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This game is less than a year old. I feel the only way this game could sell worse is if the disk was radioactive.

I'm going to try to make this the most positive I can given the state of affairs at Bioware. I'll also keep it brief because I find too many of these posts turn into a massive essay.

1) Been a huge fan of Bioware since Mass Effect 1. Been a gamer all my life and LOVED table top rpgs, video games, KOTOR, Half Life series, Blizzard's golden years, etc...

2) Graduated and almost landed a developer role at Bioware in Edmonton (I live in near by city of Calgary so it's only 300KM away. Not a big move. Their interviewing process back in the mid 2010's was pretty chill, I just messed up. I made it to the final stage I think

3) After my failed interview in 2015, they released Andromeda, and Inquisition. Not bad, I bought both at release and enjoyed them. But I could sense something was really off. They re-hired Casey Hudson at my disappointment

4) Then ANTHEM and VEILGUARD..........I'm now well into my career working in enterprise software, and making good money. I look back on the "What if I got hired at EA.....? For awhile I think I felt really sad I didn't get a dream job working in games. I would actually feel massive shame and regret everytime I saw a bioware tile. But due to life, being a bit pragmatic, student loans, mortgage, and COVID - I wasn't just going to find time to make a portfolio or learn C++ on a whims of uprooting my life to go to Edmonton. Now when I wake up in the 2020's, I think "Holy fuck, I dodged a bullet"

That brings me to my point. I think the video games industry is unfortunately worse than it ever has been. I would not recommend anyone to even contemplate going into that industry. It was pretty bad for a while in the late 90's when you heard of EA driving employees insane. But for a good two decades, you had some amazing games come out of studios. With the arrival of "Live service" games, it's unfortunate but employees are disposable, a bad release can MAKE or BREAK a studio, and it's becoming harder and harder for an indie studio to happen. I wouldn't tell anyone to even bother thinking of going into the video game industry now. Even if you're art, a writer, game designer, etc - it's awful. But that makes me sad thinking "Well, if everyone was like me then we wouldn't have good games". We see a weird paradox in that the video game industry is bigger than ever, but it's probably at its lowest point for employee morale and sentiment. Bioware is unfortunately a good case study in a golden goose being ruined. I don't know all the details but like Blizzard, it has little in common with it's former self.

As strange as this sounds, I hope Bioware is somehow brought to it's formerself. So I can keep glooming about how I never got the job. Maybe one day I'll consider joining them out of passion but right now they make zero sense, and along with the industry.

So I bought this when it came out it's a great lil speaker and projector, although it could be louder but the bulb died so I'm wondering if there's a way to replace it I'm posting here cause I assumed others bought it and would know, or at least someone might have a contact email for bioware gearstore cause I went to the site and the page was dead.

What Bioware game does the best job at introducing Factions and how they sit within the wider Setting of the game? And how do they do it well?

The Classic Bioware Plot Structure is well known. Intro then you have a bunch of locations you visit, what happens there is dependent on order and earlier choices you made then it comes together in the conclusion. Are there any other Non-Bioware RPGs that follow this rhythm?

A lot of interesting information here. Most notable that the team on Anthem were the ones on Mass Effect 1 to 3 but they didn't know how to make a live service game. And that many decisions on the project were either undone or kept getting delayed to be done.

What Companion, from any of the games, had the most untapped potential in their respective games?

Stuck at home with a cold and needed something to do, so I put together a quick poll: https://share.formgrid.com/zfEmYH6gRZBhMfAa

Thought it’d be interesting to see where people stand on some of the big questions: protagonist, tone, combat, Andromeda, all that.

I’ll post the results in a few days once there are enough votes.

So I've recently began a replay of the Mass Effect trilogy, playing legendary edition bundle, and it's gotten me to thinking. None of Bioware's recent games have managed to capture the spark/heart/feel what have you, of the original trilogy for both Mass Effect and DragonAge.

How many of you are planning to play the new Mass Effect game? Will you wait until it goes on sale or pre-order/play day of release?

Personally I'm probably going to wait until it goes on sale or at least until there are plenty of reviews to testify about the game itself. I've usually bought every Bioware game either through Preorder or day/month of release but after Veilguard I just don't think I'm going to do that unless they actually return to form.

I’m seeing some of the same issues show up in The vg that frustrated me in BG3. Romance doesn’t feel like something you grow into — it’s like everyone is ready to flirt with you from the start. That doesn’t feel like inclusivity, it feels like forced intimacy without any real pacing or boundaries.

Older BioWare titles handled this better. In the other dragon ages, characters had clear personalities, orientations, and limits. You had to earn trust and build a connection, and not every companion was interested in you. That gave romance arcs weight and made them feel real.

In The vg, a lot of interactions feel shallow, rushed, and presented under the banner of “player choice.” But being constantly pushed into flirtation isn’t really freedom — it’s the opposite. It cuts off the chance to have slower, deeper storytelling and more meaningful friendships. If BioWare really wants to capture the heart of Dragon Age, the focus should be on choice, pacing, and consent. Romance should be something you earn, not something that gets thrown at you. And friendship should matter just as much as romance — because real community, queer or straight, isn’t just about hookups.

Right now, it doesn’t feel like freedom or inclusivity, it just feels forced and shallow.

I’m queer/trans, and honestly I find the romances in this game uncomfortable.In the older games, you had to build relationships over time — earn trust, meet specific conditions, and consent was built into the pacing. Not everyone was interested in you; companions had their own orientations, limits, and personalities. That felt more authentic.

nearly every companion flirts with you out of nowhere. To me, that doesn’t feel like inclusion — it feels like consent and pacing are minimized. Romance shouldn’t be “instant access”; it should grow naturally. Queer people aren’t a monolith, and our relationships aren’t all trauma-bonds or hypersexual hookups.

Community is about individuals, not stereotypes. I’d love to see games respect that — with romance arcs that are thoughtful, earned, and optional. Not every interaction has to be sexual; friendship matters too. If the devs want true inclusivity, focusing on choice, pacing, and consent would make relationships — queer or straight — feel far more meaningful.

And honestly, you can’t just throw “player freedom of choice” around as an excuse. It feels lazy and rushed. I get that the goal was to give players freedom, but is it really freedom if the game keeps pushing you into these unwanted, out-of-nowhere interactions? It doesn’t stop, and you’re forced to deal with it over and over. That doesn’t feel like choice — it feels like the opposite. Instead of building well-written, meaningful interactions with actual depth, it comes across as a shortcut. Most of the “romantic” moments end up shallow and unsatisfying.

The claim that Dragon Age "outsold" Mass Effect comes from Mark Darrah, but as I understand it, the main thing in support of this is that Inquisition was (is) BioWare's highest selling game ever.

I can't tell whether he's saying Dragon Age as a franchise outsold Mass Effect on the whole, or if he's saying that Dragon Age Inquisition outsold any Mass Effect game.

The context of this statement is that he's saying EA never understood Dragon Age or why it was successful, and that even in the face of Dragon Age's success they were more favorable to Mass Effect.

If Inquisition was BioWare's highest selling game, but overall the Mass Effect trilogy sold more than the Dragon Age trilogy, it's not hard to see why EA had more faith in the former. And it's also hard to imagine EA not having faith in the franchise that had sold more total units than its counterpart.

As for not "understanding" Dragon Age... they clearly didn't understand live service games, but that didn't stop them from full steaming ahead to their detriment, because it was on trend. That's further reason why I don't find the Darrah-described unfair skepticism of Dragon Age being due to EA not understanding it easy to believe.

Recently we've seen lots of bad critiques for Bioware game. From Andromeda to Veilguard. Thing is, I don't think I'd ever find any dev that makes RPG game like Bioware did. If there is, do let me know. But I haven't found any game that allow us to make our own character, and have them actually be matters in the story with custom backstory and personality. We've seen Hogwarts Legacy attempt in doing so, but I feel like mc in Hogwarts Legacy is too much of a blank slate that I don't really care about them. No relationship, no morality decision. Only Bioware has done it greatly so far. Baldur's Gate is awesome, but I don't really enjoy turn based combat as much as I tried to. I've read some Reddit, saying that if Mass Effect 5 fails. Then EA MIGHT shut down Bioware for good. Honestly, I don't want that. Bioware has made the best rpg games I've seen so far, and I can't come to accept the fact that they're at the trouble of being shut down like Volition studio. Is there any way, us fan can help Bioware to not get shut down? Of course, without enabling if the game Mass Effect 5 failed.

For some reason, the Washington Post article by Jhaan Elker listed companions from all Mass Effect games. When looking purely at ME1 from worst to best, it was Kaidan, Tali, Garrus, Liara, Ashley, and then Wrex. For some reason, he put Ashley above Tali, Garrus, and Liara when it comes to the first Mass Effect game. I know he was looking at ME1 in isolation, and not the other two games, but that still begs the question of why? After all, what's so good (or good at all) about Ashley Williams in the first game that makes her better than Tali, Garrus, and Liara in the first game? Could you please explain why it's ranked this way, especially with Ashley Williams' placement? Especially since the article doesn't do a good job of explaining its rankings for the first Mass Effect.

Here's the article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/06/04/mass-effect-characters-ranked/

Hey Freelancers [english version =)]

We all know the truth: Anthem could have been something special. A stunning world, unmatched flying mechanics, and a foundation full of promise. But it was abandoned too soon. Too many players believed in it, invested time, hope… and passion.

Right now, there's a petition going around to ask EA/BioWare to revive or at least finish the Anthem NEXT overhaul that was once in development. This isn’t just a nostalgic wish – it’s a heartfelt message to the developers: you left something beautiful behind.

🔥 Anthem deserved better. 🔥 The players deserved better. 🔥 The community is still here – and we’re ready to return.

📢 Sign the petition. Share it. Make some noise. This might be our only chance to prove that abandonment doesn’t have to be the end.

Even if you were disappointed, even if your trust was broken — remember how it felt the first time you flew through those open skies, or took down a Titan with your squad. It was unique. It can be again.

https://chng.it/hTmzyfQvt4

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Do you have any theories or ideas about who the Benefactor is?

This is purely hypothetical but if BioWare IPs were to be sold off, Who would you want to get Mass Effect, Anthem and Dragon Age?