Mass Effect Andromeda Q&A Panel at Montreal Comic Con, 8th July 2017, "Can not comment on future pro

Eh, Drew went to write his own novels after leaving ME2. EA didn't hire him back for SW:TOR until much later.

Actually, it was Old Republic before his novels. I normally have a good memory about this. Drew already left BioWare when ME3 was released.

Edit: Revan novel and Old Republic released in 2011. One more Old Republic novel in 2012. All of his non-gaming novels were in 2013 and beyond.

Only 5 hours until Q&A Panel.

I see that no one is counting down or anything...  Just don't get your hopes up. This would be live streamed (which it doesn't appear to be so or at least not uploaded later) if there was indeed a significant hint (hint being a trailer or something)  at the panel.  

No livestream.


ps: you know this ego masturbation some people like to do for Drew is annoying, its like he single handedly made ME1 and ME2 and leaving Bioware turned him into some sort of martyr.

An hour before BioWare panel starts, Tom Taylorson will be interviewed on Mass Effect Marathon Twitch stream.

Not too relevant, but to pass the time for when it starts.

Smilesja, for me, it's hard to explain what doesn't work for me, because it's not my area of expertise. There is also a generational gap that a lot of people don't realize. I'm in my 40s and the dialogue in Andromeda feels like a first take, unpolished. It's as if there is a disconnect between the scene and the dialogue sometimes. SOMETIMES like in the original trilogy. However, in Andromeda's case, it's just a side effect of all the bugs and glitches that were too numerous and common at launch. Subtract those issues and you still have some scenes (mostly Liam and PeeBee for me) that makes it just weak, but not at all bad or horrible. The facial animations have gone A LONG WAY to alleviate that issue, but it's still fresh in everyone's memory. For me, it's like playing Andromeda for the first time under 1.09. This game is great. What I played on March 17th, it was not. I still didn't answer your question because it's so subjective. My opinion: some scenes needed polish going into the sound booth and needed leadership/direction going onto the Frostbite canvas. However, that's my speculation. I honestly don't know game development anymore. It's changed a lot and comparing it to movie or TV production is no longer applicable or relevant. Either way, Liam is not a bad character. He is just a symptom of the development issues. 

#SAVETHEQUARIANS

Yeah I'm not hype for DAI.
I only like Dorian and Varric. I like Solas in a love-to-hate way--he's so awful he comes around to good. he has some serious NPD.
Even though I don't really care about romances, I usually still do one for the hell of it/extra content, but DAI was especially rough. I never seem to want to "romance" anyone as a female PC in DA games, except Fenris and Anders in DA2. May try Solas as a female elf at some point.
I think that the DA romances are just written worse than even the worst ME ones, like what even is this awfulness:



Would rather have the Jacob scene tbh. Also sorry if that Inquisitor belongs to someone here, but unless you are joking around you could have spent 10 more min in the CC, just saying.

That's what I mean about generational gap of understanding. It's hard to relate, but it was effective. I became Ryder (I connected as Ryder. I'm immersed in the Frostbite canvas) eventually, but it took about 20 hours into the game. That's a long time, but the story is compelling enough to keep you interested. For others, that's too long and tune out. 

Trying so hard to keep my hope in the dirt...