Interview Bioware founders interviewed at Crispy Gamer

[El Dee]

Tags: BioWare; Dragon Age

There's an <a href="http://www.crispygamer.com/_GeneratedPages/Interviews/Interview681.aspx">interview</a> at <a href="http://www.crispygamer.com/">Crispy Gamer</a> with <a href="http://www.bioware.com/">Bioware</a> founders <b>Ray Muzyka</b> and <b>Greg Zeschuk</b>. They talk about the company's beginnings and the EA buyout, and briefly discuss <a href="http://www.bioware.com/games/baldurs_gate/">Baldur's Gate</a> and <a href="http://dragonage.bioware.com/">Dragon Age</a>. <b>Greg Zeschuk</b> also gives his view on the current state of RPGs:
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<blockquote><b>Crispy Gamer: Role-playing was once declared a "dead" genre overall, though -- what do you have to say about that, let alone the reported demise of other categories like adventures and simulations?
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Zeschuk:</b> The RPG genre has certainly come a long way, and in fact I think you can see a lot of games in other genres starting to adopt some of the features that make RPGs great. A lot of games these days are starting to put more emphasis on stories, characters, customization, dialogue and all those things that have traditionally been staples of the RPG genre. So we're glad to see that the genre hasn't died, and is in fact starting to gain more and more prominence.</blockquote>
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Or maybe it is vice versa and these other genres have been adopted into RPGs, leading to the watered-down games being currently released?
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Thanks, <b>Brother None</b>
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[Andhaira]

Nope, while i can understand your point thing is its always been other genre's who incorporated rpg elements. Heck, the entire FPS genre was basically derived FROM rpg's.(i.e. Wolfenstien 3d was inspired by Ultima Underworld, eye of the beholder etc)

 

[Radisshu]

Sadly those FPS-es and adventure games with watered down RPG features often become labeled as pure hardcore RPGs.

 

[Saxon1974]

Bye Bye Bioware

Im sure you will sell more games and make more money now. But your soul will be empty and you will be dead to me.

 

[Zeros]

Uhm, I think the interview link is not correct, it seems to link to some php-bin admin stuff instead of the interview.

 

[El Dee]

Uhm, I think the interview link is not correct, it seems to link to some php-bin admin stuff instead of the interview.

Fixed.

 

[Rhett Butler]

So is Shattered Steel any good? I've never heard of it before, and there is nothing on it in the game database.

 

[Section8]

From memory it's not one of the better big stompy robot games.

 

[Brother None]

Wow.

It actually looks like Crispy Gamer is actively out looking for a reputation as one of the shittiest sites ever.

Basic argumentation in that editorial: I've never seen Fallout 3, but you should love it because Oblivion was great.

What. The. Fuck.

 

[Edward_R_Murrow]

It actually looks like Crispy Gamer is actively out looking for a reputation as one of the shittiest sites ever.

Basic argumentation in that editorial: I've never seen Fallout 3, but you should love it because Oblivion was great.

I love how he, in addition to that, provides absolutely no reason as to why Oblivion is so awe-inspiring and why "any rational gamer" should see it as a solid piece of work. Great freaking logic CrispyGamer!

Anywho, my current situation really illustrates my point on Oblivion. I'm stuck now with nothing really entertaining or anything to do, which is a bit of a rarity in my life, fortunately. Normally I'd have some sort of productive thing to do or something fun to do, but not tonight. I also happen to have a bit of a craving for some free-roaming action as well. Mercenaries, my first go to choice, is absent. Morrowind is MIA as well, and isn't installed on my laptop. Daggerfall....is just a bitch to work on Vista and dual core processors, even with DOS-Box. But Oblivion is sitting right next to my 360, but I have yet to fire it up. Not out of principle, not out of dislike for Bethesda, not for Codex cred, and not for any reason other than I find it appallingly boring. Kant said hunger is the best sauce, but even with the best sauce, Oblivion still tastes bland and unappealing.

I guess I'm just "an irrational gamer".

 

[Claw]

Did the guy actually say "any rational gamer"?

That's kinda impressive. I didn't expect a gaming journalist to even know the word "rational" so I'm suitably impressed.

 

[cardtrick]

Do you think anyone has told them that the name "Crispy Gamer" is retarded?

Because if not, someone ought to.