Was the trial a mistake?

... and I have never said that there were not people who bought the game and just did not like it.  Saying that there were a number of people who bought the game expecting to dislike it is not denying that there would also be people who bought the game expecting to like it and who wound up not liking it.  So, I would say that I have come to grips with that fact.

Saying that the story would have had a much better chance of wowing more people had there not been so many people who objected to the very premise of the story months prior to the release of the game is just acknowledging that the odds were affected ahead of time by negative publicity.  This is not a big conspiracy theory (although some people want to introduce that straw man so they can shoot down the argument).  People put all that effort into shooting down the premise before release... and now just they want to deny that their complaints had any impact.  That makes no sense.  They had an impact.  That impact had some consequences... one of which was that the game had to be exceptional just to be good... to overcome what had gone before.  It wasn`t.  It was mixed... appealed to some and not others... and was trashed worse than it deserved.  Notice... I am saying that it still deserved some criticism.  I am still saying that there are people who just do not like it.  People who do not like need to come to grips with the fact that there are also a number of reasonable and intelligent who do like it.

People racing to pull a Bioware game apart? Maybe I'm fresh out of tinfoil, but this is a bit far fetched. Even more so, if you observe the releases of other companies. Larian just release Divinity 2 and there's nothing of that sort on the internet. Their own site is very civil and helpful. Same as with previous Obsidian releases. As opposed to some people I don't believe in the Bilderbergers attacking Bioware for a living. Without reason, that is.

abaris never lets a good strawman go to waste i see.

But seriously have you seen the reaction to prerty much every Bioware game since EA bought them? And since imo Biowares newer games are better then their older ones with perhaps one exception i'm always skeptical. Especially since many of the games biggest detractors admit they haven't played the game and others say so many things that are factually inaccurate that i question their authenticity.

Yes.

Playing the trial now, I have seen some Omega dance moves once or twice, but they were just quick flashes - perhaps fixed in patches (my trial is v1.10).

Here we go again. What a load of shit.

An actual argument there would be nice.