MEA Official Reviews Thread (Polarized 9.5-5.0 7.6av)

What?

Eh I'd have to disagree with them on that one, the prologue felt like Mass Effect to me

Plus Drack

My post wasn't meant to be serious, Dutch. Cmon man

The BSN was nuked because we trashed the joint.

The apparent fall out if any would have been unavoidable these days with or without the BSN.

Since when is everyone thinking like IGN? 7 out of 10 is still good, even 6 is passable towards good.
Are gamers that so damn picky with unrealistic standards these days that I missed?


Also DA:I had amazing scores and was GOTY game, but for some reason way after it's released it became hated. Out of the blue.
The bipolar attitude of gaming communities is getting on my nerves.

They didn't patch Aria scene.

Which I'm still bothered by and it certainly did affect my view of Bioware Montreal (whether they deserved it or not).

They may not have patched that but they are working on patches for this game

Which is a (small) step up at least

there a few 9s from what ive seen on mass effect reddit

Absolutely.  I've read a few of the reviews...I keep going back to IGN (they posted the final Cora romance scene...if you see their Ryder, you can instantly tell what they thought of the game...they were trolling) because Bioware was using THEM to promote their title, and IGN was quick to strike once the embargo was up.  

Really, in the end, this comes down to the guys at the top...odd phrasing, but true.  Aaron Flynn first.  He made the calls.  They announced the game too early, let the hype build to the point of unrealistic expectations, teased but REFUSED to reveal an significant information until near release, and did little to ease the fears of the fans.  They were insanely nonchalant about their release.  Sure, THEY were excited, but we had no idea why.  'Oh, you're going to LOVE this...but we can't tell you what that is...you'll just have to...OH THAT WAS AMAZING...wish you could have seen it, sorry, just wait, trust us...SSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNN.'



Honestly, this game looks a bit rushed.  Unpolished...once I get my hands on it tomorrow, I'll know more, but the thing is...had this game come out LAST YEAR...it might have been a point higher.  Had the game NOT been announced TWO YEARS (or more) in advance, I think it'd be an 8.5 average...but this was NEVER, EVER going to score a 9.  Reviewers and part of the fanbase are NEVER going to let the ending of ME3 go.  In a time when people are being unfriended, and blocked because of differences in political opinions, we have people threatening rape and murder upon game developers and participants due to perceived slights that have gone WAY beyond the personal.  

So, I also hope this is an ice cold shower for Bioware before EA punts them and takes the franchise for themselves.  They CAN do better...they SHOULD do better.  Lets see if they have the will to do so.  This is Mass Effects 'DAII Moment'.  Fingers crossed.

Also, they REALLY should stop trying to ape the Witcher.  They are what they are...TRYING to be the other won't work.  Just be Mass Effect.

I'm not saying it's a good system, it's a stupid system and one of the many reasons I don't actually read these sites. They inflate all their scores because they are scared of losing favor with big development companies. 

This is the same reason why they praised DA:I and ME3 when in reality neither was received that well and Inquisition won GOTY because it's best competition was Bayonetta 2. I liked both games but they both had massive problems that the reviews did not reflect. Critics have just realised that blindly praising Bioware does them no favors, it's a shame they haven't realised that about a lot of other companies but that's life. 

Non of this has to affect your enjoyment of the game but these are not good scores, they aren't even average scores really, not for Bioware. 

Mediocre for the series and for Bioware games.

Good for gaming in general.

But not the Very Good/Great/Excellent I'm sure EA wanted.

They have potential to fix and add to the game to make it one of the first two of that list. I hope they don't just drop the game/series but instead get right to work.

Indeed. Heck, even this very forum has a thread from the lead game designer asking for feedback pinned.

If that isn't a sign bioware could actually use the forum they nuked, I don't know what is.