maximaz said:Interesting news today. The founders of BioWare are "retiring". Any thoughts?
I'm really surprised. Not sure what this means for the company exactly.
Token-not-found said:What were their positions?
By that you can judge relevance.
rcorporon said:Aside from the ME games (which I really like) Bioware hasn't done much to really blow me away in quite some time. Long gone are the KOTOR / Baldur's Gate days.
maximaz said:rcorporon said:Aside from the ME games (which I really like) Bioware hasn't done much to really blow me away in quite some time. Long gone are the KOTOR / Baldur's Gate days.
Have you played Dragon's Age?
if you followed Westwood somewhat this would not be a surprise. Since EA took over they only delivered garbage. You could say they stoped to really exist at that point and C&C was dead.maximaz said:Interesting news today. The founders of BioWare are "retiring". Any thoughts?
I'm really surprised. Not sure what this means for the company exactly.
Crni Vuk said:if you followed Westwood somewhat this would not be a surprise. Since EA took over they only delivered garbage. You could say they stoped to really exist at that point and C&C was dead.
Tagaziel said:Crni Vuk said:if you followed Westwood somewhat this would not be a surprise. Since EA took over they only delivered garbage. You could say they stoped to really exist at that point and C&C was dead.
I hear this crap thrown around and it's just not true. Westwood agreed to the buyout offer, EA did not commit any kind of hostile takeover. It happened in 1998, meaning that Tiberian Sun, Nox, Red Alert 2, Yuri's Revenge, Generals and Zero Hour as well as Renegade were all released with Westwood under EA.
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Really? I've never even heard the names of these guys before today.maximaz said:Founders of the company. I may be way off here but it almost seems to me like the same caliber of news as Gabe Newell leaving Valve.
Being "acquired" usually signals the beginning of a slow death for any games company. I've seen it happen many times. Blizzard's heading down that road right now.dukem said:I think this is just confirmation of what I've been thinking quite some time. BioWare ever since they were acquired had a decline in quality.
sea said:No way. They were project directors, figureheads, they chose the direction of the company and made the big decisions, but I'm not sure they had the same sort of creative impact someone like Gabe does. And ever since they were bought by EA they've basically lost the control they did have as now they have to answer to people higher up the ladder.maximaz said:Founders of the company. I may be way off here but it almost seems to me like the same caliber of news as Gabe Newell leaving Valve
maximaz said:I wasn't aware Gabe had that much creative input.
.Pixote. said:maximaz said:I wasn't aware Gabe had that much creative input.
The dude owns the company, he can do what he wants, who's going to stop the whale from messing with the games. Considering the nature of game making he probably keeps an eye on everything.
maximaz said:rcorporon said:Aside from the ME games (which I really like) Bioware hasn't done much to really blow me away in quite some time. Long gone are the KOTOR / Baldur's Gate days.
Have you played Dragon's Age?