Unfunny SAM - Good or Bad Idea?
I know they don't want to walk in the shadow of ME2-3 as much as possible but making that the polar opposite of EDi I sure hope they're not making canon. Let it grow and develop... or at least set it...
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@TKMcClone wrote:Edi had Joker and Shepard to help it develop, so joking seemed like a natural evolution. SAM has more responsibilities and direct connections to organic personalities (pathfinders). I prefer that it was more of a narrator than a participant in the story. To me, it fit well that SAM didn't have much personality. I think that it is 'too big' to have one personality.
Synthetics were done extremely well in ME1-3. It could even be argued that defining the rights of created beings was the core theme for the games. That is a lot for one (too big) Ai to live up to.
I think it would be an interesting exploration if SAM 'created' new Ai without permission. The implications and questions around 'synthetic reproduction' would become an extension of the ME1-3 "synthetics and morality" theme. SAMs child Ai could be given / linked to Ryder as a replacement while objections and suspicion lingered. It would be more interesting to see this smaller Ai develop a personality.
Lot of interesting ways they could go with SAM. Benefactor, theme, stand in or polar opposite for EDI, friend, foe, or symbiot... but I don't want the "bigness".☹️
At least for the first episode, SAM is more the protagonist than I am. I get to make some decisions and "drive"... but it is more than a little like sitting in Dad's lap and playing with the wheel. I'm okay with SAM being dad's favorite out of the three of us - but I want to play *me* in the game instead of SAM by proxy.
I would like to see more moments in the future of SAM developing its own personality and making suggestions to Ryder based on that personality- which she can then either go with or against. I think it would show a more defined difference between the two. Even something more simple like 'you can shutdown the forcefield this way' and Ryder nah ill shut it down like this instead. There is times it feels like the only smarts Ryder has is SAM.
With studying the remnant on Sara she should at least be more knowledgeable about studying an alien species and Scott more with combat - their own skills need to be reflected better. Maybe they could even teach SAM a few things beyond just being human. Surely it can't know *everything*.
[ Edit add ] I want to feel more like Ryder is making accomplishments - not just SAM. Like SAM is assisting Ryder but also learning from her experiences and own knowledge. Like Ryder could still manage to survive Heleus without SAM but the AI makes it easier. Gimme my hero.
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@Nykara360 wrote:
[ Edit add ] I want to feel more like Ryder is making accomplishments - not just SAM. Like SAM is assisting Ryder but also learning from her experiences and own knowledge. Like Ryder could still manage to survive Heleus without SAM but the AI makes it easier. Gimme my hero.
Yeah. The only time we have the impression Ryder had evolved is when he gets a nosebleed. He actually managed to work those Remnants on his own. That's supposed to be something, and we hope he'll show more of his own evolution in due course.
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