This is my response to a comment that Mike Gamble made in another thread. This is only my feelings, and I am not speaking on behalf of the Retake folks. If you happen to feel the same way, feel free to sign or comment.
Michael Gamble wrote...
Folks,
I don't represent whether or not EA funds us for any DLC content. EA supports us, don't worry about that. I help to manage some of that budget, yes, but my primary goal is to work with Casey (the executive producer) and the other creative visionaries around BioWare and create something we are proud of.
I can understand how Producers get a bad reputation sometimes - but most of us care passionately about the product we are putting out. Of course, having a financially successful game is important - but making something we are proud of, and something that's a very high quality is even more important to me.
More soon...And see, we still do read the forums
Mike,
I think everyone appreciates that you guys really do care about what you comes out of your studio, but at the end of the day isnt it the people with the really nice suits who have the final say? No doubt you all at BioWare love the ME universe, but at least in my opinion, the people in those suits really only care about the bottom line. I've been around the corporate environment long enough to know thats usually how it works. I cannot speak for everyone, but to me, it seems like the suits influence has gotten really strong in ME3.
The whole multiplayer thing seems to stink of a corporate decision. Not that multiplayer isnt fun, because it is. But having it tied to single player seems unethical to me. ME was always a single player game. Now we have play multiplayer or an iOS app to able to get the "best" ending? Seems like the suits just wanted to make sure that people who bought used games also had to purchase the online pass, and maybe will pick up some Spectre packs as well.
I have my little conspiracy theory regarding the ending and what future DLC will bring, but I'll spare you all the details. All I'll say is that I'm confident that more content regarding the ending will be released, and I'm sure we'll have to pay for it. If my conspiracy theory isnt correct, then I wouldnt mind paying for it either, but as I feel now, I dont thinks it right to charge for it. The fact that a conspiracy theory is even rolling around my head when it comes to BioWare saddens me, as I really like and TRUSTED the studio.
The aforementioned implementation of the multiplayer has weakened this trust. I dont think im exaggerating when I say I believe BioWare has some of the brightest minds in the industy working on their games, and I'm sure someone along the line of developement would have noticed how the joining of multiplayer and single player would have this type of effect on players. That being said, it proves to me that corporate masters made this decision, and not BioWare. The journal not updating, the weapons rating bars not changing after you upgrade a weapon, and the face import bug dont seem to be par for the course for BioWare. It just feels like there must have been an outside influence for the game to be released with these issues. Enter the suits...
I have spent a lot of time thinking about these issues, as well as the whole Mass Effect universe. It's a testament to the level of story telling, design, and pretty much every aspect the game that BioWare was able to create. Its a series that you can lose yourself in. The fact that this series is even being compared to Star Wars is a testament to BioWare as well. I agreed with the Mass Effect story being this generations Star Wars, until the ending.
Unfortunetely the games ending (as it stands now), comparing it to the comments from different BioWare employees I've read and heard regarding what the end was going to be, takes Mass Effect way out of the Star Wars league for me. The ending that I previously thought was going to be released, sounds terrific though. The deaths of Mordin, Legion, and Thane are all an epitome of bittersweet. So confusing how a concept that BioWare seems to had perfected doesnt really meet the company's own level of execution during the ending sequence. I understand that BioWare's hands are tied at the momment when it comes to speaking about the ending, so I'll be patient a little while longer, but not indefinetely.
Despite these things that seem so out of place for BioWare and the Mass Effect series, you should know that I still LOVE this game as whole, I think. Perhaps the appropriate way to say it is that I am ready to LOVE this game, just cant do it because the game doesnt love me back. I'm not saying that a "happy" ending would be the game loving me back. All I need is an ending that is on par with the rest of the game, regardless of whatever direction it goes. That, along with the polishing of the other bugs I've mentioned will put this game in the place of gaming history where it truly belongs. The characters deserve it, the fans deserve it, the whole Mass Effect universe deserves it. Most of all, BioWare deserves it. BioWare deserves to have this series of games be one of the greatest trilogies of all time, of any medium.
Modifié par tenojitsu, 30 mars 2012 - 03:41 .
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