IF we get another Mass Effect game....

Then laugh all you like.

DA's fantasy races all have similar facial features and expressions.  They all look essentially human, with somewhat different body builds and proportions.  They can use the same CC and facial animations for all of them.  The qunari had hornstyles in exchange for hairstyles.

Animating facial expressions on a turian or salarian is very different from a human.  Most of them use the exact same mesh, with different color textures applied.  If it was easy to create a CC for asari, I believe we would not have seen the asari clone army in the game.

DA's very first game supported race selection.  The ME team has never suggested they would be interested in trying to do that, and have created a much wider variety of species.

It depends on what happens in dlc's.

As I said in another thread, I like the sequel to take place about a month after the events of MEA. The kett attack the Nexus destroying it. Whatever survivors there are, find their way to Eos. At that time, Ryder and whoever try to find a way to deal with the kett.

If dlc's answer the questions left unanswered, I would be ok if Ryder were to return, minus a couple squadmates, or have a new main character with the game taking place however far in the future.

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I'm having a severe case of deja vu.

I never thought about changing the protagonist in Mass Effect. I'm not a fan of Andromeda's story tbh and a fresh new story could be really great. But then you don't get to build on your character which I guess is one of the things that separates Mass Effect from Dragon Age. Then again, a pretty common complaint is that Ryder is typically just agreeing with everyone in different tones... I don't know. I guess I wouldn't mind either way as long as the story was good.

I also said in certain contexts calling someone an apologist is a major insult like calling someone a Nazi apologist, who isn't, that would be a serious insult.

And before suikoden has another fit, I am NOT asserting or saying that you are and/or has called anybody here a Nazi apologist. So spare me playing the victim because again I'm NOT calling you that or saying and/or asserting that you have called any one a Nazi apologist because as far as I know you haven't done that.

What I am trying to point out that calling someone an apologist, even for a video game, it could be considered an insult and/or is an insult. Please try to learn what words in some contexts mean.  

Being an apologist means you're giving an argument in defence of something that is controversial. Defending Andromeda is an apologist argument to make because there are clearly people on either side that either love it or hate it.

Being a Nazi apologist (really...) is ridiculous because there is no defensive argument to be made, as the entire world agrees they are the definition of evil.

It's not a bad or derogatory word. You're taking it as an insult because you don't know what the word means.

Actually I do, but I also know what context is something you clearly don't know anything about or you just refuse to understand.

You clearly don't - or you wouldn't have mentioned "apologist" and "nazi" together. Let's just drop it and move on.

I reaaally don't like this idea. Why? Forcing you to play character who isn't "your" Ryder. It can work for something like Joker saving the Normandy, but a whole game split between 2 characters...it takes away from your protagonist. It might work in something like GTA 5, or AC: Syndicate because those characters are preset, they have their place in the world they inhabit and you can't really influence their actions. Bioware protagonist though? You shape their personality, their place in the world. And that would be diminished if you split the focus between 2 characters. Not to mention forcing them to fight at the end, no matter what their personal feelings might be.

IMHO, preferable way to deal with the sibling would be to make them NPC member of Tempest team, as they were supposed to be before their pod got busted. You wouldn't control them, they would simply be your Ryder's sibling. Maybe let you pick their class/powers at the beginning, to let you have one companion with actually customizable power selection. I guess you could spin that as making their personalities canon, but that happens anyway if you keep them as NPC. Another way would be to kill them off for drama but...didn't we have enough family drama already? Or you could put them in Virmire situation vs another squadmate, or put them in 1 life against many situation if you really want that drama of emotion clashing with logic.


...that's just my opinion though, no need to go spread it around :ninja:

For once we agree on something. Hell must have frozen over or something.

It's an interesting idea, but I'm afraid we might end up with the Ashley/Kaidan situation. When you have more than one character who can fill the same role, neither of them get much content.  I also think that any content they were given might seem pretty neutral, since they might be inclined to avoid imbuing a potential PC with much in the way of opinions.

The class/powers idea is also interesting, but it is my understanding that each MEA companion had an AI tailored to them. That's why we couldn't swap their gear at all - their combat behavior was programmed with a specific assumed weapon.


If you made a Ryder twin killable, you'd close the possibility of playing the other in a future installment if that file is imported.