• Glide@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    The last Bioware game I genuinely enjoyed was Dragon Age: Origins, which was the last thing (mostly) developed before the EA buy-up. I’m sure it’s scary for the employees, but I suspect this is good for Bioware in the long term.

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      12 hours ago

      I liked Inquisition alot though the behind the scenes scoop was that the development process was a dumpster fire that only came together into a good game cause they got lucky.

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        7 hours ago

        Because if they’re shuttered, the company/people that make the company have the opportunity to go somewhere else and do something better. I’ve disliked everything they’ve produced since they were purchased by EA, so I’ve come to think the publisher holds them back.

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        20 hours ago

        Maybe they get shuttered or are given more creative freedom thanks to the Saudi’s ignorance of RPGs and their perception among executives in the business.

        I guarantee you, Saudis really only care about FIFA. Everything else is superfluous.

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          16 hours ago

          Yeah, nothing like an ultra conservative theocratic dictatorship to really expand those creative freedoms…

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            8 hours ago

            My point is they will be so unfamiliar with RPGs that they essentially let the studio do whatever they want.

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              5 hours ago

              Do you think they don’t have video games over there? What a bizarre thing to say. They’re able to effectively censor all kinds of other media, why do you think RPGs are special?