Reptilian Rob wrote...
+1 for massive truth.cchudoba002 wrote...
This was my response I posted on IGN's forums as a direct response to Colin's latest attack on ending detractors:
I
find it hard to believe that you can't find anyone who views this issue
from the other side, but the way IGN keeps taking this stance is
causing a lot of people to believe that IGN and other major gaming
journalism companies who have reacted similarly are simply in
EA/Bioware's pockets due to advertising revenue. Not saying this is the
case, but I believe you all should be aware of this sentiment. Now here
are some counterpoints to just about everything you said in this video:
I can see how some people may call this a dangerous precedent in
gaming, but I respectfully disagree. What is actually a dangerous
precedent is a company selling a product based on numerous statements
about its ending, and those statements turning out to be entirely false.
It is a dangerous precedent to release a product that has enraged a
significant number of fans and then to simply ignore their opinion. No
one is forcing Bioware into anything. The fans have simply expressed
their opinion, albeit strongly. Bioware has decided that it is in their
best interests to appease them, which is probably good business sense.
The next point I will argue with is "artistic integrity." Many would
argue that games are not a form of art. I won't argue that point. Not
all games are art, but I do believe Mass Effect fits into this category.
However, even artists have a obligation to their customers/ sponsors
once they sell that product for money. Even famous Renaissance artists
such as Michelangelo and Da Vinci had their sponsors, and many world
renowned works of art were commissioned jobs. You better believe if the
artists in Renaissance Florence didn't provide what they were hired to
do, there were problems. Besides, not everyone is asking for outright
change of the ending. They just want it to make sense. Spoiler ahead:
The whole logic you are given for the existence of the primary
antagonists is this: 'We don't want organics to create synthetics that
wipe out all organic life, so we created synthetics to wipe out all
organic life.' This and numerous other plot holes exist, in an otherwise
water tight plot. It feels rushed and wrong. Bioware has established a
precedent by providing an unrivaled quality in their games and attention
to detail that was inexplicably and nonsensically removed from the
arguably most important part of the entire series. No one is challenging
their "artistic integrity." If anything, fans are asking Bioware to
show some "artistic integrity" by actually completing their work.
And what is this about it "definitely" being a vocal minority that is
asking for new endings? How do you know? Do you have access to some
statistics and demographics that everyone else doesn't? At the very
most, you are speculating, and you should just say so. Even if this is
true however, this "vocal minority" consists of some of Bioware's most
passionate and loyal fans who have invested countless hours and currency
into this trilogy. They are their core fanbase, the ones who care
enough to actually write a massive wall of text like this. These are the
fans they should be most out to please.
I also thought it was funny how you stated how Bioware "can't leave
the ending wide open." That's funny because Bioware said that this was
specifically their intention. They said something along the lines of
(paraphrasing here) 'because this is the last of the trilogy, we can
come to wildly different conclusions.' The exact opposite of "leaving it
wide open."
Also, how can you say this sets a "dangerous precedent" for "minor
developers without the same clout as Bioware." Sorry, but a minor
developer without the same kind of clout as Bioware wouldn't get
anywhere near this kind of response. They wouldn't have the same
passionate, dedicated fanbase who would actually care. If this was just
about any other game, most players would simply shrug it off and move
along as Colin said he did with the ending to Resistance 3, which is a
typical on rails FPS which isn't even comparable to a story-centric
choice driven RPG like Mass Effect.
Sorry for the wall of text, and thanks to anyone who actually reads
this. I just thought IGN readers/viewers deserved to see some of the
points of the other side, since IGN doesn't have any staff who are
capable of providing our view. I also wished to demonstrate that Retake
supporters are not all whining crying "entitled" fat babies that Colin
portrayed us as in his last video about this controversy.
Very well put and in the right tone, too.
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