DA fan gives ME:A a second chance (Text Based Let's Play)

I just did the quest again tonight. It's so contrived. The solutions offered are:

1. "Punish" the Cerberus scientists. 🙄
2. Ease the victims suffering.
3. "Or, I could just do nothing and walk away," as if goodie two-shoes autodialogue Ryder would even consider this, let alone suggest it.

The obvious choice that is missing, for who knows what reason, is "Ease the victims suffering and shoot/detain the Cerberus scientists". The fact that I have to allow the racist mad scientists to walk free in order to help their victims is terrible writing. This quest is full of FAIL.

So, in DAI if you side Templars, the world becomes full of venatori mages. If you side mages, the world becomes full of red templars.

If the leader of the Roekaar has lost face in front of his followers so badly they abandon him on the spot, there shouldn't be Roekaar any longer spawning on Havarl.  

I didn't know you got to keep one side as allies. I only did a few random encounters when I first got to Kadara and then avoided them ever since. 

According to the BioFAn subscription on YT, the game sold well. And I liked the game. I don't feel worried about it being continued. It is not so bad that I doubt a sequel by any means. I'm actually a bit worried they'll flop backwards and try to make Ryder into Shepard 2.0 (that ship has sailed, I feel.) I liked the Star Trek vibe it had going.

The Bain Massani interaction was a problem before 1.09, you could be talking to him and random creatures would attack you and you couldn't disengage from the dialogue and would die!!! 

I don't understand the DAI reference. I've played it, of course, I just don't understand your meaning in this case.

Expecting all roekarr everywhere to lay down arms after Akksul is exposed isn't really realistic. It's a bit like expecting a real world terrorist organization to lay down arms after a prominent leader is killed or exposed. It will possibly weaken their morale, and hurt their recruiting, but some will still believe in the cause. I'd expect the roekarr to be significantly weakened in a sequel, if Ryder managed to undermine Akksul. That allows time for their organization to really feel the effects.

I wasn't even thinking of that, though, when I talked about respawning. Many BSNers seem to be saying that enemies in a given area of a map respawn repeatedly, despite having been previously defeated. That's not at all my experience. The lack of respawning enemies actually struck me as an immersive quality from the time of my very first March 21st PT.

I'd love to see DLC and a sequel; I'm just not hopeful. They were wisely non-commital before release, suggesting that they were taking a wait-and-see approach. The internet hate storm, greatly bolstered by their releasing an unfinished game, makes me think they may put ME on the shelf for a long time. Casey Hudson, who is now the BioWare GM, never even intended that there be more ME beyond the trilogy. MEA was likely (seems obvious to me) an effort to continue making money from a profitable IP. If that IP is now even somewhat likely to face a tidal wave of hate and opposition with each release, will they judge it worthy of continuing? I certainly can't say, but I feel sad and not at all optimistic. Regardless of EA's feelings, good or bad, BioWare themselves may be ready to move on without ME for the foreseeable future. I fear that the consensus could be that ME has run its course.

the Cerberus scientists. Its good that Cerberus is mentioned in the game. excellent. Too bad I couldn't craft Cerberus armor. Wear Cerberus casual clothing or have a TIM poster in the cabin. Hopefully Cerberus will have a role in a sequel. humanity #1 excellent

I'm turning it back on again to do whatever post ARchon Content I haven't seen yet. I believe there is a movie I've done several fetch quests for.

Dig it up? It's still on the first page. I also didn't actually finish the game yet.

Okay alright...I remember now. We crash landed on Meridian, making it the default "planet" for the humans. Convenient how we have primo access to all the rem tech.

Walking around, things look different.

Oh. Kallo... Well... Um, am I the only one to notice the ominous music when he said, "opened a lot of doors, not all of them safe."? But overall, he showed some growth

Second wave folks... Omg. Iora. Your...hair and face is....oh my.

Lol "sheparded in" eh? Nice way of phrasing a total cluster crash.

Movie is worth doing, there is also a quest you'll get on the bridge of the Tempest. Did you do the talk to the crew quest on The Nexus yet? Ignore just saw your latest comment 

smilesja

ACK! If that's it, USE SPOILER TAGS! :D8: I have to wait until September 25th to start watching season 7, and I want it to be a surprise!

Email terminal in the Atrium kinda sucks the feel goods outta me. Why are we blocking Angaran access to the temple tech?

Cora follow up Convo was meh. Call me Sara already.