Nepenthe Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 At some point I'll have to get around to picking up the Omega dlc to see what it's like.... Forgettable. I mean, I literally forgot about it. Leviathan wasn't too bad, though. You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAnakin Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Has BioWare actually confirmed Shepard will not feature in the new game? Or is it just a rumor that's been picked up by every news source and now stated as fact? "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBasilisk Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) "There is one thing we are absolutely sure of--there will be no more Shepard, and the trilogy is over... So first, we don’t want to make 'Shepard 2,' or Mass Effect 4 with like, 'oh there’s no more Shepard but you’re a soldier in the universe.' So this will be a very, very different context for sure, and nothing has been decided on the rest." - Fabrice Condominas, BioWare Montreal producer So the setting will remain the same, but it sounds like they're going to do their best to set it apart from the trilogy so you don't get overshadowed by the Shep. Other than that, looks like nothing concrete atm. I almost think they purposefully left at least one loose end hanging for a new series: Why is Haestrom's sun aging so fast? With the Reaper invasion it took a backseat to other matters, but what if it starts happening elsewhere? Edited January 29, 2013 by TSBasilisk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serrano Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) It was confirmed a few times although lots of people have asked for Shep to come back so perhaps they'll reconsider. Edited January 29, 2013 by Serrano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAnakin Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I just figure it's going to be a Master Chief situation. Original plan is to not bring back the protagonist from the original trilogy, but then realize it's a cash cow and go against that. Also, that quote suggesting the player won't just be a Shepard clone, I'm not sure how they'll manage that. It's going to be an action shooter. What other archetype can they possibly come up with as a protagonist for that type of game other than "Space marine" ala Shepard version 2? "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 You know what would be awesome? An open-galaxy space trading/piracy game in the ME universe. Search uncharted worlds for artifacts and resources. Smuggle red sand from Ilium to Thessia. Hire mercenaries and hope they don't betray you. Evade the Turian authorities. Buy and sell tidbits to information brokers. Get a letter of marque from the Alliance to disrupt Batarian slave traders. Help out Spectre or STG agents in return for access to cutting edge tech. It doesn't really play into Bioware's strengths as a studio, but I can't help but imagine the possibilities. I'm at the point in the game where the window to do a DLC mission is rapidly closing (I have no sidequests open, and the next main quest is the Cerberus base), and I'm probably going to pass. I played a few of the ME2 DLCs (Shadowbroker and whatever the Kasumi one was called), as well as the Javik one for ME3, and found them generally worthwhile. But add-on content at this point feels extra-tangential, given that nearly everything else I've been doing has been wrapping up old plot threads, rather than exploring new ones. (Also, the inconvenience of dealing with their silly "bioware points" system is no small part of this decision. You'd think that they would have dropped that nonsense when they started requiring Origin.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 A privateer/ ME hybrid game would potentially be pretty cool. I wouldn't have been surprised if they'd have opted for something similar as an MMO if TOR had done better. I'm not too keen on a straight TPS 'ME4' in the same vein as ME3. It'd need a more unique hook than just more pew pew and alien sexoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBasilisk Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) They may want to move away from the military overtones that surrounded the first three games as a Spectre and soldier, as well as the constant presence of superiors expecting results. Wing Commander: Privateer made a fairly convincing departure from the mainline series, for example, while maintaining the space combat aspect. One aspect might be allowing you more control over your ship in the new iteration. The first three games were strictly military so you had the one ship, but a more free-lance game would allow you to choose different ships for different advantages. Edited January 30, 2013 by TSBasilisk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 "There is one thing we are absolutely sure of--there will be no more Shepard, and the trilogy is over... So first, we don’t want to make 'Shepard 2,' or Mass Effect 4 with like, 'oh there’s no more Shepard but you’re a soldier in the universe.' So this will be a very, very different context for sure, and nothing has been decided on the rest." - Fabrice Condominas, BioWare Montreal producer So the setting will remain the same, but it sounds like they're going to do their best to set it apart from the trilogy so you don't get overshadowed by the Shep. Other than that, looks like nothing concrete atm. I almost think they purposefully left at least one loose end hanging for a new series: Why is Haestrom's sun aging so fast? With the Reaper invasion it took a backseat to other matters, but what if it starts happening elsewhere? Eh, the Haestrom Sun/Dark Energy angle was related to the original Reaper Motivation, before it was scrapped. You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBasilisk Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Yeah, when they were aping Starflight's big Reveal. Since it was left hanging, it's open for use in the new games as the driving question; enough to link the two iterations without one overshadowing the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOK222 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/12385/article/ea-is-joining-forces-with-the-human-rights-campaign-to-help-repeal-the-defense-of-marriage-act/ so this happened, I don't hate them now as much. I still do a bit though. Ka-ka-ka-ka-Cocaine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBasilisk Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Apparently Microsoft and EA both topped the charts for best places for LGBT employees last year. Take from that what you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/12385/article/ea-is-joining-forces-with-the-human-rights-campaign-to-help-repeal-the-defense-of-marriage-act/ so this happened, I don't hate them now as much. I still do a bit though. Shouldn't have any bearing with respect to their games and decisions on them, though. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOK222 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/12385/article/ea-is-joining-forces-with-the-human-rights-campaign-to-help-repeal-the-defense-of-marriage-act/ so this happened, I don't hate them now as much. I still do a bit though. Shouldn't have any bearing with respect to their games and decisions on them, though. Oh of course not, they still do horrible business practices and butcher games. Ka-ka-ka-ka-Cocaine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 A major company coming out against discrimination is pretty much all positive, regardless of what their games are like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Apparently Microsoft and EA both topped the charts for best places for LGBT employees last year. Take from that what you will. Low-income, Gluten intolerant Business graduates and Theologians? "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 What about hipsters? Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Apparently Microsoft and EA both topped the charts for best places for LGBT employees last year. Take from that what you will. It usually means their health care and benefits programs are designed to allow gay couples to get the same benefits as married couples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 We don't have to forfeit our worst company award because of this, though. Right!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Nope you're still all vile people barely worthy of life let alone respect. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Woo! \o/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oner Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Maybe make your next SP game subscription based, just to be sure. Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I'll be sure to pass that on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 That could work, break the game up into episodes that you have to pay a fee to unlock. So for ME3 it would have been each mission for $5 or something. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordicus Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 That could work, break the game up into episodes that you have to pay a fee to unlock. So for ME3 it would have been each mission for $5 or something. Your way of thinking is outdated What the next Mass Effect really needs is "Deluxe dialog options DLC"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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