Rockpopple wrote...
The Angry One wrote...
Rockpopple wrote...
How many times, from how many different users, in how many different ways, do you have to figure out you're just plain wrong on this before it finally settles in?
Are we allowed to take bets? Because I'm gonna bet $100 on the short-side of thousand times. But we're probably not gonna reach that point, so you're likely to just remain ignorant on this issue forever.
Which is kind of terrifying, when you really think about it.
All I read was "YOU'RE WRONG!". In fact, that's all you've ever said.
Why are we wrong?
If that's all you've read from everything I've written, then - ironically enough - you're doing it wrong.
I understand what you're saying and while I think you're point is valid I also still think it's a cop out for Moriarty (in other news is this dude legit named Moriarity? Is that his first name? If so did his parents want him to grow up to be a criminal mastermind, but I digress)
Now while I agree the circumstances are different and there is an argument to be made there I don't think they're different enough in this instance. Especially since these endings were changed in
response to a leak and fan response. So essientially Bioware already conceded a willingness to respond to fan outcry, the difference is they rushed this one and because of that didn't have time to have any testing or anyway of gauging fan opinions.
Along with that if that (though this is less about whether Moriarty has a valid argument in difference) in the case of Cole fans found out about the change due to the companies marketing campaign, where in contrast part of the reason there's so much fan outcry is because it's drastically different from what fans were lead to believe in the marketing campaign. So if anything Moriarty's argument about their being a difference holds less water in my opinion.
But more to the point in the landscape of gaming now is there really even a "post-development" time. When teams are still releasing patches and DLC months, even up to a year, after the game was finished? I mean bioware last week said "the development period for Dragon Age 2 is over (not the exact quote but you get it)". They didn't say the post-development stage was over, they didn't say the second development stage or the development strikes back stage was over. They said the development stage. They have publically stated themselves that they still consider post-release additions as part of the development stage. So until they're officially done adding any content to games they can't turn around and claim it's a different situation because we're not in the development stage anymore. If anything gaming companies opened the pandoras's box when they started profiting off DLC, they can't now turn around and say its only a one way street. (mixed metaphors ftw). And in that same vein companies covering the gaming industry, like ign, should acknowledge that shift and not attempt to revert back to practices years old when it's convienient to their arguments.
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