Bioware forum moderators have thrown down the gauntlet on the Bioware Social Network. Stanley Woo, a Bioware moderator, has locked in excess of forty threads criticizing the game, the development thereof, or the moderation of the forums; further still, the vast majority of threads that have been locked were legitimately critiquing the game's execution and offered suggestions for future patches...
Dragon Age 2 set the precedent that the series would always carry our choices over, but was it worth it?
If the choices won't matter, why bother? Bioware works so hard at giving meaningful choices but rarely if ever carrying out the impact of such choices to the end.
Immersed Gamer writes: "In order to replace the oppressive BioWare Points system, EA is making a large portion of the Mass Effect and Dragon Age DLC catalogs free for PC users.
For those of you blissfully unaware, EA and BioWare employed a payment system called BioWare Points on PC to pay for DLCs for titles like Mass Effect and Dragon Age. While PC gamers have been struggling with BioWare point’s unfair conversion rates and extremely scarce and cost-detrimental sales.
Console players have been allowed to purchase content in pieces through the appropriate Sony and Microsoft shops. For real money, and not BioWare monopoly bucks. In turn, console players missed out on some DLC content, such as Mass Effect 2 pre-order bonuses that have been repackaged into a DLC pack."
Great response to Ubisoft and their disgusting behavior. Ubisoft decide to take away DLC from people who paid for it, while EA give it for free to everyone when they realize their system sucks. Who would have thought that EA of all companies would be showing Ubisoft how it should be done (even if this is EA fixing their own mistakes as well).
What goes around comes around and I promise you, Ubisoft will see their actions blow back on them when their diminishing sales numbers and stock taking a hit downward. That's the only way a company learns when they decide to be reactive instead of proactive.
BLG writes: "There was a time that BioWare games were the biggest deal in gaming. The Canadian developer’s legacy of all-time classics is well known. Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic, and Baldur’s Gate are some of the biggest names in gaming.
While BioWare’s quality has fallen off lately, there’s no denying the quality of titles in their portfolio. That’s why we’re going to dive in and rank every BioWare game from worst to best. By every, I do mean every BioWare game, even the ones you completely forgot about!"
Ranked from worse to even more worse more like, they been on free fall for a fair few years now and I personally don't think any of there earlier games have aged well
Wow to think at one point in their history they made a Sonic the Hedgehog game..crazy
Anthem is crazy underrated. I really enjoyed it. ME1 is Bioware's best imo
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I actually put quite a bit of hours into Anthem but i dont think its underrated. It was a huge mess, server issues, gameplay issues, crashes, no endgame loop, too few different enemies, uninteresting gear. too few dungeons.
It for sure had potential and if they could have managed to keep the same gameplay of the classes but without the rest of the issues, this game could have been huge, but in the state in which it launched it was such a letdown. They partly fixed some of the issues, but it took too long. A grinding game like this needs to hook players from day 1.
Dissapointed with this game ;(
With the high volume of threads on their forums over the past 2 weeks, it is understandable that they would lock so many identical threads. There is no reason for each user to create a thread about their impressions and what they like or would fix. There should be one mega-thread for people's general impression discussion, and there probably is, but it is buried under the huge volume of threads.
Most of the threads are about how Bioware sucks and abandoned the hardcore gamer and is a huge failure. That's not exactly constructive criticism. There is a difference between whining and crying that you are betrayed and you want to them to patch the game immediately or refund your money, and offering some constructive criticism on some design decisions that you didn't agree with and here are some ways that might improve it.
As a mod here on N4G, I can definitely sympathize with Bioware over having to manage the influx of hate, while still trying to provide an open place for constructive criticism.
"Most of the threads are about HOW Bioware sucks and abandoned the hardcore gamer and is a huge failure. That's not exactly constructive criticism. There is a difference between whining and crying that you are betrayed and you want to them to patch the game immediately or refund your money, and offering some constructive criticism on some design decisions that you didn't agree with and here are some ways that might improve it. "
If they explain "HOW/WHY" it sucks, they could still carry several disappointing truths/points about the sequel in a constructive way.
If there's massive btching, then there's something really wrong.
Seriously, and I dont mean to be a jackass, but some people need to grow up for god sake.
Dragon Age II is not a horrible game. People were spamming Metacritic giving it bad reviews while proper users were giving it good reviews, and now the game is down to 30%. Bioware make some fantastic games, and this isnt short of one either. Why is it every other Bioware game is suddenly fantastic, and get DAII isnt to people?
It might not be Dragon Age Origins. Honestly, I did enjoy Origins, but I felt the story was quite slow, and the combat was wasted on the console version. I played the Dragon Age II demo and it felt like the combat was so much more slicker.
I have split opinions on this.
You could say that people are being too critical and the mods are justified, but in the same vein as a creative, you need to be able to take criticism and build on it.
This, paired with the review embargo on the game until AFTER the release date, makes me VERY concerned about this game. It sounds like the publishers want people to have no access to the game before purchase unless it shows it in a bad light.