And if Bioware is smart, they’ll do what I originally wrote in the title and make Drew Karpyshyn lead writer for Anthem. Why? Because these are his writing credits:
- Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
- Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
- Neverwinter Nights
- Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Jade Empire
- Mass Effect
- Mass Effect 2
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
Dude was lead on KOTOR and ME 1/2, which is sufficient unto the day thereof, methinks. I mean. KOTOR. Mass Effect. And I hear that at least a few people kind of liked Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights, too. This is a solid writer’s CV for the new project. Bioware’s made some tactical errors lately. This ain’t one of them.
Moe Lane
Kinda funny how there’s a title conspicuously absent from that list.
And how that title *cough*ME3*cough* had a rather spectacular fan backlash.
The original NWN storyline was actually kind of weak, imo. But everything else on that list was pretty good.