EA "lost some fans" with Dragon Age II
Publisher listening, too
Couple weeks ago BioWare acknowledged the heavy criticism against Dragon Age II and its somewhat radical changes, a few of which it fixed up with the 1.03 patch. Publisher EA is being attentive as well; EA Games Label boss Frank Gibeau notes while they gained some fans with the sequel, they lost some, too.
"We were clearly disappointed with some of the response from the fanbase, because we want them to be as excited about it as we are," he says. "We're very proud of the game. We tried to innovate and do some different things with the combat system and some of the way we told story. For some fans it worked well. In fact, we brought a lot of new fans into the Dragon Age franchise. But to be honest, we lost some fans as well. They were not pleased with some of the innovations and things we'd done. We understand that and we're listening."
Gibeau assures feedback will make it into the next instalment.
"As we think about where we take the franchise next, we're going to take that into consideration and really engage them," he says. "Ray [Muzyka] and Greg [Zeschuk] have built a long career being close to their fanbase and understanding what they want. If they do something in a direction that is innovative and fresh for some but not for others, they'll take that into consideration as we think about the next design and where the game goes from here."
Source: Eurogamer
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Though I'm a Dragon Age Fan, and I find DAII really neat!
At least they're willing to acknowledge the many flaws that exist within Dragon Age II and hopefully they know how to improve upon them for the third game. I have faith in Bioware, even if I would rather slit my throat with the DA2 disc than ever play it again. EA are to blame for rushing things with DA2 and I pity a studio like Bioware being forced to churn out crap to accommodate for their publisher. Bioware put a lot of care and time into their games... usually. I can only hope they don't get stuck with producing a title as disappointing for me as DA2 again. It's wonderful to get more fans to a game, more money = more games after all but they need to take greater consideration into what could get a larger player base instead of essentially just putting elves in Mass Effect. <_<
There's a fine line between refining a game to appeal to a wider audience and making it into a button mashing exercise in how to shit on everything your character did in the first game. (Or is that just for my Hawke and Warden? XD)
All ranting aside (and I've had this comment dragging on for way too long, not to mention the inevitable assault from Bioware ass-kis- er, loyalists) DA2 wasn't the worst game I've ever played, it was just one of the worst, but there's no denying it had its good moments where it actually felt like Origins again for a little while and moments like that are why I still have some (fleeting) hope that Bioware will redeem themselves with Dragon Age III.