Soooo....Mass Effect 3

[Bolty]

Game's out today. While gaming critic reviews are generally positive, early player reviews are overwhelmingly negative. To an extreme extent: at the time of this posting, 402 negative to 96 positive on Metacritic. Compare that to the user scores for ME2: 78 negative to 1,048 positive. To be honest, I enjoy saying "I told you so" as much as the next guy, so I was starting to get a kick out of it...but even I don't want this. I want to have a game I can eventually enjoy someday when I don't feel that I'm being gouged by EA. These reviews are just consistently describing the game as a pile of trash:

This game is an irredeemable mess from start to finish. The animations and writing are a massive joke, even compared to the first 2 games. Don't get me wrong, I loved Mass Effect 1 and 2, but that's why I'm so incredibly disappointed. This is the last Bioware product I will ever play, they shown with SW TOR that they're incompetent at what they do, and this is just the icing on the cake.

Wow. Just wow. Bioware, EA, and gaming journalism in general have all reached a new low. It's almost sad, but I want to see where this tragic drama will end. I mean seriously, the gameplay is awful and the story is an abomination. I don't get it, i can't believe they could mess up as bad as they have. I hated ME2 back in the day for being too dumbed down, but even that was better than this. The only way I could get enjoyment out of this game is if I played it with the same mindset as I would Superman 64. And really, I don't know whether I should find this funny or depressing. It's a joke to be sure, but it's what that joke means that's truly sad. This will be the last Bioware product I even pay attention to. And don't get me started on DLC that you need to get the best ending and other such snot. This game is awful. Truly, truly awful. And those 'journalists' whose pockets are being lined with EA money even as we speak should be ashamed.

Sigh. F*** you, EA. Always.