http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/...ders-departure

It looks like incessant whining caused the creators of a popular game series (Mass Effect) to leave game creation entirely.

I can understand when you really put your heart into something and create something for others to enjoy and it falls flat, or worse they give you negative feed back you don't watn to do it again becuase your reminded of the hurt, yes I do speak from experience unfortunately. It's sad to see the big head of companies leaving because the internet decides they don't like something in particular. When you get something you put your heart into shot down it hurts, there is no guess about it and that's how it is. I don't blame and understand them for getting out. Sad to see the internet caused this, got to love whining.

If a game has a bad ending isn't really anything to b**** about. Okay, so you don't like the ending; is it really the end of the world? No, it isn't. Your negative reactions not only hurt people who might have actually appreciated the ending, but also the creators themselves. Some people don't even know how HARD it is to make a game! And what if the next game in the series had an even better ending?! You're not helping by ranting on and on about nothing!
That's my POV on this hullabaloo. But hey; it's my opinion. and not yours. >__>

If you have a problem with a game, criticize it, don't complain about it. Criticism is how you tell developers to improve, complaining is how you tell developers you hate their work. Criticism makes developers want to improve, complaining makes developers want to quit.

I think you are giving them too much credit. If they were any good at making games they would fix what the people didn't like instead of quitting.

And it wasn't just the ending, everything was awful about the game. From the emotionless characters and voice acting to the boring cover based shooter gameplay.

If anyone is acting spoiled it's the people who quit because the people didn't like what they made.

This just in, 91% of Mass Effect players are idiots! (minor spoilers)

I agree! Nobody should be given the liberty to express dissatisfaction or negative feelings about heedless corporation decisions, whether it be about insulting game endings, DLC, or even Youtube.

Clearly, the lead developers who quit are heroes. The lesson learned here is that you should just bail out instead of trying to learn from your faults. Who gives a crap about the customers... corporations deserve all the mindless praise and dollars they can squeeze out of consumers. Reap and run!

Constructive Criticism is different than complaining....If you complain without giving them ideas on how to make it better it doesnt help and just puts pressure on producers
look at Megaman Legends 3...before capcom pissed people off NO ONE COMPLAINED
all the fans did was help out..and gave their constructive criticism on what they want or dont want

Not everyone is as skilled in charisma and has as much knowledge as a professional critic.

Babies cry when they need something and good parents try to fix that instead of quitting. Babies can't criticize because they don't understand everything they need, they just know when they need food or need to be changed. You can't assume that gamers understand everything they want, most only know that they want a game that's fun and has a good story.

And they were more specific on what they wanted than babies. They specificly said they wanted a better ending and instead of the makers fixing it, they quit.

This reminds me, another thing that caused this was the game journalists who reviewed Mass Effect 3 as a great game instead of making an honest review.

Oh boy. We're going to argue about this now.

I still find it funny how crazy gaming has become that people will sling mud at one company because their products aren't of the same "standard" as another company's products they've played.

The thing that reminds me of this was how some game review sites got so much flak for not rating Skyward Sword a perfect 10, but still giving it 9s. It makes me just disappointed that now a days, even a 9 to some people means that a game is bad. 9 is a great score, even 8 is great. I just hate this "perfect" expectation.

Oh look, it's this thread again.

Honestly, I've never played the Mass Effect series, but if the negative fan reaction was enough to make the heads of BioWare quit the gaming industry, maybe the ending really WAS that bad. But I will agree with some of the people here- Constructive criticism is always better than flat-out complaining.
Then again, we're talking about the leaders of a big industry, so they're essentially faceless and replaceable at the flick of a switch.

In my day all we got when we finished a game was GAME OVER or CONGRATULATIONS! or something to that extent. We didn't go complaining about it because it wasn't about the ending, but enjoying the journey we took to get there.

*Man, I'm only 21 and I already feel like an old man ranting about how everything was better in my day and people don't take stuff for granted anymore.

I watched the endings myself, and given the magnitude of the series it was like giving the Lord of the Rings trilogy a morbid Looney Toons cartoon ending. It rushes to end it, and leaves many plotholes and makes all the characters seem screwed over, even in the best endings. and Porky Pig pops out of a hole and shouts th-th-t-th-that's all, folks! It's something the writers are responsible for, but the lead developers felt shameful enough to quit anyway. But maybe they're a little bit accountable for accepting the original ending. Maybe they shouldn't have said to the writers "I'll take whatever ending you an come up with in 30 minutes right now. I don't care if you're drunk."

It seems the BioWare doctors didn't leave due to negative responses at all. It was just a blown up rumor from one of the other employees.

Some game journalists are idiots.