Bright Hub writes: "As a longtime RPG player, I have a bone to pick with Bioware. Don't get me wrong – I don't think they've made a game that I didn't thoroughly enjoy. I'm almost willing to overlook that they've committed this grievous wrong time and again, but with Star Wars: The Old Republic gearing up for a winter launch, I can sit idly by no longer.
Bioware consistently messes up its games' economies. Money in Mass Effect serves no purpose, so why is it there? Vendors in Dragon Age should simply hand out their wares because I won't have to do any work to buy them out. Bioware knows its craft, so I'm puzzled as to how they keep on screwing this up."
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EA is nearing an agreement to move the ongoing development and operation of MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare to third-party studio Broadsword Online Games, IGN has learned. The move is intended to allow BioWare to focus on Mass Effect and Dragon Age.
Wow. What the hell Bioware? WHY U NO MAKE RPG?
hey, open your eyes DrewKauffman !
You've only highlighted one miniscule element. There are many major RPG issues with recent Bioware games.
It's now common knowledge that their game development strategy has been to simply churn out a series of 'more accessible' games (ie casual games) as quickly and cheaply as possible for quick financial gain. This doesn't make them bad games, in fact they're very good games, but categorizing them as RPG's is misleading & a misnomer.
Mass Effect 2 (ME3 to follow) & the Dragons Age franchise skimp on almost all RPG elements & some have been omitted completely. Factor in lazy game design such as the dungeons in DA2 or the excruciatingly painful, pointless and mind blowingly boring planet mining in ME2 and it's clear that Bioware have cut and will continue to cut many RPG corners.
True RPG's such as Fallout/Elder Scrolls/Witcher etc take twice as long & cost much more to make, but reap far greater long term rewards: financially & critically for the people that make them, gameplay quality/longevity for the consumer. Although it's by choice, Bioware are no longer anywhere near this league.
Hands up anyone who is playing/has played The Witcher 2 and still thinks ME2 & DA compare as RPG's ?
Dragon Age: Origins is every bit of a RPG as Witcher 2 is. Origins is also a much better RPG than Witcher 2 is IMO. Much better story.
Witcher 2 started strong but it just had a terrible ending I cant forgive.