Mass Effect 3

[ophidian]

Some notes about these things;

- Ubisoft's DRM is one-time check because they tried to adapt constant connection DRM and they got lots of negative feedback due to all kinds of issues, near to the humiliating aspect. Besides, their "great way to protect ourselves" DRM got cracked in about 8 days.

- Completely agree about EA f.ing up Westwood and anything Command and Conquer. They also f.ed up other studios in the past. Origin (turned into an abomination), Maxis, Bullfrog, now BioWare.

- Dragon Age: Origins was almost complete when EA acquired BioWare, that is why the game is somewhat playable. You can already see the effects of EA on that game like the NPCs trying to sell you DLC content while you are trying to emerge yourself into a RPG world.

- The Old Republic, BioWare's first "full EA integrated" game is a WoW clone with some candy elements. Nothing new, nothing innovative, simple copy cat. BioWare was the company to carry the tabletop RPG to our desktops in all its glory as a first back with Baldur's Gate. They were the ones to create innovative RPGs. Now they copy because it is a safe bet. It is not a terrible game, there are nice aspects, but the overall rating is... meh (not only my view, a general opinion).

- BioWare's new marketing strategy is terrible. Have you seen the new "collectors" packages they are selling? Cheap and awful tricks. I am not against people making money over what they create. I am against gaming companies being run by 3-piece suit penguins.

- Indie gaming will continue to rise. The only downfall at the moment is that bundle idea becoming too risky. They may over-do it and reduce the *value* of the games they are adding.

Gaming industry, especially EA since mid 90's, doing the exact same stupid, moronic, no-brains / no-iq mistakes that the music industry did.

Well, history repeats itself.

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