Why I am not going to buy Mass Effect 3
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What is funny is that people have been insisting that it was created afterwards as though it were an afterthought rather then a deliberate act. Remember that it was originally announced months ago, and the devs posting have occasionally screwed up and refereed to it by it's original title 'The Prothean' rather then it's new title. Because it was written as DLC way back at the beginning of the design phase.spartandude said:
Sorry, I've caught too many of Bioware/EA's guys in lies to trust them further then I can fling a mack truck.tony2077 said:
Actually, you know what, let me take the time to prove that this was removed from the original game and made DLC.
When it was originally brought up as a part of the collectors edition, Christ Priestly responded "Sorry, that was a mistake from old text. It is being removed. Hate to be a killjoy."
I'm not buying it because I didn't particulary enjoy the first or second (I know how unique am I!) there wasn't anything wrong with them, just weren't my cup of tea.....which is odd because usually i like sci-fi shooters and bioware games..ah well, i doubt my lack of purchase will bring bioware to it's knees
The point about boycotting isn't to seriously hinder Bioware or EA. It is to show that 1. costumers wont stand for X treatment and 2. that there is more money in NOT acting like a dick, than there is in acting like a dick
Yes, an individual is powerless, a few thousand individuals? powerful.
Especially when considering that every lost sale to this DLC is effectively a lose of 60$ while everyone that buys the game and DLC is a gain of 10$ because without the DLC they would have bought the game anyway. This means that in order for it to be worth putting out the DLC there needs to be 7 people who buy the game+DLC for every person that boycotts for a profit. There probably will be more than a 7:1 ratio of boycotters to buyers, but even there is still the message that is sent.
I suppose there is also the CE and thos people that bought it and those people that cancelled their preorders because of this, but you get the idea.
Yes, an individual is powerless, a few thousand individuals? powerful.
Especially when considering that every lost sale to this DLC is effectively a lose of 60$ while everyone that buys the game and DLC is a gain of 10$ because without the DLC they would have bought the game anyway. This means that in order for it to be worth putting out the DLC there needs to be 7 people who buy the game+DLC for every person that boycotts for a profit. There probably will be more than a 7:1 ratio of boycotters to buyers, but even there is still the message that is sent.
I suppose there is also the CE and thos people that bought it and those people that cancelled their preorders because of this, but you get the idea.
How is a game, going to screw you over?tony2077 said:
Its a game for fucks sake, you are totally in your consumer rights to tell a company you dont like to fuck off. but going gungho and being adamant about how they should make shit for free is nuts, its never going to happen, you can just tell them to sod off and never bother with them again.
I clearly heard him say that demo contains the start of game and first mission ... Clearly that must be VERY far into the game then? Even far into demo it is still early in the game, no?boag said:
And you still completely ignored the bit that its not first time mayor plot character was DLC that you had to buy, which was the main point I was making.
The demo contains the start of the game and a mission MUCH FARTHER INTO the game.PingoBlack said:
Yes the loading screen says that mission takes place a lot further into the game.PingoBlack said:
As for your point about the Shadow broker DLC, its a moot point, She doesnt affect the main plot of ME2 at all. Does she affect the overarching plot of the entire ME universe? Yes!
But does that mean that you should get her DLC for free? NO, its like saying that just because you bought one Dragon lance book about how Raistlin Rose to power, you should get all the other books for free.
Easy there ...boag said:
I never said I should get it for free. But still, I don't agree with main plot characters being sold separately.
So I decided to not buy any more. Well, Origin full hard disk scanning helped as well.
1.- I agree with you, main plot characters should be included int he bare bones game, the thing about the Prothean is, HE IS NOT CENTRAL TO THE PLOT, if asked about the main mcguffin that is plot central he has no idea what you are talking about, if you ask him about Ilos, hePingoBlack said:
starts asking of others survived
2.- Origin is a blight, which is why I ended up buying a console instead of a Gaming PC.
The leaked script revealed his entire history and backstory already. He wasn't an interstellar janitor, he was put in stasis SPECIFICALLY to survive the genocide of their species so he could reveal the secret of destroying the Reapers to whoever found him.Coreless said: