Volourn said:"Bioware are simply not making games that pander to people who frequent this forum"
That's because tyhey don't need to. the Codex are hardcore RPG nerds so they're gonna buy pretty much anything remotely RPGish no matter how much they rant about how x game sucking.
deus101 said:So are people that play Simulators, but you dont see their niches taken over by greedy spacejewsdraconians.
Volourn said:"Bioware are simply not making games that pander to people who frequent this forum"
That's because tyhey don't need to. the Codex are hardcore RPG nerds so they're gonna buy pretty much anything remotely RPGish no matter how much they rant about how x game sucking.
Take Diablo 2, for example. I know it's an action RPG, but the game doesn't make any attempts to ease people into the stats and skills thing. Sold 1 mil in the first 2 weeks (looking very dated), 4 mil in about a year, over 10 mil by 2010. The fucking thing still keeps selling and was on top 10 charts last year.
Azrael the cat said:Deus Ex did just that
I think this is where your plan breaks down.Haba said:the new gaming world, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the true cRPG genre.
BecauseSerious Business said:keep wondering why people care so much
jiujitsu said:So, Medal of Honor and Grand Theft Auto are RPGs? Honestly, these guys should just stop calling their games RPGs. They are action games.
The reason they call them RPGs is to drag along the hardcore fanbase by giving them hope that they will get something they like.
Naked Ninja said:Really? I felt like I mastered it on a single normal mode playthrough and all they did was make everything tougher and more resistant in later modes. It's not like the creatures suddenly started using different tactics in further difficulty levels. It was a cheap trick designed to string along the OCD crowd, not a miraculous or complex design.
But whatever, regardless of Bioware's competence, you can't hold D2 up as a counterexample to DA2 design choices when it had the exact same philosophy.
laclongquan said:What do you expect from a guy with a name like my laid (down) law?
Stainless Veteran said:Volourn said:"Bioware are simply not making games that pander to people who frequent this forum"
That's because tyhey don't need to. the Codex are hardcore RPG nerds so they're gonna buy pretty much anything remotely RPGish no matter how much they rant about how x game sucking.
Codex? Buy?
Pretty easy to understand. They just want to make that in one year development, not ten years. EA Bioware don't give a fuck to the quality of this game, and that's a huge difference with blizzard, who :Take Diablo 2, for example. I know it's an action RPG, but the game doesn't make any attempts to ease people into the stats and skills thing. Sold 1 mil in the first 2 weeks (looking very dated), 4 mil in about a year, over 10 mil by 2010. The fucking thing still keeps selling and was on top 10 charts last year.
MetalCraze said:And obviously there will be many who will buy DA2
Haba said:The moment that you stop caring is the moment that you have lost. And they have won. It is serious business. Codex is the lone beacon of light that shines through the darkness, the last bastion of true RPGayming. One place where the real meaning* of RPG has not been forgotten.