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cApAc aMaRu wrote...

MeldarthX wrote...

Chmar posted this in the other sub - so we can't get the ending we want.
OMG - I am litereally speechless.


dear bioware

i am a 37 year old network engineer and i am also an avid gamer, i have bought games on developer promises and good previews.

i have gotten all of the other bioware rpg-type games such as the dragon age series and all of the downloadable content, and also the other mass effect 1 and mass effect 2 games along with all of the other DLC (some how 2 of the other dlc has NOT turned up on my account for mass effect 2).

i pre-ordered the collectors edtion of mass effect 3 because of 3 reasons which are listed here

1)- i have the other 2 games and dlc with them

2)- it is the final of the series (which has now been debunked due to patent and copyright registrations under the bioware / electronic arts name)

3)- the biggest reason by far on why i pre-ordered the game was based on the promises made by bioware staff in interviews guaranteeing things.

"As Mass Effect 3 is the end of the planned trilogy, the developers are not constrained by the necessity of allowing the story to diverge, yet also continue into the next chapter. This will result in a story that diverges into wildly
different conclusions based on the player's actions in the first two chapters."
--Casey Hudson

"We wouldn't do it any other way. How could you go through all three campaigns playing as your Shepard and then be forced into a bespoke ending that everyone gets? But I can't say any more than that..."
--Mike Gamble

"Whether you're happy or angry at the ending, know this: it is an ending. Bioware will not do a 'Lost' and leave fans with more questions than answers after finishing the game."
--Mike Gamble

"Pretty much everything that people want to see wrapped up, or to be given answers, will be."
--Dr. Ray Muzyka

"I’m always leery of saying there are 'optimal' endings, because I think one of the things we do try to do is make different endings that are optimal for different people."
--Mike Gamble

“For people who are invested in these characters and the back-story of the universe and everything, all of these things come to a resolution in Mass Effect 3. And they are resolved in a way that's very different based on what you would do in those situations.”
--Casey Hudson

"[The presence of the rachni] has huge consequences in Mass Effect 3. Even just in the final battle with the Reapers."
--Mac Walters

"You'll get answers to everything. That was one of the key things. Regardless of how we did everything, we had to say, yes, we're going to provide some answers to these people."
--Casey Hudson

"Of course you don’t have to play
multiplayer, you can choose to play all the side-quests in
single-player and do all that stuff you’ll still get all the same endings and
same information, it’s just a totally different way of playing."
--Casey Hudson

"Mass Effect 3 is all about answering all the biggest questions in the lore, learning about the mysteries and the Protheans and the Reapers, being able to decide for yourself how all of these things come to an end.”
--Caseuy Hudson

these were printed in everything from newspapers, gaming magazines even in live interviews these promises were made.

it is these that we purchased mass effect.

i have also been lucky enough to work part time at CVG in the uk who got a preview version of mass effect 3 and due to an NDA i could not discuss what i had played and what i had seen.

i would want an answer to this, why was the prothean removed from the game and made into day-one DLC when the edtion we recived had it already part of the full version preview game on xbox360.

why was there a 3rd disc for the xbox version which was inacessable without a developer xbox360 console, once installed the disc used 7.4gig of space, that is 7.4 = disc 1, 7.0 gig = disc 2 and the 3rd was 7.4 = gig thats a total of 20.8 gig.

why was there weapons that were only avalible on pc and ps3 in the xbox360 version.

why was a lot of dialog's and cut scenes cut from the retail version and the biggest of all, why is there a lot of side missions removed, some of these side missions were really intresting, such as the asarii and human female who were having an affair, a side mission to either expose them to the human females husband and the assari's life partner, convincing the vol whos talking about sanctuary where you can convince them to go there or to avoid it.

and the one side mission that had me laughing was an interactive game of poker with james in dock with the refugee's, the dialog was funny and a breath of freshair, the other side mission was with the 2 c-sec guards outside purgatory.

the extended dialog narratives at the start, the extended council dialogs in the citidel, the extended dialog with anderson at the end was tear jerking and would have been pivotal.

so many cut-scenes and the extended battle scene when the "retake the earth" battle was movie grade kick ass, how often do you see a heavy damaged sword ship ramming a reaper while shooting its cannons then cut to inside where the camera pans round to show primark victus standing proud and injured shouting "if were going down, were taking these bastards with us" then it cuts to the outside where his ship impacts the reaper and explodes taking the reaper with it.

the normandy doing manuvers that is just pure unadultirated awesomness, joker going hell for leather, garrus in the cockpit on the weapons seat shooting the upgraded thanx cannons, the normandy taking a direct hit from the flying orbs and shakes it off due to the heavy upgraded kinetic shielding (which was exposed by talking to engineer adams),
tali literly ripping parts out of the walls to shut off plasma leaks.
liara using her shadow broker database to hack some of the orbs to fight for them.

the geth fleet taking a pounding and a geth prime standing n the bridge of a dreadnought screaming "FOR LEGION".

the extended battle scene should have been kept in as it would have made the endings have some meaning, also where did the 3rd option come in, the version CVG recived in january 2012 dident even have that option, even with maxed out war readyness, and when did multiplayer play be required to increase the war readyness, i know its a preview version but a single line of coding changed that in retail which i found was bizar and un-needed.

bioware if you removed the content which i have seen from the full game ONLY to sell it at a later date then this is by far the WORST EVER PR STUNT for DLC ever thought of.

not a single game company would remove and entire section of a NECESSARY INTEGRAL part of the game to sell later on.

thats like cutting the last 60 minutes of terminator 2 then telling people "oh yeah you need to pay more to see the ending which you wont see for 2 months"

this has been a PR nightmare for bioware and EA as this has actually effected the fiscal year profits due to the refunds from most of the well known outlets even from EA themself are giving refunds,

this has damaged the reputation of bioware and EA in a really bad way as the "retake mass effect" gains support due to the removal of integral missions and broken promises,

its gotten as far as raising $80,000 for the childs play charity which has gotten a LOT of positive support from stars and other game developers.

we have been called brats, attention ****s, greedy ****s and then be classed as needy spoiled brats by BIOWARE PR STAFF.

just because we are VERY vocal about what we feel about what we know is wrong only to be told "this is art".

as i said i have kept most information of what i have played / seen at CVG offices in the uk about mass effect 3 and the mystery 3rd disc has gotten me annoyied


1. Interesting
2. NDA's aren't cancelled when a game comes out
3. Interesting
4. I think most people missed this post because it was at the end of the page.


Ah but nda do get lifted - some people are like until we can confirm take it with a grain of salt.  But if some reviewers got a different or fuller game than we got.  What is tha saying?

Also as a lot of already claimed; day 1 dlc was already intergrated into the story. 

Ultimately this comes down to some very poor decisions from BW....

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cApAc aMaRu wrote...

MeldarthX wrote...

Chmar posted this in the other sub - so we can't get the ending we want.
OMG - I am litereally speechless.


dear bioware

i am a 37 year old network engineer and i am also an avid gamer, i have bought games on developer promises and good previews.

i have gotten all of the other bioware rpg-type games such as the dragon age series and all of the downloadable content, and also the other mass effect 1 and mass effect 2 games along with all of the other DLC (some how 2 of the other dlc has NOT turned up on my account for mass effect 2).

i pre-ordered the collectors edtion of mass effect 3 because of 3 reasons which are listed here

1)- i have the other 2 games and dlc with them

2)- it is the final of the series (which has now been debunked due to patent and copyright registrations under the bioware / electronic arts name)

3)- the biggest reason by far on why i pre-ordered the game was based on the promises made by bioware staff in interviews guaranteeing things.

"As Mass Effect 3 is the end of the planned trilogy, the developers are not constrained by the necessity of allowing the story to diverge, yet also continue into the next chapter. This will result in a story that diverges into wildly
different conclusions based on the player's actions in the first two chapters."
--Casey Hudson

"We wouldn't do it any other way. How could you go through all three campaigns playing as your Shepard and then be forced into a bespoke ending that everyone gets? But I can't say any more than that..."
--Mike Gamble

"Whether you're happy or angry at the ending, know this: it is an ending. Bioware will not do a 'Lost' and leave fans with more questions than answers after finishing the game."
--Mike Gamble

"Pretty much everything that people want to see wrapped up, or to be given answers, will be."
--Dr. Ray Muzyka

"I’m always leery of saying there are 'optimal' endings, because I think one of the things we do try to do is make different endings that are optimal for different people."
--Mike Gamble

“For people who are invested in these characters and the back-story of the universe and everything, all of these things come to a resolution in Mass Effect 3. And they are resolved in a way that's very different based on what you would do in those situations.”
--Casey Hudson

"[The presence of the rachni] has huge consequences in Mass Effect 3. Even just in the final battle with the Reapers."
--Mac Walters

"You'll get answers to everything. That was one of the key things. Regardless of how we did everything, we had to say, yes, we're going to provide some answers to these people."
--Casey Hudson

"Of course you don’t have to play
multiplayer, you can choose to play all the side-quests in
single-player and do all that stuff you’ll still get all the same endings and
same information, it’s just a totally different way of playing."
--Casey Hudson

"Mass Effect 3 is all about answering all the biggest questions in the lore, learning about the mysteries and the Protheans and the Reapers, being able to decide for yourself how all of these things come to an end.”
--Caseuy Hudson

these were printed in everything from newspapers, gaming magazines even in live interviews these promises were made.

it is these that we purchased mass effect.

i have also been lucky enough to work part time at CVG in the uk who got a preview version of mass effect 3 and due to an NDA i could not discuss what i had played and what i had seen.

i would want an answer to this, why was the prothean removed from the game and made into day-one DLC when the edtion we recived had it already part of the full version preview game on xbox360.

why was there a 3rd disc for the xbox version which was inacessable without a developer xbox360 console, once installed the disc used 7.4gig of space, that is 7.4 = disc 1, 7.0 gig = disc 2 and the 3rd was 7.4 = gig thats a total of 20.8 gig.

why was there weapons that were only avalible on pc and ps3 in the xbox360 version.

why was a lot of dialog's and cut scenes cut from the retail version and the biggest of all, why is there a lot of side missions removed, some of these side missions were really intresting, such as the asarii and human female who were having an affair, a side mission to either expose them to the human females husband and the assari's life partner, convincing the vol whos talking about sanctuary where you can convince them to go there or to avoid it.

and the one side mission that had me laughing was an interactive game of poker with james in dock with the refugee's, the dialog was funny and a breath of freshair, the other side mission was with the 2 c-sec guards outside purgatory.

the extended dialog narratives at the start, the extended council dialogs in the citidel, the extended dialog with anderson at the end was tear jerking and would have been pivotal.

so many cut-scenes and the extended battle scene when the "retake the earth" battle was movie grade kick ass, how often do you see a heavy damaged sword ship ramming a reaper while shooting its cannons then cut to inside where the camera pans round to show primark victus standing proud and injured shouting "if were going down, were taking these bastards with us" then it cuts to the outside where his ship impacts the reaper and explodes taking the reaper with it.

the normandy doing manuvers that is just pure unadultirated awesomness, joker going hell for leather, garrus in the cockpit on the weapons seat shooting the upgraded thanx cannons, the normandy taking a direct hit from the flying orbs and shakes it off due to the heavy upgraded kinetic shielding (which was exposed by talking to engineer adams),
tali literly ripping parts out of the walls to shut off plasma leaks.
liara using her shadow broker database to hack some of the orbs to fight for them.

the geth fleet taking a pounding and a geth prime standing n the bridge of a dreadnought screaming "FOR LEGION".

the extended battle scene should have been kept in as it would have made the endings have some meaning, also where did the 3rd option come in, the version CVG recived in january 2012 dident even have that option, even with maxed out war readyness, and when did multiplayer play be required to increase the war readyness, i know its a preview version but a single line of coding changed that in retail which i found was bizar and un-needed.

bioware if you removed the content which i have seen from the full game ONLY to sell it at a later date then this is by far the WORST EVER PR STUNT for DLC ever thought of.

not a single game company would remove and entire section of a NECESSARY INTEGRAL part of the game to sell later on.

thats like cutting the last 60 minutes of terminator 2 then telling people "oh yeah you need to pay more to see the ending which you wont see for 2 months"

this has been a PR nightmare for bioware and EA as this has actually effected the fiscal year profits due to the refunds from most of the well known outlets even from EA themself are giving refunds,

this has damaged the reputation of bioware and EA in a really bad way as the "retake mass effect" gains support due to the removal of integral missions and broken promises,

its gotten as far as raising $80,000 for the childs play charity which has gotten a LOT of positive support from stars and other game developers.

we have been called brats, attention ****s, greedy ****s and then be classed as needy spoiled brats by BIOWARE PR STAFF.

just because we are VERY vocal about what we feel about what we know is wrong only to be told "this is art".

as i said i have kept most information of what i have played / seen at CVG offices in the uk about mass effect 3 and the mystery 3rd disc has gotten me annoyied


1. Interesting
2. NDA's aren't cancelled when a game comes out
3. Interesting
4. I think most people missed this post because it was at the end of the page.






This makes it even worse, and leaves more questions. Likie why did...(forgot his name)... really quit Bioware/EA. Did they see this game as a "milk-cow" and we the fans as idiots to be taken for a ride. I think all trust has gone though the window now. Not sure if I will ever buy another Bioware/EA game again punkt **** Image IPB


Hold the line, please! Image IPB

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www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/22/mass-effect-3-makers-to-rewrite-soul-crushing-ending-for-furious-fans/


 Just making sure this doesn't get lost in the pages.


Our Choices Should Matter- Hold The Line

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Yes thank you please hold the line so that in future all video game companies will know that they will be help to their words.

Please check out this group and join in.

http://social.biowar...ndex/10317489/1

Thank you for your time.

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blurryhunter wrote...

DiegoProgMetal wrote...

People complain about the "godchild" and such. But MY problem began when I killed Kai Leng, and the Prothean VI told me the Citadel has been moved to Sol... What happened to the people that were there? Did "Marauder Shields" got there and said: "Ok people, we need you to move out in an orderly fashion, because we are moving this place."?


Sort of goes back to the concept of how you don't ever want your player base (or viewer, or reader) to end up having to make up reasons to make things make sense, basically the whole ending, but that aside...

I got the implication that, beings as the Reapers are, well, reaping, that everyone on board were killed. It did, however, cross my mind that the immediate lost of all communication with the Citadel, not to mention the Council itself, would strike absolutely no one as odd, what with having contact with them through the quantum comm system.

That reminds me. Damnit, Bailey went too. Well. I'll call it here then, go drink one for Bailey, and hit the rack. Only person I've never met (what with being virtual and all) with the balls to hate a promotion on the simple grounds that he thought he'd be doing more to help. Damn you hindsight...

Night guys and girls.


The Citadel is actually quite big though. Every arm is equal to about the size, if not longer, than California. There's bound to be survivors somewhere who, given the ending, die because of Shepard - GG

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Bioware might be in for an even bumpier ride than expected.

With Fox, this is the third or fourth article I've seen that says the endings are being changed, with the only source being Ray's statement. The statement where all they say is they're going to address questions and concerns. That's about as vague as it gets, and sounds more like a patch for some extending conversation options more than anything.

If the media continues to run with this, then Bioware announces an unsatisfactory solution, the PR nightmare will really begin. Keep an eye out for these articles getting edited, because if Bioware is smart, they'll tell these guys to report what they REALLY said, and knock if off with the jumping to conclusions.

That is, if they aren't going to present a satisfactory solution.

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Wow...if whoever wrote that message to Bioware who received a pre-release copy of ME3 stated all those scenes, and then they decide to release that as DLC to explain the ending, I will be VERY upset.

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Razorsteel wrote...

I just spotted this:www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/22/mass-effect-3-makers-to-rewrite-soul-crushing-ending-for-furious-fans/

More PR bunk? Just looks like stuff taken out of context.

Our Choices Should Matter- Hold The Line


Never, ever, EVER trust anything that comes out of Fox...n..."news" *twitch*

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PluralAces wrote...

Wow...if whoever wrote that message to Bioware who received a pre-release copy of ME3 stated all those scenes, and then they decide to release that as DLC to explain the ending, I will be VERY upset.


Indeed...I have a sinking feeling that that person might end-up with a lawsuit on their hands because of the NDA. Then again, that'd be a stupid move because of how it'd be percieved. Like tossing not gasoline, but plane loads of napalm on the fire.

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Jessica Merizan wrote...

Now, IGNORE ME (woo Venture Brother's reference - yup 9% strong here!)


Galactic Inquisitor.....

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If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favour and check out the Marauder Shields comic at koobismo.deviantart.com/gallery/ - as touching as it is funny. B)

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Hunter_Wolf wrote...

The Citadel is actually quite big though. Every arm is equal to about the size, if not longer, than California. There's bound to be survivors somewhere who, given the ending, die because of Shepard - GG


Or get melded with circuit boards due to unexplained space magic! Don't forget the space magic!  :o

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MeldarthX wrote...

Chmar posted this in the other sub - so we can't get the ending we want.
OMG - I am litereally speechless.


dear bioware

i am a 37 year old network engineer and i am also an avid gamer, i have bought games on developer promises and good previews.[...snip]


He basically says their preview verion contained all we could possibly imagine and then it was CUT?
If thats true i'm at a loss of words.

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Samurai_Smartie wrote...

MeldarthX wrote...

Chmar posted this in the other sub - so we can't get the ending we want.
OMG - I am litereally speechless.


dear bioware

i am a 37 year old network engineer and i am also an avid gamer, i have bought games on developer promises and good previews.[...snip]


He basically says their preview verion contained all we could possibly imagine and then it was CUT?
If thats true i'm at a loss of words.


If what that guy stated were true, then it looks like BioWare decided to commit suicide, for reasons probably not humanly possible to understand......

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Samurai_Smartie wrote...

MeldarthX wrote...

Chmar posted this in the other sub - so we can't get the ending we want.
OMG - I am litereally speechless.


dear bioware

i am a 37 year old network engineer and i am also an avid gamer, i have bought games on developer promises and good previews.[...snip]


He basically says their preview verion contained all we could possibly imagine and then it was CUT?
If thats true i'm at a loss of words.


I want to believe, but at the same time it's hard to take this giant claim seriously. 

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Samurai_Smartie wrote...

MeldarthX wrote...

Chmar posted this in the other sub - so we can't get the ending we want.
OMG - I am litereally speechless.


dear bioware

i am a 37 year old network engineer and i am also an avid gamer, i have bought games on developer promises and good previews.[...snip]


He basically says their preview verion contained all we could possibly imagine and then it was CUT?
If thats true i'm at a loss of words.


If it's true, then Bioware really did sell it's soul to EA completely.

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musicaleCA wrote...

Razorsteel wrote...

I just spotted this:www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/22/mass-effect-3-makers-to-rewrite-soul-crushing-ending-for-furious-fans/

More PR bunk? Just looks like stuff taken out of context.

Our Choices Should Matter- Hold The Line


Never, ever, EVER trust anything that comes out of Fox...n..."news" *twitch*


That's a very childish attitude denoting a severe form of ignorance.

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[quote]MeldarthX wrote...

Chmar posted this in the other sub - so we can't get the ending we want.
OMG - I am litereally speechless.


dear bioware

i am a 37 year old network engineer and i am also an avid gamer, i have bought games on developer promises and good previews.[...snip]
[/quote]

He basically says their preview verion contained all we could possibly imagine and then it was CUT?
If thats true i'm at a loss of words.

[/quote]

THIS is very sad. If you look at the final state of the game and take into account what EA's CEO said it all seems clear...

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Just woke up, can muster little more than a hold the line! While I do some catch up reading.

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[quote]Leland Gaunt wrote...

[quote]MeldarthX wrote...

Chmar posted this in the other sub - so we can't get the ending we want.
OMG - I am litereally speechless.


dear bioware

i am a 37 year old network engineer and i am also an avid gamer, i have bought games on developer promises and good previews.[...snip]
[/quote]

He basically says their preview verion contained all we could possibly imagine and then it was CUT?
If thats true i'm at a loss of words.

[/quote]

THIS is very sad. If you look at the final state of the game and take into account what EA's CEO said it all seems clear...

[/quote]

If Bioware had additional content available we would have it by now.
They would have told us something about a plan to surprise us and that they are sorry that it worked out so bad.
Do you honestly think Bioware enjoys the ****storm right now?

People should try to be less paranoid.

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The Citadel is one of the things I don't like about the ending. You'd expect a resistance, considering you spent a significant time of the game, assuming you cared about sidequests, bolstering Citadel and C-Sec defenses. Not to mention the unresolved case of Bailey, and other things like not approving the traumatised Asari for a handgun so she won't kill herself, which is pointless if the Reapers just gass everyone on the Citadel without any resistance.

That's part of the reason I'm holding out for the Indoc Theory, hopefully once Shep wakes up and does go to the Citadel, there'll still be resistance holdouts.

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Enichan wrote...

The Citadel is one of the things I don't like about the ending. You'd expect a resistance, considering you spent a significant time of the game, assuming you cared about sidequests, bolstering Citadel and C-Sec defenses. Not to mention the unresolved case of Bailey, and other things like not approving the traumatised Asari for a handgun so she won't kill herself, which is pointless if the Reapers just gass everyone on the Citadel without any resistance.

That's part of the reason I'm holding out for the Indoc Theory, hopefully once Shep wakes up and does go to the Citadel, there'll still be resistance holdouts.


QFT

I really hope Bioware can implement the indoc theory into their original concept for ME3.

Modifié par MDT1, 22 mars 2012 - 02:30 .


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wantedman dan wrote...

musicaleCA wrote...

Razorsteel wrote...

I just spotted this:www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/22/mass-effect-3-makers-to-rewrite-soul-crushing-ending-for-furious-fans/

More PR bunk? Just looks like stuff taken out of context.

Our Choices Should Matter- Hold The Line


Never, ever, EVER trust anything that comes out of Fox...n..."news" *twitch*


That's a very childish attitude denoting a severe form of ignorance.


Its Fox News. Mass Effect sex scandal much? Right wing agenda much?

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[quote]MDT1 wrote...

[quote]Leland Gaunt wrote...

[quote]MeldarthX wrote...

Chmar posted this in the other sub - so we can't get the ending we want.
OMG - I am litereally speechless.


dear bioware

i am a 37 year old network engineer and i am also an avid gamer, i have bought games on developer promises and good previews.[...snip]
[/quote]

He basically says their preview verion contained all we could possibly imagine and then it was CUT?
If thats true i'm at a loss of words.

[/quote]

THIS is very sad. If you look at the final state of the game and take into account what EA's CEO said it all seems clear...

[/quote]

If Bioware had additional content available we would have it by now.
They would have told us something about a plan to surprise us and that they are sorry that it worked out so bad.
Do you honestly think Bioware enjoys the ****storm right now?

People should try to be less paranoid.
[/quote]

It could be a hoax. It could also be that Bioware and EA deliberately held back parts of the game to sell to us later. EA have been vocal about 'ongoing payments' for years, and they are pretty much trying to slowly convert every property they own into subscription services.

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Psythorn wrote...

All holding the line might not like what I'm saying now but:
The whole retake and hold the line movement is not sharing _exactly_ the same goals. As I consider myself as part of that people I will use "us" and "we".
We all share our dislike of the endings. But we do not share exactly the same goals. And this is something that could backfire. So we should struggle to refine our goals so all of us or at least a vast majority of us is able to agree upon or otherwise we could be split and the line will not hold...
Is this happening somewhere ? As much as I would LOVE to have all scales of endings (and yes ONE of these these endings should include a full win (and blue babies)) I'm not sure if it will happen to that scale (or at all). So you will not loose me if "we" agree on not insisting on blue babies... You might loose me when we do not insist in getting a least one brighter ending... Others we might loose if we do not push for one ending without starchild.

I can see where you're coming from but tbh, I don't think we need a discussion like that.

It would only serve to divide the community over minor things, and weaken us as a whole.

I think that we should simply continue putting out our various reasons why the ending needs to be changed, comment on others, agree, disagree, elaborate and let Bioware figure out the rest by themselves.

It takes about a day to shift through all the viewpoints, a couple hours to read through the feedback thread (which should have them all by now, anyway) and I think it's safe to assume that reading it is how many Bioware Employees have spent the last days.
They are professionals and if anything, the anouncement of Ray shows us that they are really feeling the heat.
They can't and wont risk to drop the ball twice.

Modifié par Fulgrim88, 22 mars 2012 - 02:36 .