figadapaura
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More variation in outfits is definitely needed. That coat is nice.
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Bioware: Mass Effect 4 will reference original trilogy but remain separate
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More variation in outfits is definitely needed. That coat is nice.
Hopefully we can re-waifu Liara to make her forget all about Shephard
figadapaura
Member
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MrTroubleMaker
Member
I don't know how I feel about this. I kinda wish they would not reference anything from the first games. Just deal with some unexplored area's of the galaxy.
Of all the characters, why the worst one?
dr_rus
Member
I'm not worried. As of right now I'm dead sure that the game will suck. They've done nothing to prove me wrong yet.
The Silver
Member
you'll be the first one hyped up once they actually unveil the game
figadapaura
Member
Takamura-San
Member
Do we know the timeline between this and the original trilogy? It might be a case of a thousand year difference. So the reference is just "the battle of a 1000 years ago dictated this and that"
I'll go into berserk mode if they dare make it happen.
Ascenion
Member
That's the problem with ME3, you never had a real choice before. Save the council? Didn't matter same ending you stop sovereign and save the citadel. Destroy the collector base? Didn't matter same ending you still stop the collectors and kill human protoreaper thing. ME3 its not oh I chose blue, but regardless the reapers die. Its the reapers may die and....I possibly completely change the galaxy forever. The funny thing was people complained their choice didn't matter in ME3 when that was the only time it ever did.
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JoJo UK
Unconfirmed Member
Doubtful, wouldn't mesh with the whole character customisation that you have to do. He already has his own background, story, model, style etc..... plus he was easily my least favourite character in the series next to Jacob. Don't know what they were thinking.
Bruuuuuuuuuce!
Banned
MrFrankFontaine
Banned
Can't wait for more info.
Also, Liara was my jam.
Also, Liara was my jam.
mcz117chief
Member
They should have just made a parallel story in the timeline of ME 1-3 with a new character.
oneils
Member
I think I would prefer a smaller game in scope but more fleshed out so exploring something like the Citadel doesn't feel like four corridors.
Seems now we might get another "The whole galaxy will be destroyed!" scenario only now it isn't even the Mass Effect galaxy.....
This is what I'm hoping for. I want actual cities to have more life in them. I'd be fine with less planets and systems. From what I'm seeing, though, it sounds like they are going to create a galaxy that is bigger in scale than the original trilogy. I think it will just end feeling more empty.
E-mails from the future?
I assume this is going to be a prequel. A sequel would be... kind of weird, even if they pick a canon ending.
It's probably going to be "big and epic", but I'd prefer if it was smaller in scale, like a Salarian spectre taking down a crime boss or something.
I assume this is going to be a prequel. A sequel would be... kind of weird, even if they pick a canon ending.
It's probably going to be "big and epic", but I'd prefer if it was smaller in scale, like a Salarian spectre taking down a crime boss or something.
royox
Member
Why not PS3, 360 or PC?
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
I just hope they give Quarians an actual design in the next game. That poorly shopped picture of Tali was such a lazy cop out.
figadapaura
Member
Well, I know from personal experience that the PS3 versions have some terrible bugs. A PS4 version would hopefully smooth those out. I already own the games on PC, but I prefer console so a remaster would be perfect.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Slight tangent, but I'm in the mood for some ME lore - any good YouTubers that put on a great showing when it comes to ME lore?
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
it's pretty obvious only the 'everybody died' canon will actually work. The other two are bullshit and don't lead anywhere interesting.
there is also no way in hell they are going to succeed in "keeping it separate". I mean like, suddenly they would go with "In a galaxy far, far away, a long time ago..."?
literally everything in these games would be hooked up to the event of the previous ones, so it's really no feasible to think they won't be attached. But it does imply the reapers are gone for good.
Punchy4486
Banned
I want to replay the trilogy, but the rumors of an HD Remaster on new consoles is holding me back.
I hate this bullshit. If I'm going to play it again, I want to play the best possible version. I don't want to get halfway through 2 and have them announce a better version. I waited until E3 and it didn't happen, so I feel more comfortable starting, but who knows. I'd have to wait until Winter before I felt for sure that it wasn't coming.
I hate this bullshit. If I'm going to play it again, I want to play the best possible version. I don't want to get halfway through 2 and have them announce a better version. I waited until E3 and it didn't happen, so I feel more comfortable starting, but who knows. I'd have to wait until Winter before I felt for sure that it wasn't coming.
ab.aeterno
Member
The two things I'd most want from this new game would be either the first contact wars, or Garrus' days at c-sec. Given one of those won't happen, I'll hold out a tiny sliver of hope for the other.
Kydd BlaZe
Member
Played the original games many many many times over, but I would do it all over again with a Remaster Trilogy Edition. Mass Effect is one of my favorite franchises of all time.
Irishmantis
Member
I wouldn't mind them to start on a clean new story
wanted to play Mass Effect but after hearing about the M33 ending scenario i was completely dishearted me from trying
but a clean slate and im day 1 baby
wanted to play Mass Effect but after hearing about the M33 ending scenario i was completely dishearted me from trying
but a clean slate and im day 1 baby
AuthenticM
Member
This is one of the first thing they said when they unveiled the game.
DOWN
Banned
Weird as hell to me that people still want decisions of their to matter in this new story. Let go and be reasonable. They are going to have a few references and so what if it breaks your canon. I want it to be brilliant and sophisticated, not fan service N7 hoodie fest that makes no sense.
New galaxy would mean all new races wouldn't it? With out tech like the mass relays none of the ships in mass effect can voyage the immense patches of dark space between galaxies.
Succinct Verbosity
Member
Not necessarily. Depending on how long it is betweeb 3 and this game, any number of species could have replicated or created their own Mass Effect technology.
Rectify this if you can. The first 2 games and parts of 3 are absolutely worth the investment.
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I honestly don't care where they take it as long as it's a return to form and they're honest about what we're getting.
BouncyFrag
Member
So it won't be a prequel. Excellent! I'm just as interested in the multiplayer as the main story of the game as well. Give me Lord High Patriarch Grunt and I'll be as giddy as a school boy. I'd put those feels up with those from when we reunited with Wrex in ME2.
Melchiah
Member
I don't get the appeal of the first contact war, as we already know how it goes.
GuitarAtomik
Member
I'm totally fine with this. I don't want a prequel. I just wish they hadn't written themselves in to this situation with ME3.
Statue of Limitation
Member
So none of our choices will matter!
Gosh get over it. If Mass Effect 3 taught you nothing else its that its time for a hard reset. They need to present realistic choices with a loose plan in mind for future games which they can follow through on.
AKA - Don't make a quest about killing a species only for it to survive because the plot demands it and you've got a level built that you can't afford to scrap for 50% of players.
Mass Effect is at its best when it comes to characters, you're decisions should alter perspectives they have of you and little else. You can't have huge world-building implications for two games and then expect the third one to be vastly depending on these. Its not realistic from a design point.
Gosh get over it. If Mass Effect 3 taught you nothing else its that its time for a hard reset. They need to present realistic choices with a loose plan in mind for future games which they can follow through on.
AKA - Don't make a quest about killing a species only for it to survive because the plot demands it and you've got a level built that you can't afford to scrap for 50% of players.
Mass Effect is at its best when it comes to characters, you're decisions should alter perspectives they have of you and little else. You can't have huge world-building implications for two games and then expect the third one to be vastly depending on these. Its not realistic from a design point.
So they will be referencing the trilogy? Interesting. Would like to know about that "nod" they give but I feel it'll probably be in the form of some CG history of what happened in the previous games. I loved the mass effect series but I want Bioware to really prove to me their vision from this game.
Jackbooted
Member
I killed Mordin and sided with the Geth to kill off the Quarians, I want to play in a universe devoid of the Krogan menace with a strong Geth presence. Bioware, make it so!
BouncyFrag
Member
I killed Mordin and sided with the Geth to kill off the Quarians, I want to play in a universe devoid of the Krogan menace with a strong Geth presence. Bioware, make it so!
You take that back! I see no menace here, only love and family.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Hoping they bring in previous party members in a "guest star" kind of role. Always fun to see what the old crew is up to.