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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 2, 2021 16:58:25 GMT
So, what about the future of the Mass Effect, I ask? Will there be hints to it in the Legendary Edition, even just the odd note left lying around pointing to a future plotline? No, is the short answer. "I think it's easier for the future of the franchise to look back and take from that," Walters concludes, "than for us to try to set a course for something that needs time to ideate, and flourish on its own."www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-02-mass-effect-returns-bioware-talks-trilogy-tweaks-and-franchise-revivalNot sure what to make of this. But it puts the whole "MELE setting up ME5" thing to bed.
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Post by Garo on Feb 2, 2021 17:10:06 GMT
So, what about the future of the Mass Effect, I ask? Will there be hints to it in the Legendary Edition, even just the odd note left lying around pointing to a future plotline? No, is the short answer. "I think it's easier for the future of the franchise to look back and take from that," Walters concludes, "than for us to try to set a course for something that needs time to ideate, and flourish on its own."www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-02-mass-effect-returns-bioware-talks-trilogy-tweaks-and-franchise-revivalNot sure what to make of this. But it puts the whole "MELE setting up ME5" thing to bed.
Missed opportunity tbh
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 2, 2021 17:12:03 GMT
So, what about the future of the Mass Effect, I ask? Will there be hints to it in the Legendary Edition, even just the odd note left lying around pointing to a future plotline? No, is the short answer. "I think it's easier for the future of the franchise to look back and take from that," Walters concludes, "than for us to try to set a course for something that needs time to ideate, and flourish on its own."www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-02-mass-effect-returns-bioware-talks-trilogy-tweaks-and-franchise-revivalNot sure what to make of this. But it puts the whole "MELE setting up ME5" thing to bed.
Missed opportunity tbh
Not really. Considering everyone thinks ME5 will take place long after. It's not like World War 2 was being set up in the 1500s. I'm more worried about the whole "We're looking back, not forward, for what to do with the franchise" thing that Mac is seemingly saying. Unless I'm misreading that.
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Post by biggydx on Feb 2, 2021 17:50:01 GMT
Not really. Considering everyone thinks ME5 will take place long after. It's not like World War 2 was being set up in the 1500s. I'm more worried about the whole "We're looking back, not forward, for what to do with the franchise" thing that Mac is seemingly saying. Unless I'm misreading that. What has you worried exactly?
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 2, 2021 17:51:45 GMT
Not really. Considering everyone thinks ME5 will take place long after. It's not like World War 2 was being set up in the 1500s. I'm more worried about the whole "We're looking back, not forward, for what to do with the franchise" thing that Mac is seemingly saying. Unless I'm misreading that. What has you worried exactly? Well, it just seemed like for example that quote fits the whole bringing Shepard back theory instead of moving forward with the stuff they started or even newer things.
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Post by themikefest on Feb 2, 2021 18:46:56 GMT
What has you worried exactly? Well, it just seemed like for example that quote fits the whole bringing Shepard back theory instead of moving forward with the stuff they started or even newer things. Explain why bringing back Shepard, if that happens, wouldn't be moving forward?
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Post by jclosed on Feb 2, 2021 18:47:15 GMT
What has you worried exactly? Well, it just seemed like for example that quote fits the whole bringing Shepard back theory instead of moving forward with the stuff they started or even newer things. Ugh! Please let it not be true. If they revive that old stinking corpse AGAIN, I personally going to puke. I pray there will be a brand new Shepard-less story years after he/she/it has turned into unrecoverable dirt, or a continuation of the Andromeda story. Anything else, and it will be a hard pass for me...
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Post by biggydx on Feb 2, 2021 18:47:22 GMT
What has you worried exactly? Well, it just seemed like for example that quote fits the whole bringing Shepard back theory instead of moving forward with the stuff they started or even newer things. Oh. I just took it to mean an evaluation of what people liked/disliked.
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Post by ahglock on Feb 2, 2021 18:49:15 GMT
Well, it just seemed like for example that quote fits the whole bringing Shepard back theory instead of moving forward with the stuff they started or even newer things. Oh. I just took it to mean an evaluation of what people liked/disliked. Same.
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Post by burningcherry on Feb 2, 2021 19:05:27 GMT
After some thinking, maybe not touching the endings in LE is meant to in fact justify going with one in the "look, we just released the remaster and it has your ending, we simply follow only one version" manner.
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Post by Antibaar on Feb 2, 2021 19:53:50 GMT
From the trailer,I only see Destroy ending,the Citadel been destroyed by red beam,and Normandy followed by the red beam,even Shepard is Renegade in Tali's scene.Why not,green or blue?
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Post by jrpN7 on Feb 6, 2021 14:05:55 GMT
From the trailer,I only see Destroy ending,the Citadel been destroyed by red beam,and Normandy followed by the red beam,even Shepard is Renegade in Tali's scene.Why not,green or blue? The red beam in the MEL trailer combined with the dead reapers in the ME4 trailer does suggest that BioWare did canonize destroy. Many wanted to debate it with the ME4 trailer, but now it's practically a given. I may be wrong on this though, but I always thought femshep was canonized renegade while maleshep was canonized paragon? Makes sense to me as Hale does amazing with renegade script, while Sheploo's insanely gorgeous blue eyes always felt paragonish. Meer also does amazing with the calm but authoritative voice.
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Post by ahglock on Feb 6, 2021 15:41:49 GMT
From the trailer,I only see Destroy ending,the Citadel been destroyed by red beam,and Normandy followed by the red beam,even Shepard is Renegade in Tali's scene.Why not,green or blue? The red beam in the MEL trailer combined with the dead reapers in the ME4 trailer does suggest that BioWare did canonize destroy. Many wanted to debate it with the ME4 trailer, but now it's practically a given. I may be wrong on this though, but I always thought femshep was canonized renegade while maleshep was canonized paragon? Makes sense to me as Hale does amazing with renegade script, while Sheploo's insanely gorgeous blue eyes always felt paragonish. Meer also does amazing with the calm but authoritative voice. What's funny is I always felt the reverse. Her renegade just sounded unhinged his had more of a calm menace. Her paragon sounded more caring, while yes his was calm and authoritative.
Edit to add, there were a couple scenes where meer went off the rials with renegade though.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 7, 2021 5:31:17 GMT
From the trailer,I only see Destroy ending,the Citadel been destroyed by red beam,and Normandy followed by the red beam,even Shepard is Renegade in Tali's scene.Why not,green or blue? The red beam in the MEL trailer combined with the dead reapers in the ME4 trailer does suggest that BioWare did canonize destroy. Many wanted to debate it with the ME4 trailer, but now it's practically a given. You can still debate it easily. I wouldn’t take anything from the LE trailer as this is canon. For example I doubt the Quarians will be made canonically extinct, yet the trailer shows Tali killing her self as her people are wiped out. No doubt the LE will trigger the ending debate again, so I hope BioWare at least addresses how ME5 will handle that.
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Post by themikefest on Feb 7, 2021 12:09:50 GMT
For example I doubt the Quarians will be made canonically extinct, yet the trailer shows Tali killing her self as her people are wiped out. Another moment an interrupt would have been useful. I know there's one to try to stop her, but I mean to help push her off. Why? Because the stupid quarian stood there with her whatever up her fifth-point-of-contact while the geth uploaded the code. All she had to do was push the thing off the cliff, or use her knife in the back of the head thing. She sure is quick on the draw to deal with the geth, if her species is chosen over the geth. The remaster will trigger a lot of things. It will be interesting how Bioware handles it in ME4.
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Post by traks on Feb 7, 2021 13:07:04 GMT
How they handle the endings? Shepard's not coming back, leaving them with all kind of possibilities to choose the one they find the most interesting to go for in the next story. That way nothing is canonized, because you won't have to play someone else's Shepard. You just play a different character in one of the created world states.
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Post by Croatsky on Feb 7, 2021 17:06:39 GMT
I agree although I did not mis that annoying banshee scream from ME3. I think the Kett could have been much better. Do note that Kett Ascendant in MEA are genetically enhanced by Angara's genetics.
So these type of Kett are specific to Heleus cluster, other Kett from other place will be enhanced differently. This gives BioWare wiggle room to change special Kett types drastically, in their combat capabilities.
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Post by Croatsky on Feb 7, 2021 17:10:46 GMT
How they handle the endings? Shepard's not coming back, leaving them with all kind of possibilities to choose the one they find the most interesting to go for in the next story. That way nothing is canonized, because you won't have to play someone else's Shepard. You just play a different character in one of the created world states. Either we get an ending canonized( BioWare will not use such hard language!) or they make return to Milky Way very limited so all drastic changes are based on handful of characters different dialogue, with some physical changes for Synthesis ending, while rest is only seen with text via Galaxy map, Codex, emails and datapads.
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Post by traks on Feb 7, 2021 17:13:16 GMT
How they handle the endings? Shepard's not coming back, leaving them with all kind of possibilities to choose the one they find the most interesting to go for in the next story. That way nothing is canonized, because you won't have to play someone else's Shepard. You just play a different character in one of the created world states. Either we get an ending canonized( BioWare will not use such hard language!) or they make return to Milky Way very limited so all drastic changes are based on handful of characters different dialogue, with some physical changes for Synthesis ending, while rest is only seen with text via Galaxy map, Codex, emails and datapads. There is no need to, if you don't play Shepard. I wouldn't call that canon either. It wouldn't invalidate anything you do in the trilogy, while simply putting a different protagonist in one of the many world state possibilities.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 7, 2021 17:22:02 GMT
How they handle the endings? Shepard's not coming back, leaving them with all kind of possibilities to choose the one they find the most interesting to go for in the next story. That way nothing is canonized, because you won't have to play someone else's Shepard. You just play a different character in one of the created world states. Either we get an ending canonized( BioWare will not use such hard language!) or they make return to Milky Way very limited so all drastic changes are based on handful of characters different dialogue, with some physical changes for Synthesis ending, while rest is only seen with text via Galaxy map, Codex, emails and datapads. You wouldn’t actually need physical changes for Synthesis. They could just explain that the green lines faded in time (not that Synthesis went away, just the lines).
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Post by Croatsky on Feb 7, 2021 17:22:25 GMT
I saw the trailer, and I tried to resist the urge to speculate. Then I watched Jenifer Hale's cast get together. Then I noticed the podcasts. I failed to cease my speculation. There is 0% there will be continuation of Shepard's story.
It is very likely we will continue Ryder's story. He/she could be aged up( couple of years, decade at most) and more mature. Per original Andromeda Imitative plan, Mass Relay will be constructed to connect Andromeda and Milky Way. It how we get Liara( and maybe Grunt) returning, along with going back to Milky Way, if at more limited way.
My theory is that there will be high interest for Milky Way to use Jaardan teraforming technology. Why? Well remember Rachni wars? It took centuries for galactic communities to recover from that mess. Reaper war was far, far more devastating! So Milky Way has a drastic shortage of Golden Worlds, many of which were either destroyed by Reapers in past or in that invasion, while others were destroyed by Milky Way civilizations to deny Reapers to harvest them. So Jardaan's teraforming technology will be crucial to revive many of those Golden Worlds, along with other potential planets to become Golden Worlds.
So focus on Andromeda would remain, but now story would be around saving and restoring Milky Way from post-Reaper war destruction.
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Post by Trilobite Derby on Feb 7, 2021 19:25:18 GMT
How they handle the endings? Shepard's not coming back, leaving them with all kind of possibilities to choose the one they find the most interesting to go for in the next story. That way nothing is canonized, because you won't have to play someone else's Shepard. You just play a different character in one of the created world states. Leave aside the endings. Depending on your playthrough, there may be no krogan. No geth. No quarians. What happens to the Elcor and the Volus is important. That silly quest with Kasumi (or not)? Repercussions. If we stick around the Milky Way in any meaningful way, we're going to have to deal with canonizing Shepard's choices to some extent, because while Mass Effect 3 wasn't always great at presenting them, it decidedly went BURN IT ALL DOWN big on decisions and to some extent, consequences of earlier decisions. That's a big part of why I hope we're moving on from our old stomping grounds as much as possible. I GET why we had to have a canon Revan, and I like SWTOR, but I don't want that to happen in my Mass Effect. Although if it does, I'll deal.
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Post by N7Pathfinder on Feb 7, 2021 19:57:44 GMT
Saw an interview with Danielle Rayne, vetra's va and they asked her if she's involved with a certain mass effect. She answered this:
Oh, you know what i yeah, even if, the bottom line is you just have to say i'm sorry there's nothing i can really talk about right now you know? Those NDA's are a scary little pieces of paper you signed.
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