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ME3: Selling endings

19/03/2012 22/02/2022

ME3 selling endings

Now, there’s a lot of controversy around the ME3 ending. You probably know this even if you didn’t know the series existed (if there’s anyone out there who would fit this description). However, there’s one possibility, strongly hinted within the game itself, and it becomes even more evident with this analysis, that ME3 simply does not have an actual ending for the story. Instead, it has a dream/hallucination filler ending. The one that throws the audience off track before showing them the actual conclusion (or leaving the actual events to the audience’s imagination). The actual conclusion that doesn’t exist yet. And, and you should consider this possibility, might be available later as a DLC. Knowing EA and recent From Ashes scandal, non-free DLC. So, let me rephrase it: there is a very strong possibility, that EA might sell you the ending to the game you bought. Yes, it sounds like a stupid and too daringly asshole-ish blunt rip-off strategy. So it fits EA quite nicely.

An art gallery

19/02/2012 22/02/2022

Recently, there was a lot of talk about the art games, the “nongames”, mostly because of the release of two highly different “art games”: Dear Esther and Journey. I heard lots of different opinion about this “type” of game and wondered about them myself. Interesting arguments brought up by Jim Sterling in his last week Jimquisition, or this post also added to my views on the subject. And while i don’t usually think that assigning labels to games is a very helpful thing (as it is with music), i understand the necessity. Games like this, while hardly “experimental” today (as they were 5 years ago), are still a novelty. And given the fact that they differ so much, yet get labeled in a similar manner, it’s not surprising people simply don’t know what to expect.

Why Silent Hill doesn’t need “mythology”/lore

27/05/2010 22/02/2022

Since its release in ’99, Silent Hill inspired people to form communities around the series, to talk and wonder about the secrets of that mysterious foggy city. In 2001 i got into internet for the first time and, quite obviously, started searching information on the game i loved. Thus i too became a part of one such community. It was called Black Helix, and we spent hours sitting in the forum and discussing everything Silent Hill related. We argued about reality, we dreamed of what it would be to personally go to Silent Hill. Silent Hill 2 was already released, and still talked about a year after the release. After getting a PC version (I didn’t have a PS2) i joined in the heated discussions about the story and the characters. My opinion, just as the opinion of any other member of the community, was “true” in a way, because Silent Hill 2 didn’t have any straight answers. I believed that maybe the guilt of leaving the wife to die alone transformed into an imagined murder, and i still do. And i could – there was no trustworthy narrator, there were no clear facts, no definitive “truth” in the game. So, Silent Hill 2 journey was a personal one. Looking back – that was the best time to be a Silent Hill fan.

Bioshock is an OK FPS

10/04/2010 22/02/2022

So, BioShock was, apparently, a very big thing. And I still don’t get why exactly was that. Now, don’t get me wrong, BioShock was a rather good, if frustrating at times, FPS “with a twist”. It was nicely made, had several really good things about it but… That’s about it. And the entire situation of BioShock popularity really reminds me of Halo popularity – it seems that people consider BioShock is big simply because they were continuously told that it is big. But let me explain myself in detail.

Mass Effect: Chrono connection

15/03/2010 22/02/2022

Before someone thinks that this post will contain something like “OMG BioWare ripped-off Chrono trigger!11!”, “I like macaroni!” or “Jim Sterling has green skin!” or something equally stupid i want to clarify that the connection between games is actually pretty minor. Yes, this means that post is obviously boring, you can leave now. Ok, so if anyone is still interested in hearing me out, read on. The post will contain spoilers for both Mass Effect 2 and Chrono Trigger, so be warned.