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Post by The Elder King on Feb 2, 2017 17:33:17 GMT
Actual developers of games probably clench their fists, and squint their eyes shut any time the company CEO talks about their games. We still know almost nothing about this games so I'd wait just a tad longer before crushing it or praising it. I hope so because it sounds to me like Andrew Wilson has been one of the guys pointing BioWare in a certain direction. Wasn't that what Greg and Ray used to do? They took Casey who was the project director for KOTOR to dinner and proposed he should direct "a new science fiction IP", and they probably decided it should be action/rpg too. I think that's up to the CEO to decide. The "free creative control" is everything within the framework the developer gets I would think. The project started before Wilson become CEO of EA.
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Post by Link"Guess"ski on Feb 2, 2017 17:34:21 GMT
Oh okay. Speaking of CEOs I thought I had read that BioWare was about to get some new female CEO for their department of EA instead of Andrew.
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 2, 2017 17:37:08 GMT
Oh okay. Speaking of CEOs I thought I had read that BioWare was about to get some new female CEO for their department of EA instead of Andrew. I don't think it's 'instead'. Wilson would still be higher ranked then the other one. But I think the latter will be more involved with Bioware then the former. I don't think there's been news recently about it though.
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Post by luketrevelyan on Feb 2, 2017 17:38:20 GMT
Can this get merged with the pinned thread? We basically have the same discussion in that thread, the twitter thread, and this thread.
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Post by JokeDealer on Feb 3, 2017 12:08:14 GMT
I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't disappointed by the number of people who have written off this new IP simply because it was implied to be multiplayer-centric. Bioware's last two games have both included multiplayer and, according to Casey Hudson, it was something they had wanted to be in Mass Effect since the very first franchise, yet lacked the resources to do so. I've played both ME3's and DAI's multiplayer, and, although I found the latter to not hold the same appeal as the former, they were far from abysmal or horrible. Nevertheless, that won't prevent some from saying such and denying objectivity based on principle of hating multiplayer. All of what I have just said, mind you, is ignoring that Bioware also released Star Wars: The Old Republic, which is an MMORPG.
Bioware is no stranger to multiplayer and most of their experience has been focused on cooperative play, instead of competitive. When I meet another fan of Bioware games, we typically bond quickly over shared experiences and compare the differences that arose from certain choices. They always turn into fast friends if opportunity allows or great gaming partners, if only because I think Bioware fans are typically a lot more intellectual than the average COD player. The thought of playing through a Bioware adventure with my friends, actually appeals to me.
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