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Post by lynx7386 on Jun 22, 2017 16:41:50 GMT
As an interim between mass effect andromeda and the eventual andromeda 2, I would like to see a game set on the quarian arc - either before it leaves the milky way or while in transit. The player would be a quarian trying to resolve whatever crisis they've run into, eventually becoming the pathfinder of the arc in much the same way that one of the Ryder siblings did.
The quarian arc has quarians, Drell, elcor, volus, hanar, and possibly other species onboard, so there's plenty of room for a full caste of characters. This would also give us a chance to play, for the first time, as a non human. Eventually when andromeda 2 comes along, your quarian pathfinder could be imported as an npc and their personality based on the choices you made during the interim game.
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Post by lynx7386 on Jun 22, 2017 16:44:42 GMT
To add: this would also be a good opportunity to have a squad of atypical species - a bolus biotic, elcor soldier, hanar assassin?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 16:45:04 GMT
As an interim between mass effect andromeda and the eventual andromeda 2, I would like to see a game set on the quarian arc - either before it leaves the milky way or while in transit. The player would be a quarian trying to resolve whatever crisis they've run into, eventually becoming the pathfinder of the arc in much the same way that one of the Ryder siblings did. The quarian arc has quarians, Drell, elcor, volus, hanar, and possibly other species onboard, so there's plenty of room for a full caste of characters. This would also give us a chance to play, for the first time, as a non human. Eventually when andromeda 2 comes along, your quarian pathfinder could be imported as an npc and their personality based on the choices you made during the interim game. Thoughts? I assume that it's what DLC is going to cover, though I doubt we'd play a Quarian. I would very much like to play one as the lead in an ME DLC or game.
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Post by cypherj on Jun 22, 2017 16:46:05 GMT
Wouldn't everyone be in cryo.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 16:48:34 GMT
Wouldn't everyone be in cryo. The OP said "before it left" and we know that the departure was troubled. So, you have a period of time before the cryogenic stasis and transit begins. It can also have an extended period of being lost making it to Nexus.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 16:55:19 GMT
Nah I want the aliens as squadmates.
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Post by cypherj on Jun 22, 2017 16:56:46 GMT
Wouldn't everyone be in cryo. The OP said "before it left" and we know that the departure was troubled. So, you have a period of time before the cryogenic stasis and transit begins. It can also have an extended period of being lost making it to Nexus. It says before they left or while in transit. Any issues you would fix would be while in transit. Anything before leaving would be more politics. I don't think it would be enough for an entire game. Also, how would you add in combat? This idea would have been better as an prelude part of Andromeda. Perhaps it could have been part of the early access portion of the game. Then you import your character into Andromeda and start where the game actually started.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 17:04:36 GMT
The OP said "before it left" and we know that the departure was troubled. So, you have a period of time before the cryogenic stasis and transit begins. It can also have an extended period of being lost making it to Nexus. It says before they left or while in transit. Any issues you would fix would be while in transit. Anything before leaving would be more politics. I don't think it would be enough for an entire game. Also, how would you add in combat? This idea would have been better as an prelude part of Andromeda. Perhaps it could have been part of the early access portion of the game. Then you import your character into Andromeda and start where the game actually started. Oh, I won't do "in transit". I am very curious about what happened to the Ark, so I don't care if it goes back in time. I also have no problem with the events that take place in, say, other cluster because they are THAT off course and the DLC ending with the skeleton "awakened" crew resetting the trajectory after a bunch of adventures and going back to cryo sleep, and it being understood that they will be a decade or so late for Ryder's game. Ryder is 22, s/he could wait I am pretty open to any sort of ideas.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 18:10:40 GMT
Terrific idea... I like. May a first Mass Effect game with actual space combat and flight controls. It would be something out of the ordinary for Mass Effect... but I'm game for such a "spin off" game.
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Post by Sanunes on Jun 22, 2017 19:32:23 GMT
Honestly it sounds like a boring game. Spending the entire game on the Quarian arc would be dull for there is no change to the game at all you are always in the same environment and I don't think the arcs are really that big to contain multiple major story missions unless you just keep going to the same places all the time for it would be just a narrow corridor shooter.
I highly doubt that BioWare would ever make a game where you cannot play a human character, its more likely they would make a game where you only play a human. There are plenty of people out there that constantly claim they won't buy a game if there isn't the human option and BioWare has the metrics from Dragon Age to really see the interest people have in playing non-human characters. Just because you might think it would be a good idea, BioWare can easily see it as a situation where they go out of business to cater to a specific crowd.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 22, 2017 20:01:00 GMT
Honestly Andromeda has spent the entire game building up Ryder and his character. I want to see the next game knock him down. I mean end it with a cliffhanger similar to the beginning of mass effect 2. At least punch wise.
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Post by tacsear on Jun 22, 2017 20:28:51 GMT
If there will ever be another ME game, I want controllable space battles
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Post by kino on Jun 22, 2017 20:32:00 GMT
I don't if "in transit" would work, would it? Cryo would make it a lonely game. Now before it leaves the MW, well, that might hold some promise, I think, but I don't know if you could make a full game out of it. It could, perhaps, be episodic?
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Post by guanxi on Jun 22, 2017 21:04:40 GMT
Sounds more like expanded universe material. If we were to see a follow-up...
Rather than spending too long on the Arc maybe the navigation systems failed and the Quarian Arc ended up in Kett space which would be a great excuse to really answer the question who are the Kett and what are their origins, motivations, beliefs. They really need to start developing the Kett (and by extension their key characters) as antagonists ahead of a supposed ME:A2 so there can be some set up and payoff. At this point they're basically a near blank slate which leaves any sequel with too much to establish. Quarian, Volus and Batarian characters developed in a side-sequel could also play a significant role in the main Andromeda series as future squadmates.
Our protagonist could be part of a rag tag band of milky way pathfinder scouts on the run who attempt to infiltrate a Kett holy city and liberate their Arc while uncovering the mysteries of the Kett along the way. Perhaps it turns out the kett are at war with other larger empires and they exalt conquered species as a matter of survival. Our heroes uncover the kett's long term plans for Helios along with key intel which might prove vital to our survival which sets the plot of MEA2 in motion with the arrival of the Quarian arc.
Rather than moving straight onto a direct sequel perhaps something like this could be just what the series needs to raise the stakes, develop characters and antagonists and give the sequel a much stronger platform and direction that was so sorely lacking in the original.
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Post by KaiserShep on Jun 23, 2017 2:37:06 GMT
Honestly Andromeda has spent the entire game building up Ryder and his character. I want to see the next game knock him down. I mean end it with a cliffhanger similar to the beginning of mass effect 2. At least punch wise. So long as nothing dumb like PL happens, I'm game.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 23, 2017 3:47:08 GMT
Honestly Andromeda has spent the entire game building up Ryder and his character. I want to see the next game knock him down. I mean end it with a cliffhanger similar to the beginning of mass effect 2. At least punch wise. So long as nothing dumb like PL happens, I'm game. PL?
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Post by Cyan_Griffonclaw on Jun 23, 2017 3:56:37 GMT
So long as nothing dumb like PL happens, I'm game. PL? I believe artist KaiserShep means Project Lazarus.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 23, 2017 4:01:42 GMT
I believe artist KaiserShep means Project Lazarus. oh yeah. No dying for Ryder. I just kind of want to see their entire world come crashing down to serve as the dramatic setup for MEA 3.
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Post by cloud9 on Jun 23, 2017 6:22:10 GMT
Terrific idea... I like. May a first Mass Effect game with actual space combat and flight controls. It would be something out of the ordinary for Mass Effect... but I'm game for such a "spin off" game. That's the spirit! 😇
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Post by projectpatdc on Jun 23, 2017 7:35:01 GMT
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Mass Effect Andromeda: Kett Empire Strikes Back
Like Colfoley said, I want Ryder to get his ass kicked. Not at the end of the game but after the first few hours of the game. I want it to open up where MEA leaves off with everything seemingly well and then boom it all goes to straight up war.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 23, 2017 7:43:17 GMT
I just want Mass Effect Andromeda: Kett Empire Strikes Back Like Colfey said, I want Ryder to get his ass kicked. Not at the end of the game but after the first few hours of the game. I want it to open up where MEA leaves off with everything seemingly well and then boom it all goes to straight up war. That could work too. Things get dire in act 1, go to hell in act 2, and then Ryder rallies by the end of Act 3. Still I want the game to end on a really big cliff hanger. And again, tear down Ryder...but I'm open to either.
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Post by Atemporal Vanguardian-Debugger on Jun 23, 2017 8:50:29 GMT
As an interim between mass effect andromeda and the eventual andromeda 2, I would like to see a game set on the quarian arc - either before it leaves the milky way or while in transit. The player would be a quarian trying to resolve whatever crisis they've run into, eventually becoming the pathfinder of the arc in much the same way that one of the Ryder siblings did. The quarian arc has quarians, Drell, elcor, volus, hanar, and possibly other species onboard, so there's plenty of room for a full caste of characters. This would also give us a chance to play, for the first time, as a non human. Eventually when andromeda 2 comes along, your quarian pathfinder could be imported as an npc and their personality based on the choices you made during the interim game. Thoughts? I assume that it's what DLC is going to cover, though I doubt we'd play a Quarian. I would very much like to play one as the lead in an ME DLC or game. If it is a DLC to ME:A then it is going to be from Ryders' perspective. It may be unfortunate but if we get a Quarian DLC it more than likely could be handled the same way as the Krogan. Furthermore why would Quarians even need to be put in cryo-tubes? The Quarians already wear eviro-suits -so would it not just be easier to just convert to cryo-suits instead of bulky cryo pods? Also: Time Travel for Quarians?
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Post by Sanunes on Jun 23, 2017 12:18:17 GMT
I believe artist KaiserShep means Project Lazarus. oh yeah. No dying for Ryder. I just kind of want to see their entire world come crashing down to serve as the dramatic setup for MEA 3. Ryder has already died multiple times in Andromeda. Really makes Lexi upset when it happens.
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Post by cypherj on Jun 23, 2017 12:37:48 GMT
Well one thing is that a Quarian protagonist would eliminate the need for a character creator.
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