Another day brings with it another article about the promising RPG GreedFall that hits PS4 on 10th September, and today's news will give hope to those who loved the deep narrative experiences of the likes of Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Developer Spiders Studios wants to fill the void left by BioWare, who have seemingly abandoned the classic RPG of old in favour of service-based games like ANTHEM.
Speaking with Escapist Magazine, CEO Jehanne Rousseau explains her love for BioWare's previous games and the disappointment she felt when the studio recently pivoted away from that type of game. "We are creating them now not to replace [BioWare] but to fill the void in some ways. We can’t really compare. We don’t have the same size teams and budget, but we really try to continue creating games we love."
The interview then goes on to discuss GreedFall's factions, its setting and story, and the relationships you can build with the people you meet. It's well worth checking out if the game has already caught your interest. Most interestingly, though, is Rousseau's statement that the game won't receive any DLC post-launch. The team over at Spiders Studios is already working on concept art and the universe of its next game.
Do you miss the BioWare of old? Do you think GreedFall will be a suitable replacement? Barter in the comments below.
[source escapistmagazine.com]
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A bold claim but all the best, Greedfall does look promising so we'll see.
Will keep an eye on it. Loved KOTOR and Mass Effect Trilogy just not interested in online looter shooters love my single player games!
Did Bioware really move away from classic RPGs? Aren't they currently working on Dragon age 4? (This is a genuine question, Dragon Age 4 might not be considered as a classic RPG)
Too bad they are releasing at a terrible time. Why developers continue to neglect the summer I'll never know.
@Rhaoulos Yeah it depends what the next Dragon Age actually ends up being. There were worrying reports that said it was being transformed into some kind of live service title, but it's unclear how accurate they were.
All we know for sure is that the next Dragon Age was really about to get going, and then the dev team was pulled away from it to get Anthem up and running. Apparently Dragon Age was basically reset after that.
I'll gladly pick up Greedfall over borderlands 3 because screw 2k thats why. Anyways i cant wait.
@ShogunRok Thanks for the reply. Hopefully we won't refer to it as Dragon Age 76 after a transition to multiplayer.
Funny that. Ever since I got the first glimpse of Greedfall, I got that Bioware...Dragon Age vibe from it.
I'm sure they will deliver and fill that void. Because Bioware is DEAD.
Hello, Spiders.
I'm curious about this game, but I'll really have to wait for the reviews. Let's say that the other games from Spiders weren't all that hot.
BioWare used to be my favourite developers. They set a benchmark for well written single player story RPGs. It's sad to see their fall from grace.
@Rhaoulos Its all liveserviceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee at EA now.
Waiting for reviews. Spiders as a double a squad has had promising games come up just a bit short. Hopefully they pull this one one off. I'm in if so
@Flaming_Kaiser They kind of proved us wrong with the upcoming solo Star Wars game. I'm still having a hard time believing it, but EA might actually be trying to make player not hate them anymore.
I really hope they can pull it off...
@Cutmastavictory Summer is absolutely the worst time to release a game! I’m fairly introverted, but I still manage to get out so much that I’ve missed or passed a lot of summer-released games, even through they’ve been #1 on my wishlists. Like Kill La Kill IF this year and LawBreakers before it, for example.
I haven’t played a Spiders game since Mars: War Logs because quite frankly they look exactly the same, just with a different setting. It’s more like Witcher-lite, imho. It might be interesting to check this out and see if they’ve improved...in Mars they had really rough stuff like a romance option that goes from “Nice to meet you” to “I love you” in literally 10 minutes of standing there talking!
Please be good please be good
Gonna keep my eye on this, I finally saw the trailer yesterday and I love the style of it.
@Rhaoulos Sorry but i dont trust Triple A American companies. 😆
@Flaming_Kaiser I don't blame you. I can't think of a single one that cares about players. I personally hate Bethesda with passion with their unfinished turds like Skyrim that are never patched
@Rhaoulos Same here never understood the Bethesda love with their horrible crappy optimise games on the Playstation.
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