Forbes article sums up how I feel, especially at the end.

It's so true, the fact that biggest fans are pretty much burned with every BioWare release. We got the buggiest ME3 and the shittiest ending, we got the most "meh" ending for DA:I and the most game-breaking bugs that were not supposed to be there in a shippable game (cassandra's romance scene and the Warden subplot had mandatory gamebreaking scenes, requiring you to mash the "skip" button to make it through, a la Drack's Loyalty fail) and now we have Andromeda which is inarguably the sloppiest day-1 release BioWare has ever made but in a year's time it'll be a decent/great game overall and only the non-fans or the most patient but unenthusiastic fans will pick it up for the first time then and be totally oblivious to how bad the game was in march 2017.

I get it. Every game in this day and age gets more stable over its fiscal year with patches but BioWare has learned it's okay to ship games in near unacceptable states and get away with it.

I hope the reviews serve as a lesson, however. It's a sign that not even journalists or critics are okay with this now that they have much better and more impressive AAA titles to compare it to which they definitely did not have back in 2014 when the only other really good contenders were Destiny, which shipped with barebones, almost placeholder content and Shadow of Mordor - a good game but not a "masterpiece" or anything of that calibre.

Over at those Glassdoor reviews, multiple negative ones mention that leaders at BioWare take breaks to play computer games for fun which is bad for morale. You get the impression that there's a lot of slack going on over there which would also explain how and why both DA:I and this game ended up shipping with very simple icing-on-the-top additions being cut right before release, whether that's the nonexistent Squad customizations (just apperances) or the lack of costumes in DA:I which wasn't added until much later.

This is the first BW game since ME2 that I bought at release. Guess I learned my lesson.

If we just wouldn't have to relearn that lessen in regular intervals... humans are idiots like that. 

No matter how much I groan or feel cynical during the promotional content and pre-release days for the recent BioWare games I always end up being too excited on day 1 not to buy the thing. I don't regret anything, I just want BioWare to actually plan their development better and get things done on time rather than saying "we can always ship Q1 and then fix up the stuff that didn't quite make it."

Everything about DA:I and now especially this just reeks of "sloppy".

Yeah, but atleast this time they got called out on it, in a big way. Which means they have to shape up, as the next game will be examined that much more closely for faults. It is a good thing, all in all.

Same. I'll finish my first playthrough that i've already started with a default Ryder face then i'm just going to wait until the improved CC is out and the stutter bugs are gone.

"Something has got to give."

It has already. He was not entirely correct that ME3 fans were across the board willing to be beta testers again.

I didn't buy the game, I almost did. I decided early on to wait, and then nostalgia and 3MP friendships made me want the game and I Amazon'd it. Then I canceled, as sense came back to me.

I am the fan he describes, and they lost me. Something has got to give.

AS a rule I don't pre-order games, in fact I often wait until the final patch/DLC is put out and buy in a package deal. I Save money and get the best experience for my money. That is how I buy all games. MMO's of course if a bit different. Will usually wait a month or two then buy it. I already have and played MEA, but that is because my daughter bought it for me as an early Birthday gift since she knew I had the trilogy and liked playing it.

Until gamers speak with their wallets and stop pre-ordering games and accepting games that are clearly released before they are ready, publishers will continue to release crap and push the envelope to see what they can get away with. Don't blame the devs/publishers, blame yourselves for allowing it to continue.

The three previous Bioware games (DA2, ME3, DAI) were the only games I ever bought at release, DAI was a preorder. And I had no regrets. DAI was not particularly buggy for me on PC except for cutscene crashes that did get a bit annoying. But nothing actually game-breaking.

All other games I bought cheap used for Xbox. Now on PC I wait for digital sales. I'm never in a hurry to play games. Bioware being an exception because I want to be part of the early discussions and don't want to be all paranoid about spoilers for months.

But it really never pays to buy games on release day these days. Many are super buggy. MEA was a disgrace at release. I haven't bought it yet and will just borrow it from a friend after the game gets patched enough. Waiting/hoping for a major combat overhaul. I hate bullet sponges. And I want the thundering biotic boom back. Would love to play the MP too but sounds like balancing is a real mess. So not touching that until they make it actually fun to play.

If we accept shit and eat it up, companies will keep serving shit. Simple as that.

Eh, I will still continue to pre-order games even though I might get burnt from it. It is like trying new food out. Sometimes you enjoy it while other times it tastes like crap. At least, you gave it a shot though.

Bioware games are my exception when it comes to pre-ordering and this will probably be the end of it. I had fun, but I'll gladly take a polished game over a pet pyjak.

All it takes is a little willpower and not preordering stuff. I'm a die-hard ME fan, yet I managed to not buy the game and will wait till it's ready.
Sucks to be in position where you do a full playthrough before the patch. But writing was there on the wall.