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Posted by: TH3_AV3NG3R
If their wasn't a antagonist then who was the Harbinger? Just a voice? What about the collectors that was controlled by the Harbinger? They both have different and not one defining antagonist though. You have saren, geth, and the reapers in ME1. While in ME2 you have the Harbinger, collectors, and the different gangs.first off, my mistake: i meant to say *relatable* antagonist, not identifiable. you're obviously up against harbinger, one of the most flat, cartoonish, unintentionally funny, science fiction bad guys outside a flash gordon movie.
Central-plot was find a huge team to go on the suicide mission, to find out who the collectors are and to stop them.that's a *premise.* you see, in a narrative, every action is supposed to move the plot *forward*, whereas in me2, actions have only a vague connection to the main plot. you're supposed to be preparing to enter a relay and fight a space battle, disabling ships and whatnot, correct? why then, do you spend the entirety of the game collecting TWELVE GROUND TROOPS? shepard could've been facing down an entire planet of collectors for all he knew, so the logical thing to move the central plot forward is how he should best gather a *fleet* to command, as well as finding some experts on the Omega 4 relay and relays in general, and this could directly tie-in with liara, expert in all things prothean.
there is, in fact, only *one* squaddy in ME2 who's introduction is natural and who's forwarding of the plot is decently apparent: mordin solus. after that, the bulk of the game is just killing mercenaries and playing therapist to a bunch of irrelevant blokes. *decently-written* irrelevant blokes, but irrelevant blokes all the same.
even the few central missions of the game oftentimes fail to connect or forward the plot. for example: the reaper IFF mission comes to mind, where upon discovering a REAPER CORPSE, shepard doesn't think to use it as proof to the council for the reapers. in a game with a strong central plot, this would likely net shepard some COUNCIL SHIPS to go through the relay with.
[Edited on 12.30.2012 10:50 PM PST]