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Post by majesticjazz on Jun 13, 2017 17:40:50 GMT
Unlike the DA series which is less about the characters but more about the world of Thedas, Mass Effect had always been about Humanity's entry into the galactic civilization and the struggles that came to be through the eyes of Shepard and friends. That story ultimately came to an ending with ME3 (pun intended). Given the reception of MEA, did we really need to exhume the ME brand? Will MEA be seen in the same vein as the Star Wars prequels? A series of movies that didnt really need to be told and when it was told, did not live up to the magic as the OT.
Would it have been better if EA just divided resources and manpower to the DA4 and Anthem projects? Or just have had Montreal work on ME 1-3 remasters? Or just allow Montreal to create their own IP; a ME spiritual successor perhaps?
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Post by Beerfish on Jun 13, 2017 17:41:58 GMT
ME was still a profitable franchise in EA/BioWares minds so yes it was necessary.
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Post by traks on Jun 13, 2017 17:44:16 GMT
Didn't we have this exact same OP - just with another thread name (something like: will MEA be looked at like the Star Wars episodes 1-3) - some weeks ago?  I am having a deja-vu. |
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Post by Fredward on Jun 13, 2017 17:45:08 GMT
Because they thought they could still make a decent game? No use crying over spilled milk.
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Post by kotoreffect3 on Jun 13, 2017 17:45:27 GMT
Stop campaigning for the destruction of the IP OP. There are franchises much older than Mass Effect many of which have had blunders of their own and they are still cranking out new entries so why should Mass Effect stop?
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Post by Cyan_Griffonclaw on Jun 13, 2017 17:45:44 GMT
ME was still a profitable franchise in EA/BioWares minds so yes it was necessary. To Mass Effect junkies like myself, it came way too late. Was it good stuff? NO. After patch 1.05, it was okay. Do I want DLC to make the whole thing better? Absolutely. Andromeda, has potential. That's a start. |
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Post by griffith82 on Jun 13, 2017 17:48:43 GMT
Yes. Threads like this seem to happen every day do we need another?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2017 17:55:00 GMT
If you're talking from a story standpoint? No not really. The trilogy was done, for better or worse and it was a perfect time to move on with doing a brand new IP. That said there are plenty of IP's that have more than 3 entries, but they've sticked to that formula from the start, like Assassin's Creed. I will say yes and no. As a franchise that is popular and could earn EA money? Yes. As a IP needing to continue for the sake of the story and universe? No.
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Post by SofaJockey on Jun 13, 2017 17:56:59 GMT
Did it have to? No.
But glad it did.
Looking forward to the next one at some point in the future.
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Post by armass81 on Jun 13, 2017 17:59:25 GMT
Metroid just made a return after like 7 year hiatus, after that horrible game Metroid Other M.
Maybe Mass Effect will too, so theres hope.
More importantly, i found a game worth while to wait now, Metroid Prime 4. Please dont screw it up.
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Post by abaris on Jun 13, 2017 18:09:44 GMT
Stop campaigning for the destruction of the IP OP. There are franchises much older than Mass Effect many of which have had blunders of their own and they are still cranking out new entries so why should Mass Effect stop? Doesn't say they are good games. For the most part they are trash, rehashed and rehashed to make some kind of profit with minimal production costs. MEA, well it wasn't a bad game, so I wouldn't say it's a gamebreaker. It's not an exciting game however. Nothing memorable really. So, did it have to happen. I don't know. I would have just been as content ending it with ME3. Was it an abomination? Certainly not. |
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Post by majesticjazz on Jun 13, 2017 18:19:21 GMT
Did it have to? No. But glad it did. Looking forward to the next one at some point in the future. Will there ever be an Anthem sub-forum opened up here? |
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Post by flyingovertrout on Jun 13, 2017 18:29:25 GMT
After the ME3 ending, I was done with ME. Disappointed it ended on an underwhelming note but I was ready to move on from the possibility of ever playing a new ME game any time soon or ever. Then MEA pre-release slowly got my attention, and MEA itself re-hooked me.  Now it looks like it's goddamn death of the franchise 2.0 and I've got nerd blue balls. HAHAHAHAHAHA KILL ME |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2017 18:41:12 GMT
As others have noted OP, did you really have to make yet another thread like this happen?
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Post by wellsoul2 on Jun 13, 2017 20:15:12 GMT
Would it have been better if EA just divided resources and manpower to the DA4 and Anthem projects? Or just have had Montreal work on ME 1-3 remasters? Or just allow Montreal to create their own IP; a ME spiritual successor perhaps? Well, you kind of got both. Anthem for multiplayer and MEA for singleplayer. I don't know why all these people are crying about Andromeda. I look at it as a space game all on it's own with some ties to the ME:OT. It's a good RPG game. Is it the same as Mass Effect and Shepard? No. Geez. There are so many games you play for 20 hours for the same price, yet people have to cry about perfectly good, fun games. I came from playing Fallout 4 for a year to playing MEA. Will I be playing MEA for a year? No....but it's still a fun game and I liked it. There are always people...Even people in the Fallout 4 crowd saying it is not really a Fallout game. It's a good game..it is what it is..get over it. |
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Post by KaiserShep on Jun 13, 2017 20:26:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2017 20:34:04 GMT
Did it have to? No. But glad it did. Looking forward to the next one at some point in the future. Will there ever be an Anthem sub-forum opened up here? Been up a few days already, pal! |
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Jun 13, 2017 23:05:25 GMT
Did it have to? No. But glad it did. Looking forward to the next one at some point in the future. Kind of what I feel as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2017 23:40:11 GMT
The Mass Effect IP doesn't solely have to revolve around the trilogy or Andromeda for that matter. As long as the IP is still profitable, Bioware will continue to develop games for it.
Look at Star Wars. They didn't just stop making movies because the prequel trilogy wasn't well received. They're continuing to make more despite that.
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I don't have to drink liquor either. Really I don't. So I think this sums up the BSN right now. |
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Post by flyingovertrout on Jun 14, 2017 0:14:40 GMT
There's a Pacino movie for every occasion.
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Post by KaiserShep on Jun 14, 2017 0:21:35 GMT
There's a Pacino movie for every occasion. Especially for Mass Effect. Mass Effect 2.  Mass Effect Andromeda: Even Dragon Age 2: |
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Post by derrame on Jun 14, 2017 0:56:20 GMT
we wanted a new ME game, but not like this
it's ok if MEA was as good as any other game of trilogy
but it's not,
so, if iknew how this game was going to be, i would have say that they dont do this game and just give ressources to anthem or let edmonton make the game
and not a lgbtq sjw dating simulator
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Post by kino on Jun 14, 2017 1:25:26 GMT
It didn't need to happen but if BioWare felt like there were more ME universe stories to be told then it was going to happen. I'm extraordinarily glad it did.
Plus remasters? For a set of games barely 10 yrs old? Into Frostbite no less? Now that's wasting money.
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