Mass Effect…the whiners have won.

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**********WARNING: There may be MINOR spoilers ahead.**********

Earlier this month Mass Effect 3 was released to much critical appeal. It was said to have likable characters, fun combat, high replay value, and an amazing story. However, less then a week after Mass Effect 3 hit stores, the internet was hit with an onslaught of hatred and threats from Mass Effect 3’s fans. The fans were enraged about the conclusion of ME3, and were demanding answers and changes. The fans are making these demands based on the grounds that they are entirely unsatisfied with the conclusion, for reasons including: length, plot holes, and philosophical contradictions. Yeah, you read that one right. Philosophical contradictions. In a Video Game.

I don’t know about you, but when I turn on a video game, ANY video game, I check all logic at the door. I do the same when watching Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Don’t try to understand what’s going on, just let it happen! I give that bit of info to anyone I introduce the show to, and every time they fall in love with it as I have. This same rule should be applied to video games. Even games that are supposed to portray realistic characters doing realistic feats, *cough*Modern Warfare*cough*. I don’t care how epic of a soldier you are, if you get shot 3 times, you cannot just hide behind a barrel for 20 seconds and be ok. If we can accept that flawed logic, then why can’t we accept that a ship, the best in the Alliance fleet, can escape an explosion before it occurs? Why can’t we accept that sometimes the heroes have to make sacrifices? Why can’t we accept that some explosions are blue, some are green, and some red?

Well, I can. I can accept these things, and to me everything about the conclusion of Mass Effect 3 is perfect. Sadly, I am only one, and my one voice of contentedness is quelled by the thousands of rage fueled fires that engulf the internet. I write to inform the whining Masses that their cries have been heard, and unfortunately BioWare feels the need to act upon this in a very disturbing fashion. The ending to Mass Effect 3 is going to be modified. The fans have won their “right” to change that which was never theirs to change in the first place. I only hope that BioWare, and the rest of the gaming industry, are prepared to face the repercussions of this action…

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8 responses to “Mass Effect…the whiners have won.”

1. Telsak says:

   March 21, 2012 at 4:15 pm

   Because we love the series so much it is truly heartbreaking to see it fall flat on it’s face in the last 5 minutes, literally. It randomly introduces a deus ex machina plot device out of the blue, drops a 3-choice ending on the player – one that the bioware devs specifically said “You will never end up having to choose between A, B or C ending in this game.”

   And for a game that has been delving deep into philosophical issues in the earlier games does it suddenly get carte blanche to go full retard at the end? Why not drop down singing rainbow unicorns that impale reapers on their horns if you feel like you don’t care about logic in video games. Why bother with a story in the first place, right?

   The point is that bioware has been pushing how proud they are of their excellent writing and at the end its quite frankly very very bad. That’s all.

2. Telsak says:

   March 21, 2012 at 4:15 pm

   Because we love the series so much it is truly heartbreaking to see it fall flat on it’s face in the last 5 minutes, literally. It randomly introduces a deus ex machina plot device out of the blue, drops a 3-choice ending on the player – one that the bioware devs specifically said “You will never end up having to choose between A, B or C ending in this game.”

   And for a game that has been delving deep into philosophical issues in the earlier games does it suddenly get carte blanche to go full retard at the end? Why not drop down singing rainbow unicorns that impale reapers on their horns if you feel like you don’t care about logic in video games. Why bother with a story in the first place, right?

   The point is that bioware has been pushing how proud they are of their excellent writing and at the end its quite frankly very very bad. That’s all.

3. Walnuts says:

   March 21, 2012 at 6:00 pm

   Lets Band together like this for the turtles movie!!!

4. Walnuts says:

   March 21, 2012 at 6:00 pm

   Lets Band together like this for the turtles movie!!!

5. Curt says:

   March 21, 2012 at 8:29 pm

   “In a video game”

   Sure for _those_ people who only ever fire up a video game to kill some monsters and maybe test their manual dexterity for an hour or so, the end of ME3 was fine, more power to them, they have nothing invested in the story, might as well play the Pac-man or MW11.

   See how that works? when you implicitly dismiss the validity of someone’s opinion because they might enjoy different parts of the same thing you do? Trust me the “Whiners” haven’t “won” yet, but I damn well hope we something, because we dared to actually care about a pretty good story on top of a pow-pow-lazorz-game

6. Curt says:

   March 21, 2012 at 8:29 pm

   “In a video game”

   Sure for _those_ people who only ever fire up a video game to kill some monsters and maybe test their manual dexterity for an hour or so, the end of ME3 was fine, more power to them, they have nothing invested in the story, might as well play the Pac-man or MW11.

   See how that works? when you implicitly dismiss the validity of someone’s opinion because they might enjoy different parts of the same thing you do? Trust me the “Whiners” haven’t “won” yet, but I damn well hope we something, because we dared to actually care about a pretty good story on top of a pow-pow-lazorz-game

7. 1309msf says:

   March 22, 2012 at 6:58 am

   …
   Seriously, it’s worse than playing Super Mario on NES and in the last level, you realise that the princess is a tranny.

   “Our” outrage is based on the promise to find an end to an epic saga. Where decisions matter. Please read the promises by BIOWARE made over the last year to get an idea of whats going on. It`s not whinning, no one complains because Shepard dies, friends die, or earth gets destroyed. It’s about inconsistency. How would you feel, that shortly before the ring gets destroyed in LOTR Gandalf decides, that nothing matters anyway, Sauron wins, with or with out ring, and he commits suicide. With all the main characters just stand somewhere stranded. THE END. I guess you would be not to happy with it.

8. 1309msf says:

   March 22, 2012 at 6:58 am

   …
   Seriously, it’s worse than playing Super Mario on NES and in the last level, you realise that the princess is a tranny.

   “Our” outrage is based on the promise to find an end to an epic saga. Where decisions matter. Please read the promises by BIOWARE made over the last year to get an idea of whats going on. It`s not whinning, no one complains because Shepard dies, friends die, or earth gets destroyed. It’s about inconsistency. How would you feel, that shortly before the ring gets destroyed in LOTR Gandalf decides, that nothing matters anyway, Sauron wins, with or with out ring, and he commits suicide. With all the main characters just stand somewhere stranded. THE END. I guess you would be not to happy with it.