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Storm Rider:
OK, so if you've finished the game, talk about the story stuff here.

About the speech with Sovereign on Virmire. Did anyone else get the implication that synthetic life actually preceded organic life? If that's true, that's completely insane. It's more likely that Sovereign was just refusing to acknowledge the origin of the Reapers, but that totally blew my mind when I first heard it.

Also, I'm curious about who died in everyone else's game on Virmire. Did anybody not have enough Charm/Intimidate to avoid killing Wrex? And who did you let die between Kaiden and Ashley? I let Kaiden die because I thought he was kind of a tool. Maybe next playthrough I'll change it, but probably not.

And the part where you can talk Saren into shooting himself in the fucking head? Insane.

I almost forgot, but the true mark of how much this game engrossed me was how for the 40 seconds after Sovereign was destroyed where I thought the debris had killed Shepard I felt like somebody had punched me in the gut. I didn't want the character I had created and brought so far to be taken away from me just so I'd have to start over in the next game. Also, choosing Captain Anderson over Ambassador Udina for humanity's spot on the Council gave me serious amounts of glee. Serves him right for being a giant dick the whole game.

jeph:
Yeah talking Saren into offin' himself was INTENSE. I let Ashley die, I'm probably pickin' Kaidan to die next playthrough as he IS kind of a tool.

I almost hope they never go into full detail explaining the Reapers' origins. They're more menacing as this big unknowable entity than they would be if it turns out that Ancient Galactic Civilization X made them Y million years ago. I kind of hope the writers pull a Frank Herbert on us and it turns out the Reapers are hiding out in our neck of the universe because they're hiding from an even bigger, weirder threat. I can't really imagine why else such an advanced machine intelligence would be essentially parasitising younger civilisations.

It would be really cool to get to know the non-Reaper controlled Geth better in the next game. A Geth squad-member would be AWESOME.

The council better be fucking throwing me whores and battleships next game after I elected to save their bitch asses in this one.

Who wants to bet we meet some surviving Proteans next game? All the talk about stasis chambers on Ilos makes me think there are probably some on ice somewhere.

Storm Rider:
I wouldn't be surprised at all if there were living Protheans you met at some point in the next game.

What I did like is that they never explained WHY the Reavers had this elaborate cycle of exterminating organic life. It leaves them something to develop later on, plus it fits in with the whole concept of alien (in both the extraterrestrial and incomprehensible sense) perspectives that sort of runs throughout the whole dynamic of the game.

ackblom12:
I was not expecting Saren to blow his own goddamn brains out at all during that bit. Surprised the shit out of me when it happened.

I let Kaiden die, then shattered Liara's hopes and dreams and got booty call from Ashley. It was strangely satisfying to be the first creature to toss her heart/thing into a blender. Next play through Ashley's god-fearing ass is taking the fall.

I'm very curious how they are going to continue the series. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if we don't play as Shephard in the next game, but I hope to god they have a save transfer for the sequels. Not enough games (Damn you Quest for Glory for spoiling me) have the option of transferring characters and game choices through games and that's a goddamned crime.

This only the first of a 3 part series and it's already easily one of my favorite games of all times. I just hope EA's purchase doesn't affect Bioware's development practices much.

Scandanavian War Machine:
i'm pretty sure i read somewhere that you will be able to load your game onto the next one. that way, the actual galaxy will be different for everyone instead of just your character. i.e. kaiden/ashley dead, wrex dead/alive, council dead/alive, who you chose for human coucilor etc.
there will be some sort of "default" story for starting a new character or if you didn't play the first one but i believe you'll be able to continue from you left off.


--- Quote from: jeph on 29 Nov 2007, 19:33 ---I kind of hope the writers pull a Frank Herbert on us and it turns out the Reapers are hiding out in our neck of the universe because they're hiding from an even bigger, weirder threat.

--- End quote ---

that was my first thought when  they explained the reapers. i was like "wait a minute. the reapers are gnarly as fuck. what the hell are they doing camping out, killing us off over and over again?"

oh, the possibilities!

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