Well this is interesting. I can see this stirring the waters a little bit. I mean if they are approving refunds it's not because of some random requests for an exchange or refund. It's not a small number of people being dissatisfied either. They must have been inundated with refund requests for this to get put through. So it's not like it's only the "retake" group as some would like to think. That group is probably a smaller fraction of the total amount of people who even feel that way. I'm sure plenty of people who have no idea what is going on are feeling the same way as the people who have gathered here. So you can't say it was all them by any means.
Also assigning misplaced credit on the "retake" movement for "review bombing" is ridiculous. There are plenty of people who are very unhappy, and as I've mentioned above, who have no idea what the movement really is, where it came from, or what it stands for that will just go out and do whatever kind of justice they see fit. Whether they are part of it or not, they are trying to get back something they feel was lost. Example would be the FTC guy/girl. We have no way of knowing who that person was, what their motives were, or how they felt about the game. It just happened. So the more you place misguided credit on a group, that by no means stands for getting a refund, the more you are smearing the lines being drawn by them and their message.
I sincerely doubt the Retake ME3 movement/group, or even a decent percentage of them, are even interested in a refund and just want answers, some direct sign of acknowledgment, or cold hard ending fixes/DLC/patches what-have you. Because if they did stand for a refund and refund only I am betting their name would be "Refund Mass Effect 3" instead of the popular Retake Mass Effect 3.
Hold the line
awesome info
Tyrzun wrote...
Amazon actually has the integrity that Bioware should have had from the beginning.
They saw this said
Interview with Casey Hudson (Director)
http://www.gameinfor...s-effect-3.aspx
“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.”
Interview with Casey Hudson (Director)
http://venturebeat.c...fans-interview/
“Fans want to make sure that they see things resolved, they want to get
some closure, a great ending. I think they’re going to get that.”
“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.”
Interviewer: “So are you guys the creators or the stewards of the franchise?”
Hudson: “Um… You know, at this point, I think we’re co-creators with
the fans. We use a lot of feedback.”
Interview with Casey Hudson (Director)
http://www.gameinfor...PostPageIndex=2
Interviewer: [Regarding the numerous possible endings of Mass Effect 2] “Is that
same type of complexity built into the ending of Mass Effect 3?”
Hudson: “Yeah, and I’d say much more so, because we have the ability to
build the endings out in a way that we don’t have to worry about
eventually tying them back together somewhere. This story arc is
coming to an end with this game. That means the endings can be a lot
more different. At this point we’re taking into account so many
decisions that you’ve made as a player and reflecting a lot of that
stuff. It’s not even in any way like the traditional game endings,
where you can say how many endings there are or whether you got
ending A, B, or C.....The endings have a lot more sophistication and
variety in them.”
“We have a rule in our franchise that there is no canon. You as a player
decide what your story is.”
And see the product delivered didn't contain any of that and realized it was false advertising and it's customers were lied to. You've gained more respect from me than I thought possible Amazon.