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Noooooo you can't make a microtransactions free game and finished too 😭😭😭 (lemmy.world)

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[-] avapa@lemmy.ml 68 points 10 months ago

BioWare didn’t just make games similar to Baldur’s Gate, they created Baldur’s Gate.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

Yep, you're right. I didn't realize they were a studio at that point. Yeah, they have no reason to complain about new expectations. They could have created BG3 if they had kept doing what they were known for, but EA and the money were too good...

[-] NoMoreCocaine@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wasn't that Black Isle? Or had they already evolved into their future downfall? It's been a hot minute since I've last looked at BG credits.

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Black Isle was the publisher, Bioware developed the game. Baldurs Gate lead to BG2, which lead to Neverwinter Nights, which lead to Knights of the Old Republic.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 10 months ago

which lead to Knights of the Old Republic

Which lead to Mass Effect, don't forget

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

True, but IMO the link wasn't nearly as strong between KotoR and ME as any of the previous games in the link which were all clearly D&D based systems. ME1 had a lot in common with KotoR but there were some major deviations too as they moved away from the table top standard.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

TIL Baldurs gate is the reason i hated the ending to ME3.

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Kind of! Though if we are being entirely honest, the real thing to blame is the head writer being replaced and the dev time cut by almost a year.

Personally would have enjoyed it more if they went with the Biotics/Dark Energy that Drew Karpyshyn had put down groundwork for, rather than the AI subplot that Mac Walters hastily slapped together for ME3 that directly contradicted ME1 threads and subplots.