I dunno why I'm posting this, really. It's really clear that discussing ME3 on the intertubes is a collective spleen venting thing more than anything. Rational discussion of the merits and shortcomings of the game as a whole were the first up against the wall when someone finished the game and everyone else found out about it.
But the thing I don't understand is the people that are boycotting Bioware over this. As if a single potential misstep would kill their *extensive* reputation for quality product.
Because Bioware?
Still made all of these:
Neverwinter Nights
Baldur's Gate
Jade Empire
Knights of the Old Republic
Mass Effect 1
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3 (again, the rest of the game is superb, ending or no)
Dragon Age
Dragon Age 2
The Old Republic
Bioware still makes quality work and presumably will continue to do so. People that aren't going to buy Bioware products sight unseen anymore? Fair enough, that's a reasonable reaction. That's wanting to make sure that you don't get the rug yanked out from under you again, for whatever definition of rug yanking that applies to you. Logical, when a given game will run you 50+ bucks these days. But boycotting them outright from now on due to an ending that they've acknowledged was poorly received? If you think that any writer, any production staff, any.... anything to do with creative writing is immune to "it seemed like a good idea at the time" and Murphy's Law screwing up their work, that's more bullshit than the collective amount of accusations of Bioware bullshit with regards to the ending. I'd like to see anyone do as good or better without screwing up once. The only difference is that Bioware charges for the effort they put into their stuff, and this apparently means they must've signed some "I must be perfect at all times, for lo I take your moniez" waiver that no one else has to.
Bioware's doing Command and Conquer in the next couple of years, the new Generals sequel. This has me genuinely excited. Still. Because it means they're a step closer to getting to the Tiberium series, and if Bioware writing *that* would result in another ME3 "controversy"? I'd pay for it gladly, because it would be That. Damn. Good. Like their stuff always is, even when I don't necessarily like it.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
But the thing I don't understand is the people that are boycotting Bioware over this. As if a single potential misstep would kill their *extensive* reputation for quality product.
Because Bioware?
Still made all of these:
Neverwinter Nights
Baldur's Gate
Jade Empire
Knights of the Old Republic
Mass Effect 1
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3 (again, the rest of the game is superb, ending or no)
Dragon Age
Dragon Age 2
The Old Republic
Bioware still makes quality work and presumably will continue to do so. People that aren't going to buy Bioware products sight unseen anymore? Fair enough, that's a reasonable reaction. That's wanting to make sure that you don't get the rug yanked out from under you again, for whatever definition of rug yanking that applies to you. Logical, when a given game will run you 50+ bucks these days. But boycotting them outright from now on due to an ending that they've acknowledged was poorly received? If you think that any writer, any production staff, any.... anything to do with creative writing is immune to "it seemed like a good idea at the time" and Murphy's Law screwing up their work, that's more bullshit than the collective amount of accusations of Bioware bullshit with regards to the ending. I'd like to see anyone do as good or better without screwing up once. The only difference is that Bioware charges for the effort they put into their stuff, and this apparently means they must've signed some "I must be perfect at all times, for lo I take your moniez" waiver that no one else has to.
Bioware's doing Command and Conquer in the next couple of years, the new Generals sequel. This has me genuinely excited. Still. Because it means they're a step closer to getting to the Tiberium series, and if Bioware writing *that* would result in another ME3 "controversy"? I'd pay for it gladly, because it would be That. Damn. Good. Like their stuff always is, even when I don't necessarily like it.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."