“When a main story, and HUGE story arc, of a Prothean comes only in PAID DLC on day one, there is seriously an issue. “ The cancer that is EA has finally destroyed what little salvageable cells of dignity that Bioware used to carry,” opined ComicBookGuy. All potentially legitimate complaints, though the lengths to which some users have let it affect their game is remarkable. The biggest issues gamers have are the lack of RPG elements, the poor graphics, paid DLC, and the game “dumbing down” to appeal to COD players. Do not buy, do not rent, and do not g ive this game any of your time, unless for mockery’s sake.” The animations are pitiful, the choices lead you to the same end, and it desperately lacks originality. “Being a player of Mass Effect 1, this series has not progressed one bit since then, but actually took a step back in almost every aspect. “This game is garbage, a massive disappointment, and a slap, no, a punch in the face to the Mass Effect series,” raged Demonichris. As you might expect, some of the posts contain a dizzying mixture of hilarious and depressing content, although a lot of them are just outright bitter. On the PC page, a staggering 239 negative reviews have been written, compared to 52 positive and 6 middling. User reviews for the PC version sit at a 2.2 score average, while the PS3 and 360 versions have 3.1 and 4.1, respectively. Unsurprisingly, the PC version got hit hardest, because hell hath no fury like a PC gamer who thinks he’s scorned.

Mass Effect 3 is the latest victim of this unusual phenomenon, with user reviews tearing it to shreds as soon as the professional critic scores went live last night. Games such as Portal 2 and Modern Warfare 3 have been victims in the past, as gamers on message boards orchestrate a mass “bombing” to voice their wrath. It’s becoming all too common for gamers to hold irrational grudges against videogames they haven’t played yet and take out their frustrations on Metacritic or Amazon.

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