D20 Day - An ending perspective

I've listened to the Catalyst during the extended cut and hooo, was it patronizing! It went step by step as though Shepard was a moron while still failing epically to justify the reapers being analogous to fire (seriously, fire does not taunt you incessantly while burning, it's nice and quiet and crackly). If the Catalyst wasn't sounding passive aggressive, I don't know what else would.

That said, I don't think it was as though they all were thinking it was great stuff. The ending just came off as unfinished- havenotsleptin48hoursbecausethebosscameintofrisbeewhateverworkwasdoneoutthedoorontothegameshelveswithnocareforquality-weirdness.

Debatable if the Reapers ever actually taunted you. Both Sovereign and Harbinger  sound more like they are making statements then taunting.

masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Harbinger_(Collector)/Battle_Quotes

www.imdb.com/character/ch0270806/quotes

Nothing is really a taunt

By every objective judgement Shepard is a moron compared to Catalyst. Shepard at best is looking decades into the future while the Catalyst is looking millennia into the future.

Pft! A lot of Sovereign's dialogue was so unnecessary and time wasting that I have to question why did it deign to speak to something as insignificant as Shepard? Harbinger spent the better part of ME2 saying,"This hurts you." Fire doesn't need to make nonsensical comments on the effects it has on what it burns. My point being, the analogy the Catalyst used to portray the Reapers as distant, detached entities is contradicted so frequently by the amount of interaction done with Shepard that it's laughable. If they were akin to fire, don't even bother acknowledging Shepard the special snowflake, just burn Shepard where they stand.

Psychological warfare tactics were mentioned being used in the Codex and used regularly to demoralize the alien species and all of it could have been avoided by simply nesting on the planet right from the beginning and letting indoctrination do the work instead while the races were young. It's all very sloppy work given the amount of time they had to refine it. Resistance should not even exist.

As for the catalyst, I may say it sounded patronizing but that's how it sounded to me. I can't say how it sounds to others. But the logic is so poorly written that I don't see a story, I see the frazzled mess of overstressed developers. I see the cobbled attempts to patch it together while creating bigger plotholes. It could have been simplified, explained as galactic pruning. That's it. Clip the advanced races before they wipe out the younger races. No need to have synthetics be an issue because otherwise, the Catalyst was causing the whole mess in the first place.

It sounds like the ending works for some because they can stay immersed in the story while someone like me is complaining because I can't suspend disbelief at this point.

Claims they are happy to discuss things with people who have different opinions.

Says the ignoring people with different opinion is best option.

Interesting.

No, I didn't just realize this.  It just came up again.  Sometimes even I get tired of the endless texts of quotes and lengthy posts that usually end up where you say - even when I'm not part of it.

I always choose destroy. The game gives me no reason to choose the others.

The thing says the chaos will return by destroying the reapers. Yeah. So what? Let the galaxy solve its own problems without the reapers. Had the reapers not interfered, the quarians would've destroyed the geth. In Javik's time, they were doing well against the machines until the reapers made an appearance. I wouldn't be surprised if the same happened in previous cycles.

When destroy is chosen, the geth are destroyed. So what? No big loss. Rebuild the things if you really want to. Since I let the quarians destroy them, it doesn't matter. Why should I let the geth upload reaper code? I have no idea what will happen. How do I know they won't continue to attack the quarians and any other organic? That's not a chance I'm willing to take.

Along comes the green. The thing says its the ideal solution. For it, not for me. It says it can't be forced, but with Shepard there, it won't be forced because the organics are ready. Mmm. Shepard is doing the forcing no matter what. I doubt anyone would like their dna altered.. I would like to know exactly how the crucible will change everyone's dna. Not some vague answer, but a full detailed answer. That is another reason why I don't pick the green. The thing says the green is the final evolution of all life. How does the thing know that? Did the magic crucible genie tell the thing that? IN the epilogue it shows a reaper walking down Jones street while the rebuilding is happening. Its going to be hard to rebuild buildings if the reapers are shaking the ground. Another reason to destroy them

If the green was intended to be the best ending, I can't stop laughing while typing that, Bioware should've made it available no matter the ems. I wonder if the green ending was made for comedians to use for their opening act to give the audience a good laugh?

The blue ending. When it says it will be forced to accept Shepard taking over, it hesitates for a brief moment when saying that. Why? It sounds like it doesn't want to be replaced. It wants to continue to play with its toys. The reapers will remain and help the many. Really? I wouldn't be surprised if folks walk out their front door looking over their shoulder wondering when/if the beam of doom will be fired.  The former human known as Shepard will be in charge. What guarantee is there the thing won't decide that what catalyst number 1 was doing was the right thing to do? What would the thing do if the organics decide to build another crucible to deal with the reapers thinking the first one failed especially since they knew there was enough energy to destroy them? In one of the slides, capital ships are seen near London. So if there's a crime being committed, Officer reaper ship #3707 deals with it by using its beam of doom?

In both the green and blue the reapers are still around. That's a no go. If I was to see my family members killed, my neighbors killed and community destroyed, I would want the giant looking robots destroyed. I wouldn't give a second thought about merging with them or controlling them.

Refuse. It makes Shepard look like an idiot. Talks big then fails to do anything. What a loser. I do wonder if Shepard dies there or is picked up and taken to the Normandy. I would be curious what answer he/she would give when asked what happened on the Citadel and why the crucible didn't fire.

Wow.