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We have all heard the rumors: EA ruined SWTOR, EA ruined Doctors is speaking out against these rumors.
Dr. Greg Zeschuk says he had a hand and a voice in how things operated at EA/Bioware.
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the doctor says:
Zeschuk also rejects any notion of Electronic Arts being a negative influence on BioWare. “They don’t second-guess you, they don’t say you shouldn’t do that,” he explains. “We had complete creative control over a lot of it; some fans didn’t like some of it and some of it was experimental, quite frankly.”
Well, it’s a sign of honor to own up to your own mistakes, right? It’d be easy for BioWare to blame EA for their lackluster year(or two) but instead he its that they had too much money and possible too much free reign and they made some mistakes.
He also had some words to say about the current gamer culture and the fans’ reaction to recent BioWare projects. Massively says:
Finally, Zeschuk has some interesting insights into gamer culture and the games as art and the power of games as a medium where people get really, really ionate,” Zeschuk explains.
Again, when it would be easy to the buck or put the blame on the gamers, he takes full responsibility. He also notes that it is this ion in the gaming community that also sometimes comes out in a negative light when games don’t do as well as they think they will.
What do you think? Was EA to blame?
