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[Heather Cline]

Auto-Dialogue, texture popping issues, lag/load issues, game freezing issues, lip syncing issues... I could list all the problems with this game. It was NOT properly executed, the ending was horrible which is the most glaringly obvious problem with the game itself. If the ending of the game had been the varying, multiple different endings we had been promised most of us would be focusing on the other issues like the Auto-Dialogue being present in RPG and Story mode when they should not. So yeah... this backlash is huge and there are reasons for it. Major reasons.

[MrTijger]

Heather Cline wrote...

Auto-Dialogue, texture popping issues, lag/load issues, game freezing issues, lip syncing issues... I could list all the problems with this game. It was NOT properly executed, the ending was horrible which is the most glaringly obvious problem with the game itself. If the ending of the game had been the varying, multiple different endings we had been promised most of us would be focusing on the other issues like the Auto-Dialogue being present in RPG and Story mode when they should not. So yeah... this backlash is huge and there are reasons for it. Major reasons.

You could, ofcourse, except that I for one have not seen any of the issues you mention.

[kbct]

masterthehero wrote...

They've taken hyperbole to the extreme and claim that EA games is the worst company in the world and that Bioware's ending was worse than 9/11.

I think the ME3 ending is similar to Beethoven ending his Fifth Symphony with kazoos.

[Gigamantis]

Kuari999 wrote...

Gigamantis wrote...

Tirigon wrote...

Stanley Woo wrote...

People got angry when NWN came out and it wasn't BG.
People got angry when KotOR came out because it was a console game.
People got angry when Jade Empire came out because it was a different setting, and it was an action RPG.
People got angry when Mass Effect came out because it was a shooter.
People got angry when Dragon Age: Origins came out because it wasn't BG.
People got angry when DA2 came out because it wasn't DAO.
People got angry when ME2 came out because it wasn't ME1.
And now people are angry at ME3.

The cycle will continue as long as people feel they have an inalienable right to never be disappointed, or that their money entitles them to be rude or condescending to others, or that their opinions are the only, best, or right ones.

That is not only a cynical but also not an accurate view of what happens.

But, assuming that this is not merely your personal but BioWare's official opinion on the matter, it would explain a lot.

How is it not accurate?  I've personally watched that exact cycle he described happen for every one of those releases.  People complaining isn't some new phenomenon we're experiencing for the first time here.  This was only bigger because ME3 was a bigger release.  More sales ultimately equals more people complaining. 

It ignores the big picture, and I sure as hell didn't see the coverage this is getting.  I'm going to be blunt...  most major reviewers do NOT play the full game before giving their report.  There's also a lot of major reviewers that avoid going against those they get revenue from.  You can tell a good reviewer by the ones that look at the good AND the bad, even in the games they find amazing, because there are ALWAYS going to be some flaws.  The ones that I've seen that do that have more commonly agreed that this is a bit screwed up.  There are exceptions honestly, but you don't normally find this kind of consistancy.

The sheer fact of the matter is, when you look at every little detail of this situation, its NOT the isolated opinion of the minority, and its NOT a common matter.  I guarantee that almost every survey on this subject will turn out in a similar way.  In fact, I'd love to see some college students put out surveys to the gamers in their college.  Come on, I know some of you guys should have some sort of class that requires putting out surveys.  If you need an idea, there it is, have fun

Most major reviewers do play the full game; I think you're thinking about user reviews.  The bad user reviews happened before the game was even released, let alone completed.  Many publications made note of what the game was lacking, but put it in the proper perspective.  The game was fantastic but not flawless, and journalist reviews reflected that.  User reviews chose 1 negative aspect and the game averaged a 3 out of 10 with them.  Needless to say user reviews are invalid.

Now, this backlash has gotten coverage ONLY because it was big, and it was only big because the game was the biggest release in Bioware's history.  When DA:O was released I could've made a poll anywhere comparing it to Baldur's Gate and watched the hate flow as every conceivable flaw in DA:O was railed on relentlessly.  This is typical.  

[kbct]

Gigamantis wrote...

Most major reviewers do play the full game; I think you're thinking about user reviews.

I heard that only about half the professional reviews that gave ME3 a perfect score actually commented on the ending.

[AJRimmsey]

Lets not forget the organised review bombing that caused many sites to have to delete same ip bad reviews.

i believe this was the start of the self destruction of the movement to change mass effect 3 ending/closure/plot etc etc [whatever the moan of the week was]

this weeks attack is spamming and thread derailing,the last ditch attempts of desperate people realising they failed in controlling a developer.

[Kuari999]

Gigamantis wrote...

Most major reviewers do play the full game; I think you're thinking about user reviews.  The bad user reviews happened before the game was even released, let alone completed.  Many publications made note of what the game was lacking, but put it in the proper perspective.  The game was fantastic but not flawless, and journalist reviews reflected that.  User reviews chose 1 negative aspect and the game averaged a 3 out of 10 with them.  Needless to say user reviews are invalid.

Now, this backlash has gotten coverage ONLY because it was big, and it was only big because the game was the biggest release in Bioware's history.  When DA:O was released I could've made a poll anywhere comparing it to Baldur's Gate and watched the hate flow as every conceivable flaw in DA:O was railed on relentlessly.  This is typical.  

Uhh, no, trust me, I'm not thinking of user reviews, and to put it into perspective, had user reviews been the ones where people didn't complete the game, they wouldn't be the most common source for mentioning the bad ending.

Also here's the biggest flaw in your statement that the size of the release had much to do with it: There have been bigger game releases with far less complaints, from companies that do a wide variety of game types.  If you think this is typical, its ignoring the big picture, pure and simple.  This isn't a matter of opinion, so far as I'm concerned, it shouldn't even be being discussed.  The whys are what should be being discussed, not the ifs.  The ifs only serve as attempts to downplay this as something much smaller than it is.  Have there always been complaints, yes, but if you honestly expect me to believe that it was anything like this and the number of fans is the only reason?  I'm sorry, but that's just not happening because the evidence very clearly points otherwise. 

In fact, based off polls that have done similar things to what you're describing would happen with what you said about DA:O, I would GUARANTEE that you wouldn't get ANYTHING like the results that are happening with this subject.  WHy?  BECAUSE these complaints happen with any major game release, but the polls always showed that the opinion wasn't quite wide spread like this, both in results and the number of people involved.  Someone linked an ME2 poll a while back, one of the largest, something like 5,000 votes and there wasn't a focused agreements...  here?  90,000 votes with 90% focused on one option...  the fanbase sure as hell didn't grow 1800%, so its apparent that this issue is FAR more important to a lot of people than anything that came before, whether you agree with the results or not.

[Destr1er]

Most professional reviewers are either bribed by game publishers for excellent reviews, or work for publications that are owned by the major investors who back the gamedevs and publishers and their continued employment depends on delivering glowing reviews.

The video game industry has been taken over by the same greedy and corrupt investors who sucked all creativity and innovation out of the music and movie industries. They also employ the same sandbagging tactics of hiring an army of shills to do viral marketing and infiltrate game forums. And they also buy rave reviews from the professional critics, just like the movie and music industries.

Modifié par Destr1er, 12 avril 2012 - 04:59 .

[Gigamantis]

kbct wrote...

Gigamantis wrote...

Most major reviewers do play the full game; I think you're thinking about user reviews.

I heard that only about half the professional reviews that gave ME3 a perfect score actually commented on the ending.

What's your point?  I'd say about 1/10th of the user reviews commented on anything but the ending, and those other comments involved "EW GAY SCENE!" and "DAY 1 DLC BOOOO!" 

Plenty of reviewers commented on the ending, but since the ending was only a taste issue, not a quality one, it shouldn't have even gotten that much attention.  I personally liked the ending.  Many of you didn't.  Professional reviewers aren't supposed to espouse user opinions, they're supposed to rate the quality of the game. 

[kbct]

Gigamantis wrote...

Now, this backlash has gotten coverage ONLY because it was big, and it was only big because the game was the biggest release in Bioware's history.  When DA:O was released I could've made a poll anywhere comparing it to Baldur's Gate and watched the hate flow as every conceivable flaw in DA:O was railed on relentlessly.  This is typical.

This backlash is not typical. Consider that ME2 was the most popular EA/BioWare game before ME3.

According to VGChartz, ME2 sold about 1.33M xbox games in the first 4 weeks. ME3 sold 2.25M.

The largest ME2 poll has 5.5K votes. The largest ME3 poll has 71.5K votes.

So, sales grew about 70% and poll volume grew by about 1200%. That's one indication that the ME3 backlash is not comparable.

Also, you an look at mainstream media coverage for a game. CBS, Wall Street Journal, Der Spiegel, New York Daily News, CNN, BBC, Forbes, The New Yorker, MSNBC, and other non-gaming news agencies have all written articles about it.

When was the last time you saw non-gaming media coverage like that?

[Heather Cline]

MrTijger wrote...

Heather Cline wrote...

Auto-Dialogue, texture popping issues, lag/load issues, game freezing issues, lip syncing issues... I could list all the problems with this game. It was NOT properly executed, the ending was horrible which is the most glaringly obvious problem with the game itself. If the ending of the game had been the varying, multiple different endings we had been promised most of us would be focusing on the other issues like the Auto-Dialogue being present in RPG and Story mode when they should not. So yeah... this backlash is huge and there are reasons for it. Major reasons.

You could, ofcourse, except that I for one have not seen any of the issues you mention.

Actually you have experienced the auto-dialogue in the game if you played Story or RPG mode. Go and speak to Samanta Traynor when she isn't giving you a N7 mission. It's auto dialogue. Go speak to Joker and EDI when they aren't doing a cutscene they will auto-dialogue and so will your FemShep.

So yes you did experience at least that. As for texture popping issues, lag/load issues, game freezing issues and lip syncing issues, good for you that you haven't experienced those yet.

[masterthehero]

liesandpropaganda wrote...
But! Nobody got mad when BG was out because it was BG!

badum-tsh

That game came out in 1998, if the internet were what it is now back then, I guarantee you they would have gotten mad.

[Kuari999]

Gigamantis wrote...

kbct wrote...

Gigamantis wrote...

Most major reviewers do play the full game; I think you're thinking about user reviews.

I heard that only about half the professional reviews that gave ME3 a perfect score actually commented on the ending.

What's your point?  I'd say about 1/10th of the user reviews commented on anything but the ending, and those other comments involved "EW GAY SCENE!" and "DAY 1 DLC BOOOO!" 

Plenty of reviewers commented on the ending, but since the ending was only a taste issue, not a quality one, it shouldn't have even gotten that much attention.  I personally liked the ending.  Many of you didn't.  Professional reviewers aren't supposed to espouse user opinions, they're supposed to rate the quality of the game. 

Its a quality AND false advertising issue.  Fact of the matter, there are plot holes, whether you choose to acknowledge them or not.  Things like the Starchild are also widely considered signs of bad writing, but I forget what its called.  Deus Ex Machina isn't quite the right term I think, but eh, I suppose that can ultimately come down to opinion.  They also did things the exact opposite of what they said they would.  I'm sorry, but the quality issues are there, you just make an active choice not to acknowledge them.  Frankly that's what annoys me most about this discussion.  There literally is can be no question of some of these issues, and yet people choose to flat out ignore them.

I'll admit, there's some things off about the opinions of those against the ending too.  I'd argue to the death against people who believe the bad logic of the Starchild counts as a plot hole, and the relays exploding, but I'm sure as hell not going to ignore the other issues.

[Gigamantis]

Kuari999 wrote...

Gigamantis wrote...

Most major reviewers do play the full game; I think you're thinking about user reviews.  The bad user reviews happened before the game was even released, let alone completed.  Many publications made note of what the game was lacking, but put it in the proper perspective.  The game was fantastic but not flawless, and journalist reviews reflected that.  User reviews chose 1 negative aspect and the game averaged a 3 out of 10 with them.  Needless to say user reviews are invalid.

Now, this backlash has gotten coverage ONLY because it was big, and it was only big because the game was the biggest release in Bioware's history.  When DA:O was released I could've made a poll anywhere comparing it to Baldur's Gate and watched the hate flow as every conceivable flaw in DA:O was railed on relentlessly.  This is typical.  

Uhh, no, trust me, I'm not thinking of user reviews, and to put it into perspective, had user reviews been the ones where people didn't complete the game, they wouldn't be the most common source for mentioning the bad ending.

Also here's the biggest flaw in your statement that the size of the release had much to do with it: There have been bigger game releases with far less complaints, from companies that do a wide variety of game types.  If you think this is typical, its ignoring the big picture, pure and simple.  This isn't a matter of opinion, so far as I'm concerned, it shouldn't even be being discussed.  The whys are what should be being discussed, not the ifs.  The ifs only serve as attempts to downplay this as something much smaller than it is.  Have there always been complaints, yes, but if you honestly expect me to believe that it was anything like this and the number of fans is the only reason?  I'm sorry, but that's just not happening because the evidence very clearly points otherwise. 

In fact, based off polls that have done similar things to what you're describing would happen with what you said about DA:O, I would GUARANTEE that you wouldn't get ANYTHING like the results that are happening with this subject.  WHy?  BECAUSE these complaints happen with any major game release, but the polls always showed that the opinion wasn't quite wide spread like this, both in results and the number of people involved.  Someone linked an ME2 poll a while back, one of the largest, something like 5,000 votes and there wasn't a focused agreements...  here?  90,000 votes with 90% focused on one option...  the fanbase sure as hell didn't grow 1800%, so its apparent that this issue is FAR more important to a lot of people than anything that came before, whether you agree with the results or not.

The ending script was leaked before the game was released and that script is what most of the bad user reviews were based on.  I'll repeat, most of the bad user reviews are from people who hadn't even played the game.  User reviews are meaningless.

Also, this is clearly typical of big releases.  According to the "fans" World of Warcraft is the worst MMORPG of all time.  CoD4 is the worst shooter of all time.  Every Bioware release has been progressively worse in the fans eyes as Bioware got bigger and bigger.  ME3 being the biggest release, and ME having the most emotionally invested/unstable fans was pretty much a guarantee that this would happen no matter how good the game was.  

Finally, you're just wrong about the polls.  Most new releases get brutalized in polls if you ask the right question.  Internet polls are meaningless and they always will be.  ME3 is a much bigger sample size because it's a much bigger game, but the results will always be sharply focused on a negative result if you ask the right question.  A poll with an agenda will always get the results it wants, and ME3's poll having more people is only due to the game's popularity. 

[kbct]

Gigamantis wrote...

kbct wrote...

I heard that only about half the professional reviews that gave ME3 a perfect score actually commented on the ending.

What's your point?  I'd say about 1/10th of the user reviews commented on anything but the ending, and those other comments involved "EW GAY SCENE!" and "DAY 1 DLC BOOOO!" 

Plenty of reviewers commented on the ending, but since the ending was only a taste issue, not a quality one, it shouldn't have even gotten that much attention.  I personally liked the ending.  Many of you didn't.  Professional reviewers aren't supposed to espouse user opinions, they're supposed to rate the quality of the game. 

The point is there is a disconnect between the professional reviewer and the fans. This whole sh!tstorm is because of the ending, yet the reviewers that waxed lyrical about the game didn't even comment on what is so important to fans.

Go read the 1500+ Amazon reviews. People are not as stupid as you make them sound. There are a ton of long well reasoned reviews.

[Gigamantis]

Kuari999 wrote...

Gigamantis wrote...

kbct wrote...

Gigamantis wrote...

Most major reviewers do play the full game; I think you're thinking about user reviews.

I heard that only about half the professional reviews that gave ME3 a perfect score actually commented on the ending.

What's your point?  I'd say about 1/10th of the user reviews commented on anything but the ending, and those other comments involved "EW GAY SCENE!" and "DAY 1 DLC BOOOO!" 

Plenty of reviewers commented on the ending, but since the ending was only a taste issue, not a quality one, it shouldn't have even gotten that much attention.  I personally liked the ending.  Many of you didn't.  Professional reviewers aren't supposed to espouse user opinions, they're supposed to rate the quality of the game. 

Its a quality AND false advertising issue.  Fact of the matter, there are plot holes, whether you choose to acknowledge them or not.  Things like the Starchild are also widely considered signs of bad writing, but I forget what its called.  Deus Ex Machina isn't quite the right term I think, but eh, I suppose that can ultimately come down to opinion.  They also did things the exact opposite of what they said they would.  I'm sorry, but the quality issues are there, you just make an active choice not to acknowledge them.  Frankly that's what annoys me most about this discussion.  There literally is can be no question of some of these issues, and yet people choose to flat out ignore them.

I'll admit, there's some things off about the opinions of those against the ending too.  I'd argue to the death against people who believe the bad logic of the Starchild counts as a plot hole, and the relays exploding, but I'm sure as hell not going to ignore the other issues.

There are no quality issues.  The ending was well written and well produced.  Some people thought there should be more options and more shouts to the decisions you made throughout the game.  That's fine, and many publications even brought that up in their reviews, but that's a taste issue. 

I haven't heard one plot-hole that didn't have an obvious explanation, but I guess that will boild down to opinion as well.  The false advertising claim is just hilarious.  10 potential endings are not ABC.  Besides the main 4 the endings weren't all that varied, and I can see people being disappointed by that, but false advertising?  Don't be absurd.  

[Gigamantis]

kbct wrote...

Gigamantis wrote...

kbct wrote...

I heard that only about half the professional reviews that gave ME3 a perfect score actually commented on the ending.

What's your point?  I'd say about 1/10th of the user reviews commented on anything but the ending, and those other comments involved "EW GAY SCENE!" and "DAY 1 DLC BOOOO!" 

Plenty of reviewers commented on the ending, but since the ending was only a taste issue, not a quality one, it shouldn't have even gotten that much attention.  I personally liked the ending.  Many of you didn't.  Professional reviewers aren't supposed to espouse user opinions, they're supposed to rate the quality of the game. 

The point is there is a disconnect between the professional reviewer and the fans. This whole sh!tstorm is because of the ending, yet the reviewers that waxed lyrical about the game didn't even comment on what is so important to fans.

Go read the 1500+ Amazon reviews. People are not as stupid as you make them sound. There are a ton of long well reasoned reviews.

The ratio of reasoned to stupid for user reviews is staggering in favor of stupid, and those reviews are averaged as a collective.  Even if you don't agree with journalists every time they always present well reasoned and informed reviews.

Journalists aren't supposed to rate games based on fan opinions, they're supposed to tell you whether the game is good or not.  Ignoring your nonsense is VITAL for them to be able to do their jobs.  If, for example, most fans hated gunplay in RPG's a journalist can't hand out bad reviews based on that alone.  If it's a good game it's a good game, despite your personal tastes.  

[tiger-tron]

Stanley Woo wrote...
And now people are angry at ME3.

Yeah, for good reason.

Obviously people will moan about sequels, but lets be honest for a minute, the moaning is justified.

[Kuari999]

Gigamantis wrote...

The ending script was leaked before the game was released and that script is what most of the bad user reviews were based on.  I'll repeat, most of the bad user reviews are from people who hadn't even played the game.  User reviews are meaningless.

Also, this is clearly typical of big releases.  According to the "fans" World of Warcraft is the worst MMORPG of all time.  CoD4 is the worst shooter of all time.  Every Bioware release has been progressively worse in the fans eyes as Bioware got bigger and bigger.  ME3 being the biggest release, and ME having the most emotionally invested/unstable fans was pretty much a guarantee that this would happen no matter how good the game was.  

Finally, you're just wrong about the polls.  Most new releases get brutalized in polls if you ask the right question.  Internet polls are meaningless and they always will be.  ME3 is a much bigger sample size because it's a much bigger game, but the results will always be sharply focused on a negative result if you ask the right question.  A poll with an agenda will always get the results it wants, and ME3's poll having more people is only due to the game's popularity. 

A poll with a biased question with biased answers gets the results it wants.  Asking if people are ok with the ending and very simple answers is far from biased.  I could ask the same question with the same answers about a different subject and I wouldn't get nearly the same results, especially not in the wide variety of places the same question has been asked.  HELL, even the obviously biased poll on..  I think it was either IGN or GameFAQs went the opposite way of what they clearly wanted to portray.

Hell, there were polls prior to SWTOR's release asking if WoW was the WORST MMO EVER that honestly?  Despite the WoW bashing left right and center, ended with it being strongly in favor of it NOT being the worst MMO.  Now if you asked if people were tired of WoW, they might get different results, and then people might try to use the results to say that WoW is horrible. THAT is what a biased poll is.

I'm sorry, but the kind of thing we're seeing here just does not happen with every major game release.  Even BioWare themselves acknowledged as such very directly that this was "unprecedented", though really it is, in other industries too.  Heck, books, many people will complain about major releases, but only a select few do you get such an intense reaction.  If I were to make a comparison, I'd compare DA2 to Twilight in that a lot of people loved it, but the hatred was intense while I'd compare ME3 to The Final Problem by Conan Doyle where the book was great, but the ending was an absolute betrayal that triggered a reaction VERY similar to what's going on here if you look at the whole picture.

Gigamantis wrote...

I haven't heard one plot-hole that didn't have an
obvious explanation, but I guess that will boild down to opinion as
well.  The false advertising claim is just hilarious.  10 potential
endings are not ABC.  Besides the main 4 the endings weren't all that
varied, and I can see people being disappointed by that, but false
advertising?  Don't be absurd.  

Besides the Normandy running away when if they ran when the explosion went off, they wouldn't have had time to even hit the first relay and any other explanation would have been cowardice?  It came outof nowhere and was clearly there just to make the Adam and Eve reference.

Also, frankly, yes, it was false advertising, pure and simple.  There were many specific things stated that simply were not the case.  I don't give a damn if you believe otherwise at this point on this subject.  You can whine and cry about it and call it absurd all you want, but it IS the fact of the matter.

Modifié par Kuari999, 12 avril 2012 - 05:34 .

[Gigamantis]

tiger-tron wrote...

Stanley Woo wrote...
And now people are angry at ME3.

Yeah, for good reason.

Obviously people will moan about sequels, but lets be honest for a minute, the moaning is justified.

Only it isn't justified. 

Honestly, though, you people cry wolf about games being horrible so much no one would take you seriously even if you were justified. 

[Aimi]

kbct wrote...

Go read the 1500+ Amazon reviews. People are not as stupid as you make them sound. There are a ton of long well reasoned reviews.

While I'd be the first person to say that the ending didn't do "it" for me, any amount of time on the Internet should have taught you that people can be as long-winded as they want, or devise whatever sophistries they need, or create impassioned, well-crafted posts in favor of something that is wrong or stupid. 

[kbct]

Gigamantis wrote...

The ending was well written and well produced.

I don't think many people agree with you. Weekes and another senior writer said the the game and the ending suffered from resource constraints:

http://social.biowar.../index/11207428

http://forums.someth...8#post402359506

Modifié par kbct, 12 avril 2012 - 05:33 .

[TheRealJayDee]

Gigamantis wrote...

Even if you don't agree with journalists every time they always present well reasoned and informed reviews.

Journalists aren't supposed to rate games based on fan opinions, they're supposed to tell you whether the game is good or not.

1. No.
2. Yes. Problem is they do not.
 
In case of DA2 my once prefered gaming magazine told me it's great, and gave it a rating of 87/100. Beyond other things part of this rating was a score of 9/10 in the category 'Atmosphere'. Nobody who ever took a short walk through Kirkwall can honestly justify this score, which means the reviewers a) are giving underservedly high scores for whatever reason or simply do not know their ****.

[Gigamantis]

Kuari999 wrote...

Gigamantis wrote...

The ending script was leaked before the game was released and that script is what most of the bad user reviews were based on.  I'll repeat, most of the bad user reviews are from people who hadn't even played the game.  User reviews are meaningless.

Also, this is clearly typical of big releases.  According to the "fans" World of Warcraft is the worst MMORPG of all time.  CoD4 is the worst shooter of all time.  Every Bioware release has been progressively worse in the fans eyes as Bioware got bigger and bigger.  ME3 being the biggest release, and ME having the most emotionally invested/unstable fans was pretty much a guarantee that this would happen no matter how good the game was.  

Finally, you're just wrong about the polls.  Most new releases get brutalized in polls if you ask the right question.  Internet polls are meaningless and they always will be.  ME3 is a much bigger sample size because it's a much bigger game, but the results will always be sharply focused on a negative result if you ask the right question.  A poll with an agenda will always get the results it wants, and ME3's poll having more people is only due to the game's popularity. 

A poll with a biased question with biased answers gets the results it wants.  Asking if people are ok with the ending and very simple answers is far from biased.  I could ask the same question with the same answers about a different subject and I wouldn't get nearly the same results, especially not in the wide variety of places the same question has been asked.  HELL, even the obviously biased poll on..  I think it was either IGN or GameFAQs went the opposite way of what they clearly wanted to portray.

Hell, there were polls prior to SWTOR's release asking if WoW was the WORST MMO EVER that honestly?  Despite the WoW bashing left right and center, ended with it being strongly in favor of it NOT being the worst MMO.  Now if you asked if people were tired of WoW, they might get different results, and then people might try to use the results to say that WoW is horrible. THAT is what a biased poll is.

I'm sorry, but the kind of thing we're seeing here just does not happen with every major game release.  Even BioWare themselves acknowledged as such very directly that this was "unprecedented", though really it is, in other industries too.  Heck, books, many people will complain about major releases, but only a select few do you get such an intense reaction.  If I were to make a comparison, I'd compare DA2 to Twilight in that a lot of people loved it, but the hatred was intense while I'd compare ME3 to The Final Problem by Conan Doyle where the book was great, but the ending was an absolute betrayal that triggered a reaction VERY similar to what's going on here if you look at the whole picture.

I'm not denying the reaction was big, but it's for the same reasons as every other crapstorm we've seen.  It's gamers feeling betrayed.  You've clearly never seen D&D fans raging about more current D&D based games.  Just as much passion; just as much "betrayal" but not as many people.  ME3's storm is only bigger because ME3 is bigger.  RPG gamers just center their entire lives around gaming more than people who play most other genres, so they take things more personally. 

Also, the thing about internet polls is they always ask the right people to get the results they want.  The right people aren't very hard to find.  Internet polls are also VERY SPAMMABLE.  100 people running spambots through proxies could generate those numbers.  ME3 clearly has some dedicated trolls on this whole ending thing so I wouldn't doubt it.  My point is that internet polling is meaningless for a myriad of reasons. 

The scale of this reaction isn't typical but the reaction itself is VERY typical.