Former Mass Effect Lead Forms New Studio To Make Narrative-Focused Games (kotaku.com)
from stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to games@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 2023 23:56
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Mac Walters is a longtime BioWare veteran who left the studio earlier this year

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sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works on 18 Nov 2023 00:45 next collapse

Nice, maybe the next Mass Effect game won’t have any cut scenes.

Nobody@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 2023 01:00 next collapse

+5 Renegade

Zellith@kbin.social on 18 Nov 2023 04:38 next collapse

Or as some of us affectionately call him, Hack Walters. Guy can write characters fantastically, but I don't think he has it in him to write consistent narrative. Well, not unless he has improved over the last few years. (x to doubt).

c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 2023 09:15 next collapse

Unfortunately he was also the one responsible for the plot hole filled “artistic” ending of ME3.

stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 18 Nov 2023 10:11 next collapse

And that’s fine. Plenty of authors are great at writing the journey and terrible at writing endings. And from what we’ve gotten so far at least he now knows what not to do when writing an ending.

Astaroth@lemm.ee on 18 Nov 2023 11:17 next collapse

Oh… I had a tiny bit of hope before reading this

space@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Nov 2023 18:18 collapse

The problem wasn’t the lack of creativity, but the fact that it was rushed.

val@infosec.pub on 18 Nov 2023 16:51 next collapse

Over the years I’ve seen a lot of articles about former Bioware devs leaving to form their own studios but nothing has ever really come of it. Whatever magic they had in the 00’s just seems to be lost.

AeroLemming@lemm.ee on 18 Nov 2023 18:10 next collapse

I hope that doesn’t turn out to be the case for the Blizzard people that left and formed FrostGiant. I want modern, snappy RTS!

arya48@lemmy.world on 19 Nov 2023 16:14 collapse

Stray gods came out back in August and is currently sitting at very positive on steam, it’s by David Gaider’s new studio, he was former lead writer on dragon age.

MolochAlter@lemmy.world on 20 Nov 2023 21:44 collapse

Ah yes, mister “more bigger”