| Fayceless said: That's pretty standard, for fans to influence game development. But it sounds to me like this story, this ending, was very specifically created, like it or not, for a puprose. Gameplay elements change all the time. There's nothing wrong with that. But you never change a story, unless you're George Lucas and even then people hate him for it. I just feel like making a change to the ending would be disastrous, no matter how bad the ending sucks. I completely agree 100% with Levine...it just woulnd't be right...couldn't be real. I mean, if the perpetual revisionist Lucas were to change how Episode 6 ends, with Vader survivng and going on to live the rest of his life as a good guy, I couldn't accept that as the real ending even if I wanted it to happen. (which I don't, nobody wants that) I just feel like, as far as story goes, once it's done, it's done. Don't go back and change the story, it makes no sense whatsoever and detracts from the game, and any future games the developers make. Why get invested in a story if the storymakers can just go "lol jk" and rewrite it whenever people get a little upset? |
The changes I alluded to earlier were actually made to the story and characters, not just the gameplay, although I might be mistaking your meaning there. In any case, the ending of this game was actually changed fairly late in development. There's an appstore app ("The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3") that goes into more detail, but suffice it to say that this ending was not exactly what was originally envisioned, and there's some reliable evidence that it was done solely by two people, while the rest of the series has been a team effort.
That aside, I still can't agree with you. Changing a story after release is not unusual for any medium, not even videogames. Blade Runner's Director Cut is a classic example, and you'll find few people who argue against that change. Charles Dickens had essentially finished Great Expectations, but because he had the luxury of releasing it as a serial he was able to rewrite the ending before that portion was publicized. Even recent gaming has seen the ending of Fallout 3 completely revamped; I don't recall many people complaining about that. Works of fiction are not set in stone. And if the final product is not pleasing to the consumer, I see no harm in making it better.
