03-09-2012, 03:28 PM
Beat the game last night. Multiple spoilers are going to follow, possibly even for those who have beaten the game, assuming you don't want to know the other possible endings (I looked it up):
[spoiler]Of the "standard" endings, you either become the thing you spend the entire series/game fighting, or destroy EDI, the geth (you know, the race that I spent a fuckton of time trying to save), all other synthetics, the mass relays, and strand the Normandy on some jungle planet. The best ending seems to be where Shepard synthesizes himself into the Crucible and provides the possibility of organics and synthetics of living together peacefully.
None of these endings are ideal. That's probably the point, but bittersweet endings are more suited for short stories in which you are not so invested. They could have provided at least one "hero saves the day and settles down as a hero" ending. I can't begin to explain how disappointed I am. KOTOR II's ending seems decent right now.
I ended up "saving Anderson," and choosing to destroy the synthetics. Shepard survived at the end, but all the other things I mentioned above happened. From what I've read, that is one of the better endings. I didn't want to spoil myself on the other possible endings, but for the first time in the franchise, it was a question of whether or not I even wanted to play through it again.
That said, I was thinking that this was the best game I had ever played until the last two minutes. In the end, it's just that really cool roller coaster that stops suddenly at the end and cracks your ribs with the safety bar. No matter how cool the ride is, it makes me reconsider going through it again.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Of the "standard" endings, you either become the thing you spend the entire series/game fighting, or destroy EDI, the geth (you know, the race that I spent a fuckton of time trying to save), all other synthetics, the mass relays, and strand the Normandy on some jungle planet. The best ending seems to be where Shepard synthesizes himself into the Crucible and provides the possibility of organics and synthetics of living together peacefully.
None of these endings are ideal. That's probably the point, but bittersweet endings are more suited for short stories in which you are not so invested. They could have provided at least one "hero saves the day and settles down as a hero" ending. I can't begin to explain how disappointed I am. KOTOR II's ending seems decent right now.
I ended up "saving Anderson," and choosing to destroy the synthetics. Shepard survived at the end, but all the other things I mentioned above happened. From what I've read, that is one of the better endings. I didn't want to spoil myself on the other possible endings, but for the first time in the franchise, it was a question of whether or not I even wanted to play through it again.
That said, I was thinking that this was the best game I had ever played until the last two minutes. In the end, it's just that really cool roller coaster that stops suddenly at the end and cracks your ribs with the safety bar. No matter how cool the ride is, it makes me reconsider going through it again.[/spoiler]
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And tell me where is the love
In what your prophet has said?
Man, It sounds to me just like
A prison for the walking dead.