Ozida wrote...
3DandBeyond wrote...
A fan, well before ME3 came out posted what he hoped it would not be like and end like. It turned out to have been much of what he hoped (and others agreed) it would not be.
Actually, does anybody has the exact quote? I've seen it once in someone's signature...
As for what 3D wrote, I agree completely. BioWare has all the rights to continues this "creative path", but they will be loosing a lot of good fans. Is the plan here really to atrract new fans by pissing off old ones? It seems right now that company lives in some dream world, like when you close your face in front of baby, he thinks you are suddenly gone. Lets ignore upset people untill there are none left!.. The problem is there are A LOT of upset fans, no matter what BioWare thinks, and choosing the path that will be hated by many is just a very strange idea for company who makes profit from selling games to fans.
Once again , at this moment it is mostly speculations due to no official announcements. However, as 3D said correctly, it is time to talk now. There is no space left for speculations, it is time to negotiate.
The person's name was something like swreg, but I can't remember it. Probably not worth revisiting, but just saying that I sometimes fear writing what I hope won't happen, because seriously it's like that is what then does happen.
I think we really just have to keep stating that we think this could be a win for everyone. It would give them a way to go to leave room for a sequel. Sure, there might be those that dislike it if they wanted control or synthesis to take place, but honestly those both lead to the further involvement of reapers and they are not well-liked.
But then again, I seriously doubt that many people want ME to be turned into an MMO or less of a story RPG and more of an action RPG. I'm sure some do, but I doubt that most do. And yet, anything is possible.
I think that in all of this Bioware has not wanted to be predictable. I think that's part of what irked them about the leaked script-they wanted an air of mystery. They like speculation (the word is a good one, but now nauseates me), but not to have content fully known. I think that is in part why they went with the kid and Shepard dying. It's like they knew people had been expecting all out war to play out, and the ending to evolve from our previous choices, so they did the opposite-SURPRISE! And, then they see that people don't like something, so it'll be a surprise if they do that. I'm actually half joking here. I still have this inkling that things will work out well because I think it's far better to live with wishes for good things, than to live with the idea that things will turn out bad. Either way, you have to wait and it's better to wait with hope, than with cynicism.
And, just to bring this all back around, I really think there never would have been any outrage and ME3 would have forged a new, unique path for RPGs had it been predictable. Sometimes, doing the hoped for, expected thing is the best thing. The reason people expected Take Earth Back to be a real fight for all the marbles, was because it made sense. The reason people expected a way to win things on their terms and not on some random new (or some previously unknown) character's terms, was because it made sense and it validated everything done before.