Mass Effect '5' speculation (Official Thread)

Jul 20, 2018 20:14:39 GMT themikefest said:

Jul 20, 2018 19:25:36 GMT melbella said:

And new characters would be more interesting because???? There's no guarantee a new set of 6 would be any better than the old set of 6. If the problem is the writing, writing about something different won't improve it any. The writing itself has to improve, in which case EVERYTHING will be more interesting.

And what guarantee that bringing the same characters back would be better then having new characters? 

That's no answer. You are the one assuming new characters will be more interesting. Why do you assume that? Will the writing be better? Will the team have different staff? If so, why would the "more interesting" trait not apply to characters we already have? Or, maybe they'll just be characters you like vs ones you don't like?

I'm not saying there should be NO new characters in a sequel - some of the best characters in the trilogy were introduced in ME2 - but if Bioware makes changes that improve the overall writing for their characters, then the characters we already have will also be better. Tali and Garrus were both way more interesting (imo) in 2 than they were in 1.

Jul 21, 2018 2:04:01 GMT themikefest said:

Jul 21, 2018 0:42:30 GMT melbella said:

You are the one assuming new characters will be more interesting. Why do you assume that?

Did I say new characters would be more interesting?

This is what you said:

One of the top complaints I've read/heard about MEA was that the characters weren't interesting. That's one reason why I would want new characters for the next game.

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Now, why would you want new characters if you didn't agree with the opinion that the current set wasn't interesting? You just said it's a reason for why you would. Would you want new characters if you thought the current set WAS interesting? If you didn't think new characters would be more interesting, why would you want them?