Biower Pls, MEA:MP only for half price

While I agree with your primary statement, your follow up I call bullshit on. MEA from what we've seen has 'more' RPG elements in it then any past game. Telling your squadmates what they should be using or wearing is just a common thing in cRPG's but isn't some mandatory feature that makes an RPG what it is. It just happens to be common. Our skill customization and item customization is far more varied then it has been. Conversations are still a thing, player choices in the narrative is still a thing.

This whole can't equip squadies with what weapon you want them to use is a bummer from a player control stand point, but doesn't make it less of an RPG. It does, however, mean the squadies have more concrete sense of them selves that doesn't exist when you can make them use and wear whatever the shit you feel like. I mean you can make Cassandra in DAI run around naked with no weapons equipped. That's completely bullshit to her character, if anything thats anti-RPG. But games have just happened to let you do that so it's a standard.

Does the lack of control suck? Sure, for some, but at least call it for what it is, not some hyperbole pile of made up shit like everyone else seems to be doing.

Somehow I think they'll be okay without your money OP.

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Yet your perfect life was triggered by my thread.

Point taken, champ.

But you made it though.

If this thread is locked, it will be because the vast majority of you cannot argue with my post in any intelligent way beyond flaming.

Getting called a cunt, for example, because I have a different opinion about how this game is turning out to be upon release, and how I would pay for the portion of it that I want to play... Is classy.

Stay classy, fanboyolas

Yeah, not sure they want your money, mate. Off you go. We'll force ourselves to play this game and pretend we're having fun but you'll be sitting on your sofa knowing you were so, so right about it even without playing.

Amount of butthurt here is amazing.

If you don't want the game don't buy it, that's all I can say really but you know they won't sell the mp solo.  Either suck it up and buy the game or just leave it.

But that's your opinion about the game not being good not others.

All I can say really.

No. They're in the business of making story based character role playing games with multiplayer tacked on as an after thought. EA is in the business of selling games and they did not budget for making "Battlefront Mass Effect" as well as ME:A.

You want a seperate game? Go talk to EA's board or buy up all their shares and then get them to get Bioware to create a multiplayer game that probably wouldn't get many sales.

You see, I used to be an idealist like you. Then I took the ME3 storyline and DAI to the knee. They got my money for years without a moment's hesitation.

I used hyperbole in the OP to foment a frothy discussion. The SP community did not fail me. I know nothing with surety about the quality of the SP game on release day, but from everything they've shown us, I for one am not buying it. But that was not the point of my post.

The point was, Biower could tell us what proportion of the budget went into the current form of MP and is projected to cost through all planned DLC, and from that make a pro-rated MP-only .exe. I for one would be very interested to see those numbers.

As for MP being tacked-on, that was certainly the case with ME3MP -- and it turned out to be better than most of the SP and far more replayable. ME:AMP is expected to be more... And the SP gameplay seems to be based off of it. Do you really think this MP of your precious new game is just a thrown-in afterthought?

I find it far more likely to be the only successful part of the game, and a far greater focus than any true Bioware fan would actually want.

As Akrabra said take out Origin Access play 10 hours on multiplayer during early access then if you think to yourself you know what this is actually worth the price in the way Overwatch is go ahead and by and if it is really just a stripped down add on to a SP game then don't buy. All you have lost in that is the price of one month of Origin Access.

As for if SP will be any good, guess what, I have no idea as the game isn't out yet so I haven't played it. Even reviews aren't out but as we know a review is someones opinion so a reviewer could see the game as amazing or crap but it doesn't mean you would agree and might honestly find it the complete opposite.

Yes the Mass Effect Trilogy evolved over its lifespan in ways that were both good and bad and I am fortunate in that the endings didn't ruin it for me, I loved the journey and still do love going back every now and then to experience the vibe of the game. Again DA:I got alot of flack of which I don't entirely agree with though can appreciate some of the views so I am luck in that I still enjoy it. Are BioWare as good as their heyday? Even as a fan I would accept probably not. Are they now a bad game making company? No definitely not. If anything I do believe we as a community at times put far to much pressure on the games to which no game could match so we will therefore be disappointed.

All I know is I have pre-ordered and I will be keeping the pre-order as I know even if ME:A isn't utter amazeballs best game of the whole human race in like forever it will still be a world I can get lost in after a hard days work when both my young kids are asleep and I get that one maybe two hours of time alone to relax and for that I will be thankful. Does that make me a fanboy or a realist, I don't know, but I am a gamer as as a gamer I always have hope and faith in developers and their games regardless of if they are my cup of tea.

I just realised I went off on a bit of a tangent there people, apologies lol

Again that's your  opinion not fact