My attitude towards ME has changed since I played ME3 and read posts. I admit I was one of the ones who bought ME3 based on past games through BioWare and playing the past ME games. I read the posts by the developers and people promoting ME3 and went with what the "pre-hype" that was being portrayed. This has changed on any future purchases on any game. My favorite game is/still ME2. I hyped myself up reading post on how the game "would be better" than the previous games. What I failed to see is how someone else may percieve what is "better" compared to what I believe would be better. Chalk it up to lesson learned.
ME3, in my opinion, did not combine ME 1&2 properly. Some choices that carried over were irrelevant or pointless to the direction that ME started off with. Now it is a question of, if I purchase any more RPG games that will have a series, how much will make a difference if it carries over. Sort of why i enjoyed ME2. I could see the impact of my previous choices and either feel good or have ping of regret. I did not see that so much in ME3. The ending did not affect me as others. It is not my story, how it ends depends on who is telling it. Maybe that was the ending it should be, an ending that could be explained if BioWare makes a 4th, or an ending that could eliminate so many past choices so everyone starts equal. Again not my story. What got me was the game play leading up to it.
If I had read the player's post before buying the game, I would not have purchased the game, at least not until the price dropped. To much negative feed back on the game as a whole, from loading up your personal Shepard to the "ending". I look at theese forums like buying anything else. To many bad reviews from people who actulaly use the product vs someone who just used the product to make a review and never uses it again. I do not pay attention the the players' review who just picked up the game for the first time. Not to say their opinion does not matter, but I want to read from someone who has spent the same amount of time playing the first two games as I have. The ones that devolped their Shepard into what they see Shepard to be. A boy/girl scout all the way to a pre-Darth Vader. These are the ones who can overlook something or plan out say "WTF just happen." I look at reviews from first time users when it is a fresh start ,equal footing for everyone. This is one of those games where I expect there to be some lopsidedness. Either hard because I alienated people or easy because I help so many people. This is were players who played from the 1st game come in. I can see the "I am glad I made that chioce" or "I have to play from the 1st game all the way up again to get this option" posts.
As for the forums, again a lot of negativiety. Not just about the game, but also towards others who do not share the same opinion. If one peron loved the game, should not bash on him/her because of that. It is easy for someone to criticize someone on a forum where he/she may not have any contact with the other person face to face vs someone who has to say that same criticism face to face. Could simply say "i dont agree with your review" and here is list of reasons why. I see to many people say "your dumb for writing that" and do not have any valid points as to why he/she is wrong. Again, how someone sees a game may be different compared to another. But reading a post is like wathcing a commercial, can either watch it or not.
The site is not bad, should either incorporate male and female Shepards or even allow for different backrounds. But not sure how much work that would include or possible glitches. it would be nice to make the website more personal.
"We just wanted to make the biggest, best game experience we could conceive of", as ME as a whole, good job. For just ME3, came up a little short.
Modifié par Wicked Zim, 28 avril 2012 - 08:40 .
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