So I completed the task, "What He Would Have Wanted" and am hoping someone will be able to explain to me what is going on with this task. The story. I feel like this should be a mission that has feels but I'm not sure what is going on/happened.
Cora sniffles at the end. And I keep making weird comments like, "Not sure I'm okay with this."
Can someone explain all this or give their take on the situation around it?
Eric the engineer recorded and uses his son's voice as motivation. So whenever you complete a task(think 5 or 6 in total) his son's recording will play. You will then find out later in the recordings that the boy was very ill and his father probably came to andromeda to start over, but died. The whole story was supposed to be sad, both father and son are dead, so ryder sniffled at the end.
Honestly this made me cringe. If you want a meaningful sob story, the blue rose of illum story was so much better, well written and perfectly executed.
Out of the 4 times I've done this quest now, the only time I felt any emotion was the second time - and realistically it was probably because I was overtired from playing for 12 hours straight lol.
I mean, in theory the story is sad - but it's not executed well enough, and yeah the Cora sniffles just ruins it - because Cora doesn't strike me as the type to sniffle at things, even though I dislike her, I don't think she'd crack like that, totally not Asari Commando material.
@lagruej wrote:
Out of the 4 times I've done this quest now, the only time I felt any emotion was the second time - and realistically it was probably because I was overtired from playing for 12 hours straight lol.
I mean, in theory the story is sad - but it's not executed well enough, and yeah the Cora sniffles just ruins it - because Cora doesn't strike me as the type to sniffle at things, even though I dislike her, I don't think she'd crack like that, totally not Asari Commando material.
Just because someone knows how to fight - doesn't mean they can't have a heart.
@Nykara360 wrote:
@lagruej wrote:
Out of the 4 times I've done this quest now, the only time I felt any emotion was the second time - and realistically it was probably because I was overtired from playing for 12 hours straight lol.
I mean, in theory the story is sad - but it's not executed well enough, and yeah the Cora sniffles just ruins it - because Cora doesn't strike me as the type to sniffle at things, even though I dislike her, I don't think she'd crack like that, totally not Asari Commando material.
Just because someone knows how to fight - doesn't mean they can't have a heart.
I liked it as just a sad little quest you get to feel a little better about finishing at the end. I'm not having to choose between bad or worse, it tells a little story, and I don't have to kill anyone. I wish there were more of these and less of the others actually.
You can still get wet eyes at funerals, national anthems, and olympic ceremonies and be hard as nails. You ever want to see a bunch of guys sniff at a movie like a bunch of teenage girls watching the Hallmark channel try 'Saving Private Ryan' at the "tell me I'm a good man" scene.
@jpcerutti1 wrote:
@Nykara360 wrote:
@lagruej wrote:
Out of the 4 times I've done this quest now, the only time I felt any emotion was the second time - and realistically it was probably because I was overtired from playing for 12 hours straight lol.
I mean, in theory the story is sad - but it's not executed well enough, and yeah the Cora sniffles just ruins it - because Cora doesn't strike me as the type to sniffle at things, even though I dislike her, I don't think she'd crack like that, totally not Asari Commando material.
Just because someone knows how to fight - doesn't mean they can't have a heart.I liked it as just a sad little quest you get to feel a little better about finishing at the end. I'm not having to choose between bad or worse, it tells a little story, and I don't have to kill anyone. I wish there were more of these and less of the others actually.
You can still get wet eyes at funerals, national anthems, and olympic ceremonies and be hard as nails. You ever want to see a bunch of guys sniff at a movie like a bunch of teenage girls watching the Hallmark channel try 'Saving Private Ryan' at the "tell me I'm a good man" scene.
I love the little things that have heart personally. Stuff that shows that while our characters can kick some * - they are still just people trying to survive. I get some people do prefer to play as a full renegade hard * but that wasn’t an option really in this game, I never play renegade anyways and I would love to see more 'moments' of my char being effected by what has been thrown at them. Even though they still go on and do whats required - alone on the ship or with a friend they should still be able to have a meltdown once in a while !
P.S. also why I wasnt bothered with Liam's meltdown - he was on the ship, he is human and entitled to one now and then!
@PandaTar wrote:
I have passed 3 times to this mission. The third time, I still wondered how much more they could fail to sway me. Of course, that's a personal input only. I felt more sorry for making my horse come to me from the other side of the world in Witcher 3 than with that story.
*broods with pile of books*
You liked the "Save the Whales" quest better?💔
As overall story, comparing Witcher 3 and ME:A is comparing fish and bicycles. You will enjoy Witcher 3. You make hard choices, in a bleak world, and end on bittersweet notes (or just flat out sad) - but you feel you did the right thing. More importantly, it feels like all the issues are resolved when you're done. You see the results of the decisions you make.
I'm comparing a bit because as I'm starting playing Witcher 3, it becomes visible the many points they wanted to make in a similar fashion on MEA. In my understanding, when they do that, they place themselves somewhere we end up comparing, like comparing with the trilogy, back then? Now that the way the game was made has nothing to do with the way it was made back then as well. So, based on that logic, how to compare?
I remember they tweeted of facebooked something about studying the Witcher to have a glimpse on how to do side quests properly, that had impact on the whole. If they did that, then they make a point for comparison between both games. And so on. Making an Open World ... might have been a mistake. Probably because they haven't found the way it would work for ME. That's all.
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The thing about those underwater animals? Haven't felt a thing. ^_^
Witcher 3, so far, had me more careful and emotionally involved so far. 5h of gaming, more than 130 gaming on MEA. I really think they need getting a better writting.
@PandaTar wrote:
I'm comparing a bit because as I'm starting playing Witcher 3, it becomes visible the many points they wanted to make in a similar fashion on MEA. In my understanding, when they do that, they place themselves somewhere we end up comparing, like comparing with the trilogy, back then? Now that the way the game was made has nothing to do with the way it was made back then as well. So, based on that logic, how to compare?
I remember they tweeted of facebooked something about studying the Witcher to have a glimpse on how to do side quests properly, that had impact on the whole. If they did that, then they make a point for comparison between both games. And so on. Making an Open World ... might have been a mistake. Probably because they haven't found the way it would work for ME. That's all.
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The thing about those underwater animals? Haven't felt a thing. ^_^
Witcher 3, so far, had me more careful and emotionally involved so far. 5h of gaming, more than 130 gaming on MEA. I really think they need getting a better writting.
I really like the Witcher series, and it improves game to game with 3 on top. The original ME series wins hands down for "the feels" though. I cared about Shep and almost everyone on the crew by the end like they were my own. Witcher doesn't quite pull that off for me even over three games save for Ciri and Vesmir.
...So I have plenty of hope Bioware can go back to the well they tapped for me in ME2 and ME3.
