BioWare - Muzyka Discusses Mass Effect, Dragon Age @ IGN

[magerette]

IGN caught up with Dr. Ray Muzyka of Bioware at the EA Spring Break event in San Francisco, California recently and took the opportunity to ask him a few questions on Mass Effect, Dragon Age and PC gaming in general. Here's an except from the Dragon Age coverage:

"Dragon Age has been in development for a while," said Muzyka. "Part of that is BioWare's attention to quality and detail and making this rich universe that you want to be part of. Dragon Age is in BioWare's sweet spot; it's the ultimate fantasy-adventure. It's going to appeal to the fans of Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights and it's sort of the next generation of that…We haven't talked about it recently because we're just building up to something hopefully in the near future…I was just playing it last week and it's pretty damn cool."

And that's pretty much all that's being said on the subject for now...

On their PC market base:

Finally, what does Dr. Ray Muzyka think of the current PC market? "I think the PC market right now is a very strong place. It's stronger than it's ever been. The business models have changed, consumer tastes have changed, the way people pay for content, microtransactions, downloadable content, online services, in-game ads, these are all kinds of different flavors…You know at the end of the day it all comes down to can you make a really great game really fun for your fans? And if you can do that and you understand who your fans really are, I think it's an incredibly great opportunity to develop for PC."

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[Sythlia]

Argh! Don't tease about Dragon Age and not give up a few screenshots, Dr. Muzyka!

 

[woges]

Argh! Don't tease about Dragon Age and not give up a few screenshots, Dr. Muzyka!

I think it's IGN doing that really.

 

[Remus]

The game was announced in 2004; 5 years now. Dang it's really been that long?. NWN also been touted as successor to Baldur's Gate series and under long development. I remember everyone getting impatient and when released they said the game at one point almost get cancelled.

The early screenshots shown that the graphics of DA's looks a lot like NWN Aurora engine; then last years they looked different - maybe it's captured from cinematic footage instead of in-game.

 

[Stormwaltz]

The early screenshots shown that the graphics of DA's looks a lot like NWN Aurora engine; then last years they looked different - maybe it's captured from cinematic footage instead of in-game.

The early screenshots were in a prototype engine built off of Aurora. Last years shots are from the current DA engine.

 

[Lucky Day]

so much for DA being the next focus..it seems ME PC just took priority.

what Muyzuka should do is get a stamp for these interviews. It could save him 5 minutes of repeating the same (no)thing.

Maybe he's running for office and this is his stump speech. Successor to BG and NWN indeed.