As far as the expansive universe hinted at goes, t...

2009-08-07T23:45:25.239-07:00

As far as the expansive universe hinted at goes, they had the chance to prove themselves with the DLC mission and entirely blew it. From reading the data files, I was insanely intrigued by the Batarians. How they were this human-hating race that managed to wind up on the wrong side of the rest of the galaxy even though the humans were initially dicks, becoming something of a metaphor for Iraqi insurgents. I saw the Batarians as these tragic figures.

Then Bring Down the Sky comes along, I'm uber excited to finally interact with Batarians... and it's probably the worst DLC I've ever paid for. Completely deflated my estimation of their ability to flesh out the world the attempted to craft with the rest of the game. That and the fact the the Reavers are kind of a rip off of the Predator and the enemy in Prey with a little "chicken and egg" riddle mixed in.

I don't know if you ever got around to reading...

2009-08-07T09:41:33.823-07:00

I don't know if you ever got around to reading either of the two sci-fi posts I recently wrote, but this has definitely slapped me in the face to put Star Wars on the list (yeah, I honestly never even considered it until just now).

In fact, I may do 'all' six of them, as while enjoying the political/precursor events, I fall into your boat of just disliking how the story was told in the latter 'first' trilogy.

Personally, I argue that games haven't told or given me the science fiction I would ask for. Mass Effect is a beast in that it alludes to a much bigger world. Though I enjoyed it much, I'm not willing to grant it the label of 'science fiction' quite yet; which to be fair, could change entirely with the sequel.

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