Makon da ya gabata, ɗaya daga cikin amintattun masana'antar caca, editan Kotaku Jason Schreirer, ya buga labari game da matsalolin ci gaban Anthem. A wajen kaifi dauki daga BioWare, wanda ya kira irin wadannan articles "cututtuka ga masana'antu," bai hana 'yar jarida a mako guda daga gabatar da wani daidai m rahoto game da samar da Dragon Age 4. A cewarsa, sabon bangare na jerin. yayi kama da mai harbi da yawa mai rikitarwa: Electronic Arts an umurce shi don sanya shi wani abu kamar wasan sabis.
An sanar da Dragon Age 4 a cikin Disamba 2018, amma har yanzu wasan yana kan ci gaba. Kamar yadda Schreier ya gano, sha'awar BioWare na yin aiki a kan ayyuka da yawa a lokaci guda shine laifin wannan: a cikin Oktoba 2017, an sake fara aikin don samun lokaci don kammala Anthem. Saboda rashin jituwa tare da gudanarwa na Electronic Arts, wanda ya ba da umarnin a mayar da RPG zuwa wasan sabis, darektan kirkirar Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mike Laidlaw, ya bar kamfanin. Yanzu BioWare Edmonton yana ƙoƙarin haɗa labari mai ƙarfi da tsarin sabis a cikin aiki ɗaya.
A cikin 2017, ci gaba yana ci gaba da kyau: BioWare yana da kayan aiki, ra'ayoyin da "ya zaburar da duka ƙungiyar," da kuma shugabannin da ke ƙoƙarin guje wa kurakuran da aka yi a lokacin ƙirƙirar Dragon Age: Inquisition. Samar da wasan 2014, wanda aka bambanta ta hanyar manyan tallace-tallace da kyaututtuka da yawa, kuma yana da matsala: an yi shi don yawancin dandamali guda biyar akan sabon injin Frostbite, har ma da goyon bayan multiplayer, kuma a lokaci guda, ƙungiyar. na aiki a cikin tawagar bar da yawa da ake so. Laidlaw da mai gabatarwa Mark Darrah sun yanke shawarar cewa ci gaban sashi na gaba yana buƙatar kusanci da hankali: yana da kyau a aiwatar da ra'ayi kuma ya bayyana shi ga ma'aikata daidai gwargwadon iko.
Bayan da aka saki Trespasser add-on, an tura wasu daga cikin ma'aikatan zuwa Mass Effect: Andromeda, da sauran (mutane da dama), karkashin jagorancin Darra da Ladow, sun fara aiki a kan sabon Dragon Age, mai suna Joplin. Za su yi amfani da shirye-shiryen kayan aiki da hanyoyin da suka saba da su a lokacin ƙirƙirar Inquisition, kuma shugabannin sun yi duk mai yiwuwa don inganta samarwa da hana ayyukan gaggawa.
Tsofaffin ma'aikatan BioWare sun gaya wa Schreier cewa Joplin ya ɗan ƙarami a sikeli fiye da wasan da ya gabata, amma ya ba da fifiko kan yanke shawara mai amfani kuma ya kasance mai zurfi da zurfi. Dan wasan ya mallaki gungun 'yan leƙen asiri a cikin Tevinter Imperium. An ƙara yin reshe na ayyukan, kuma an rage yawan tambayoyin ban sha'awa a cikin ruhun "tafi da kawowa". Ingantattun injiniyoyi na ba da labari sun ba ƴan wasa damar ƙwace abubuwa daga masu gadi ko kuma lallashe su, tare da ƙirƙirar kowane irin wurin ta atomatik maimakon marubutan rubutun.
A ƙarshen 2016, BioWare "daskare" Joplin kuma ya aika da dukan tawagar don kammala Mass Effect: Andromeda. A cikin Maris 2017, lokacin da aka saki Andromeda mai bala'i, masu haɓakawa sun koma Dragon Age 4, amma a cikin Oktoba Electronic Arts sun soke wasan gaba ɗaya - suna buƙatar gaggawa don ceton Anthem, wanda ke makale cikin matsaloli.
Bayan wannan, ƙungiyar "kananan" ta sake fara ci gaban Dragon Age 4. Wannan wani aikin ne, mai suna Morrison, bisa tushen fasaha na Anthem (an gabatar da teaser a The Game Awards 2018). An kwatanta sabon sigar azaman wasan sabis: yana mai da hankali kan tallafi na dogon lokaci kuma zai iya samar da riba na shekaru da yawa. Schreier ya jaddada cewa wannan shi ne ainihin abin da Electronic Arts ke bukata, wanda bai dauki Joplin wani muhimmin aiki ba saboda rashin yawan masu wasa (mafi daidai, yiwuwarsa ba a tattauna ba) da kuma samun kuɗi. Bayan tafiyar Laidlaw, Dragon Age: Daraktan fasaha na bincike Matt Goldman ya ɗauki matsayin darektan ƙirƙira. Darragh ya kasance a matsayin mai gabatarwa.
Schreier bai sani ba idan Dragon Age 4 zai zama wasan kan layi-kawai ko girman rawar da 'yan wasa da yawa za su taka a ciki. Ma'aikata da dama sun gaya masa cewa lakabin "Anthem with dodons" da aka riga aka makala akan aikin bai yi daidai ba. Yanzu masu haɓakawa suna gwaji tare da ɓangaren kan layi - da yawa ya dogara da ra'ayin ɗan wasa game da Anthem. Daya daga cikin masu ba da labari ya bayyana cewa babban labarin Morrison an ƙirƙira shi ne don yanayin ɗan wasa guda ɗaya, kuma ana buƙatar ƙwararrun ƙwararru don riƙe ƴan wasa na dogon lokaci.
Jita-jita yana da shi cewa masu amfani za su iya shiga wasu zaman mutane a matsayin abokan hulɗa ta hanyar saukewa/saukarwa, kama da tsohon RPGs na kamfanin kamar Ƙofar Baldur. Ci gaba da sakamakon tambayoyin ba za su yi tasiri ba kawai ta hanyar yanke shawara na mai kunnawa da kansa, har ma da masu amfani daga ko'ina cikin duniya. Schreier ya lura cewa duk waɗannan jita-jita ba za a iya tabbatar da su ba yayin da aikin ya canza. Daya daga cikin ma'aikatansa na yanzu ya gaya masa cewa wasan zai canza "sau biyar" a cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa. Darragh ya bayyana ma'aikatan na yanzu a matsayin "Jirgin 'yan fashin teku ne wanda zai isa inda yake tafiya ne kawai bayan doguwar tafiya daga tashar jiragen ruwa zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa, a lokacin da ma'aikatan za su yi ƙoƙari su sha ruwan rum mai yawa."
Schreier ya kuma yarda cewa dole ne ya watsar da wasu labaran "masu bakin ciki da ban tsoro" daga ma'aikata, in ba haka ba hoton aiki a BioWare zai kasance mara dadi. Mutane da yawa suna kokawa game da damuwa da damuwa akai-akai, wanda dalilinsa ba kawai yawan aiki ba ne, amma har ma da rashin iya bayyana ra'ayinsu da kuma sauyin manufofin da akai-akai. Kwanan nan, babban manajan BioWare Casey Hudson ya yi alkawarin sanya BioWare wuri mafi kyau don yin aiki.
source: 3dnews.ru