I just mean, when I look at both these games, they both took beloved characters from the entire series that were still alive, and ended it all with them. Which do you think ended better? I don’t know exactly how else to ask it. I just know they both had beloved characters come back, and I think, for me at least, I was happy to see those characters back, but I can’t decide which I thought was better. I mean, was my first moment seeing Raiden back to him with his wife and kid as he laid on a hospital bed at the end, or meeting back up with Thane to see him die on a hospital bed a better (for lack of a “better” word) moment? I know it’s all executed very differently, but still, I think in sense, it’s similar.
Sure the Raiden stuff from Metal Gear was kind of stupid, but Raiden has been a pretty stupid character from the beginning. The important aspect was happened with Snake, who I felt they gave a great send off to.
Similarly, the characters in Mass Effect were certainly important, but the most important send off was the one that Commander Shep got, and that was a fair bit abysmal.
So when it comes down to it, the side characters' conclusions were never that important by comparison. I don't know that either game gave them much thought.
MGS4 tied up EVERYTHING, almost to a fault. I felt it it could have left a little more room for discussion and speculation between fans that the other games in the series allowed for. That minor gripe aside, it ends a thousand times better than ME3's ending.
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