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Post by Fogg on Oct 6, 2016 14:15:46 GMT
October 06, 2016, 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
NYCC Live Stage - Booth #154
Bioware Creative Director Mac Walters discusses the eagerly anticipated next title in the "Mass Effect" franchise, the tie-in comics and more.
Some notes:
The host wasn't too good, talking about random stuff and the old games. Didn't try to get something new out there.
More grey choices in Andromeda. 'You don't always know what the right answer is.
New comics will be published by Dark Horse (renewed partnership).
Comics will focus on characters from the game and tell their background about why they went to Andromeda.
The comic still has a working title (he didn't mention it), the actual title will be released soon.
Andromeda is a fresh start. All the core elements are there, but we don't want to hold ourselves back. Big focus on pushing and trying new things, not just 'another' Mass Effect game.
Mako 'is so much more fun than it ever was'.
You can have relationships with other people than your squadmates.
Exploration will be big in Andromeda. This is not a game 'with' exploration, but 'about' exploration. Finding a new home for humanity and the species that come along.
Combat is better than it has ever been before.
Levels are designed entirely differently because of jumping added.
More resources invested in squadmates than ever before, the one with the smallest part is still 'bigger' in depth than the biggest from the original trilogy.
'A lot' coming out on N7 Day about setting, premise of the game, there will be teasers. There will be 'a few' thing leading up to it (N7 Day) as well.
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Post by ulmanicator on Oct 6, 2016 14:35:49 GMT
Can we expect some really new info on the game itself?
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Post by Ahriman on Oct 6, 2016 14:40:18 GMT
Can we expect some really new info on the game itself? Only "accidental"/accidental. On twitter they said that there'll be nothing new until N7. |
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Post by Obliviousmiss on Oct 6, 2016 15:20:44 GMT
It makes me sad that Bioware never goes to Salt Lake Comic Con. San Diego and NYCC are the biggest, but SLC is the 3rd biggest. Sigh.
Oh well. I've met Mark Hamill, Chris Evans, and Troy Baker at SLCC.
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Post by goishen on Oct 6, 2016 16:43:56 GMT
It makes me sad that Bioware never goes to Salt Lake Comic Con. San Diego and NYCC are the biggest, but SLC is the 3rd biggest. Sigh. Oh well. I've met Mark Hamill, Chris Evans, and Troy Baker at SLCC. Kind'a makes me sad that no one ever comes to Atlanta. But then again, I never go. Went one year. Spend a bunch'a money to spend a bunch more of your money. Kind'a pointless. Agreed, Norman Reedus was there with a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong ass line, which I didn't get in. But still. |
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Post by Sartoz on Oct 6, 2016 17:01:54 GMT
,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸-(_MEA_)-,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸
Check out his T-Shirt, please. There may be a name on it....
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Post by Arcian on Oct 6, 2016 19:02:38 GMT
,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸-(_MEA_)-,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸
Check out his T-Shirt, please. There may be a name on it....
Why don't you look into his eyes while you're at it, maybe he tattooed some ME:A information onto his sclera. |
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Post by Shinobu on Oct 6, 2016 21:33:11 GMT
Thanks for the livestream link!
Piece of info I liked best: The smallest companion in MEA had more lines than the largest in ME3 (if I'm remembering what he said accurately). They talked a lot about the importance of characters, which I liked to hear.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 21:43:24 GMT
I hope though they won't lose what appeals to me in the original MET - the compact, easy to handle design, world, companions. I would not want to see myself facing a necessity to give 100 gifts to too many companions or hard to manage game with ability bloat, and inventory. I like it to still be fast and fun. I really did not like the endless cutscenes in ME3 and can't save and shut-down for a night sequences. I love dropping in and playing not 'earning', ;grinding' and 'working' on a game  Oh, and I prefer the game to give me a clear map, not the ME3 style 'explore the area' tooltip & a journal that was a total mess and did not track your progress. That sort of exploration is too frustrating.
EDIT: I do love the idea of the out of party romances, because this means a female PC can potentially romance someone really, really cool and powerful, and not self-effacing. |
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Post by wright1978 on Oct 6, 2016 21:44:21 GMT
Like the sounds of notion more resources put into squad as well as greyer choices.
Not a fan of relationships off squad. Really hope there are sufficient squad romances.
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Post by Balsam Beige on Oct 6, 2016 21:48:42 GMT
He said the comics will bridge the Trilogy to Andromeda. Not in-game, I wonder?
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Post by fchopin on Oct 6, 2016 22:04:57 GMT
Thanks for the info Fogg.
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Post by Arcian on Oct 6, 2016 22:06:28 GMT
Andromeda is a fresh start. All the core elements are there, but we don't want to hold ourselves back. Big focus on pushing and trying new things, not just 'another' Mass Effect game.Then why call it Mass Effect? |
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Post by shechinah on Oct 6, 2016 22:21:43 GMT
Andromeda is a fresh start. All the core elements are there, but we don't want to hold ourselves back. Big focus on pushing and trying new things, not just 'another' Mass Effect game.Then why call it Mass Effect? Because it's still Mass Effect. |
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Post by Shinobu on Oct 6, 2016 22:23:08 GMT
Andromeda is a fresh start. All the core elements are there, but we don't want to hold ourselves back. Big focus on pushing and trying new things, not just 'another' Mass Effect game.Then why call it Mass Effect? I think what he meant was that it wouldn't feel like we had been there, done that already in the Shepard Trilogy but it would still be recognizably Mass Effect. Kind of like the first 2 Harry Potter movies were boring because they were too slavishly like the books and didn't have surprises. I loved Diablo 2, but found Diablo 3 boring because it felt like I had done it before. He said during playtesting (internal, I presume) players said it "felt like mass effect" and since some devs are new enough that they played the original ME before going into the industry they come at it from a player perspective. |
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Post by shechinah on Oct 6, 2016 22:30:48 GMT
He said the comics will bridge the Trilogy to Andromeda. Not in-game, I wonder? The comics might also be about the creation of the ARKs project like the lead-up to the project's initiation and ending either around its completion or its arrival in Andromeda. I imaging that if so, the important part of the information would be avaliable in some other way in Andromeda like through verbal exposition or codex exposition.
It sounds interesting that the comics will be about the companions' background for going to Andromeda since that seem to imply, to me, that it'll show their life prior to leaving. It sounds interesting and that makes me a bit sad since I want to be completely blind about companions as much as possible so despite really wanting to buy the comics, I'll be dodging these until I've finished the game.
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Post by bshep on Oct 7, 2016 0:20:04 GMT
Seems like the new comic series will follow the same type of story that Mass Effect: Homeworlds.
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Post by The Elder King on Oct 7, 2016 0:53:25 GMT
Like the sounds of notion more resources put into squad as well as greyer choices. Not a fan of relationships off squad. Really hope there are sufficient squad romances. I don't see why not, considering in every Bioware game so far the off squad romances are at best two. DAI still had 6 romances in the team. If you had problems it was more about the quality (if you don't like the options available) then the numbers. |
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Post by The Twilight God on Oct 7, 2016 5:05:13 GMT
More grey choices in Andromeda. 'You don't always know what the right answer is.
So there is a right and wrong answer?
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Post by gabriel on Oct 7, 2016 5:37:53 GMT
Mako 'is so much more fun than it ever was'. Well the mako was never fun to begin with haha |
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Post by kpsia518 on Oct 7, 2016 6:02:14 GMT
More grey choices in Andromeda. 'You don't always know what the right answer is.
So there is a right and wrong answer?
that means you have to reload the save game over & over again. |
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Post by theflyingzamboni on Oct 7, 2016 6:35:55 GMT
Doesn't sound like anything new,though I like the sound of more squad interaction focus, and of course the move away from P/R dialogue.
Weirdly, I think the thing that has me the most excited is the jet pack. If they really are designing around jumping, I bet there will be some fun maneuvering in combat. Should make both SP and MP a blast, letting as work with that 3rd dimension more.
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Post by wright1978 on Oct 7, 2016 7:48:49 GMT
Like the sounds of notion more resources put into squad as well as greyer choices. Not a fan of relationships off squad. Really hope there are sufficient squad romances. I don't see why not, considering in every Bioware game so far the off squad romances are at best two. DAI still had 6 romances in the team. If you had problems it was more about the quality (if you don't like the options available) then the numbers. DAI wan't good imo, despite there being 6 LI's on squad, certain orientations were limited to only one squad based romance option due to gating. So i don't want a repeat of that approach personally. |
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Post by kpsia518 on Oct 7, 2016 8:01:14 GMT
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Post by Ahriman on Oct 7, 2016 8:04:26 GMT
More resources invested in squadmates than ever before, the one with the smallest part Bah, there are favorites again it seems, leave smallest parts for non-squadmates. I'm not really mad, just liked the phrasing. Anyway, nothing actually new as expected. Unless someone is surprised about non-squadmate romances after DAI. |
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Oh, and I prefer the game to give me a clear map, not the ME3 style 'explore the area' tooltip & a journal that was a total mess and did not track your progress. That sort of exploration is too frustrating. 
