Yeah. The real frustrating part is, plenty of these companies were not just good, but making some of the better games for a while. Larian has made some great stuff. BioWare was making great stuff, as was Obsidian, and both had connections to the OG Black Isle Studios. Now BioWare and Obsidian are churning out some of the most laughably woke stuff. And I don't even know what happened to Larian; by all rights BG3 should have been good. And, outside of the RPG sphere, Blizzard went from one of the all time bests, to a company to generally be avoided.
Are they all the same people who made those better games? A studio is only as good as the people working there, otherwise it's just a name. I'm pretty sure Obsidian isn't the same. Also I believe at least one of the Bioware honchos revealed himself to be a regressive leftist, which - in isolation - didn't interfere with creativity at the time but after TDS set in his cult became mainstream and all culture became a vehicle for The Message.
Yeah. The real frustrating part is, plenty of these companies were not just good, but making some of the better games for a while. Larian has made some great stuff. BioWare was making great stuff, as was Obsidian, and both had connections to the OG Black Isle Studios. Now BioWare and Obsidian are churning out some of the most laughably woke stuff. And I don't even know what happened to Larian; by all rights BG3 should have been good. And, outside of the RPG sphere, Blizzard went from one of the all time bests, to a company to generally be avoided.
Are they all the same people who made those better games? A studio is only as good as the people working there, otherwise it's just a name. I'm pretty sure Obsidian isn't the same. Also I believe at least one of the Bioware honchos revealed himself to be a regressive leftist, which - in isolation - didn't interfere with creativity at the time but after TDS set in his cult became mainstream and all culture became a vehicle for The Message.