The question of the month: Will you keep your subscription up? and why?

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This is my biggest gripe with the storytelling. That dark council must have quite the number of seats and that Wrath isn't really THE enforcer now is it? The Jedi order? That council chamber in Tython is going to have to start selling chairs at the door.

Jedi should never progress beyond knight or master at the most. Sith should never rise above lord or darth. The whole 1st chapter of BH should have been scrapped, in my opinion.

When I saw AoC opening video about *YOU* being the chosen one I asked myself "wait, what? Is this a singleplayer game?". It's very disappointing and lame.

Just curious... are you comparing their success (or lack thereof) to your own expectations, or are you appropriately comparing it to their peers?

Because, if you compare to their peers...well, the volume speaks for itself...

However, if you're comparing it to your own expectations, is it possible that those expectations are not all within the realm of reality?

Just food for thought...

As for your last statement, only the players are heroes, not everybody...

Nope, to their peers... and to BioWare's own work before DA2.

The players are everybody. NPCs don't count.

DA2 - practically a joke compared to their previous work.

ME3 - weakest game in the series, and the worst ending ever written in any medium.

SWTOR - most linear MMO ever made, with weak uninspired group content. Even if you ignore the MMO part of it and just focus on the single player experience, it doesn't compare to even the worst of BioWare's own single player RPGs, because all choices lead to the same consequences.

Well...I can't comment on DA or DA2. I bought DA, played 30 minutes, was disgusted that I couldn't turn off all that awful blood, and took it back. So, I didn't play those.

However, generally speaking, it's a great challenge for any author, screenwriter, or gamewriter to "one-up" with a sequel. In all the movies I've watched, books I've read, games I've played, very rarely does the sequel measure up to the original.

That has more to do with aesthetics, though, than actual game or story board. It has also has to do with the fact that the audience just does NOT like change. And the inherent part of a sequel is the embracing of change.

For instance, I almost did not get past the fact that you-know-who died at the beginning of Bourne Supremacy. I just about ejected the disk right then and there.

The players are NOT everybody. Because of companions. It's high time to think outside the box WoW and WoW-like games have stuffed us in, don't you think?

Why? Companions are little more than pets. It's a pretty safe bet that most people use the companion that compliments their class bets, not whose personality they like the most. They are nice to have, but just so I can solo Heroic quests because lord knows there's no real people around to group with.

Furthermore, they have such minor bit parts that they may as well not exist. Get 2000 rep? Have a convo on the ship. Get 4000 rep, have a convo on the ship? Get 6000 rep, go on one mission if it's one of the companions that has a mission, otherwise they go off to solo it themselves. Who the hell cares? Bringing a different companion to the same quest doesn't change the outcome of events.

Your companions have zero impact on the world, just like you.

Also, see my edit above.

It's not about "one-upping" themselves in a sequel. It's a clear decline in quality in gameplay mechanics. They keep jamming story down people's throats, while tearing out deep gameplay mechanics. That's not what people liked about BioWare games in the first place, it was always the gameplay first, story second.

Side note, DA2 sucked because it only had one environment and eliminated a lot of the RPG character development and tactical combat from the first game. They changed it to more of an action/adventure combat instead of iso-view tactical control.

It wasn't a bad game in general, and probably would have been pretty well received if it came out under a different name from another studio.

same here I have everything set to high except Anti-A.

My system
window 7 64-bit
AMD Phenom II X^ 1055T
6GB of Ram
ATI Radeon HD 5800 series

It's all a matter of perspective. You're viewing from a game perspective, I view it from a first-person roleplay, story perspective. After all, that's why I play and love BioWare games. The 3PS aspect of the gameplay is the awesome part. I wouldn't be as happy if it was just an interactive cinematic like FF XIII.

If you choose to view it that way, sure. I can't change your mind. That's totally up to you.

There are many, including myself, who play BioWare games for story first. BioWare has made NO ATTEMPT to hide the fact that TOR is for those players. If you're not one, it's not your fault. But nor is BioWare lacking anything. It's just a difference. No one's "wrong"...

Possibly. Again, I can't comment. Didn't play. Too much needless, unnecessary blood that you couldn't turn off in Options...

No because the game has a lot of potential. I will not unsub, the amount of content they can and will dish out is extrodinairy. Space Battles (PvP) ,Vehicle PvP, Capital City raids, Planet Contest. The skys are not the limit in this game... Space is.

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