That was a bit of a hasty write up admitingly. No, they're not drawing on a picture, neither is this about a single person, but rather a horde of angry gamers. It still strikes me as odd when I try to picture all these people who've been defending games as art (I realize all those angry gamers don't feel this way) try to have this ending changed. Isn't that against what they stand for?Zachary Amaranth said:Of course, fans aren't drawing on a painting. They're asking the artist to change it, something customers have been doing for centuries. This idea that it's specific to Gamers, specific to mass effect, or specifically entitled is pretty ridiculous. It's odd to see people both play the special snowflake card (Mass effect shouldn't be changed, though this is not unprecedented in other media) AND the entitlement card (gamers are entitled for asking the same thing that other media has done) at the same time. The "entitlement" argument is a novel concept.Ganath said:They made it. If I saw a painting I didn't like, I wouldn't start drawing on it to make it better now would I?
Comparing it to actually changing the art in question yourself is also pretty weak.
I personally wouldn't be bothered if they changed the ending. Colour me weird, but what would bother me is if they added a fairy tale ending. The ending I'm sure the more derpy part of those who want it changed would like. That ending would be worse than what we have. Plenty of these gamers raise very valid points though. More closure would've been nice for example.
I can't really recall any situation where this much fuss has been made to alter something, whether it's a movie, a game or maybe even a book? Perhaps that is why people play such..Uh. Cards. Of course, I'm not really a very active person, considering the Escapist is one of the few sources I go to even skim worldly news. I'm such a basement dweller.
Alter does not mean add onto of course. Changing an event in X is what I'm talking about here. Retconning, if you will. I guess that's what I'm finding silly here. If they decided to expand onto the ending, I'd probably even welcome it with open arms and money.