I've been very cautious regarding ME4. I adored the trilogy (outside of the ending), I enjoyed the military themes, I enjoyed the serious tone and missions that surrounded your role in the galaxy. But the movie definitely showed me what other avenues you can take for a space opera. I still hope to command my own ship and have my own team, but the military angle isn't as necessary anymore. I now hope the game has a bit more humor too!
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Did Guardians Of The Galaxy show you what avenues Mass Effect 4 can take?
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Evil Monkey DTT
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All Guardians of the Galaxy did in terms of games.... made me really want a good Guardians of the Galaxy game. Didn't Marvel say they weren't making cash in games anymore and that everything from this point onward would kick ass? Because I want a really good game of this.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
For real
I honestly can't believe many of these developers haven't thought of the whole space pirate/hunter type of character.
That whole space marine setup is getting old as fuck
Some Nobody
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The military theme was never necessary, and frankly I'm wondering why it's infecting so many genres now. We're post-post-9/11 so I'm hoping it goes away.
Guardians of the Galaxy is extremely similar to Farscape. Bioware has already been heavily drawing inspiration from shows like Farscape, Stargate, and Battlestar Galactica, so I don't think GotG really changes the Mass Effect equation much.
It's a great movie, and funny. But Star Lord is basically Crichton, Groot is similar to Zaan, what's his name with the knives is similar to D'argo, Rygel and Rocket are pretty different but are equally small in stature and large in comic relief, and Aeryn and the green girl aren't that different either. Similar art styles too. Star Lord's costume literally looks almost exactly like Crichton's, and they both have ships and hold on to Earth through pop-culture references that no one else gets.
They will probably draw inspiration from GotG too, but that won't change a whole lot.
If you're a GotG fan and haven't seen Farscape, you should check it out.
It's a great movie, and funny. But Star Lord is basically Crichton, Groot is similar to Zaan, what's his name with the knives is similar to D'argo, Rygel and Rocket are pretty different but are equally small in stature and large in comic relief, and Aeryn and the green girl aren't that different either. Similar art styles too. Star Lord's costume literally looks almost exactly like Crichton's, and they both have ships and hold on to Earth through pop-culture references that no one else gets.
They will probably draw inspiration from GotG too, but that won't change a whole lot.
If you're a GotG fan and haven't seen Farscape, you should check it out.
Balmung421
Member
I love this idea.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Guardians of the Galaxy is like the Dark Souls of movies.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Bioware should just say fuck Mass Effect and make Cowboy Bebob the game, but with different characters/story.
Some Nobody
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Y'know, I noticed the Star Lord/Crichton reference. But the Aeryn Gamora thing slipped my mind. I was a little bugged because GotG kinda ignores a lot of comic book lore, but I wanted to like it anyway because it was so freaking funny. This comparison helps a LOT.
Man, I loved Farscape.
Actually, co-signed. The new Star Fox sounds like it's going to end up being "artsy" in a way that pisses people off but no one will admit it until 10 years later because it's a Miyamoto game.
If it's as well-written as Guardians, count me in.
josecitoxnyo
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No, but it made me miss Firefly and Cowboy Bebop a lot.
At least we still have Space Dandy.
I'm going to have to check this out, pronto.
Trust me, watch it dubbed.
Won't be able to see Guardians for another month, but I would kill for a Pacific Rim kinda game. It was one of the few (action) movies I actually felt invested in.
The time jumps, the little things like Kaijū action figures and the black market. Really loved what del Toro did with those things to make the universum feel real.
The time jumps, the little things like Kaijū action figures and the black market. Really loved what del Toro did with those things to make the universum feel real.
Professor Renegade
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Callibretto
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Mass effect citadel dlc kinda have the light hearted humorous tone that guardians have, they should go all in with that vibe imo, ditch the military angle, and be the captain of your own mercenary ship. Take jobs from military or villain etc.
Instead of banging your crew member, you go to different planets banging a lot of different people, 1 character each in a planet. Lol
It shocks me too that by doing that it could mean actual interesting characters
SolarPowered
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Now this would be wild.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
Thinking about Mass Effect during Guardians of the Galaxy would have been like thinking of your mother in law during a porno.
...but yes, the humor and heart, creativity, lack of gravitas and palatable military-force protocol would be nice to see in a game like that.
...but yes, the humor and heart, creativity, lack of gravitas and palatable military-force protocol would be nice to see in a game like that.
Oni Link 666
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Guardias of the Galaxy doesn't remind me of Mass Effect. I think it's kind of weird how it does to other people, because it's obviously inspired by Star Wars and Mass Effect is a lot more like Star Trek than Star Wars.
Baron_Calamity
Member
The Citadel dlc was freaking awesome. They would do well to make the next game more light hearted.
When did Fox News get an account on GAF?
Jimmyfenix
Member
Batista should be in Mass effect 4.
Veritigo_X
Member
"I'm Space Dandy and this is my favorite Boobies in the Citadel, baby."