Poll: Will you stop buying Bioware?

[Worr Monger]

Your poll is inaccurate.... make it more clear next time.

Yes, I will continue to buy Bioware.

 

[Radoh]

I've yet to be disappointed by a Bioware game.

I enjoyed DA2, though it lacked the replayability of DA:O.
The ending to ME3 was fitting for me, it worked.

Your thread title and poll question don't match up. You don't know which one people will answer when they use the poll.

Yes, I am going to point this out every single time someone does it.

As you should, I am getting really sick of having misleading poll titles, I almost voted backwards because of this.

What's the point of having a poll if it doesn't provide accurate information?

 

[Rawne1980]

Depends on what happens with their next game, and no i'm not just basing that on ME3.

DA2 was a massive let down.
SW:TOR was a massive let down.

Only the last 5 minutes of ME3 was a let down.

But Dragon Age 3 has gone from a certain pre order to a "wait a few months after release and see what happens".

Not just because of 5 minutes worth of ME3 but the 2 games that disappointed me before hand.

 

[Jadak]

Really depends on the game..

I'm certainly not going to take some stand against them and refuse to buy anything despite my potential interest in it..

But, I'm definitely no longer at the stage of "well, that could be interesting. I'll get it because it's Bioware". So, I'm in if they happen to be doing something that really strikes my fancy, but not giving them the benefit of the doubt on a maybe.

 

[Heaven's Guardian]

It depends on whether or not a new ending to ME3 comes out. I've never liked Dragon Age much, and I refuse to allow myself to get emotionally invested in a new product if I know that it's produced by someone or some group that has screwed me over in the past. A "clarified" version won't cut it; it doesn't need to be happy, and could even incorporate most of two of the endings, but there has to be a whole new sequence, and it has to be free. You don't get to make money off of me by screwing up and offering to fix it later for a fee. If they do this, it will serve as an indicator that they are serious about listening, but if they hide behind some "artistic integrity" BS, it's over. They lost all claim to artistic integrity when they made such a stupid ending in the first place.

 

[cookyy2k]

It depends. I'm going to wait until a few days after release to make sure nothing stupid happens in the plot. Then I'd consider buying it.

This was my policy with ME3, I'm waiting to see if retcon/epilogue materializes before buying.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

I'll still buy Bioware, but damned if I'm going to pay more than $5 during a Steam sale for the title.

Oh wait, Origin. No. Won't be buying anymore Bioware titles.

 

[JordanXlord]

That depends entirely on what they do with this Mass Effect 3 mess. If they fix it, and if they fix it good, I'll forgive them. If they don't, then they are dead to me. I can't trust a company that destroyed one of my favorite video game series in less than 10 minutes.

so in other words... You never asked for this?



Sorry i had to do it!...The Temptation was too much!!!

 

[Tahaneira]

I liked ME3. There, I said it. I also liked Dragon Age 2.

Everyone telling me I'm wrong, prepare to be ignored.

So yeah, I'm still going to buy BioWare. I still like what they make.

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

I liked ME3. There, I said it. I also liked Dragon Age 2.

Everyone telling me I'm wrong, prepare to be ignored.

So yeah, I'm still going to buy BioWare. I still like what they make.

Exactly this. Thank you for stealing the words out of my mouth, sir/madam.

I like Bioware games. Including their "fan-rage inducing" games. So there's no reason for me to stop buying them.

 

[PinochetIsMyBro]

I'll just do what I've always been doing. Watch trailers, play demos, and then make my decision based on whether or not the game looks and feels like fun.

 

[Laser Priest]

Probably. Yes, the ending was bad. Yes, EA has forced BioWare to do some pretty lame things to some of their games, but by the gods, they are still one of my favourite developers.

I just wish they'd stop moving all of their games towards Mass Effect gameplay territory.

 

[cookyy2k]

I'm definitely no longer at the stage of "well, that could be interesting. I'll get it because it's Bioware".

I agree with this point. Bioware used to be the company that if I saw their logo on the box I bought it. ME1 and DA:O were both bought the instant I saw them without looking up a review, that is unheard of for me and extends to no other dev. When I played ME2 and it was sub par that is when my trust of Bioware began to crumble. I never picked up DA2 due to looking it up first and I extended my "wait and see" to ME3, which I ain't getting without a proper ending, I prefer to use the ending in my head unadulterated by their version, if they change it and it goes down well then I'll buy. As for future purchases, not likely, they really need to bring some amazing new IP out to spark my interest but I doubt they will. EA will milk the Bioware current IP cow dry then toss it aside and buy up another good company with good IPs so they can such that dry too.

 

[cookyy2k]

CnC Generals 2

Oh Jesus, I never even noticed that blatant EA marketing ploy. They really are just milking the Bioware name dry now aren't they? The devs of CnC Generals 2 have nothing to do with Bioware as we know it, EA just renamed one of it's other studios to Bioware victory...

 

[babinro]

I don't agree with every design choice made by Bioware but I can't deny how great their overall games are.

I loved SWTOR, Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 2 (haven't had time to play ME 3 yet). Just because those games might not live up to their past efforts doesn't make them games bad.

Bioware continues to be my favorite developer this generation and I see no reason yet to stop supporting them.

 

[Shraggler]

I'm not much of a gamer anymore and I always wait to buy games anyway. I'm also fairly oblivious to release dates and the like. Most games are recommended to me by friends who are more entrenched into the gaming scene.

However, with the latest strikeouts in DA2 and ME3, I'll probably be waiting a lot longer than usual to pick up a BioWare title.

 

[Ninjafire72]

Biased poll is biased.

Also, your topic question and your poll question are reversed, meaning that any results will be confused at best, rendering your numbers meaningless.

Please people, if you are making a poll, make sure your topic question and the poll question are the same!

Sorry about that, didn't realise until I read the OP myself. Also, how is this biased? All I'm doing is asking people (in an objective manner) what they think. I'm not trying to convince people that Bioware are bad or anything.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

Also, how is this biased? All I'm doing is asking people (in an objective manner) what they think. I'm not trying to convince people that Bioware are bad or anything.

Your poll question is "Will you seriously stop buying Bioware?" That could be taken one of two ways - either "Will you please stop buying Bioware?" or "Will you actually do something as silly as no longer buying Bioware?" Either sentiment is biased - one pro and one con.

Your poll options tend to make me think it was the former. Not because of the "Yes" options, but because of the lack of proper "no" options.

Your only options for people who plan to continue buying Bioware games are "I don't care about Mass Effect 3" or "this debacle makes me want to buy Bioware even more!"

One sounds dismissive (or only addresses Dragon Age / Old Republic fans), and the other sounds sarcastic. Why would all this crap make me more likely to buy in the future?

I plan to keep buying Bioware games because I quite enjoyed Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3. Did they both have flaws? Yes. DA2 had one particularly bad character choice and some repeated dungeon scenery that made little sense. ME3 has a bad/confusing ending that seems to imply things that I don't believe its creators intended. But did those flaws prevent me from enjoying the games? No. At most, they reduced a pair of great games down to merely good.

Even flawed, Bioware still makes better games than pretty much any other company out there (except Atlus).

 

[Ninjafire72]

Your poll question is "Will you seriously stop buying Bioware?" That could be taken one of two ways - either "Will you please stop buying Bioware?" or "Will you actually do something as silly as no longer buying Bioware?" Either sentiment is biased - one pro and one con.

Your poll options tend to make me think it was the former. Not because of the "Yes" options, but because of the lack of proper "no" options.

I only said 'seriously' because as I said in my op, I was doubtful whether anyone would actually stop buying Bioware games. It doesn't mean I am implying any persuasive sentiments, all I'm saying is "Will you really really stop buying? Or are you jst saying it?".

Your only options for people who plan to continue buying Bioware games are "I don't care about Mass Effect 3" or "this debacle makes me want to buy Bioware even more!"

One sounds dismissive (or only addresses Dragon Age / Old Republic fans), and the other sounds sarcastic.

True and true, although it does make sense; again if you read my op, you'll see that I'm posting this in response to the ME3 ending affair. If you are still going to buy from Bioware games then you clearly don't care for the negative PR the game is getting; therefore you actually like the game or at least don't mind the ending. I'll admit that option could be clarified to say "I don't care about the ending" but meh.

 

[Kae]

I already don't buy Bioware, though I have nothing absolutely nothing against those guys, in fact I quite like them, but I don't buy anything by EA, period, so yeah I don't get Bioware, last EA thing I bought was Spore and I didn't know about the DRM and didn't have Intenet, I was really confused for not being able to play a single player game on my PC, anyway, no but not because of Bioware, it's because of EA.