Posted January 30, 2012
Well, count me as one of the people who will still buy on release day even though I have serious reservations about the game.
Reservations- Not intended for argument; My take why ME3 makes me personally nervous with all the news/rumors and conclusions formed from news/rumors, accurate or not.
All that Roman5 used as points for why ME3 will fail I wouldn't agree that they alone will cause the game to be bad, but they do bring in points that disturb me, i.e. changing the game formula that worked so well in ME2/ME1 by introducing multiplayer(yes I know it is optional), adding dlc that will probably cost an arm and a leg separately (just looking at the action figures from that ?Kotoku? website), I did calculations and currently the dlc for story and weapons/armor only for where I am at for ME2 will cost a whopping $51, enough to purchase two new ME2's from the local retailers here b/c EA or Bioware does not release "complete" editionsm recently for some reason. For some posters saying DLC is just a good way to support devs, well, these complete editions at $60 would be preferable because I would have the dlc on disc, not save to my hard drive which as one poster earlier mentioned it is almost like they give you a disc to let you play what you installed to your harddrive rather than the disc being the actual game. I agree with some posters who want to wait a year except I want to know the main story ending now
Other points not why ME3 will fail but all the news is making me as a ME1/2 fan leery is Bioware's recent record with sequels. Dragon Age 2, I enjoyed but I would never purchase it for above $30. That is my preference I know but it was completely different from DA:O which is not necessarily bad, but I expected something more grand and along the lines of DA:O and instead got essentially a city to save rather than a kingdom with multiple peoples. Yes, I did buy DA:O Complete edition and I have played it several times through with different characters.
Some people have brough in EA's record which others in the topic have said was not really that bad. I'm sorry to say that although Blizzard and Steam may also identify whether you have hacking programs, Origin scares me as from the EULA I read and they may have changed it, they had the option to literally take any information stored on your computer. I understand why they do this, as I went to business school and they pounded into us information is money and can make money.
The problem I have with EA is that we as students were taught that we should only make money in an "ethically" acceptable manner, i.e. you do not infringe upon your customers' rights without telling them or getting permission. EA has had several black-eyes as a result of not following this policy ranging from Securom and not telling consumers, to requiring access to private/sensitive information on your pc and not telling you. Origin they did acknowledge would have the data miner active on your computer but still I will not install EA products unless it is from GOG just for my mind's serenity as there has been no information released as to whether or not EA will secure the information or merely dump it to servers for later processing.
I also heard though I don't know if they went through with it, about no lawsuits only arbitration being allowable. While I would think they can't do this or it will be tossed out should someone actually sue, the idea that they would put that in the EULA. (If you can't tell EA does not have the best reputation in my geographical/school area. Ironically EA's decisions constituted a week of discussion and opposing viewpoints though by the standards of our school the decisions were made purely for profit and not for "good business" i.e. profit in an ethically responsible manner.) All of this combined makes me nervous about what EA will try to pull with the game and what they may damage in attempting to make a profit, such as Ubisoft's always online to play, etc.
Before anyone gets upset, I loved EA games from the nineties such as Dungeon Keeper, Command and Conquer, etc. I have loved Bioware as well until recently, I have all of their rpg games such as Baldur's Gate series, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Neverwinter Nights, etc. on XBOX or PC as well as more recent games such as Mass Effect series.
Anyways, the game will continue to make me nervous because ME3 has a lot to live up to to be even equal to its predecessors and I can't know how it stacks up until later this year, though I think there still is quite a bit of hope left for those of us who want a good conclusion to some of the decade's best scifi rpgs.
And yes I will be like Gollum until I get the ME3 into my console to play it. My precious...
Reservations- Not intended for argument; My take why ME3 makes me personally nervous with all the news/rumors and conclusions formed from news/rumors, accurate or not.
All that Roman5 used as points for why ME3 will fail I wouldn't agree that they alone will cause the game to be bad, but they do bring in points that disturb me, i.e. changing the game formula that worked so well in ME2/ME1 by introducing multiplayer(yes I know it is optional), adding dlc that will probably cost an arm and a leg separately (just looking at the action figures from that ?Kotoku? website), I did calculations and currently the dlc for story and weapons/armor only for where I am at for ME2 will cost a whopping $51, enough to purchase two new ME2's from the local retailers here b/c EA or Bioware does not release "complete" editionsm recently for some reason. For some posters saying DLC is just a good way to support devs, well, these complete editions at $60 would be preferable because I would have the dlc on disc, not save to my hard drive which as one poster earlier mentioned it is almost like they give you a disc to let you play what you installed to your harddrive rather than the disc being the actual game. I agree with some posters who want to wait a year except I want to know the main story ending now
Other points not why ME3 will fail but all the news is making me as a ME1/2 fan leery is Bioware's recent record with sequels. Dragon Age 2, I enjoyed but I would never purchase it for above $30. That is my preference I know but it was completely different from DA:O which is not necessarily bad, but I expected something more grand and along the lines of DA:O and instead got essentially a city to save rather than a kingdom with multiple peoples. Yes, I did buy DA:O Complete edition and I have played it several times through with different characters.
Some people have brough in EA's record which others in the topic have said was not really that bad. I'm sorry to say that although Blizzard and Steam may also identify whether you have hacking programs, Origin scares me as from the EULA I read and they may have changed it, they had the option to literally take any information stored on your computer. I understand why they do this, as I went to business school and they pounded into us information is money and can make money.
The problem I have with EA is that we as students were taught that we should only make money in an "ethically" acceptable manner, i.e. you do not infringe upon your customers' rights without telling them or getting permission. EA has had several black-eyes as a result of not following this policy ranging from Securom and not telling consumers, to requiring access to private/sensitive information on your pc and not telling you. Origin they did acknowledge would have the data miner active on your computer but still I will not install EA products unless it is from GOG just for my mind's serenity as there has been no information released as to whether or not EA will secure the information or merely dump it to servers for later processing.
I also heard though I don't know if they went through with it, about no lawsuits only arbitration being allowable. While I would think they can't do this or it will be tossed out should someone actually sue, the idea that they would put that in the EULA. (If you can't tell EA does not have the best reputation in my geographical/school area. Ironically EA's decisions constituted a week of discussion and opposing viewpoints though by the standards of our school the decisions were made purely for profit and not for "good business" i.e. profit in an ethically responsible manner.) All of this combined makes me nervous about what EA will try to pull with the game and what they may damage in attempting to make a profit, such as Ubisoft's always online to play, etc.
Before anyone gets upset, I loved EA games from the nineties such as Dungeon Keeper, Command and Conquer, etc. I have loved Bioware as well until recently, I have all of their rpg games such as Baldur's Gate series, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Neverwinter Nights, etc. on XBOX or PC as well as more recent games such as Mass Effect series.
Anyways, the game will continue to make me nervous because ME3 has a lot to live up to to be even equal to its predecessors and I can't know how it stacks up until later this year, though I think there still is quite a bit of hope left for those of us who want a good conclusion to some of the decade's best scifi rpgs.
And yes I will be like Gollum until I get the ME3 into my console to play it. My precious...
Post edited January 30, 2012 by Daimones
