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The studio's acting like it's on a victory lap, when it should still be on its apology tour.

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Baldur’s Gate 3 this year really showed just how far BioWare has fallen.

[–] Poggervania@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wonder how BioWare felt when they got out-“BioWare RPG”’d by Larian

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I wonder if that’s why they so suddenly added another year to the development of Dreadwolf.

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Especially in the game series that basically put BioWare on the map, that would be like Blizzard losing the Starcraft IP and another studio making Starcraft 3 and reinvigorating the entire RTS genre in the process, setting new standards for what an RTS is and should be.

It's downright embarrassing for BioWare.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure they even noticed. These studio execs are far more obsessed with how to mint coin from Zoomers with the next freemium mobile game than they are with cultivating a quality franchise.

[–] bouh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey there is worse: look at Bethesda and starfield!

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I mean... the most negative thing I've heard about Starfield is that it's a bit empty, and doesn't meet the (insanely high) bar that Skyrim set. A lot of people I know bought Starfield at launch, played it through once or twice, and although they stopped after that they didn't have any really bad things to say.

Fallout 76 was a much worse game, with way more negative sentiment.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Eli5? I thought everyone loved that game, I didn't wanna try it cause I don't like turn based

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Baldur’s Gate 3, by Larian Studios, is amazing. It’s basically old-school BioWare but with current-day graphics. It’s so good that it shows how much of a mess BioWare games are now, especially because BioWare did BG1 and 2.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Didn't know it was a different studio, thanks.

[–] Dukeofdummies@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

It's because bioware made 1 and 2. And they did it pretty well. A competing studio made 3 and whupped them