Well.. Bye bye Bioware, nice knowing you.

I couldn't give a flying fuck about the  Bioware of today  .but I would blame EA if they closed Bioware because they along with Bioware have to be held accountable for the situation , MEA a game I enjoyed btw and deserved to continue got thrown under a bus for this and yes Bioware say it was their choice, but you can't tell me they weren't encouraged ,until we are shown that all those ips are in safe capable  hands then I would stick with Bioware but they need direction and no longer get a free pass.

I'm with you brother.

Is it just me or have reviewers gotten extra strick all of a sudden.

Anthem on a 70/100? Okay, maybe that's fair, but this game would have gotten 8s and 9s if released 2 to 3 years ago.

How did games like Sea of Thieves which launched with bare bones content received better reviews than a full content, polished game in Crackdown 3 which offers both Solo and MP modes? I am very confused.

I am extremely worried for Bioware's existence. 

Its due to Crackdown 3 feeling like a game from 2007, where it basically ignored all of the innovation and progression from the last decade with an incredibly repetitive missions with a tack on multiplayer that's only interesting feature is the destruction and having mechanics like the lock on basically ruin any form of balance. 

Welp, reads like more Gaas mediocracy.
I will save my $60 for another game.

The studio have clearly lost talent at this point. Its clear now, a brain drain took place at BW years ago. There is no way they still have some of the best western RPG makers still employed at the studio.

I don't count ME:A becuse that was made with little to no preparation or guidance by a rookie studio, wich got promply closed down after, in blatant mismanagement by EA.

As for Bioware prime, maybe they have retained all of their talent, but they got forced into making a soulless Destiny clone instead of the kind of tight story driven game they are actually good at.

No matter how talented you are, that talent only streches so far. If you get constantly pressured and constrained by a publisher and are worried about the future of your studio and livelyhood, your work isn't going to be at it's peak anyways, add to that being forced to make something you're not passionate about and you start asking yourself 'What's the point?'.

With great talent usually comes a certain degree of specilization. If you have experts for narrative driven games with rpg elements, but suddenly have to work on a team-based loot-shooter with MMO elements, that will take some adjusting...

Being the talented studio that they are might have 'saved' this game from being an absolute shitshow instead of just mediocre.

Never been a fan of BioWare. Mass Effect was one of the most overrated games ever imo.
And now BioWare seems like the most disappointing developer from this gen with only 2 big game releases whith both of them failing to meet the expectations.

If that's the case, than should all modern Remasters and Remakes receive poor reviews because they don't offer innovations or features? There's nothing wrong with how Crackdown 3 plays, its Solid and can be quite addictive and probably one of the better polished Sandbox games at launch where it doesn't launch with bugs or game breaking glitches. 

Also the MP is a stand alone mode, not a tacked on mode. Different developers on both Campaign and MP.