Mass Effect: Where does the series go now sequel-wise?
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THis wouldn't work. No game in the First Contact war would ever work.Da Orky Man said:
In the entire war there are 600 human casualties and slightly more Turian casualties.
Not enough things to kill for an FPS game.
Agree. DLCs, sequels, prequels, I don't care. I wanted to buy the books while I was half-way through ME3, as I didn't read them. Don't want to anymore.Thandran said:
Unless the "extended cut" thing fixes EVERYTHING wrong with the ending, I won't buy anything from the franchise ever again.
Do a trilogy set in the prothean reaper invasion, show us it at different times of the 300 year saga!
Well, my ME3 galaxy kind of got fucked over in a cascade of giant relay explosions so I see the sequel to my particular universe set however many millions of years in the future where new life is finally up and running with easy space travel, and the only tech surviving the relay explosion is Liara's time capsule. Some nut finds it, believes the message of the reaper threat and somehow convinces the galactic community waste their time building another Crucible, not realising the reaper threat ended millions of years ago.
All missing info will be left as plot holes.
...I'm not bitter.
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All missing info will be left as plot holes.
...I'm not bitter.
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That would make me way too happy. I think I'd rather play as the Elcor sidekick though, just imagine the heavy weapons he could use!ThriKreen said:
possible MMO, but don't gimme crap about it sucking, it could be supreme! prequels too. i'd honestly wanna see a full-out first-contact war fps or 3rd person shooter.
I'd say that if they were to continue the franchise, they'd do prequels. They have a lot to work with:
Mass Effect 4:
Th Prothean Empire: You play as Javik and it tells the story of how he fought the reapers and had to kill his own team because of indoctrination.
The Krogan Rebellions.
The Rachni Wars.
The Morning war.
The First Contact war/ The Skyllian Blitz
Saren's story: How he met Sovereign.
Anderson's story: How he was a spectre candidate.
Jack Harper (Illusive Man): We had the comics, make it a game.
...or any combination of the above mentioned. Like I said, they have a lot to work with.
Mass Effect 4:
Th Prothean Empire: You play as Javik and it tells the story of how he fought the reapers and had to kill his own team because of indoctrination.
The Krogan Rebellions.
The Rachni Wars.
The Morning war.
The First Contact war/ The Skyllian Blitz
Saren's story: How he met Sovereign.
Anderson's story: How he was a spectre candidate.
Jack Harper (Illusive Man): We had the comics, make it a game.
...or any combination of the above mentioned. Like I said, they have a lot to work with.
Silly OP, Don't you don't in the games industry the number 4 doesn't exist 
If it Bioware does create a new mass effect game it will probably be a prequel or a new spin off not based on reapers and I guess more based on the politcal power struggles of the different races vying for power I the wake of the destruction and lose of military power/structure.
Or a game based of the criminal underworld of mass effect.
But I doubt Bioware will want to continue the mass effect series. Old bioware never made sequels to their games and each one was a new game and this is was there first ever games series I'd think they'd want to start something new and fresh. Then again I doubt EA would would like that but they could be more open to a new idea considering the ME3 backlash
If it Bioware does create a new mass effect game it will probably be a prequel or a new spin off not based on reapers and I guess more based on the politcal power struggles of the different races vying for power I the wake of the destruction and lose of military power/structure.
Or a game based of the criminal underworld of mass effect.
But I doubt Bioware will want to continue the mass effect series. Old bioware never made sequels to their games and each one was a new game and this is was there first ever games series I'd think they'd want to start something new and fresh. Then again I doubt EA would would like that but they could be more open to a new idea considering the ME3 backlash
I'd like the idea of a story that concentrating on the races of the universe rebuilding the galaxy. There were enough nut jobs and thugs before the war, imagine how crazy some people could be after being flung back to the dark ages! You could either use surviving crew members or introduce a new character, there's a lot of potential in an aftermath style story.
What's more likely is a prequel, especially surrounding humanities first contact with the other races. To be honest, I'd love missions based on the siege of Shanxi or maybe even exploring the pasts of the other races. Either way, there's gonna be a load more games whether we want them or not, lets just hope they're done right.
What's more likely is a prequel, especially surrounding humanities first contact with the other races. To be honest, I'd love missions based on the siege of Shanxi or maybe even exploring the pasts of the other races. Either way, there's gonna be a load more games whether we want them or not, lets just hope they're done right.
Prequel would be good, so many past events that are mentioned that seem like gaming gold, First Contact War anyone? What I'd like to see is a direct sequel where you try to rebuild after the end of 3. Everyone would be on edge so not lacking in action and you could really change events to your liking...if written right that is.
The game sold well. I don't know why you think the revised ending made even a small dent in their profits. As for an MMO, I think EA and Bioware will be wary of investing too heavily in MMOs these days. How much did SWTOR cost again? I'm sure they were thinking MMO but now...probably nothing. A dog fighting game would be good...but Bioware would just fuck it up.Avalanche91 said:
I know it's been discussed to death, but look up the Indoctrination Theory. It pretty much explains how the Mass Effect universe isn't completely fucked.
I think there'll only be prequels. Otherwise they'd have to establish a particular ending as the ending to ME3, which I very much doubt they'd do.
Hopefully nowhere. The series is done and considering the kind of response that came with the ending to the third game, I think they should leave it as it is rather than beating the dead horse into a fine paste. Leave it at everyone being annoyed by the third games ending instead of slowly pushing us to hate it altogether.
Personally, I would like them to leave it for now. They told Shepard's story and gave it a conclusion, and even though the end was bad, it pretty much made it so it could not have a direct sequel, and I am fine with that. It had a good run, and it is time to let it end and to let some new series be made.
Well seeing how halo did a prequel along with a nameless soldier game, there is always that option. They are doing another supposed trilogy with halo 4 and beyond but at this point they should've just let it die. Gears loves ripping off halo's ideas and is doing similar stuff with "Judgement".
They should let ME end with whatever scraps of dignity it has left, and they can't really do a prequel since existing decisions and save files would have no effect, and no one is gonna play a prequel then replay the main trilogy.
A somewhat-canon game that could be cool is having all the fleets and races cut off from their home planets and stuck on Earth, and then have a bitter war break out over resources. The game would have no space travel due to the premise, and previous decisions would play in and any unknown betrayals like genophage sabotage could be revealed, but the main objective is to rebuild a relay system and try to get everyone home.
But if they don't just bite the bullet like they should and take a ODST/Reach path we may very well be seeing "Mass Effect: Nameless Alliance Jackass" hitting shelves in 2013.
They should let ME end with whatever scraps of dignity it has left, and they can't really do a prequel since existing decisions and save files would have no effect, and no one is gonna play a prequel then replay the main trilogy.
A somewhat-canon game that could be cool is having all the fleets and races cut off from their home planets and stuck on Earth, and then have a bitter war break out over resources. The game would have no space travel due to the premise, and previous decisions would play in and any unknown betrayals like genophage sabotage could be revealed, but the main objective is to rebuild a relay system and try to get everyone home.
But if they don't just bite the bullet like they should and take a ODST/Reach path we may very well be seeing "Mass Effect: Nameless Alliance Jackass" hitting shelves in 2013.
Exactly. I would do (and hope for) a "Relay 314 Incident" story, maybe told in two parts through a turian character and a human character. The Krogan Rebellions are also excellent mining territory, although that piece of history also threatened the end of galactic civilization by a seemingly unstoppable enemy (same with the rachni wars) so a little too similar for an immediate new project. I really want to play and see and learn more about the other species.distortedreality said:
I'm not sure that the quarian's exile would work because it would likely end with them forming the flotilla and that's just not a satisfying place to end.