It's been hard to have faith that Mass Effect 5 will live up to the heights of the original trilogy, but the latest word on the subject is surprisingly reassuring. While the BioWare name was once synonymous with rich, compelling RPGs, recent years have seen a decline in reputation thanks to critical failures like Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem.
In a new YouTube interview with Destin Legarie (as reported by VideoGamer), former BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah explained that "BioWare has effectively become a one-project studio," with the current project being the upcoming Mass Effect game. While this approach "has its own problems," it avoids the issue of "several projects fighting for attention and resources" that impacted the quality of some previous BioWare releases.
The interview as a whole mostly focuses on Anthem, following the recent shutdown of servers for BioWare's big attempt at an online RPG. Darrah brings up this structural shift at BioWare in the context of Anthem's struggles, and he acknowledges that the game was ultimately "too big of a reach."
Darrah hasn't been present at the studio in several years, but he's unaware of any other projects at BioWare stealing attention from the next Mass...
