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aGameOfThrones
03-18-2012, 02:31 AM
A fan who wants to see the ending of Mass Effect 3 changed has taken his complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, the agency created to protect consumers.

His argument is that Bioware did not deliver on the promise of its game saying, "after reading through the list of promises about the ending of the game they made in their advertising campaign and PR interviews, it was clear that the product we got did not live up to any of those claims."

He continues by inviting others to file complaints against Electronic Arts with the FTC if they share his sentiments.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/17/mass-effect-3-ending-fighter-goes-to-the-ftc.aspx

Feeding the Abscess
03-18-2012, 02:49 AM
Well, yeah, Bioware disappointed (any discerning gamer should already seen that "player choice" was hardly prevalent in Mass Effect, though, and 2 was a huge step down from 1), but Dragon Age II was lump of crap, everyone should have seen it coming from a mile away - even if Bioware's reps were promising the world. I'm sure fans will mod their own endings that actually incorporate some level of interaction with choice and outcome in due time.

Lishy
03-18-2012, 02:49 AM
WTF!?


Cry some moar!

thoughtomator
03-18-2012, 05:03 AM
if this works, I've got some queued-up disappointments from KOTOR 2 they can address next