EA... Learning?!?!? You give them too much credit my friend. They are the company which invented the online pass. This company has not seen or ever heard of the word: "Ethics"

In my opinion Bioware is basically done. Their games have been dropping in terms of quality right after Dragon Age Origins was released. ME2 was a good game, but unfortunately I can't really say it was an RPG... more of a TPS with small RPG elements. Then came DA2, which is possibly bioware's worst game made to date. And then TOR, which had some pretty lazy writing and did nothing in terms of creativity. And now we have ME3, which may be the biggest disappointment in 2012.

It's a shame, because Bioware games were one in a million in the gaming industry. Now CDProject is taking that name on.

I would say From Software rather than CDProject but CDProject are also great. Even though the ending of Mass Effect 3 may be disappointing, the game is still great overall, even if not a great rpg. The same can be said for ME2. Also, people speak as though ME1 was much more a rpg than its successors but it wasn't and that was made before EA took over. ME is a squad tps with rpg elements but it has a wonderfully crafted universe. A KOTOR combat system could have been used but then people would say it wasn't been "creative".

TOR got decent reviews right across the board and it was Bioware's first mmo. Compare it with FFXIV where the dev had experience with FFXI.

I am not a Bioware fanboy and I do agree that DA2 was an insult to the first game. I'd prefer if Bioware were separate from EA and I'd prefer if ME was more of an rpg with more open and explorable areas instead of linear levels but their games still have high standards on average and I wouldn't write them off just yet.

While I agree with most of your comment, it's easy to see that the whole Blizzard and Activision thing DEFINITELY messed with Blizzard. The games that have come out since then have either been streamlined and oversimplified ala Diablo 3 or released with tons of issues that were addressed in beta stages ala SC2 and Battle.net 2.0...

Except it's not that obvious at all . Blizzard has multiple times in the past , way before activision , taken stances that werent at the start appreciated by fans . They do their own thing .

And they'vell always been about streamlining their games and each sequels .

They are the kind that want the most simple things possible , and a master at the "easy to learn and pick up , difficult to master" types of games

"They are the kind that want the most simple things possible , and a master at the "easy to learn and pick up , difficult to master" types of games"

Yep, and that's how they're setting up talents/glyphs in the panda expansion. Though with some of their streamlining, people tend to think they're dumbing things down too much.

You hit it right on the head. Mass Effect 3 sales were double Mass Effect 2's - and the game was a huge critical success as well with reviewers heaping a tonne of praise on the title.

What Bioware should take away from this is don't listen to the internet. There's a subset of gamers who won't be happy no matter what you do. They lost their minds when the game dared to go multiplatform. They took to the forums with their torches and pitchforks over the day one DLC, then it was hatred after playing the game for hours that the end of the game wasn't all things to all people. I'd say if I were Bioware I'd keep doing exactly what they've been doing. The critics love it, the fans are voting with their wallets. What's to change? Mission accomplished.

Mass Effect 3 was reduced to £24.99 in Asda on week 2 thanks to the BBC actually reporting on the uproar. Sales will no doubt feel the blow of being cut to nearly half price within a week

They should be learning that gaming is supposed to be about art and entertainment, not money.

A very, very minor part, more indicative of the generally low-quality of effort put into the game than anything else.

Minor, but still very telling when considering how big a deal they made her appearance out to be. It just screamed of laziness and disinterest.

I'd rather BioWare put more effort in developing Tali's face rather than developing a minor character like Diana Allers in Mass Effect 3.

OMG the MGS4 ending was so good. I love that game.
I wonder if Mass Effect 3 was rushed, hence the terrible ending?
It isn't unheard of for EA to rush the development of the games they publish.
I dunno, just a guess.
It hardly shamed a genre anyway, imo.

I wouldn't say they rushed it. I mean it's not exactly glitchy or anything like that. If anything I'd just say they hit a writer's block when writing the ending out. It happens, it sucks but it does. At the very least they delivered a very interesting and thought evoking experience.

If the rumors are true (wich it seems) about them rewriting the whole ending because of a leak , it has nothing to do with being rushed . They made a bad decision motivated by that and greed initially (they certainly werent planning the upcoming post end dlc as free , not at first )