Mass Effect 4 Will Not Feature Shepard or "Shepard 2"
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Mick Golden Blood said:
There was something much more personal about travelling the galaxy in pursuit of one turian as oppose to traveling around the galaxy after one very large, very flamboyant threat.
Granted the climax of 1 was huge scale I stand by my point.
I say we keep complaining until their ears bleed. Otherwise they'll never learn.Capitano Segnaposto said:
HOWEVER, I will grant that refusing to purchase the next entry in a series due to a single negative in the face of many positives as is the case with ME3, a great game, would be rather silly and childish.
I'll probably wind up buying ME4.
I actually really like the sound of this; if they're going to continue with a series even after it's finished (some might say 'Milking It'...) then surely the best way to do so would be to essentially leave everything but the world behind? Keep the universe, lore and backstory whilst moving on to a completely different style of story and character. Think about it, you could play one of the different races, you could do so much, especially with a universe so rich and diverse as the Mass Effect world. I think this could be a step in the right direction. Or they could end up just creating a sub-par game trying to cash in on Mass Effect's success by slapping the world and label on it. I really hope it doesn't go that way though.
Please, give me something that was barely touched upon in the original trilogy.
Like playing as a conflicted Batarian Enforcer under the Batarian Hegemony's dictatorship on Khar'shan. Or as an Asari through her trails to become a Justicar.
Like playing as a conflicted Batarian Enforcer under the Batarian Hegemony's dictatorship on Khar'shan. Or as an Asari through her trails to become a Justicar.
Personally Id have kept the decisions thing going into the sequel by having the new protagonist the child of one the people shepherd inevitably slept around with or if not applicable gone the other way
It would have been interesting if the endings people chose were sent in after completion, added up and turned into the basis of the next game
It would have been interesting if the endings people chose were sent in after completion, added up and turned into the basis of the next game
If it ain't going to be Shepard, I wonder how they'll go about this... Hopefully you get the chance to be a Krogan... Or finally some sort of Krogan romance... DON'T JUDGE ME!
Not likely to buy a ME4. The interesting thing about the early Mass Effect games was the promise of our choices affecting the story. However in ME3 most of the interesting choices of the earlier games were reduced to a number. If the next games will be different i can still buy them after enough people have played them to judge if anything changed.
I think this is a good sign. The main trilogy of Mass Effect is done with, there's no reason for some contrived excuse to drag it out. The Mass Effect universe, on the other hand, is still ripe for exploration, why not explore a different angle?
P.S: Don't call it "Mass Effect 4", it shouldn't be direct sequel.
P.S: Don't call it "Mass Effect 4", it shouldn't be direct sequel.
Oddly enough, it's about the only reason I'd buy it. Mass Effect's SP experience lost me midway through 2, but 3's MP is fun.Fudj said:
The SP story kinda sucked after 1. I'm not a huge MP fan, but co-op with a bunch of friends does tickle me. Even if it is a little clunky.Fudj said:
I like local multiplayer just fine, Worms, PAIN, Bomberman and alike......just never got into doing the same online, perhaps its a case of wanting to see the faces of my vanquished enemiesZachary Amaranth said:
Opinions on the story differ with every person you talk to, i for the most part liked it, and its allways been one of my favorite gamer series. But that doesn't stop me seeing what others could find fault with and in some case agree with (of course though not as strongly).
why do we need ME4 its just going to get ruined, the universe is huge find another story in the universe or make an entirely new IP!(fat chance) to make a game about. why must we be pelted with sequels for a franchise that is already weakening and needs no more dilution.
i am sorry if i am over reacting but i genuinely like the series, and the thought of mass effect becoming like COD a sort of yearly title thing scares the fanboy in me to the very core.
seriously somebody needs to hammer in the fact that trilogy means 3 and that sequels can actually hurt a series retroactively, i am a fan to the extent that i might even say dumb irrational things in this series defense and probably have in the past. I do not want another ME, because i believe all good entertainment must have an indisputable end.
although the article is vague and attempting to dismiss the idea of a direct sequel i have a nagging feeling that they are empty promises, and that we will see the same thing with varying circumstances
i am sorry if i am over reacting but i genuinely like the series, and the thought of mass effect becoming like COD a sort of yearly title thing scares the fanboy in me to the very core.
seriously somebody needs to hammer in the fact that trilogy means 3 and that sequels can actually hurt a series retroactively, i am a fan to the extent that i might even say dumb irrational things in this series defense and probably have in the past. I do not want another ME, because i believe all good entertainment must have an indisputable end.
although the article is vague and attempting to dismiss the idea of a direct sequel i have a nagging feeling that they are empty promises, and that we will see the same thing with varying circumstances
