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Poor fan service at E3 (Edit: Foot in mouth! Thank you Bioware, for lifting my RPG concerns)


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Biotic Sage

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Honestly, sifting through all of the repeated buzzwords and PR bullcrap at this E3 has been almost unbearable.  I love Bioware, I love all their games, but in my humble opinion, their ME3 stuff at E3 was poorly handled.  Maybe it's EA's fault, maybe not, but it was awful nonetheless.

1. Soldier Shepard gameplay only; not even a hint of other classes
2. "Visceral," "huge," "awesome;"  these words are great, but try not to use them 50 billion times; give some credit to the consumer, we are all not a bunch of herpy derp morons.  Don't you often say that the appeal of the Mass Effect series is its intelligence?  I think it's ok to assume its fan base is at least mildly intelligent.
3. Not even an image, tease, or example of any of the "deep customization" improvements.  I mean, wasn't that the MAIN complaint of ME2?  I loved the game, but when one single complaint emerges in such a stand out way, to me it makes sense to address the fix as soon as possible.  Could they not have showed us even ONE weapon mod?  Not even ONE new example of an evolved talent/skill?  Nothing?  Really????
4. Conversation non-existent.  Showing Shepard choose between comforting a small child or dismissing him does not illustrate Mass Effect's strength of the dialogue wheel.  What about an actual, branching conversation?

Just my little rant.  Who knows, maybe Bioware will have more for us tomorrow, but I doubt it based on what they have chosen to do so far.

Modifié par Biotic Sage, 09 juin 2011 - 12:20 .


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Jarrett Lee

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There will be more of the things you are looking for (OP) between now and Comic Con, and at Comic Con where we will be having a pretty huge fan area.

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Jarrett Lee

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Legbiter wrote...

Marketing must always commit many necessary evils, plus Bioware promised not to spoil the story too much like they did with ME 2.


this is kinda true - the things that are shown/released for E3 (or any show) are not decided by one person for example, it's a big machine with many cogs. 

I can say this: if you loved ME2, you will love ME3 - probably a lot more. This is the main thing to keep in mind. It will lose nothing and will only gain better RPG elements, better action, awesome story and incredible moments. I've seen things taking place between characters you guys are gonna flip over. I guess all I can say is be patient, we are still 9-10 months from launch. 

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Jarrett Lee

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thanks guys - especially case who said I was a cool guy ;)

We are listening. Something else to consider: the game is a long way from done. RPG systems aren't fully built by any stretch, so we can only basically pick certain things that work and polish those up into a compelling E3 demo. For example, we can show the weapon customization system but it's not even close to fully fleshed out.

So the state of the game's development limits what we can show right now, but in terms of not giving enough fan service - what would you like to be hearing more about (more specifically than "RPG systems"? I can put in a good word :)

ok - must rest now. E3 = tiring!

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Jarrett Lee

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mid-July I believe.