Target gives away unsold MEA copies to Goodwill?

I think I may be able to provide some insight, at least, in regards to the Bioware forums and how I remember it. It goes all the way back to the official forums where there were posters who wanted Bioware to look at Witcher 3 which was fine and good. A thread was formed that was specifically about the Witcher series and what could be learned from it.

But, see, the thread also gave you a decent insight into which posters actually wanted to provide feedback for the betterment of the Dragon Age series and which posters just wanted to throw verbal rocks at Bioware and the people who liked Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Let's take the most prominent example back on those forums: Dutch. See, Dutch made numerous threads but said thread tended to lack constructivity and seemed mostly made to insult Dragon Age: Inquisition, Bioware and the fans that liked Dragon Age: Inquisition. The reason I use the word insults in regards to the former two instead of the word criticism or feedback is because I consider that criticism or feedback should be constructive in some way and as said, that tended to be lacking in Dutch's thread about those subjects. His remarks on people who liked Dragon Age: Inquisition was just plain insults. One example was how people who liked the game clearly must not have played any good games and other belittling or disparaging remarks. To put it simply: Dutch's threads were not "Here is what I think Bioware could learn from Witcher 3", it was "Dragon Age: Inquisition suck, Bioware suck and you suck."

And see, I did frequent the Witcher 3 feedback thread from time to time as a lurker and I cannot ever recall Dutch having made a single post in the thread. It wasn't as if Dutch didn't know about the Witcher 3 Feedback thread since when his threads were closed by moderators for that reason, the closing post usually contained a link that led to the Witcher 3 Feedback thread. Yet Dutch kept on making threads of that derogatory nature.   

Unfortunately, this meant that posters like Dutch became the loud minority and with what CDProjekt and the Witcher series was associated with while the civilized majority were not because, well, they mostly left the feedback and discussion about Witcher 3 in the thread it was meant for. That's kind of the sad thing about these kinds of things. The former kind of behavior tends to foster an atmosphere of hostility towards certain topics and ruin it for everybody.  
 

Why is it not ok to like both Bioware and CD Projekt RED?

CAUSE I DO! I love the Witcher series. I love all the MEs and DAs.

Fuck it, while I'm at it, I love Bethesda games too.

Why does it always have to be some dumb-ass, BS, point scoring, one-upmanship competition?

We are all gamers here, can we act like it instead of being arseholes?

Whoa, whoa, Bethesda games??  Now you've gone too far!

Jk, I like some Bethesda games, too.  I enjoy games from many studios, in fact.

Damn right!

For different reasons I do too. They don't provide me with story or companion interactions to speak of, but with lots of laid back exploration.

As for CD projects, I don't play games with fixed protagonists anymore. They bore me to bits. I want to create my own version of hero, not what the company hands me.

A lot of kids with little money in their pockets can seize in on the opportunity. My boxing gym is right next to one and after embarrassing myself for 40 minutes and earning the name, "White Collar Palooka," I head over there for any furniture that I can buy on the cheap and restore at home. There are always bins of games, but I never see the good stuff. It's usually gone in a few days and since it's summer... if they have any good games, chances are the kids are already got them first. 

And that's why I have a problem with Geralt. It's Geralt. I can't make him into being me. Games where I can't see the protagonist or allows customization for one is what allows me to immerse myself into the game. I've put my personal touch on it and can make it mine. There is nothing wrong with the Witcher series, but it just wasn't for me.

My only issue is that. Same with TW3. I loved TW2, DAO and DA2, as well as the MET, but when all of their continuations opted for open word, it started to stress me out big time! It works for TES, but they ruined Zelda for me by attempting to replicate those types of games.

Developers pretty much copy or borrow off each other in hopes of doing it better than the other. Innovative ideas have been lost for some time (but you'll see an exception every now and then) so now it's all about "how can we implement what they did, but do it better in the process?" It's resulted in a lot of franchises losing their identities trying to take over another but in the end you end up with a generic industry that plays it safe rather than reaching for something new and different from its competitors.

Biowares open world take isn't going to win any awards and it's caused rifts in the playerbase where some prefer linear take over open world take.

I would friggin LOVE to see that.

I did know that! But I'm also super old.

Clearly, BioWare is the champ here. They offer a variety of same-sex romance options, feature transgender characters, make an effort to promote diversity, write companion characters with personality traits some players won't like, and who do things that really anger or upset some players. They take a lot of heat/hate for it, but continue to do these things unapologetically.


I don't do self-inserts, but simply don't care enough about Geralt or his world to put forth the effort to try to role-play him.

I might be willing to watch a movie (or series) about him, but making decisions on his behalf for 40 or 60 or however many hours it takes - meh. No thanks.