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Topic	Playing through Mass Effect LE
banananor 09/12/22 4:02:45 PM #163:	Sorozone posted... Destroy is the only correct option. The child is a liar and his premise is deeply flawed. You cant trust control. No reason to believe that it would work, and once again you are having to trust the same the reaper tech and go trust me bro. being fully rational for a second- you still have to trust the child that the "destroy" button works as described, too! Or that nobody switched the wires and colors! The whole scenario is quite silly. destroy is clearly the canon ending (or will be when mass effect 4 comes out), but i'm a little salty about it. i think all three choices are interesting, but destroy is the most boring of the bunch. in real life i wouldn't blame anyone for slamming the destroy button, but it's such a coward's return to the status quo i like turning myself into pretzels to justify control- use the reapers to fix the relays and then self destruct- but i'd certainly never approve of someone else getting control of the reapers. ultra-paragon shepherd isn't a real person. the theme of the mass effect trilogy is that if you try to do anything other than destroy the reapers, you've been indoctrinated the whole time. so, thematically, control isn't a real choice. the entire situation is an homage to Isaac Asimov's foundation series, just not executed particularly well. Not sure if I should spoil or spoiler-tag a 41-year-old science fiction book, but in "Foundation's Edge", the conclusion to the original trilogy, the main character ultimately chooses between giving the advantage in galactic control to one of three factions. First Foundation, based on traditional military and politics, Second Foundation, based on psychic powers, and Gaia, absorption of all life into a chill nature-based hive mind. Those obviously correspond to destroy, control, and synthesis assuming everything works as advertised, destroy is terrible. it causes trillions to starve to death in the short term. planets are dependent on interstellar trade to function, and nearly everyone on non-farm planets will die lastly, in the long term- if you cured the genophage like a compassionate person- the krogan slaughter the rest of the galaxy over the subsequent centuries again, a coward's return to the status quo, and any negative side effects are just a big oopsie --- You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured. <cite>banananor posted [p:967976038] in Playing th... [t:80055526]...</cite> <quote>Sorozone posted... </cite><quote>Destroy is the only correct option. The child is a liar and his premise is deeply flawed. You cant trust control. No reason to believe that it would work, and once again you are having to trust the same the reaper tech and go trust me bro.</quote>being fully rational for a second- you still have to trust the child that the "destroy" button works as described, too! Or that nobody switched the wires and colors! The whole scenario is quite silly.destroy is clearly the canon ending (or will be when mass effect 4 comes out), but i'm a little salty about it. i think all three choices are interesting, but destroy is the most boring of the bunch. in real life i wouldn't blame anyone for slamming the destroy button, but it's such a coward's return to the status quoi like turning myself into pretzels to justify control- use the reapers to fix the relays and then self destruct- but i'd certainly never approve of someone else getting control of the reapers. ultra-paragon shepherd isn't a real person.the theme of the mass effect trilogy is that if you try to do anything other than destroy the reapers, you've been indoctrinated the whole time. so, thematically, control isn't a real choice.the entire situation is an homage to Isaac Asimov's foundation series, just not executed particularly well. Not sure if I should spoil or spoiler-tag a 41-year-old science fiction book, but in "Foundation's Edge", the conclusion to the original trilogy, the main character ultimately chooses between giving the advantage in galactic control to one of three factions. First Foundation, based on traditional military and politics, Second Foundation, based on psychic powers, and Gaia, absorption of all life into a chill nature-based hive mind. Those obviously correspond to destroy, control, and synthesisassuming everything works as advertised, destroy is terrible.it causes trillions to starve to death in the short term. planets are dependent on interstellar trade to function, and nearly everyone on non-farm planets will dielastly, in the long term- if you cured the genophage like a compassionate person- the krogan slaughter the rest of the galaxy over the subsequent centuriesagain, a coward's return to the status quo, and any negative side effects are just a big oopsie --- You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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