r/pcmasterrace • u/TheocraticAtheist • 8h ago

News/Article BioWare is closing down.

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u/GrimJimmy94 8h ago
  1. I’m sorry people are losing their jobs
  2. EA played a major part in the poor performance of their last 3 games
  3. Let’s not act like BioWare are entirely blameless, a lot of the staff that made their games iconic left and they’ve been making crap for 3 games straight.

As to my last point: dragon age origins for me is up there with BG3 in terms of great RPGs, I absolutely adored the art style, the way the characters interacted and the world created. I launched into dragon age veilguard when it came out as a huge fan of the series and it was honestly one of the most jarring games I’ve ever played, it was like the people at the studio hated everything the series had been and went out of their way to annoy old fans. There’s innovation and then there’s self mutilation. BioWare as we knew it was gone long before EA shut it down

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u/DeaDBangeR 8h ago

Every form of journalistic media had the same title in their reviews of DA:Veilguard.

“A return to form.”

They had to buy their way into every media outlet to make the game look like it was Origin but better, instead of actually creating a game that was true to its name.

The game actually made me enjoy the other Dragon Age installments less.

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u/Ashmizen 8h ago

I don’t know how it could be a return to form when it’s the first DA to completely ditch the DA gameplay.

2 and inquisition might not have as good of a story as Origin, but the gameplay is the same and still satisfied fans.

Veilguard ditched the one good thing left in the DA series, the tactical aspect, even though BG3 showed the tactical RPG’s have a huge market.

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u/DoktenRal 7h ago

Yeah i didnt even bother with veilguard because it looked the furthest yet from DA:O, which they started moving away from with DA2 imo, trying to make it more like ME. Tragic too, because I agree BG3's success seems like a huge indication that they'd be hugely successful actually returning to form with DA:O style gameplay.

Tragic loss for gaming imo, but nothing lives forever

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u/ImminentDingo 3h ago

Possibly. I don't see any games doing big numbers with DA:O style real time with pause. Turn based tactical, though. 

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u/DoktenRal 1h ago

True enough, but stuff like Pullars of Eternity and the old-school Baldur's games are similar enough because they ran turn-based underneath the realyime feel. Imo BG3 makes me feel like it's an "if you build it, they will come" situation