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

That's funny, since for me it was DAO, being excited, moving to ME2 and being excited again. I only played ME1 after ME2.

I'm saying I didn't feel a drop in quality after playing DAO and ME2.

Isn't it? For me it was. It had all the elements I like when playing RPGs. Character interactions, character stories, exploration.

I have a pretty broad taste when it comes to RPG and I'm not anal about defining what makes an RPG. Right before I played DAO I played NWN2 by Obsidian. I nejoyed it just as much. Where I draw the line is indeed something like Andromeda, which is something like an action game with rudimentary RPG elements inserted.

I cannot feel cheated because I don't consider myself committed to anyone. I play for the sake of playing therefore if you make a game that I like I will buy it, otherwise I'll keep my money. Customer doesn't equal fan and I am on this forum because I like the people here, not because I consider myself "a loyal BW fan" even if they did a lot game that I liked.

Having saying that, about the ME:A/Anthem controversy. We cannot say for sure. People talk for what they see and of course they made a lot of assumptions. Who told you that weren't the people from the so called "A-team" that didn't feel like working on a ME title anymore and that wanted to start working on something totally new? Who can say that what happened wasn't just a miscalculation from EA? Maybe they thought that the so called "C-team" was skilled enough to release a game that was supposed to be just a spin off from the main series, and that in order to write "a new story which happened to be set on the same ME universe" they didn't need to bring the old staff on board. Of course, like someone wrote, maybe it was just greed, and that they tried to milk the franchise while they were already undersized and therefore it backfired.

However.. I will be sure that the same thing would happen even if they didn't release Andromeda. In that case you would be hearing people claiming "Betrayal! Rather than giving us a new ME game they are working on this one!". At least they gave us a ME game, for better or worse. People would like their favorite artists to continue doing forever the things they loved, but sometimes they should just learn to accept that people (and companies) sometimes just move on.

Which is the only reason. I wouldn't feel the need for making some melodramatic gesture just for the heck of it.

You know, they turned into that.

I remember a time when the label EA was a recommendation for certain games. Such as their old F1 challenge from 2002. Which is still the standard for many people looking for a demanding Formula 1 game. Heavily modded by now of course. But the physics still stand the test of time for their largest parts.

I'm with you on this.

It's like when you have a 3 course meal that is nigh on perfection, it wasn't all amazing, but the overall feeling you had after it was fullness, aglow with contentment.

Then you get served a slightly lumpy custard with a bug flipping about in it's curdled mess, sure...it's edible, but all memory of that delicious meal has been pretty much erased, all that will stick in your mind is that fucking bug riddled custard.

Spoiled brats. Ok Gordon Gecko.

Hahahaha.

Nope, you know why? When I don't like something I move on and go do something I do like.

You, and a good portion of these forums, should give that shit a try. Makes life a lot more fun.

BioWare games have meant a lot to me over the last few years, and they quickly became my favourite devs. I devoured all 3 ME games and DA games, playing them over an over again, and couldn't wait for MEA.

It was good, I enjoyed it, but the revelations in the Kotaku article (if true) have left me feeling really sad tbh...and less enthusiastic about posting here too.

I feel so sorry for those in BioWare who worked so hard to save the game despite the fuck ups of their bosses, and honestly I resent those who ignored ME for their own pet projects. I wonder, do they really have so little respect for the franchise? Why? It's rather arrogant as the trilogy was, as a whole, fantastic.

To be honest I feel more used and taken advantage of just because I like the series of Mass Effect to be honest. The stark reality is that there is a huge difference not just in polish, but in the art design as well.

Closing the forums, messing the opportunities in the game completely, have a cliffhanger ending, left every major question open, promise not even a single dlc nor a sequel to long awaited game... I just don't feel abandoned I feel robbed.

Sorry my english.