Saturday, April 13, 2013

My Saddest Moment in Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect 3 is the epitome of the term, endgame.  You're forced to make tough decisions and sometimes by your own hand and actions kill characters you've come to love.  To put it into terms others might understand, imagine if at the end of Deathly Hallows, Harry has to sacrifice Hermione to the Death Eaters.  But you don't get to just watch it on a screen, you have to do it by your own hand.  Making you culpable in it.  That's what this game feels like.  For all the problems people have with the ending, this game is phenomenal for those kind of moments.

The saddest moment for me though, has to do with my Shepherd and it might be a little selfish for me to think so.  But I also did a very good job being a commander, no one died in ME2 and I had what could only be described as the best outcomes for ME3.  Then came time to fire the Crucible.

I went through the whole shebang with the Illusive Man and Anderson and sat down next to him, looking at her badly damaged side and the blood pouring onto her hand.  She waits for the Citadel to do its magic.

But nothing happened.

Then Hackett called me to tell me that it wasn't doing anything and when he does Shepherd says for me, the saddest line in the entire game.

"What do you need me to do?"

It is with this simple, kind of throwaway line, I realize what the life of Shepherd is actually like.  She can't even just die in peace, the universe is always demanding more of her and she always has more to give.  It just makes me sad that she has to go through with all this and then she dies alone, something Shepherd never was.

Far Cry 3 DLC Reveal: Blood Dragon



I bought and started playing through some of Far Cry 3 but put it down because I wanted to  play some other games.  Not because it was bad, no.  It starts out as a shocking journey straight into the heart of darkness that I'm sure would have been great.  Then I see this and I can only think that this is another character going through some kind of crazy hallucinogenic journey.  Looks fun though I don't think I'll be rushing out to get it.  Still have to romance me some Garrus on the Citadel.  Twirl me, Garrus, twirl me!

Sunday, January 6, 2013

The Night Watch

Are the members of the Night Watch allowed to make out with one another or is any physical contact worthy of death?