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In one of the tweets announcing 1.06 one of the devs said they are going right into 1.07 - so i am hoping its out in the next 2 weeks as opposed to a month like the last one..
...I have said this a number of times, but man - this game could have been sooo good at launch and received much better reviews if EA just gave/let Bioware have 2-3 extra months of dev time. There would have been none of the bad press about the lip syncing/animations and they could have effectively released as 1.07 being 1.00 if you get my drift... \
While some people may not really care - there was an article i read today saying Mass Effect is on hiatus - meaning no sequel to this or a new ME game for quite a while, beyond the normal 2-4 year or so dev time... This is directly related to poor sales which is directly related to poor reviews which is a direct result of bugs/issues which is directly related to EA being greedy and not giving Bioware enough time...This sux so bad as ME is seriously one of my favourite game series ever, and it seems EA has totally messed this up...
I hope the talk of Hiatus is wrong or blown out of proportion - i hope there will be another ME in 2-3 years (even if they chill back on the open world/scope and go back to a more focused (but still non-linear) style like ME2)
Back on track ... I think/hope patch 1.07 will be out in about 2 weeks...
(I freaking love ME:A - Just not how EA has handled the situation)
@nickc2496 wrote:
In one of the tweets announcing 1.06 one of the devs said they are going right into 1.07 - so i am hoping its out in the next 2 weeks as opposed to a month like the last one..
...I have said this a number of times, but man - this game could have been sooo good at launch and received much better reviews if EA just gave/let Bioware have 2-3 extra months of dev time. There would have been none of the bad press about the lip syncing/animations and they could have effectively released as 1.07 being 1.00 if you get my drift... \
While some people may not really care - there was an article i read today saying Mass Effect is on hiatus - meaning no sequel to this or a new ME game for quite a while, beyond the normal 2-4 year or so dev time... This is directly related to poor sales which is directly related to poor reviews which is a direct result of bugs/issues which is directly related to EA being greedy and not giving Bioware enough time...This sux so bad as ME is seriously one of my favourite game series ever, and it seems EA has totally messed this up...
I hope the talk of Hiatus is wrong or blown out of proportion - i hope there will be another ME in 2-3 years (even if they chill back on the open world/scope and go back to a more focused (but still non-linear) style like ME2)
Back on track ... I think/hope patch 1.07 will be out in about 2 weeks...
(I freaking love ME:A - Just not how EA has handled the situation)
That article: http://www.pcgamer.com/report-mass-effect-on-hiatus-bioware-montreal-transitioning-to-a-support-studio/
The word "hiatus" does scare me a bit and definitely disappoints me. It seems as if they are re-allocating employees from Bioware Montreal to work on Star Wars Battlefront 2. I think this will definitely impact any DLC coming out this year, but hopefully the staff that remains will still be working on patching the game.
Even with the luke warm reception MEA received at launch, I can't imagine them completely abandoning the ME universe. I really love MEA, and I agree that if they had taken (or been allowed to take) another 2 or 3 months before launch, MEA would have gotten a better reception.