BioWare vs. Blizzard

BioWare just released its long awaited PC game Mass Effect while Blizzard is about to release Starcraft 2 and WoW WotLK. With the exception of Valve, these two companies are the only ones out there that value quality over quantity.

BioWare so far published many quality PC games, Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gates, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect and many others. All of the games listed above received very positive reviews and response and are well liked by all. Personally, KOTOR is my favorite game ever.

Blizzard is equally prestigious. Blizzard games include Starcraft, Diablo, Warcraft series, and World of Warcraft, the most popular game ever. All of Blizzard's games still have a strong community around it even though games such as starcraft was published ten years ago.

So which company do you guys think makes better games?

BioWare just released its long awaited PC game Mass Effect while Blizzard is about to release Starcraft 2 and WoW WotLK. With the exception of Valve, these two companies are the only ones out there that value quality over quantity.

wow1059

Rubbish.

With the exception of Valve, these two companies are the only ones out there that value quality over quantity.

wow1059

No.

Both are amazing companies that have done wonders to the PC platform in the past and I really couln't choose between them because their games are sooo different.

Blizzard has given me more fun over the years.

Bioware has just made me feel like i'm playing a movie quality story and the first company to make me feel emotion in a game.

[QUOTE="wow1059"]

With the exception of Valve, these two companies are the only ones out there that value quality over quantity.

aliblabla2007

No.

Yeah, that might be a bit of an overstatment.

I personally favor Bioware's games, but Blizzard is a master of the RTS genre. It'll be interesting to see how SCII stacks up against modern RTS's like DoW 2.

BioWare just released its long awaited PC game Mass Effect while Blizzard is about to release Starcraft 2 and WoW WotLK. With the exception of Valve, these two companies are the only ones out there that value quality over quantity.

BioWare so far published many quality PC games, Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gates, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect and many others. All of the games listed above received very positive reviews and response and are well liked by all. Personally, KOTOR is my favorite game ever.

Blizzard is equally prestigious. Blizzard games include Starcraft, Diablo, Warcraft series, and World of Warcraft, the most popular game ever. All of Blizzard's games still have a strong community around it even though games such as starcraft was published ten years ago.

So which company do you guys think makes better games?

wow1059

Wow this is actually a difficult decision. But I will have to go with Bioware because they have developed many more games that I have enjoyed than Blizzard. The only Blizzard games I like are Starcraft and Diablo ( and Diablo isn't THAT great IMO). So, both great developers, but Bioware pulls through.

why would you pick one over the other? just be glad both make games for the PC when they could be making console only games like so many other developers.ct1615

Very true.

why would you pick one over the other? just be glad both make games for the PC when they could be making console only games like so many other developers.ct1615

Well they do.....Bioware anyway. :|

Blizzard for me though I love Bioware too.

Herrick prefers Bioware's games.Herrick

jimmy is new in town

why would you pick one over the other? just be glad both make games for the PC when they could be making console only games like so many other developers.ct1615

Go over to the BioWare forums and you will see many users there with every single Bioware PC title registered to their screenname. The PC crowd loves Bioware, and Bioware gives it back. Good point that both should be highly praised for being faithful to and sticking with their PC fanbase.

I had to go with Bioware. I've loved all of their games. Not so much with Blizzard. I really disliked WoW and have never been a fan of Starcraft. Warcraft 1 was fun. 2 was okay, but it didn't have enough to hold my interest. Never played 3. Diablo 1 and 2 were a lot of fun, and I still pick back up DIablo 2 to play for a bit.

I also like Bioware more because they at least shake things up with new IP every now and then. (Jade Empire, NWN, BG, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, KotOR, etc.) Since '95 everything Blizzard has done has been based off their 3 main IPs: Diablo, Warcraft, and Starcraft. That's great that the IPs that they basically blatantly ripped-off from Games Workshop have done so well, but I'd like to see something new. Or hell, I dunno, res an old IP like Lost Vikings.

Blizzard is the better game company. Bioware makes interactive stories, but none of their games since MDK have decent gameplay. Strip any Bioware game of their quality writing and stories, and you have some really terrible games. KOTOR, for example, has no game play balance, no enemy AI to speak of, no challenge. Blizzard, meanwhile, still has huge followings for their Starcraft and Warcraft strategy games. Unlike Bioware, Blizzard knows how to make good games that are actually games, and not just pretty stories.

Blizzard is the better game company. Bioware makes interactive stories, but none of their games since MDK have decent gameplay. Strip any Bioware game of their quality writing and stories, and you have some really terrible games. KOTOR, for example, has no game play balance, no enemy AI to speak of, no challenge. Blizzard, meanwhile, still has huge followings for their Starcraft and Warcraft strategy games. Unlike Bioware, Blizzard knows how to make good games that are actually games, and not just pretty stories.

Dogar230

Well, that's your opinion. I prefer Kotor-gameplay over Warcraft 3 any day.

[QUOTE="ct1615"]why would you pick one over the other? just be glad both make games for the PC when they could be making console only games like so many other developers.Kez1984

Very true.

Here, here.

Blizzard delievers AAA games everytime, they pretty much chnaged RTS games and reinvented MMOs

Bioware

Though I believe noone can honestly claim that Blizzard isn't one of the top companies in their field, the lack of quality in their storytelling just ruins it for me. I think they make great games to play with other people online, but the story that supposedly keeps the action in context very often seems to be just something that was left over from an old pen and paper rpg campaign from when they were kids.

Blizzard is infinitely better than Bioware.

Blizzard

1. Loyal to their pc fanbase

2. Though their games are $60 dollars, they can last for an eternity, STILL receives support (for their old games) and have a godly amount of polish and awesome mods

3. Probably has one of if not the best cgi in the video game industry

Bioware

1. Cannot make a good pc port (ME2)

2. Charge a pc game for $60 with day 1 dlc, will probably be shorter, will probably have bugs, possibly consolized and removed mod support

3. Lets be honest Bioware's cgi is probably average at best

Well having never played a BioWare game, I have to say Blizzard. I mean, they got me into PC gaming. And Diablo is the only PC game to score higher than 9.5 on gamespot :P

Blizzard is infinitely better than Bioware.

Blizzard

1. Loyal to their pc fanbase

2. Though their games are $60 dollars, they can last for an eternity, STILL receives support (for their old games) and have a godly amount of polish and awesome mods

3. Probably has one of if not the best cgi in the video game industry

Bioware

1. Cannot make a good pc port (ME2)

2. Charge a pc game for $60 with day 1 dlc, will probably be shorter, will probably have bugs, possibly consolized and removed mod support

3. Lets be honest Bioware's cgi is probably average at best

Gamerz1569

I'm not sure why I'm answering a question from nearly three years ago, but my opinion is that both developers make decisions that just rub me the wrong way. Blizzard makes less of those and they produce better games, though, so they have an easy win.

I'm not sure why I'm answering a question from nearly three years ago, but my opinion is that both developers make decisions that just rub me the wrong way. Blizzard makes less of those and they produce better games, though, so they have an easy win.

Barbariser

[QUOTE="Herrick"]Herrick prefers Bioware's games.quocthai

jimmy is new in town

Ugh, what does it matter if they're 'loyal' to the fanbase? They're 'loyal' because they're one of the few companies that can make a very good profit by just remaining PC exclusive by focusing on the multiplayer features of their games. Blizzard already said that it does not consider itself a PC developer, but a game developer. And old thread is old.SkyWard20

If your interpreting my "loyal to fanbase" as staying exclusive then what I meant as loyal as their old games are still being supported.

I hadn't noticed it was 3 years old :? Damn thread revives.

[QUOTE="Barbariser"]

I'm not sure why I'm answering a question from nearly three years ago, but my opinion is that both developers make decisions that just rub me the wrong way. Blizzard makes less of those and they produce better games, though, so they have an easy win.

SkyWard20

If you have problem with my opinions, you're welcome to go and not read my posts. If all you're going to do is express disgust and throw a tantrum when people suggest that Bioware isn't the end-all be-all supergod of gaming, then maybe posting on forums isn't for you.

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"]

Ugh, what does it matter if they're 'loyal' to the fanbase? They're 'loyal' because they're one of the few companies that can make a very good profit by just remaining PC exclusive by focusing on the multiplayer features of their games. Blizzard already said that it does not consider itself a PC developer, but a game developer. And old thread is old.Gamerz1569

If your interpreting my "loyal to fanbase" as staying exclusive then what I meant as loyal as their old games are still being supported.

I hadn't noticed it was 3 years old :? Damn thread revives.

I give my vote to BioWare. Never played a single Blizzard game ever, and probably never will.

Bioware, no contest

Bioware for far, just take a look to dragon age, Baldur's Gate, mass effect, and of course biowares star wars...piper_21

Bioware

Though I believe noone can honestly claim that Blizzard isn't one of the top companies in their field, the lack of quality in their storytelling just ruins it for me. I think they make great games to play with other people online, but the story that supposedly keeps the action in context very often seems to be just something that was left over from an old pen and paper rpg campaign from when they were kids.

melkathi

I'll vote for Blizzard because they're the reason the RTS genre hasn't died yet.Crimsader

Bioware; I'd say Blizzard since this is on the PC, but I prefer the former's development time.