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Starting with their Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series and continuing with Mass Effect and Dragon Age, BioWare has developed a binary morality system that alters a player's character based on the actions they perform. | Starting with their Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series and continuing with Mass Effect and Dragon Age, BioWare has developed a binary morality system that alters a player's character based on the actions they perform. | ||
Revision as of 01:40, 1 November 2011
BioWare is a video game developer based in Canada and founded in 1995 by Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk--"the Doctors"--along with Augustine Yip.
Timeline of Games
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Shattered Steel |
| 1998 | Baldur's Gate |
| 1999 | Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast |
| 2000 | MDK2 |
| 2000 | Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn |
| 2001 | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal |
| 2002 | Neverwinter Nights |
| 2003 | Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide |
| 2003 | Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark |
| 2003 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic |
| 2005 | Jade Empire |
| 2007 | Mass Effect |
| 2008 | Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood |
| 2009 | Mass Effect Galaxy |
| 2009 | Dragon Age: Origins |
| 2010 | Mass Effect 2 |
| 2010 | Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening |
| 2011 | Dragon Age II |
| 2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic |
| 2012 | Mass Effect 3 |
| TBA | Dragon Age III |
Morality in BioWare Games
Starting with their Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series and continuing with Mass Effect and Dragon Age, BioWare has developed a binary morality system that alters a player's character based on the actions they perform.
In the aforementioned games, the user is presented a "dialogue wheel", where dialogue choices that are aligned as either paragon, neutral, or rogue affect both the flow of the player's conversation with a NPC and the ensuing gameplay. In some cases, the choices a player makes can determine the life or death of a squad mate and the chance of success on a critical mission.
