we've moved on from Baldur's Gate."
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dragon-age-inquisition-the-baldurs-gate-legacy-and/1100-6421016/Just want to leave this article here. For a while now I have felt that Bioware seem to lack the ability to make an engaging RPG since Dragon Age Origins and after the awful DA 2 and ME3 (even ME2 in some respects) Bioware just seem to want to appeal to the "masses".
Divinity Original Sin has been on the top sellers on Steam for over a month and the same goes for GOG.com but Bioware seems to think people don't want that anymore? And they also want Dragon Age to be mentioned in the same breath as Skyrim, a game that I feel is the weakest in the main series and alot of other Elder Scrolls player seem to think so also.
Bioware were one of my favourite developers back in the day but its sad to see them just be completely incapable to make a decent RPG anymore.
DO:S still doesn't compete with Bioware's games, financially. Game quality you could argue but I honestly don't think it holds a candle to ME2/3 or Dragon Age: Origins and Inquisition will probably be the same story.
EA is your typical large publisher that wants to target the largest demographic group(s) they can for low risk. You're not going to see them go after nostalgic older gamers. That doesn't mean Bioware can't put out good RPGs, but they're not going to go for a more niche style.
Whether you agree with EA/Bioware's approach or not, Bioware fans should just be aware being under EA comes with certain changes. All game companies want to make money of course, but there are different levels of sacrifices they make when it comes to artistic integrity or creative freedoms. EA clearly does not care about those things, and while Bioware probably still does they're going to be somewhat limited by EA.
However, to be fair, having more resources/bigger budgets allows them some other advantages that are considerable. The Mass Effect games you could really feel the difference that big budget made - even if it wasn't used as well as possible the polish and smooth feeling combat was something few games match.
DA2 was a disgrace, an obvious rushed cash grab, but ME3 wasn't that bad, other than the stupid ending any DLC debacles. Still the best combat system Bioware has ever pulled off in any game. Their old DnD based games were good too, but in a different way and not very original.
