Because the Escapist has a rather hiveminded population that tends to agree with the staff on everything. Staff likes consoles, escapees love consoles, staff disapproves of file sharers, escapees start foaming at the mouth when file sharers are mentioned, staff likes bioware, escapees hold them as the gold standard of rpgs.demoman_chaos said:
If you could have any two game companys work on a game.
- Thread starter EinTheCorgi
- Start date
Recommended Videos
It's already been said, but BioWare/Blizzard. However, allow me to elaborate: Modern day (Mass Effect, Dragon Age) BioWare, and pre-Activision (the original Warcraft games, Diablo I & II, Starcraft, Lost Vikings, even early WoW) Blizzard. Combining two companies known for quality games, great storytelling, and great quality assurance? Yes, please.
CCP & Valve.
Valve for having a lot of experience in making games for many years, always pumping out new innovations with excellent gameplay and plot.
CCP for being possibly the most chill dev team there is. One of the few dev teams that seem genuinley laid back and casual, while still being able to make (imo) the best MMO avaliable and a few other games in the pipeline.
Not sure what they would make, but it would probably be good.
Valve for having a lot of experience in making games for many years, always pumping out new innovations with excellent gameplay and plot.
CCP for being possibly the most chill dev team there is. One of the few dev teams that seem genuinley laid back and casual, while still being able to make (imo) the best MMO avaliable and a few other games in the pipeline.
Not sure what they would make, but it would probably be good.
Everyone's been saying it but since it was the first thing that popped into my head...Bethesda and Bioware. Think of the awesome that game would contain! It'd be mind blowing.
Other than that I think that Blizzard and Vavle should shack up. Innovative game play meets creative design with a whole lot of inspired storytelling on top of it (Not to mention buckets of cash and talent since both companies are backed by very solid bankrolls). It'd be the most abosorbing PC game the world has ever seen and the next time someone tells you PC games are dying you could point at it and go 'Well that's a pretty lively looking corpse to me sir'
*sigh* A girl can dream of a brigher tomorrow.
Other than that I think that Blizzard and Vavle should shack up. Innovative game play meets creative design with a whole lot of inspired storytelling on top of it (Not to mention buckets of cash and talent since both companies are backed by very solid bankrolls). It'd be the most abosorbing PC game the world has ever seen and the next time someone tells you PC games are dying you could point at it and go 'Well that's a pretty lively looking corpse to me sir'
*sigh* A girl can dream of a brigher tomorrow.
I was going to say BioWare + Blizzard, as they're my two favourites, but I don't think they would benefit that much from each others.
As was said multiple times, I think BioWare + Bethesda would be a potent mix. Bethesda badly needs some lessons in story building and dialogue writing and BioWare needs to learn about more open-ended worlds. Not necessarily a sandbox like the Elder Scrolls series, but as much as I love Baldur's Gate, KotOR and Neverwinter Nights, I think their "area" approach is getting very dated.
I would also like to see a Blizzard + LucasArts, or rather Blizzard with Star Wars rights (since everything touched by LA seems to stink these days). When they had announced a SW RPG from BioWare, I thought it would be cool to have a SW RTS from Blizzard. I know it's never going to happen though, since StarCraft gives them much more creative freedom.
As was said multiple times, I think BioWare + Bethesda would be a potent mix. Bethesda badly needs some lessons in story building and dialogue writing and BioWare needs to learn about more open-ended worlds. Not necessarily a sandbox like the Elder Scrolls series, but as much as I love Baldur's Gate, KotOR and Neverwinter Nights, I think their "area" approach is getting very dated.
I would also like to see a Blizzard + LucasArts, or rather Blizzard with Star Wars rights (since everything touched by LA seems to stink these days). When they had announced a SW RPG from BioWare, I thought it would be cool to have a SW RTS from Blizzard. I know it's never going to happen though, since StarCraft gives them much more creative freedom.
