BioWare May Be Gone, But Its Spirit Lives On in These Games

The article argues that BioWare’s influence continues in newer role-playing games, even though EA shut the studio down earlier this week. It says the studio’s defining work combined memorable worlds and companions with decisions that could have lasting, personal consequences.

It highlights six games inspired by that approach, beginning with Baldur’s Gate 3, whose companions, romances and branching choices can reshape a playthrough. The excerpt describes how choices can lead to a recruitable character being missed or a companion leaving permanently, echoing the consequences of Mass Effect 2’s loyalty-based suicide mission.