BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk says RPGs are becoming "less relevant" as a genre to the current state of videogaming.
When you think about RPG studios, one of the first and foremost to spring to mind is very likely BioWare. This is the company that made its bones by bringing back the moribund RPG genre with the 1998 classic Baldur's Gate, after all, and then blew things wide open with follow-ups like Baldur's Gate 2, Neverwinter Nights and, more recently, Mass Effect and Dragon Age. But the times, they are a-changin', and according to Dr. Zeschuk, the nature of the RPG and its relevance to gamers is changing too.
BioWare is back on the task for bringing a new Mass Effect to gamers, but its original wasn't always adored by companies like Microsoft.
The two series have very similar aesthetics. If a Halo RPG was ever made, Mass Effect would be good template to take influence from.
@disagreers The only thing I mentioned was that the series have a similar look. I said nothing negative about either franchise.......
I think the artstyles are similar, especially Mass Effect 1 and Halo 1-3. Both series became less colourful overtime, but I still see some simularities in art design.
The problem is the Bioware founder don't work for Bioware anymore... hence why I better temper my expectations for ME Andromeda.
Replies(2)Games like Gears of War 4 which continued what Epic Games started, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Tropical Freeze which continued what Rare started, Halo 5 which continued what Bungie started...
I've seen a lot of sequels do their originals justice this generation.
I have faith they'll get it right.
Indeed a perfect example is Dark Souls. 1 was outstanding, 2 was ok but meh, 3 brought it back. However sometimes you get lucky but Bioware hasn't been lucky yet, instead they're busy checking off lists instead of finding their original or surpassing magic.
Replies(1)
That's easy to say in retrospect but it was 10 years ago. I'm sure at the conceptual stage it did resemble halo, with halo being the most popular sci-fi space franchise at the time, and also MS's biggest franchise. There weren't a lot of sci-fi franchises with the depth of Halo's story, and you have to admit there were similarities between the reapers and the flood.
Remember the original Mass effect was a MS exclusive game, so I can definitely see the conflict. But boy am I glad they let it happen.
Yeah that was a long time ago and probably even longer being in conceptual stage of development.
Shame MS didn't buy Bioware before EA , imagine MS owning both FPS & TPS Space Shooters .
That can happen with any Company when buying another company , it can either happen right away or over a period of time .
The founders quit on their own, Microsoft has an even worse track record than EA when it comes to buying companies.
As far that I know all companies have their mistakes & failures when it come to mergers , buyouts & acquisitions.
Following his retirement from BioWare in 2012, co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk launched a web series about beer called The Beer Diaries. Now, Zeschuk is getting back into games. The nature of his return to gaming, however, is probably not what you would have expected.
GI - Zeschuk wouldn't change a thing about his time at BioWare or EA, which he says "gives you enough rope to hang yourself".
U mad? Practically making one of this gens best new RPG IP's into a squad based shooter doesn't exactly help things now does it Bioware. But I don't make games, just play them, so what do I know eh?
Maybe you're not doing RPGs right?
I guess this explains why they ruined 2 good franchises
I respect him
BUT
Hes a fool. RPG's are as relevant as they ever were
Tell that to the highest selling game this year which was an rpg pokemon.............Make it an action adventure and does it sell as well?
I think not. And after how terrible dragon age 2 was, and how split people were on the rpg ness of mass effect 2. Youd think theyd learn what there fans want