I really can't believe what has become to the gaming community and especially the pc gaming in general.
Here we are; trying to convince other fellow gamers of our legit concerns before even reaching out to the developers...
To me; this is the summary of this 150,000+ viewed, 1,700+ replied thread...
DA:I was the first game in years that i was planning to pre-order until August i guess; where lots of design decisions conflicting with what we have been told, started to come to surface. As i decided not to buy and wait, i may not be in a position to comment on specific game mechanics. But i feel like i can say a thing or two on a fundamental basis regarding both the game itself and the discussions on this thread in general.
So let's just make things clear :
For nearly two years;
If a game is advertised or presented to take advantage of all the platforms its going to release; especially the pc with lots of references to its predecessors, iconic gameplay features etc. by its very own developers; you just don't expect it to end up being a console or controller oriented game which happens to let you play with a keyboard and a mouse. You expect it to compliment the strengths of the platform which you play. And in this case it is the pc...
I mean what is so hard to grasp and emphatise with the concerns of pc gamers ? You can easily see that they are legit and widespread by just looking at the magnitude and content of this thread...
You see; every genre has its own unique elements for the user to interact with games per platform. Like the ui, controls, mechanics etc... They are there because years of experiments, testing and feedback provided an optimal solution. So; if you are going to play an arpg game on a console, you already know exactly how its going to played. Likewise if you are going to play a fps game on pc you again already know exactly how its going to be played. There are very little nuances; some elements may change but the core features stay the same.
Suppose that; the next installment of Battlefield series comes with freelook being tied to page, ins, del keys instead of the mouse, like we saw in some games back in early to mid 90' s. Of course people can adapt but how do you thing gamers would react ?
This is what this thread is about. Not as harsh as the example above but on a fundamental base it is the same...