"When did we get like this? When did we develop this sense of entitlement? Did something happen while I wasn’t paying attention that made video game fans believe they – not developers – should get to choose how art is made then given to them? Must have. Because since the release of Mass Effect 3 we have witnessed a very depressing and extremely regressive outcry from fans." - Author
Earlier this year, BioWare was hit with layoffs as part of a downsizing of parent company Electronic Arts, but fans have been reassured that the next Mass Effect game hasn’t been impacted. Likewise, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s development is still churning along, with BioWare putting it at the forefront of its focus and rumors suggesting that it could launch sometime later this year. Fans might be getting another look at the long-in-development Dragon Age: Dreadwolf at the Summer Game Fest in June.
If the recently posted job offering for a temporary development manager is any indication, BioWare could have yet another surprise up its sleeve for when Mass Effect 4 and Dragon Age: Dreadwolf are nearing completion. This mystery BioWare video game could truly be anything, from another spin-off of its two major properties to something entirely new. All there is to go on at the moment is a vague mention in the job posting, and it might still be some time before BioWare is ready to confirm any new games in its pipeline.
So a studio that spent years on anthem then this dragon age thing is now also working on another ip along with mass effect,
You think they would be worried that there brand has been on 3 major screw ups
Dragon age 3 launched broken with the frostbite engine yes its a good game but you can see in the late game how rough it was
anthem......
Mass effect 4 well that dev team was fired so yeah.....
They should make sure this new dragon age is a goat instead of putting more work on the table
Bioware today is like 150 poeple i dont see how they are seemingly working on all these projects at the same time.
Inquisition wasn't broken, it just had some flaws and on the contrary it also had some strengths. If you call inquisition a major screw up then idk what to say.
That said with what happened to the study since then and now, I'm not really confident that their next game will be any good.
If you played it fully to get plat like me back in its novemeber launch window you had that castle with empty area's endgame missions not there or working and a mp that was made around loot box grind like the mass effect mp.
Its hard to explain to those that played it years later after they tossed out the dlc/patch's
entitled much? I played it at launch too. Why you even platted it if it was a "major screw up"?
It was good enough for you to sink 100 hours in but also a complete fuckup at the same time, make up your mind.
So either you like shitty games or you're just talking out of your ass.
Well just wanna say, Archetype Entertainment is the new BioWare, composed of mainly ex-BioWare vets.
And they're developing Exodus (starring Matthew McConaughey), a new sci-fi RPG (spiritual successor to Mass Effect, dare I say?)
They're owned by EA. What makes you think that they wouldn't publish for PS5? Shoot, if your fridge could connect to your bank account EA would try to release it for that if they could!
How about they focus on those games and not over extend themselves? We don't need another Anthem.
Bioware died after Inquisition (some would even argue after ME3). They are no longer the same company.
Based on one narratively fitting ending in Mass Effect 3, Prothean squadmate Javik is highly unlikely to return in the next Mass Effect game.
He was one of my least favorite characters. I wish they would have done the Proths different.
During a part of his interview with Minnmax, Mac Walters gave details of why he chose to leave BioWare.
When did we get like this? When we decided to shell out the money for the game. Bioware decided to capitulate because they want to keep getting our money for the products they produce. If Dairy Queen started putting feces in your milkshakes would you still buy them? You might, but I wouldn't.
i said it before and ill say it again, if these so-called writers cant even bother to look for a synonym of the word entitled, they dont get my attention, all they do is a copy-paste of what some misguided people have said before and pass it along as "articles"
I can always tell i'm dealing with a jackass when the word "entitled" starts getting thrown around.
Our investment of 180$+ into the series gives us the ability or "entitlement" to actively criticize the product that we purchase while the anger stemmed from the fans also comes from the obvious lack of effort to put forth an actual good game copying and pasting combat system (with extreme flaws in the cover system that dates back to the first game) and then creating a storyline that didn't fit into the created ME universe that was developed by the previous lead writer that bioware decided to fire most likely to save money in the first 2 games Bioware then decided to outright lie to there fan base about the ending saying that it would offer different endings for every player knowing this to be false it's like advertising and ice cream by saying there's gold at the bottom when in all actuality you as the producer know for a fact that there's a massive turd at the bottom of that ice cream but you know that there's no way you can lose money on putting that massive turd under that ice cream because people love your ice cream and expect it to be good so you save money by just throwing a turd in there and forget about the reaction by your consumers because they have already given you all there money for turd cream, and quite frankly that turd cream has ruined the entire series replayability for me because no matter my decisions there will always be that turd cream sitting at the bottom waiting for me no dlc or story extenders can change that for me Bioware decided to put out a half ass game and this is what they get in return and it's the least they deserve
Video games may be a form of art (up for debate), but they are a consumer product first. They always will be.
Costumers have every right to criticize and demand a certain quality from a product they pay for.
If we don't criticize and complain, the industry itself will diminish in quality.