Right, it was really brilliant...lets throw everything away, have Joker be a coward, Shepard an idiot, all your choices not matter and crew members magically teleport across the galaxy.
Since when did your choices matter in the mass effect storyline? You could never really influence larger events, just the smaller things.
And the whole point of Mass Effect is that everyone could have their own story line, which means it should generally be fit to everyones liking, not pander to a very small segment.
You clearly didn't play mass effect, because that was not the point. You didn't get to influence the larger story line stuff by much, you made decisions in them, yes, but the overall outcome was never that largely different depending on what choice you made.
By which you mean something like 80% of the people polled hated it, so obviously they should leave it alone.
I was never asked to use some poll. It's not representative.
The ending was an inconsistent piece of crap.
That's your opinion, not mine, I thought it was brilliant.
The rest of the game was great, but... it seems that many people played the game not for the gameplay, but for the universe and the story...
I've found a lot of people are mad because they couldn't change the larger storyline, just the smaller bits, as always been the case in the Mass Effect series, then suddenly now people are mad for a variety of reasons, including not being able to change the major storyline and citing Mass Effect 2 and original Mass Effect as examples where you could, but actually couldn't.
People are also mad because they don't get their happy ending. Let's not forget the fact that they are mad that it's actually ending, there is no more story so they feel a huge sense of loss - That's good story telling.
Bioware should leave it alone. There are many gamers such as my self that found the game fine as is. Of course,the ones disappointed are going to be the vocal ones.
Sorry, I'm new here, but I have to respectfully disagree with you on the DL rate on Origin. Granted I live in LA, and I do pay for the fastest speed available through TWC (in my area), but there is no difference in DL speeds between Steam, Origin or a properly seeded torrent for me. All of them bounce between 1.8MB/s - 2.1MB/s. If you are seriously only getting 100KB/s through Origin, then you may need to fix a setting somewhere...
I live in the UK and I get the same 100KBps speed from Origin regardless of using hardwired broadband or 3G internet (both different providers).
Is that still popular? When they banned anything regarding 'adult' works, it seemed to had lost it's community (and I wasn't even there for the adult works at the time).
You know what is not clear? What the hell to click on for things to work. Somewhere in that morass of gui they forgot to make it usable.
I don't know, seemed simple enough to me. Not much different from my phone.
Oh it 'works' if you know exactly what to do. I just can not WAIT for when my family gets ahold of this gui disaster and they get to relearn how to just do something simple like 'open an application' and 'close it'.
Makes you wonder how people ever managed to use DOS. But then I remember people hating Windows 95 because it was so different to DOS. I imagine Metro is going to be something similar to this.
just a quibble -- I can (and did) move my Steam dir off my system drive to my storage drive.
The difference is that you can install different games to different location. Not the entire Steam installation. I have Battlefield 3 installed on my C drive while Mass Effect 3 is on the D drive. All installed through Origin.
Weird issue with UT 3, no work around? That sucks Is it only the steam version? Is there other versions? That's one particular game.
It's a "black edition" thing.
Yeah, what about the fact that you need a PS2 now for PS2 games, that they removed capability to play older games? Not all of us want 50 consoles hooked up to our TV at once, or to have to constantly swap them if we feel like playing an older game for a little while.
We can't get everything we want in life. I'm sure some people want to have a single console that can play xbox 360, PS3 and Wii games. Still, despite the annoyance, of swapping cables, it really isn't that hard.
Right - on my PC, where do I not need to purchase multiple "PCs" to play my games, or if I purchased a "newer" pc, unable to play my older games on it. Not sure what you're getting at.
Depends really. There are nVidia 560s that won't work with battlefield games (2 & 3). If you're you're talking about compatability problems, I can forsee them happening on PC, since they are currently happening. Although I don't really see the issue being as bad as a console, where you wouldn't have to swap out your brand new graphics card each time you wanted to play battlefield.
If they try to make it like a PC, locked games, everything is similiar to PC DRM, all files are digital etc, so virtually it's a complete PC, with a limited OS, and a controller instead of a mouse and keyboard (which they basically are anyway) I won't buy any console related stuff, ever.
People said the same things about Windows XP's activation, yet I have found many of those people are using Windows now. I also know people who said similar things about Steam's DRM, yet they are using Steam now. I'm not really convinced about the conviction of people when it comes to matters like this.
The UK government needs to be FINED huge for this. They are the problem.
I vote they kick the UK out instead. Then the UK wouldn't have such a horrible dip in tax money due to paying EU membership fees as well as uncontrolled immigration issues and resolve problems like the common fisheries policy.
We're talking about used games though. People I think will be more likely to pirate vs the cost of always and only being able to purchase new games.
Steam has proven that despite the lack of resale, such a system can be successful, if not the dominant redistribution platform.
The only place I'm content with my games right now which I can't "sell" is my PC, because I can play it on all PCs, and don't have to upgrade to a PC3 or PC4 or whatever to play my newest games, and at the same time lose all my old ones.
I can still get NES consoles to this day. I'm not really convinced there is an issue here.
Before someone goes 'But dos games don't work!' Yea they do, dosbox, steam gams include it pre-configured, which is nice.
How about Unreal Tournament 3 on Steam doesn't have working dialog speech on Windows Vista (works fine in Windows 7 and XP)?
This is a long standing issue that is not going to be resolved.
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I don't see Anonymous being an actual political party here in the UK, no idea what you're talking about.
Since when did your choices matter in the mass effect storyline? You could never really influence larger events, just the smaller things.
You clearly didn't play mass effect, because that was not the point. You didn't get to influence the larger story line stuff by much, you made decisions in them, yes, but the overall outcome was never that largely different depending on what choice you made.
I was never asked to use some poll. It's not representative.
That's your opinion, not mine, I thought it was brilliant.
I've found a lot of people are mad because they couldn't change the larger storyline, just the smaller bits, as always been the case in the Mass Effect series, then suddenly now people are mad for a variety of reasons, including not being able to change the major storyline and citing Mass Effect 2 and original Mass Effect as examples where you could, but actually couldn't.
People are also mad because they don't get their happy ending. Let's not forget the fact that they are mad that it's actually ending, there is no more story so they feel a huge sense of loss - That's good story telling.
Because other people want to change what I got out of the game into something else.
Bioware should leave it alone. There are many gamers such as my self that found the game fine as is. Of course ,the ones disappointed are going to be the vocal ones.
I prefer mind.in.a.box, Daft Punk and Lady Gaga to this to be honest.
I doubt it, I don't even frequent the pirate bay.
What the hell are you talking about? The music industry isn't stopping me from getting on with my life.
It's already existed and died out due to lack of popularity.
It's only over 5000, most big publishers have more artists than that. This isn't even close to a significant majority of artists yet.
Over an optional filter?
It worked on my iPad and that doesn't support flash.
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I live in the UK and I get the same 100KBps speed from Origin regardless of using hardwired broadband or 3G internet (both different providers).
Is that still popular? When they banned anything regarding 'adult' works, it seemed to had lost it's community (and I wasn't even there for the adult works at the time).
I don't know, seemed simple enough to me. Not much different from my phone.
Makes you wonder how people ever managed to use DOS. But then I remember people hating Windows 95 because it was so different to DOS. I imagine Metro is going to be something similar to this.
I am using a dual monitor setup.
No idea what you're talking about here.
Something Awful, actually.
The difference is that you can install different games to different location. Not the entire Steam installation. I have Battlefield 3 installed on my C drive while Mass Effect 3 is on the D drive. All installed through Origin.
Metro seems to work fine on my desktop computer? I'm not really seeing how this doesn't work with a mouse cursor.
Why?
I'm sceptical that you have heard much French music.
It's a "black edition" thing.
We can't get everything we want in life. I'm sure some people want to have a single console that can play xbox 360, PS3 and Wii games. Still, despite the annoyance, of swapping cables, it really isn't that hard.
Depends really. There are nVidia 560s that won't work with battlefield games (2 & 3). If you're you're talking about compatability problems, I can forsee them happening on PC, since they are currently happening. Although I don't really see the issue being as bad as a console, where you wouldn't have to swap out your brand new graphics card each time you wanted to play battlefield.
People said the same things about Windows XP's activation, yet I have found many of those people are using Windows now. I also know people who said similar things about Steam's DRM, yet they are using Steam now. I'm not really convinced about the conviction of people when it comes to matters like this.
I vote they kick the UK out instead. Then the UK wouldn't have such a horrible dip in tax money due to paying EU membership fees as well as uncontrolled immigration issues and resolve problems like the common fisheries policy.
Steam has proven that despite the lack of resale, such a system can be successful, if not the dominant redistribution platform.
I can still get NES consoles to this day. I'm not really convinced there is an issue here.
How about Unreal Tournament 3 on Steam doesn't have working dialog speech on Windows Vista (works fine in Windows 7 and XP)?
This is a long standing issue that is not going to be resolved.