EA Bioware Discussion [merged similar topics] : Othor Games

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:59 pm

Bioware has not released a game recently without a major Fiasco to accompany it...

Once a game is ready to ship they do not fail to infuriate their customers with some awful business ethic

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:43 pm

It's a big company with a diverse fanbase. There will never be a game either company releases that 100% of the fanbase will be pleased with. The gaming community are naturally a bunch of divas.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:30 pm

Looks like the next fiasco will be that Day-1 purchasable DLC accompanying Mass Effect 3

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:37 pm

there is already a Bioware rant thread somewhere...

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:19 pm

Think it's called the Mass Effect thread... :dry:

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:44 pm

Which we were all told to leave if we didn't praise ME3 to the skies. Reminds of somewhere, let me think.....

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:25 am

EA svcks. Bioware svcks. Individual people have some good ideas... which are never executed properly. Endeavours there seem to always be incompetently pursued. What a shame/waste.

Also, greedy, dirty, etc.

Think it's called the Mass Effect thread... :dry:

I thought this.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:32 pm

thats capitalism for yah

it svcks, communism svcks, imperialism svcks, dectatorships svck. religious states svck....

in conclusion I think humans in general have no idea how to make a good system.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:15 pm

thats capitalism for yah

it svcks, communism svcks, imperialism svcks, dectatorships svck. religious states svck....

in conclusion I think humans in general have no idea how to make a good system.

Cutting garlic really thin with a razor blade, so it dissolves into the sauce, that's a very good system.

OT, sort of, and obviously just my humble opinion, feel free to disagree, if they announced that DA3 carried over your Warden from Origins, a la Mass Effect, I might actually break out the old rose-tinted round rims again.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:54 pm

OT, sort of, and obviously just my humble opinion, feel free to disagree, if they announced that DA3 carried over your Warden from Origins, a la Mass Effect, I might actually break out the old rose-tinted round rims again.

Like you could import your save into DA2, but if you killed Leliana, she was still alive? Yeah... no thanks. :tongue:

As for my previous comment, it's not entirely true. ME2 is the most cohesive thing they've put out in more than a decade. The story was still hole-ridden and the gameplay wasn't spectacular. It was an okay, likeable game, that just happened to do well because nobody else has cornered that niche.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:22 am

btw I like ME1 and 2 and DA 1, 2 not that much but all in all they were good games

and I meant that nothing is perfect in the world

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:09 am

Like you could import your save into DA2, but if you killed Leliana, she was still alive? Yeah... no thanks. :tongue:

No, more along the lines of, let's pretend this never happened, and just make Origins 2.

True story : my son was playing DA2. Not realising this, I said "oh, you got the old Playstation 2 out of the cupboard?" Which is, I believe, in today's parlance, fail.

@Vadagar, sorry, I was agreeing with your point, and illustrating it with a joke exception, but if you haven't seen Goodfellas, I was being a bit obscure. Apologies.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:29 pm

Looks like the next fiasco will be that Day-1 purchasable DLC accompanying Mass Effect 3

That's nothing new, they did it with DA2 and I'm sure they've done it with other things too. That would be why I haven't bought a BioWare game since the first Mass Effect.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:02 am

I just hope EA won't bring BioWare the same fate it brought to Westwood (Command & Conquer)

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:12 pm

EA svcks. Bioware svcks.

..because they are owned by a company that svcks.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:35 pm

Like you could import your save into DA2, but if you killed Leliana, she was still alive? Yeah... no thanks. :tongue:

As for my previous comment, it's not entirely true. ME2 is the most cohesive thing they've put out in more than a decade. The story was still hole-ridden and the gameplay wasn't spectacular. It was an okay, likeable game, that just happened to do well because nobody else has cornered that niche.

KOTOR and Jade Empire were pretty awesome. I feel that Bioware has only started to go downhill since they became a part of EA in 2007.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:47 pm

Gosh I sometimes think that Activision is less evil then EA, at least they tell you that they are going to take your money. What EA has done is the latest crap move and it's a slap in the face to anybody who is a fan of the franchise and Bioware in general. Bioware has really gone downhill since EA swallowed them whole, will only be a matter of time before Bioware ends up like Westwood.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:30 pm

No, more along the lines of, let's pretend this never happened, and just make Origins 2.

True story : my son was playing DA2. Not realising this, I said "oh, you got the old Playstation 2 out of the cupboard?" Which is, I believe, in today's parlance, fail.

Couldn't be bothered. There are better video game developers. As for the story: :lmao:

..because they are owned by a company that svcks.

Depends on who you ask.

KOTOR and Jade Empire were pretty awesome. I feel that Bioware has only started to go downhill since they became a part of EA in 2007.

I'm not a Star Wars fan, so I didn't play KOTOR. I am a fan of Asian culture, and I hated Jade Empire.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:36 pm

I'm not a Star Wars fan, so I didn't play KOTOR. I am a fan of Asian culture, and I hated Jade Empire.

Each to their own I suppose. :shrug:

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:51 pm

Yay, a dedicated thread for all the haters to go in. I actually think this is a really good bad idea. It works on paper, but will it work in practice with the mods watching. Only time will tell. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115997-BioWare-Defends-Mass-Effect-3-Launch-Day-DLC

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:01 am

It's a big company with a diverse fanbase. There will never be a game either company releases that 100% of the fanbase will be pleased with. The gaming community are naturally a bunch of divas.

Yup, and it only gets worse as technology progresses with more things that can go wrong going wrong. In honesty I think the gaming community has incorporated the trolls resulting in a breed of idiots running around. They only care about whining and complaining instead of enjoying a game. It really disgusts me at times to say that i'm a gamer and belong to the same bunch of morons out there.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:12 pm

Yup, and it only gets worse as technology progresses with more things that can go wrong going wrong. In honesty I think the gaming community has incorporated the trolls resulting in a breed of idiots running around. They only care about whining and complaining instead of enjoying a game. It really disgusts me at times to say that i'm a gamer and belong to the same bunch of morons out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y__N-JEXvyc, they don't even attempt to consider the other side might just have an opinion. It's like a primitive form of black and white morality. Back to the days of witch hunts, inquisitions, and good old fashioned hanging of anyone guilty of anything for any reason.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:20 pm

I just hope EA won't bring BioWare the same fate it brought to Westwood (Command & Conquer)

Westwood had several commercial failures like Renegade and Earth & Beyond before they went under, so it wasn't all on EA really. I don't know how well Nox did, but it probably wasn't a hit since EA quickly dropped support for that title.

Granted, those games were more fun than what Bioware has been putting out lately.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:53 am

I don't know how well Nox did, but it probably wasn't a hit since EA quickly dropped support for that title.

Granted, those games were more fun than what Bioware has been putting out lately.

~~Nox was good. My 12-year-old self remembers it being good, anyway.~~

Never mind: I'm probably thinking of another, better game. I just looked at screenshots. That's not the game I played.

» Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:30 am

Yup, and it only gets worse as technology progresses with more things that can go wrong going wrong. In honesty I think the gaming community has incorporated the trolls resulting in a breed of idiots running around. They only care about whining and complaining instead of enjoying a game. It really disgusts me at times to say that i'm a gamer and belong to the same bunch of morons out there.

Sorry to say that not everyone will just let the industry bigwigs blatantly rip them off. It disgusts me even more to see how gamers have slowly been conditioned to accept more and more nonsense like cut content and ripoff DLC, and defend corporate greed.