Should the next Mass Effect feel like it came out of the 1990s?
Jan 9, 2024 1:05:27 GMT
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Post by cmdrshep2183 on Jan 9, 2024 1:05:27 GMT
For some reason many sci fi set in the far future feel like they were made in the 90s to me even if they weren't made in that time period.
The first "Mass Effect" had more colorful and shiny aesthetic than Mass Effect 2 and 3 and it's world made me feel a great "Sense of Wonder".
To me the first Mass Effect felt like it came straight out of the 1990s to me while the second and third game's story and aesthetic felt more influenced by 2000s sci fi like "Battlestar Galactica", "Firefly", and the J.J. Abrams "NuTrek" movies.
I felt the same way with the 2021 "Dune" movie. It didn't have Wars or Trek style aliens but the world presented in that movie was "Weird" and "Exotic" but yet it was a high quality movie.
I was just a small child at the very end of the 90s but I perceive that the 90s were a golden age of sci fi in TV, books, and movies.
It seemed like society was more excited and optimistic for the future and the possibility of discovering alien life back in the 90s.
I bet the "Hubble" space telescope and the first rover on Mars during the 90s as well as going a decade without a single Space Shuttle disaster contributed as well.
I just discovered Vernor Vinge's "A Fire Upon the Deep" and I am enjoying so much. The aliens in this book remind me a lot of Mass Effect and like Mass Effect 1 there is a huge sense of wonder.
To me the first Mass Effect felt like it came straight out of the 1990s to me while the second and third game's story and aesthetic felt more influenced by 2000s sci fi like "Battlestar Galactica", "Firefly", and the J.J. Abrams "NuTrek" movies.
I felt the same way with the 2021 "Dune" movie. It didn't have Wars or Trek style aliens but the world presented in that movie was "Weird" and "Exotic" but yet it was a high quality movie.
I was just a small child at the very end of the 90s but I perceive that the 90s were a golden age of sci fi in TV, books, and movies.
It seemed like society was more excited and optimistic for the future and the possibility of discovering alien life back in the 90s.
I bet the "Hubble" space telescope and the first rover on Mars during the 90s as well as going a decade without a single Space Shuttle disaster contributed as well.
I just discovered Vernor Vinge's "A Fire Upon the Deep" and I am enjoying so much. The aliens in this book remind me a lot of Mass Effect and like Mass Effect 1 there is a huge sense of wonder.
Should the next ME have a shiny bright colored aesthetic like the original non remastered ME1 and has a world the evokes a sense of wonder?
LE ME1 has better textures and gameplay but I feel that the original ME1's color palette, UI, and font of the subtitles and dialogue wheel gave it some of it's charm.
