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Post by farferello on Nov 10, 2023 16:15:56 GMT
Whatever they do with this one, I really hope they don't make canon a specific ending choice. Because nothing will piss me off more than my prior decision being invalidated.
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Post by Rouccoco on Nov 11, 2023 1:14:18 GMT
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Post by Lee on Nov 12, 2023 8:23:18 GMT
The rate in which games I like come out is truly sad. It's no wonder I play the games I like to death-there's just so few options!
That being said-I still have my doubts that this game will see the light. Here's hoping it does though!
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Post by Scottphoto on Oct 29, 2024 2:53:18 GMT
So the release of Dragon Age Veilguard with reviews today is causing a few reactions and art style worries regarding the direction of the next mass effect game and Mike Gamble Project Director/Executive of the next Mass Effect game addressed them on twitter:
"Lots of people asking me about Mass Effect now that Veilguard reviews are out, and Oct 31 is close. Both are from the studio, but Mass Effect is Mass Effect. How you bring a Sci Fi RPG to life is different than other genres or IPs...and has to have different kinds of love."
Regarding a Comment saying DA Veilguard looks Pixar graphics:
"I'm not sure I agree with the Pixar thing, but Mass Effect is photo-realistic and will be as long as i'm running it."
Regarding tone question:
"Mass Effect will maintain the mature tone of the original Trilogy. This is all I'm gonna say for now."
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Post by Andrew Mancer on Nov 21, 2024 20:40:11 GMT
So now that we've seen Veilguard, what are our expectations for the next Mass Effect game?
Should we remains positive and hope that it will be equal romance? Or should we expect the worst from the Mass Effect team since they've always given us less?
I'm personally hoping that they follow Veilguard's example with a tighter focus on the characters and story. With there likely being only one human male companion I'm also hoping he'd be story important and a romance for everyone.
I don't want to see more massive, empty planets with nothing to do. Smaller planets/areas like Havarl and Kadara would be more ideal.
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Post by Foelhe on Nov 24, 2024 0:52:33 GMT
The pessimist in me says it probably doesn't matter, ME and DA have always had completely different approaches to same-sex romance and I'm not holding my breath for a change there.
The optimist in me says it's possible BioWare is moving away from the diverse-sexuality-LI model and they might just make everyone in the next ME game bi. They'll probably do a worse job of selling it than DA:TV did, but personally that bothers me a lot less than lackluster gay options, so I'll take the win.
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Post by Scottphoto on Nov 24, 2024 5:09:19 GMT
I do think they will do a tighter focus on characters and story, as overall reception to no open world, and veilguards overall gameplay approach is pretty well received, not to mention it being inspired by mE2 in some ways, so I think if anything they will copy those elements from ME2.
However, whether romances will be bi or not, that's a tough one. On one hand, I can see them do it, not for the sake of player choice, but more for the sake of development cost. Why develop so many different unique romances when you can just use the same companions romanceable for all genders and you avoid having to distribute/write an exclusive character that might not get same amount/quality of content versus you make everyone happy with the one character. This SHOULD be a lesson with Jaal, that ultimately they made a lot of people happy with Jaal for all, versus using budget to make Gil Brodie but end up writing it in a way that you fail the target audience for it. Plus if ME Bioware wants to avoid the WOKE yelling like they caved in the past to ME2 Fox News for sexual content, than bi route is the more standard now these days rather than putting the "hot girl" (like say suvi according to those people) lesbian only and stuff like that.
I guess time will tell but I haven't seen any complains about the bi element in Veilguard that would convince them to step back from it. Personally, I really enjoy how Veilguard did it (minus companions romancing each other, this needs to go away) and makes me excited to replay it because I have 3 full options, even though I see myself canon with one, is still just nice to actually have reasons to replay, versus being like oh my run won't have anything special to make it different. Is why I done so many SWTOR characters too.
That said, there is still the big question mark on who's the protagonist. Naturally would think is a new hero, but there is still a scary amount of people that want Shepard back when it makes no sense. But I'm afraid of ME Team heavily trying to rely on nostalgia sales, so I'm cautious in this game, specially since Andromeda didn't get it's dlc. Still wish we would get Andromeda 2 as an ongoing spin off seperate from this one but oh well.
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Post by dgcatanisiri on Nov 24, 2024 11:43:46 GMT
Much as I'd LIKE to say that BioWare has learned a lesson... I mean, that's what I said going in to Andromeda, so... That being said, there IS a bit of a shift in the landscape right now, considering Baldur's Gate and Veilguard being all bi (plus Greedfall 2, even if it's still waiting on full release). But you could also argue that these are fantasy games versus sci-fi... So Mass Effect could go either way to go either way.  Though, since they've said that the team on Veilguard (aside from those who were laid off - let's not forget about THAT unfortunate reality...) were shifted onto Mass Effect, there's at least a spark of hope here, trying to flicker into proper flame. Also Mac Walters is no longer there either, and, considering this is the guy who laughed at the idea of patching the Male Shepard/Kaidan romance into the Legendary Edition's ME1 AND changed the subject over to how LIARA'S model changed over the series... Yeah, that can only be a plus on this front, no question. It'd be nice if, with the extended development cycle they've been on since Andromeda was released, there's more going in to MENext (I'm gonna wager they'll stick with named installments over numbered) that recognizes Andromeda's successes and that a lot of the initial backlash (aside from us gays) came from "what do you MEAN it's not just the next step of Shepard's story? It's not the same! WAAAAAAH!" and shouldn't really be acknowledged. Like that really WAS where the worst of the reactions not related to queer content came from. So hopefully, with enough time passing, there'll be enough of a rise of pro-Andromeda voices allowing that content to carry forward. I mean, depending on the time of day, I might argue that the use of Liara finding some fragment of N7 armor in the tease trailer (and that's not a typo, I'm calling it a "tease trailer" because let's be real, NOTHING was really set in stone then, since nothing else about the game has appeared in the years since then) was JUST about drawing on familiar imagery and not anything meant to appear. Honestly, I always saw Ryder as a one-game protagonist, so I'm fairly sure we'll get a new one. I will stand by, though, that bringing Shepard back is 100% my turn away point from the game, if not the franchise, though. Like that's just admitting that they won't listen to anything but the whiniest and worst parts of the fandom, who only want what was to be repackaged, over and over again. |
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Post by disgustednoise on Nov 24, 2024 18:44:55 GMT
I really don't trust Mass Effect at all at this point and frankly have barely thought about the next game and probably won't til there's a release date.
The bring Shepard back people are insane to me. Leave that corpse ALONE. That story is finished and whatever those people think they're going to get will in reality just upset them even more.
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