BioWare fans can never agree on which era of the studio was its peak—classic Baldur's Gate 2, the original Mass Effect, or (correctly) Dragon Age: Origins—but there's no debating that it was the frontrunner in a golden era for RPGs that influenced at least a decade of other games.
If that sounds like the beginning of a eulogy…yeah. It isn't technically dead, and there's a universe where BioWare makes some incredible comeback with Mass Effect 4, but I don't think it's this one. After Andromeda, Anthem, and Veilguard, it seems that no matter the talent still left in the studio, EA just isn't going to give BioWare the time or trust to make the kind of RPGs it originally spearheaded anymore. I'm finally ready to let go.
