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[David Gaider]

Bratt1204 wrote...
Who is deciding that improvement is even needed

We do.

Origins is one the best RPGs out there; most everyone just loves the game, in an almost insane way. I do not see this love with Awakening, quite the contrary. Almost all of these posts are from people who are so disappointed because the expansion in no way compliments DA:O.

Hate to break it to you, but right after DA:O came out if you came anywhere near the forums you would have thought it must be the worst game in existence. This is pretty typical after any game gets released (or it is for us, perhaps, I don't hang around on other companies' forums very much) -- RPG fans are pretty passionate about what they like and don't like, and the ones that don't like tend to post again and again and again and again. Why? That's for a Psychology major to explore, I suppose.

It would be easy to assume that those posting on this forum represent the majority. That, however, simply isn't true. If you spend enough time on the forums, however, it's easy to believe that it must be. It's all the evidence you're exposed to, after all. But if you honestly believe that, you're only fooling yourself.

Let the reviews and sales speak for themselves.

Indeed. Sage advice.

Modifié par David Gaider, 17 mars 2010 - 03:21 .

[David Gaider]

Bratt1204 wrote...
What I just cannot fathom is, how the gaming industry can have such a pompous attitude toward their market base and continue to be profitable? I just cannot believe how you respond to your customers when they have complaints about the products they purchase. Having the "If you don't like it, too bad - just don't buy it" or " We're taking the romance and story-lines you loved so much (and produced such great sales for us) out of the games, just get over it" attitude is just unacceptable. I have never seen a corporation take this sort of complacent approach towards its customers. I could only image if I were out shopping for a vehicle and I complained about a missing feature and was told by the salesperson "We don't have that feature on the car anymore, we decided it wasn't necessary any loner (even though it was the most popular feature on the car), you just need to get over it". I would expect that sales person to be looking for another job and I would be looking elsewhere for a car with features I loved and found necessary. 

I'm not certain why you insist on assigning a tone to my responses that I'm not assuming. I've never told you to "get over it", and I'm not a salesperson -- and we don't make games to order. At some level you are indeed going to have to decide if you want what we're offering, and while feedback is appreciated you do indeed have to realize that we're not only going to listen to the voices on this forum... or the loudest voices on this forum, if one prefers.

I'm glad you really enjoyed DAO -- and I'm really sorry that you're unhappy about Alistair not featuring more prominently in the expansion, but I'm not really sure what you get out of the hurt victim routine you keep repeating. I hope you do eventually play the game and find something there to enjoy -- because there's plenty -- rather than looking for what you feel is missing. If not, while that will make me sad, c'est la vie. We cannot make everyone happy. Me least of all.

Modifié par David Gaider, 17 mars 2010 - 05:50 .