Oh, and f***ing killl Vega… He was the most retarded character I have ever seen… And that engineer on his floor… And Chobot… Seriously, why did they put those three in the game? I would have rather them sacrificed all those mini-quests on the citadel, cut out those three, and then cut out multiplayer entirely so that I can have a proper ending…. Vega…. Damn you…

Very well said. Indeed, the industry and especially certain publishers/devs are moving in a direction I have been nervous about for some time. We get less content per our $60 retail and more DLC after launch. And to be fair, I know the CoD map packs are ridiculous. What scares me was the fact that another publisher, EA, is starting to mimic Activision. I have to this date refused to buy any DLC packs, including those from ME2 and ME3 because I hate losing what might have been included in the original deal to begin with. After this gen of consoles, I might consider pushing to PC gaming if the consoles fail me. I just hope that I can still call myself a gamer ten years from now…

Mugenite

I may hate the ending but i stand clear in giving Bioware a chance to fix this mess.

As a consumer your entitled to make certain that the creator of the product delivers on their promises even if its used car dealer there can sometimes be lemon laws in place depending on your state but back to my example. Lets apply a real world example to this logic. If you purchase a car and the cars ad states that the car is brand spanking new, with a cd changer, stereos, working head lights, break lights, flashers, auto windows, working dashboard, working transmission, All fluids checked and filled, car cleaned, and etc.

but you get a car where everything else is correct but they take out the muffler to sell to you later and the transmissions not working do you just take the car and drive it home saying i’m content and don’t deserve to get these things fixed, no you go to the dealer and say hey wait a minute if you don’t fix this then i’m using my legal right as a consumer to report you to the FTC and can sue you to get things fixed. The dealer has one of two options they can A) stick to their guns and watch a lawsuit is files and word of mouth spreads about their company or B) they can put things right and fix the everything to make good on their promise and hope that you don’t tell your friend and family your experience.

Legally you can demand Option B, if you choose option A your telling the company that they can continue to push your limits to see what else they can get out of you before you snap and then they will do the same to a new prospective customer.

As a consumer if you are promised something in order to pay money for it, it is considered a verbal contract which can work both ways, If you pay for the item the creator has an obligation to make good on that contract, if you retract your money for the item after the creator has sent it to you they can use the law to the full extent on you. These laws regarding contracts were not designed solely for corporations they were designed to protect both parties regarding a transaction.

I don’t want to here that I should be content receiving a half done product, if I am required to pay the full amount for my rent, health insurance, car, cellphone, food and my Hobby you can Bet that I demand the full use of those services.and there is no difference when it comes to a movie or a game, if its bad I make my voice heard, when the industry is bad I make my dollar heard.

I’m not entitled to anything.

People line up and break CoD records annually because these devs have something unique to offer every year and then some. I have all three MW titles and Black Ops on my shelf and don’t regret a single penny spent. The narratives were compelling. The characters were defined. The protagonists and antagonists were always hard to determine. I was psyched to see the conclusion of Makarov since he was such a unique antagonist.

As for DLC… What are you going to do? Sue them? They aren’t making video games for pleasure. They are doing for money, just like all businesses out there.

And you’re boycotting? Sure. Go ahead. No one’s sitting on your chest and forcing you to buy every good game that comes out. Just don’t let the name of the dev influence your decision to pick up a good game. That would suck.

Love or hate it, this is how the industry is moving. RE is no longer scary because action brings in larger income. ME is losing its allure because of the business choices Bioware and EA made in the end (see what I did there?). So stop worrying about the fans and focus on what you enjoy. The fans can’t ruin a gaming experience unless you let them…

Lub,
Mugenite :)

Look, in all honest truth I kinda saw this horrible ending coming. Bioware has not been on a role lately, if you haven’t noticed. Dragon Age 2 was decent but wasn’t even a good game compared to its predecessor. The Old Republic was not only 60 dollars but had a 15 dollar monthly fee. The game in of itself was like playing every other KOTR game except there happened to be other players around you. How in gods name can anyone charge you this much for something this ok at best, that happens to have multiplayer. Of course there was that mass effect book problem but that wasn’t so much as bioware’s fault. Lastly we have the actual game. The Tali photo-shop thing was a true act of laziness and there was that Javik thing. In light of everything that has happened yes i am a bit pist at bioware.

I realize only now that narrative coherence doesn’t exist in itself as a single word, the terms exist individually are intertwined I will list out their definitions here

narrative: A narrative is a constructive format (as a work of speech, writing, song, film, television, video games, photography or theatre) that describes a sequence of non-fictional or fictional events. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare, “to recount”, and is related to the adjective gnarus, “knowing” or “skilled”.[1] courtesy of wikipedia

wikipedia has way to many listing for coherence i’ll have to search through my college english composition books later to find the full definition
coherence: to break it down, coherence is basically the flow of a story, or essay, it draws on the established information provided at the introduction to the essay or story, a document or story without coherence will ultimately fail to keep the attention of the reading audience and in turn very quickly dissolves and the reader or viewer cannot find a leg to stand on, Even the journalists on this site have to utilize coherence in their articles or the article breaks down into ramblings of mad men.