Poll: Are you going to RISK buying Mass Effect 3?

[boag]

Perhaps its topic fatigue and the overwhelming flood of threads discussing the game, but its to be expected since its going to be a hot topic for about another month, so maybe you will all take this into consideration the next time you are forming a reply, and learn to be more civil in the future.

I think it was how you phrased your OP (and the thread itself). You made it sound like buying the game was a risky decision. For me, it's not. I enjoyed DA2. I enjoyed the ME3 demo. I have been looking forward to the day 1 DLC since it was announced in May. None of these issues are 'risk factors' - in fact, they are only confirming that my preorder was a good decision.

Also, there are a lot of very negative threads about this on the Escapist right now - hence my Search bar comment. And I think you're right about thread burn-out. I am tired. I'm worn out by all this negativity.

Before Skyrim, the Escapist was flooded with people having verbal orgasms about it.

Before ME3, it's all hatred and bile. It's frustrating.

So I am sorry if I took out my frustration on you, but your phrasing did invite it. I'm honestly not sure why you phrased the OP the way you did. Did you have a reason to put it that way?

Lets just say I was giving people a verbal noose to tie around their arguments, I just didnt expect people who I agree with to use it as well.

 

[RoBi3.0]

Maybe my definition of risk is different then some but to me:

Risk= Something that might kill/maim me or otherwise fuck up my life long term.

Risk=/= spending 60 dollars on a game that people on the internet for what ever reason don't like. Aside from the fact that every game has the same probability for anyone not liking it before they play it.


Also I like TOR and ME2 haven't got around to play DA:O let alone DA2. I really don't count those as negatives. I am playing it on xbox so Origins is no concern for me in this case.

I am also real excited about the multi-player mode and the kinect integration does not take anything away from game play from what I have seen nor does it seem overly important to use so that not an issue for me either.


In short. I want a "What risk? quit being a tool." Poll option.

interesting reactions, I honestly did not expect some of these.

I must inform you, that I stated the reasons for this poll early on in the thread, please go look up my replies, you might be shocked at what is posted.

here is the next big shocker, I am not a "hater", I enjoy the Mass Effect Games, Even though I disagree with some of EAs business moves as a consumer, I do not blindy seethe in rage saying they ruined Bioware. If anything ive gone out of my way to clear up some miss conception that and point out logical fallacies that some people hold.

I have already pre ordered the N7 CE, I have enjoyed the multiplayer and I believe to be firmly satisfied by it alone.

Perhaps its topic fatigue and the overwhelming flood of threads discussing the game, but its to be expected since its going to be a hot topic for about another month, so maybe you will all take this into consideration the next time you are forming a reply, and learn to be more civil in the future.

Thank your for the advise l will definitely take this into consideration in the future. I however would like to offer some advice of my own. I feel it is in your best interest to construct better opening posts. Try to focus on conveying all of your feelings, opinions, presented fact as well as the intended goals of your thread with in that opening post. Doing this will insure that 95% of the readers will grasp the intent and concept of your thread. It is very fool hardy to expect that anyone would wade through pages of winey bs in order to fully grasp the intent of a thread, because it is assumed that everything needed to formulate a reply is contained in the opening post.

Thank you for your time and have a kind day.

 

[boag]

Maybe my definition of risk is different then some but to me:

Risk= Something that might kill/maim me or otherwise fuck up my life long term.

Risk=/= spending 60 dollars on a game that people on the internet for what ever reason don't like. Aside from the fact that every game has the same probability for anyone not liking it before they play it.


Also I like TOR and ME2 haven't got around to play DA:O let alone DA2. I really don't count those as negatives. I am playing it on xbox so Origins is no concern for me in this case.

I am also real excited about the multi-player mode and the kinect integration does not take anything away from game play from what I have seen nor does it seem overly important to use so that not an issue for me either.


In short. I want a "What risk? quit being a tool." Poll option.

interesting reactions, I honestly did not expect some of these.

I must inform you, that I stated the reasons for this poll early on in the thread, please go look up my replies, you might be shocked at what is posted.

here is the next big shocker, I am not a "hater", I enjoy the Mass Effect Games, Even though I disagree with some of EAs business moves as a consumer, I do not blindy seethe in rage saying they ruined Bioware. If anything ive gone out of my way to clear up some miss conception that and point out logical fallacies that some people hold.

I have already pre ordered the N7 CE, I have enjoyed the multiplayer and I believe to be firmly satisfied by it alone.

Perhaps its topic fatigue and the overwhelming flood of threads discussing the game, but its to be expected since its going to be a hot topic for about another month, so maybe you will all take this into consideration the next time you are forming a reply, and learn to be more civil in the future.

Thank your for the advise l will definitely take this into consideration in the future. I however would like to offer some advice of my own. I feel it is in your best interest to construct better opening posts. Try to focus on conveying all of your feelings, opinions, presented fact as well as the intended goals of your thread with in that opening post. Doing this will insure that 95% of the readers will grasp the intent and concept of your thread. It is very fool hardy to expect that anyone would wade through pages of winey bs in order to fully grasp the intent of a thread, because it is assumed that everything needed to formulate a reply is contained in the opening post.

Thank you for your time and have a kind day.

To put the actual intent of the thread on the top would have biased it and I would have had a different kind of reaction.

I assumed I posted the OP as neutral as possible, apparently I did not. The poll options were also a hassle since I didnt want to seem overtly aggressive to any party, but I will take this as a learning experience for future threads, thank you for the feedback

 

[octafish]

I'll get it eventually, but I'm not excited about it. ME2 disappointed me and I found it a slog to play through. Origin is fine, works just as a Digital Distribution service should, much better than Steam at launch.

 

[darkcalling]

There's no risk. I am easily satisfied, what I've seen looks impressive.

I broke your poll.

EDIT: Also, I'll be playing on 360 so Origin doesn't enter in to it. I enjoyed DA2 so there's no "Bioware has a shitty track record" element for me. I don't care about the Day 1 DLC or the figurines, I'm not getting the figures because they're over priced and the DLC is fine by me.

I would post but Bishop here already said EXACTLY what I was going to. Are you a clone? lol

 

[FirstPersonWinner]

I'm aware of the "risks", but I don't think there is really much that EA can do to screw up BioWares actual game (Maybe getting to it, not playing it) and BioWare has kind of been 2/2 in the Mass Effect ring of things so I'm all for this.

 

[Bantis]

I'm aware and I'm going to buy it. The Origin requirement was the main thing that bothered me and that was only because I don't want another account for something, another piece of third party software running or another hoop to jump through. I just want to play.

But if that's what it takes to finish up the trilogy then I guess they got me. And the fact that it is the 3rd in the series is big. If it was the first I'd probably wait and see what the community reaction was first. I wasn't big on DA2 and while I think TOR is good I don't think it's Bioware's strongest. But as it's the last Shepard adventure. Yeah, I gotta see how it this thing wraps up, blemished experience or not.

Have to say though, unless something comes outta left field I don't have alot of worries about ME3 having played the demo. I think releasing that demo was a really smart move by Bioware.

 

[Dr. Paine]

I've had a Collector's Edition for the 360 on reserve for months now... and honestly, I've seen nothing that will blemish my personal playing experience. So yeah, I'm still getting it, and I'm quite excited to see how it turns out

 

[Texas Joker 52]

Absolutely, I'm buying it. In fact, I've pre-ordered the collectors edition from Best Buy, am about to play the multiplayer demo some more (Still on that quest for the Quarian Infiltrator!), and am greatly anticipating March 6th.

I have some high expectations, but I fully expect Bioware to deliver.

 

[Sampsa]

Sequel being not so great as the games / movies before it is nothing new. I see no risk here.

 

[YuheJi]

Where's the "I already bought it" option?

 

[StBishop]

I am easily satisfied, what I've seen looks impressive.

One of these statements makes the other meaningless.

I don't know whether or not I'll be buying the game yet. Mass Effect 2 was basically meaningless, and lot of things about this one are really unattractive, but I want to finish the story of my Shepard regardless, there's that sort of appeal. Also, tried the MP demo and it was really well executed as well.

Dilemmas, dilemmas.

No, not really.
I have low standards, those standards have been met/surpassed. Where is the contradiction.

Being easily impressed does not mean I'm ok with things I find shit, it means I find things passable/awesome where others find them lacking.

 

[StBishop]

I am easily satisfied, what I've seen looks impressive.

One of these statements makes the other meaningless.

I don't know whether or not I'll be buying the game yet. Mass Effect 2 was basically meaningless, and lot of things about this one are really unattractive, but I want to finish the story of my Shepard regardless, there's that sort of appeal. Also, tried the MP demo and it was really well executed as well.

Dilemmas, dilemmas.

No, not really.
I have low standards, those standards have been met/surpassed. Where is the contradiction.

Being easily impressed does not mean I'm ok with things I find shit, it means I find things passable/awesome where others find them lacking.

The word "impressive" is meaningless when you're easily impressed. Yes, really.

By that logic the word killed deadly[footnote]edited for clarity[/footnote] is meaningless if you're easily killed.

The fact that I'm easy to impress doesn't mean I can't be impressed; quite the opposite really, it means it happens less more[footnote]Edited for clarity again, It's 4:30am here[/footnote] often. It may have less value to me that I'm impressed than it would to someone rarely impressed but it's not meaningless.

There's no risk. I am easily satisfied, what I've seen looks impressive.

EDIT: Also, I'll be playing on 360 so Origin doesn't enter in to it. I enjoyed DA2 so there's no "Bioware has a shitty track record" element for me. I don't care about the Day 1 DLC or the figurines, I'm not getting the figures because they're over priced and the DLC is fine by me.

Day 1 DLC is a bad, bad thing. I will still be buying the game but I'll be damned, if they're making DLC when they could be spending time on the final product, that is unacceptable. If they're hold content back, that is unacceptable. The figurines are overpriced crap but aside from that...

I agree with the above quote. I enjoyed ME1, ME2 more-so and DA1 & 2. There are no risks for me other than the game turns out to be shorter than its prequels or lacking in story - but that isn't really a risk as there's multiplayer to fill the gap which I enjoyed in a demo.

I have a pre-order on the Collectors Edition, I get the Day 1 DLC free.
I don't think the day 1 DLC is likely to take away from the single player as much as the multi player.

Regardless, they have enough money that they can afford to still make a stellar game even if they're spending time on DLC. If you feel the DLC is bad, don't buy it. This will discourage them.
I don't have a problem with it, and as I said earlier I'm getting it "free".

 

[SLy AsymMetrY]

I'm going to buy it after my holidays. By the time I get back, the storm surrounding it should have died down, and presumably it will have become just a normal game, and hopefully, an enjoyable one.

 

[The_Lost_King]

I wouldn't say buying Mass Effect 3 constitutes more of a risk than buying any other game I haven't played before, probably less.

I've played the two previous games in the series and enjoyed them immensely.

Bioware is a developer with a proven track record of releasing high-quality games. Some see Dragon Age 2 as a disaster, but I enjoyed it for the most part.

I'm playing on Xbox, so Origin isn't an issue as far as ME3 is concerned.

As for all the DLC and iOS content, it's not what I want to see, but at the same time it appears superfluous. Not having it will most likely not hamper my enjoyment of the game on the disk, and from what I can tell from the noises Bioware are making it's not required to get the 'best' conclusion to the saga. Nobody's forcing it on me, so I'm exercising my ability to ignore it for the time being.

So yeah, right now I see my pre-order of ME3 to be the safest risk I've taken recently.

da2 was a diaster of a bioware game, and a catastrophe of a dragon age game, and a mediocre game on its own. Other than that I agree.

 

[johnnnny guitar]

I am aware that this game could easily be the most mediocre game in the series but no amount of EA bullshit or the Brainwashed bioware is going to make me stop playing the final game in a series which I have Loved since I saw the E3 trailer in 2006 BUT this will be my last game that I will buy from bioware I've got my collectors edition ready to go on launch lets hope its a good way to send shepard off and not leave a bad taste in my mouth like DA2

 

[boag]

i thought It would be nice to dust off this poll so many of you could look back on your own comments and choices, I know I certainly am.

I took the risk and for the most part I enjoyed the game, the ending kind left a sour taste in my mouth for a while, but ive already started to move on.


Tell me looking back on this poll what would you say to yourself back then?

 

[SpaceBat]

Took the risk, bought the CE on release and I'm glad I did.
I loved the game to bits, except for the final five minutes or so, so I'm definitely glad I got it. I didn't believe it'd be a risk to buy ME3 and I turned out to be right (personally, that is).

I'm not the kind of person who would dismiss an entire game because of a disappointing ending.