Andromeda cost 40 million, TW3 cost 32 million... What went wrong?

What was wrong with ME1 or ME2? Just keep building games on that scale and playtime and stick to a consistent dialogue system rather than 2 different ones (or sometimes 3), cut back on the total number of interactible NPCs for fewer but more memorable ones and keep it focused IMO. Open world is nice, we have that now. Now, let's go back to a slightly smaller scale where the "open worlds" are just sort of optional and the 10 or so main levels in the game are much more memorable in terms of content.

Just to answer the title:
Polish programmers are cheaper than Canadian programmers?

Seriously though, while I too am of the opinion that ME:A does not reach Witcher levels by a long shot, I think it's a fun game so far (I am far from finished, so I'll delay a final verdict). Estimating cost factors in software development is a tricky business. Unforeseeable problems can create all sorts of money and time sinks. It's a risky business.

Different branch of Slavs, but I suppose you might not be that far. Certainly close enough to get the basic meaning, I guess. I know I can when reading Croatian.

As for the local situation... hmm... I'm not sure how different it is down south.

Also,




Because of .. ..reasons...

Is this right?


Hi, how are you today? Well, if you understand this one so you can sense about what it looks like with us in Central Europe. Believe me, so far from Poland really do not live. It's completely different than in Canada, where the competition is based.

I'm not seeing that, considering that parts of ME2 and ME3 showed the same problem areas as MEA. Apart from a general inefficiency in production (see below), I think the main problem is their current ME project lead has no idea of what makes up a good story, good characters and good worldbuilding, and he basically can't write anything but the most generic crap. So the people who know their stuff delivered decent content, but it remained isolated, while the people who had to learn had no help at all from the top. Also, the different parts and aspects of the game don't come together as a whole as well as they should.

It's like in this North German saying: the fish stinks from the head.

I don't have any insight into TW3's development process, but it's clear they were way more efficient in their production than Bioware Montreal, or even Bioware Edmonton when they made DAI. I have no idea why. I also think they *may* have had less political ballast, but that doesn't necessarily impact the quality of your games.

Speciest bosh'tet.

I didn't like how he wrote his book tbh

Hack Walters. Like him or hate him, he's still a old Bioware employee.

Funny, except it is pretty valid comparison, both companies primarily make RPGs. Both companies have been expected to produce quality, but as of late one of them has been lacking quite badly in the recent years. Where as CD Projekt has been upping their game, if you want to do good in market while targeting the same audience you need to answer to that pressure accordingly or simply lose the audience.

I used to rank BioWare at one point up there along with Blizzard as one of the two companies that produce games that I am pretty much guaranteed to enjoy and be mostly happy with the overall quality. Their games used to be safe purchases, nowadays I wouldn't buy a BioWare game unless it was in heavy discount or gotten really stellar reviews from reviewers I trust. In the past I didn't have to wait for either.

People expected more and were disappointed, comparisons to a company and a product that did better are inevitable.