BioWare's Multiplayer PC Game Shadow Realms Canceled

SWTOR was my first MMO. I loved it for a long time, but have recently ended my subscription. In the last 12 months I've played plenty of other MMO's and come to see SWTOR for the disappointment it is. There is just no reward for the time sink is SWTOR. Everything is positioned towards micro-transactions on the Cartel Market. Part of the allure of the MMO is decorative, but almost everything needs to be bought. Playing the game just became a matter of logging on, buying decorations for your character or stronghold and logging off. Sure there was weekly raiding, but it was so mundane. No real reward for effort, or even SOCIAL effort. I played WoW for the first time leading up to Draenor (and since) and was blown away by the difference. I've since stopped playing all MMO's, mainly because the time sink is so absolute it prevents me from having a life, but SWTOR is a sore point as I can see so much potential in it. It could be so good. It's just not.

The issue most people had was Shadow Realms being MP only, it had all the makings of a cool single player RPG yet they decide the best thing to do is cancel the unwanted MP game and focus on the other unwanted MP game......

Bioware: "Dude boss! We've got this awesome idea for a game!"

EA: "Is it a generic rehash, DLC, or spin-off to an already established franchise?"

Bioware: "Uh...no, it's brand new."

EA: "F*** off."

So instead of staff layoffs, Bioware got game layoffs

"But the biggest focus for our team in BioWare Austin will be on Star Wars: The Old Republic." No! Just let that crap die and use this talented team to make awesome single player RPGs!

what was that?

Good news. The game looked to be nothing more than a cash out.

Phew...is my response.

I wish they'd just make a new KOTOR or something. This is so disappointing. "Talented team to make some great Bioware games even better"? Old Republic isn't one of those, Bioware.

"The developer will now focus its efforts on other projects, but mostly PC MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic" Hah, so much for hoping that this MP game cancellation would make them with a SP game. Well, I read the part about new Mass Effect and DA: I content, but it still feels a bit typical.

I was never interested in Shadow Realms, I don't like MP games, but I thought it was interesting that Bioware were also working on an asymmetrical MP-focused game, just like the devs of Evolve. I thought 4v1 was gonna be a new trend, but I guess I was wrong. Nothing of value was lost or gained by this.

As a huge fan of Bioware since Baldur's Gate was introduced, I have loved all the games that they've put out. However, I will admit I was underwhelmed by what I saw of Shadow Realms when it was revealed and while I'm disappointed to see a project shelved, I could only seeing this being a deviation from what people love Bioware games for, and I hope that they refocus on more story driven content in the future with the emphasis on immersing single-player experiences.

Why does Jeff Hickman still have a job?

the trailer didn't look that good its kinda like evolve :/ but with swords n magic

It looked Promising... WHY!?!?!

So everything went alright only to have it all cancelled because other existing projects took priority out of nowhere?

*puts on tinfoil hat*

I bet Bioware was starting to try out really creative and different things with the game (it was undergoing big changes, they stated a while back), EA gave this one look and thought "developers happily doing what they want to?!" and subsequently forced them to can the whole thing and work on stuff more certain to rake in the quick bucks, with all weekend prison exit passes revoked for the month afterwards o' course.

hate to be negative .. but this kind of game isn't bioware territory anyway .. now they can focus on mass effect 4 and baldur gate 3( i hope) .

But overall to add, I love Bioware, but I had no interest in this game at all.

That idea didn't last long. Not that I'm really all that disappointed, it sounded rather bland.

How about instead of the KOTOR MMO, you guys just make KOTOR 3 and continue off 1 and 2's story. I want to see my exile and Revan team up together. (This might change depending on how you played the game).

thanks god. it looked mediocre at best.

Yes, keep focusing on a dead mmo that most people have written off already.

SW:TOR could have been soooo much more.

Bioware "Oh, we aren't going to have traditional mmo combat!"

/release

"Hey, this feels a lot like your normal mmo combat!"

Bioware: But we took out auto attacks!

Too many 4v1 games entering the market, when ZERO of them have proven profitable... Good move.

Take some of the better concepts and simply move them to DLC for other games.

this game didnt look that great or fun to play

I guess PC is not the master race after all. lol

Good, now they can get back to creating more decadent hover chairs for my hedonistic Sith Lord (just kidding I haven't played TOR in years) Joking aside this looked painfully derivative of games like The Secret World and all the upcoming "one player is the boss" sorta games like Evolve and that Fable monstrosity. Plus that's a terrible trailer, blinking the screen like that is for crappy horror movie trailers.

They need to realize that they should stick to proper RPGs. That's where they excel, that's what made them what they are today. Its sad to see them venturing into these new "trend" areas and fail like this. Fu EA.

Maybe they've noticed that we don't need a ton of these games. Most people probably already get their dose with Evolve and other games of the kind.

Because what we really need is Bioware making multiplayer games. This project had EA's grimy fingerprints all over it and thank god it's dead.

Probably from disappointment due to the massive letdown people felt when Bioware revealed the game. The build-up and hype was way stronger than the actual idea/product.

No PC love.