this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2026
541 points (99.8% liked)

Games

51566 readers
787 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Rules

1. Submissions have to be related to games

Video games, tabletop, or otherwise. Posts not related to games will be deleted.

This community is focused on games, of all kinds. Any news item or discussion should be related to gaming in some way.

2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

No bigotry, hardline stance. Try not to get too heated when entering into a discussion or debate.

We are here to talk and discuss about one of our passions, not fight or be exposed to hate. Posts or responses that are hateful will be deleted to keep the atmosphere good. If repeatedly violated, not only will the comment be deleted but a ban will be handed out as well. We judge each case individually.

3. No excessive self-promotion

Try to keep it to 10% self-promotion / 90% other stuff in your post history.

This is to prevent people from posting for the sole purpose of promoting their own website or social media account.

4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

This community is mostly for discussion and news. Remember to search for the thing you're submitting before posting to see if it's already been posted.

We want to keep the quality of posts high. Therefore, memes, funny videos, low-effort posts and reposts are not allowed. We prohibit giveaways because we cannot be sure that the person holding the giveaway will actually do what they promise.

5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

Make sure to mark your stuff or it may be removed.

No one wants to be spoiled. Therefore, always mark spoilers. Similarly mark NSFW, in case anyone is browsing in a public space or at work.

6. No linking to piracy

Don't share it here, there are other places to find it. Discussion of piracy is fine.

We don't want us moderators or the admins of lemmy.world to get in trouble for linking to piracy. Therefore, any link to piracy will be removed. Discussion of it is of course allowed.

Authorized Regular Threads

Related communities

PM a mod to add your own

Video games

Generic

Help and suggestions

By platform

By type

By games

Language specific

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Bioware has been on a downward trajectory ever since they sold to EA.

Look at how much worse Mass Effect 2 was than 1. They turned a crpg into an action shooter for mainstream appeal. Simplified the class system and ruined the lore with those absurd heat clips. ME was great because of its deep sci-fi lore approach but the lore came second to EA's corporate profits and their ideas about what kind of gamer wants to see Tali'zorah's boobs. (Hint: it's actually the sapphic engineering nerds)

In recent years, we got Andromeda and Anthem. Bioware has been a shuffling zombie of itself for a decade.

Bring back the mineral scanning and let us have a four way with Tali, Garrus, and Legion! (the only good part of ME 2)

Oh by the way I'd just like to add that Dragon Age Origins was underwhelming and I lost interest right after beating the second area. I think they leaned too much into WOW-style combat. KOTOR had better medieval combat and it's a Star Wars game.

Follow for more unhinged queer grognard takes!

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Look at how much worse Mass Effect 2 was than 1.

Surely you're aware that most people would call Mass Effect 2 the best in the trilogy.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It has the best gameplay in the trilogy, and the companion quests are excellent, but it completely shits on the lore established in ME1 and the change in direction of the story set up ME3 to fail. It's a great game, but in the wrong place.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Eh, I'd say 3 has the best gameplay honestly (the multiplayer was really fun, me:a personally has the best systems of them all let down by giant open worlds and lacklustre story), 2 is by far my least favourite of the trilogy though so maybe id's just my own biases. At the time, coming from one was really jarring.

The skill system and full scenario combat in Andromeda deserves so much more acknowledgment. There is a lot about that game that deserves harsh criticism, personally I blame EA and the rushed development hell they put the dev team through, but as far as combat, skill tree/class choice, and gameplay it is easily the best Mass Effect has on offer.

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, well most people also like EA's fifa games, so you can't trust them

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Anyone that likes a FIFA game likely drives a fucking cyber truck.