Comment on Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

• whereyaaat@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Maybe they get shuttered or are given more creative freedom thanks to the Saudi’s ignorance of RPGs and their perception among executives in the business.

  I guarantee you, Saudis really only care about FIFA. Everything else is superfluous.

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  • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah, nothing like an ultra conservative theocratic dictatorship to really expand those creative freedoms…

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    • whereyaaat@lemmings.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My point is they will be so unfamiliar with RPGs that they essentially let the studio do whatever they want.

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      • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Do you think they don’t have video games over there? What a bizarre thing to say. They’re able to effectively censor all kinds of other media, why do you think RPGs are special?

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• Glide@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Because if they’re shuttered, the company/people that make the company have the opportunity to go somewhere else and do something better. I’ve disliked everything they’ve produced since they were purchased by EA, so I’ve come to think the publisher holds them back.

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