Ok, so I was really late playing ME3. I was worried they'd turned my beloved Space Opera into a mindless shooter and wanted to wait and see how it played out. Then I got it for my birthday from friends and played it anyway. Everything from here on out is SPOILERS, obviously. Not just for my post, but the whole thread. Also, TL;DR - Mass Effect's ending was actually pretty good, if a bit mediocre for such a great series.
I chose Synthesis and set my jaw. I was sure this was the horrid ending everyone was talking about. It was the obviously "correct" choice, most people probably picked it first and it was going to suck. I'd really enjoyed the game thus far, was all set to get through this terrible part and then go back to remembering the good times.
It was fine.
I mean, it wasn't great I guess. But it solved a lot of problems for me. First, the idea of a "Human Reaper" from the end of ME2 had always pissed me off. The Reapers straight up think we're obsolete and inferior, why copy us into their designs? Oh, because part of Reaper programming is to "preserve" the races they harvest. That actually makes sense.
Some bullshit about "ascended beings" being responsible for the Cycle? Works for me. It's a cheat and a dodge, but a forgivable one. Any race old enough and powerful enough to set the cycle in motion was going to be a lampshade anyway.
Why the Cycle? Because Synthetics always end up destroying their organic creators. I really like this. Modern science sort of agrees that the "Singularity" is an inevitability. I like the idea that this isn't just true for our species, but for all species, ever. Plus, there's already evidence to support it with the Quarians and Geth, since I let the Geth destroy the Quarians in my playthrough. So since it's inevitable that synthetic life evolves, and since it's inevitable that synthetics detroy organics, what's the solution? An ultimate synthetic programmed to preserve the concept of each species it kills, rather than wipe them out forever.
So the choice of Synthesis let's you end the conflict in the way almost all conflicts truly and permanently end. By blurring the lines between the sides until they are the same. A new hybrid form of life. You get a shot of Joker (cured of his disease maybe?) on a garden worldwith EDI and knowing they have to begin all over again, but this time, free from the cycle. Heavy-handed "Garden of Eden" imagery, but again, forgiveable.
What exactly is the complaint? What am I missing here?
I chose Synthesis and set my jaw. I was sure this was the horrid ending everyone was talking about. It was the obviously "correct" choice, most people probably picked it first and it was going to suck. I'd really enjoyed the game thus far, was all set to get through this terrible part and then go back to remembering the good times.
It was fine.
I mean, it wasn't great I guess. But it solved a lot of problems for me. First, the idea of a "Human Reaper" from the end of ME2 had always pissed me off. The Reapers straight up think we're obsolete and inferior, why copy us into their designs? Oh, because part of Reaper programming is to "preserve" the races they harvest. That actually makes sense.
Some bullshit about "ascended beings" being responsible for the Cycle? Works for me. It's a cheat and a dodge, but a forgivable one. Any race old enough and powerful enough to set the cycle in motion was going to be a lampshade anyway.
Why the Cycle? Because Synthetics always end up destroying their organic creators. I really like this. Modern science sort of agrees that the "Singularity" is an inevitability. I like the idea that this isn't just true for our species, but for all species, ever. Plus, there's already evidence to support it with the Quarians and Geth, since I let the Geth destroy the Quarians in my playthrough. So since it's inevitable that synthetic life evolves, and since it's inevitable that synthetics detroy organics, what's the solution? An ultimate synthetic programmed to preserve the concept of each species it kills, rather than wipe them out forever.
So the choice of Synthesis let's you end the conflict in the way almost all conflicts truly and permanently end. By blurring the lines between the sides until they are the same. A new hybrid form of life. You get a shot of Joker (cured of his disease maybe?) on a garden worldwith EDI and knowing they have to begin all over again, but this time, free from the cycle. Heavy-handed "Garden of Eden" imagery, but again, forgiveable.
What exactly is the complaint? What am I missing here?