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It was probably number 4, they know it's going to sell anyway so why bother? Almost every big game series degenerates into that after a few sequels.Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
MimicFaux wrote:I remember my first time, full of wonderment and excitement playing this game I had heard so many stories about.
on the arrival shuttle, I saw the iconic toolbox on the ground. I clubbed myself in the head with it trying to figure out the controls.
Setting the tool box, now bloodied, back on the table; I went to heal myself with a medkit. I clubbed myself in the head with that too.
I've come a long ways from asking how to switch hands.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
EDIT: You're splitting hairs here. #3 could fall under either my first or second options for why this got fucked. In your example either nobody had the experience to tell this new hire not to take risks on a new animation rig, nobody recognized she was doing bad work with it, or people just didn't want to correct her.Drynwyn wrote:Timbrewolf wrote:What's most amazing about this is that nobody, at any point in time, looked over her shoulder and saw the work she was doing and said
"Hey...this isn't very good. What's going on here?"
Like this awful, awful work never threw up any kind of quality control flags.
Or did it?
There're two possibilities here:
1) People saw the work she was making and knew it was shit and didn't think to do anything about it (or couldn't) because she was a woman and they didn't want some kind of PR fiasco to come out. The "we NEED to have a woman do this" philosophy. Someone saw it, saw it was shit, but didn't say anything about it.
2) People just don't know what the fuck they're doing. People saw this internally and thought it was good. Nobody around had the talent or critical capacity to see this and think "Hey, something isn't right with this." People saw it, but because they're also shit heads or lack talent, didn't recognize it as bad.
Either way it's really fucking bad, but the causes are completely different. Honestly, it would be better for Bioware if it was the former. They could just sack this one fool, and maybe fire whoever hired her and the people responsible for overseeing this shit and move on. Make good games again.
If it's the latter than the whole enterprise is just a ship of fools and there's really no fixing that.
You're missing 2 possibilities:
3) Something went wrong, that wasn't immediately obvious, and it was too late to fix it without delaying the game's release. For example, perhaps they used a new facial animation skeleton that they eventually figured out would not produce what they wanted. But, by the time they came to the realization, it was too late to do anything about it without delaying the release. No "we can't have someone else do it for PR reasons", no "We think this is good", but you still get a shitty game.
4) Insufficient resourcing. Would not shock me to learn that a corporation did not distribute sufficient resources to produce quality content for a sequel to a known cash cow.
Scenario #4 falls under my alternative plan that everyone is a fucking idiot. But it's kind of a stupid assumption to make anyway given that this is an EA game and they put five years of work into making it. I don't think it's a budget problem, but likely the talent problem. Evidence has surfaced that this animator wasn't qualified for their position. Unless by insufficient resources you mean they couldn't afford to hire someone who actually knew what they were doing?
For reference Mass Effect three was only in development for about 2 years and a little change, with an estimated budget of $40 million. Pointing to a time/resources crunch as a possible failing when Andromeda had twice as much time in production seems wrong.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
Bioware games are not a cashcow. They don't make that much money compared to annualized titles like battlefield or FIFA.
From what I understand EA keeps Bioware around mostly for the brand strength and the typically high metascores they produce. Bioware makes EA look good by producing "award-winning quality games".
Theres a whole mountain of reasons why the animantions ended up as they are. It's not something you could pinpoint one thing that's responsible. Dryn has the right idea, though.
From what I understand EA keeps Bioware around mostly for the brand strength and the typically high metascores they produce. Bioware makes EA look good by producing "award-winning quality games".
Theres a whole mountain of reasons why the animantions ended up as they are. It's not something you could pinpoint one thing that's responsible. Dryn has the right idea, though.
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Who is this guy?
Who is this guy?
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
According to datamining there's cuckolding with one of the gay romances.
Beautiful.
Beautiful.
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I want to believeDrPillzRedux wrote:According to datamining there's cuckolding with one of the gay romances.
Beautiful.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
Apparently it goes like this
>FemRyder gay romance
>partner asks if she can use some guy so they can have kids
>if you refuse they get mad and call you rude
>FemRyder gay romance
>partner asks if she can use some guy so they can have kids
>if you refuse they get mad and call you rude
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bandit wrote:what is this
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
my sides holy shitDrPillzRedux wrote:Apparently it goes like this
>FemRyder gay romance
>partner asks if she can use some guy so they can have kids
>if you refuse they get mad and call you rude
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
oy vey goyim be progressive
That said, EA has stated they won't ban you if you use a VPN to unlock the game early, only if you buy it from another region where it's cheaper. If you use a South Korea or Hong Kong VPN you can play early tomorrow morning.
That said, EA has stated they won't ban you if you use a VPN to unlock the game early, only if you buy it from another region where it's cheaper. If you use a South Korea or Hong Kong VPN you can play early tomorrow morning.
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bandit wrote:what is this
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
>bioware
your fault for trusting it after da2/inquisition/me3
your fault for trusting it after da2/inquisition/me3
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
I am not going to pay Bioware a single shekel. The only way I'll be playing this game is if somebody gifts it to me.DrPillzRedux wrote: buy it
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
More APEX missions and credits for me
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bandit wrote:what is this
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Well, as far as cuck stuff goes
'Gay couple using an outside non-gay person to have kids' is probably not that bad compared to the usual shit.
But like. You've got spaceships and shit. Just get a babby grown in a lab or something
'Gay couple using an outside non-gay person to have kids' is probably not that bad compared to the usual shit.
But like. You've got spaceships and shit. Just get a babby grown in a lab or something
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
But that means someone at Bioware won't get to push zher cuckold fantasy at us.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
I've been involved in cuck drama before
It sounds like a great offer, fuck someone's girlfriend. But it's not worth it. It really isn't
It sounds like a great offer, fuck someone's girlfriend. But it's not worth it. It really isn't
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
There is nothing cool in cuckolding.
Remember: Cuckolding is NEVER okay!
Remember: Cuckolding is NEVER okay!
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The only person who appears to have a vendetta here is you, you've been defending them for this ugly animation and crappy voice work since the thread started.Qbopper wrote:ITT: two people with a weird vendetta against this game circlejerk while everyone clicks "mark threads read"
Do you work at the studio or something?
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
mass effect fans are a special brand of edgy
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
no i think the game is laughably terrible lookingoranges wrote:The only person who appears to have a vendetta here is you, you've been defending them for this ugly animation and crappy voice work since the thread started.Qbopper wrote:ITT: two people with a weird vendetta against this game circlejerk while everyone clicks "mark threads read"
Do you work at the studio or something?
i just see two people posting about this game a ton and it's mostly those two specifically
EDIT: it's cute you think i'd have a job/get paid to shill
Limey wrote:its too late.
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>people are talking about things im mad
it takes a special kind of autism for this
it takes a special kind of autism for this
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bandit wrote:what is this
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
when did I say I was mad? I just thought it was funny
Limey wrote:its too late.
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i was just pretending to be retarded
Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
When the reapers raped earth did they destroy all knowledge of IVF treatment and turkey basters?DrPillzRedux wrote:Apparently it goes like this
>FemRyder gay romance
>partner asks if she can use some guy so they can have kids
>if you refuse they get mad and call you rude
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
Ah the humble turkey baster, as ever the first lostech casualty of any deeply flawed last man on earth sex fantasy.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
I dunno, people leave for Andromeda, which in itself was secret, sometime between 2 and 3. It was funded by a MYSTERIOUS BENEFACTOR.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
>Turkey basters
Did you get that from Don't Breathe or just think of it on your own?
Did you get that from Don't Breathe or just think of it on your own?
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it's from their own personal experience
Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
What?
You've never heard of rug munchers getting jizz from the sperm bank and using a turkey baster as an applicator?
You've never heard of rug munchers getting jizz from the sperm bank and using a turkey baster as an applicator?
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
calm down ryderQbopper wrote:when did I say I was mad? I just thought it was funny
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[youtube]Hhg-RTp414E[/youtube]
Apparently they deliberately make it difficult to make white characters.
Apparently they deliberately make it difficult to make white characters.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
give them their "i bet a WOMYN did this" threadQbopper wrote:i just see two people posting about this game a ton and it's mostly those two specifically
MimicFaux wrote:I remember my first time, full of wonderment and excitement playing this game I had heard so many stories about.
on the arrival shuttle, I saw the iconic toolbox on the ground. I clubbed myself in the head with it trying to figure out the controls.
Setting the tool box, now bloodied, back on the table; I went to heal myself with a medkit. I clubbed myself in the head with that too.
I've come a long ways from asking how to switch hands.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
This is an interesting take on things
[youtube]v-0nCsE2zMA[/youtube]
Bioware might be intentionally making female characters ugly in order to order the females are eye candy trope. Hunky man candy is fine though.
[youtube]v-0nCsE2zMA[/youtube]
Bioware might be intentionally making female characters ugly in order to order the females are eye candy trope. Hunky man candy is fine though.
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well I mean that's a bit rude, there's no ne-Ricotez wrote:give them their "i bet a WOMYN did this" threadQbopper wrote:i just see two people posting about this game a ton and it's mostly those two specifically
nvmMalkevin wrote:This is an interesting take on things
[youtube]v-0nCsE2zMA[/youtube]
Bioware might be intentionally making female characters ugly in order to order the females are eye candy trope. Hunky man candy is fine though.
Limey wrote:its too late.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
What are you talking about, Scott Ryder is a pathetic manlet with Robbie Rotten haircutHunky man candy is fine though.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
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bandit wrote:what is this
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
I really want to know if there's a secret transexual in this game. There must be. +300 points, if they reveal it juts before or even after the sex scene.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
ME:A's ending was just streamed. I expected nothing, and I'm still disappointed.
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What happens? You can spoil it, I don't care
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No, no words can do it justice. See it for yourselves.
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InsaneHyena wrote:No, no words can do it justice. See it for yourselves.
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
TELL THEM WE'RE HOME
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I have no idea what I was expecting, but it actually looked like nothing happened. You got in a big fight with a few robot tentacles, pressed two buttons, killed the chucklefuck that was controlling it and saved the day from what seems to be absolutely nothing.
Underwhelming doesn't even begin to describe it and I'm not even a fan of the series
Underwhelming doesn't even begin to describe it and I'm not even a fan of the series
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looks like someone didn't tell them we're homeShadowDimentio wrote:I have no idea what I was expecting, but it actually looked like nothing happened. You got in a big fight with a few robot tentacles, pressed two buttons, killed the chucklefuck that was controlling it and saved the day from what seems to be absolutely nothing.
Underwhelming doesn't even begin to describe it and I'm not even a fan of the series
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You mean, you didn't like it? What are you, guys, sexists or something?
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NSFW: A BUTT NAKED ALIEN GOT BLACKED
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Re: Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)
Like I actually don't get how that guy was a threat. He had like 3 drones wandering around his room and the robot tentacles only reached like 30 feet. Just weld the door shut until he quits trying to mindfuck the AI or whatever he was doing and then let him out.
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