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Funny, but
But I'm pretty sure I would have hated that ending.
I also want to say that the more I think about the Dark Energy scrapped ending, the more I'm glad they didn't go that way. The current endings need fleshing out, but as compared to a lot of other suggestions they look better.
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ending
Most people though are just fine with the ending being bittersweet, or having serious consequences for the future, or whatever. What people are mad about is how the ending as presented doesn't make a lot of sense, doesn't use your war assets in an interesting way, and feels emotionally detached from the rest of the story. The indoctrination interpretation is an attempt to fix the "doesn't make sense" part. It fails for a few reasons and I agree that it's fans grasping at straws, but they're grasping at straws because of some pretty legitimate complaints, not just because they didn't get their way.
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I do need a new camera.
Steam: cristke
Aaaaaaaaand that's a problem how?
But I agree with your point, it's an argument against the theory. It's just not "silver bullet."
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I'd be happy about it
And the video is stupid for the whole "The kid lives in this ending, but dies in the other." Well Duh. He specifically tells you that destroying the power conduit kills him and the reapers, while control doesnt kill anything (except Shepard). Is it an interesting theory, that's fun to pretend is true? Sure. But it's clearly not what bioware intended.
Ending
Let me tell you about video games. Let me tell you about Homestuck
That's an interesting idea for an alt ending.
For me, the biggest problem with the ending wasn't the choices or the Architect Catalyst Kid, it was the lack of denouement. I want to know what happened to my surviving squad members. I want to see them a few weeks later, figuring stuff out, talking about how the galaxy is doing without certain things. I want to know the explicit consequences of my final choice as Shepard.
For me, that is the biggest sin of the ending: a lack of the characters and the consequences I've come to expect from this series.
Steam ID X360: JohnnyChopsocky PSN:Stud_Beefpile
This actually makes sense.
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Someone posted my fake script up on another forum that I've never heard of and tried to get credit for it
And some random (presumable mod) informs me and apologises
What the hell. Who are you people and do I need to change my email address
Amazing callback to Virmire.
"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
induction
straws
Re: ending
If you think Shepard didn't collapse and star-child is messing with his head, making him not able to operate the console to actually activate crucible, then it makes more sense.
Not a lot more, but a little more.
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but as for actually setting it forth as the actual truth,
well
if you think the catalyst is lying to you then why would you trust anything that it says? That could be the power conduit to the Not Killing All Organic Life Forevermore system or something else roughly as ridiculous as what it apparently is
But I loved Garrus and Tali's conversation about elevators in ME2!
That is so horribly depressing.
good good, carry on
overall spoilers
Let me tell you about video games. Let me tell you about Homestuck
Loo. I actually am wondering if all the cloak and dagger "You guys just don't know yet!" is part ARG.
As part of the indoc theory
As for Shep passing out, she does get up a few seconds later after getting to the top of the elevator. Presumably if she had stayed down by the console, she'd have figured out how to fire the crucible, so she had to be ported away.
I also agree with the suggestion that if it was an indoctrination attempt, then providing no way to destroy the reapers would have snapped Shep out of it. Then maybe she'd do a radio call to Hackett to focus fire on the Citadel to stop the reapers. In order to prevent Shep from giving that order, they present three choices, and just make the destroy option look bad to try to keep Shep from choosing it.
I agree that this is probably not what was intended by the writers. But it fits surprisingly well, much tigher than what was actually presented, and (to me) far fewer holes.
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I addressed peccavi's point in my post right above this one.
Also, I admit I'm just trying to make sense of what they gave us. I'm not exactly "pretending" that's the ending. I mean, it either they botched the beginning and and ending so horribly bad that no one can make sense of what is what, or they actually had something in store. I guess I'm being somewhat optimistic.
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No no no. I'm not setting it forth as the actual truth. I'm trying to sell it as the actual truth. There is a fine distinction between the two.
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Pretty good custom dude. I remember people having so much trouble with the ME2 customizer.
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I'd fucking love it though. While I am certain the outcry would be bigger than having tali have tila tequila's face, it would be immeasurably awesome and probably the most unforgettable game ending to date.
also
Wrex. Shepard.
That seems
important
Plus, it's way overblown in significance. It's a letdown, for some, but for many it's just the end and nothing more egregious. They just don't care. It doesn't really break the game, just tarnishes it. But the way some people who are annoyed by it seem to be shifting all blame onto themselves instead of onto the developer seems peculiar at best, downright sinister at worst.
I also think donating to charity as a form of protest is also quite underhanded. It's as though they are holding the needs of the sick and infirm to ransom for what they want, which is a better ending. It's as though because they are giving money to charity, their position and stance is unimpeachable. As though because they are funnelling their desires through a charity, any criticism of their demands/desires is - in part - an attack on the good will it is providing. That's wrong. That's abusing the good work that Child's Play does to strengthen your own personal stance on an issue. An issue that, many would agree, is utterly insignificant in the face of what the people who need Child's Play actually have to deal with.
Well essentially,
So shooting bullets into it seems like a good call. Maybe shooting bullets won't do anything, but if that ends up being the case then I can allways call on my bro Hackett to bring in bigger guns.
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