• Mass Effect's ten-year anniversary video teases a 'bright' future ahead
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[url]http://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effects-ten-year-anniversary-video-teases-a-bright-future-ahead[/url]
Every good franchise has a bad spin off or two. Does Redguard ring any bells?
can't wait for Mass Effect Horse Head Nebula which is an MMO with lootboxes
This video moved me. They all sound so genuine, it's almost like EA didn't completely shelf this franchise. Seriously, great video. But the future is [I]not[/I] bright.
Of course the future is bright, any future where a game is now completely connected with built-in microtransactions certainly has a promising road ahead at EA.
Trash fires do burn very brightly
I really wish I could be as optimistic about the series... but they need to rid themselves of a few bedfellows if they really want a brighter future for the series.
I loved the first three Mass Effect games. Is it worth playing Andromeda now?
Bright as driving a franchise into the fucking sun.
[QUOTE=NoOneKnowsMe;52870489]I loved the first three Mass Effect games. Is it worth playing Andromeda now?[/QUOTE] Frankly, no. I don't wanna sound too dismissive, there are some parts of Andromeda I enjoyed, but overall it's straight up not a good game. I feel like for both old fans and newcomers it won't impress. I'd only suggest it to the most diehard of Mass Effect fans and even then they'd just end up disappointed.
[QUOTE=NoOneKnowsMe;52870489]I loved the first three Mass Effect games. Is it worth playing Andromeda now?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Skyward;52870511]Frankly, no. I don't wanna sound too dismissive, there are some parts of Andromeda I enjoyed, but overall it's straight up not a good game. I feel like for both old fans and newcomers it won't impress. I'd only suggest it to the most diehard of Mass Effect fans and even then they'd just end up disappointed.[/QUOTE] I'm a diehard fan and even then I dropped the game after a few hours because I was bored beyond words. I kept seeing all kinds of missed opportunities and conflicting emotions. They completely failed to capture the spirit of wonder of the original trilogy, and none of the characters seemed likable. I know it does get better after a while, but it'll be a while until I muster up the courage to get there.
[QUOTE=Skyward;52870511]Frankly, no. I don't wanna sound too dismissive, there are some parts of Andromeda I enjoyed, but overall it's straight up not a good game. I feel like for both old fans and newcomers it won't impress. I'd only suggest it to the most diehard of Mass Effect fans and even then they'd just end up disappointed.[/QUOTE] The biggest problem Andromeda has is that it's simply boring. It's very easy to get burned out by it's design on the very [I]first[/I] planet it has to offer, which doesn't bode well. Personally, I'd be fine with Mass Effect never coming back, considering what I wanted from the series was brutally murdered by the second game in the franchise, which kind of molded what Mass Effect is known for now. It could be fun returning to it's cool little scifi world, but I'd much rather they work on new stuff. Mass Effect's time has kind of come and gone. I can totally understand, though, that there are still a lot of fans clamoring for new ones and if BioWare could actually deliver, I think it'd be happy with that too.
in the last year i've seen more people talking about the fucking ME3 multiplayer than [I]anything[/I] Andromeda related. like i haven't even seen any post-release gameplay. people care about it so little it's like it was purged from the internet
[QUOTE=SpearmintSheep;52869836]Every good franchise has a bad spin off or two. Does Redguard ring any bells?[/QUOTE] just one problem mass effect has always been bad tes isn't exactly a good example either
[QUOTE=milktree;52870674]just one problem mass effect has always been bad tes isn't exactly a good example either[/QUOTE] Sounds like you're not a fan of RPG games.
[QUOTE=milktree;52870674]just one problem mass effect has always been bad tes isn't exactly a good example either[/QUOTE] Look at you, with your little controversial opinion.
Bioware hasn't made an actually good game since Mass Effect 2. Everything has been mediocre at best with "not [I]that[/I] bad" being the best I've heard about Inquisition and Andromeda.
I think Inquisition is a genuinely good game with a few blemishes. I'm far more interested in more Dragon Age than I think I'll ever be in Mass Effect again. As an old ME die-hard since it was [I]announced[/I], that feels awful to say.
If they want more ME, they need to scale back from Galaxy wide to system wide for a game or two. And make the threat less existential.
[QUOTE=milktree;52870674]just one problem mass effect has always been bad tes isn't exactly a good example either[/QUOTE] I mean if we're throwing around unpopular opinions that have no relevance to the topic at hand I'd like to hear more, mr. the-series-my-avatar-is-from-has-exactly-one-good-game-in-it. [editline]a[/editline] And I don't mean the first one. [editline]a[/editline] Because, you see, I didn't like it and so it was a bad game to everyone that's exactly how opinions work :vs:.
mass effect series is mediocre
[QUOTE=SunsetTable;52876983]If they want more ME, they need to scale back from Galaxy wide to system wide for a game or two. And make the threat less existential.[/QUOTE] Imo all they had to do was give us something other than a dead galaxy and 100% unlikable characters for the story to provide at least a little intrigue, but I've got the game sitting in my PS4 right now, purchased only around a week ago, and yet instead I'm sitting here with Resident Evil 3 running because a series whose plot is "bad people made zombies and other shit" is more interesting to me.
Andromeda was the hail mary, the last desperate longshot to try to revive this franchise. Its an irrelevant footnote, however, barely registering next to the giant crater that is Mass Effect 3. The damage to this franchise was done five years ago. Now, whether you liked the direction they were taking the series or not, this series is dead because of the way that game was written. Going forward, I don't know what lessons they can take away, either. The players want more choices, and ME3 was full of them- but the other side of that coin is that the writers lose control of the narrative. They can't make assumptions about what the players' will decide about, say, the genophage, or the geth. So, come sequel time, you have the fate of entire races left completely ambiguous. In a way, offering a player choice over a plot point is technically no different from creating a plot hole later on. Having Ash or Kaidan join your party, or a throwaway line about Shepard's past is like a pre-planned retcon to redress a plot hole created by the player. The only solution I see to this is to never give the player control over important events in the story. Instead, you control the motives and context of Shepard's decisions, not the actions that result. They seem to do that a lot, but Mass Effect 3 was different. You were given massive choices to make that could never be feasibly retconned in a future game. At any rate, it's over. All this musing applies to future games and franchises, because Mass Effect is dead and buried. All this bright future bullshit is just PR people going through the motions. They can be ignored.
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