A plea to Casey Hudson.

They got plenty of talent in the writing department, but most of them are working on Dragon Age, New IP and Star Wars stuff. 

Say what??  Bad Wolf?  River Song?  That crack in the universe with 11?  Come on, those are amazing!

Yeah I thought Drew went to SWTOR during ME2's development, then later left BW all together.

I did hear a rumor BW:Austin is working on a KOTOR revival, maybe he came back for that?  I dunno.

I get the feeling the doctors left more because of EA than the fans.

And having Casey come back doesn't exactly seem like a majority opinion here.  He, Mac, and BW deserved all the flack they took for ME3's ending.  Besides MEA turned out fine without him, it is on par with most of what the OT offered.  None of them match up story wise with ME1, but everything since then seems to be around the same level.

Creative directors are more than just that. Creative visuals, audio, art style, gameplay, etc etc. I'd find it hard to believe the dude is a lead writer if he's having to look out for various other elements. Story can be a part of it, but he's not getting away with that unless he's giving the other responsibility of his to others.

in short, do we actually know what he was a part of in this game? Or are we just speculating?

Not so sure on the DRs you mention, but Hudson himself has had issues with the fans and commented on their negativity before, so I very well could see him go just cuz of us. I also know, unfortunately that there are fans who do send threats to developers and such, and I'm sure after 15+ years it gets tiring and wears out on you.

So you are saying they deserved constant harassment, insults, and death threats. Um no they didn't. Also I enjoy MEA well enough but it really doesn't measure up to the trilogy. The MET was super engaging through out. It is the most compelling trilogy of games I have ever played and alot of that had to do with the passion they were made with. Much of that passion came from the guy that was running the show who was Casey Hudson. Make no mistake this franchise was his baby. Like I said I still like MEA but at times it feels like it is a halfhearted ME game. Still would like to see a sequel but they need to up their game. Make the Kett more interesting and expand the next game outside of Helius. Also bioware needs to go back to the more linear gameplay of ME2 and ME3. The giant use of maps bioware has used in their last 2 games has yielded mixed results at best. I still think they could work for DA to a degree but ME is better off being linear but now I have gone off topic.

Interesting read, thanks.

I always find it funny reading game developers complaining about angry fans.  Like they are the only business in the world that has to deal with it, lol.  Sorry I just don't feel particularly sorry for them.  Everyone deals with people like this, from retail cashiers to mega corporation CEO's, they all deal with irate and often nonsensical customers.  Just part of life unfortunately.

Yeh, but You're also talking about the late 90's-early aughts. The time where Steam was just becoming a thing. The time where the internet was just becoming a thing. And gaming was going nuclear.

I don't mean to say that people didn't mean those things that they said, they just used any new tools that they could find irresponsibly.

In the Dr. Who circles that I run in Moffat is not popular guy due to his season long plots and weak endings. 

And BTW Bad Wolf was by Russel T. Davis the showrunner before Moffat that helped bring Dr. Who back.