If Anthem succeeded beyond expectations, would your opinion of BioWare change for the better (or wor

I was pretty happy with Inquisition and my opinion of Andromeda has softened with time and knowledge of the development problems.

So I don’t think my view would change at all.

EDIT: This is assuming it’s a fun game and not just a financial success.

Yeah, pretty much this.  I really enjoyed both DA:I and Mass Effect Andromeda so, um, business as usual I guess...more of that, please

I wasn't sure if I should have or not, but this is fine.

My opinion won't change, they make the games I enjoy & I'm happy to support them with that, if info on Anthem reveals that it is not my type of game, then success or no, my opinion won't change.

no change

No change. Obviously I'd be happy to have something good to play with my homies, but my opinion on the company would not be altered.

Biöware was önce a great cömpany. But it is literal shit nöw. Nö matter höw goöd this game is, Biöware will never reach the level öf what they önce were.

just to clarify your clarification... you're saying that you're using the term "critical reception" to stand in for... a well received quality product? um, couldn't you have just said that? "critical reception" can mean plenty of drastically different things. never mind.

still, i have to admit a single title likely won't change my opinion just by itself, well, unless it's a hell of a game. and personally speaking... anthem has to cover ME:A's shortfalls (or pitfalls perhaps) just to break even in my book, as i feel a lot of the resources anthem got were stolen from andromeda, so, it's my feeling that anthem needs to cover it too -- fair or not, though likely not would be my guess.

Did you post this Q on Reddit too? I’m too lazy to check myself. 😉

So my admittedly outlier answer requires some background context. I have amnesia when it comes to video game brand loyalty. Not in a negative, you failed to meet my way overblown expectations too many (once) times so now I hate you for all eternity, way. It’s more in the sense of I don’t hold grudges for missteps and I don’t blindly accept the next turn of the lazy crank just because I enjoyed the first turn either.

Everyone gets a fresh start with me and every game is evaluated on its own merits. This has the gigantic advantage of exposing me to new and great things that others, with blinders on, might miss. It also exposes me to a lot of dreck, but what I can’t refund I just chalk up to experience.

There are exceptions. I’m hooked on the DAI cliff hanger and want to see what happens next. So to that extent, I hope for anything Anthem can do to make DA4 a great game. Do I worry that Anthem is sucking precious creative juices away from DA4? Not really. I don’t even mind the delay in schedule that much, I can wait.

So, no I won’t be more or less excited for future Bioware games. It won’t matter. I won’t think better or worse about the studio.

Will Anthem’s success harbinger a change of direction? That’s kind of a silly question, since Anthem is *already* a significant change in direction. Since I believe nothing good for the studio can come from catastrophic failure of Anthem, we’re only really talking about degrees of deflection here in case of success. Modest failure to modest success will simply confirm the new direction. Massive success will inevitably change the studio forever. We have a model for that: Blizzard with Overwatch vs. WoW. This tells me that it’s possible for other games in the portfolio to survive and continue, even when the popular new baby joins the family. The older child might not get the attention it used to, but it won’t be drowned in the river either. Probably.

That's kinda nonsense to ask isn't it?

I mean, obviously if it turns out to be great we'll have a higher opinion of BioWare than if it wasn't.

In my mind, Bioware is on the verge of getting thrown into the 'has-been' pile, so good game would take them a step back up!