wolfsite wrote...
I've been going around different threads about this and been seeing a lot of words being brought up again when talking about Mass Effect fans: "Entitled" "Whiners" "immature". Some even called ME fans pathetic for not being able to move on where other game series have had just as bad or worse endings yet those fanbases just got on with it without having to "whine" about how there lives are destroyed by 5 minutes of controversial material.
Many even called this Pompous since fans act like anything they write is automatically better than what Bioware writes even though fans have the advantage of knowing how to manipulate others for a response or since they already have completed work they could change where Bioware did not.
Can't believe how bad of a reputation the ME fanbase still has.
Note: I'm just talking about what I have seen online, non of these are my own opinions.
For all those who brand those, who didn't like the ending, in derogatory tones...... Shame on you.
This chap who wrote 400 pages has demonstrated passion, commitment, imagination.......
Need I go on?
The simple fact is this...... As consumer's we are often forced to seperate out what we want, from what we don't want. Product quality is never a given. Merely taken for granted as manufacturing processes are largely automated. This in turn leads to complatency in expectations as what we buy and consume rarely varies in the satisfaction it delivers.
But this should not, nor should we as consumers, let the manufacturer's play with our expectations by finding the lowest point of satisfaction for the maximum price they can command and deliver that to us.
'ME3's ending' was a travesty when you compare it to the way BW have ended their other titles. The rest of the game had high and low points, but never entered into the same area that the ending went in terms of gaming/narrative quality
It was aweful when you compared it to other endings in Sci-Fi that range from walking into the sunset with a member of the opposite gender hanging off your arm to the hero making a sacrifice...... for reasons that the audience were able to accept in a running narrative and understand. (Buffy Summer's? I'm looking at you during the season final when you fought a god).
This is the truth of it. Those gamers out there who support a franchise and then berate the developers for drop sin quality are the ones who will move gaming excellence forward by demanding high standards be maintained.
The ones who label those who demand quality as whiny...... Who mistake a simple thing like fan devotion as entitled...... They are the ones who will drive gaming into the dark ages....... by simply refusing to entertain the through that game developers need it's fans to have dialogue with them. So the creators will know what fans are willing to accept. So they will know if the way they delivered their stories and gameplay was received well or poorly.
The ME3 debacle was partly fuelled by the fans but it was the media who poured fuel on the fire and started this them vs us mentality that has all the hall marks of Britney Spears sitting down to endorse George Bush by saying that we should all just listen and do whatever he says.
Gamers have more intelligence than that.
So let's bring this debate up to a level of adult maturity.
Those who belittle the opinion's of those who didn't like the ending? They are the whiners. They are the ones who feel entitled the products of the company beyond the point of reason. And given that they cannot, or will not act as a measure of quality control, they will eventually kill that company in that they refuse to acknowledge the wider consumer base that companies also rely upon to make back what they invest in their products.
These die hard company loving whiner's may be a gift to these companies if they need a media sound bite for how great their games are. But without the long-term investment of those who provide constructive critisism, as to what aspects of these games are good and bad, then these companies will fail to keep up with customer demand and expectation.
And just in case....... Because this is where I'm at.
Yes I'm over it.
All's forgiven......
But never forgotten.
Modifié par Redbelle, 22 janvier 2014 - 02:24 .