VIDEO: Dear BioWare, what the hell happened?
Matt Hawkins There used to be a point in which the name BioWare commanded respect in the gaming biz. And then along came Dragon Age 2.
Here’s the deal: I’m not a big BioWare fan, never was. Mostly cuz I’m not into role-playing games. Well, American role-playing games (I prefer mine from Japan, in which characters sport big hair, huge swords, and mommy issues). I once tried playing Mass Effect 1 a while back and was simply overwhelmed by all the options that were laid out before me. Impressed, but still, overwhelmed.
When I began to realize that those behind the game were pumping out similar titles in scope and scale, and at such a rapid pace, I started to question how such a thing could even be possible. Even if one had a small army of writers and coders, something’s gotta give eventually. Hence the video above I guess.
As a buddy of mine put it best: “DA2 is the Daikatana of RPGs. Except even Romero was man enough to apologize after trying to make the fans his bitch.”
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