Originally posted by asmkm22

Yeah, it's not particularly "new" news, but still.  Sad part is, he'll get hired on somewhere else, and be given more chances to create games that suck.  There's something about game industry managers/designers/executives that makes it so that they can all royally screw things up to no end, yet still get hired by new companies.

Amen.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/03/bethesda-opens-battlecry-studios-in-austin-working-on-unannounced-project/

Originally posted by NBlitz
Are there enough lifeboats for the crew?
What will be the final song the band plays as the ship sinks?
Who will be in that band?
Will the captain go down with the ship?
So many questions fill my mind.

The Band Played Walzing Mathilda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psoTEzpHIbI

Originally posted by Sevenstar61

That probably means that there will be less story and more other MMO features. Not that I am happy about it, as I absolutely love the story.  Oh well, only time will tell....

And... BioWare Austin  is actually hire people now... check

http://www.bioware.com/careers/austin

 

 

They can hire as many people as they like, but Bioware are no more, without the main people who have left

Originally posted by Sevenstar61

SWG 2.0 is not coming... Get used to it:)

 

PS. Lots of people like SWTOR, me included. The pessimism around the game sure taking it's toll though.

 

PS2. And as nothing interests you in SWTOR I have no interest in anything GW2 delivers. We all like different things. Lets all get along /grin

I am waiting on SWG 2.0 as well

When people keep going on about it, and it keeps being the most wanted game to make a come back, it will happen

Bioware are dead though, they are never coming back

EA should see about getting SWG back up an operating somehow, then they would get their money back for SWTOR a lot faster! ;)

Originally posted by superniceguy

Bioware are dead though, they are never coming back

EA should see about getting SWG back up an operating somehow, then they would get their money back for SWTOR a lot faster! ;)

Originally posted by smh_alot

Originally posted by superniceguy

Bioware are dead though, they are never coming back

EA should see about getting SWG back up an operating somehow, then they would get their money back for SWTOR a lot faster! ;)

 

This is the kind of warped thinking, that makes many non-hardcore SWG vets look sometimes at those SWG vets as some weird cult where people haven't exactly all their marbles fitted neatly in their heads. BW dead? SWG being some cash cow? Lol, sorry, but no. Maybe in Neverland but not in the real world. EQ classic servers never did as well, even with hordes of people constantly stating how eager they'd be to play those oldschool MMO's, far more than current MMO's. I'm expecting nothing differently from the piners for other MMO's like SWG.

 

The best MMORPG for those that want to complain about current MMO's will always and ever be the ones that aren't around anymore. Nothing beats memory.

Did you not see the news that The Doctors and now Daniel Erickson has left? Without them, Bioware will NEVER be the same, and Bioware will slowly fade away and just be EA employees

Nothing beats game features, devs are just lazy and do not put in enough gameplayin MMOs these days. New single player games can be better /just as good as old games with memories

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Bioware did not just get created with SWTOR, they have been around for many years. This is not normal

There will NEVER be a decent game by Bioware of the same calibre ever again.  Up until Dragon Age 2, all their games were masterpieces and that was all down to the people who have now left the company.

The best thing for SWTOR is for it to get shut down,  or forrever stay in maintenance mode, as if it carries on going, and gets chopped and changed for the worse, it will ruin the game and the memories of Bioware good and proper.

Originally posted by Sevenstar61

SWG 2.0 is not coming... Get used to it:)

SWG 2.0 will come, Get use to it :). Look at all the people who play minecraft, why is it so darn addicting? Cause it doesnt give a damn about ultimate modern graphics and cares more about sandbox play. Sandbox with 2004 graphics>Themepark with current modern graphics imho.

I'll end that discussion there, anyway Daniel Erickson picked the right choice to leave EA :). I would leave an arrogant company too.

Originally posted by FrodoFragins
The people most responsible for the failure that was the final product have left the company.  Big shock there.  BW never should have made an MMO.  They clearly didn't understand the genre.

its all EAs fault bud

Originally posted by defector1968

Originally posted by FrodoFragins
The people most responsible for the failure that was the final product have left the company.  Big shock there.  BW never should have made an MMO.  They clearly didn't understand the genre.

its all EAs fault bud

Its also LA too.

Originally posted by Atrocitus

He had this coming. Hes one of the main reasons, amongst many else, for the failure that SWTOR is.

 

Good riddance...

 

 

Next up hopefully is Jimbo Ohlen. These two guys were principal catalysts in SWTORs mediocrity....

Amen

Hopefully this experience has humbled them some. The sheer amount of arrogance was astounding IMO. Bioware made some decent games back in the day. But seems like they got a bit too full of themselves and thought any half assed game with the bioware name on it was a recipe for instant success.

Originally posted by jdnewell

Originally posted by Atrocitus

He had this coming. Hes one of the main reasons, amongst many else, for the failure that SWTOR is.

 

Good riddance...

 

 

Next up hopefully is Jimbo Ohlen. These two guys were principal catalysts in SWTORs mediocrity....

Amen

Hopefully this experience has humbled them some. The sheer amount of arrogance was astounding IMO. Bioware made some decent games back in the day. But seems like they got a bit too full of themselves and thought any half assed game with the bioware name on it was a recipe for instant success.

wrong....those guys were working on a different part of the game. it's not their fault that ur wanted features arent in. It's someone else.

Originally posted by Jonoku

Originally posted by defector1968

Originally posted by FrodoFragins
The people most responsible for the failure that was the final product have left the company.  Big shock there.  BW never should have made an MMO.  They clearly didn't understand the genre.

its all EAs fault bud

Its also LA too.

yes and that too EA and LA

Originally posted by Leoghan
Honestly, based on some of his comments and decisions, it would have been better for the game had he left sooner in my opinion. 

I wholly agree. He was a significant part of the problem.

Originally posted by defector1968

Originally posted by FrodoFragins
The people most responsible for the failure that was the final product have left the company.  Big shock there.  BW never should have made an MMO.  They clearly didn't understand the genre.

its all EAs fault bud

EA might be Evil Corporate Overlords, but never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Originally posted by smh_alot
Heh. If people really think that SWTOR or BW will be gone soon like within a year or so, they should bet some serious money on it. But I think none will do that, bc deep down they know it's more wishful thinking than a realistic belief that those'll cease to exist anytime soon.

It's a bad bet on your part, because BioWare is already gone.  EA bought BioWare in 2007.  BioWare has lost all it's core personell that actually separated BioWare from what people used to remember (mostly recently, but some notables in the past 2 years).  All the vacancies are now filled with EA employees.

Taking bets that BioWare will be gone soon? lol get with the program, BioWare is already gone.

Originally posted by Karteli

Originally posted by smh_alot
Heh. If people really think that SWTOR or BW will be gone soon like within a year or so, they should bet some serious money on it. But I think none will do that, bc deep down they know it's more wishful thinking than a realistic belief that those'll cease to exist anytime soon.

 

It's a bad bet on your part, because BioWare is already gone.  EA bought BioWare in 2007.  BioWare has lost all it's core personell that actually separated BioWare from what people used to remember (mostly recently, but some notables in the past 2 years).  All the vacancies are now filled with EA employees.

 

Taking bets that BioWare will be gone soon? lol get with the program, BioWare is already gone.

I will def take your bet that BW is currently gone and no longer exists.