Ken Levine: People Wanting Mass Effect 3 Changes Will be Disappointed
BioWare also chimes in.
Ever since the release of Mass Effect 3, BioWare has been stuck between a rock and a hard place. Gamers and fans aren't exactly impressed with how the ending turned out, you see. But, should they get their way and BioWare changes it, will they be truly happy? Most likely not, says saddened BioShock creator Ken Levine.
The developer was speaking at a Smithsonian panel last week in Washington DC, and noted that people would only be disappointed if they got their own way. "I think this is an important moment," he said. He's very sad about this!
"I think if those people got what they wanted and [BioWare] wrote their ending they would be very disappointed in the emotional feeling they got because... they didn't really create it. This whole thing is making me a little bit sad because I don't think anyone would get what they wanted if that happened," Levine added.
BioWare Mythic's Paul Barnett was a bit less open-minded, explaining that creators have the final say on their own stories. "If computer games are art than I fully endorse the author of the artwork to have a statement about what they believe should happen. Just as J.K. Rowling can end her books and say that is the end of Harry Potter. I don't think she should be forced to make another one." Oh, snap!
Source: Vox
The developer was speaking at a Smithsonian panel last week in Washington DC, and noted that people would only be disappointed if they got their own way. "I think this is an important moment," he said. He's very sad about this!
"I think if those people got what they wanted and [BioWare] wrote their ending they would be very disappointed in the emotional feeling they got because... they didn't really create it. This whole thing is making me a little bit sad because I don't think anyone would get what they wanted if that happened," Levine added.
BioWare Mythic's Paul Barnett was a bit less open-minded, explaining that creators have the final say on their own stories. "If computer games are art than I fully endorse the author of the artwork to have a statement about what they believe should happen. Just as J.K. Rowling can end her books and say that is the end of Harry Potter. I don't think she should be forced to make another one." Oh, snap!
Source: Vox
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TheAuracle 21 Mar 2012 10:47
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"If computer games are art than I fully endorse the author of the artwork to have a statement about what they believe should happen. Just as J.K. Rowling can end her books and say that is the end of Harry Potter. I don't think she should be forced to make another one." ~ Paul Barnett
The preceding quote is the be-all and end-all of ME3 Ending-gate and I wholeheartedly agree. There's really no need for people act like complete and total children. If you didn't like the ending, fine. You didn't like the ending. Move on. Play something else.
The preceding quote is the be-all and end-all of ME3 Ending-gate and I wholeheartedly agree. There's really no need for people act like complete and total children. If you didn't like the ending, fine. You didn't like the ending. Move on. Play something else.
Vedexent 21 Mar 2012 11:32
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Sorry, I like video games as much as the next guy, but they are NOT art.
Distance the issue from the so called art augment and look at this for what it is: a commercial product advertised by the game's developers and marketers as being one thing - that is, a game where player choices throughout the series shape the game ending, and a game that provides full story closure - when they provided a product which failed to deliver on either.
If this was any other product which failed to live up to advertised attributes, we wouldn't be having this argument.
But in the name of "art", Levine would defend the right of writers and marketers to lie to their customers?
Sorry, but no.
Distance the issue from the so called art augment and look at this for what it is: a commercial product advertised by the game's developers and marketers as being one thing - that is, a game where player choices throughout the series shape the game ending, and a game that provides full story closure - when they provided a product which failed to deliver on either.
If this was any other product which failed to live up to advertised attributes, we wouldn't be having this argument.
But in the name of "art", Levine would defend the right of writers and marketers to lie to their customers?
Sorry, but no.
DrkStr 21 Mar 2012 13:14
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Games are "art" if theatre and films are "art" - they all involve technical tasks and tell a story.
However, speaking of film, I can't believe how robbed and misinformed I was. I was sold a knockabout comedy caper heist movie with a definite ending. Turns out the movie ends with the team in a bus hanging on the edge of a cliff! I'm disgusted, I wanted to know what happened after that!
However, speaking of film, I can't believe how robbed and misinformed I was. I was sold a knockabout comedy caper heist movie with a definite ending. Turns out the movie ends with the team in a bus hanging on the edge of a cliff! I'm disgusted, I wanted to know what happened after that!