Did we really/want another Mass Effect game?

So what you are saying is that Bioware isn't responsible for Andromeda, the fans are.........

There are only 39 votes for "It's dead Jim"... so yup we really want another Mass Effect game. 

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I did, I just didn't agree with many of their design choices. It's like it was written with 15 year olds as their main target audience... Like how characters are very incompetent/stupid/have bad attitudes and forced drama - all symptoms of bad writing that needs shit like that to get stuff moving.

With that said, I still like the main parts of it, and think it was a valiant attempt. Now, if they'd actually bothered to do some serious facial animations/textures, fix the at times bad gfx and do away with the SP mmo style, and focus on more "fulfilling" quest lines, I would stamp it "great succes!".

Now I'm just hoping/praying for a mod that removes/autocompletes the worst 90% of the filler "quests".

As a sidenote; I've read multiple times complaining about the VA in this game, which I don't get at all - VA is very solid, as always, with a BioWare game. Another thing I don't get is why HZD gets a pass for it's atrocious stiff faces and bad VAing? Still seems like a good game, sadly (and luckily), I'm a PC peasant.

I have no problem with Mass Effect moving on, just as I had no problem with Star Trek moving on. I liked the premisse and overall got my enjoyment out of the game. So it's certainly not that I wanted Shepard and nothing else.

That being said, I see whole lot of wasted potential that would have made the game great instead of just OK. I won't repeat each and every gripe I had, since I already posted them in the appropriate threads. There's only one main problem I have, not even compared to the Mass Effect series, but as compared to the usual Bioware standards. I always loved the companions. To a more or lesser degree. In this game everyone of them leaves me cold.

If it is done by the same people, hell no.

I maintain the Pathfinder should have been opening and repairing Mass Relays after the big one and a destroy ending.

Reset the milky way from scratch because catalyst ending cut everyone off from each other for 1200 years.

Maybe one day I'll win lotto and start my own video game company.

And tweet, soon....

I was excited to see more from the Mass Effect universe in development. Despite my initial anger at the original ending of ME3, I thought Bioware regained my trust and respect when they released the Extended Cut for free, and I thought both Leviathan and Citadel were great. I felt disappointment at the thought of never seeing these races or universe again. Andromeda, for me, met and exceeded my expectations. I thoroughly enjoy the game to the point that I finished a 71 hour, 96% complete play through and immediately started another to see what I might have missed... turns out I missed a lot so far.

I'm glad Bioware took the risk and created Andromeda. Even if rumors, which I don't really buy in to, that Mass Effect has been shelved and nothing more will come from it for the foreseeable future, I'm glad I got this iteration to enjoy.

I would note that after ME3's development cycle and DLC ended, I stopped frequenting the original BSN and kind of lost touch with the gaming community.  I only found out about Andromeda's release some time early last year but I didn't really watch any trailers, other than maybe one, and didn't follow the development cycle like I did with ME3 for example.  I think that makes a HuGE difference because I literally had no hype or knowledge of what the game would be.  Bonus points that I thoroughly enjoy it, like the story and characters and think it's a worthy entry to the Mass Effect saga.  Hype ruins everything.  Nothing will ever live up to it.

Yes, because the only other IP I really like is JE, and they never really got it together for another JE game. The Shadowrun IP (iirc that was the title) was not appealing to me, and we know nothing of Dylan. I can't see another lightsabre, so SWTOR is out. I've never really like DA setting, it always felt too patchy, disjointed and inconsistent. So, there is really nothing else but ME. I was glad to see Andromeda, and I will play DLCs and sequels.

"Did we really/want another Mass Effect game?"

Hell yes, enjoyed 2 playthroughs (90 hours each) + same again in multiplayer.

Looking forward to the next one in 2021 or so...

I absolutely wanted more and still do now. I see no reason not to if the demand is still there and bioware is interested. The ME franchise has so many ways to go about things because of its setting. Being in space, able to traverse the galaxy and or galaxies gives so many stories to tell. I think it's an issue if people see Mass Effect was all about Shepard and the OT as that limits the franchise so much when there's more more to play around with, not to mention Mass Effect isn't as iconic as halo, Mario, Zelda and it can get away with changing its protagonist because of that.

No but I sure want another DA game, those are good even with next to no resources.