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Do you seriously believe your opinion is scathing enough to merit an apology
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BioWare has not released a game with a 90+ Metacritic score since Mass Effect 3
- Thread starter Fiery Phoenix
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Do you seriously believe your opinion is scathing enough to merit an apology
2014 wasn't even a rough year. Shovel Knight, South Park: SoT, Mario Kart 8, Forza Horizon 2, Wolfenstein, Bayonetta 2, Smash 4, Far Cry 4, Sunset Overdrive, Donkey Kong County: TF, etc. I will never understand the "2014 was bad" narrative.
No, it really wasn't.
And Alien Isolation, one of the best horror games of all time.
I agree, but I guess people push that narrative because most outlets chose to ignore those gems and give Inquisition or SoM GOTY.
Loved DA:I last truly awesome Bioware game for me, like it more than ME3. God I hope they pull it together, nobody makes games like theirs.
In my memory for AAA, character creator, heavy focus on character stories, romance, LGBT content. Literally only been Alpha Protocol and Rise of the Argonauts that are close, and they even had no LGBT content.
And the only game even on the horizon is Cyberpunk which has all my hopes and dreams invested at this point.
In my memory for AAA, character creator, heavy focus on character stories, romance, LGBT content. Literally only been Alpha Protocol and Rise of the Argonauts that are close, and they even had no LGBT content.
And the only game even on the horizon is Cyberpunk which has all my hopes and dreams invested at this point.
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Chaos Theory remains their highest rated game sitting at a 94. Rightfully fuckin' so, this is one of the best games ever made and one of my personal favourites. Clint Hocking is a legend and needs to come back to directing Splinter Cell 7.
The Designer Notes interview with Clint Hocking is great and you should listen to it if you haven't. He tells some genuinely great stories about working on the Splinter Cell series (he was also a part of the SC1 dev team).
Conversely, Mass Effect 3 is a much worse game than what its Metacritic score says.
2014 was the year of the Hidden Gem and Nintendo. A lot of "not-AAAAAAAAA" games like DKC, SSO, Bayo 2, and Wolfy got looked over because they weren't big enough to garner sweeping industry praise.
And there was Nintendo who was killing it in 2014, but even their massive titles like MK and Smash got somewhat overlooked because the Wii U was such a failure.
Enjoyment > scores
The only poor game I've played from BioWare was Andromeda. Everything else has been a blast to play.
The only poor game I've played from BioWare was Andromeda. Everything else has been a blast to play.
Yeah, here's how a 93 MC video game deals with sidequests:
Aside from the horrible endings, there was a total disregard of some characters and previous choices, change of story theme, plot inconsistencies, stupid plot points and plot armored characters that made ME3 much much worse than ME2 (main M2 plot was truly awful with good characters).
Yet somehow "critics" rated ME3 much more than it deserved.
The very same game that almost fatally wounded it's franchise.
Aside from the horrible endings, there was a total disregard of some characters and previous choices, change of story theme, plot inconsistencies, stupid plot points and plot armored characters that made ME3 much much worse than ME2 (main M2 plot was truly awful with good characters).
Yet somehow "critics" rated ME3 much more than it deserved.
The very same game that almost fatally wounded it's franchise.
Honestly this. It's honestly getting ridiculous.
Also if there's something I've come to realize is that the people who hate on Inquisition are such a minority of people. It's still one of Bioware's best selling games.
ERA has a tendency to think: "Well people here thought it was bad, therefore everyone thought it was bad." Which so rarely meets with the rest of the community.
After all the people who hate a game are far more likely to comment and go on about how much they hated something than someone who actually likes it.
It was dark times, and people were too embarrassed to acknowledge fucking Donkey Kong as the masterpiece that it is until last year.
3 always felt like it went less with the RPG mechanics, but that might've just been due to the dialog choices taking a massive hit compared to 1 and 2 and me applying that to the whole experience.
It's not an Era thing at all. People care about the critical reception of games, movies, tv series, etc... I don't see a problem with the fact itself.
ME2 certainly have better RPG (and combat) mechanics than ME3, and ME1 as well. Although ME3 weapon customization is improved, which can make for a more personalized experience.
Just remember they said "favorite". The didn't go out of their way to say the "best one ever". I respect people who word their opinions in this way cause it feels less game warring.
I know and I'm being unfair but I have eo strong feelings when it comes to Mass Effect. It's my favorite franchise of all time.
Well because there are some who actually enjoyed DA:I and I didn't want to offense them .
2014 actually had tons of good games. Guilty Gear Xrd, Bayonetta 2, Shovel Knight, Velocity 2x. Depth however isn't rewarded enough. So they gassed up an absolute slog pause n play game in a year with the most inventive turn based combat we have had in ages, or a half baked meta game attached to trash ass buttman combat.
I mean, it's still happening. Most of the Anthem reviews read like 3-4's but give it a 6+.
Yeah, here's how a 93 MC video game deals with sidequests:
Aside from the horrible endings, there was a total disregard of some characters and previous choices, change of story theme, plot inconsistencies, stupid plot points and plot armored characters that made ME3 much much worse than ME2 (main M2 plot was truly awful with good characters).
Yet somehow "critics" rated ME3 much more than it deserved.
The very same game that almost fatally wounded it's franchise.
I think that's a bit disingenuous. These fetch quests in ME3 were not a substitute for side quests, I think some people might have this impression because the line of primary and secundary quests are quite blurred in ME3 (and ME2 too for that matter). How exactly do we definite a side quest? If it's any mission that is not necessary to finish the game, then ME3 has excellent ones. Like the Ardat-Yakshi Monastery and Grissom Academy. If we definite as missions that are not connected with the main plost then we should say that ME3 doesn't have them, as basically everything you do feels more or less connected with the war.
About your other points I think they are relevant. ME3 does have some sins there, particuarly with previous choices and how they impacted the game. ME3 is not a perfect game, obviously, but I think if it succeeded in everything it should have then we would be talking about one of the greatest games ever created, so even if it fails in some of these it still is an excellent game.
They haven't released a good game since Mass Effect and Dragon Age.
Mass Effect 2, in the context of what Mass Effect is, wasn't good and is a pointless story in the grand scheme of what the actual story is about.
Mass Effect 2, in the context of what Mass Effect is, wasn't good and is a pointless story in the grand scheme of what the actual story is about.
I've pretty much resigned myself to not be enthusiastic about any new Bioware title at this point. It's clear from their recent track record that ever since around DA2, ME2 times the games have gotten progressively worse. At this point it's hard to expect DA4 to reach that 90+ level even if they improve on Inquisition, which isn't a hard task. Where they may have improved in making fluid combat systems and multiplayer they've lost it everywhere else.
Imagine being so enveloped into gaming discourse that you believe people will be offended over
*Checks notes*
Not liking a game
No matter how you paint it, it was a terrible quest design for a game that had so many problems so it does not deserve to be that highly rated.
I really can't agree with ME3 of thematic and story issues being an excellent game (it had excellent MP but that is about it) but I want you to believe me in one thing: I wanted this game to be great, a sublime sent off to my Shepard, the closing of his story and the beginning of a future full of wondrous possibilities for the franchise. And i think you wanted that too, any Bioware/ME fan wanted this.
And look us now where we are at.
It was an inoffensive quest design. Easily ignored if you wanted and that demanded no extra time put into the game if you already wanted to explore all the solar systems.
And it's definitely not ME3's fault we are where we are. The future of Mass Effect was never in question after its release. We got many major DLCs and we knew a sequel was being developed from very early on. If Andromeda's team made all the wrong decisions it's their fault.
I strongly disagree with your post but there is no point in arguing for this anymore.
No no no, I dont care what anyone says ME2 is the best in the series
To make the people defending Bioware's honor from the hater conspiracy seem like... they actually might be onto something?
I don't agree with this at all but if that's your opinion, I respectfully disagree.
Anthem looks terrible but I just want to say that scores are often not a very good indicator of if a game is worthy of purchase for you as an individual.
I often read them to see how a game controls, if it has a lot of bugs, if it has micro transactions etc but then I watch YouTube videos to see if I would enjoy the gameplay or story before I make a purchase.
Games are so big these days that even if you watch 30 mins or an hour of gameplay on YouTube you can get a good feel for if you will like it or not and still not have massive spoilers.
One persons 90+ is another persons 60 for example, it's all personal taste.
I think reviews commenting on the quality of a story for example shouldn't factor into a score because that's personal opinion, one person may hate the story and another may love it.
So TLDR, I just read to see if games have lots of bugs/micros and then watch gameplay for 30 mins to an hour to see if it's something I would enjoy, everything else is all personal opinion.
I often read them to see how a game controls, if it has a lot of bugs, if it has micro transactions etc but then I watch YouTube videos to see if I would enjoy the gameplay or story before I make a purchase.
Games are so big these days that even if you watch 30 mins or an hour of gameplay on YouTube you can get a good feel for if you will like it or not and still not have massive spoilers.
One persons 90+ is another persons 60 for example, it's all personal taste.
I think reviews commenting on the quality of a story for example shouldn't factor into a score because that's personal opinion, one person may hate the story and another may love it.
So TLDR, I just read to see if games have lots of bugs/micros and then watch gameplay for 30 mins to an hour to see if it's something I would enjoy, everything else is all personal opinion.
Bioware had the unique fortune of being one of the only RPG centric development studios making AAA games for consoles along with Bethesda. They get a crazy amount of leeway. It was frustrating to see things get worse or a lack of improvements and scores either staying the same or getting higher. Now that they've both got undeniably shitty games to their names with Andromeda and FO76, I hope the spell is finally broken for good.
2015 had Bloodborne, MGSV, The Witcher 3 and Fallout 4. It was by no means a bad year.
This just not true. ME3 gunplay and power usage is a huge step up. It's why multiplayer was so good
I think you're half right. ME3's combat worked wonders in MP, but in single player? No really. One of the criticism about Anthem is that weapons become useless in harder difficulties, and that's true for ME3 as well. In ME2 weapons and powers had a much better synergy. Not to mention a few other aspects of combat, like how fast you died in ME3 and that awful slowmo when your shield broke (not present in mp).
Ahh i remember the early days, Casey Hudson saying ME3 is a perfect entry for newcomers, Then having the gall to let ME3 be played in action mode if you wanna skip the story lol
Looking back they made some god awful decisions in ME3.
Looking back they made some god awful decisions in ME3.
