Bethesda vs Bioware. Who makes the better games?

In YOUR opinion which company makes better RPG games.

Bethesda:

The Elder Scrolls series.

The Elder Scrolls: Arena

he Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall

The Elder Scrolls Legends: Battlespire

The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal

The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon

he Elder Scrolls Travels: Stormhold

The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey

The Elder Scrolls Travels: Dawnstar

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine

The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles

The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion

And

Fallout 3

V.S

Bioware:

Baldur's Gate

Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of AmnBaldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal

Neverwinter Nights

Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide

Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Jade Empire

Mass Effect

Dragon Age: Origins

BioWare is my favorite developer, so it's a no brainer for me.

I love Mass Effect, but if going by sheer number of games I enjoy, I would have to pick Bethesda. Their games are buggier, but I just have more fun with most of them.

Mass Effect and Fallout 3 are maybe my 2 fav games this gen. so it would be to hard to choose. *tosses coin in the air..... 'Heads' bioware it is then*

I found Morrowind, Oblivion and Fall Out 3 boring as hell while Baldurs Gate 2 and Star Wars: KotOR are easily on my top 10 list of best games ever made so I voted Bioware.

I love both developers, but I just realised I have never finished a title made by either of them. I've played so many hours of Morrowind, Oblivion & Fallout 3, but came close to finishing Morrowind & Fallout 3, but have never actually completed one. Same goes for Bioware games, but I want to, & will finish Mass Effect & more then likely Dragon Age Origins, which I have in my console at the moment but have kind of lost interest in for now. I never finished KotoR, but I enjoyed what I did play, didn't like the combat in Jade Empire but my brother finished it & has said it was great, so I might check it out.

I just plain couldn't get into Baldurs Gate 2 when I tried it. It might be a lot like Dragon Age, which I find kind of slow anyway, but coupled with the graphics, movement & my lack of interest in the character everyone claims are great, I barely got past the annoying dungeon area.

I love both equally. Oblivion (for its freedom) and Mass Effect (for its universe and story) are my favourite games this gen.

I just plain couldn't get into Baldurs Gate 2 when I tried it. It might be a lot like Dragon Age, which I find kind of slow anyway, but coupled with the graphics, movement & my lack of interest in the character everyone claims are great, I barely got past the annoying dungeon area.

Twin-Blade

How can't you love characters like Minsc and his hamster Boo which he believes is a "miniature giant space hamster"?

"Aim for the eyes Boo, aim for the eyes!!"

Fallout 3 was just amazing, one of the best games I've ever played, easily, based on that one game alone I have to go with Bethesda, Bioware makes a lot of brilliant games, but I just cant live without my Fallout 3, I'll take that one game over any Bioware game ( Mass Effect 2 might change that but I'll wait and see, ...side note: currently playing Dragon Age, still prefer exploring Fallout 3)

They both make excellant WRPGs.

Both They've made some of my favorite games that have come out in recent memory.

I cant pick one over the other... They strive to do different things, and usually suceeds. I like Bethestas open worlds alot, they are usually quite fun.

Bioware games are more of a story thing, the story of said world, people, and the main threat.

So I wont really pick between, when it is my mood each day that ends up deciding ^^

BioWare is my favorite developer, so it's a no brainer for me.

Renegade_Fury

I prefer Bioware but I love Bethesda as well.

Bethesda games are generally mechanically better, but lack the personality and polish of Bioware Titles.

Oblivion and FO3 were both great examples of technically impressive sandboxes, but as RPG's the mechanics in play in Bioware games puts them way ahead in my books.

So I choose Bioware.

If I had to save one of them from a burning building, it would be Bioware

I like Bethesda's ambition. If they could just flesh out the flaws in their formula they could have possibly the most perfect WRPG. Bioware on the other hand has better talented writers and their games are more polished. They are the only company to successfully implement multiple new IPs in one short generation.

Put me in the "I like both" category. But that's because I am awesome.

only played mass effect and fo3. so i would say bethesda. i just wish they were making fallout new vegas

bethesda...only cause they're a few miles away :D

I like both developers.

However I give the edge to Bioware.

I like Bioware better, been a fan since their KOTOR days. Didn't Bethesda also do that gawd-awful Star Trek game where the ships controlled like pregnant whales?thirdykal

Hard decision, I love Elder Scrolls, and the games are simply more fun to play than anything Bioware has ever created, so on a fun scale? Bethesda hands down. In terms of quality over actual fun gameplay? Bioware.

Personally both developers are great with what they do, but if I did have to pick one for making the games that I like more than I have to go with Bioware. Bioware had made some of my favorite games ever from Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age: Origins so it is the obivous choice for me in this situation.

bioware is a great developer but bathesda is one of my favorite

Bioware easily.

Bethesda have made one good game, Fallout 3, and it was only good because it wasn't their own IP.

Both makes great games, but Bioware makes better RPGs, especially in this decade.

Bioware for me.

Both great devs, however I just enjoy Bioware's games a little more.

I adore both. A lot. I adore BioWare a little bit more, though.IronBass

Bioware by far, although Morrowind and its respective expansions were truly revolutionary and mind-boggling games back in the day for me, Bioware has just pumped out far too amazing games in multiple universes for it to be even a competition.