Post by N7Pathfinder on Feb 1, 2017 21:05:40 GMT
Have any of you ever had those moments where you have this personal theory in your head about something that's never directly explained, but then after doing an internet search, your imagined scenario gets ruined by the simplest answer?
For example, one of the things that bugged me about the games was how everybody was speaking English, including the aliens. At first I thought it was some kind of translator, but that seemed too simple. Two theories came to mind:
1. The aliens learned English to communicate with humans, much like how real countries learn English as a requirement for international business. But if that was the case, how come when I see aliens not talking to humans, they are still speaking English and not their native language?
2. This was my personal favorite which suggested that English was literally the UNIVERSAL language! Every alien species evolved in a similar way. Both were bipedal, had human personalities, and humanoid structures like fingers. So what if during the evolution, the aliens adapted a language that just so happens to be very similar to English? It would make sense considering that the Reapers left their technology behind to make sure galactic civilizations evolved to their prime, so maybe evolution was the answer?
Then i did an internet search and found that the official answer was...translators.
Apparently there was a Codex entry in the first game about a company that designed translators and in Mass Effect 2 during the Thane romance, Shepard says a line saying her translator may have been faulty.
Damn!
Did anybody else had a similar experience? Where they thought they had their own creative reasons for something only to discover that the official reason was a simple answer?
For example, one of the things that bugged me about the games was how everybody was speaking English, including the aliens. At first I thought it was some kind of translator, but that seemed too simple. Two theories came to mind:
1. The aliens learned English to communicate with humans, much like how real countries learn English as a requirement for international business. But if that was the case, how come when I see aliens not talking to humans, they are still speaking English and not their native language?
2. This was my personal favorite which suggested that English was literally the UNIVERSAL language! Every alien species evolved in a similar way. Both were bipedal, had human personalities, and humanoid structures like fingers. So what if during the evolution, the aliens adapted a language that just so happens to be very similar to English? It would make sense considering that the Reapers left their technology behind to make sure galactic civilizations evolved to their prime, so maybe evolution was the answer?
Then i did an internet search and found that the official answer was...translators.
Apparently there was a Codex entry in the first game about a company that designed translators and in Mass Effect 2 during the Thane romance, Shepard says a line saying her translator may have been faulty.
Damn!
Did anybody else had a similar experience? Where they thought they had their own creative reasons for something only to discover that the official reason was a simple answer?
