BioWare Could Move Away from Fantasy and Sci-Fi
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I think they could pull off a Medieval RPG rather well, it would basically just be Dragon Age minus the Dragons and Darkspawn. Plenty of historical wars they could use as well. A spy genre would work rather well too I think.
But if Bioware comes out with an RPG set around a modern day invasion of America (or any other Call of duty plot), I'm going to get seriously pissed.
But if Bioware comes out with an RPG set around a modern day invasion of America (or any other Call of duty plot), I'm going to get seriously pissed.
Not into realism... By the beard, please not into realism...
Fantasy and Sci-Fi are the best settings. That's why you made things in them. Keep doing that.
Fantasy and Sci-Fi are the best settings. That's why you made things in them. Keep doing that.
I would like to see a pirate-themed RPG from Bioware! It'll probably fall into the more 'fantasy' genre just with pirate-themes not magic.
I watched the new pirates of the caribbean yesterday and I thought it was good. Blackbeard's Voodoo powers of controlling the ship, zombifying the crew and creating Voodoo dolls was underused however
I watched the new pirates of the caribbean yesterday and I thought it was good. Blackbeard's Voodoo powers of controlling the ship, zombifying the crew and creating Voodoo dolls was underused however
I did think Jade Empire, but: 1. Jade Empire was awesome, and 2. Your title did sort of prep me to think of the odd ones out.
So we could be looking at a Space Precinct [//www.spaceprecinct.com/]-esque game from Bioware? Excuse me while while I try to comprehend this sudden rush of awesomeness.John Funk said:
Maybe if Bioware has made Alpha Protocol more people would have liked it, because I bleeding loved it. I played it twice back to back, and I intent to play it again sometime. I could not understand why it's appeal was so lacking. I didn't enjoy my "Shotgun and SMGs" character as much as my "Pistol, Unarmed and Stealth" character (second and first respectively), but it was still a solid game playing balls out action.
I also don't like why so few developers don't want to try RPG's in a pseudomodern era. But that's a query for a much more verbose reply sometime later.
I also don't like why so few developers don't want to try RPG's in a pseudomodern era. But that's a query for a much more verbose reply sometime later.
PIRATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please please please please please please please...I really want a good pirate RPG. Want to know how badly I want one? I'm pre-ordering Risen 2: Dark Waters. I'm not expecting quality, just a kind of game I've been wanting for a long time.
Plus, it could be based (or just have feature) my city, Charleston. Blackbeard did hold the city for ransom.
Give me my ArrrPGs, already!
Please please please please please please please...I really want a good pirate RPG. Want to know how badly I want one? I'm pre-ordering Risen 2: Dark Waters. I'm not expecting quality, just a kind of game I've been wanting for a long time.
Plus, it could be based (or just have feature) my city, Charleston. Blackbeard did hold the city for ransom.
Give me my ArrrPGs, already!
Hmmm, well I have mixed opinions. To be honest I'm a science fiction and fantasy nut, so moving away from those generes doesn't appeal to me. However as Bioware, like a lot of companies, seems to be wanting to sell out it's "geek" fan base for mainstream appeal, it's not surprising it wants to increasingly move away from what are generally fringe generes. Cop shows and the like are a staple for prime time TV, and what mostly appeals to the "everyman" with only a few science fiction and fantasy show scoring widespread mainstream appeal. With the lowest human denominator increasingly on computers, it makes sense for businesses to want to make games that appeal to them to reap the largest possible profits from the availible audience. Geeks might be a big audience, but we're not the biggest one that can be reached anymore.
It makes sense that looking back at earlier attempts to do this like "Police Quest", which didn't fail horribly even with the limited audience, with be inspiring.
Truthfully, I might enjoy a good cop show, mystery, or spy show, but science fiction, fantasy, and horror is what I always keep coming back to. You move away from those generes, your going to lose me, and probably a lot of people like me, sadly with the potential money to be made I doubt many of the gaming company execs running around with dollar signs in their eyes really care.
Speaking for myself, I thought "LA Noire" looked interesting on some levels, but overall the idea of just being a regular cop, and solving crimes, even fairly sensational ones, doesn't appeal to me as far as gaming goes. It's a differant time period, but all I could think of was "Police Quest 1940s" albiet with much more modern technology than that game series presented. I thought "Police Quest" was okay, but I was never a huge fan, I vastly preferred oh... "Quest For Glory".
The Spy genere is okay, as it has potential for a lot of wierdness, I thought "Alpha Protocol" could have been a masterpiece with a lot more work, or perhaps a differant team (Obsidian was a bit out of their depth).
Right now if I had to pick a genere for Bioware to head into, I'd probably say that I'd like to see them do a horror RPG game, rather than going in the directions they seem to be thinking. That's probably too heavily in geek territory for where they want to move though.
Looking at say "LA Noire" my big thoughts were that it seemed like it showed how someone could finally make a totally kick arse "Call Of Cthulhu" game, sadly Rock Star doesn't typically focus on material like that.
Such are my thoughts, mixed as they are.
It makes sense that looking back at earlier attempts to do this like "Police Quest", which didn't fail horribly even with the limited audience, with be inspiring.
Truthfully, I might enjoy a good cop show, mystery, or spy show, but science fiction, fantasy, and horror is what I always keep coming back to. You move away from those generes, your going to lose me, and probably a lot of people like me, sadly with the potential money to be made I doubt many of the gaming company execs running around with dollar signs in their eyes really care.
Speaking for myself, I thought "LA Noire" looked interesting on some levels, but overall the idea of just being a regular cop, and solving crimes, even fairly sensational ones, doesn't appeal to me as far as gaming goes. It's a differant time period, but all I could think of was "Police Quest 1940s" albiet with much more modern technology than that game series presented. I thought "Police Quest" was okay, but I was never a huge fan, I vastly preferred oh... "Quest For Glory".
The Spy genere is okay, as it has potential for a lot of wierdness, I thought "Alpha Protocol" could have been a masterpiece with a lot more work, or perhaps a differant team (Obsidian was a bit out of their depth).
Right now if I had to pick a genere for Bioware to head into, I'd probably say that I'd like to see them do a horror RPG game, rather than going in the directions they seem to be thinking. That's probably too heavily in geek territory for where they want to move though.
Looking at say "LA Noire" my big thoughts were that it seemed like it showed how someone could finally make a totally kick arse "Call Of Cthulhu" game, sadly Rock Star doesn't typically focus on material like that.
Such are my thoughts, mixed as they are.
Steampunk please, oh god please. If Bioware made a deal with Girl Genius I might implode from happiness :3
This would also be cool ARRR!DustyDrB said:
Bioware remaking Arcanum would be a bad idea. I haven't seen any evidence that they could create an open world game. Arcanum wouldn't work in the linear fashion that Bioware games tend to be.Hristo Tzonkov said:
If an Arcanum remake were ever to come around, I'd much rather Obsidian were the developers. They showed they could handle an open world game when they released New Vegas.
Oh god I really really hope they do a spy RPG. Or any RPG that's set in "modern" times. Such an underused setting in RPGs, at least those that don't involve vampires.
