Do I as the player know what happened in the Milky Way? yes. Does my Ryder character know what happened? to some extent yes. Does the Benefactor know? Yes. Does the rest of the initiative know? no they do not. This is a plot point that need to be addressed. Not addressing them cheapens the experience because naturally the people of the initiative would want to know the current state of the Milky Way. Now, Will it completely ruin my experience with a hypothetical MEA:2? no but it will cheapen it.
As far as a canon ending is concerned, them not giving one is confirmation of a canon ending in it of itself (refusal). Why else wouldn't the Nexus be able to contact anyone in the Milky Way. Also its been a little over 600 years and the Milky Way would've found better/faster ways of traveling through space and or better communications.
Like I said there will always be that elephant in the room of "What is the current state of the Milky Way 600 years later." If we continue to get the "Oh we cant contact them" excuse then that pretty much confirms that refusal is the canon ending. It is what it is.
Either way we won't be getting this game for another 5 years optimistically speaking. Who knows what will happen from now until then.
@r_debene91 wrote:
Does the Benefactor know? Yes.
Why do you think he knows?
No, there are many good explanations why a contact is difficult, and non would confirm a specific ending as cannon.
r_debene91 wrote:
As far as a canon ending is concerned, them not giving one is confirmation of a canon ending in it of itself (refusal). Why else wouldn't the Nexus be able to contact anyone in the Milky Way. Also its been a little over 600 years and the Milky Way would've found better/faster ways of traveling through space and or better communications.
Wile any interfering storyline would do exactly that, and that is why I think that it would be a very bad idea.
The whole point of Andromeda is to move on from the Milky Way, I don't see how that cheapens it. Its not a plot point that needs addressed; the Initiative is trying to survive and they've got bigger worries than the MW.
As for why, there are plenty of reasons. Can they even get messages through? Is the MW purposefully not contacting them since the Initiative became an attempt for survival from exploration? Is there anyone still alive that knows of the Initiative since it was a secret project? It goes on and on.
We have no clue who the benefactor is so for all we know they are in andromeda so they may not know.
There's nothing to suggest refusal was what happened. There's nothing to suggest any of the endings. They've heard nothing and we don't know why. That leaves it open ended.
Look who's doing the handwaving now lol. 600 years of a bunch of different alien races working together and developing their tech but they aren't able to contact or travel to anyone quickly in another galaxy. Initiative was a secret project? What? There were 4 Arks with thousands of colonists on board and resources that were needed to build those things. Secret project yeah right dude, give me a break lol
If they come out with another Andromeda game, which i hope they do, they will need to find out a way to properly address what is going on in the Milky Way currently. If they don't address it, it will be a constant shadow that looms over the game. This is just the way I feel about it and I'm sure a lot of others do as well.
