Mass Effect '5' speculation (Official Thread)

I read that the original ME3 ending is similar to what we have, except for a few tweaked details.

Even the rough draft (leaked script pre-release) included the much loathed Catalyst, except under a different name (the Guardian), but is referenced as this name in the EC.

Don't be naive, the DA fanbase is more divide than you think, though still hasn't reach that breaking point of no return like the ME one.

Well if you roam only here (and only DA:I subforum and threads that are not about anything but lore/story) or twitter, of course you won't see it, not a surprise.

You have Escapist forums, GameSpot Forums, NeoGaf, Reddit, IGN boards, Kotaku. And this are forums that more or less have a neutral view of all kind of games.
 

I don't mention spanish forums because I don't think you understand the language.

With the exception of NeoGaf and the Escapist forums, I am either on or read the others. The things that regularly show up as complaints isn't the story direction for DA4.

They’ve still got fans. They’ve got good fans and fans that expect them to make what they want. Those fans will never be happy.

It's generally a mistake to go after a large audience specifically. Generally it is better to create something with passion and let the large audience find you. And that's a conundrum for the industry because you have to cater to your investors so you can fund the game. So convincing them generally entails telling them how you're going to draw in more and more players.

Obviously, that isn't working. More and more studios are being closed, we have more and more angry players for multiple reasons, and AAA sales barely ever are meeting expectations. But the publishers must let the investors understand something. You will never specifically get the audience you're looking for. It's not like the first COD Modern Warfare was really targeting a specific audience. It happened to attract a huge audience, and it was by accident. Good luck trying to find what exactly it was that did this. They tried the same thing with all their following games, and all failed compared to the first two Modern Warfare titles. None of the others did as well. The name carried the games for a while, but ultimately, I don't wanna say it died, but certainly the brand and its name has lost a lot of momentum, where even the biggest passionate fans now respond to the same name with a simple 'meh'. 

I'm not saying not to know your audience. I'm saying you're better off doing specific things extremely well rather than trying to do everything to please everyone. Andromeda tried to do exactly the latter, which is why it is ok-ish at almost everything and great at practically nothing. It makes it a dull experience. Compare that to Mass Effect 1, which had an amazing plot, but mediocre everything else. Or Mass Effect 2, which even though already started to go in the direction of mass appeal (no pun intended), had amazing characters and polish but lacked depth and consistency on multiple fronts. Most great games are not amazing at everything. They happen to have one single or a couple of amazing things that overshadow all its downsides to a degree where it touches a large audience. It's no secret that I personally think ME2 is overrated, but what it did do well was enough to make it the most popular Mass Effect game out there.

Will the likes of EA understand that? I doubt it. Ubisoft however, whatever their reputation, they seem to understand, or at least understand more than EA does at this point in time. Why do you think they announced Skull & Bones? There's a small audience that loved the naval combat of Assassin's Creed. Rather than requiring all Assassin's Creed to cater to all their prior fans, they created Skull & Bones to perfect/improve that specific experience and appeal to that specific audience. If they succeed, I bet it will find a much larger audience than just those Assassin's Creed fans. Rather than trying to force-fit the naval combat into every Assassin's Creed game which ultimately severely limits creativity for that game, or, risking complaints by angry fans and bad PR of this specific feature missing from upcoming Assassin's Creed games, they solved it by creating a separate game altogether. This allows them to do what they want with the Assassin's Creed franchise, while still not losing the audience that specifically loved the naval combat.

I hope that BioWare and EA can realize this, and re-focus the Mass Effect series. 

No it's not fine as it is. They are making crucial mistakes. There was the ME3 ending for starters, and well, Andromeda was not well received at all, despite what your personal opinion of that game might be. It has put many people on the fence regarding Anthem, while they would have simply been extremely excited before Andromeda and ME3. Not to mention the industry has evolved.

Make no mistake. If Anthem is received like Andromeda was, BioWare can literally seize to exist.

I'm just glad you're not a front-facing game developer.

I’m glad you’re not either.

What would the story about if shep was to be the lead again. His story is done


i want to know if anyone has an idea cause it’s seems like child hope