Lets be honest- Bioware was dead long before that. When they got acquired, it was already their death knell.
Exactly, the writing was on the wall since the beginning. The only good games they made under EA were games they started before being acquired (apart form ME3, which was mostly relying on what was done in the previous ones).
Pure revisionist history, they were bought by EA in 2007, so the first Mass Effect was in production before the acquisition, but you're saying everything else they made from 2007 on was garbage that EA forced them to make?
They we got Andromeda long before Veilguard. So yes, my point was it was a downward spiral, but it only went down from the moment they were acquired, with ME2/3 being the only exception.
Oct 22, 2026 · 12:47 AM UTC
I don't even agree that ME 2/3 are excluded. Definitely above the rest they released, but 2 was already meddled with, stripping away a lot of the RPG mechanics to turn it into Gears In Space and introducing absolutely retarded concepts- like one-use disposable thermal clips.