Poll: Are you finished with Bioware now?

[jrhamilton]

Yes the ending of ME3 was a bit of a let down after all of the great moments in the game, but honestly the Mass Effect series was one of the best series, in any medium, for me. Yes Dragon Age 2 fell a little flat but Bioware listened to the fans and tried to create a better experience. Failing at trying to improve, to me at least, is a good thing. I think I will keep giving them my money for the great games that they produce.

P.S. poll or thread name need to be edited totally misvoted on it.

 

[Ratboy1337]

I love BioWare's games. I am a huge Dragon Age fan, and I love the Mass Effect games, and I thoroughly enjoy Star Wars: The Old Republic. So many people were upset with the ending of Mass Effect 3, but I personally wasn't bothered by it. So, no, I am not done with BioWare.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Ha! I do love drama queens.

I've never really been interested in any Bioware games, but I'll be laughing if they serve up a slice of fried gold and all you 'I'm through with you!' guys will be quietly playing the shit out of it. Or not so quietly, whatever. Maybe it's too much like common sense to judge their next game when it's actually been released?

 

[mxfox408]

I think they got big headed and cocky about thier games that this is their reality check. They better not end up like square.

 

[Patrick Buck]

Yeah, I still haven't bought ME3 yet. I know the ending is supposed to be shit, but hell, I still wanna see how it ends.


And The captcha was "She's a witch".
Monty python flashbacks.

 

[SageRuffin]

Like anything else, I'll wait and see whatever new game they drop is.

Example: The Old Republic? No thanks, since I'm not real big on PC gaming and I'm not a big fan of MMOs. No point wasting dosh on something I don't care for, right?

New or re-released Jade Empire? They will almost literally have me by the balls.

 

[ChildishLegacy]

Or... you could stop caring about what developer makes each game and buy games that YOU like the look of, and that YOU think you would enjoy and is worth your money. I loved ME1, ME2 and Dragon Age: Origins. I wasn't a fan of SWTOR and have yet to pick up ME3. This doesn't mean, because of 1 game of theirs I didn't like, that I will refuse to buy any of their future games, because they might just make some games that I really like, and some that I don't, it doesn't mean they went downhill between ME2/DA:O and SWTOR.

Honestly, people's logic when it comes to their purchasing of games and developers is ridiculous. Buy shit you like, don't buy shit you don't like, that's all it needs to come down to. Stop getting pissy about who made what game and what they did to what franchise. Just buy games that you like.

 

[mavkiel]

Yahtzee pretty much nailed me3. Well at least my complaints with it. They butchered side quests more then even me2 did.

Now we get maby 2 or 3 side missions where you actually land on a planet. The bulk of the quests are just go to system x, hit your scan pulse to highlight the planet with quest item.. then send a probe to pick it up. Do that about 15 times and it gets boring fast.

War assets are in no way acknowledged during your gameplay. By that I mean, you wont be fighting with krogan,turrian or asari forces. Find a dozen ships to add to your war assets? You hear nothing about those. Get 3 groups of bloodthirsty mercs on your side? You never see a vorcha attacking a husk.

 

[NewYork_Comedian]

I had the same problem with your poll as Pumpkin_Eater, except I am on the opposite side of the argument.

I personally loved the game, and will think about the fantastic journey across all three games rather than those last five minutes, so yes I will continue to buy their games.

Spoiler

It really only went downhill for me when you started talking to that ghost guardian, the whole argument with The Illusive Man and "Best seats in the house" thing with Anderson before that was intense.

In the end, people who will still keep defending/enjoying their games will be called "Fanboys", and anyone who says that Bioware has become corrupted by the dark side of EA and doesn't care about their customers zomg will be called "Haters".

So lets settle this by simply saying Haters are going to keep hating and Fanboys will keep loving, and there just won't be a thing to change either sides minds.

EDIT: In case nobody gets it...

Barring a bad ending ME3 was a fantastic game. However just because the last 5 minutes were unpleasant I'm not going to suddenly forget about the 36 hours of pure fun.

... this is my opinion of the game, with a few tweaks.

 

[KatChampagne]

I've really liked Bioware for a long time, but I just don't want to play their games anymore. ME2 kinda worried me when it came out. And then DA2 was just a disappointment, so much so that I decided that if ME3 was terrible then I was done with them.

ME3 had such a terrible ending that I kinda just sat there a little while thinking "This is it? What the hell happen to everything? That was the end? How is this anything like what they advertised?" I tried to play it again for the achievement, but the MEs had been ruined for me.

So, I'm done with Bioware. I simply can't trust their games to not be terrible, and neither can I shake the feeling that they were gonna try and sell us a false ending in the first place.

 

[KatChampagne]

Or... you could stop caring about what developer makes each game and buy games that YOU like the look of, and that YOU think you would enjoy and is worth your money. I loved ME1, ME2 and Dragon Age: Origins. I wasn't a fan of SWTOR and have yet to pick up ME3. This doesn't mean, because of 1 game of theirs I didn't like, that I will refuse to buy any of their future games, because they might just make some games that I really like, and some that I don't, it doesn't mean they went downhill between ME2/DA:O and SWTOR.

Honestly, people's logic when it comes to their purchasing of games and developers is ridiculous. Buy shit you like, don't buy shit you don't like, that's all it needs to come down to. Stop getting pissy about who made what game and what they did to what franchise. Just buy games that you like.

Don't you buy a book based on the author? Aren't there directors whose movies you won't see because they are terrible? You can usually predict whether or not you might even like a game by looking at who made it.

 

[Darkbladex96]

ME 3 did a good job, hell half of the side missions had their own cutscene and debrief they didnt have to do that.

All in All ME was a fun ride, some moments in the story were perfect. Every game has ups and downs, its just ME3's sour spot was the most important part of the game.

 

[Kanatatsu]

This poll is terribly written, I'd bet 20% of the people on here misvoted.

 

[NZpablo]

Yes. I think that no matter what a game dev does they deserve at least a fair look at any game they bring out, if you love games you shouldn't judge any new game solely by what has come out of the studio before. for example I didn't like what activision did with CoD after MW2 but I still seriously considered MW3 on its own merits.I didn't end buying it btw.

 

[TorqueConverter]

I don't hold game companies to high standards. They can make a shit game. They can have an awful ending to a great game. I only ask that they have ethical business practices. This day 1 DLC abuse broke the one and only standard I hold them to.

I'm actually shocked to see the gaming community indifferent to this ethical violation only to turn around and complain about the ending of the game. What does that say about yourselves? You'll turn a blind eye to ethics but be damned if your video game ending is not what you wanted? They can try and fail at story writhing but you don't fail ethics, you purposely violate them. The ME3 ending was a failure. The day one DLC was malicious.

 

[Inkidu]

Yeah... no. Unless they do more of this multiplayer is important monumentally to the single player crap. I can't stand that crap. I can't support multiplayer on my internet connection, and Mass Effect, up until 3 was single player only. I don't mind that they have a multiplayer component, but don't get your peanut butter in my chocolate.

Am I done with Bioware? Heck no. They're still one of the best companies on the market. If I got pissed over every disappointment there would never be anything to play. I mean as boring as I thought Half Life 2 was I should never have played Portal, which was fantastic.

 

[Hollock]

No, I'm done with the gamer community and thinking games can be art.

 

[Whateveralot]

Restated the question:

Is the fanbase too spoiled to actualy enjoy any other game?

My answer would be yes. Bioware is a great company and I'm genuinly addicted to Mass Effect 3, just like I was with 1 and 2. In fact, I love most of the new design choices. I think the game beats Mass Effect 1 and 2 by miles, which was a very high bar.

Also, I think the fanbase needs to stop crying so loud, it makes them look stupid. The day-one DLC didn't fucking matter. The multiplayer is good and a nice addition and whatever people will make up next to fuss about. Seriously. People have no idea how it is to make games. The day-one DLC for example, was a very fine result to good planning, not an example of wasted resources.

Anyway, enough of this rant.

I think BioWare is a great company that deserves the praise it gatherd in the past, because I believe Mass Effect 3 is a worthy game.

Fanbase: cry more.

 

[nazgull2k1]

The mass effect 3 ending was a complete and utter joke. And it turned out... nobody thought it was funny.

I got to the end, found out that I literally didnt need to do ANY of the side missions.. at ALL. They have ZERO effect on the game... didnt change the absolute shit ending choices. (The changed the colors of the Relay burst.. and the order Garus, EDI and Joker come out of the ship.. OOOOo Ahhhhh... LAAAAME.

Not to mention, The kid blah blah blahs when it could have been boiled down to.. "Hey, look man, your dead no matter what.. so pick to control, destroy, or buttsechs the reapers. Lemme know how that works out for you. Peace!"

Yeah.. thanks Bioware for that epic waste of time. I was expecting an epic battle, leading to a satisfying conclusion.. only to literally watch the same damn ending with different COLORS?! Are you KIDDING me??

I made 100% paragon choices.. and it made ZERO difference in the game..

They should have just made it a crappy FPS.. (which is an option, not surprised.) and sold it for 9.99 in the bargain bin.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

Jesus Christ, you people make me sad.

Grow up