Poll: Poll: BioWare or Bethesda?

[Tallim]

I have to side with Bioware simply because of the Infinity Engine without which Planescape Torment might have been very different or non-existent.

 

[josephmatthew10]

How about we hook them up at a party and go with Biothesda. Bioware keeps its narritive while opening up the world more. Bethesda keeps its freedom while offering better combat. And Bioware should pick up the slack Q/A testing by itself.

Amen to that! BioThesda would be the greatest! Then they could get Obsidian and give LucasArts KOTOR II: The Finished Edition.

 

[josephmatthew10]

To my knowledge, there are no bad Bioware games. But there are bad Bethesda games. So yeah, Bioware it is.

Just look at all of those games and tell me I'm wrong. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bethesda_Softworks_games]

Hey, are you with some video game version of the KKK? Because I've seen you lynch Bethesda on about a dozen other threads. Did Bethesda eat your baby or something?

 

[Blue_vision]

Bioware. Bethesda may have the huge epic game worlds, but aside from that there's not much really going for them at all. Without much detail, things just get real boring real quick.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Bioware made Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, two of my favorite games of all time. Coupled with Jade Empire, Dragon Age Origins, and KOTOR, and my choice is obvious.

 

[theriddlen]

BioWare. They may be total d***heads and bunch of EA's a**hole licking dumbasses, but i they made some wonderful games. Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, precisely - first one has totally amazing story and feeling of epicness, the second one has best characters and great gameplay. For me, these are the best RPG's ever made.

Bethesda? I never understood games they make. I completely dislike their gameplay mechanics.

 

[HolocaustBoy]

I can't really speak for myself on this. But some may side with the Bioware team because it has made Mass Effect's 1 and two, Dragon Age, AND The award winning Star Wars:KotOR. Whilst Bethesda has the Fallout series and Wet. Seeing as though Kotor was basically my childhood in gaming. And it has Mass Effect 2, I am going to have to say Bioware. Even though I am in deep love with Bethesda for Fallout 3 and helping design New Vegas.

 

[R5-Reject]

Bioware. That is all.

 

[PatrickXD]

I might be biased, because my experience with Bioware is limited to the Mass Effect's and Dragon Age whereas I've been playing Morrowind for about 8 years now but I don't like Bioware games. They are too restricted and I find the huge overbearing plot really saps the fun factor from the games.

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

I like both companies and I rather liked Fallout 3 (had to be modded up the wazoo though) but I didn't really feel like I was part of some post-nuclear apocalypse. On the flipside, at the beginning of my first playthrough of Mass Effect 1 I felt completely immersed and hooked. I mean, how could you not feel shivers going down your back after watching this?


I've finished Mass Effect 1 around 6 times now and this still sends shivers down my spine.

The Music by Jack Wall and Sam Hulick also had to add to the complete immersion.

 

[oniemiru]

Bethesda without doubt...
Tribunal, Morrowind, oblivion an (arguable) Fallout 3 all great games.
what goes for Bioware? Mass effect is good but...
Baldurs gate sucks
baldurs gate 2 sucks even harder
Neverwinter nights is a joke
dragon age origins is a totaly predictable and soulless wannabe RPG
and Sonic chronicles... yeah... sonic...

Bethesda rule the western RPG world, hopefully they will proof it again with Skyrim next year...

 

[SomebodyNowhere]

While both of them are good Bethesda loses points from me for some of its efforts as a producer(Rogue Warrior most specifically). That being said with what they have coming out next year(Brink, RAGE, Elder Scrolls), they might be able to redeem themselves but I have difficulty believing they'll surpass Bioware.

 

[fates_puppet13]

bioware
bethesda have this way of screwing up game immersion with little things like the conversation system
alough i do have to say oblivion is one of my favourite games when my computer decides to run it

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

huge overbearing plot

I don't think I've ever heard somebody complain about a game having "too much plot." It's usually a lack of one, which Bethesda has mastered. Then again, I wouldn't expect someone who advocates the open-world experienc, like that in Fallout 3, to realize a good plot when they see one. Especially since the plot in FO3 was almost non-existant.

 

[AWOL]

Bethesda, hands down. I love BioWare also, so dont get me wrong, but the open-ended freedom of Bethesda's games is by far better than the linear stories of BioWare in my opinion.

BioWare still has some of my favorite games, but its no contest to me.

 

[voetballeeuw]

I enjoy Bioware games, but the sheer amount of hours I've spent wandering around in Bethesda's landscapes make me choose Bethesda.

 

[northeast rower]

To my knowledge, there are no bad Bioware games. But there are bad Bethesda games. So yeah, Bioware it is.

Just look at all of those games and tell me I'm wrong. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bethesda_Softworks_games]

You are wrong. Bethesda publishes plenty of good games. Bioware is great, don't get me wrong, but it has a messy track record too, just like any developer. That Sonic RPG? Yeah, that's not GOTY material. Not to mention that they have something like four franchises. Bethesda at least has a varied track record. I agree that Bioware is the better of the two, but Bethesda isn't that far behind in my opinion.

 

[Sjakie]

BioWare. I've just always felt like the story and writing were much more immersive than Bethseda. I also always thought Bethesda's games lacked a lot of direction, it just sort of set a massive world before you and didn't really tell you where to go.

However, if you could combine Bethesda's gameplay and world style, and BioWare's writing and story development I think it would possibly be the best RPG known to man.

my thought's exactly.

I do like the lack of direction in Morrowind but it just does not work for me in Oblivion.
Gameplay wise Bioware is starting to slack off imo, yet their stories have a hold over me.

 

[Riddle78]

They both have their pros and cons. I choose both.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

Bethesda is great, but they can never win this contest for 2 reasons:

1.People played many more Bioware games than Bethesda games. I mean, the only Bethesda games I've ever played were Fallout3 and a bit of Oblivion. I don't even know if they HAVE any other series'. On the other hand: Mass Effect=Legend; KotOR=Legend; Dragon Age=not legend, but not all that bad either. That right there is 3 RPGs quoted to be some of the best ever made(okay, maybe just ME and KotOR are quoted)

2.Bethesda, seriously STOP that zooming into faces thing. It's unnatural, and creepy, and just......weird. Seriously cut it out.