Mass Effect hiatus speculation and reactions (consolidated thread)

How in the world was Mac Walters promoted after the Mass Effect 3 ending? He is one of two people that made the Milky Way Galaxy off limits because of artistic integrity. Not to mention , afraid of making one ending canon, which they should (destroy). If anything , he should gone back to just being a character writer. Seriously , what writer wreaks a universe to the point you make it difficult to return?


Mass Effect Andromeda 2 on PS5 and Xbox One 2, lets hope not.

Well I'm no game developer but they already have models for environments from MEA and many of them can be put in a MET remaster. I haven't heard many complains about the graphics of MEA (not animations) so it shouldn't be a problem. Facial animations on the other hand is another matter. Maybe they can use the presets from DAI. But again I don't have much clue on how this actually works 

I don't think so. The problem a lot of people had with ME3 is that it made them angry. The problem a lot of people have with Andromeda is that it's too much of one big "meh" for them. ME3 was not liking what it was. Andromeda was hoping it would be much more than it was. The latter should be easier to recover from, one excellent DLC could probably do it. The real danger is an EA who'll drop anything that requires putting in much effort when they can spend less money by churning out easy stuff.

I'm betting on Dragon Age Battlefront and Mass Effect Battlefield. I hope Bioware resists, but this is what EA wants. A yearly product that will bring in constant revenue that appeals to the filthy casuals and the hardcore players. They're not including the RPG nerds, like me. They give a rip.

I'm sure he did, but having to change the title to an article that was published makes me question his sources.

Or just a crappy reporter. Everything Kotaku puts out is either half-assed or misses the point. This is half-assed. 

Who are still using canvases (engines) that do nothing to challenge to Frostbite's visuals. Yeah, I like a good read and own Pillars of Eternity, Wasteland 2, Divinity and a whole lot more titles that I basically said, "Baldur's Gate clone. Icewind Dale clone. Planescape clone. Fallout 1 clone. Fallout: Tactics clone." Indie developers need to challenge graphic cards like Bioware always kept (and keeps) doing. Andromeda and Inquisition are beautiful and sorry, my tastebuds demand more of this or better. I hate going backwards in time.

NOooOooOooo...well, I could live with it if it was all bad. But ME:A still had some traces of the good old times. Hope they get their shit together in a "the good ones go into the pot, the bad ones go into your crop" kinda way. I mean, I do love Mass Effect.

I will always believe in you Bioware! *silently backing all obsidian games i can find* *cough*

Dragon Age 4 is not coming, Laidlaw tweeted so a month ago.


www.bleedingcool.com/2017/04/01/dragon-age-4-not-thing-says-creative-director/

I noticed that as well, after reading that I had another idea about what is going on in Montreal and it isn't because of Andromeda as well.  During the Investment Call yesterday it was announced that the "New IP" (I think Dylon is its codename) is being pushed to 2019 and since we haven't heard anything about the Dragon Age team being fired into low Earth orbit they are working on something as well which could have a similar release date as well in 2018/2019 (if they have a three year development cycle).  They might be looking to hedge bets and delay starting a new Mass Effect game just to put a little space between those titles and not have a new Mass Effect game on top of those two in 2020 (if they go back to a three year development schedule).