It seems the assistance which the RPG experts of BioWare are providing to Maxis on the development of Darkspore isn't exactly all that thorough. EA recently explained to Destructoid that BioWare's Malcolm Azania, part of the writing team for Mass Effect 2 and its "Kasumi - Stolen Memory" DLC, is filling the role of lead writer for the genetically engineered action-RPG.
So, it's not so much "help from BioWare" as much as it is "help from one dude from BioWare" -- still, considering the strength of the storytelling in BioWare's catalog of titles, it sounds like they picked the right one dude to bring on board.
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Posted: Jul 27th 2010 12:36PM No Kill Tayler said
Why is there going to be a story in this game?
Posted: Jul 27th 2010 12:48PM BigDaddyBooth said
@No Kill Tayler
Probably because it's an RPG...
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Probably because it's an RPG...
Posted: Jul 27th 2010 12:50PM (Unverified) said
@No Kill Tayler
...because just about every gamer and Spore's entire community(who only sticks around to show off creations) complained about the game having no frikkin' depth whatsoever. Looks like Maxis are actually attempting to fix that and make Darkspore into something more than a glorified editor.
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...because just about every gamer and Spore's entire community(who only sticks around to show off creations) complained about the game having no frikkin' depth whatsoever. Looks like Maxis are actually attempting to fix that and make Darkspore into something more than a glorified editor.
Posted: Jul 27th 2010 12:51PM RedPhalcon said
@No Kill Tayler - I imagine there is going to be a main storyline that you can play through using your spore creature (more customization than most RPGs) but it'll have a toolkit to build your own RPGs or missions as part of the story.
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Posted: Jul 27th 2010 1:00PM Petebot330 said
@No Kill Tayler @Red Phalcon: You can imagine that all you like. No one has said anything of the sort so far that you'll be able to import your character from Spore.
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Posted: Jul 27th 2010 1:36PM Ruinkind said
I hope this means I'll be able to create a fun, unique new race and then have Commander Shepard come in and kill them all for the safety of humanity.
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