I'd be pretty surprised if we didn't get a trailer / reveal of some sort
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Rumor: Mass Effect 4 details leak through survey
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I'd be pretty surprised if we didn't get a trailer / reveal of some sort
I was thinking the same thing when I was playing this morning. So DAMN great!! If we get that same level of authenticity and realism in terms of conversations, I will be one happy guy.
Yep, I'm loving how vague the choices are in W3. None of this RED TEXT OPTION or BLUE TEXT OPTION, and the way they handle consequences down the line later in the story is fantastic. They took the ME model and turn it into something truly fantastic. I'm not hopeful that ME can learn much from W3.
Looks like the sex scenes in the new ME game are gonna be a bit more exciting.
I want some hot mo-capped alien sex scenes.
Not quite.
Very true all the Witcher games are on another level. Hope we don't get the same tired your the chosen one story, in yet another one of their games. Loved ME1 the most in series.
Inferno313
Banned
Sorry, but what? The quality of the writing in every single quest is what most people agree makes that game special. Heck, I got to a couple mainstory missions last night, towards the end of the game, that both made me tear up.
I'm really excited to see what they show of ME4, but the leaked details don't inspire a ton of confidence in me, I was hoping for something a bit more unique, as well as smaller in scope and personal. I also was very much dissapointed by DA:I. If any of those design philosophies work their way into this game, I think it'll be worse off for it.
The writing was excellent. Pretty sure this is almost universally agreed.
VR_RaidenXOF
Member
Once again, a wasted opportunity to tell a meaningful story. We need less galactic empire drab. Imagine if the main character was desperately looking for his best friend or daughter/son who had been lost in space for nearly a year? This woman or man is older with not much left in the tank- one last mission to endure. Let the lore be secondhand and emotional complexity take control...
It'll never happen. Folks just wanna drive spaceships and shoot aliens.
It'll never happen. Folks just wanna drive spaceships and shoot aliens.
Nobody said the writing was bad, it's just not the best as far as western RPGs are concerned.
The leak says it takes place in the Helios Cluster, and shinobi said Bioware isn't ever revisiting the Reapers- so that rules out Mass Relays unless humans/asari/krogan/salarians/turians/geth/quarians invent their own, so... there is no galactic empire. Unless you're referring to the remnants of the old race? AFAIK the story seems like it's going to focus on survivalism.
https://twitter.com/YanickRRoy/status/610089256657268736
Seems like the Mass Effect devs are going to E3.
Seems like the Mass Effect devs are going to E3.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Gogogogogo!
ArchedThunder
Banned
Was there ever any doubt?
Blue Ninja
Member
It's go time, baby.
prag16
Banned
You may be right but I hope we get a bit more than that, especially with all the teasing that's been done since last E3.
I do too but I'm at the point where I just want it to be announced so we can get some information on it.
I am expecting it to be Xbone timed exclusive or have some form of substantial marketing deal with MS.
No way.
prag16
Banned
If that would actually happen, I am prepared to personally punch the MS and EA executives responsible for the decision right in the face.
Seriously, normally i don't even care too much about timed exclusivity (e.g. Tomb Raider), but I've been waiting WAY too long for ME4.
Cyber Caesar
Member
I hope we get some news on the MP front too.
Dr_LucienSanchez
Banned
Yeah, hopefully there won't be any.
Whaaaaat. ME3 multiplayer was one of the best MP experiences last gen.
Saved the game for me after the single player.
Not the slightest chance in hell of it being exclusive.
Buying exclusivity for Titanfall with it's limited scope and small team was one thing , but a Bioware RPG ? Not happening.
You get out.Yeah, hopefully there won't be any.
YesConsiderably
Banned
I wouldn't necessarily say that the writing in general is better in The Witcher 3, but the companion interaction - something BioWare are famed for - certainly was in comparison to Dragon Age: Inquisition.
And in some ways, even Mass Effect 3. Whearas Shepard and Garrus' sniping contest on the Citadel was a 3 minute vignette, the time Geralt spends with his friends is more naturally written into quests, and can play out over half-an-hour or so.
Some of the scenes towards the end, with Ciri, are incredible.
The Witcher 3 hasn't dulled my enthusiasm for all of BioWare's work, though. Everything i've heard about Mass Effect 4 so far excites the hell out of me., with the exception of any bloated war table-inspired mechanics.
Inquisition was mediocre as far as fantasy RPGs go. Mass Effect 2/3 have carved out a nice little niche in the role-play sphere, and i cannot wait to hear more about what comes next.
And in some ways, even Mass Effect 3. Whearas Shepard and Garrus' sniping contest on the Citadel was a 3 minute vignette, the time Geralt spends with his friends is more naturally written into quests, and can play out over half-an-hour or so.
Some of the scenes towards the end, with Ciri, are incredible.
The Witcher 3 hasn't dulled my enthusiasm for all of BioWare's work, though. Everything i've heard about Mass Effect 4 so far excites the hell out of me., with the exception of any bloated war table-inspired mechanics.
Inquisition was mediocre as far as fantasy RPGs go. Mass Effect 2/3 have carved out a nice little niche in the role-play sphere, and i cannot wait to hear more about what comes next.
dr_rus
Member
Nah, he's right.
wolfhowwl
Banned
Yeah, hopefully there won't be any.
And give up that sweet, sweet Spectre Pack money? Not happening.
From an old ME3 MP thread here:
That's why it has a paying model. My co-worker is currently $3,000 deep into the multiplayer. Why don't you join him.
Dictator93
Member
I hope this has nothing to do with any of the story set ups in the original series (beyond maybe occupying the same universe).
Tooooo much baggage to make a good story
Tooooo much baggage to make a good story
Boombloxer
Member
He isn't. The MP is here to stay.
I'm on the fence, i.e. I desperately want to see gameplay, but, I don't want to spoil the game for myself by watching far too many preview videos & story trailers.
ME4 is 100% my most anticipated game, especially after this survey leak which contains a ton of info I find really exciting, namely the sheer number of planets to explore with the Mako (which I hope is true).
Solid Samus
Banned
No, he's not. I don't know why people hardline against multiplayer anymore. There used to be a time when you could get away with making the claim that multiplayer would negatively impact a game's development. That was before some of the best single player games of last generation came to boast solid multiplayer suites that didn't infringe on their value as single player games.
The Artisan
Member
hoping bioware goes back on their word
and names the game Mass Effect 4
Meh, Shepard's story is over. Mass Effect: (insert word or phrase) at least shows it as a new story in the Mass Effect universe.
He's really, really not
The Artisan
Member
just because shepard's story is over doesn't mean they can't name it Me4 (I know they already went on record saying they won't, hence my previous post, I'm just saying) and having a new subtitle for every new ME game from here on out is gonna feel kinda redundant, and make it feel like whoever the new protagonist is, is gonna be of less vitality to the series than shepard is/was, and I'm sure that ain't bioware's intention.
unless they put a number in front of the new subtitle instead of renaming it every installment, like cod:mw, cod:mw2, mw3, etc.
Freezasaurus
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Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy games use the number system despite a completely new cast every time. Nothing wrong with it.