Although I would agree that it's an unlikely scenario, I will not underestimate BioWare's obscene obsession with raising people back from the dead as a story gimmick.
Ryder already died a couple of times and came back right?
If you've played SWTOR you'll know what I mean when I mention Revan, Valkorion and Kephess. Their multiple ressurrections have become running gags and to me it's just a testament to BioWare's inability to continue good story writing.
Personally I feel that BioWare is just repeating tricks that were once successful and are not looking too well at the law of diminishing returns. The truth probably is that BioWare was never really good at writing stories but rather at making compelling characters and interactions. DA:I fell flat for me because the companions were not compelling to me. ME:A is better for me because I actually do like a few of the companions and crew.
Anyways. I don't expect Alec to come back because I would not want him to come back as it would cheapen the story. In essence, even though she never truly died, Ellen already got the ressurrection treatment and for Alec to also get it would just be blah. Having said that, I don't put it past BioWare. It's something they could very well do, just because that's what's their story telling has been reduced to. I mean, as much as I have enjoyed playing ME:A, I suspect few people will actually say that the main story was really amazing and inspiring.
@EgoMania wrote:Although I would agree that it's an unlikely scenario, I will not underestimate BioWare's obscene obsession with raising people back from the dead as a story gimmick.
Ryder already died a couple of times and came back right?
If you've played SWTOR you'll know what I mean when I mention Revan, Valkorion and Kephess. Their multiple ressurrections have become running gags and to me it's just a testament to BioWare's inability to continue good story writing.
Personally I feel that BioWare is just repeating tricks that were once successful and are not looking too well at the law of diminishing returns. The truth probably is that BioWare was never really good at writing stories but rather at making compelling characters and interactions. DA:I fell flat for me because the companions were not compelling to me. ME:A is better for me because I actually do like a few of the companions and crew.
Anyways. I don't expect Alec to come back because I would not want him to come back as it would cheapen the story. In essence, even though she never truly died, Ellen already got the ressurrection treatment and for Alec to also get it would just be blah. Having said that, I don't put it past BioWare. It's something they could very well do, just because that's what's their story telling has been reduced to. I mean, as much as I have enjoyed playing ME:A, I suspect few people will actually say that the main story was really amazing and inspiring.
The thing is though, Ellen never did die. Alec sent her into cryo hoping that one day scientists could save her and find a cure. His thoughts were probably along the lines of, "Maybe there's an alien species in Andromeda that has or will have the science to help us. He then blocked that fact from his children. You know they would've brought her out of hibernation so they could cope with their own grief of losing Alec, which wouldn't have been fair to anyone.
@FutureSwagForce wrote:The thing is though, Ellen never did die
This point is completely irrelevant. Whether it's a matter of presumed dead or really dead and being ressurrected, the gimmick is the same: you thought someone was dead and presto, here they are again.
With Ellen I didn't mind so much because it was well done, but they should've left it at that. Having your Ryder die and be brought back was just unnecessary. And if Alec also comes back from the dead (because let's be honest, we don't reallly know if he died all the way or not), then it's just pure, lazy writing. It gets cheapened with each instance especially if it's within the same game.
