Article: Mass Effect fans feel abandoned by BIoWare after Anthem reveal

A little, honestly. But it's not so much Anthem itself, I actually am glad to see them come out with a fresh new IP, and I was looking forward to something possibly different from the usual scifi/fantasy setting they usually do. I don't think it was intentional on their part to abandon their other series, and to assume so seems unfair to the developers who worked so hard on MEA despite all the development obstacles they faced. I think BioWare wanted to do all 3 series, grow their company and expand, so to the contrary.

But yes, now seeing the poor reception for MEA, and with Anthem now having a somewhat similar scifi vibe, I now wonder if continuing ME will be harder to justify, especially if this new series is much more successful. And I'm unfortunately not into the multi-player/online direction they seem to be going, so I'm afraid it won't be my cup of tea, even if is a good game. 

There were those of us that did stand up to the hate mob. I used to get into it all the time with the hate mob on the old bsn and often gave them a taste of their own medicine to the point where Chris Priestly threatened to permaban me. The bottom line is with a mob you can't do much about them. They tend to dig in and get more belligerant.

Honestly I think the Edmonton studio just wanted to do something different after eight years (Preproduction for the first game began in 2004) on one property (A lot of them were probably feeling pretty burnt out after the Mass Effect 3 ending debacle) and started pitching new ideas to EA. EA apparently like Anthem's, but they still wanted another Mass Effect game, so they spun off the Montreal studio (Which had experience developing the ME3 multiplayer) to fill that gap.

I don't think there was any intention to sabotage, abandon or discard the franchise, no matter how much some fans would like to have had Edmonton staff chained to their desks to churn out more Mass Effect until the end of time. These are creative people, they probably leapt at the chance to develop a new IP (Not something game developers get to do that often these days). I know people are resentful of the switch, but honestly it sounds like Andromeda could have been a much much stronger game if they had stronger vision and hadn't gotten sidetracked by the siren song of procedurally generated planets. You can say "Edmonton wouldn't have done that," and blame the Montreal devs for poor project management, and you could be right, but treating this as some sort of abandonment is silly. Edmonton had no desire to see Andromeda fail and they have no obligation to keep repeating the same forms of gameplay you happen to enjoy. If you don't like, don't buy and express your disappointment, but don't misunderstand your relationship with the devs. Unless they lie about what they intend to do, there is no betrayal of trust. By all means express your disappointment at the direction, but Bioware has no obligation to produce the particular forms of games you prefer.

I don't know if Anthem started out the way it is or if EA asked them to make a Destiny competitor later and they adapted the concept, but they've promised that the Bioware style of storytelling will continue. I'll wait and see if they deliver.

Anthem has been planned for a long time, long before MEA became really good or not so good in peoples eyes. What happnens with ME is dependent on mass effect, if it has indeed gone on hiatus or expansion have been shelved it is due to MEA not doing well itself. Very little to do with Anthem imo.

Nah, not abandoned. But that trailer made me a bit sad, that the so-called A-team didn't want to make another Mass Effect game. As some of y'all might have noticed, I like the game the Montreal crew brought out, but I'm not neglecting the problems it has and can't help myself to think that the Edmonton crew would have brought out a way better product. A 85-90 instead of the 73-78 - in my maybe even biased ME fan view - we got.

That being said: I understand why the original ME developers would want to create a new IP after maybe ten years developing ME. The thrill of creating something new...

And for a lot of "fans", any criticism at all is "baseless"

"Anthem represents a move for both developer and publisher into the world of games as services"

This is so depressing.

Pretty much this post nails it for me as it sums up my thoughts neatly.
.I share the exact same sentiment .

Nope 

Currently I divide my little gaming-time between Sim 4 and ME:A. The Sims came out with something new early may. Sims mobile.

Different studios. And handing them a 40 million budget doesn't sound like taking the backseat either. The screwup happened somewhere but it wasn't because of Anthem.

Andromeda killed Mass Effect, not Anthem.