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#1  Edited By Oldirtybearon
@SeriouslyNow said:
" @KingWilly said:
" @Ravenousrattler said:
" As long as you don't use blood magic, i think you will be fine. Really, what is wrong with mages in this game, resorting to blood magic for the tiniest of problems. "
Read the Band of Three codex entries. There is far more going on in Kirkwall than just mages crying about being persecuted and then resorting to blood magic. "
I love when games use walls of text to reveal exposition that the developers were too lazy or stupid to do within the playable game itself.  Final Fantasy Turd(emo)Teen was awesome in a similar way. "
 
The Band of Three entries are for people who like to dig into the lore of a game. You don't need it to understand the story and what's happening, but it provides depth to those who seek it. A lot of games work this way. It's up to you to decide how deep you decide to dig.   
  
Unless of course, you want to just sit there while every ounce of exposition and lore is spoon-fed on a drip while you play a game. You must've hated Bioshock in that case.
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#2  Edited By Oldirtybearon
@Ravenousrattler said:
" As long as you don't use blood magic, i think you will be fine. Really, what is wrong with mages in this game, resorting to blood magic for the tiniest of problems. "
Read the Band of Three codex entries. There is far more going on in Kirkwall than just mages crying about being persecuted and then resorting to blood magic.
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#3  Edited By Oldirtybearon
@benjaebe said:
" I liked the ending since I sided with the Templars and got to off Meredith and Orsino, who ended up being off his rocker. I couldn't understand why every goddamn mage in Kirkwall turned into an abomination all the time, but if you read the codex entries and stuff from the Band of Three (?) then the whole plot actually makes a lot more sense. "
The ending itself was fine, especially with the Band of Three codex entries. They could've kept the game as-is and added the BoT entries as a sort of side quest where you either A) meet the BoT and maybe even help fund their research or B) place their entries in places people can't miss. When you read those entries and then look at the overall story, it does make a lot of sense. It also makes me pretty eager to go digging under Kirkwall to see what they found.
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#4  Edited By Oldirtybearon
@easthill said:
" @02sfraser: The humans were the only race able to stop a Reaper - therefore the Reapers wanted a human Reaper. The collectors we're controlled by the Reapers. 
Personally I think the whole story of ME2 was a bit pointless in the big scheme. A new enemy was introduced and defeated without progressing the overarching Reaper plot a bit. Only in the DLC did something significant happen.
 
I hope BioWare will fuck over the Renegade path, and make Shepard screw everything up by being a jerk to the wrong people. But that won't happen, we'll probably only get one ending - paragon or renegade.
 
@02sfraser said:
" Bioware aren't one for cliches and always surprise me so it's hard to judge. "  
No? Collect 4 things/Recruit 4 things -> Point of no return -> End game. Oh, and this. "
To be fair I think most middle-chapter stories fall into the same problem. Especially in video games. Two Towers was the worst of the three LOTR movies precisely because it was the middle of a very large book. Half Life 2: Episode 2 is a good expansion, but it lacks the narrative flavour of either Episode One or any of the HL games precisely because it's the middle. ME2's main plot thread had to introduce a new enemy, have you defeat said enemy, and set up for ME3 in the process. I think they did an admirable job when it comes to the main plot thread.
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#5  Edited By Oldirtybearon
@Unchained: That is bothersome. I try to only share dreams that are particularly surreal. I wish other people did the same. Or at least had imaginations for their subconscious to draw from.
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#6  Edited By Oldirtybearon
@PhatSeeJay: If it begins with Garrus breaking him out and Shepard donning a do-rag I will shit myself.
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#7  Edited By Oldirtybearon
@02sfraser: I don't think that's it. I highly doubt some Collectors got together and said "let's make a Reaper!" while Harbinger twiddled his tentacles out in Dark Space. The whole "ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL" thing kind of puts a damper on 'em not being aware, much less playing an integral role in getting the human Reaper under construction.  
 
@PhatSeeJay: That... actually makes a whole lot of sense. Good one.
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#8  Edited By Oldirtybearon
@GideonAmos: is that really a thing? If so, I'm 100% with you. That's dumb.
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#9  Edited By Oldirtybearon
@foggel: Out of curiosity, how do you think ME3 will handle wanting to change your imported face or class? ME2 used the Lazarus  Project, and Bioware loves to make sure these kinds of "gamey" things are written cohesively into the story. What do you think will happen?
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#10  Edited By Oldirtybearon

We don't even know why the Reapers are harvesting humans. I mean, sure, we know they want to use them and create more Reapers, but we don't know why this process exists. There are a lot of questions like that that need to be answered in ME3 before I can even get to whether or not I think John Shepard (was so happy when the canon name for Shepard was mine) will live or die. I'm personally pulling for the picket fence and little blue children, but that's just me.