it's been two weeks since this topic/post has been commented and that's going to change.
branching towards anthem, there have both been written and video reviews stating that their score is lower than ME:A. (Mass Effect: A scored within the 70s. Anthem has scored 60.)
now, i have not played anthem personally cause i'm too scared to spend my money on a game that never interested me and appears to be doing a mediocre job.
but, there is a reviewer on youtube who posted a video with a title that genuinely raised my interest and concern.
("EA Massive Firings, Anthem Review BOMBED Worse than Mass Effect: Andromeda"). you can watch the video and form an opinion of your own, but this is what i gathered.
like i mentioned a few weeks back, the producers are expecting a huge payout for this product?
well, they are expecting to sell at least six million copies of this game by the near end of march. this game was literally released four days ago and their expectation is set so high already when the reviews that are posted, to which I am sure that people read them before purchasing, are lower than desired?
i'm sorry ea/bioware, but there are already articles that state that the release dates were screwed up/the early access you provided some might have left a sour taste for some of the beta-players, and that some believe that your expectations are a bit ambitious compared to other games that have been released as of late.
now, giving context to the main point i wish to bring up...
what do you think this will mean for dragon age four?
some of my friends that personally play the series said that inquisition was a close call for them; some were disappointed with the ending, but somewhat relieved with trespasser. others were confused with the lack of "focus," but were attentive because they wanted a clear answer to what was going on. their forever favorites are origins and a love/hate relationship in the second one.
two of them officially stated after hearing all of what has been going down and for personal reasons with what happened to mass effect andromeda and inquisition that they are boycotting bioware/ea games from now on. they clearly are pissed off with what i have told them about the dragon age origins situation, but they can't do anything for one reason.
Because you guys could give less than two * about your consumers.
you believe that the consumers are in the wrong, that the reviewers are wrong too, and that we should shut our mouths and waste our money on products that appear and feel "half-hearted".
look, i still genuinely harbor love for the mass effect series (hell, i was alright with andromeda. a few wonky things, but i managed to find some fun out of the game) and the dragon age series (inquisition was alright by me, especially because of my romance options. love cullen and dorian.), but instead of immediately ordering the games that are released and playing the hell out of them, i'm just going to sit by and watch the reviews and videos roll out.
then i'll decide whether or not i should spend my money on the things you make.
i'll stand by and watch to see whether or not bioware/ea decides to close this topic off.
then we'll finally know how they feel about dragon age/mass effect/etc. and that they could care less about the issues that they are too lazy to fix.
yes, i did branch off from dragon age origins at the beginning of this statement, but i'm bringing it full circle by what is also mentioned above.
the games you create will affect those that are made in future, especially dragon age four, and many of those that wish to remain with the past games are going to be at a loss because they, once again, won't be able to transfer their newfound characters into the other two games. and, hypothetically, they won't ever play the dragon age series and waste their money for a company that wants to wipe everyone out clean by creating products that could have been created in their glory days rather than a hollow shadow.
thank you.
