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[animedreamer]

 

I just watched the above link and saw for me some new gameplay from the up and coming title DA:I, I was amazed/blown away by this and of course my anticipation has only grown but I couldn't help but break of the rule of youtube and not read the comments as I like to see like minded individuals and share in the enthusiam for the videos, yet I quite a bit of hate for a game that's still not complete or released yet and a lot of the blame people are throwning around as well nonsense.

One person was saying how they ruined this game, and my immediate reply was "What are you comparing this too?"

Another was blaming EA and saying they should have left this to someone like Ubisoft, I had no reply because I was like "What the hell have they made that was so impressive RPG wise?" not to mention BioWare is the one developing the game EA is their publisher or am I mistaken? 

To me money speaks louder than words and BioWare/EA have obviously be quite successful in getting my money, Ubisoft hasn't seen one cent from me and I don't see that changing anytime soon, and that's based purely on the types and quality of games each company releases.

[Allan Schumacher]

General statment:

When dealing with nebulous data, confirmation bias will run rampant. Doubly so because people (as human beings) have a tendency to affiliate with people of similar interests. As such, people will "not know anyone" that did/did not like DA2 better than DAO and vice versa.

Simply be respectful to others that may have a different perspective, and understand that it is okay to not feel a need to justify your position by conjuring numbers. Further, also acknowledge that there's a good chance that people overestimate the concern presented by there being a dissenting voice. I often get the impression that people really see differing opinions as a significant threat to the game they want, and as such wage "wars" to rally people to their side or to even simply try to silence the others so that only their voice is heard.

After all, if 100% of the people on the BSN said "We want specifically a game like DAO (or DA2)" it's easy to deduce "BioWare would have to make a game like DAO/DA2 then!"


As for "the hate?" Some people won't like the direction for whatever reason. Someone is free to feel that and for that reason alone, there's not much reason to overthink it or anything.

[Allan Schumacher]

EA just rushed out Battlefield 4 in an absolute blitz and it's looking terrible thus far.

Substantiate this position please. Just how long has the game been in development?

But the issue still stands; Bioware just hasn't gotten much time. All their resources were directed to Mass Effect 3 not very long ago, and now they're going for a release next year for DA:I. Judging from the last few Bioware and EA games alike we've gotten; TOR, ME3, DA2, BF4, other various EA games, I'm getting a sinking feeling that DA:I is being slapped onto EA's assembly line headed straight for the garbage bin.

I haven't spent one iota of time on Mass Effect, nor have a lot of the Dragon Age team. I have been working on Dragon Age Inquisition since about September 2011, and there were people working on it before I was. The rest of the team was working on the Dragon Age 2 Expansion pack.

Though our team does have a good chunk of Mass Effect help at the moment, because the Mass Effect team is also ramping up on the engine for the new Mass Effect game (and there's additional prototyping from the new IP team too).

Modifié par Allan Schumacher, 25 octobre 2013 - 04:25 .

[Allan Schumacher]

This thread is outliving its relevance to DAI.

Shall I move it to Off topic?

[Allan Schumacher]

Battlefield 4 was in development shortly after BF3 was released, and thus far, the general consensus is BF4 is looking rushed and incomplete.

Who's consensus? It's not the consensus I have heard (I haven't heard much of a consensus). The little bit online that I find sees a wide variety of yays and nays, while anyone personally that I know has been really enjoying it. Remember, people have an affinity to interact with people with with similar interests.

I'm glad you have that help. However, ME3's sour taste in still in my mouth. I suppose I shouldn't be so quick to make conclusions, but I can't help but worry DA:I is going to be the ME3 of the Dragon Age franchise.

That's fine. Obviously your trust in the company is shaken, and you have your reasons for that and no one can tell you otherwise.

GIven your most recent post, you seem to simply be using the term "rushed" as an equivalent for "poor." I'd hesitate to use the word rushed if you're meaning something else, because for myself it definitely draws a direct examination as the length of time on development.

I wouldn't categorize Dead Island as rushed (note: I haven't played the game). 8 years of development resulting in a poor game is likely indicative of serious development issues. Spending too much time on something can definitely mean serious problems with addressing scope, feature creep, prototyping, and so forth.

However, I do appreciate your clarification since I can more accurately understand what you're talking about. If you feel the word is the best application for you, that's fine. Just keep it in mind that you may need to elaborate on that from time to time in case people assume you're talking about the timeline specifically.

Modifié par Allan Schumacher, 25 octobre 2013 - 07:52 .