Why I am not going to buy Mass Effect 3
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Well, no, he's not. Unless there is major, and meaningful, backlash other companies will start doing this, and then it really is only a matter of time before things like the end of the game are DLC.
I know the people that make decisions about what is game and what is DLC and this is how they think.
I know the people that make decisions about what is game and what is DLC and this is how they think.
Has anybody watched that linked Total Buiscuit video?
It has by far the best demo of how BAD it is for excluding mayor parts or plot characters from main game.
MINOR SPOILERS.
As he talks, you see the demo of ME3 in background. It shows the start of game in which you go back to your ship and there is Liara T'Soni.
Sheppard doesn't react. At all. No shock, no surprise. Now ...
How in hell does that make sense to people that DIDN'T buy The Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC?
So yeah, BioWare pulled that bad trick once already. Anyone in this thread claiming "Prothean is not story important, he is like Zaed". Is he? Or is this a Liara situation?
"Oh hi Shep. Yeah, I'm no longer pissed off and sitting at a desk in some backwater. Did you have sex with anyone in meantime?"
It has by far the best demo of how BAD it is for excluding mayor parts or plot characters from main game.
MINOR SPOILERS.
As he talks, you see the demo of ME3 in background. It shows the start of game in which you go back to your ship and there is Liara T'Soni.
Sheppard doesn't react. At all. No shock, no surprise. Now ...
How in hell does that make sense to people that DIDN'T buy The Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC?
So yeah, BioWare pulled that bad trick once already. Anyone in this thread claiming "Prothean is not story important, he is like Zaed". Is he? Or is this a Liara situation?
"Oh hi Shep. Yeah, I'm no longer pissed off and sitting at a desk in some backwater. Did you have sex with anyone in meantime?"
I'm more annoyed he missed Liara thing and how mayor story character is also must pay DLC. As I mentioned, it is in the demo he has for background.CarlMinez said:
its because many people (including myself in im honest) treated bioware as the earthly manifestation of christ, and in the space of about 2 years have gone down hill quite a bitOro44 said:
hence many of us tend to see bioware as representing the down fall of the quality of the games industry
in short kind of. we wouldnt be immediately jumping to conclusions saying this is a horrible thing theyve done, but after playing it we might say (depending on the quality and whatnot) it should have been in their originally but ultimately happy about itOro44 said:
i think the difference (for me atleast) is that this is essentially cut out of the game and then sold back to us for extra money. if it was created after the game we'd be happy as it would be extra content, as opposed to cut content
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.