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Post by bloodmagereaver on Jun 14, 2017 5:24:37 GMT
I remember suggesting ages past that BioWare should try to do a remake of the original trilogy, my opinion still stands the same on that front.
Mass Effect Andromeda apparently got dropped by the devs because the lauch had several bugs that compromised sales. Personally, I feel that the story the game tells pushed the established canon too far and people felt it was more of an unrelated story dressed in Mass Effect visuals.
I think that the only way of salvaging the Andromeda Initiative is to renew general interest for the franchise as a whole in a way that ties MEA closer to MET. For that to happen, we need to reboot Shepard's story and tell it again with modern graphics.
Since Shepard's story is the tale told by an old man to his grandchild eons after it happened, it wouldn't be difficult to change many aspects of it so that the experience feels brand new despite already knowing most of the overeaching plot.
Imagine if we could erase Jacob, change the sexual orientation of certain squadmates cough#Tali#cough or even have an ending that isn't completely insane? The possibilities are limitless so long as that old man telling the story has memory problems that allow the devs to change what people liked and disliked the most about the trilogy.
In order to attract more fans to Andromeda, they could mention the Initiative during the re-imagined story of Mass Effect 1 and even have Shepard do a series of missions helping Alec build S.A.M. and helping Jien build her ships during his/her six month journey between defeating Saren and being killed by the Collectors. Later they could show us the Initiative leaving during the part of the game which covers Mass Effect 2 and have Shepard say the N7 day message as the Commander watched the Pathfinder departing.
Having Shepard return in 4K and playing a direct role in setting up MEA would definately hype up the spin-off for the continuation it set up but lacked in sales to deliver.
EDIT: Just to clear up, I am not talking about remaking each of the 3 games, I am talking about putting together the story of the OT into a sigle game that retolds the journey of Shepard with some differences and new gameplay.
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Post by UutIVvdPw7END0Ef on Jun 14, 2017 5:43:47 GMT
ME is dead, EA killed MEA for Anthem so you better enjoy it, it's probably the only sci-fi game we gonna get now from BW, expect "Anthem 2" in 2021-2023. At best we might get ME trilogy remaster in 5-10 years to cash on the old fanbase.
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Post by OneWomanArmy on Jun 14, 2017 5:44:15 GMT
I just read reboot of the franchise and I'm all in for that!!! Hell yeah!! LOL
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Post by KaiserShep on Jun 14, 2017 5:50:26 GMT
We'd sooner get a half decent sequel of the Last Airbender film by M. Night Shamalamasomethingorother than an actual reimagining of the original trilogy, and either would require a blood sacrifice, the alignment of the planets and Tommy Wiseau winning an Oscar, all happening simultaneously. We must go forward, not backward, upward, not forward, and always whirling, whirling, whirling towards coming to terms with the fact that Shepard is dead forever.
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Post by ProbeAway on Jun 14, 2017 7:05:43 GMT
One day they might do a franchise reboot in the Milky Way. But that day is a long way away.
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Post by KaiserShep on Jun 14, 2017 7:30:31 GMT
I was going to do it but it didn't feel right to take that away from you.
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Post by warrior on Jun 14, 2017 7:34:32 GMT
This 100% won't happen and I can't tell if you're trolling but anyway I feel like these VA are pretty fixed for me. I especially can't imagine FemShep with any other voice. And remakes/reboots kind of suck unless they really truly have something new to offer. For example, if the technology has drastically changed (like, I can see maybe a total reboot/reimagining of an early 90s game, not a last-gen series that ended in 2012...).
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Post by SofaJockey on Jun 14, 2017 7:35:35 GMT
So much, this.
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Post by vonuber on Jun 14, 2017 7:37:10 GMT
I was going to do it but it didn't feel right to take that away from you. I think there needs to be some forum software that automatically posts it in these threads and then closes them.
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Post by ArabianIGoggles on Jun 14, 2017 7:39:21 GMT
so long as that old man telling the story has memory problems That made me laugh harder than it should have.
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Post by KaiserShep on Jun 14, 2017 7:47:22 GMT
This all reminds me how much I hate that stargeezer scene. All it needed was some Cloud Atlas tribespeak.
Ol'pop, you yibberin' the true true?
Yay babbit. That the whole true.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 14, 2017 7:49:52 GMT
Honestly I do not want a full reboot of the series but I could go for a soft reboot. Just pretend ME 3 never happened and try again. That said, I'd rather them just continue with the MEA storyline.
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Post by ArabianIGoggles on Jun 14, 2017 7:52:25 GMT
Honestly I do not want a full reboot of the series but I could go for a soft reboot. Just pretend ME 3 never happened and try again. That said, I'd rather them just continue with the MEA storyline. Another soft reboot though? I'm a strong believer that they should just pick a canon ending. It's not like this hasn't happened. The best ME2 ending isn't canon either and nobody seemed to flip out about that.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 14, 2017 7:53:57 GMT
Honestly I do not want a full reboot of the series but I could go for a soft reboot. Just pretend ME 3 never happened and try again. That said, I'd rather them just continue with the MEA storyline. Another soft reboot though? I'm a strong believer that they should just pick a canon ending. It's not like this hasn't happened. The best ME2 ending isn't canon either and nobody seemed to flip out about that. What do you mean 'another'? ME has never had a reboot soft or otherwise.
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Post by KaiserShep on Jun 14, 2017 7:55:14 GMT
Honestly I do not want a full reboot of the series but I could go for a soft reboot. Just pretend ME 3 never happened and try again. That said, I'd rather them just continue with the MEA storyline. Another soft reboot though? I'm a strong believer that they should just pick a canon ending. It's not like this hasn't happened. The best ME2 ending isn't canon either and nobody seemed to flip out about that. What best ending? Do you mean a non-import playthrough?
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Post by ArabianIGoggles on Jun 14, 2017 7:56:38 GMT
Another soft reboot though? I'm a strong believer that they should just pick a canon ending. It's not like this hasn't happened. The best ME2 ending isn't canon either and nobody seemed to flip out about that. What do you mean 'another'? ME has never had a reboot soft or otherwise. I considered MEA a "soft reboot".
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Post by ArabianIGoggles on Jun 14, 2017 7:58:22 GMT
Another soft reboot though? I'm a strong believer that they should just pick a canon ending. It's not like this hasn't happened. The best ME2 ending isn't canon either and nobody seemed to flip out about that. What best ending? Do you mean a non-import playthrough? The one that Shepard falls off the side of the Normandy. Where Joker does the talk with TIM. I thought that was by far the best ending to ME2. My opinion, ofc.
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Post by Sanunes on Jun 14, 2017 7:59:00 GMT
No, no how, no way. Going back and touching Shepard would be like giving the Mass Effect franchise to group of even more inexperienced group of developers. What drew a lot of people to Mass Effect and Shepard was the story and the story of their Shepard there is no way they can replicate that with a reboot. Leaving out the characters of the trilogy because you want to tell a different story of Shepard I bet you will find plenty of people that feel that is just as bad as not having Shepard. If you want them just to remake the game in higher graphics and everything else is the same you will have to convince a lot of people why they should have playing the games they already paid for and completed.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 14, 2017 7:59:27 GMT
What do you mean 'another'? ME has never had a reboot soft or otherwise. I considered MEA a "soft reboot". It really isn't though. Soft reboots, at least what I consider them, is a franchise makes a new installment which pretends future events after that installment never happened. MEA does not qualify because ME 3 stil hapens. ME 3 is even referenced in the game.
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Post by Sanunes on Jun 14, 2017 8:00:04 GMT
Another soft reboot though? I'm a strong believer that they should just pick a canon ending. It's not like this hasn't happened. The best ME2 ending isn't canon either and nobody seemed to flip out about that. What do you mean 'another'? ME has never had a reboot soft or otherwise. I agree with you, but some people do consider Andromeda to be a reboot because it has different characters and takes place in the same universe.
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Post by fredvdp on Jun 14, 2017 8:02:45 GMT
Honestly I do not want a full reboot of the series but I could go for a soft reboot. Just pretend ME 3 never happened and try again. That said, I'd rather them just continue with the MEA storyline. Another soft reboot though? I'm a strong believer that they should just pick a canon ending. It's not like this hasn't happened. The best ME2 ending isn't canon either and nobody seemed to flip out about that. I think they should be able to railroad the endings. Destroy -> The Reapers are gone and the Milky Way civilizations work together to rebuild the Citadel and the relays. Control -> The Reapers rebuild the Citadel and relays, then Shepard steers them all into a sun. Synthesis -> The Reapers are in dark space believing their work to be complete. Since synthesis can't be forced, all bodies reject the transformation after some time and everyone becomes normal. Refusal -> No import. The end.
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Post by KaiserShep on Jun 14, 2017 8:03:14 GMT
What best ending? Do you mean a non-import playthrough? The one that Shepard falls off the side of the Normandy. Where Joker does the talk with TIM. I thought that was by far the best ending to ME2. My opinion, ofc. I know of that ending, but come on. You know that's not nearly the same thing. No reasonable person would expect the everyone dies ending to carry over to the next game.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 14, 2017 8:04:02 GMT
Another soft reboot though? I'm a strong believer that they should just pick a canon ending. It's not like this hasn't happened. The best ME2 ending isn't canon either and nobody seemed to flip out about that. I think they should be able to railroad the endings. Destroy -> The Reapers are gone and the Milky Way civilizations work together to rebuild the Citadel and the relays. Control -> The Reapers rebuild the Citadel and relays, then Shepard steers them all into a sun. Synthesis -> The Reapers are in dark space believing their work to be complete. Since synthesis can't be forced, all bodies reject the transformation after some time and everyone becomes normal. Refusal -> No import. The end. heh my Shepard(s) also drove the Reapers into the sun.
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Post by ArabianIGoggles on Jun 14, 2017 8:06:37 GMT
The one that Shepard falls off the side of the Normandy. Where Joker does the talk with TIM. I thought that was by far the best ending to ME2. My opinion, ofc. I know of that ending, but come on. You know that's not nearly the same thing. No reasonable person would expect the everyone dies ending to carry over to the next game. You say that as if you really believe people are reasonable around here.
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