User blog comment:The Milkman/The Definitive Mass Effect Experience?/@comment-68.99.63.38-20121104060137/@comment-4237253-20121105012839

I'm saying BioWare has a bad record; they haven't been good to their fans. The comments you raised in no way said that this particular product is a travesty. I never said BioWare is a bad company for doing this, they're a bad company because they botch their own stories and lie to their customers.

I am not taking sides. You view any and all criticisms against BioWare as whining, when it's not. I said, as a standalone product, it is not a ripoff. However, considering how much BioWare has been screwing up a lot lately, this doesn't seem like a smart idea, especially so close to the release of their last game. I call them out whenever they make mistakes; if it seems like I'm bashing them, it's because they're making a lot of stupid decisions. I give praise where it is due, but truth be told, I'm a fan of good writing, not of BioWare. I'm not going to adamantly defend BioWare when they screw up, only when they are wrong.

Again, you're making this about something it isn't. Who here considered the storytellers our slaves? Not all of us. Now, we expect a good story, not neccisarily our story, but a good one. For example, Resistance 3 didn't end the way I wanted to, but I didn't criticise Insomniac for it, because it was still well-written. As a storyteller myself, I can say that writers should be in service to those that experience their stories. Should BioWare do everything fans ask? No. Should they listen? Yes.

Oh, and don't accuse the fan base of having a lack of respect, because BioWare has zero respect for its fans in the first place.