I hope the marketing division learns something. 
I can't help but feel that the people who bought ME thus far are just fans of BioWare or Knights of the Old Republic, and that Microsoft aren't really reaching new audiences. The "choices" commercial was not that great (by itself) when they could have focused on the cinematic aspect of the game. A shortened version of the E3 trailer would have been much better in my opinion, or at least they should have had more than one commercial to show off the diversity in the game.
Anecdote: my friend isn't a fan of RPGs (short attention span), but I distinctly recall him saying that the E3 trailer made it seem interesting. When he saw the new TV commercial, it was *meh*.
And who knows, showing tid bits of the love story might attract some female gamers.
As for what I'm playing... I've got three characters created. The first one is a male infiltrator and on the good side, just reaching level 58/59 on the second play through. The second is a female soldier, also on the good side. I actually started the second one after I completed the first play through of the first character, and I've gotten about half-way with her, but then I got side tracked and went back to the first character to complete the second playthrough (for achievements).
I created the third character to look a little more menacing (a.k.a. facial hair), and just to see something different. I can't remember which class of character I picked. I plan on making a fourth character (female), and with another class.
I can't help but feel that the people who bought ME thus far are just fans of BioWare or Knights of the Old Republic, and that Microsoft aren't really reaching new audiences. The "choices" commercial was not that great (by itself) when they could have focused on the cinematic aspect of the game. A shortened version of the E3 trailer would have been much better in my opinion, or at least they should have had more than one commercial to show off the diversity in the game.Anecdote: my friend isn't a fan of RPGs (short attention span
), but I distinctly recall him saying that the E3 trailer made it seem interesting. When he saw the new TV commercial, it was *meh*.And who knows, showing tid bits of the love story might attract some female gamers.
As for what I'm playing... I've got three characters created. The first one is a male infiltrator and on the good side, just reaching level 58/59 on the second play through. The second is a female soldier, also on the good side. I actually started the second one after I completed the first play through of the first character, and I've gotten about half-way with her, but then I got side tracked and went back to the first character to complete the second playthrough (for achievements).
I created the third character to look a little more menacing (a.k.a. facial hair
), and just to see something different. I can't remember which class of character I picked. I plan on making a fourth character (female), and with another class.
