I think that would have been pretty cool. Like with the Virmire loss they could be all 'why meeeeeee' and then you could have different ways of rationalising it which would affect later dreams. Like, you could say how you felt guilty or how it was the right choice etc and that would effect what happens in other dreams. Sadly all we got were bits where you chase after a kid in slow motion.
Another great piece. He actually references (well, secondarily) Kipling. Amazing, actual literature being properly utilized in a critique of contemporary ludonarratives? My God. aegis and Sessler could learn a thing or two. I will have to say that I disagree slightly with how he frames the actions of the Protheans. No doubt that Javik and his people would have subjugated, or at least, ruled over most other intelligent species. But, we can't presume that is the natural conclusion of all advanced species (at least to such a degree). If anything, I feel as though that dynamic could shift completely depending on which species has the upperhand. From what I can tell, humans (if modeled after Shepard); or Asari (if modeled after Liara); or Salarians (if modeled after Mordin), could in fact peacefully coexist with other evolving species. Sure, some conflict, rebellion, and war is inevitable, but I don't necessarily think it will result in this autocratical space empire run by species x. The Asari reaching the citadel first and offering to work together is proof of this. And given the vastness of the galaxy, resources don't necessarily have to be taken from inhabited planets. But again, it's a matter of perspective and I'm just offering the other side -- even if I personally agree with his sentiment.
Really nice read. It's this type of thing that was desperately missing from the end of the game. : (
I like it better, too. But instead of all of this death and destruction, wouldn't it be better to help them ascend into reaper form?
I could have sworn there was a conversation with Shep's mother in ME2.
That was a nice article, but I still feel that the Reapers make life futile. If there's a constant cap on each civilization, then they are stopping evolutionary progress. I don't care if species may or may not disrupt garden worlds. Old trees are not clipped by humans who want to let new trees grow, they are cut to be used as paper or other materials. Sentient life should be allowed to flourish and to destroy itself.
I was under the impression that the Council has certain rules about interfering with young species; that they are to be left alone. I could never find the post, but it was in the first few dozen pages of this thread. And, again, colonization has its limits. It's plausible, even probable -- but not necessarily inevitable. And, again, if the species is young enough, we wouldn't even use the word colonization. If we found Earth only inhabited by apes, we'd say it was undiscovered land -- not inhabited by a species that will soon be capable of flight. I'm just arguing there is always a gray zone when discussing issues of free will. The ME universe would have to convince me that the culling is without question an overall force for good, then let me choose. It failed to do that convincingly.
There is no real argument, and that's why it doesn't try to convince us of anything. There's a problem -- technological singularity -- according to the Catalyst and we find that its current solution is invalid simply because Shepard stands before it. (Why?)
Indeed. I was going to write that, but I forgot. It would have been better with an entity that is not a child.
keep dat shit high level
It seems so. It's funny since someone mentioned that they should have had Shep find the kid's mom or something.
I wonder if someone could just delete the kid. You don't see him in the intro. You don't see him in the nightmares. And there's no Catalyst.
