Don't argue. I don't want to get started on why it cannot be better than the above mentioned sci-fi stuff... (and you don't want to get me started into that... trust me)
lol.
I don't wanna get you started. I just wanna shake my head.
hahahahaha
Joking aside, that's a long article. Didn't realize that's what you meant by "epic."
That said, I'm not on board with most of what the author says. Half of his article feels like an apologetic for gaming. I disagree with many of his points of why Mass Effect is superior science fiction, especially since most of them stem from the agenda of pushing a certain worldview (like Patriot pointed out while I finished reading the article). There's also the part where my gameplay experience and his view of the game don't exactly line up most of the time.
But I'm ultimately in agreement that Mass Effect does bring something to the table of science fiction because its worldview (universeview?) does stand out from most other sci-fi works, even if I disagree with it (as presented by the author, anyway... which I'm not entirely sure is actually the worldview presented in the game so much as his lens by which he presents the game).
Most importantly, though: I <3 FemShep.
...on that note. I think the author does himself, BioWare, and FemShep all a disservice by assuming FemShep the star. Aside from canon Shepard (though I'm losing concern for canon when it comes to most fiction) being male--and it being thereby iffy that he uses the female form to push his praise of the game--part of what makes the sexual equality of the game so laudable isn't that there's a female commander saving the universe but that male and female commanders are on a totally level playing field.
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Play Mass Effect. It's a good game. XD
