Your favorite Bioware Games Poll

Shattered Steel (1996)
Balders Gate (1998)
MDK2 (2000)
Balders Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Neverwinter Nights (2002)
KOTOR (2003)
Jade Empire (2005)
Mass Effect (2007)
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (2008)
Mass Effect Galaxy (2009 iPhone)
Dragon Age: Origins (2009)
Mass Effect 2 (2010)


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Dragon Age is my choice

I voted for KOTOR

Frikkin' ay... thats a toughie... o.O

I'll finish ME2 then I'll let you know

I went for Baldur's Gate. First game for me where the characters felt totally believable. Meeting Imoen was an annoying joy and Minsc and Boo were off the map^^ Ahhh... Those were the days.

Though KOTOR and DA:O provide(ed) equally good days I imagine.

If you would made a poll about which game manufacturer we like most, it would be a very easy choice for me. But selecting from the games like Baldur's gate, NWN, KOTOR, Jade empire, Mass effects, DA is like choosing which one from your kids you like more But I voted ME, since I haven't finished ME2 yet, but I love them all equally

Hands down, Baldurs Gate. I still remember Minsc & Boo, they were of the chain. Baldurs Gate, that was ages ago, I wonder if it would work on my computer...

I voted for Baldur's Gate II, but to be honest its interchangeable with Baldur's Gate as my favourite. The original probably had a better overarching story, more free-form exploration a great (KOTOR-ish) twist. Shadows of Amn on the other hand, made up for a slightly weaker story (in my opinion) with deeper sidequests and better party interactions (not necessarily interactions with the player character).

I voted ME, its a bit sad I've never played any of the others really apart from KOTOR, ME2 is good but its just lacking the wow factor of the origonal for me

I recommend all to check Bioware website its a clock how counting down
its also a clock on ME 2 Site and DA:O site

Its a new title and ME 2 expansion pack or the best the release date for TOR

Link

I have to vote for Baldur's Gate. The game who -along AD&D rulebooks- changed me into a RPer.

I went for Dragon Age: Origins, but I have to say it was a VERY tough choice, one based entirely on my personal experience with the games.

I was always a huge fan of BG / BG2 as I was already an avid RP'er when these hit the market and they were a superb visualization of what I considered the Forgotten Realms universe to be like. The level of detail was frankly insane, the VO was great and the characters very memorable. I was also a huge fan of the stunning oil-painting portraits (which were also used in IceWind Dale I % II) as they add class.

Neverwinter nights and KOTOR were both excellent experiences for me personally and I enjoyed them immensely, but I was never that happy with the move from hand-drawn animations to 3d-rendered ones, but then again these were 'early days' for such technology and they look less 'clunky' nowadays. Both games had the usual excellent signature BW storylines which made them immersive and hard to put down, something I'm afraid I think was lacking in both KOTORII and NWNII.

Then along came Jade Empire and Mass Effect. By this point it was clear to me that BW were putting their isometric/hand-drawn games to bed once and for all which, while it made me sad to see them go, it also allowed me to embrace the new 3d games knowing that they were the choice BW had taken, and I could trust them as a company based on previous games. Luckily I wasn't disappointed, both games made great use of the 3d engines and the graphics were massive improvements. Storylines were as excellent and epic as ever, Jade Empire really delved into oriental folklore (especially with all the spirits, ghosts and small gods) but gave it a BW spin and the martial arts combat was intuitive and exceptionally fluid, easily the best hand-to-hand combat of any game at the time of its release. Mass Effect strode confidently onto the scene with an all-encompassing, epic world-spanning space-opera, grabbing the sci-fi genre by its throat and dragging it up into the light; it did something quite unbelievable; it made a world-renowned and recognized Sci-fi Universe that was as detailed and stunning as both Star Wars and Star Trek and in just a few short years it has joined the short-list of such giants who ride on the tails of these two franchises. It evolved (and some say perfected) the interactive dialog system of all the previous BW games into a truly cinematic experience and the characters were easily some of the best in the games industry. And the ending? Soverign vs the Citadel? Pure gold.

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