Article: Mass Effect fans feel abandoned by BIoWare after Anthem reveal

Ah... SWTOR... I remember when we tested it. We said if they made it SP it would never die, but here we are... MP only with SP squeezed into a vast world filled with abusive idiots trying to harass other gamers, and they are still trying to keep people playing it. It's like trying to give CPR to someone already declared dead.

I am disappointed only because the games I enjoy are games like DA and ME, The Witcher, Uncharted, even Horizon Dawn and the new Tomb Raiders - SP games with interesting characters, meaningful relationships, interesting stories, lore and dialogues. I was really hoping the new IP would be of that type of RPG or action adventure. It doesn't seem to be the case from what I know to date, but maybe more info will reveal that the nature of the SP version will be more to my liking.

I am too. Or rather I was. This last one I really can't warm up to like I did to the others. It's even more obvious since I decided on finally getting DAII after finishing Andromeda. I disliked the combat displayed in the demo, but boy this game drew me in because of it's story and companions. Can't stop playing it. Wish I could say the same about Andromeda, but it just didn't do it for me.

Not sure I'd use the word 'abandoned', maybe something less dramatic. But I agree with the people on here saying that the annoyance around Anthem isn't 'people hating on a game that's not out yet' but people reacting to Bioware (whether forced by EA or not) clearly neglected to give me:a the support it needed in favour of this money cow.

They didn't even hide the reason they made the game, they stated themselves the inspiration for this Anthem game was games like Destiny and The Division. And looking at that gameplay trailer (which is half graphics that won't be representative of the final product and half actors pretending to be people casually chatting) there isn't any reason to believe this is going to be anything original. (Admittedly because that trailer showed us nothing but 'look at the pretty graphics, look you can fly and your friends will have to function as your squadmembers. Seriously maybe if they'd showed some story beats or actual characters there'd be more faith in this game.)

It doesn't help that it's clear that this new project has pushed da4 back as well.

But even besides Bioware's own actions, this is just another in a long line of events that make it seem like more and more games are going for the big money made in online gaming (and its microtransaction systems), and that's what annoys me most about all this. Especially coming from Bioware, we already have enough companies pumping out games like this, Bioware games had something unique and I don't want to see that lost in the chase for MMO profits.
And yeah, I can't know just yet whether this will mean this will be Bioware's focus from now on, with their other IPs showing up occasionally if at all, but that's the worry. Because if this becomes as successful as Destiny, what motivation do they have to work on other games? Sure, they might want to, but they are part of a bigger company and profit rules EA's decisions. Why have your Bioware studio work on something for 4 years that will be reasonably profitable if you can have them work on something for 4 years that will be absurdly profitable.

And yeah, it doesn't help that the Anthem trailer looked like a planet I would've liked in me:a (maybe replacing one of the desert planets!?) or that the characters looked better, or that the gameplay looked like a superior version of me:a's.

I'm still hpoin we will see somke DLC's though but then I'm in a wait and see mode on that but I think if they don't announce anything by the end of July/August then it's probable we won't see any.

Will see.

My, my, my such level aggressiveness!!! What's wrong today, my dear? Did you forget to take your lithium this morning? 

Just be grateful that I accidentally deleted a massive re-edit of that post it was a lot nastier. 

You are welcome. Truth be told it was very cathartic for me to post that because it NEEDED to be said and one of my mottoes is that I would rather be hated for being honest with my opinions than being loved as a liar just to get along with people. 

Or... You know... Maybe it's just a really bad game?

By that same logic it also needs to be said that their opinion is just as valid as your contempt of their criticisms. 

It can be claimed that you are effectively "Bitching about the Bitchers". No doubt some of them, if not all, believe their criticisms were completely justified and I agree with several of them at least.

...and who are you to call people "fucking useless angry entitled hardcore gamer trolls"?

Do you seriously believe that was appropriate?