New Mass Effect "Moving Forward"

[Ayay]

Since we are talking about EA Bioware it will be a 2 hour game and the lots of dlc for guns and companions all tied to origin so why anyone would look forward to more ME is puzzeling to me ,but hey i gave up on them when they put EA infront of their name. And hyping it up will just make the pain worse

 

[Strazdas]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Go back and fix the GOD DAMN ENDING OF 3 YOU BASTARDS!!!! Once you fix that THAN I'll pick up another Mass Effect game.

Done. As there is nothing to fix, the "fixing" is already done. Now they can go back to picking up another Mass Effect game. That they do.

 

[CyberMachinist]

edit: Ignore this (how do you delete posts?)

 

[CyberMachinist]

Edit: Ignore this somehow 2 extra posts got posted due to a captcha error.

 

[CyberMachinist]

Well the only solution for these kind of situations is to wait and see what happens first, if the simcity experience is anything to go by then don't go fanboy over the hype so soon unless your prepared to wake up one morning to be punched in the nuts by an unfavorable "Innovation" that they just announced will be in the game.

Captcha says "Curry favor"......... I swear this program is some sort of insightful AI.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

"Moving Forward"

So it IS a sequel!

Not necessarily.

I read it as "$80 retail", "always-online DRM", "microtransactions", "day one DLC" and "digital download only".

You know, "forward" as in "the future".

This would be hilarious if it wasn't going to happen because you know, it's EA.

A kick in the nuts by them is now expected.

 

[Cabisco]

I'm in.

As long as it's more Mass Effect, I'm in. They could do a lot to screw it up and make a disappointing product, but even if that happens, it's still more of what I want.

Firstly what an amazing avatar.

It's a credit to Bioware that I'm simply not done with the Mass Effect Universe, I want to go back and experience it again. I understand and think it's a good idea they are leaving Shepards story but when you look at the larger canon they've created it's a perfect place for more advertures, kinda like the expanded star wars/star trek universe.

 

[Mike Fang]

Sigh, there truly is no franchise the entertainment industry won't keep dragging out until it finally shits all over whatever legacy it has. It's like developers and/or production companies can never let something end on a high note, they have to keep milking it and will only end something on a sequel that's a forced, hated installment that's a blatant money grab. The only place you see any sort of artistic integrity in that regard anymore seems to be, funnily enough, in television. For all the crap shows out there, the truly good ones seem to know when and how to end triumphantly and lower the curtain. Well-received, well-done programs like Farscape, The Invisible Man, Monk, to name a few have known when its time to come to some kind of final resolution. But tell that to the games industry with its continual sequels for series like Halo, Final Fantasy, Zelda, Resident Evil, and so on.

Now, I'm not against sequels on principle. When they're well done, I enjoy following the continuing adventures of likeable, interesting protagonists. But when they start feeling like a plodding, neverending series of hackneyed and trite installments to an idea that's become stale and forced, its clearly time to yank the plug.

 

[Riff Moonraker]

Count me in. Yes, the ending in Mass 3 disappointed me, but the DLC did alot to fill some massive plot holes. I just wish I didnt play the end until AFTER that DLC, but irregardless, the Mass Effect trilogy is still my favorite game series of all time. I am there.

 

[Ukomba]

I just hope they don't try to go prequel on us. Prequels always feel hollow.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

Definitely not a pre-order for me...but we'll see how this turns out.

 

[Quazimofo]

I think I'll reserve my judgement on this game for when it comes out. I generally don't get excited for games anymore and I feel that's a good stance to take on this one.

You gotta remember though that only like 50 people or something died in that "war". It was very small scale. It'd barely register as a side-quest in any other games. There's a reason the turians just call it an incident (cant remember the number designation of the relay though).

Over 1200 died, actually. 623 of those were humans.

I find that number to be dumb though, considering property damage was way disproportionately higher than those numbers would suggest.

Oh wow I way under-shot that number. The point it is though it was a pretty small war as far as wars go. However if they managed the evacuation and the like properly I would not be surprised if civilian casualties were particularly low.

 

[Quazimofo]

I won't be buying it if it requires Origin, end of story.

C'moooon, First Contact War. I wanna shoot me some arrogant Turian sonsabitches.

You gotta remember though that only like 50 people or something died in that "war". It was very small scale. It'd barely register as a side-quest in any other games. There's a reason the turians just call it an incident (cant remember the number designation of the relay though).

Pretty much exactly what I was going to say. I could be wrong about this, but it doesn't seem like there's much in Mass Effect's history that you could make a game out of without excluding humans.

Bioware really blew their wad with ME3. What other threat could you come up with that would rival a Galaxywide invasion of billion year old eldritch abominations?

Simple, don't try to rival it. No massive galaxy spanning-space opera, since they can't do it twice without it getting plain ol' silly.

Also, the rachni war could be one HELL of a game if you wanted it to be, and that took place nearly 1000 years before the events of the other mass effect games. Way before you could possibly put humans in there since they were pretty isolated and just getting into the swing of the italian renaissance in europe.
The Morning War with the quarians could be a really really interesting game too, and that was 700 years back.

Hell, could just make a small-scale game focused on a band of mercs and you could make a cool game out of that. There's TONS of crap you could do with Mass Effect if you wanted to. TONS. And you could do a ton of it without humans if you wanted to even.

That'd be one hell of a change of pace too, not having humans in the game. And a welcome one. The games have already proved we can be attached to non-human characters, so is it so implausible that a game that doesn't feature humans in any significant respect be successful?

 

[Billy D Williams]

Well, after playing Mass Effect: Citadel it shows that Bioware still does have writing chops even after some of their team set sail, and I've never been one to jump on the anti-______ (insert company name here) that the internet seems to do every time a company makes a few mistakes. So, is it going to be good? I don't know. Am I still excited for it? Daym str8!

 

[Wesley Brannock]

After what they did to Mass Effect 3 if anyone asks if I plan to buy this " new " Mass Effect game my answer to this can be summed up to one simple word that is. .

I can not forgive Bioware / E.A for turning all the characters from Mass Effect 2 into cameo's while that is ok for SOME of them it wasn't ok for them to do that to all of them.

Aside from that they also handled the romance options from Mass Effect 3 very poorly example. ( How come none of the relationships moved passed flirting and sex ? )
Our choices would have mattered a whole lot more if fem-shep or another romance option were able to marry and or have kids from a previous romantic encounter. But that is just one example of a missed opportunity they had to make a small detail matter.

So to think that I'd buy this game just because it's " Mass Effect " is insane. They had a chance to make our choice " matter " and they screwed up. I won't give them the chance to waste any more of my money and or time. But if I come into contact at any time with anyone who thinks this is a " good idea " I will just look at them strangely and ask. " If their name is Mr. ( or Ms. you have to at least try to be politically correct ) Derp " ? For the reason being that this would be the only reason to make such a statement.

 

[endtherapture]

C'moooon, First Contact War. I wanna shoot me some arrogant Turian sonsabitches.

I was hoping for something centered around a non-human, just for the sake of opening up more story/setting options they couldn't have used previously. First Contact War could very easily end up as Halo with a coat of Mass Effect paint if they do a sloppy job of it. But if they did a good job, yeah, that'd be pretty awesome.

Contact War would make a terrible game, because the lore says there was like a total of 200 casualties in the ENTIRE WAR.

 

[evilneko]

The Mass Effectverse is an interesting 'verse. I would not be opposed to wading into it again...

..so long as it was the pre-ME3 version of it.

 

[Dragonbums]

Yeah. We got it. It won't focus on Commander Shepard.
The question is, what the fuck are you going to do with this story?

There is no real surprise about doing the First Contact War. We all know how that shit ends.

What about after the endings? You still gonna have to take into account who chose what ending, and what choices they made beforehand.
Is this going to be an Alternate Universe kind of deal?

I aint jumping on this ship face first. I'm gonna wait.

 

[Carnagath]

"Goose Laying Golden Eggs Slain; Owners In Consultancy With Creators of Turducken Regarding Re-Assembly"

Okay, a little harsh perhaps. But if they've actually learned something from the uproar, my humble suggestion would be:

1. Self-contained game, not the first of a trilogy.
2. More personal and inter-personal plot arc, rather than another "fate of the universe" thread.
3. Resist the impulse to give every surviving character from the earlier games a walk-on.
4. Ditch the military aspect; work with characters who are less beholden to a central authority.
5. Work on creating more situations that involve solutions other than shooting your way out.
6. Don't piss off the fanbase even more by suggesting a problem that was clearly and cleanly resolved in the earlier games, especially one that characters sacrificed their lives to resolve, is returned and/or has dangling threads.
7. Use this as an opportunity to develop or flesh out world lore in ways besides virtual encyclopedia entries.
8. Mineral collection is busy-work, and pretty much always has been. Either find a way to make it more interesting, or drop it all together.
9. Try not to punish players for not playing all-the-way Paragon or all-the-way Renegade. Kind-hearted people sometimes have to make tough decisions, and rough, play-by-their-own rules types still have their moments of tenderness. It's called "role-playing".
10. Some people have no interest in multiplayer. Be okay with this.

'Kay, Bioware? Call me.

So basically you want Planescape: Mass Effect! I really really doubt that's gonna happen.

 

[Silly Hats]

I just hope they don't try to go prequel on us. Prequels always feel hollow.

I don't know, there's more than enough source material for that. But I doubt it.


I'm excited about the news, day one purchase.