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Re: Saints Row (PS5) - Seriously Dumb Fun Outweighs Dated Open World

ShadowofSparta

@HeeHo There’s having things to do, then having a map littered with repetitive activities that aren’t engaging. Elden Ring has a fantastic open world without bloat. It’s doable and quite frankly should be the norm in this day and age. Even Horizon has at the very least more engaging activities to do without becoming overbearing.

Re: GTA 6 Has a Female Protagonist, New Report Claims

ShadowofSparta

@Would_you_kindly You can be funny without punching down. I don’t really see what the issue is here. You want Rockstar to make jokes about the homeless or mentally ill? I mean sure, they could do that, but is that the only way to be funny? Why do people take issue with this? Most of the very best comedy out there, standup or sketch/show based doesn't punch down.

Re: Former BioWare Writer Discusses Alternate Ending for the Mass Effect Trilogy

ShadowofSparta

People seem to be misunderstanding why people were mad at the endings. I was on the BioWare forums at the time, and shared in the disappointment. The main things that pissed people off were: the Star Child being pulled out of someone’s ass, having everything explained to you in the last 15 mins of the game with nothing really set up earlier in the story to give you food for thought on what option to choose, the Illusive Man’s really disappointing character arc, all endings merely being different colours, and that the Indoctrination theory that fans developed being a far better explanation of some of the game’s events than what was actually written.

Honestly, people would have been fine if there was a single ending to the game, whilst the subplots could vary, but the execution of it was really poor. Considering some of the forethought that had been put into previous games’ outcomes, it felt rushed. People didn’t want 100 different endings, that’s just a mischaracterisation of fan sentiment at the time. They just wanted a at least one satisfying one.