Re: My first playthrough thoughts, as a completionist

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@JamieK81 wrote:

I just wish when they do make another Mass Effect game, EA isn't cheap on the budget and they MUST be patient and let bioware do their damn game without being rushed, when it comes to rushing games out to get profit as quickly as possible really makes them look like impatient children that can't wait for their rewards for their efforts.

The game was in development at BioWare Montreal for 5 years, which is the same amount of time spent of Mass Effect 2 and 3 combined. Due to mismanagement at BioWare they had to scrap most of it and start almost from scratch 18 months before the game was released. They pulled resources from Anthem to course correct MEA. EA also offered Bioware more time, but it appears BioWare didn't accept that offer. This game took an incredible long time to make and must have cost them a fortune. EA has rushed games before (Dragon Age II), but this is definitely not one of them.

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@Fred_vdpwrote:

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@JamieK81wrote:

I just wish when they do make another Mass Effect game, EA isn't cheap on the budget and they MUST be patient and let bioware do their damn game without being rushed, when it comes to rushing games out to get profit as quickly as possible really makes them look like impatient children that can't wait for their rewards for their efforts.

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The game was in development at BioWare Montreal for 5 years, which is the same amount of time spent of Mass Effect 2 and 3 combined. Due to mismanagement at BioWare they had to scrap most of it and start almost from scratch 18 months before the game was released. They pulled resources from Anthem to course correct MEA. EA also offered Bioware more time, but it appears BioWare didn't accept that offer. This game took an incredible long time to make and must have cost them a fortune. EA has rushed games before (Dragon Age II), but this is definitely not one of them.

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Really? wow, i stand corrected.

Though it does prove my point to a degree.....but instead of impatience, it was Pride. lol

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@JamieK81 wrote:

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.....but instead of impatience, it was Pride. lol

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But pride (or despair) on the part of BioWare, not EA. 

People have a very bad habit of blaming EA as if the studios can do no wrong, and the publisher no right.  I've never understood that.

Well, considering most of the time it is the publisher that tells the developer to rush it out the door.

@JamieK81; No, they actually don't.  That's what people who don't work in the business always assume, and it's always easier to point the finger at the corporate "them" than take responsibility one's self. Which is why studio folk encourage, or at least don't dispute, that narrative. Authors, directors, game developers want it perfect.  Publishers want it finished.  There's always that tension, but that's part of every creative endeavor being funded by someone else.  Both want/need it to be successful!

And with one notable exception, (lookin' at you, DA2...) EA have a long history of giving the RPG and action-game developers a lot of flexibility in determining when something's ready.  (Obviously the annual updates to the sports franchises have a hard deadline, but also a much easier one to meet.)