The schwartz is with you, BioWare
What can I say? I’m a BioWare fanboy – there I said it, so get over it – but I’m not ashamed because BioWare has all the goodies this year at E3: Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effect 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic. The EA conference was a mix of the good, the bad and the ugly (Brutal Legend, Dante’s Inferno and Charm Girls Club) but BioWare was the highlight of the show with an exclusive look at three of their developing games. The announcement that Old Republic will feature complete voice-overs for every character (including your own) was impressive but puzzling. Their non-stop emphasis on the “fourth pillar,” the story, continues to anchor it in the MMORPG realm; without it they might as well call the the game World of Warcraft 2. I’m not bashing BioWare for this but if their “fourth pillar” crumbles, then so does Old Republic. After seeing their new trailer, it seems like LucasArts and EA are promoting this game like it’s the next “game I must play.”
I’ll talk more about Bioware and EA’s conference later tonight. I have to get to the Sony Press Conference.
Brent
