But what if you were shown that it has happened before. That organics had made synthetics that tried to wipe out all forms of life, both great and small. What if you were shown that it has happened several times. You have one single data point: the current cycle(two with From Ashes. The Protheans were just turning the tide against the machines when the Reapers appeared). The Reapers claim to have multiple data points stretching back an unknown number of cycles where the pattern has always repeated itself.Draken Steel said:IF it was true that synthetics and organics could never cooperate...then quite possibly yes. As awful as killing trillions now is, its better then no1 else living ever.
But......its not true. Indeed the geth are FAR more tolerant, forgiving, and willing to cooperate then ANY of the organic races.
This is probably a point where everyone can agree that Bioware screwed up. There should have been much, much more dialog with the Catalyst. This was one area that they shouldn't have cut to it's basic elements. We need this information, otherwise it's just ridiculous "because" logic. Reasons for such drastic actions can't just be boiled down to "because". It leaves the audience confused and irate. It causes the story to seem silly, and when you're going for deep and meaningful, the last thing you want is the audience to not take you seriously.