Escapist News Now: KOTOR Devs Working on New Bioware IP

[Escapist News Now]

KOTOR Devs Working on New Bioware IP

Bioware's new game will be backed by some of the developer's most experienced staffers.

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[Joseph Harrison]

I'm still very much a bioware fanboy so color me excited.

 

[6unn3r]

Well if its not KOTOR 3 i shall be sending a very strongly worded letter to Bioware telling them of my feelings on this matter...or i'll just grumble to myself. It's not like they listen to us mere mortals now is it?

 

[kittymalt]

Personally I want a kotor 1 and 2 bundle to come out for 360

 

[Nurb]

It's not "Bioware" anymore. Bioware is dead. It's "EA: Bioware" now, when all the disappointements started really happening.

Don't hold your breath over tainted developers. They're allowed to keep their name until they stop being of use, then EA shuts their doors like all the rest.

 

[CharrHearted]

Please let it be something like Kotor but with a combat system that isn't like a broken boring MMO...

 

[TinyMAG]

No. BioWare pooped all over every inch of trust and loyalty they built with me when they vomited out the end of ME3. I am serious, pathetic or not, when I say the end of ME3 was so bad; is so bad, always will be so bad, that I have gone from a 25+ hours week gamer to < 5. Since moving to my current apartment I have not played my Xbox at all. My PC is still in boxes. Stuffed in my closet. My PS3 only sees the light of day because of Netflix and the rare game session with my brother, who's in the military.
EA has ruined BioWare, and every single other studio/game/franchise they have ever touched. I refuse to give them even one single dollar more. Even IF this manged to be an actually attractive title, (i.e. a true KotOR III game) ME3 was bad enough that I have not been able to get back into gaming. I will have no problem not pre-ordering. And I will proudly laugh hysterically and send a big fat pretty birdy in EA's general direction when I walk into GameStop and buy the PreOwned version that they don't see penny from. And I will savor every second of it.


**On the up-side I definitely give them credit for the 35lbs lost and greatly increased social interaction that has only happened because EA made it so stupidly easy to give up on and hate gaming.**

 

[IllumInaTIma]

I'm totally with BioWare, so paint me excited.
By "New IP" do they mean something that Bioware haven't worked on before, or does it mean, well, a NEW IP?

 

[Scorpid]

Hopefully we won't get another ME3 ending... that was so bad for so many reasons both IG and meta. Here's to hoping EA has given up on finding new and interesting ways to fuck gamers and ruin this industry.

 

[hiei82]

*insert squee sound*

Yeah; I'm excited. KOTOR, Dragon Age, ME 1 through 3; I loved all of them (Side Note: Yes I like ME3 so shush). I honestly can't wait to find out what it is. Personally, I'm hoping for another futuristic adventure, but not-necessarily in space (I'd love to see Bioware try something cyberpunk)

 

[DarkhoIlow]

I will definitely keep an eye open to see what they can come up next, especially since it's a new IP.

I enjoyed all their titles that they have released albeit a little less to some of them (like ME3 ending and DA2). Aside from that they have a good record with me when it comes to their games.

 

[Whispering Cynic]

I'll keep an eye out, sure, but with due caution. ME2, ME3 and DA2 have turned out to be major disappointments for me, the days of preordering Bioware games are long gone.

 

[AidoZonkey]

I am looking forward to this, however after the appalling Mass Effect 3 ending, they really need to take there time on this one. EA also needs to not pressure them with time deadlines and let Bioware focus at turning out a potential great game.

Oh and maybe let a few fans in on how they are going to end it as they will poke all the holes with the story and possibly help make a better ending. Either that or fan-fiction will worked in at some point and ruin the whole thing

 

[O maestre]

This would have excitd me years ago, now I am on the border of "Meh" and upset. They are not just making a new IP they are making a potential committee designed and approved tripe A franchise, that will most likely be a failure. Bioware is no longer Bioware it is "EA North Studios" If it wasn't because of the brand that is Bioware thats what they would be called.

 

[erbkaiser]

The obvious answer is that this is likely to be the rumoured-at next Mass Effect game. I liked most of Mass Effect 3, except of course the pre-DLC ending. I just hope that whatever game this is, it's not something built to draw in the Halo crowd, but actually will be a good game.
And not a bloody MMO.

 

[Random Argument Man]

Well if Casey Hudson is involved, I wont be holding my breath. That guy is fucking poison for game development.

I can guarantee you that the game wont be worth preordering. But I am willing to give it a shot if, against all odds, it turns out to be good.

Oh and expect shoehordned in multiplayer due to EAs not greenlighting anything without a multiplayer focus anymore.

Pros and Cons of this type of comment

Cons:

-It's funny we give some flack to the guy who was game director to Jade Empire and KOTOR because he made one disappointing game and one great game with a very horrible ending. (Although, it all depends on your definition of "great"). Still, this is the Internet. It doesn't judge you on your merits, but only on the last bad stuff that you did. It's true that Mr. Hudson however did only pour some oil into the flamewar after Mass effect 3

-The multiplayer of Mass effect 3 is one I find very interesting. Sure, it's not the focus of Mass effect 3. It's still a fun diversion and Bioware introduced new "classes" in which I'm hoping we will see in future instalments. However, that's the tragedy of having some sort of multiplayer in a singleplayer focused game. Every little fault from the developers, most of the time, will be blamed on the multiplayer being there instead of focusing 100% on the main singleplayer content. That's despite the fact that the multiplayer works with the theme of the game which was this whole effort of collaboration between races and people.

Pros:

I'll throw this type of comment a bone because A. It needed one and B. Despite, what I've said, there's still issues that the enraged fanbase was right on. To be more exact, the conclusion of this type of franchise was lacking. I recognized that there's flaws with the game and not just the ending. I know the perspective of being disappointed after this whole ideal. It's ok to be pissed.

Although, I'll give the guy, who I've been directly quoting for this comment, another bone. You seem to have learn the moral of this whole ideal. "I'll see if it's good when it comes out. If it's good, then good on me. If it's bad, I can move on to better things". At least, I hope this is was what you meant. If so, then you get two thumbs up...and a permission for a cookie.

 

[Tumedus]

Been covered to death so I will just say there was a lot more wrong with ME3 than just the ending. It was a hollow imitator of its previous entries. DA2 abandoned just about everything that made DA good, imo. I forgive them for SWTOR because it was a case of too much ambition and not enough know how, but it was still a disappointment.


So yeah, faith is lost. They are just EA now, making products that resemble BioWare of old. Unless I hear their new stuff is awesome from someone I trust, it just isn't on the radar anymore. I would love to see them return to form, but I kind of doubt it will happen.