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Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect.
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[–] 22 points 20 hours ago* (7 children)

What even was the last unanimously well-liked Bioware release? Mass Effect 2 or the first Dragon Age?

Dragon Age II, Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age Inquisition, Mass Effect Andromeda, Anthem and Dragon Age Veilguard were all disappointing or downright crap

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  • [–] 17 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

    mass 2 had a cohort of detractors because of the way it was de-rpged. idk i still liked it but it was steps in the wrong direction like everything else

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  • [–] 7 points 15 hours ago

    i recently played the trilogy and that was by far my most hated thing about 2. it didn't make sense to me not to just refine the rough-but-functional systems from 1. i'm glad I pushed past that though because I do think 2's story and characters are really fun.

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  • [–] 10 points 18 hours ago*

    I liked it at the time because I was wowed by how CINEMATIC and COOL it was but in hindsight there was plenty stupid about it. Still, the reception was mostly positive which cannot be said for Mass Effect 3 or Dragon Age II

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  • [–] 8 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    People definitely liked Inquisition, but that was 12 years ago and it predates gamergate. Since then I'd say Veilguard was good, but the gamergaters decided that they hated that one, and then there was Anthem, the EA mandated live service flop.

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  • [–] 6 points 18 hours ago

    I don't know, I replayed all the Xbox-era and later Bioware games a few years ago and Inquisition might have been the only one I still found anything of value in.

    That said, I agree with your overall point. They were a mediocre game company and it's not a huge loss from a quality or creativity perspective.

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