So when I woke up today I felt a little disheartened because I wasn't feeling as if I was really making any
choices - like my decisions weren't altering anything at all - as if the path the storytellers are telling is planned to be basically the same regardless of what you do within this game.
The main thing that made me think this way was when the Salarian chick told me to lie about curing the Genophage, or she wouldn't send her scientists/fleets to the Crucible - so I said "Fuck you, hobag" and cured the Genophage anyways - watched Mordin sing and explode, completed another mission only to hear Hackett say "The Salarians are scared. The Dalatrass has sent her scientists and fleets to the Crucible." So I had an immediate "huh...alright then, good thing I decided to cure that Genophage, because the outcome was ultimately the same, very sneaky Bioware."
But then when I was in the shower I reasoned with myself that this game isn't about making choices. It's not about "How will what I say/do now, change my game later?" - but it's about watching my last 2 games of choices unfold in front of me. I definitely feel like I am watching more video, and choosing less dialogue options compared with the other games- I'm okay with that, I'm being entertained, plus all of the battles are pretty tough and intense.
In one sense I feel so angry that I don't feel as if I have control in this game as I did with the others - but I feel so good inside with watching the closure of the story I've been helping create unfold. I feel bummed that choices I have made in the last game led to people from previous games dying in this game - but it doesn't bug me because it's because of me that those things happened, and I know if I want to experience it differently, I can just play all 3 games again - and essentially watch an entirely different story unfold through 3 games, only to wind up ending essentially the same every time. Makes ya think.
