I missed the fact that the DLC had come out -completely- for a few days. I actually just found out yesterday. And that's only because of Sofa's post.
My reaction initially came down to - Oh. Okay. That's nice... I guess I should care more, right?
I haven't yet bothered to watch the footage on youtube. But... I was curious enough to read up on the changes briefly in various articles via googling. So I know the basics. Things are fleshed out and some of the worst things are pared back - like the relays -don't- explode in some versions (all?) - So some of the worst galaxy destroying aspects are dropped and you get a little closure on the other characters. Good enough. Still doesn't solve the worst problems with the them losing the theme and the narrative. But it's kinda nice they tried, even if they were forced into it.
And then there's that 4th ending.
Wow. Talk about being passive/aggressive and just downright petty! When I found out what it was, I raged for about a half-second and then had a bitter laugh at hearing about the "FUCK YOU" that Bioware basically threw in our faces. That's about as close to a "well fine! I'll just take my toys and go home, then!" as I've ever seen a major game studio do! Wow... I just have to laugh a little at that.
Ah well. Just goes to show that -SOMEONE- got angry enough to be petty back in the main office. Good to know. At least we got under their skin just a little bit. At least it shows they're human.
Although...
Strangely, from what I hear, in some ways, even with it being a "fuck you" to the fans -- it's sounding ironically like Refusal, other than Destroy is the ending I'd most likely choose, regardless, when and if I ever pick up the game from the used bargain bin.
At the very least it sounds more like Shepard being Shepard to the end rather than accepting being a tool.
Okay, so we die. But we die ON OUR TERMS.
We die free.
And the implication is that in the -next- cycle the Reapers are finally taken down because of the people of this era and Liara's time capsule. It took the Protheans sending a light into the future - the races of the Galaxy on the next cycle (us) to UNITE because of it and nearly win - and then send what both we and the Protheans learned into the future. But finally the races of the next cycle beat the Reapers.
I might actually be okay with that as an option.
My reaction initially came down to - Oh. Okay. That's nice... I guess I should care more, right?
I haven't yet bothered to watch the footage on youtube. But... I was curious enough to read up on the changes briefly in various articles via googling. So I know the basics. Things are fleshed out and some of the worst things are pared back - like the relays -don't- explode in some versions (all?) - So some of the worst galaxy destroying aspects are dropped and you get a little closure on the other characters. Good enough. Still doesn't solve the worst problems with the them losing the theme and the narrative. But it's kinda nice they tried, even if they were forced into it.
And then there's that 4th ending.
Wow. Talk about being passive/aggressive and just downright petty! When I found out what it was, I raged for about a half-second and then had a bitter laugh at hearing about the "FUCK YOU" that Bioware basically threw in our faces. That's about as close to a "well fine! I'll just take my toys and go home, then!" as I've ever seen a major game studio do! Wow... I just have to laugh a little at that.
Ah well. Just goes to show that -SOMEONE- got angry enough to be petty back in the main office. Good to know. At least we got under their skin just a little bit. At least it shows they're human.
Although...
Strangely, from what I hear, in some ways, even with it being a "fuck you" to the fans -- it's sounding ironically like Refusal, other than Destroy is the ending I'd most likely choose, regardless, when and if I ever pick up the game from the used bargain bin.
At the very least it sounds more like Shepard being Shepard to the end rather than accepting being a tool.
Okay, so we die. But we die ON OUR TERMS.
We die free.
And the implication is that in the -next- cycle the Reapers are finally taken down because of the people of this era and Liara's time capsule. It took the Protheans sending a light into the future - the races of the Galaxy on the next cycle (us) to UNITE because of it and nearly win - and then send what both we and the Protheans learned into the future. But finally the races of the next cycle beat the Reapers.
I might actually be okay with that as an option.