BioWare: "We're Not Done" With Mass Effect

[RJ 17]

One idea that some friends and I were kicking around would be a type of Mass Effect: Battlefront, in which you play through story campaigns taking place during some of the historical wars in ME's history, such as the Krogan Rebellions, the Morning War, and the Rachni Wars.

Because yeah, after taking out the big bad monsters nearly succeeded in wiping out the galaxy, there's not much you can do AFTER that story, so pretty much all that remains are things to do BEFORE that story...especially when you think of the nature of the endings...particularly the fact that

Spoiler: This bit contains spoiler details about two of the endings

the Blue ending leaves Shepard as a God commanding the massive Reaper fleet, and the Green ending leaves the galaxy as a fully united utopia, with now friendly Reapers wandering around and helping everyone.

So yeah, my money is on a prequel.

Either my fever is making me see shit, or Captcha is drunk: "Pie Are Round".

 

[Acton Hank]

You might not be done with Mass Effect, but I sure as fuck am.

Then please explain why you feel compelled to constantly remind them and everyone else of how you are allegedly done with the series.

 

[Erttheking]

You might not be done with Mass Effect, but I sure as fuck am.

Then please explain why you feel compelled to constantly remind them and everyone else of how you are allegedly done with the series.

I'll stop posting about how I'm done with the series when it dies and there aren't anymore news articles about how EA is still kicking this dead horse.

 

[Smeatza]

I'm skeptical but staying open minded.

The Mass Effect universe has such a rich lore they could make hundreds more games out of it.
What awaits to be seen is whether they'll be innovative and deep,like Mass Effect. Or simple and homogenised, like every other EA game.

 

[Acton Hank]

You might not be done with Mass Effect, but I sure as fuck am.

Then please explain why you feel compelled to constantly remind them and everyone else of how you are allegedly done with the series.

I'll stop posting about how I'm done with the series when it dies and there aren't anymore news articles about how EA is still kicking this dead horse.

You care about this stuff far more than I and far more than you probably should, have fun regardless...

 

[Lyri]

We already knew they would continue with ME universe after ME3, so congrats Bioware on just trying to shift the focus from co-founders leaving to HEY GUIZ MORE GAMEZ.

 

[Quesa]

Wait; the silver lining in the news that the soul of the company is leaving is that the soulless abomination is going to lurch forward and do more harm to their legacy?

 

[Erttheking]

You might not be done with Mass Effect, but I sure as fuck am.

Then please explain why you feel compelled to constantly remind them and everyone else of how you are allegedly done with the series.

I'll stop posting about how I'm done with the series when it dies and there aren't anymore news articles about how EA is still kicking this dead horse.

You care about this stuff far more than I and far more than you probably should, have fun regardless...

I fail to see how taking fifteen seconds out of my day to type up a post constitutes as caring too much.

 

[TheCaptain]

This'll be interesting. Bioware on their own can pull it off, I'm certain. Just hope they'll keep the Casey or the Mac or whoever on a tighter leash this time around.

Also, I still think there's more than just additional stories for ME3 out there. With the pieces of DLC likely to pile on more and more EMS, there's gotta be a breaking point. Where the fraekishly high EMS score DOES male another difference...

 

[Acton Hank]

You might not be done with Mass Effect, but I sure as fuck am.

Then please explain why you feel compelled to constantly remind them and everyone else of how you are allegedly done with the series.

I'll stop posting about how I'm done with the series when it dies and there aren't anymore news articles about how EA is still kicking this dead horse.

You care about this stuff far more than I and far more than you probably should, have fun regardless...

I fail to see how taking fifteen seconds out of my day to type up a post constitutes as caring too much.

It's not the time you take out of your day, it's that you constantly repeat the same thing more than 6 months on, even though you claim to be done and not care anymore.

 

[Erttheking]

You might not be done with Mass Effect, but I sure as fuck am.

Then please explain why you feel compelled to constantly remind them and everyone else of how you are allegedly done with the series.

I'll stop posting about how I'm done with the series when it dies and there aren't anymore news articles about how EA is still kicking this dead horse.

You care about this stuff far more than I and far more than you probably should, have fun regardless...

I fail to see how taking fifteen seconds out of my day to type up a post constitutes as caring too much.

It's not the time you take out of your day, it's that you constantly repeat the same thing more than 6 months on, even though you claim to be done and not care anymore.

I am done with the Mass Effect series, I'm just royally pissed off that EA/Bioware are pretending that the franchise is still going strong and that they didn't royally fuck it up.

 

[Acton Hank]

You might not be done with Mass Effect, but I sure as fuck am.

Then please explain why you feel compelled to constantly remind them and everyone else of how you are allegedly done with the series.

I'll stop posting about how I'm done with the series when it dies and there aren't anymore news articles about how EA is still kicking this dead horse.

You care about this stuff far more than I and far more than you probably should, have fun regardless...

I fail to see how taking fifteen seconds out of my day to type up a post constitutes as caring too much.

It's not the time you take out of your day, it's that you constantly repeat the same thing more than 6 months on, even though you claim to be done and not care anymore.

I am done with the Mass Effect series, I'm just royally pissed off that EA/Bioware are pretending that the franchise is still going strong and that they didn't royally fuck it up.

If releasing free DLC in an attempt to correct their mistake isn't admitting at least some sort fault then what would it be exactly?

 

[Erttheking]

You might not be done with Mass Effect, but I sure as fuck am.

Then please explain why you feel compelled to constantly remind them and everyone else of how you are allegedly done with the series.

I'll stop posting about how I'm done with the series when it dies and there aren't anymore news articles about how EA is still kicking this dead horse.

You care about this stuff far more than I and far more than you probably should, have fun regardless...

I fail to see how taking fifteen seconds out of my day to type up a post constitutes as caring too much.

It's not the time you take out of your day, it's that you constantly repeat the same thing more than 6 months on, even though you claim to be done and not care anymore.

I am done with the Mass Effect series, I'm just royally pissed off that EA/Bioware are pretending that the franchise is still going strong and that they didn't royally fuck it up.

If releasing free DLC in an attempt to correct their mistake isn't admitting at least some sort fault then what would it be exactly?

Making it so that the DLC actually changed the ending and make it so that it wasn't just a turd polish. Dropping the "artistic integrity" bullshit would be nice too.

 

[C117]

The only way to beat ME3 is scale is to go smaller. Mae its a much more personal story rather than "hurdur now its the UNIVERSE!"

That's actually a really good idea. Instead of playing as commander Shepard saving the galaxy, how about playing as a character whose goal is of personal importance, not just "because otherwise we're all screwed"? Granted, Bioware did a good job at making us feel a need to save the galaxy, but seeing as their biggest strength aside from worldbuilding is making characters we all know and love, it only makes sense to make a new game that focuses on said characters.

And as a side note, I would really love it if the protagonist wasn't human. Perhaps you could play as a turian rebuilding Palaven in the wake of the Reapers, trying to make contact with your family who you had to leave behind...

 

[Acton Hank]

You might not be done with Mass Effect, but I sure as fuck am.

Then please explain why you feel compelled to constantly remind them and everyone else of how you are allegedly done with the series.

I'll stop posting about how I'm done with the series when it dies and there aren't anymore news articles about how EA is still kicking this dead horse.

You care about this stuff far more than I and far more than you probably should, have fun regardless...

I fail to see how taking fifteen seconds out of my day to type up a post constitutes as caring too much.

It's not the time you take out of your day, it's that you constantly repeat the same thing more than 6 months on, even though you claim to be done and not care anymore.

I am done with the Mass Effect series, I'm just royally pissed off that EA/Bioware are pretending that the franchise is still going strong and that they didn't royally fuck it up.

If releasing free DLC in an attempt to correct their mistake isn't admitting at least some sort fault then what would it be exactly?

Making it so that the DLC actually changed the ending and make it so that it wasn't just a turd polish. Dropping the "artistic integrity" bullshit would be nice too.

So this is all because they didn't do what you wanted.

 

[Erttheking]

You might not be done with Mass Effect, but I sure as fuck am.

Then please explain why you feel compelled to constantly remind them and everyone else of how you are allegedly done with the series.

I'll stop posting about how I'm done with the series when it dies and there aren't anymore news articles about how EA is still kicking this dead horse.

You care about this stuff far more than I and far more than you probably should, have fun regardless...

I fail to see how taking fifteen seconds out of my day to type up a post constitutes as caring too much.

It's not the time you take out of your day, it's that you constantly repeat the same thing more than 6 months on, even though you claim to be done and not care anymore.

I am done with the Mass Effect series, I'm just royally pissed off that EA/Bioware are pretending that the franchise is still going strong and that they didn't royally fuck it up.

If releasing free DLC in an attempt to correct their mistake isn't admitting at least some sort fault then what would it be exactly?

Making it so that the DLC actually changed the ending and make it so that it wasn't just a turd polish. Dropping the "artistic integrity" bullshit would be nice too.

So this is all because they didn't do what you wanted.

What I wanted them to do was pull their heads out of their asses and write a quality ending, so yeah, technically you're right. I fail to see how that's a bad thing though.

 

[The Great JT]

Bioware's (most likely) Thoughts: We made this galaxy full of interesting ideas, so damn it, we're going to explore possibilities with it!

My Thoughts: They made a galaxy full of interesting ideas where lots of cool stuff could happen, so they're going to explore possibilities within it!

 

[OManoghue]

With the co-founders gone, EA can finally melt down BioWare into a gray paste.

 

[digital warrior]

I just wonder, where can they actually go with Mass Effect?

They can't really do anything that is set after 3. I don't want to play in a universe without the Geth, and a world where everyone runs around with green glowing eyes and circuits while sharing a hive-mind, and husks (and presumable certain objects) are fully sentient, is, quite frankly, disturbing as all hell. The least universe-changing ending I could imagine them go with is Control, but the implications of that would be kind of creepy as well. It would pretty much require Shepard to be the antagonist.

Ha that is actually a pretty good twist, so they wont use it.