Mass Effect 3

[Dragonslayer]

I am thinking of playing it as others are playing,and again that hype.

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

[NEWS]
bioware may change ME3 ending
may release DLC which "clarifies the ending and answers some questions"
BioWare revisiting Mass Effect 3 ending - GameSpot.com
Why I'm Glad BioWare Might Change Mass Effect 3's Ending For the Fans

 

[digitaltab]

i am still on me1 , planning to take a 1 month leave to play me1, me 2 and me3 with perfect endings...
i am wondering what will the boss say???

 

[RCuber]

I read that there was some problem with the ending!! what was that all about? I never played any of ME games

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

i am still on me1 , planning to take a 1 month leave to play me1, me 2 and me3 with perfect endings...
i am wondering what will the boss say???

no, your boss will make you witness the "FIRED Effect"

I read that there was some problem with the ending!! what was that all about? I never played any of ME games

wikipedia. or buy the 3 ME games or read the many spoiler boxes littered in the earlier pages

 

[digitaltab]

no, your boss will make you witness the "FIRED Effect"

lol!!!

 

[jasku]

Ok finally begun ME3, got off to a dramatic start. I felt that the combat game play of ME2 is more refined, this one dint seem that smooth, maybe its just my old GPU. They have made it more user friendly with the helpful navigation tips. The forte of the game is in the storyline, and thats still keeping me going.

Some questions on ME3 love life , please read only if you have completed ME3

Spoiler

I so wanna hook up with Allers, but when Liara asked if I still felt the same way, I know I should have said 'lets just be friends' (knowing Allers is lurking in the basement) but I couldnt, I am a loyal man. Btw, do I still have a chance with Allers? To folks that had Chambers alive from ME2, I am guessing she is not part of the initial crew?!

 

[Skud]

Maximum PC | BioWare Concedes to Angry Fans, Promises "Clarified" Ending Content for Mass Effect 3

“As co-founder and GM of BioWare, I'm very proud of the ME3 team; I personally believe Mass Effect 3 is the best work we've yet created,” wrote BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka. “So, it's incredibly painful to receive feedback from our core fans that the game's endings were not up to their expectations. Our first instinct is to defend our work and point to the high ratings offered by critics – but out of respect to our fans, we need to accept the criticism and feedback with humility.”

“To that end, since the game launched, the team has been poring over everything they can find about reactions to the game – industry press, forums, Facebook, and Twitter, just to name a few. Exec Producer Casey Hudson and the team are hard at work on a number of game content initiatives that will help answer the questions, providing more clarity for those seeking further closure to their journey. You'll hear more on this in April. We're working hard to maintain the right balance between the artistic integrity of the original story while addressing the fan feedback we've received.”

 

[SunnyGamingHD2]

TO MASS EFFECT 3 PLAYERS, FROM DR. RAY MUZYKA, CO-FOUNDER OF BIOWARE
*blog.bioware.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/raymuzyka2.jpg

Spoiler

As co-founder and GM of BioWare, I’m very proud of the ME3 team; I personally believe Mass Effect 3 is the best work we’ve yet created. So, it’s incredibly painful to receive feedback from our core fans that the game’s endings were not up to their expectations. Our first instinct is to defend our work and point to the high ratings offered by critics – but out of respect to our fans, we need to accept the criticism and feedback with humility.

I believe passionately that games are an art form, and that the power of our medium flows from our audience, who are deeply involved in how the story unfolds, and who have the uncontested right to provide constructive criticism. At the same time, I also believe in and support the artistic choices made by the development team. The team and I have been thinking hard about how to best address the comments on ME3’s endings from players, while still maintaining the artistic integrity of the game.

Mass Effect 3 concludes a trilogy with so much player control and ownership of the story that it was hard for us to predict the range of emotions players would feel when they finished playing through it. The journey you undertake in Mass Effect provokes an intense range of highly personal emotions in the player; even so, the passionate reaction of some of our most loyal players to the current endings in Mass Effect 3 is something that has genuinely surprised us. This is an issue we care about deeply, and we will respond to it in a fair and timely way. We’re already working hard to do that.

To that end, since the game launched, the team has been poring over everything they can find about reactions to the game – industry press, forums, Facebook, and Twitter, just to name a few. The Mass Effect team, like other teams across the BioWare Label within EA, consists of passionate people who work hard for the love of creating experiences that excite and delight our fans. I’m honored to work with them because they have the courage and strength to respond to constructive feedback.

Building on their research, Exec Producer Casey Hudson and the team are hard at work on a number of game content initiatives that will help answer the questions, providing more clarity for those seeking further closure to their journey. You’ll hear more on this in April. We’re working hard to maintain the right balance between the artistic integrity of the original story while addressing the fan feedback we’ve received. This is in addition to our existing plan to continue providing new Mass Effect content and new full games, so rest assured that your journey in the Mass Effect universe can, and will, continue.

The reaction to the release of Mass Effect 3 has been unprecedented. On one hand, some of our loyal fans are passionately expressing their displeasure about how their game concluded; we care about this feedback, and we’re planning to directly address it. However, most folks appear to agree that the game as a whole is exceptional, with more than 75 critics giving it a perfect review score and a review average in the mid-90s. Net, I’m proud of the team, but we can and must always strive to do better.

Some of the criticism that has been delivered in the heat of passion by our most ardent fans, even if founded on valid principles, such as seeking more clarity to questions or looking for more closure, for example – has unfortunately become destructive rather than constructive. We listen and will respond to constructive criticism, but much as we will not tolerate individual attacks on our team members, we will not support or respond to destructive commentary.

If you are a Mass Effect fan and have input for the team – we respect your opinion and want to hear it. We’re committed to address your constructive feedback as best we can. In return, I’d ask that you help us do that by supporting what I truly believe is the best game BioWare has yet crafted. I urge you to do your own research: play the game, finish it and tell us what you think. Tell your friends if you feel it’s a good game as a whole. Trust that we are doing our damndest, as always, to address your feedback. As artists, we care about our fans deeply and we appreciate your support.

Thank you for your feedback – we are listening.

Ray

Source:*blog.bioware.com/

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

greedy EA/Bioware succumbs to 98% angry fan base demands
loyalist fan base wins(thier wallet might lose 800BW points though)
"art" types lose(thier wallets win)

 

[Sujeet]

Curse EA/Bioware as much as you want but the at end of day you are bound to accept the harsh reality that they are creators and devs and they will cater what they like .
If someone dont like what they offer they may seek to not accept it nothing esle.Period.

 

[Skud]

For whom they are making the games then? For themselves???

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

3 of the best games I have ever played.An underwhelming ending doesn't take that away.

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

Curse EA/Bioware as much as you want but the at end of day you are bound to accept the harsh reality that they are creators and devs and they will cater what they like .
If someone dont like what they offer they may seek to not accept it nothing esle.Period.

listen, i've purchased all 3 ME games(which amounts to approx. rs 3,400 incl. 2 me2 DLC's), spent more than 140+ hours building my paragon character,and what i get in the end of the last game in the trilogy? a seemingly indoctrinated Shepard and some things that do not go very well with the series' cannon.
i like many other fans around the globe have the right to whine/get upset on EA/bioware for messing the ending of a series which we loved.games are made on the basis on feedback from the costumers and the passion of the devs of creating a game
they should have warned us before about the game's ending could be.they let down every fan's expectations

if devs would create and cater to what they liked, trust me nobody would buy sequels

and tell me, sincerely, no offence but, have you purchased any game of the trilogy?

 

[tkin]

Just finished this, F**k you Bioware, they promised that we'll get endings that depended on our decisions throughout the series, none of that mattered, in Fallout 3 there was small vids that were shown at the end combined, individual vids, each for one actions done(say saving a town, or saving oasis), in ME3 no such thing. And the ending sucked at best, and left plotholes as big as the crater of mt olympus. Here's a vid you should see(if you have completed the game):

Spoiler

[YOUTUBE]rPelM2hwhJA[/YOUTUBE]

For me ME2>ME1>>>>>>>>ME3

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

Just finished this, F**k you Bioware, they promised that we'll get endings that depended on our decisions throughout the series, none of that mattered, in Fallout 3 there was small vids that were shown at the end combined, individual vids, each for one actions done(say saving a town, or saving oasis), in ME3 no such thing. And the ending sucked at best, and left plotholes as big as the crater of mt olympus. Here's a vid you should see(if you have completed the game):

Spoiler

[YOUTUBE]rPelM2hwhJA[/YOUTUBE]

For me ME2>ME1>>>>>>>>ME3

hey, tkin you played me2 arrival DLC to the end? if yes you will notice a big plothole in the ME3 ending regarding mass relays.......

 

[Sujeet]

@commander yeah man i bought me2 but somewhere close to an year after its release.
Never played me1.
Explored first few levels on borrowed copy of me3.

Believe it or not but the truth is that its all in the hands of guys in studios who decide what the game should be like.Its their idea and their product.

Influence from feedback is s different thing.

Whatever you play is all created by dev.No gamer goes to studio to tell them how to make a level or code a section.
Thats why games in development are called IP and have their own copyrights.Because its the intellectual property of studio guys not gamers.

Consider COD..The same engine every year with tried and tested old formula and still it makes record breaking revenues even when there are far better games in league like bf3 and skyrim.

Its not always about perfection.Its the cult and auora which is built around the first releases in franchise ..not only in games..in every form of digital entertainment media .

 

[gameranand]

But they should not forget that if its their business then we are their customers. If they treat us like this then we would think twice before buying their game.
What happened to DA2 guys who have played DAO purchased that in rush and found that game is not good so no more sales after a month or 2 which is opposite of DAO sales which sold more copies after 1 or 2 months.

 

[sameer.pur]

Some questions on ME3 love life , please read only if you have completed ME3

Spoiler

I so wanna hook up with Allers, but when Liara asked if I still felt the same way, I know I should have said 'lets just be friends' (knowing Allers is lurking in the basement) but I couldnt, I am a loyal man. Btw, do I still have a chance with Allers? To folks that had Chambers alive from ME2, I am guessing she is not part of the initial crew?!

Spoiler

I too was with Liara. Chambers from ME2 is alive and will be seen on citadel. You should interact with her in first half of the game. Her fate is sad though.

Allers is great and I like her more than chambers. But loayalty comes first. So I stayed with Liara.

 

[Sujeet]

@gameranand Respecting Customers is basic moral of every buisness...But thats theortical
Making a fool out of every customer is the core of every buisness..Thats the reality.

This is getting offtopic now.
Wont be replying over this matter anymore.