Quote Originally Posted by CVXIV View Post
doesn't defeating Sphene cause the terminals to be shut down anyway? It's entirely reliant on her and her inability to see reason due to her being programmed the way she is
Yep. So instead of spending that time trying to find a way to reprogram her. Or informing the people of Living Memory our next boss fight is about to end their existence, so they should probably wrap things up if they have any unfinished business like that wedding that couple has waited centuries to have. Or searching for a way to save the memories in storage so after we stop Sphene they aren't lost, we instead spend that time vacationing with people as we wipe them out...

I personally find dressing up as a bunny to give children happy memories ten minutes before wiping them out of existence absolutely mental. I would have rather the characters pulled out lawn chairs and sat in front of the Meso terminal waiting for Sphene to finish reformatting than what they actually did with that time. I get they are trying to do the "you live on as long as you're remembered" thing, but I'm pretty sure that's in reference to being remembered by the people who love you, not assailants remembering their victims. I guess where the Garleans went wrong wasn't that they tried to drop a moon on us, but that they didn't try any of the local cuisine beforehand.