Mass Effect '5' speculation (Official Thread)

they found TIM
what we learn in ME1 is clearly wrong
that is (Ctrl+F -> "Cerberus").

More than a little dramatic. As if an actor will know what's up for a potential game 2+ years from now.

So scuttlebutt says there is a hint to the next game in the N7 Day video.

Now I have no idea which of the three-ish it might be.

There is the Normandy shown approaching the Citadel and "The worlds left to discover" (but Citadel is known to us)
There is the Tempest going FTL over Meridian and "What the future holds"
There is Hudson talking about "dreaming what the next ME game will be" and drinking from his I Should Go cup.

Citadel is already known to us, it wouldn't need a lot of discovering. On the other hand the entire premise of Andromeda was to discover a completely new galaxy, which would mean that the Normandy scene actually supports the follow up with the Tempest.
Then there's Hudson. Who holds a cup with the phrase that is legendarily attributed to Cdr. Shepard.

I'll think on it...

Err.. who? Where? WHAT?!

That's exactly the thing, guys.

I Should Go could be a humorous nod to the past.

Having a mug with Shepard's signature goodbye line during "dreaming what the next ME game might bring" could also mean that it's Shepard's time to go.

Basically, it talks about the future. Worlds to discover, Tempest going FTL as they say what there is in the future... And Shepard's signature goodbye line when "dreaming what the next Mass Effect might be" - all in all, I think Andromeda will get an entire trilogy.

Just imagine post-Destroy, six-hundred-years-in-the-making technology and size of the Human and Turian fleets. The Kett would see that and nope the fuck out of anything...

Or fly in blindly and we get Niftu v Wasea the ship version.

And you would be wrong. At least in the case of the writing, which to me was the most important part of an rpg. ME2's plot is almost non existent and any actual objective look at will show just how many inconsistencies there are in the writing. The game is completely pointless int he context of the trilogy too. I am not talking about the graphics or combat, I am talking about the writing and the writing in ME1 is objectively better.

Lol you can like the games all you want but that does not make them good. For you to think that nothing was ruined in ME2 or ME3 suggests to me that you have not taken an objective look at those games. Me3's ending in particular prove that the writers had no idea what they were doing when writing the plot.  And I don't care if it's an original ip or not, there is no excuse to handle the overarching plot of the trilogy that poorly. being a video game or being an original ip is no excuse for bad writing and Bioware has proven this because they made Kotor, DAO, ME1, etc. It being a fictional story is irrelevant. I get that you liked the games, and there are certainly things to like about them, but you are lying to yourself if you say that the writing is not inconsistent. You would also be lying to yourself if you said games are not capable of having consistent writing.

I just don't get how you can make excuses for the terrible writing when bioware themselves have proven that they are capable (or at least were) of making games like kotor or ME1. DAO is one of my favorite games of all time and that's part of the reason why I am so harsh on Bioware because it seems like everything after that they just didnt care about, at least as far as the consistency of the writing goes.  I don't care how many times you have replayed the games, that does not help your argument here at all, if anything it just makes you seem more biased.

Here's something you probably didnt know; I used to be a huge Bioware fan. I beat ME2 more than 20 times in fact. It wasn't until I took an objective look at the game that I realized how bad a lot of the writing is. And it only got worse with DA2, ME3, etc. I wanted to like Bioware games but it just seemed like Bioware didnt care about writing a good plot anymore. They can usually write characters well, and if there's one underrated aspect of MEA it's the characters. I love the characters in the game, it's just unfortunate that the plot is so uninteresting (though it is more coherent than ME2's and less contrived than ME3's).

My point here is there is nothing stopping Bioware from having good, consistent writing yet they just are not seemingly capable of it anymore. You can LIKE the games all you want, but to say that the writing is not inconsistent is simply wrong.

Yeah ... I think the graphics actually took a nosedive, as in 1st the "70's tape highlight burn" effect was gone, and in its place was too sharp, too dark and not enough bits in lighting process burning. I know they wanted it to be more edgy, but it would've been possible with the same system, not sacrificing gradient detail. *sigh* They fixed some of this with ME3 but its still too S-curved (contrast).

I still think ME1 is the most amazing looking one, MEA is amazing too but its completely different.

(I actually think xbox360's 10bit HDR was one reason ME1 looked like it did)

For the plot I agree, for me ME2 is the weakest of them all as a total. Its still okay game.

In your opinion. Yes some things are objectively good or bad, the whole of Ride to hell retribution for example. The story quality here is subjective. The only thing I will agree on is changing some plot elements. For the better imo.

I think Andromeda was closer to a more expansive 1, but it still isn't quite there. They had the right mixture with MEA, just have to make it come together a bit better this time. I think what people would like to see is many more planets, not all necessary to do though, that add depth and are bigger than the explore regions in 1.

Also I think heavy weapons should come back. I want to carry a nuke on my back again. But yes! Exploration! Discovery! Not nuking it all!