BioWare: Videogame Industry Releases "Too Many Games"
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I'd agree. I'm a university student (20-40 hours a week) who wants to succeed (make that 3-8 hours a week) and can only shell out three or four times a year for $50 games (unless Steam goes insane like right now or the Escapist community members all decide to send me money), and I tend to invest in timesinks or long games (like Civilization or Dragon Age). Less hype, at the very least, would make life a bit more pleasant.
However, there was a good gap before and after those releases. If they release all four games they're working on within the same year, then we have a problem.Diligent said:
I disagree. Right now, I'm still a month out from my new baby being born, so I'm snapping up all of these new titles while I can still afford them. I've built a massive back catalog that will help me survive the next 2 and a half years.
So games industry, please release more games. By the time I can afford to buy them again, they'll all be $30 or less brand new.
So games industry, please release more games. By the time I can afford to buy them again, they'll all be $30 or less brand new.
Basically it was heavily focused on combat and everything else is done pretty badly. It has to load when moving to new areas and the areas are small enough to cross in less than a minute.Onyx Oblivion said:
Gamespot gave it a 5.5/10. Not saying that I strictly follow gamespot, but that sort of says something about the quality of the game.
I don't think that the issue is so much that there are a lot of games, it's that we're still expected to pay as much, or more for them.
I've found a lot of games I've played only cause it was a quiet release time (Black Ops), or paid good money for (Halo 2 PC).
And even if every game released is a 'good' game, it's still not going to appeal to everyone. It'd be good to have demos again to streamline choosing.
I've found a lot of games I've played only cause it was a quiet release time (Black Ops), or paid good money for (Halo 2 PC).
And even if every game released is a 'good' game, it's still not going to appeal to everyone. It'd be good to have demos again to streamline choosing.
"...so thats why were releasing dragon age 2, KOTOR, early next year, with mass effect 3 coming out shortly after. also: random teaser that is a ripoff of modern warfare. also again: $400 worth of extremely light in content DLC in every game!"
yea... hypocrite much bioware?
yea... hypocrite much bioware?
On the hardcore end, an rather large number of FPSs are released every year. On the casual end, a mindboggling number of HOGs are released every year.
What ever happened to slow quality releases where all the bugs are worked out before release? Well, if the glitches are hillarious & don't crash the game they're okey (Red Dead Redemption, Oblivion).
What ever happened to slow quality releases where all the bugs are worked out before release? Well, if the glitches are hillarious & don't crash the game they're okey (Red Dead Redemption, Oblivion).
Finally someone says it. Mass Effect 2 (and DA 2 aswell from the looks of it) just cut all the good stuff and made it a rather shallow and lifeless experience. Customization was pathethic and so was the feeling of freedom among others. I have no clue why people hyped ME2 to the degree of being one of the best of all times, it was a decent 20 hour experience or so. Enjoyable, yes, but nothing that keeps you coming back for more.Onyx Oblivion said:
Never mind, they changed the date on my pre-order for it. You are correct (although the new one states December 31/2011 now).JaredXE said:
you know... I bet if Bioware was the only one making money (like if for every non bioware game bought, three bioware games sold), they wouldnt be bitching.
Persoanlly, I like all the games. It gives a lot of variety, and a lot to pick and choose from. Lets face it, most people piss and moan about those slow months between releases when there's nothing new to play. If they slowed releases, or only released say... 12 triple A games (3 every four months) it would be madness and agonizingly long to wait. Besides, It defeats the purpose of business. I cant wait till yahtzee gets proven true and Microsoft digs up Halo's old corpse and release average to below average games continuously because they know they'll make money.
BUt then again, I like to specialize in games and will play them till tehy are long outdated (the empty servers make great playgrounds for my friends to use without all the 8 year olds and noob trolls clogging them).
Persoanlly, I like all the games. It gives a lot of variety, and a lot to pick and choose from. Lets face it, most people piss and moan about those slow months between releases when there's nothing new to play. If they slowed releases, or only released say... 12 triple A games (3 every four months) it would be madness and agonizingly long to wait. Besides, It defeats the purpose of business. I cant wait till yahtzee gets proven true and Microsoft digs up Halo's old corpse and release average to below average games continuously because they know they'll make money.
BUt then again, I like to specialize in games and will play them till tehy are long outdated (the empty servers make great playgrounds for my friends to use without all the 8 year olds and noob trolls clogging them).
With games now taking dozen of hours to beat and hundreds to fully complete, yeah, too much is coming out to keep up with. I mean, I'm at 60 hours into a game of Dragon Age realizing this game was meant to be played multiple times, but I'm at 60 hours with the game unbeat and expansions to boot. Did they think this was the only game I'd play?
I'm sitting on a backlog of a dozens of games, counting 25 I have never played even years after buying them. Even playing steady (leaving time for work and sleep) I can't dig out. I imagine it's worse for anyone that also plays WoW or some other MMO.
I'm sitting on a backlog of a dozens of games, counting 25 I have never played even years after buying them. Even playing steady (leaving time for work and sleep) I can't dig out. I imagine it's worse for anyone that also plays WoW or some other MMO.