The Mass Effect 5 Skepticism thread

The MEA squad/crew were atrocious and I'm not sure how Bioware can fix that in a sequel. At the very least, I think that the really shitty characters like Gil and Liam need to go.

if they continue with Ryder, I hope he hardens the fuck up. I get what they were going for, but the character comes across as a milquetoast, people pleasing, jackass for the overwhelming majority of the game. And I particularly hated the dialogue wheel in Andromeda. Paragon/Renegade was better in almost every possible way, and mostly because....you had like 3 other options besides those two, some of which actually mattered in the outcome. if professional/casual/emotional/logical is the absolute best that they can come up with, best to forget it and act like it never happened.

They should stop taking unnecessary risks and stick to what has been shown to work in the franchise. I honestly wouldn't be mad if they put out ME2 with a new crew and story. And I'm not sure if it's a failing on my part, but I didn't care for the Andromeda companions. I didn't care about them at all. I'm sure that I was supposed to, but it just didn't hit. There was no Virmire Ashley or Kaiden, or Urdnot Wrex standoff that actually gave clarity and brought home the fact that you care about these people or that you should. No tension that actually translated to anything meaningful. And the few miraculous times that Ryder manages to accidentally ruffle feathers, it becomes water under the bridge with no consequences a cutscene later. They all just get along and understand each others differences far too quickly. But I will say that the actual ship crew was a lot more palatable for some reason (Lexi, Suvi, Kallo, Gil). It could be that Kallo and Gil bickering actually leads to something approaching conflict, and that the others are used a lot better and don't wear out their welcome.

But at least the combat was good (didn't like the three buttons thing, but it felt smooth and powerful overall). I hope they can find a way to combine that with the original trilogy's penchant for proper story telling and giving the player agency.

I don’t believe it’s happening at all.

It sounds like talk that will keep the public off their backs for a couple years before anyone realizes.


Anyway I’m not really interested in something that isn’t MEA2 because I hate prequels and they really can’t continue from ME3, and I think it’s fair to say Andromeda 2 won’t happen

My only concern is them trying to go backwards and go back to the MW. We need to continue with Andromeda.

Even if, for some stupid reason, they don't do an MEA2, I think returning to the MW is a bad idea. It would only work if they scrapped EVERYTHING about the MW. Sure, keep the existing races, but drop everything about the Citadel, the Reapers, the relays, the Collectors...it's all got to go. Otherwise we're stuff with comparisons and not being able to live up to the MET. Because it won't live up to the MET.

I honestly believe that had this same story taken place in some ass backward part of the MW that had no relays, we'd still get the same complaints. Then the complainers would have to come up with something other than "we need to be in the MW".

I wouldn't say that my feelings towards a potential ME5 qualify as skepticism, but they certainly aren't hype either, and since I can't be arsed to make my very own "Mass Effect Apathy" thread, here goes.

After enjoying most of the trilogy greatly I've been thinking for quite a while about what kind of Mass Effect game I would like to play next, and the answer I eventually came up with was "I have no frigging idea". They've written themselves completely into a corner in the Milky Way - I suppose that takes skill too - and the thought of prequels, sidequels and reboots generally leaves me cool and disinterested.

On the other hand, I wasn't very impressed with Andromeda and the Heleus cluster, I definitely don't like the Angara, and I don't feel very attached to Goofball Ryder and the Bland Brigade.

It is of course not impossible that BioWare comes up with something really cool for their next Mass Effect game, if there is ever going to be one, but for now my interest in the franchise as a whole is only lukewarm. Wouldn't mind a new game, wouldn't mind if this was it.

That old territory has a lot to offer for more ME games

They can't go back without cannonizing an ending and imo that's a mistake.

And that would be the final nail for me anyway. Never change your artistic vision to please anyone. Do that and all respect I have is gone.

Yeah, the Original Trilogy is done and BioWare didn't leave an obvious path to continue for a reason...they were done as well.

"Andromeda" is the way forward for the series.