r/pcmasterrace • u/TheocraticAtheist • 7h ago

News/Article BioWare is closing down.

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u/Motor-Midnight4065 7h ago

Kinda surprised they put Anthem on there. In comparison of all the others...it was...a little different.

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u/TWS_Mike 7800X3D | 9070 XT | 32GB DDR5 6000mhz 30cl | 3TB 7h ago

Anthem was amazing (in a way) was really hoping they would get another shot at it but EA axed it...

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u/Gizogin 7h ago

EA is the reason Anthem launched with flight mechanics. BioWare handled the game’s development so poorly that they removed flight - the key mechanic that everyone actually liked - and EA told them to put it back in. I can’t speak to their other games, but Anthem was purely on BioWare.

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u/ReaperAteMyPrawnsuit 1h ago

I think BioWare is 70% responsible but EA forced them to use the bf engine and cancelled anthem next

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u/alexanderatprime PC Master Race 7h ago

I loved Anthem. They fucked that game up so bad.

The mechanics were great, but the UI was broken from day 1! What a brutal cycle that was.

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u/DogePerformance 5800x3d.4090.1440p165UW 7h ago

The mechanics they absolutely nailed.

I just can't believe the team was told to stand down and the rest wasn't developed, because the base of a fantastic game was there. They had it

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u/alexanderatprime PC Master Race 7h ago

That may have not been the turning point in gaming discourse, but that was when I became fully aware of it.

Liking anthem was a guaranteed way to get relentlessly bullied online. It became the punch line for everything. People ripped it to shreds and tap danced on its grave.

It never had a chance. The team clearly had talent, and the leadership clearly had delusions.

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u/Rbomb88 7h ago

EA slaps Marvels Iron Man sticker over anthem box

Done.

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u/alexanderatprime PC Master Race 7h ago

They really could have. I can't remember the basr Javelin name, but that was pretty much iron man in movement and abilities.