Mass Effect 3 is coming out in less than a month and I'm still fairly excited. Of course, my excitement has started to wane a bit with the story leaks (didn't read them but heard skepticism about the quality) and the decision to include a tacked-on multiplayer mode. I still have a bit of faith in Bioware but I can't help but be a little worried.
It doesn't really help that ME3 has been in the news so much lately, usually in a negative light. First was the team's decision to not include gamepad support on the PC version. I do play the PC version but I feel the M+KB controls are optimal. It still seems a little weird that they didn't go ahead and put the feature in, seeing as everything (even indie games) nowadays at least has the support. The developers arguments that it plays better on the M+KB anyways may be true but everyone likes options.
And today, EA has done something else a bit sketchy. They were offering a promotion deal of a free copy of Battlefield 3 if you pre-ordered Mass Effect 3 on Origin. This was a fantastic deal - too fantastic, it seems. Today, they pulled the deal and have changed the terms of receiving the free copy of Battlefield 3, for the worse. It seems they didn't foresee how damn popular such a deal would be (duh, EA) and were hemorrhaging money way to fast.
All this bad press, plus my own dreadful feelings about the game itself, is making me really start to worry. Bioware is one of the most consistently awesome developers out there but even they can make mistakes, like the heavily-flawed Dragon Age 2. None of us will know until March 8th if the game turned out all right, something that shows just how far our faith in Bioware has dropped off since the amazing quality of ME2.
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