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Weekend Confirmed 105 - Journey, Mists of Pandaria, Mass Effect 3
by Garnett Lee, Mar 23, 2012 11:00am PDTAfter a long look at Mass Effect 3 last week, Jeff, Jeff, Andrea, and Garnett turn their attentions to Journey, the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft, and other games. However, they cannot ignore the interesting turn the controversy over the ending of Mass Effect 3 took with BioWare co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka directly addressing fans to promise them "clarity" and "closure" through new content the team will create. We also catch up on the announcement of an Epic Mickey sequel along the way to wrapping up with Finishing Moves.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 105: 03/23/2012
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Round 1 00:00:30 – 00:27:20
Whatcha Been Playing Part 1 00:27:56 – 00:56:50
Whatcha Been Playing Part 2 00:57:50 – 01:27:58
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Comments
As someone who hasn't played any of the Mass Effect games, but has read about this controversy, I personally think that Mass Effect fans are "entitled" to an ending that's more substantial than a 2.5 minute Bink video with palette swaps. Is it too late to wash away the stink of that lackluster handling? Yes. Is it too late to build a new ending series that's bigger than just "press A, B, or C"? Yes. But I think that at least some text on the implications of those decisions would be better than some Bink video that was phoned into Blur studios (or whoever they had do those renders) a few months before certification.
The multiple endings thing made me think about Catherine. Atlus had Studio 4 C make six sets of ending animations, all unique, all with dialogue. That of course requires finishing the writing ahead of time. Which makes me think: how much was BioWare making up the Mass Effect 3 story as they went along?
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