Anyone else feeling kinda depressed with the recent news? A gamer's confession to similar-minded

As opposed to decent RPGs there's no shortage of city builders these days. Cities Skylines had Sim city in it's pocket right from the get go.

Since you and I apparently share a few favorite games judging from you posts what games are you looking forward to? Hoping that perhaps it will be something I might be interested in as well  


Dragon Age 2 is my favorite Dragon Age game, was really hoping that we would get some really good dlc for Andromeda but at least I will always be able to play the game as it is now. I had a great time in ME:A so I know I will replay it many times.

Yeah, Skylines came out a few years later it was CitiesXL that set the mark that SimCity had to beat.. it fell far short and like Andromeda it was plagued with problems at launch and had its support cut too soon in its life cycle. 

I'm a little sad that the future of the series may now be in doubt, because it's going to be hard to put out something else after you abandoned the previous game.

However, it may have been just as bad for not only ME, but also DA and Anthem had EA/Bioware gotten away with putting out a game in this condition and not suffered any repercussions. They've already pushed back the release of Anthem, and I'm sure we won't see this kind of thing with DA either.

Technomancer is a good game but it lacks Polish. It is a bioware cloned game at heart. Scratch that. Its a copy of bioware's game.not in a bad way. It does some things right and some mediocre which is not a sin. I enjoyed it and i.am.glad i suoported spiders. I hope to see more games like this from them.

That's why I said, early BioWare. Kotor was their first neat title, where they made all corners perpindicular, all sides parallel. But i don't mind flawed when it has the heart, like DA2 or BG1 or Jade. That's what I hope to find in Spiders.

Nah, not depressed. A little pissed off because I feel as though MEA was made begrudingly. BW/EA is only concerned with Anthem. Handed MEA off to an inexperienced support studio; took all the more experienced devs over to Anthem because Anthem is like their wet dream. Their potential microtransaction fap fest. So, the ME series was thrown on a slab, it's throat slit and sacrificed to Anthem.

That's why they tried to torch the franchise, and did torch the MW galaxy, in the first place.

And it's not even about the dlc precisely. For me, it's more about how I perceive the ME franchise to have been disrespected. A successful SP franchise with some entertaining and profitable MP. But no, that's not good enough. They have to go all out in pursuit of some friggin' microtransaction rng gambling mechanic, because hey, you get them "emotionally engaged, then sell them the bullets" - J.R.

It doesn't matter who is in charge over there at EA. They've been doing the same thing for years. Taking good SP devs and trying whore them out. Then when they can't turn tricks good enough, they start crying about where's my money and throw them out on the side of the road.

Their focus is not on craftsmanship. It's not art. Their ideal situation is to have a bunch of mass processed consumers. Strapped down on their backs in tiny stall like a fat cow so they can feed on them at their leisure. They've got more business grads than artists trying to justify their existence so they can pay off those damn student loans. Their focus is not craftsmanship, or artistic integrity. It's about how many ways can we get the most money out of you. That predatory quote from J.R., their former CEO, speaks to not just J.R., but to the Corp. mindset there at EA.

MEA would have to have done TW3 levels of commercial success because there has been a Sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the franchise since ME3.

I have no interest in Anthem now. I can't even look at it. I know that's melodramatic, but it's how I feel. But for your sake, BW, I hope Anthem succeeds, or you're going to be ducking and rolling across that hard pavement next -- just like all the others before you.

I'm holding out hope for DA4, but if they eff that up, that's it. I'm done.

I'm already done with Xbox, even before Gamescom, because it's increasingly obvious that their whole vision now is to relentlessly push MP/Coop. Along with pushing the hell out of EA products, at least on my system, and I don't play any EA games except BW. I was a huge Xbox fangirl and willing to brush aside issues with the Xbox one because the 360 was a friggin' War Horse. However, if their course is working to distinguish themselves from PS by focusing on MP, then I'm done with them.

I dabble in MP, and find it enjoyable, but I'm not spending my money on MP centric games. I'm not that player. I am not converting. I know BW/EA want to lure me in by adding a bit of story to their MP centric games like a creeper with some candy, but no thank you. It's like you're offering me peppermints and candy corn when what I want are chocolate bars.

So, yeah



I'm off to PlayStation land. I've got some catching up to do on good SP games. Never played the Uncharted series, or Last of Us, or HZD. I know, I know.

Sigh, I wish some other publisher had bought out Bioware.

/rant

I'll take that as a no then. Still writing the same old bollocks as usual - well until you get banned again.

Lol, Alan. PC master race never miss an opportunity. 

Honestly, I just prefer the feel of a console, sitting back from the screen a bit. And I do alot of work on my PC, so it's kind of a mind game. When it comes time to unwind and play, I don't even want to look at a PC. 

That's all there really is to the preference. I know I could set up the PC to view on my tv screen giving that out of PC feel, but..eh.

...I hope I'm not disappointed with  Playstation. I mean, it's what I started with, then switched. So, it's like I'm coming home...I guess.

My understanding about Arrival and LOTSB is that they happened even if you didn't play them. I think with Arrival it was a squad of Alliance Marines that slammed the asteroid into the relay and in LOTSB Liara still became the shadow broker though I am not sure on the details.

i'm disappointed but as much as i'd love to feel strongly about it, all i thought of EA/BW was " huh, assholes".

Meh. It kinda sucks that I won't be able to have any new adventures with Vetra or Drack, but I wasn't a big fan of Andromeda to begin with so I don't really have any strong feelings on the subject.