All this talk about it being "rushed out the door" and "it wasn't ready" is just rubbish. I want to call these people stupid but they simply don't understand the big picture. I guess it's kind of a result of Blizzard lately. The whole "when its done" thing - yeah, it's a load of shit.
Look at this, they had 6 whole years to make this game into a WoW-rapist. Six years. That is the time it takes to develop an entirely new CPU architecture, or double the time it takes to create a whole new operating system. Their budget was astronomical. There should be no reason the game sucks this much.
But there is, and it's called INCOMPTENCE. BioWare has become a flat out INCOMPETENT developer. Starships on rails as a little sidegame in their STAR WARS MMO? What kind of intellectual champion decided that would be a good idea? Stop accepting this BS that it takes 6+ years to make a decent game. Look at Diablo 3 - announced in 2008, still isn't out 4 years later, still looks like its going to be garbage. People are completely underwhelmed by the beta yet the game was announced with gameplay footage 4 years ago, who knows how long it was under development.
Diablo was made in 98. Diablo 2 in 2000, and the expansion pack in 2001. This is complete with their CGI cutscenes that were considered extremely good at the time. Naturally, games are more complex now but the development studios are bigger and they've usually budgets to match. Not that it doesn't stop indie devs making high-fidelity 3D games that match AAA titles with a fraction of the budget (i.e. almost none).
It doesn't take 6 years to make an MMO or other game. Other development studios are still showing us that, and when a game goes over half a decade to get out the door that is nothing but a very bad sign.
Look at this, they had 6 whole years to make this game into a WoW-rapist. Six years. That is the time it takes to develop an entirely new CPU architecture, or double the time it takes to create a whole new operating system. Their budget was astronomical. There should be no reason the game sucks this much.
But there is, and it's called INCOMPTENCE. BioWare has become a flat out INCOMPETENT developer. Starships on rails as a little sidegame in their STAR WARS MMO? What kind of intellectual champion decided that would be a good idea? Stop accepting this BS that it takes 6+ years to make a decent game. Look at Diablo 3 - announced in 2008, still isn't out 4 years later, still looks like its going to be garbage. People are completely underwhelmed by the beta yet the game was announced with gameplay footage 4 years ago, who knows how long it was under development.
Diablo was made in 98. Diablo 2 in 2000, and the expansion pack in 2001. This is complete with their CGI cutscenes that were considered extremely good at the time. Naturally, games are more complex now but the development studios are bigger and they've usually budgets to match. Not that it doesn't stop indie devs making high-fidelity 3D games that match AAA titles with a fraction of the budget (i.e. almost none).
It doesn't take 6 years to make an MMO or other game. Other development studios are still showing us that, and when a game goes over half a decade to get out the door that is nothing but a very bad sign.