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They're not closing the main studio, but the last vestiges of ME/DA era Bioware might be gone.
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Oct 12, 2017 23:42
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So what does that leave of old time Bioware folks? Just Mac Walters and Casey Hudson?
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Oct 12, 2017 23:56
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RIP. Some of the mass effect games were bad but one of them was one of the best games ever made. Fuckin RIP
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Oct 12, 2017 23:58
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And ME:A is being moved to the free section of EA Access before the end of the year, https://www.ea.com/news/coming-soon-to-access-fall-2017 Not even EA thinks its worth it to try to sell people ME:A
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Oct 12, 2017 23:59
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Lol I might actually play it. How bad could it be
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Oct 13, 2017 00:06
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Not bad enough to be awful, but apparently bad enough to kill a company and a franchise in one go
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Oct 13, 2017 00:08
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Lol I might actually play it. How bad could it be stop this
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Oct 13, 2017 00:08
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:stop this no u
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Oct 13, 2017 00:10
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you're better than abusing yourselves with mediocre-to-bad games 2017 is a year with some of the best games ever and there's ones in every genre that are great, you don't need to spend 40 hours on a chode
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Oct 13, 2017 00:11
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Thank you. Instead I will replay Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
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Oct 13, 2017 00:12
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Thank you. Instead I will replay Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty I just had no choice but to make you pay for lunch the other day. I'm really sorry.
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Oct 13, 2017 00:29
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I played ME:A for about a third of the way through before I got bored of pre-scripted VTOL enemy drops. Holy poo poo that game made me constipated. That being said, I highly suggest some fibre-biscuits before you play, as they are tasty and will help you pass the massive stone percolating in your intestines that is Andromeda.
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Oct 13, 2017 01:09
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Arcsquad12 posted:So what does that leave of old time Bioware folks? Just Mac Walters and Casey Hudson? Lukas Kristjanson is a writer that's been there since Baldur's Gate. He's probably the longest tenured guy left? I know when David Gaider announced he was leaving on Twitter they were talking about Kristjanson being one of the last old guys standing.
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Oct 13, 2017 01:28
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BexGu posted:And ME:A is being moved to the free section of EA Access before the end of the year, Mass Effect joining the hallowed company of *checks notes* Rugby 2k14 and Dead Space: The Bad One.
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Oct 13, 2017 02:23
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im cute posted:Mass Effect joining the hallowed company of *checks notes* Rugby 2k14 and Dead Space: The Bad One. I really didn't mind Dead Space 3. It's at least enjoyable on some levels, unlike Andromeda.
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Oct 13, 2017 02:32
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aren't all the dead spaces free on EA access now
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Oct 13, 2017 02:38
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Thank you. Instead I will replay Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty MGS 2 is seriously prophetic in this timeline.
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Oct 13, 2017 02:51
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I met a mass effect andromeda apologist in the wild, poor guy
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Oct 13, 2017 02:58
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Arcsquad12 posted:So what does that leave of old time Bioware folks? Just Mac Walters and Casey Hudson? Patrick Weekes took over lead writer on Dragon Age after Gaider left. He's been around since ME1 apparently and most of the stuff he had a heavy hand in for ME3 and DAI were the better parts (Mordin and Tuchanka in ME3, Iron Bull/Chargers, Cole, Solas, and Trespasser dlc for DAI). Didn't Karpyshyn come back to TOR as well? (lol TOR) Those are the only names that come to mind.
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Oct 13, 2017 03:57
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I'd rather Karpyshin stuck to writing games than trying to do novels. His Star Wars books are loving dire. Is Hamburger Hepler still around?
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Oct 13, 2017 04:05
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Arcsquad12 posted:I'd rather Karpyshin stuck to writing games than trying to do novels. His Star Wars books are loving dire. She was run out by spergs years ago.
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Oct 13, 2017 04:33
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im cute posted:She was run out by spergs years ago. for something pretty dumb right? she was the writer, who worked purely on the story side of things, who said she enjoys things like dialogue, decisions, plots, etc in her video games and wished there was a way to skip stuff like combat and then the bsn took that to mean she shouldn't be a video game writer at all and wouldn't ever let the subject drop?
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Oct 13, 2017 05:10
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DA2 was a huge disappointment and she said some embarrassing stuff on social media so she became a focus for both deserved criticism of the game and incoherent "gamer" rage. That's what it was about.
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Oct 13, 2017 05:13
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escalator dropdown posted:Patrick Weekes took over lead writer on Dragon Age after Gaider left. He's been around since ME1 apparently and most of the stuff he had a heavy hand in for ME3 and DAI were the better parts (Mordin and Tuchanka in ME3, Iron Bull/Chargers, Cole, Solas, and Trespasser dlc for DAI). Minor correction. Jon Dombrow did Tuchanka. Weekes handled Rannoch, which was more of a mixed bag, but he did write Mordin, Tali in ME2 and 3, and Garrus's non-loyalty mission everything in ME2. He did a lot of good stuff, but, well, Dombrow did Tuchanka, and he couldn't save Andromeda. Being a good writer doesn't guarantee it'll all work out.
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Oct 13, 2017 05:15
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this was the thing i half-remembered, if there was other stuff i don't know about it https://kotaku.com/5886674/bioware-writer-describes-her-gaming-tastes-angry-gamers-call-her-a-cancer
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Oct 13, 2017 05:28
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Ironically she was right, Dragon Age 2 would be a much better game with all the combat removed.
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Oct 13, 2017 05:30
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Dragon Age 2 still has some of the worst combat encounter design I've ever seen from Bioware. I guess Andromeda's dropship enemy spawns are similar, but at least they have some visual flair to signal reinforcements, and not just loving ninja Dwarfs spawning in midair to drop behind you. Only the randomly spawning Wraid and Tusken Raiders from KOTOR 1 come close to the Dragon Age 2 ineptitude.
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Oct 13, 2017 05:57
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Isn't the new Assassin's Creed stirring up the whole 'how dare people skip through gameplay' argument again?
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Oct 13, 2017 06:01
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Arcsquad12 posted:I'd rather Karpyshin stuck to writing games than trying to do novels. His Star Wars books are loving dire. Last I heard about her was she was a stretch goal (join as a writer) or something for a lovely sounding kickstarter sci-fi rpg that had some rape overtones
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Oct 13, 2017 06:14
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Assassin's Creed has always been piss easy I'm not sure how people could be mad about removing combat in a game where most of it is traversing.
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Oct 13, 2017 06:14
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Arglebargle III posted:Ironically she was right, Dragon Age 2 would be a much better game with all the combat removed. it's kinda sad since they made genuine improvements to the core mechanics that expanded on what da:o brought... Arcsquad12 posted:Dragon Age 2 still has some of the worst combat encounter design I've ever seen from Bioware. I guess Andromeda's dropship enemy spawns are similar, but at least they have some visual flair to signal reinforcements, and not just loving ninja Dwarfs spawning in midair to drop behind you. Only the randomly spawning Wraid and Tusken Raiders from KOTOR 1 come close to the Dragon Age 2 ineptitude. ...since it still had this issue to bog it down - random tiles triggering fights was something that even final fantasy abandoned and da2 also had waves that weren't telegraphed or communicated to the player somehow, but i doubt they had enough time to figure out good persistent enemy placement considering how squashed that dev cycle was in general Milky Moor posted:Isn't the new Assassin's Creed stirring up the whole 'how dare people skip through gameplay' argument again? if we're having the same argument in tyool 2017 i hope it doesn't include neatly editing out all but the most damning parts of old posts and interviews for maximum outrage
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Oct 13, 2017 06:19
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What food would assassins creed be?
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Oct 13, 2017 06:25
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im cute posted:She was run out by spergs years ago. hard counter posted:for something pretty dumb right? she was the writer, who worked purely on the story side of things, who said she enjoys things like dialogue, decisions, plots, etc in her video games and wished there was a way to skip stuff like combat and then the bsn took that to mean she shouldn't be a video game writer at all and wouldn't ever let the subject drop?
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Oct 13, 2017 07:43
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even for free I don't know if I can muster any enthusiasm to even download this game
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Oct 13, 2017 07:59
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orange juche posted:What food would assassins creed be? Hummus. It's pretty good at first, but then, hey, it's hummus, how original!
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Oct 13, 2017 08:27
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orange juche posted:What food would assassins creed be? scary ghost food
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Oct 13, 2017 13:05
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Bloomin onion
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I really didn't mind Dead Space 3. It's at least enjoyable on some levels, unlike Andromeda. Wrong type of relation. It's more, "Does this game really belong in this series, or could it have been an entirely new IP?" to which the answer is New IP. Then again, you have the new Prey, which who the gently caress knows why they named it that instead of System Shock.
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Thor-Stryker posted:Wrong type of relation. Bethesda said to Arkane Studios "You got something in development we can stick this name on? We don't care what it actually is, we'll just give you money to do it."
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