BioWare is a game company that is currently owned by Electronic Arts (EA). It specializes in making role playing games that usually involve deep and engaging stories.
Dragon age 2 comes out this year, this summer or spring star wars the old republic comes out than in late holiday mass effect 3. All these games all in one year.
Whenever TOR comes out will be Bioware's biggest year. They know DA2 and ME3 will do just fine, but TOR has much higher stakes and the outcome is anybody's guess.
@Enigma777 said:
" More like gaming's biggest year ever. Have you looked at a release list? Shit is crazy! "
Totally. And unless publishers are real relaxed about moving their release dates around, this year is gonna be a bloodbath. It's gonna be awesome.
Probably, personally though I think the year or two after these games come out are the biggest for Bioware. They will be the years we will truly see if them being owned has changed how they devlelop their games.
" Dumbed down, pathetic excuses of an RPG. Great... "
Typically I'd get all kinds of up in your face, seeing this as mostly a troll post.... But you're right. Mass Effect 3 or Neverwinter Nights? It was turned into a shooter with slight RPG elements. Dragon Age, or Dragon Age II? The first game was meant to be a throwback to older RPGs, and now they're shifting towards a more console friendly experience, and all that entails. The Old Republic....I'm not going to touch this, as I have absolutely no background with MMOs.
So you're right valrog - the games Bioware is coming out with this year (two out of the three anyway) are dumbed down versions of what genre they may be shooting for.
" Whenever TOR comes out will be Bioware's biggest year. They know DA2 and ME3 will do just fine, but TOR has much higher stakes and the outcome is anybody's guess."
" Whenever TOR comes out will be Bioware's biggest year. They know DA2 and ME3 will do just fine, but TOR has much higher stakes and the outcome is anybody's guess."
@Underachiever007: um yeah excuse me but with all the star wars game name abbreviations i keep getting confused.. so he's talking about this year's MMO, kay.
I don't really care that people say these are "dumbed down versions of RPGs" as I find the old CRPGs atrocious, but I will say that TOR looks like shit.
" Dumbed down, pathetic excuses of an RPG. Great... "
Typically I'd get all kinds of up in your face, seeing this as mostly a troll post.... But you're right. Mass Effect 3 or Neverwinter Nights? It was turned into a shooter with slight RPG elements. Dragon Age, or Dragon Age II? The first game was meant to be a throwback to older RPGs, and now they're shifting towards a more console friendly experience, and all that entails. The Old Republic....I'm not going to touch this, as I have absolutely no background with MMOs. So you're right valrog - the games Bioware is coming out with this year (two out of the three anyway) are dumbed down versions of what genre they may be shooting for. "
They are saying DA2 on the PC will be virtually the same. Frankly I'll learn to live with the changes if the story will be better. The only thing that's weak about DAO is the weak story. The one thing that does get me worried about DA2 is what Vinny, or brad, said of it. I can't remember who but they kinda mentioned that it has the linear level design ME2 had.
" More like gaming's biggest year ever. Have you looked at a release list? Shit is crazy! "
Well, except 1998 maybe. And that is assuming all the games slated for this year actually ship this year. For instance, ME3 is slated for the end of the year, I would not be too surprised if it ended up shipping in 2012.
I am pretty excited for the Witcher 2 though, loved the first one.
2007 is the best year in gaming. 2011 will come close to beating it but we'll see... Also the guys who are bitching about Bioware's latest and future games are arrogant, misguided fools.
" Dumbed down, pathetic excuses of an RPG. Great... "
Typically I'd get all kinds of up in your face, seeing this as mostly a troll post.... But you're right. Mass Effect 3 or Neverwinter Nights? It was turned into a shooter with slight RPG elements. Dragon Age, or Dragon Age II? The first game was meant to be a throwback to older RPGs, and now they're shifting towards a more console friendly experience, and all that entails. The Old Republic....I'm not going to touch this, as I have absolutely no background with MMOs. So you're right valrog - the games Bioware is coming out with this year (two out of the three anyway) are dumbed down versions of what genre they may be shooting for. "
Please Neverwinter nights was a dumbed down experience. Baldur's Gate is where it is at. You have to reload the quick save to get maximum health per level and spending 30 minutes rerolling dice to get good starting attributes. That is how men play RPGs.
"You have to reload the quick save to get maximum health per level and spending 30 minutes rerolling dice to get good starting attributes. That is how men play RPGs. "
Old Republic isn't until next year and I don't think Mass Effect 3 will be out until 2012 as well. They have awesome games in the pipeline I just don't think they'll all land this year.
@02sfraser: According to this site, The Old Republic comes out in June. You might be right though, seems like this game is taking forever. Really makes me wish they would have just done KOTOR 3.
" Hold on, has Mass Effect 3 been confirmed for 2011? Makes more sense to release it in January like ME2. "
Nope 2011 it says fall 2011 on there site. "
So in 2011 we will see the release of Dragon Age 2, Elder Scrolls 5, Mass Effect 3 and (fat chance but that's what Blizzard is aiming at according to eurogamer ) Diablo 3? If that happens then civilization will fall. It won't be a nuclear holocaust or a cataclysmic event, it would just be unproductivity.
@Skytylz: Really? That's weird because EA said it was next year. Still got Beta testing to do and there is a lot of work to do since it's a MMO. Not Going to play it so not bothered when it comes out. Hope it's soon for people looking forward to it.
" I love how the GiantBomb community all of a sudden hates Bioware and say all of their games coming out look like shit, even when they really don't. "
lol I remember all of the Dragon Age 1 haters that there were before it was released because of EA's shitty trailers. No one thought it was going to be good.
" I love how the GiantBomb community all of a sudden hates Bioware and say all of their games coming out look like shit, even when they really don't. "
And speculates on the quality of their unreleased games.
I mean, Bioware says that Dragon Age 2 is going to be better on consoles and all of a sudden people think it's the retarded game for stupid people? What's up with that?
" I love how the GiantBomb community all of a sudden hates Bioware and say all of their games coming out look like shit, even when they really don't. "
And speculates on the quality of their unreleased games. I mean, Bioware says that Dragon Age 2 is going to be better on consoles and all of a sudden people think it's the retarded game for stupid people? What's up with that? "
It's how this community operates, they judge games in their entirety based on assumptions, and minute long trailers.
" @salad10203: Origins on Nightmare I agree (I never said anything bad about Origins, now that I think about it), but Mass Effect 2 is a joke. Also, way to completely miss my point. "
The days of hardcore RPG's aren't dead, they are just an option in today's games now. RPG's can be hardcore with higher difficulty settings (Witcher 2 one-death mode) but also they can be put on easy/normal for casual gamers. Try beating ME2 on Legendary and you will see there is a challenge there. Also, way to sound like an asshole.
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