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Posted by: HipiO7
I wont say no as it is not a perfect game but somethings... just no.
We dont even know if the child on Earth is real. Nobody else but Shepard acknowledges his meer existence.
My point exactly. It's vague and has stirred up controversy because Casey Hudson WANTS controversy. This is not done for the sake of preserving the consistent thematic value of this series, it's just bloody shallow.
Also the whole evacuation scene was to add drama, nothing more. I dont know why you were so surprised, its happened hundreds of times in other series where whatever should have been blown out of the sky in miliseconds.
Plus the Normandy could possibly be invisible to Reaper scans...It has Reaper tech after all... It would explain why the Normandy can travel through Reaper controlled space and only be detected upon scanning.
Once again, exactly my point. The whole thing is so artificial and contrived for the sake of drama, rather than genuine emotion. The only times I felt genuinely affected emotionally was Mordin and Legion's respective deaths, the rest was absolutely laughable. The evac scene was simply to appease the odd fans who care more about their love interest rather than the integrity of the story - which is why this scene opens up so many plot holes.
The other times the Normandy appeared in the previous games (for instance, Therum in ME1) was because it was standing-by for the purpose of picking up Shepard. In ME3, it's in the middle of a space battle and manages to reach the beam in under 5 seconds. Even at FTL speeds this just makes no sense, it takes about 20 minutes for Harbinger to reach the beam after disengaging from the space battle.
So Harbinger, the oldest Reaper in existence, is fooled by an IFF signal? What about the Reapers that chase down the Normandy on the galaxy map just for scanning? Harbinger can clearly distinguish enemy forces because he blasts everyone running to the beam, so when the Normandy picks up the squadmates and he sees enemy forces heading into something that isn't even shaped like a Reaper, he's just going to sit there and watch it fly away... It's not like he couldn't spare a shot at it since we see him fire multiple lasers at the ground troops, but for some reason the Normandy is allowed to escape.
Contrivance. Contrivance everywhere...