Or, whatever planet Dragon Age takes place on turns out to be a world in Mass Effect as well. And then Shepard shows up in his Dragon Age armor and everything starts to get weird.
As it turns out Lhynn was right and we were fools for not believing him. The Indoctrination Theory was correct and Shepard could do nothing to stop the Reapers. When the Crucible was activated it caused a rift in reality which banned The Shepard to Thedas while also causing its recent Fade issues. Cue The Shepard reforming the Inquisition.
Im having a hard time believing youd rather accept that the game makes no sense and that an astronomical number of mistakes were made in the most important part of the trilogy than a simple, easy to follow explanation that makes sense in universe and has more than a couple clues/moments indirectly pointing towards it or referencing it (weak as that may be).
That was about all there was to me discussing that, if that gets me ridiculed so be it. The challenge was to prove me wrong with stuff in game that would make IT impossible. Instead all i got were quotes of some veiled statements from the devs that were probably completely handled by PR.
As to why i call ME1 a RPG as opposed to an ARPG:
well, it is true that without a definition of what an rpg is its pretty much impossible to make an untouchable statement. But i will try to clarify why i believe it is one. In simple terms, because you know this shit.
RPGs have some core elements that never change.
- One of them is statistical character development. The main character, lhynn shepard, grows as he gains experience and even if superficial not all skills were about combat, there were 2 skills that you could improve that would grant you extra dialogue options.
- Itemization. ME featured a mess of an inventory, but at least the mix of gear and mods gave it some depth.
- C&C: This one is not in every rpg, but it is in most, even if it is small or almost meaningles. Even if weak and completely ruined on the sequels you could pick a lot of stuff that had at least some impact in the world, even if it was something you heard. You could lose 2 companions before the end of the game, the first one was in an argument, the second was was deciding over the lives of two people you (presumably) didnt want to sacrifice.
Finally, and what sets it appart from action RPGs is the combat, character skill was more important than player skill, the game made it next to impossible to hit anything that wasnt at point blank with a weapon you werent trained in, Powers for that matter were no available or useless unless you spent points on them.
That and the fact that one of the core mechanics of the game was actually talking, you spent most of your time running and talking. Another bulk of the game was spent exploring.
So thats it.
Who the fuck asked you about mass effect "theory", moron?
