BioWare Could Move Away from Fantasy and Sci-Fi

[KAPTAINmORGANnWo4life]

Isn't Jade Empire a Fantasy RPG, too? It's Knights of the Old Republic of China.

I made a funny.

 

[Dastardly]

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And McDonalds could move away from burgers. But it might not be the best move. The market is unforgiving, and it's currently full of tons of willing workers. That means, at this point, that you dance with the one that brought you. If you got famous doing X and Y, setting them aside to do Z might not serve you as well as you think.

It's like those actors/actresses that try their hand at singing (or vice versa) to show their versatility, and they quickly realize that fans often are not portable. You might just find yourself at square one again. And now's not a great time to be a square one.

 

[zHellas]

I'm sure Bioware could make it work whatever they do, I just wouldn't like to see them walk away from things they do amazingly.

I agree with this, but I don't want them to completely abandon Fantasy or Sci-Fi.

I mean, an Spy Adventure made by Bioware sounds awesome, but I'd still like to see the occasional Sci-Fi or Fantasy game.

 

[Optimystic]

More Jade Empire.

The spy market is glutted and should be avoided. Tom Clancy this Alpha Protocol that blah blah. Bioware has shown their strength lies in universe-creation - that would be completely wasted on a current-day setting.

 

[dfphetteplace]

The spy one would be great. Alpha Protocol was a massive disappointment and it would be cool to see their take on it.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Why do they have to go away from fantasy and sci fi? Those are my two favorite settings. I would honestly be sad if they abandoned them.

 

[gbemery]

I take this as good news. They didn't say they are going completely away from scifi and fantasy they are only expanding out. Plus didn't they say they were making Mass Effect into a franchise not just a trilogy?

 

[Frotality]

im going to play the cynic and assume this is a prepared excuse for bioware's unannounced modern FPS. or maybe their jealous of LA noire and want to copy that.

im wary to interpret this as anything more than an excuse for moving into different genres that happen to be in different settings, but im just pessimistic like that. maybe they just wanna do alpha protocol right, but given what bioware is "moving away" from with its new releases and announcements, it would probably be a third-person shooter with a dialogue wheel.

 

[PorkChopXpress]

A Western would be cool.

 

[Negatempest]

I thought of Mass Effect and Sonic not sure why I thought of Sonic.

But honestly I feel like good writing transcends "genre"; so if they say one day that they are making a platform game, or a horror game, or even a racing one! I have total faith in them to pull it off (I don't even like DA and Mass Effect, but they are good games).

*Shudders* Sorry, the thought of seeing a platform mario game with a bioware story....*shudders*

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

I guess it'd be ok as long as they keep up the rpg genre i won't be a happy bunny if they start making generic shooters.

 

[mattttherman3]

I would be open to playing these games, I enjoyed Alpha Protocol's story(shooting in that game sucked). If anyone could pull it off, it is BioWare. As long as it's still an RPG.

 

[Scars Unseen]

I don't know if moving away from Sci-Fi / Fantasy is necessary, seeing as Bioware is one of the few companies that produce (IMO), reliably enjoyable RPGs in those genres. What they need to do is continue DA2's trend of bucking the "Bioware Formula." Flaws aside, DA2 was a breath of fresh air after the constant stream of "Only you, the Jedi/Grey Warden/Spirit Monk, can collect the Star Maps/allies/Dragon Amulet pieces in order to stop the Sith/Blight/Emperor."

If it takes a genre change to accomplish this, then I guess I can live with that.

 

[eclipsed_chemistry]

Oh, please please please do a spy game, Bioware. I loved the idea of Alpha Protocol and honestly, I'm pretty surprised there aren't more spy games in the video game industry today.

 

[Trolldor]

I am not surprised that Bioware would be moving away from traditionally (in gaming) the two genres that rely - more than any other - on their story.

 

[Souplex]

NO!
Fantasy and Sci-Fi are the unrealistic genres. Those are the ones where anything awesome can happen.
Abandoning those is abandoning fun.

 

[Saelune]

I dont mind if Bioware experiments making games I might not get, but dont do it all in ME and DA. Thats why they are starting to be crappy.

 

[NaramSuen]

I am all for Bioware branching out into different genres, so long as it is not the brown and realistic genre. I can't stand brown and realistic.

Also here to join the chorus of Jade Empire lovers. Bring back Jade Empire!

 

[viranimus]

While I can see and honestly agree they could handle a different type of setting, I do NOT see them building another type of game, considering they have basically just remade the same gameplay mechanic for the last decade.

I dont think they want to make a different type of game. Perhaps I am wrong, but Im thinking if they wanted to make a different type, they would have already done ANYTHING by now.

 

[Aisaku]

That's a blast from the past... remember Sierra On-Line?