One of the most historic studios is closing down. Unfortunately it was dead long ago. Fuck EA
Memes from the Anthem days were prophetic.
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Fun fact: same-sex sexual activity, both male and female, is not only illegal in Saudi Arabia, it is a capital offense punishable by death.
Fun fact: Bioware's parent company, Electronic Arts, is now owned by Saudis.
I am still kind of interested how long the sims will still exist in its current form under the new leadership
They just won't make The Sims.
The Saudis won't touch it or anything like it. They have the death penalty for adultery, The Sims is unacceptable (at least, the sims that we know).
They might have a Sharia Law version where the fully-covered women juggle raising children and making meals to please their husband.
They will make games for their market (and China).
Sims is a US-market-game that is against Islamic law.
Instead, they can make FIFA and other sports games and shooters. I doubt they'll even make RPGs as we know them, Baldur's Gate 3 for example would not be made in a Saudi studio.
More micro transactions probably
I'm not sure we got the same definition for fun. You seem to have the Saudi version.
Leak the source code on the way out. Fuck EA.
BioWare died 11 October 2007. We've been holding an open-casket wake ever since.
See I believe in reincarnation I saw BioWare just the other day they go by Larian now. 😁
😎 real gamer detected
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DA:O and the Mass Effect trilogy are quite good games, both story and gameplay-wise.
Man I miss when the "pick your color" ending for ME3 was controversial because the trilogy was so beloved that anything but a momunental ending wouldn't feel like enough.
The trilogy still was awesome and I still like the debates about the choices in that game!
Veilguaed made me really sad. Dragon age was my favorite franchise. I really wish I didn't play veilguard, it was such trash.
Bold of them to put Anthem on that list. They built an interesting world then told a boring story in it.
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I wish people would get less emotionally attached to these corporate game studios. Like, it's not the same people. Not the same leadership. Not the same artists. And so on.
It's just a collection of IP's, that's about it. Bioware from 2000 is not the same bioware from 2015 or 2026.
Same can be said for the vast majority of game studios except a handful of indie shops, but do they really count as indie if they've been nurturing one IP for 15 years?
And most of these legendary devs worked so hard for so long for such a small paycheck and zero benefits just to get layed off when it conveniences the studio
Game companies really smarted up when they made gamers care more about the company behind the games than of the creative and technical people that actually create the games.
Why do you assume it the studios they’re attached to and not the IPs? I for one am devistated that a) people are losing their jobs and b) I’m losing beloved future games I was hoping for.
Maybe try a little empathy. Your comments constantly lack it.
Because the IPs fuckin suck under the studio. Nobody cares about Anthem. Andromeda was a mid cashout of Mass Effect. Lord knows wtf they were going to do with Dragon Age. Few, if any people, like these IPs as they are; you like the promise they once held, because you forgot the one rule to responsibly engage with fiction: Good stories get to end. The games still exist. They'll always exist, or at least as long as you or I are alive. Thus the IP always exists. What goes away is the studio, which, OK, bye
So glad you feel entitled to tell me how to feel about my own opinions 🤣
The IPs were created in a specific environment, with a specific set of people coming together to make them. Sure, others can join and create things of the same quality if the same environment is still present. But after so many years the minds these the IPs spawned from have almost all long since moved on or fill other roles. So if the current owners of the IP have no respect for it, dont care, etc. There's zero reason to still remain invested after its shown they cant live up to the quality and promise of the original creators.
Honestly hope the good devs just join the growing trend of worker owned game studios and start up anew without all the baggage.
Isn't it a shame that a tiny handful of rich old assholes get to make unilateral decisions that affect all of us?
May EA burn.
Anthem but not Jade Empire?
Also Jade Empire! An under appreciated gem of a game. This is truly a shame, Bioware were one of the last big ones that actually gave a shit about making good games.
God, they listed Anthem and not Jade Empire - look how they massacred my boy.
Yeah I'm really not sure why they've decided to put anthem on the end of that list.
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Ban corporate ownership of other companies. It has no positive effects on the economy or the world.
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Was any developer who contributed to Baulders Gate 1 present for Anthem? I highly doubt it. The bioware I cared about stopped existing decades ago.
They've been zombies for at least, what, 10 years now? It's also amazing how ME:Andromeda, Anthem and DA Veilguard all sold over 1 million copies, yet were still "failures"
I may be the only person alive who enjoyed Andromeda, but I do agree that Veilguard was completely unforgivable and also...inexplicable?
I remember vagualy enjoying playing ME:A but I, for the life of me, do not remember what it was about. I can how ever debate decisions I made in ME:1 lol
It had good bones just didn't get fleshed out in the writing to me. Neither the characters nor the lore grabbed me enough. I think I even beat it, but again i couldn't really tell you if that's true or not
You're not alone, Andromeda's take on combat was so much fun - the skill synergies and the mobility was properly thrilling. Though definitely lacked on the story side, however, it was still quite enjoyable.
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Yeah, exactly what we expected to happen when Saudis bought it.
Saudis are Islamic, there are no pride parades in Saudi Arabia. There will be no more "secular" games from Electronic Arts, so somehow EA has found a way to suck even more.
The Saudis are an embarrassing US ally, not even getting into the royal family. They're no better than Iran in my opinion.
I can understand doing business with them, I think trade is the best way to open doors and find common ground. But an ally?
It's against my religion.
Civvie11 on the YouTubes often lists some of the fine Studios the EA has voraciously consumed only to spit out when their bones are dry. Raven Software (via Activision merger) comes to mind. Also Neversoft... and MAXIS...
Sad for the hundreds of people without a job, but seeing a company owned by blood money leaking it away is, unfortunately for everyone involved, a net good in the big scheme of things.
This and microsoft bleeding ID Tech are the greatest insults than the Computer Video Game eccosystem have ever testified.
I fucking hate those big videogames comglomerates, i hope every single shareholders from those giant piles of shit die on the gutter drowning in their own piss
Also Sony buying Nixxes... then deciding they don't want to do PC ports anymore. These companies are clueless.
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Have thousands of employees, don't make games, oh no we have to close down
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