Please show us a gameplay video that isn't with an Xbox controller. I know you're getting payed a lot to have the Xbox controller scheme in all your videos and I know you're playing this on a high end PC. You've said that you show this game on PC in previous videos for tech demo purposes. Yet still you insist on showing how dumb this game looks by playing it with a controller. Now seeing as DA:O handled like a squid operating a forklift on consoles and nobody really liked the controls in DA:O2 (or the game itself for that matter) you might have considered turning your attention back to the almighty PC master race where most of your fans originate from. You continue to shun us PC users because you had success with the brilliant Mass Effect series on console. The thing about ME is that it's a third person shooter, they kinda work better on consoles. tactical combat games do not hold up that well on consoles (see command and conquer 64 for reference)
It might come as a surprise to you but not many PC gamers play with a controller, we have consoles for that. Just show me that I can happily use the original controller scheme from DA:O (a mouse and keyboard in case you may have forgotten) and I will finally and gladly put down that pre-order for this game.
I think this game is interesting, beautiful to look at and very immersive. All that considered, a plethora of interesting and beautiful games have fallen victim to shoddy controls and never gotten that far off the ground and received panning from critics and consumers alike (see DA:O2, oh wait you made that never mind). They then go on to suffer from poor sales, loss of jobs from staff and sometimes even closure of companies.
I think that sometimes you large developers forget that we can make or break you with one or two bad games. If we're screaming out for something like a return to the old ways and styles of yesteryear maybe you should embrace some of that instead of trying to crush and forget something you used to do so well. Other companies have gone back to this formula (see Divinity: Original Sin) to receive critical acclaim. Imagine what would happen if a company such as yourself announced you were going to do a true sequel to Baldurs Gate. The internet would go into a frenzy!
I suppose the point of this little rant of mine is that don't forget about your old fans, the old guard, the people who put you where you are now. Obviously our opinion matters because we took the time to tell our friends about your games and how brilliant they were. In turn they told their friends and so on and so forth until you have the following that you have today. Without us you wouldn't be able to do what you're doing today.
Don't forget about us Bioware.
Sincerely, Nathan, a devoted fan.
P.S. show me a gameplay trailer without the stupid xbox controller! Seriously!
damn it bio-ware stop trying to make this a third person action game. It's not going to happen.
Come back to PC and make it a top down real time strategy. DA:2 didn't sell well on console for a reason and it didn't sell well on PC because you turned your back on your fans. Stop making stupid decisions!
Stop holding out on us and give us an actual game play trailer. We've learnt from Aliens:CM not to go out and pre-order everything because of hype.
I really don't have that much confidence in this game.
@JayQproductions @haze_blaze yeah true that. I admittedly waited for that first price drop too.
I hope it's backwards compatible because that's one of the things people got most upset about with the PS3 when they told everyone they were dropping that component pretty fast. didn't worry me that much though, I owned a PS2 and they were like $100 at the time of the PS3 launch. if you really wanted one you went and picked up a second hand one for about $50 whoopdee doo. the PS3 sadly has not had that massive drop but it might by the time of the PS4 release or the official announcement might see a drop in the price tag
@Mecamatt @happyemonathan haha yeah fair point. I can see them working on portable console and devices but i just can't see myself sitting down to play tablet or touch pad.It just feels a little strange but yeah maybe they will get it right.
On the other hand the PS Vita's touch pad still hasn't been used all that remarkably. Nor was the six axis control of the PS3 implemented all that well. I totally forgot about that being a thing after COD 3 had me rifle butting Germans by flinging my arms awkwardly sideways. I may be being a little cynical but i don't think that sony has the chops to be all that innovate when engaging it's target audience with these sorts of gimmicks. i shall refer to them as gimmicks until proven otherwise on February the 20th and at launch of the console
@haze_blaze I might hold out to the second stage of the system if they implement second hand restrictions. PC gamers had to go through this bull plop a few years ago where the game would only activate three times before becoming a useless piece of plastic. Changed computers 4 times since halo 2 came out for PC and now i have a disk that doesn't work.
happyemonathan's comments