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More ambitious villain: Chaos or Reapers?

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Seriously, I don’t know how ideas like this pop into my head sometimes.  But I got to thinking about video game bad guys, and wondering simply who was the most ambitious?  Most of the time, video game antagonists really aren’t that ambitious if you were to stop and think about it; often times, they want to “take over the world,” or “kill Chris Redfield,” or something unoriginal like that.  And in the end, I’ve deduced my comparison down to two evil entities, who are similar, but not quite the same in their motives – Chaos (or Garland) from the original NES Final Fantasy, and The Reapers from Mass Effect.

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The Mass Effect – Secret of Mana Connection

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One of the best parts of the redesign is the simplicity in which I can post now – I have a clever idea, or inspiration to write something, I’m more or less an internet connection away from making it happen.

My recent time-waster these days has been Mass Effect. Not Mass Effect 2, but the original. I tend to be behind a generation when it comes to video games not starting with “Left 4 Dead” or “Resident Evil,” and to be perfectly honest, I probably wouldn’t have given attention to Mass Effect if not for the amazing theatrical trailer that they showed during the AFC championship game that made me go “whoa.” So I went out and picked up the first one, since it’s a Platinum edition, and inexpensive, to acclimate myself to the story, and prepare myself for the day in which I too, move onto Mass Effect 2.

And I love the game. I’m currently on my second go-around, to go the more renegade route, as well as unlock a few XBOX achievements on the way. But I came to the realization recently of what Mass Effect is, basically – Mass Effect is the sci-fi version of Secret of Mana.

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