#Mass effect indoctrination theory 2019 series#

But having an opinion is different to demanding that changes be made, or rewriting it and saying it's inherently superior. Hell, that's one of the defining characteristics of art itself. It's a piece of art and people can have whatever opinion of it they like. At this stage, the only fandom less forgiving is that of Batman.Д«y no means is Mass Effect 3 immune to scrutiny. That BioWare released an extended ending is not an act of 'mea culpa', as Pugliese claims, but merely a testament to how incessantly these fans brayed. Does Pugliese really believe that his artistic vision - one of standing on BioWareвЂ™s shoulders and warping their creation based on what he, personally, wishes it was - is as worthy of attention as the original creation itself? There's a sense that the opinions of fans mean more than those of 'journalists' or even the creators - basically anyone who disagrees with the notion that the Mass Effect 3 ending sucked. Well, my artistic vision contains a lot of stuff. Again, just because something is someoneвЂ™s true art, that doesnвЂ™t mean it should be held immune to scrutiny and feelings of discontent from the public. Fine, I get that, but that doesnвЂ™t mean the artistic vision canвЂ™t suck.

#Mass effect indoctrination theory 2019 series#

Sure, ME3 and the Mass Effect series ended as its creators intended. It sounded something like this: вЂњThis is how BioWare intended Mass Effect 3 to end. Pugliese attempts to pre-emptively defend against this argument in his lengthy, ranting introduction: Amid the uproar over ME3вЂ™s endings, when fans were raging the hardest and journalists were calling disgruntled fans entitled brats, an argument supporting BioWareвЂ™s writers was floating around.

The issue is one of fan entitlement, which reaches a Reaperesque scale with 'Vindication,' just when you thought the bubbling cauldron of toxic internet rage had simmered down. (It wasnвЂ™t, but IвЂ™m not arguing about that anymore.) ItвЂ™s not even an issue of whether the ending of Mass Effect 3 was bad enough to justify its creation. The issue here is not one of whether 'Vindication' is any good.

Most importantly, in some of the endings, Shepard survives to have babies! The status quo is retained! Fans rejoice! The Star Child is gone, replaced by a Prothean VI who functionally serves more or less the same purpose. There are literally over one hundred pages of epilogues. New romance options abound (вЂњGood boy, Vega. We catch up with seemingly every character ever to appear even fleetingly in the series. So says Gerry Pugliese in the introduction to his five-hundred-plus page rewrite of Mass Effect 3, bearing the spectacularly self-aggrandising title вЂњVindication.вЂќ ItвЂ™s pretty comprehensive, changing everything from character classes to gameplay to dialogue to, of course, the ending.Д¬ontent-wise, 'Vindication' is fan fiction through and through. So yes, I know how arrogant this will sound, but I feel, via the changes, revisions, subtractions and additions, I present in ME3V, I make ME3 a far better game than what the entire staff at BioWare spewed forth.