#next mass effect

[omegastation]

tired of those videos on youtube i keep seeing right now

calling new and unreleased games "the next mass effect" is not fair to them because they need to exist on their own without all the expectations players will put on them. and those same expectations already killed mass effect andromeda.

those games should be allowed to be what they are: new and exciting. and just because they have similarities with mass effect does not mean they should fit into the box players are already putting them into before they even launched!!!

and it's not fair to mass effect itself because there is an official next mass effect - not cancelled yet, and it has to be what it is too.

[gigawatt-conduit]

Okay BioWare you crafty devils

What

does it all

MEAN?!

[i-dream-of-illium]

Next mass effect

Yes bring back shepard

There i said it

[jackdawyt]

It's the start of 2022 and we've already got a couple of updates on the development of the next Dragon Age game! We've got a BioWare blog post exploring the current state of the studio, sharing updates and future plans. Some new hirings and departures and we're talking more about Matthew Goldman's departure.

[vallaslins]

WAIT LIARA IS WALKING ON A REAPER? WHA T omg

I mean we don’t know for sure, but someone on Reddit said it looks like that and I totally can see it. There’s definitely a dead Reaper or two in the distance in that shot.

[omegastation]

I made a list of things I want for the next game, just quality of life things:

No mod should be needed to turn off either UI or character notifications (text, sounds, etc.)

The UI should let you select a mission objective in a map without issue, even if there are other icons in the map like your vehicle or other missions objectives

The UI should have a clear map. I mean, that's my preference, I hate guessing what things mean. I want the clearest map of them all, so that I know where to go and where things are just by looking at it. No "do I have to climb a giant mountain here or is there a path in a cave underneath???" guessing. (I mean, if we were talking about a sandbox/exploration game I would say fine, go ahead obviously, but I don't think this is it). Also multiple floors mean a more advanced map

Management of squadmates discussions: One of the things Veilguard did well is that they stopped the companions talking if there was a fight and later they would resume so you could hear them properly. It's just a matter of saying "Where were we?". That's really needed. You should also have a bit of time after loading so you don't hear a dialogue immediately or feel like you're dropped in the middle of it.

Management of ambient discussions/dialogues: You can have a location that feels "alive" with ambient dialogues but we shouldn't hear everything all at once. It's pointless.

Ambient noise: I don't think it's ideal to hear the wild breath of an animal enemy who's 100 metres away when I actually chose not to kill it and I'm inside a new building. Very distracting.

Combat and cutscenes: Ideally, if you don't have a finished fight on your hand, I don't think you should have a cutscene, OR you have a cutscene but the fighting is put on hold. Because both at the same time is just a bit too much!

Less friction with vehicles: I know at this point it's a tradition for us but OH MY GOD. Please less friction, I just want to get from point A to B, I'm not a driver!!!!!!!!!!! With my luck we'll end up with a Hammerhead type of vehicle the entire time, noooooooo

[omegastation]

the tv show being set after the trilogy, the few images we got in recent years with the teaser and the krogan image that seems to be after the trilogy as well makes me think they already have an ending in mind post me3 and they're working on the lore that comes after it.

the tv show might even be the story in-between, getting us ready for the new game

(but i'll be honest i'm not interested in a krogan's civil war event/story. they're my favorite species, i don't want them to fight each other after the end of me3, let them have some peace ;____;)

[omegastation]

So, how do we feel after N7 Day?

We got very little from Bioware but so many cool posts from you all!

The news about the tv show, looking at the tags, I see we're all a bit meh about it and worried about the story being about Shepard and what it means as far as representation goes. We see a lot of IPs being shown in multiple formats, and it can be it or miss. One of you in the reblog's tags said you would love a First Contact War tv show and I would 100% prefer that tbh. But when you have no real control of future decisions, you can only hope for the best.

I think it's the same thing for me regarding the next game, I can either worry or I can accept it might not be what I would prefer or like. I don't want a sequel with Shepard in it, to me that's a closed canon but if it does happen, I can still have something comforting with the trilogy and I'll see how I feel step by step...