Somehow I doubt this would work. For the last few of their games; technical stability, character advancement and exploration have not been Bioware's strong points, things that are crucial to an MMO. Not only that but so far the selling point seems to be an isolated class based stroy experience, which is confusing concept in an MMOs that are usually about playing with others. Also all MMO content is based on repitition, seeing the same story again and again is weak content, especially since so few stories are worth seeing twice. Finally I doubt that no matter how big a team is that they can put out quality gameplay that is backed up by quality writing. Even story based content with VO takes time to create and edit and it simply cannot not be created at the rate that MMO gamers play. At best dynamic story content would be a hook to keep players interested, not an actual gameplay driving force as in something like Planescape Torment.
I guess what I am trying to say is that I don't think people will pay $15 a month to get a small story updsate on their character. They need to find a better competetive advantage than that.
Also has it become an industry standard to take shots at Blizzard and World of WarCraft? I believe Funcom compared WoW to fast food and AoC to steak, Mythic called WoW 'flawed genious' now Bioware states that WoW is not story driven enough. Its strange but Blizzard has nothing but nice things to state about it competition.
PS. The graphics for this look rather poor, not just technically but the art itself is boring.
PPS. Mask of The Betrayer was a better RPG than anything Bioware released in the past five years. Obsidian knows how to create a great story with a unique concept right from the start.
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