Alright, so they [messed] up on Dragon Age 2. But now people are starting to blow this failure way out of proportion, going as far as to insult games like Mass Effect, KotOR and Baldur’s Gate.
Why is that?
Bioware writes: "Like you, we’ve heard the rumors lately. You’ve made it clear you care deeply about what’s next. So let’s start by setting the record straight: the next Mass Effect game is in development, and EA and BioWare remain committed to telling more stories in this universe."
I expected nothing and I'm still disappointed
Like with Fallout, it's starting to feel studios are using TV / Film adaptations when they have no game info to talk about.
I feel the same way.
I mean, how difficult would it be for them to release SOMETHING of substance? Another short trailer? A couple of proper hints? A short story set during the original trilogy, but focused on fringe characters?
Hopefully they're working so hard on the game that they don't have time. But still, with every passing year and so little to show, the franchise will be slipping further and further from people's minds.
Yeah agree it's almost a cop out since Dev times are 5 to 10 years just throw out a few seasons instead you get them done in a year
So the TV show will take place after the OG trilogy. I wonder which ending they’ll use?
Should’ve just posted a picture of an Elcor saying “regretfully, we have nothing to share.”
Speaking on a recent episode of the FRVR Podcast, veteran EA developer Alex Hutchinson—who worked on The Sims 2, Spore and Army of Two: The 40th Day—explained that the studio is already no longer the studio fans fell in love with, but it should be safe from censorship of its games’ political beliefs.
BioWare should find the center and focus. Chasing someone else’s shadow will likely lead to failure.
If you’re worried about EA’s future, you’re in good company. The acquisition is unprecedented on many levels, and it throws the future of EA's studios and some of its biggest franchises —including BioWare, The Sims, Apex Legends, and Battlefield — into doubt. Industry analysts have varying predictions about what could come next. However, there are a few constants — namely, that EA will likely implement large-scale spending reductions and sell off its less profitable studios.
How can you be an analyst and not look at Tencent and know exactly what's about to happen: massive layoffs, decline in quality, and loss revenue.
It is Toys R Us all over again, and JCPenney and Sears and so many more. EA lost is vision before 2000. It's an old stodgy corporation. It's not going to recover.
If Ea sell studio that develop NFS wishful thinking Saudi investers put Blackbox studio back together. get rid of online racing, drive to a race or no races at all wasting time playing nfs for NO reason at all thanks to Unbound, Heat, Payback, Rivals.
i think that games that are not Sports games or Shooters will cease to exist, since they are the big money makers.
not sure why anyone would agree to this. especially to rich saudis of all people ha they have more money than they'll ever need
Because when Bioware brought out ME it was amazing...it was something which was unique and differen't. Sure it was a third person shooter but it didn't take the same path as other games like finding ammo for guns and going in guns blazing. They made it was you had crappy weapons (set weapons if you were a differen't class other then the soldier) which took a little while to cool down, while you could cool down they made it so you would use your chosen team mates, in the first ME they were important to you, and it also made you use your biotics if you had any.
However Bioware, starting with DA2 are making games which are accessible to a new casual crowd when they shouldn't be since it ruined a game like DA2, they should be focusing on the loyal audience they've gained since the first ME.
Even though ME2 was an amazing game they made it seem like any other third person shooter. They removed the RPG elenets that made the first ME so great, they got rid of the cool down weapons and added thermal clips (which messes around with the games universe take on thermal weapons...which dosen't make any sense), plus not giving you a choice which weapons to use even though the games about choices and they've also made it so you can go in guns blazing what ever class you've picked where you don't need to rely on your team mates or who you've chosen and don't really need to rely on your biotics which overall make it seem like any other third person shooter.
Now you have ME3 which have added melee combat, grenades, still hasn't given you a choice on what weapons you want to choose from and it dosen't look like theres that many RPG elements even though they've said there will be. Although I'm not saying it won't be amazing game just that Bioware have seemed to have forgotten at what they were by saying something like "RPG's are becoming less relevant" when that genre was their main focus.
The hate is only there because recently it's not what Bioware used to be like. It would be the same if a company like Bethesda started to focus more on action and stop making the Elder Scrolls so much like an RPG......the game would still be good quality but it's not what people would remember them as, people would hate it on and for good cause.
I'm sure there are some legitimate reasons why Bioware is getting some flak these days. Dragon Age 2 springs to mind, other might have other issues.
But I think one part of it is that when you reach a certain popularity and following there will be a backlash among some groups. It's the old sell out argument. But also people feel some kind of entitlement to what these games should be, since they were part of making them a success by buying them...
lol, when i first read the title i thought it said "hats" not hate & i was masively confused!
why on N4G is starting to look like random forum posts of some haters/fanboys
This is a very weak article, bordering on (in my opinion) pr damage control.
Like I've mentioned before, more so on my old account, Bioware of old is gone, replaced with Bioware of new (read: Bioware wants to be a publisher). They don't make their games based on imaginative ideas, but on what sells, and this can be clearly seen by them continuously mentioning that they are crafting their games for their fans. While in truth, all they are doing is going by collected data (ie how many people finished DA, what options they used, what romances they pursued...so on and so on) and making games based on that. Why do you think ME3 is less a RPG and more a shooter?
The hate is well deserved.