- Ancient Dragon Age Writer and lead creator David Gaider says it’s ‘unlikely’ the beloved RPG will have a future at EA
- However, he would be open to working on the series again.
- Gaider would return to the series’ roots and create a ‘dark and dangerous’ game
Dragon Age Creator and former narrative lead David Gaider doesn’t believe the beloved role-playing game (RPG) series has a future at EA, but would be interested in working on a new game if given the chance.
Speaking to PC Gamer, Gaider said it was “unlikely” that we would ever see another Dragon Age game made by BioWare under EA’s control and explained how, while working at the studio, it always felt like “We were always a breath away from [current] project abandoned.”
“What happened was we kept releasing games, and they would sell way better than they thought, and it constantly surprised them,” he said.
Dragon Age: The Veilkeeper was the exception, which underperformed for EA. However, the publisher also reportedly pushed BioWare to incorporate live service elements into the game, but when the studio stayed true to its RPG roots, CEO Andrew Wilson called it a mistake.
Gaider suggested that the Mass effect The series was EA’s darling, and although it didn’t sell as well, the team “made excuses, because it was an action-oriented game. They thought it should sell more. It was more clever.”
While Gaider believes Dragon Age died under EA ownership, he would be interested in taking over the series and returning to what made the dark fantasy series so beloved in the first place.
“If you had asked me that in the past, I would have said absolutely no. That I had served my time,” he said. “I left the Dragon Age team before leaving BioWare. After Inquisition I went out, I went to [Dragon Age’s creative director] Mike Laidlaw and I said, “I’ve told all the stories with mages and dragons and what do I have in me.” And I could go on, but if I continue to work on this, it will become routine, and I think that would be a disservice to the team. So I should step aside and let cooler voices be raised. I don’t know if it was the right decision, but it was the right decision at that time.”
He added: “I like a challenge. So if, because of a strange alignment of the stars, someone gave the Dragon Age frankly and said, “Bring this baby back to life,” that would be a tough question, but I think it would be an interesting thing to do. To return to the fundamentals of what made Dragon Age pleasing so many people in the first place. And go somewhere dark and dangerous, and do things that will upset people. I think that’s what I’d like to do with it.”
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