I'd trade 1000 BioWares for just one Troika.
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Final exodus of BioWare leadership - Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah resign
- Thread starter Wirdschowerdn
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Bioware decided to go all out for sycophants and danger-hairs, the mentally ill and the crazies. Hudson and Darrah were enablers, and now the inmates run the asylum.
I don't even know if the Bioware brand is worth much anymore. Or if anyone really cares what happens to them going forward.
It would not surprise me if EA corporate put some demands on Hudson and Darrah that they were "uncomfortable" with. Such as producing financially viable games instead of monetary black holes.
I don't even know if the Bioware brand is worth much anymore. Or if anyone really cares what happens to them going forward.
It would not surprise me if EA corporate put some demands on Hudson and Darrah that they were "uncomfortable" with. Such as producing financially viable games instead of monetary black holes.
Wunderbar
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Bioware: makes Dragon Age 2
Fans: we knew Bioware is going to die once they've been bought up by EA! Bioware aren't the same company it used to be!
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Bioware: makes Mass Effect 2
Fans: a frigging cover shooter, are you serious! where is my exploration, where's mako, where are the skills? that's it, this is the end!
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Bioware: makes Mass Effect 3
Fans: what the hell is this ending lmao, Bioware is finished!
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Bioware: makes Dragon Age Inquisition
Fans: gather resources? grind influence levels? what the fuck, is this an offline MMO? Bioware is dead to me now!
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Bioware: makes Mass Effect Andromeda
Fans: a final nail in the coffin! Bioware is dead!
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Bioware: makes Anthem
Fans: a game-as-a-service, really? this is a new low! When is EA going to finally pull the plug?
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Bioware: still kicking, but veteran devs are leaving for the second time
Fans: now Bioware is really really dead, dead deadski! Any day now!
Fans: we knew Bioware is going to die once they've been bought up by EA! Bioware aren't the same company it used to be!
...
Bioware: makes Mass Effect 2
Fans: a frigging cover shooter, are you serious! where is my exploration, where's mako, where are the skills? that's it, this is the end!
...
Bioware: makes Mass Effect 3
Fans: what the hell is this ending lmao, Bioware is finished!
...
Bioware: makes Dragon Age Inquisition
Fans: gather resources? grind influence levels? what the fuck, is this an offline MMO? Bioware is dead to me now!
...
Bioware: makes Mass Effect Andromeda
Fans: a final nail in the coffin! Bioware is dead!
...
Bioware: makes Anthem
Fans: a game-as-a-service, really? this is a new low! When is EA going to finally pull the plug?
...
Bioware: still kicking, but veteran devs are leaving for the second time
Fans: now Bioware is really really dead, dead deadski! Any day now!
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Please. ME2 was acclaimed by both critics and fans when it was released.
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Bioware has been a hollowed out turd for at least a decade at this point.
Flying Dutchman
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Title of this thread: "Mass" exodus, I get the pun, but c'mon, it's two tired old devs not a massive stampeding mob out the door.
Not like I care about Bioware itself, but if 20 people resigned, then I'd perk up and take more notice, since that sounds like a complete lack of faith.
Edit: Another thing on the header - where in the news was Laura Miele or whoever fired? I missed that. I thought she was just the EA mouthpiece responsible for translating the bad news to the gamer kids! not that she resigned, too.
Not like I care about Bioware itself, but if 20 people resigned, then I'd perk up and take more notice, since that sounds like a complete lack of faith.
Edit: Another thing on the header - where in the news was Laura Miele or whoever fired? I missed that. I thought she was just the EA mouthpiece responsible for translating the bad news to the gamer kids! not that she resigned, too.
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Eat shit and die in a fire, Bioware.
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How about, you know, not making more of those terrible games set in terrible IPs.
Whether you like them or not they're very popular, and working on them would presumably be a steady and well paying job for years.
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Bioware was decline from the start.
Robber Baron
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It can't get worse, here's hopefull someone actually talented or good at management takes the job
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As Flying Dutchman said, the title of the thread is incorrect. Miele is not resigning... she is merely commenting on the resignations of Hudson and Darrah.
luj1
You're all shills
All ME and DE games (except the first ones) were already bullshit, that's what you dont understand
fantadomat
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You should play their newest game,Outer Words,last week got registered as cure for insomnia.
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Ol' Willy
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I, for one, will welcome the day when this accursed studio will finally beat the dust. Not a single good game in their catalog.
Maybe they are really just leaving the sinking ship.
fantadomat
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But they are shit,are you arguing for cannibal rights? Also they just don't want to die.
Lord_Potato
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Baldur's Gate 1&2 were alright, KOTOR too in its own, streamlined way. Even Dragon Age: Origins had its merits. After that everything went downhill, but we already know the story. Same thing happened to Origin Systems.
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Considering these people have been in charge during both the decline in quality and the supposed horrid project management/work environment at BioWare then perhaps this is a good thing. Especially since BioWare has reportedly been given almost free reign in how to organise themselves by EA.
They were hired early in BioWare's history and promoted based on what I guess in large part was seniority. Promoting people present at the founding or very early days of a small company to be the heads of large teams is a common pitfall growing companies fall into.
Of course, even if the above is true, it doesn't necessarily mean that this is going to turn things around. It could just as well mean that they didn't want to include microtransactions.
They were hired early in BioWare's history and promoted based on what I guess in large part was seniority. Promoting people present at the founding or very early days of a small company to be the heads of large teams is a common pitfall growing companies fall into.
Of course, even if the above is true, it doesn't necessarily mean that this is going to turn things around. It could just as well mean that they didn't want to include microtransactions.
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