I'll give the writer kudos for not using any form of the word "entitled" in the entire piece. That might make him the first.
Doesn't mean I agree with him. LivingTribunal took the words from my mouth.
It raised 80,000 before being shut down.
If you point out to your architect that he built you a house with no back wall, and all he does is add a patio, you still wouldn't be happy with him.
Then it appears that the response should be to keep caring, and keep raising the issue.
Unless they give SOME reason why the combined races could survive that, whether stranded or 'sploded, they've made it well nigh impossible to continue the Mass Effect universe in future games.
So if that doesn't change, any future game will be set in past wars we know the endings to already, or in what amounts to an entirely new universe. That makes me sad as hell.
Good job on them for making it free, but the English site does indicate that it's only going to be additional cinematics.
http://news.ea.com/portal/s...
So, It doesn't seem to have fixed much at all. Still theme breaking, still slapped on the end of a great story and nonsensical thematically and s...
I'm sorry if you disagree, but I'm afraid I don't see the harm in sending thousands of dollars in cash and cupcakes to charity and children to let a strongly supported opinion be known by the devs.
If the issue doesn't matter to you, that's fine, and I won't criticize you for that opinion, but please don't ridicule those of us who want to see the Mass Effect universe get an ending that seems like it was actually worked on.
You know what might make me saddest? As the current endings stand, it will be damn hard to ever CONTINUE the ME universe. We know they'll still make games, but I really don't want them all to be stuck in the wars that happened in the decades between the First Contact War, and the Reapers, or pulling new conflicts out of nowhere to happen on the sidelines. We might get some decent games if they write them well enough, but it makes me sad to think this universe might never progress furt...
How interesting would it be if the writers decided on the current farce of an ending after reading that prediction... Sad, yes, creatively devoid, yes, but also a nice kick in the teeth for the people screaming about artistic integrity.
There's also unidentified objects deep in the atmosphere of a gas giant, tombs of species with no clear origins, and numerous other galactic mysteries. Until the last ten minutes of the third game, not a single minute was spent referencing those "beings of light" from the first game, excluding the codex info on that planet. That's still a shoddy way to end such a tight story.
If anything, this just makes it feels like the "star child" was dredged u...
One of the things bothering me the most is how much the current endings are thrown in the face of all our previous decisions. The "best" ending, and the only one in which Shepard can survive forces you to
(Spoilers)
Kill off the Geth and EDI arbitrarily. Whatever happened to all the work to unite AI and organic of three whole games? Shepard doesn't voice a word of disagreement?
If Shepard must die, then fine, I don't have to like it, but it isn't ...
The article isn't saying that EA is taking the blame for retake Mass Effect, It's talking about the promotions EA did for the BF3 DLC back in December that was never shut down.