Post by KaiserShep on Mar 16, 2021 18:28:28 GMT
I could've lived with that. The axiom behind the Synthesis was "our nature constrains us, and there are futures we will never have unless we change it". I find that, as a rule, convincing. There were two problems with it though: the agent who tells you this is the same entity who did unspeakable stuff to countless intelligent entities for millions of years, so it does not convince, and depending on your choices, 2.9 games told you of a different axiom. So while convincing in principle, it really goes against the grain as the ending of this particular story. So the Synthesis ended up as my least disliked ending choice rather than one that's not without its downside but largely acceptable.
Across the entire trilogy there is petty bickering, old grudges that refuse to die and generally people just being shitty to each other. Outside of Shepard's close circle of friends (IE who ever is on the Normandy) the world shows that limit. It literally takes the threat of total extinction to make them work together. Short term this might create unity but long term each group will be pulled in different directions as they will each have their own ideas and goals of what their future is. And the petty bickering, new grudges and general shitty behavior will return. The Reaper War will eventually become just a moment in history the same as countless other moments like the Siege of Oreans. It is but a foot note in English and French history with neither nation caring about it in any way shape or form when dealing with current day relations.
That sounds like a pretty basic fact of life. Lasting peace is simply an aspiration, but not an achievable end goal. You want true peace, better work on that total galactic extinction.