Crawfish
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Skald said:Merilindia said:I knew that the ending of the MotB sucked, but I didn't realise just how MUCH, until I finally finished it. From the Supplicant Gate on, the game was so lame, it hurt. Meh. I can't believe how stupid it was. Killing Arman at every turn, not even seeing Akachi after restoring him, the boring drag through 4 churches, unimpressive Wall section, couldn't even ask about Bishop, being Tsk'd by Kelemvor and having a distinctevly MALE character in the king of all lame epilogues.
Merilindia said:Uhm, I liked the OC ending much more. It was drammatic and bitter-sweet when I thought that we all died trying to defeat an overwhelming foe.
I don't think I need to comment that, Vaarna.
I think it's the best insight I can offer about her.
I actually agree with her on this.
MotB was a fricking awesome game. I loved it, and plan on replaying it soon.
But the ending sucked balls. It made me want to vomit when the narrator went on and on about how I took to travelling the planes, leading endless adventures that would have put the ones we actually played through to shame, living in practically eternal bliss with my one true love at my side, etc. Vomit.
Maybe I just wanted to get the fuck back home after being kidnapped, open up a pub, and become fat while banging whores on top of the big pile of gold I'd amassed. Conclusions should wrap-up what you've accomplished and address the ramifications of the choices you made without projecting forward, railroading the rest of your character's entire life.
Plus, it had the worst visuals presented during the purge-inducing narration I've seen in many years. If they felt the need to show static pictures rather than something that incorporated your actual character model, they could have at least shown some tastefully designed abstracts or vague sepia/charcoal drawings along the lines of the cutscenes in Icewind Dale. It looked incredibly jarring to have realist paintings with those blackhole representations of your character. And, as Merilinda (whoever that is) pointed out, the blackhole was for a male character, even if you played through as a female.