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Originally Posted by "Half Assed" Karesh
Nonono. You're not justifying this. Even if a creature like the Thresher Maw breaking the kinetic barriers of a Reaper made sense, the basic concept of the scene is silly. From a narrative perspective Reapers have represented "If this shows up we are dead" enemy. A single Reaper destroyed damn near every ship defending the Citadel, and the whole first games plot was based around describing just how fucked the Galaxy is if the Reapers actually get to Citadel space.
If something has to give, it should have been the Thresher Maw.
Even though in the first place the reaper just shouldn't be there for the Thresher Maw to fight.
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I don't want to make this into a discussion about fictional physics and mechanics, but there are totally ways to justify it if you try. And I want to try, because the idea of killing an all-devouring ancient evil by throwing an angry carnivorous worm at it is fucking hilarious.
We don't know the context of the scene, really. This could be one damaged Reaper threatening the planet after retreating from a spacefight. By hiding within the planet's atmosphere, it renders itself immune to the larger threats out there (hesitant to fire on their own planet) while giving it plenty of options for wreaking havoc regardless.
A Thresher Maw is a nice, localized bit of ordnance, and it's so creative that the Reaper probably wouldn't have seen coming - and with the damage sustained to its kinetic barriers and sensors after the spacefight, it wouldn't have known what hit it.
But again, that's not what this thread is about.
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Originally Posted by Solid Snake
Lemme just ask you this, Kerensky, because I think this is what it really boils down to.
...You really like Mass Effect, right? As a series? I imagine you're a huge ME1 and ME2 fan like I am.
So let me just pose this question to you. If Bioware could only do one thing with its time and money when developing ME3, what would you rather see them do: Actually include a proper sendoff for the beloved character of Mordin Solus, or waste precious time, effort and resources to include Jessica Chobot's likeness as a love interest?
...This should not be a difficult question. It shouldn't have been difficult for Bioware, either.
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Originally Posted by Azisien
Hey Mr. Lawyer, isn't that a loaded question?
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Thanks! Yes, that question is very loaded, and not particularly necessary. It's a hypothetical question with no basis in reality, worded in a way to strongly imply that one choice is better than the other, while obscuring the lack of solid supporting details. There's no reason to believe that Bioware would have had to make that choice.