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Some of your favorite titles have probably been frommemorable games? Or are there days numbered?
However, in the past ten years, there have been some big changes for BioWare – the same as there has been in the gaming industry in general.
Now we have a new release – Anthem – and for many, it is definitely a disappointment.
Kat Bailey, from US Gamer has a few theories on why this happened, and how it’s been a slow and steady decline since the glory days.
She says,
” When EA purchased BioWare in October 2007, BioWare drew two lessons from this experience. One, production values were paramount. Two, hardcore RPG elements were a poor fit for a triple-A blockbuster. These lessons would shape BioWare’s output for the next decade.”
She talks about the good ‘ol days, that we all , but then she launched into some explanation of what might be wrong with the declining studio, and it’s not all EA’s fault!
“In BioWare’s defense, making blockbuster games is insanely hard in this generation doesn’t work immediately, an entire project can collapse under its own weight.
And yes, it’s true, BioWare certainly hasn’t been helped by EA, which has made plenty of missteps of its own. The need to shoehorn seemingly every game into the Frostbite engine has proven a bane for Old Republic, only to be stubbornly rejected.
You should absolutely go over and read the full piece if you want to learn more. As for BioWare, give us your thoughts in the comments. Do you think they are on a slow decline? Have they hit their rock bottom already? Is the peak long gone?
