tendaji said:
I highly doubt its really taking away from the single player experience to be honest, first off, different studios doing it. Second, we don't know how it will play because we haven't had the chance to play it yet, so I wouldn't talk out of my ass claiming it's great or it's terrible until it releases.
Why do you 'highly' doubt that? You realize a company doesn't just slap money? They adjust the budget, the resources and time spent could've been used on the single player experience but instead we get this piss poor unnecessary multiplayer experience by the same tools inside the company. It doesn't matter if it's a 'different' studio its the same company building the game.
Let's see, the add-ons being removed from the game: Multiplayer Characters, Multiplayer Weapons and Multiplayer Power-ups (Action figures). Weapon and Armor (Free Demo playthrough). Extra Character and Mission (Collector's Edition). Collector Rifle (Art Book). 3 Weapons, 1 Armor (Pre-Order Bonuses)
Well already half of the DLC is rendered null to you, since you will probably avoid the multiplayer anyways. So we are left with 1 weapon thus far that you actually have to purchase, the rest of those are standard for any collector's edition to be honest, and pre-ordering from stores.
A character and mission for a game is not "standard" of collectors edition. The artbook sure, the sweater sure, even the box sure. The ingame content is something that HASNT BEEN DONE. This is bullocks.
I have yet to come across a problem when it comes to Origin, my computer still runs fast, and I have had no spy-ware attacks to be honest. As for the information that they gather, why wouldn't I let them know what games I have installed, or what specs my computer runs at? Steam does the same thing and we don't cry about them doing that. Also I have nothing to hide, especially since I don't pirate games.
Good for you. If you don't care that some company is mining your information to sell to third parties than thats your deal. I do care. I don't want my information sold, if they want it, they gotta pay for it. There is no god damn reason why a retail copy needs to instal a DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SOFTWARE!!! Especially if it's buggy as holy hell.
So allowing choices on how people might want to play is now a problem?
Yes, when the choices are stupid it's a problem. When one of the modes are "ignore all rpg aspects of this RPG game and play it like an action game" Doesn't that send of alarm bells in your head? Aren't you worried about what else they might've compromised to ship this as an "action" game? Or are you that willingly optimistic?
Some people might want to see the mindset of Shepard that Bioware has in mind for their Action mode, but all you have to do is ignore that and just go to RPG mode, problem solved, nothing more to it.
The modes are just an example of how much Bioware has compromised their game. If it was just a playmode than fine, but do you honestly think nothing else has been compromised? When companies are trying to sell the game as an action game aswell, you don't think they changed other things too?
Also big deal with Jessica Chobot, a minor character that you can ignore on the ship isn't going to slaughter your experience.
It's the fact that they are trying to appeal to fanboys that sets me off. Again, another example of Bioware comprosing the game for 'mass appeal'. You keep coming here and going "it's just a minor thing! What the big deal?" Well all these 'minor' things together make it a big deal sir.
Why is it suddenly a crime to hire a somewhat popular person to their voice actors? (To be honest, I never heard of Chobot, so I probably don't see what others do about her)
Cause she has no voice acting experience at fucking all?
And for combat, Mass Effect has always been a cover-based shooter, the first one, the controls were so clunky you just couldn't tell.
This line was funny. "YEAH ITS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT BUT IN THE FIRST ONE---YEAH!!"
The second one improved on combat greatly. (Reason it ranks a bit higher than the first one for me) I don't see why you are complaining about improving on something that has room for improvement.
I like the combat but it removed almost all of the rpg aspects. Which is kind of stupid in an RPG game.
Remember back when Mass Effect 2 released their awesome trailers? All of their fans loved those things, but they also complained about how too much of the story was being revealed in those trailers. Thus, Bioware is taking a different approach by trying to keep the story underwraps. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. Either way, someone is going to make angry posts about it.
Bullocks. Look up Mass effect 1 commercial. THat's a story related trailer that doesn't have spoilers. Are you telling me a big budgeted marketing team over at Bioware can't produce Story related trailers that only HINT about whats to come? Don't be stupid.
Why not wait until the game is released before judging the game? I mean you are taking a bunch of trailers and identifying the whole game as one big Gears of War/Jersey Shore meltdown.
Why should I? You and half the other dimwits on this topic haven't waited until release to judge it. Hell, some of you have preorder the freaking game. I am just as capable of reviewing all the information I see and coming to a conclusion.
