Rockfist wrote...
ReinaHW wrote...
Not short sighted, just very jaded. I didn't buy into the hype with DA2, I wasn't going to be buying it when I heard about it because I was worried, and rightfully so, that the game would be rushed.
I decided to buy it because there's nothing else of interest.
There's -always- something of interest, just gotta look in the right places and for the right stuff. Mods are a great way to echance older games.
I'm used to disappointment, so used to it that I've gotten to the point where I've come to accept that complaining about it won't solve anything because no one listens. If they did then I would be complaining directly to EA's bosses about their business practices and insisting that they examine what they're doing and change before things get worse.
If they listened then the instant I had heard about DA2 and my doubts kicking in I would have voiced loudly. But I've come to accept after so many years of rushed games, never being heard and watching things get worse for a pastime I enjoy a lot that nothing's going to change because all that matters to a company is making money by any means. And if that means rushing out a game that isn't ready in order to cater to a silly deadline notion then that's what they'll do, regardless of how we, the costumers, feel about it.
You seem to have a very bad attitude about you. I think you need to give yourself a kick up the arse to liven yourself up again. Yeah, EA will always be EA, like Activision will always be Activision. Just the way those soulless corporations operate, but it doesn't mean you need to get so defeatist about it. I've banned myself from certain publishers due to their bull**** before and i know i will again. Unfortunately Bioware will probably have to make that list, and i don't care that i'm one person, 'cause it matters to me that i dont sell myself short and buy into the hype of these games because EA/Activision are essentially the same, except Activision just makes ****ty rehashs, EA is more like a virus. Or something that lives on others, it's sucking up all these great devs and making them shovel out absolute rubbish and it's what we're seeing here.
Didn't make that go off on a rant, but you should just try to stick by what you feel is right more. If enough people stop buying the games, the DLCs, the preorders, everything, it will get noticed. Maybe not right away, but you can't just shrug it off due to boredom.
So I just hope that they'll have the common sense to see their mistakes, because complaining about it isn't going to help, no one will listen. DA2 being rushed out is just a small hint of a large problem in the industry, a problem that those seeking quick wealth refuse to fix.
Glad you still have your sense of humour. 
I'm sick to death of shooters - they're a dime a dozen - have no interest in sports games, though tennis isn't too bad, the majority of games don't have gender choice and I'm sick beyond words of male only leads and no choice.
So there isn't a lot of interest for me, getting DA2 was a case of 'May as well'. I don't hate the game though, disappointed, but it's still playable so that's good.
I've been gaming since 1984, ever since that video game market crash, and I've watched since then as the industry has dug itself into the rut it's in now due to this whole 'Every game must be rushed out and must be made to compete with Halo/COD' mentality which is ruining new ideas, forcing games to be rushed out too quickly in order to catch a share of the profits and to cater to those who don't care for a game like Dragon Age when all they want is the same old shooter.
I don't like what I'm seeing and it worries me that the industry is fast heading for another crash like the one in the 80s, but it might end up being worse if the practice of rushing games out before they're ready and trying to compete with yearly shooter rehashes doesn't sow down, or stop completely.
I've voiced my feelings on it many times over the past several years and I always get the same response - "Oh shut up and play a shooter like everyone else!" It makes it hard to voice my concerns when the current way of things have been accepted by those who want everything instantly without any thought on how much it's damaging the industry.
I rarely buy any of EA's games, if Bioware hadn't been bought by them then that would be even more EA games I wouldn't buy, my taste for EA games took a hit back in the late 90s when the Strike series was ended and they went overboard with their FIFA titles, like they still do.
I never buy Rockstar's games because their games are the same tired, male lead only, boring story rubbish they have been for over a decade and I've had my fill of their lack of good ideas. I don't bother with JRPG's anymore because they're stale, racing games are rare for me and I only go for a handful if they have anything worth my time.
As for shooters, the last one I got was Borderlands, any others I avoid because they offer nothing of interest.
I'm very careful in what I buy now due to so much rubbish that offers nothing new or tends to be so rushed in it's development that it's unplayable.
After years of seeing the industry go downhill like it has then it's not hard to become a defeatist when you know that your concerns will never be heard as long as those who want the same old thing are catered to and making a big profit for those who won't listen.
I could whine and complain till my throat runs raw, but it isn't going to make any difference as long as games like shooter rehashes continue to sell as wlel as they do and continue to cause companies to push games out well before they're ready in order to compete.
Modifié par ReinaHW, 15 mars 2011 - 09:03 .
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