. Memes are fucking dumb, and no professional company should give a damn weather or not there are mean memes about their game.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 13, 2020 19:52:12 GMT
Need I remind you why that's a giant crock of crap and wholly inconsistent with what the game actually shows? Forgive me, but due to Bioware's own failures to maintain consistency between their Codex and visual in game examples, the Codex is sadly not a reliable source of information. However I suppose I will concede that at one point, this fact was indeed true. Back in the beginning when there were no counter examples. Like-wise there is nothing to indicate that Turians are in fact NOT biotic bigots, in fact Kaiden's backstory supports the idea that Turians do actually hate Biotics. So this theory is wholly acceptable. When the game is not self-consistent -- when visuals, dialogue, and Codex entries diverge -- you seem to be saying that the visuals have priority. Is that your position? If so, why? That is correct. The visuals take priority in a visual medium. Just like words and dialogue take priority in written media. That's why often times movies and games make illogical, or "dumb" decisions for the sake of fun, or cool factor. This is sometimes a good thing. For example a pure simulation of an activity can possibly be not at all interesting, but an exaggerated or simplified idea of it can be quite thrilling. More to the point, the visual matters more here, because the visual is what "actually" happend. It is the only form of proof in this case that cannot be disputed. It's like an accused murderer telling folks he didn't do it, but then turns out someone filmed him doing it. The words mean nothing anymore at that point. So if the game TELLS me that space combat is an artillery battle thousands of kilometers apart, but SHOWS me this why in the world would I believe what it tells me? An argument can be made that TELLING us it's done this way is more logical, because that is how it would actually be in reality if space combat were ever a thing. But then as a storyteller you have two choices, stick to what you decided as a creator, regardless of how exciting or not that choice is, OR, don't create such definitive rules about how things work, which in turn gives more flexibility to change things on the fly if an objectively better or cooler idea comes along later.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 13, 2020 4:52:54 GMT
Really, your not capable of seeing a situation where normal, non biotic people would take a man hostage for denying them help?..... that seems unlikely. Again, Jacob, Miranda, Jack, Kaiden, hell even Shepard possibly. All human biotics, not ONE of them has experience with biotic bigotry. They don't even hesitate to tell people their biotic, like someone whose constantly mocked for it would. I'm sorry, but Cora is the only person who makes this claim that isn't a Cultist. This is not believable. It's always been my understanding that humanity has had a certain amount of anti-biotic bigotry. The following is from the fandom wiki: Human biotics face widespread prejudice and distrust from the rest of their species, mostly due to misconceptions about their abilities (some people wrongly believe that they can read or control minds). Should the missions involving Major Kyle and Chairman Burns both end in all-out bloodshed, the prejudice and distrust may reach the point where governments seek to demand registration of humans with biotic abilities. Certain religious and ideological organizations are also opposed to the concept of biotic modification. Some biotics have been known to abuse their abilities - using them to cheat at roulette, for example, or to pull people's chairs out from beneath them. There have been a few reports of individuals like these being attacked by frightened mobs, and sometimes even killed.
The Alliance military, on the other hand, welcomes biotics with open arms and provides them with massive enlistment incentives. They are now frequently found in the front lines of many ground-based combat units. Because of the massive physical effort required to biologically generate dark energy, biotic soldiers are assigned a large daily calorie ration (4,500 kilocalories per day, compared with the standard soldier's allotment of 3,000) and provided with energy drinks to help them maintain their blood sugar and electrolyte levels. The electrical fields in their bodies mean they are also prone to small static discharges when they touch metal. There's also this Joker quote from ME3: "Hey, I'm just tired of [biotics] stealing the spotlight from people with actual disabilities. I break ribs if I sneeze too hard - being able to move crap with your mind is not a handicap." Those are just a few more examples. I'm not sure why that part of the world lore didn't stick. I realize the biotic people Shepard are around don't dwell on it, but I was very aware of it. I even role-played an adept who was rather angry and bitter about the way she'd been treated until she developed her skills and joined the Alliance. Oh, and I just remembered - if this bit is any indication, it sounds like biotics aren't exactly popular in turian society, either. With respect, this is also in the franchise Codex: Ship mobility dominates space combat; the primary objective is to align the mass accelerator along the bow with the opposing vessel's broadside. Battles typically play out as artillery duels fought at ranges measured in thousands of kilometers. Need I remind you why that's a giant crock of crap and wholly inconsistent with what the game actually shows? Forgive me, but due to Bioware's own failures to maintain consistency between their Codex and visual in game examples, the Codex is sadly not a reliable source of information. However I suppose I will concede that at one point, this fact was indeed true. Back in the beginning when there were no counter examples. Like-wise there is nothing to indicate that Turians are in fact NOT biotic bigots, in fact Kaiden's backstory supports the idea that Turians do actually hate Biotics. So this theory is wholly acceptable. I also find it curious that this is the one thing out of my entire post that people are discussing.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 12, 2020 6:00:25 GMT
Burns refused to provide reparations for people who were crippled by implants. I can say with total confidence that that situation would likely have occurred either way, biotics or not. As for Major Kyle, perhaps, but if Biotics were truly so freakish and taboo why are Asari not treated like crap in the streets on a regular basis? Why is the only time you hear about biotics feeling marginalized coming from a freaking cult, and not a respectable source, like the news or Kaiden, or Jack, or Miranda, or Thane, or Jacob, or literally any biotic that you've ever had in your parties not named Cora? I mean, Jack was treated like dirt her entire life, but it was never because she was a She Hulk of biotic power, and given how willing Jack is to tell you every shitty thing thats ever happend to her at the drop of a hat, I think we can assume that was never an issue, and shes surely WAY stronger in biotics than Cora. Biotics are the ones who get implants... so I can say with certainty that particular situation would not have occurred with non-biotics. However, alleged terrorists, labeled as such, are not treated as the pillars of society. Society tends to treat them, whatever their cause, with disdain and hatred and the cultural groups they are affiliated with are often painted with the same broad brush as the members of that cultural group who are engaged in terrorist activity. For example, peaceful muslim communities here have had graffiti attacks occur on their mosques even though the individuals belonging to that mosque are very likely not terrorists. There are several indications in the OT that human biotics were treated poorly by human society. Your statement to the contrary is factually in error. That is all. As for the rest of your OP ... shrug. It's your opinion. Mine is different. That is all.
Really, your not capable of seeing a situation where normal, non biotic people would take a man hostage for denying them help?..... that seems unlikely. Again, Jacob, Miranda, Jack, Kaiden, hell even Shepard possibly. All human biotics, not ONE of them has experience with biotic bigotry. They don't even hesitate to tell people their biotic, like someone whose constantly mocked for it would. I'm sorry, but Cora is the only person who makes this claim that isn't a Cultist. This is not believable.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Mar 11, 2020 18:41:56 GMT
Cora, sigh, Cora just does not make sense. Her personality and demeanor are perfectly fine. Shes a very nice, level headed woman. Logical choice for wife material. What makes no sense about her is her backstory. The OT gave NO indications that biotic people are treated like freaks in the milky way, or weirdos who get picked on. This just flies in the face of established norms in the OT. The fact she has to go be with Asari Commando's to find acceptance? Did you not do the quest UNC: Major Kyle in ME1? When Hackett gives Shepard the quest telling us about Major Kyle running a cult as "Father Kyle," he says: "Many biotics feel marginalized and ostracized by society. Kyle probably sees them as victims who need his protection. They probably see him as someone who will fight for them." I this that is a fairly strong indication of them being treated like freaks and weirdos.
What about the mission to rescue Chairman Burns in ME1? One of Shepard's dialogue options is to indicate that the actions of that particular group just made it seem like all L2 biotics were terrorists. You don't think that sort of impression would lead them to be "treated like freaks?"
As for going to the Asari for training... When Kaidan reveals that the Alliance brought in a Turian to train the biotics on Jump Zero, Shepard says that going to the Asari would have made more sense. Kaidan replies that the Alliance didn't go through the Council because that would have made earth look weak. However, Cora was not in the Alliance, and her family privately arranged to have her trained with the Asari commandos... the "more sensible" thing to do according to Shepard.
Burns refused to provide reparations for people who were crippled by implants. I can say with total confidence that that situation would likely have occurred either way, biotics or not. As for Major Kyle, perhaps, but if Biotics were truly so freakish and taboo why are Asari not treated like crap in the streets on a regular basis? Why is the only time you hear about biotics feeling marginalized coming from a freaking cult, and not a respectable source, like the news or Kaiden, or Jack, or Miranda, or Thane, or Jacob, or literally any biotic that you've ever had in your parties not named Cora? I mean, Jack was treated like dirt her entire life, but it was never because she was a She Hulk of biotic power, and given how willing Jack is to tell you every shitty thing thats ever happend to her at the drop of a hat, I think we can assume that was never an issue, and shes surely WAY stronger in biotics than Cora.
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