MASS EFFECT ISN'T DEAD [BioFan Video]

If they do something new it will be because they think the amount of fans that will be annoyed not having a direct sequel is less than the amount of fans that won't buy the game if it's a direct sequel.  Or they think that even though fans may be annoyed they would still buy something new, whereas fans that didn't like Andromeda wouldn't buy another game set there.   There's just too much risk given the reception of this game.

As for the DLC, like I've said before the idea they never intended on DLC just doesn't make any sense.  If you're trying to bring something back, especially in a new setting, you want to get traction, enough to continue the series in future titles.  Not planning on any content after the initial release is completely counter-productive to this goal.  You would want to release the game, release some additional, and honestly, go right into production on the next game if the demand is high enough.

Sort of how they did DA.  Origins > DLC > Expansion > DLC > DA2.  Strike while the iron is hot and establish things.  Can you imagine if they released Origins, offered no DLC,  closed everything down, and then four or five years later tried to return to DA.  This is with Origins having had a good reception.  The idea of not planning additional SP content makes no sense. 

If they established the universe properly we wouldn't be in this predicament.  The Andromeda setup is a complete mess, the AI, the Kett, the Exiles, the Pathfinder, the core concepts are riddled with indefensible logical inconsistencies and plot holes.  A significant proportion of players that bought MEA will not buy a sequel to it, this means that MEA2 would have to have a considerably lower budget than MEA.  MEA2 would be putting a bullet in the franchise and burying it once and for all. 

You can't fix them, they are the core of MEA, you could only fix them by rebooting.  

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And Andromeda interested me. You can still create interesting characters and heroes while continuing its themes.

Exploring more of Andromeda, the Jaaedan more of the benefactor. Still tons of mysteries yet to be solved.

This is exactly why I would never buy a direct sequel to this game.  I have no interest in another game set in the fledgling days of a new galaxy.  Little colonies, no intergalactic transportation, all the limitations you had in this game.  There wouldn't be enough to keep my interest.

If they returned to Andromeda they need to kick the ball down the road hundreds of years.  I'm talking to when the planets are done being terraformed, inter-galactic transportation, some established government, more races, etc.

Yep, good writing fixes, and could fix, a lot of things, even retroactively.  I think as much as I'd want and like them to finish Ryder's story in DLC, that's no going to happen and we'll get closure through comics, novels, and  MEA MP mission briefs. 

I'd want more missions in Andromeda even if they did it in a similar way to the Dragon Age series where you would have a new protagonist every game that could directly or indirectly involve the Ryder(s) either as a NPC, advisor, or a Squadmate/companion maybe set 10-20 years in the future, exploring different clusters, exploring the Remnant/Jardaan/Opposition, preparing for the next Kett threat led by the Primus, getting to meet new races while getting the possibility of a unmasked Quarian population...more like this.  As much as some want to return to Milky Way, I don't see how it's possible without them settling on a canon ending as the three endings would create too divergent of a path to create a cohesive narrative.  While I'd be fine with a canon ending, it appears, based on the majority of the feedback I've read here (again, just a small sliver of the actual Mass Effect audience) that many would not be.  I also don't see how going over stories we already know the outcome of (First Contact War, for example) would make for a good RPG where one would control the outcome.  I also don't see them attempting the same formula of Arks going to another Galaxy outside of Heleus.

So, if they want to continue the franchise, odds are good you are looking at more stories in Andromeda.

Yeah....this is how i feel too. I think even the folks that thought the game was just ok (myself) would be hesitant to give the game another spin...but for most in general i feel that Andromeda has hurt the franchise for the moment and not creating at least DLC to tighten things up doesn't give the impression of having confidence in the overall story or think that putting DLC will generate enough money to justify it.

I do agree they should put it out there for the fans that do like and support the game tho.......even if it is at a loss...bite the bullet and maybe put out a better, more compelling game next time. I still feel Andromeda wasn't bad to the point to where it deserved not to have DLC.

And I'm pretty sure that there's a lot of fans who love Andromeda and have multiple playthroughs. They created the Andromeda galaxy and they need to see this through.

Except for the Council believing Shepard about the Reapers

And Cerberus being a rogue Alliance black ops group

And thermal clips

Consistency has never been a Mass Effect strength.  Which certainly doesn't let MEA off the hook, of course.  But ever since ME2, they've depended on the "shineys" to get by ("When you push a button, something awesome has to happen!")

Which is a damn shame.  Bioware used to be better than this.