This really seems the final nail in the coffin to what Bioware once was. Over the last few years, after being bought by EA, I personally have felt disappointed with Bioware's games overall. My opinion isn't the end all or be all, I know that. But it does sadden me that this was once a company that I looked forward to every release, and now I barely pay attention. With Zeschuk and Muzyka leaving, it's pretty much the end and Bioware are really just a hollow brand name.
Could not agree more. Used to love the stuff they put out, its a shame
Also remember that the name Bioware doesn't mean anything since EA named pretty much every one of their studios "Bioware". I believe that there are now 6 or 7 studios that carry the Bioware name, many of which were old studios that just got renamed for PR purposes.
EA should just rename their whole company to Bioware : P
All I can say is that Project Eternity is way more appealing to me than Dragon Age 3.
Right now, i completely agree.
There's a third one? Origins was pretty good, DA2 was crap, so if the trend continues this will be even worse.
Dragon Age 3 was recently announced, called inquisition. Dragon Age 2 was just not what I wanted in a RPG. And I have little faith that anything that Bioware puts out will be what I like. EA has always been in my eye, a publisher of well-polished, produced for mass appeal, mediocrity.
EA is the Detritivore of the gaming industry. They buy a name and then suck all the value out of it. If Bioware was smart, they would have planned to all meet up in five years after the EA contracts were up and start a new company called Lifesoft. Then the joke would be on EA. Right now it is on us.
EA kills everything it touches. EA is scum.
Bioware, though, has been moribund long before they joined the Dark Side. They fell into cookie cutter mode with the original KotoR. I remember interviewing Muzyka after BG2 appeared, the sheer enthusiasm he (and the other physicians who formed the original company) had. They wanted to translate the experience of AD&D from their gaming sessions to computerized games, and it took them forever, at first. Before BG1 appeared, they were considered prime vaporware country, going through three different publishers and four years of development.
(In fairness, one of those publishers, Virgin USA, was closed by its parent company while BG1 was "maturing" under their guidance. I saw an alpha at that time, with Minsc running down a street repeating over and over "Butt kicking for goodness! Butt kicking for goodness!" It wasn't the kind of thing you easily forget.)
Once they hit, it was like a bombshell. And BG2 was just that much better, in several respects, even if they did give up a fair amount of non-linearity (though they disguised it well). But with KotoR, they were doing a lot by rote. And over the years, they just grew bigger, and bigger, and kept turning out the same product.
With success. Success, and utter predictability. Two factors EA loves.
Maybe they join Obsidian or BGEE team. Or Wasteland 2 team. Anyways good RPGs are not dead, they just don't come from Bioware anymore just like good aRPG don't come from Blizzard anymore.
I'd like them to join Obsidian. Or make a new company, like a Black Isle or Troika from the dead!
As much as people love to bash EA I'm going to have to go with evolution on this one. There isn't a company that's the same as they were a decade ago.
These guys left because they have far more money than they need and felt like pursuing other interests. Much like why Brad isn't involved in Stardocks day to day biz as much anymore. And why Carmack went and built rockets (though he seems to be back.)
I love Biowares new titles myself, but I wasn't really a fan until I played Mass Effect anyway.
You can't please everyone, but some people can be pleased by anything.
Good to know I don't know any of those people then, they sound creepy.
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