Origin refunding Mass Effect 3 purchases

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Scoobes said:

ishiki said:

It has 2.1 or 2.2 stars on amazon. I don't think I've ever seen the public be this hard.

For instance some of the other most hated on games this gen FF14 has a 2.4 stars or Dragon age 2 with 3.3 stars.

Now I personally think FF14 is actually that bad, and Dragon age 2, I've never been sure how I feel about it (it's dumb downed yes, but I like the characters, and the gameplays still really fun), the dungeon re-use was quite inexcusable since they are in fact different dungeons, that are the same dungeon.

ME3 people I think aren't being so rational, and people are being big babies about it. Even if they are dissapointed (I am a bit). It's a videogame, things are not going to be exactly how you want them. Your desicions do affect the game, but don't affect the ending. I thought a lot of the things were taking the easy way instead of making your decisions more meaningful, but that's kinda the way Mass effects been the whole series. In ME2, killing the council has really no effect on the game.

I pretty much agree with everything in this post except for FF14 which I haven't played and cannot express an informed opinion on.

Yes the ending to ME3 was disappointing in some ways, but it was just different. It wasn't generic, and from a lot of comments, that's why they're disappointed. If they were given a generic and typical ending to a space odyssey, they'd be happier. For gods sakes get over it. You're not the games' developers. The fact that Bioware managed to create a game where players become that emotionally invested is a blessing.

At the end of the day, everyones journey through the Mass Effect universe has been different, yet still within the confines of the developers vision. That should be praised. Not all these complaints about what amounts to 15 minutes out of 60+ hours of gameplay.

@ Bolded, this I think is where the anger comes from. I haven't beaten ME3 yet, and guess I'm only roughly half-way, so I don't know any of the endings. However I think the attachment to these characters expecially for PC and 360 owners is huge and spans a console generation. While I do think some of the response might be unreasonable, I understand the investment many players have with this franchise.

I personally have played all 3 on PC, and that after not really feeling ME1 on 360 and then after playing ME2 going back and working my way through the series I became addicted. Sometimes I think with such a profound epic like Shepards's no ending can really ever satisfy. That said having not finished I can only offer my perspective in the moment. Planning on putting in a few hours tonight.