| Scoobes said: I didn't think it was particularly offensive, I was making more of a general comment as these threads always end up being JRPG vs WRPG rather than debating the how or why the genres do things differently. Personally I thought Mass Effect handled some relatively mature themes fairly well for a video game (racism, morality of science/technology, politics, drug addiction etc.) and developed characters incredibly well over the course of the series. Off the top of my head, Liara goes from being a shy young scientist to running the largest digital information monopoly in the game, Tali goes from young nobody to near criminal to admired admiral, Mordin suffers from guilt for his actions and works to rectify them, Jack finally accepts her past and is able to psychologically move on... they each have a past and fully fleshed back story with moral themes in each. If I was to make a complaint about the story or writing it would be that the over-arching storyline is fairly generic (save the galaxy/world/universe from the big bad x, y, z). The world building and the characters that are put into that world are what make the writing shine. |
Yeah i have to agree with you. Mass Effect was done really well. One of the best stories Ive seen in games and the scores along with sales really show this. I personally believe it could reach a fanbase like Star Trek/Star Wars if they decided to make Mass Effect movies(Which i think they are now)
My only complain about the sotry though is it didnt have enough colors at the ending -_- Where is my Cyan color BioWare :P im Jk ME3 qas actually my favorite.
