Next Mass Effect

ready for a little liky wiki mass-effect-hickey? Here's what I heard from a friend who works for Ubisoft (eastern Europe part), the same who told me about Thief 4 with one year ahead. In november, last year, a small team, for now, started the work to the next ME. The project was blocked over and over again by a suit, (it had some momentum last year in summer) but it seems that Casey won this round. The people started gathering from june last year. Stay tuned for some more liki-wiki in the next months.

PS - you know the rules, no questions asked, but I would love to hear your opinions. I think I deserve that much.

They need to just remake Mass Effect trilogy in 4k 60fps with the latest Unreal Engine. Then, Bioware has my permission to die.

I know we live in a sensitive time, and this will come across as a cynical post. But, really needs to be mentioned-

Who cares what Bioware develop, didn't Anthem and Andromeda teach people anything?

The last two games are of similar quality to Fallout 76. Gain some form of standards is my personal suggestion, and stop relying on false promises. You fans have been fooled for so long and been repaid with questionable quality to fill the pockets of EA, who are laughing to the bank at your gullibility!

Know at this point some Bioware fans are living in denial expecting some godly game to release in the next decade. And make any rumor(s) of why the current portfolio of games sucks in a justified way. Accept the developer you respected is gone, and with it any reminisce of quality.

EA doesn't have your best interests in mind, they just want your money with whatever they can throw at you.

Move on.

I'm kinda like yeah wait theres another mass effect? Hm...

The series peaked at 2, so they'd really have to deliver this time if they want it to be successful.

ME: Andromeda ended up being a really fun game in the end. Yeah, it didn't have the x-factor that the original trilogy has--forgettable protagonist, forgettable companions, laughable antagonist, and the one-size-fits-all class system I loathe--but despite all that, it was simply fun. Great locales, and they ended up doing the whole mini-open world (i.e. numerous zones with large, but not huge, levels) that trades a little bit of size for a whole lot of detail that worked so well in DA: Inquisition.

Exploration was fun, combat was pretty solid, and mixing and matching skills, procs, and detonators was fun. It was also visually stunning, and there were some pretty great "sci-fi moments" as well.

The problem is, they had their B-team developing it. It wasn't the legit Bioware, but Bioware: Canada or something like that. It was the team that was responsible for some of the original ME's DLC. I don't blame Bioware for that, I blame EA.

If ME: Andromeda had been called simply "Andromeda" or "Happy Fun Space Time" and had no association with ME--change the appearance of the alien races, change the lore, etc--it would have been well received. It was a victim of its own pedigree.

Likewise, I think Anthem shows a lot of promise, especially for being the first non-RPG game Bioware has made in a while, but I blame EA for rushing it, overhyping it, and probably being a little overbearing during development. "No, It's not like Destiny. MAKE ME DESTINY!" say's EA to Bioware.

With all that said, I'd be happy if they never made another Mass Effect. I have my fond memories of ME 1-3, and a forgiving attitude towards ME: Andromeda....let's not push our luck, now.

I am almost finished with my recent ME:1-3 run (I just finished Priority: Horizon) in preparation for me Playing ME: Andromeda for the first time (I was discouraged by my friends to play it during its initial release).

Should I prep myself to be disappointed? :(

@angelsemaj: You should prep yourself to be disappointed by how the original trilogy ends instead of how bad Andromeda is compared to 1 and 2 (and 95% of 3).

well, it's like ME you knew, here and there, but commander Shepherd (and pretty much everything good that came from here) is DEAD , with capital D. Got my drift ?

Bioware's recent games have been disappointing but Mass Effect is probably my favorite franchise so I'd be interested in a new entry. I even enjoyed Andromeda, even though it had its fair share of problems and failed to hold a candle to the original trilogy.

ME Andromeda would have been fine without the horrible writing. Video game writing is never usually stellar but ME:A was some bad fan fiction level writing.

That is just... so... sad. :(

@rmpumper: The "Huh?" moment in ME3 is actually something I found good. Yeah I know it didn't satisfy majority of the fanbase, but the open-endedness of it was actually pretty cool for me. :)

the problem with developers thinking like this (the next Mass Effect) is that they do not create the next best thing. They need to create, or should I say innovate, their next game. Would you like to have the next "mass effect" or would you like mass effect (before any other mass effect came out). Sequels can only go so far before they are ruined, that's why sitcoms only last about 10 years or so. Game sequels will continue until they destroy themselves because they don't know when to stop (i.e. Call of Duty).