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Does BioWare now regret erasing their community forums? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by nova_ayashi@reddthat.com to c/gaming

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Back in the good old days of gaming of 2011, back when BioWare was blowing people's minds with the Mass Effect trilogy, they had community forums. A place where fans of Dragon Age and Mass Effect could gather and speculate about what happens next. Or, pester the developers for whatever romance they believed should be in the next game.

And then, after the release of Mass Effect 3, they promptly erased their forums and moved all discussions to Twitter. This effectively silenced many discussions, because by nature, Twitter is an algorithmic beast that prioritizes only certain things.

With the collapse of web2, Twitter especially, I wonder if they might bring those forums back.

BioWare, if you're reading this, bring back the forums!

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[–] veganzombeh 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think movement to some sort of social media is pretty much inevitable. I don't think I've ever played a game where the forums are more active than reddit/twitter.

Paradox, for example, still maintains advertises their forums but lots of players still congregate in the subreddits instead.

[–] paszq 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you're looking for any discussion, Twitter is worthless. It's a jumbled mess of an endless stream of algorithm-based random thoughts and ragebaits. No searching, no browsing, reading it is some idiotic quote-at-the-bottom atrocity, and its interface and limitations are hate-inducing.

I don't understand why anyone would use this, apart from companies promoting products or giving updates about projects.

[–] DaSaw@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

With the death of Reddit and the absence of a Paradox community on Lemmy, I've actually switched to the Paradox forums.