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Post by griffith82 on Aug 2, 2019 2:44:01 GMT
who shall be your PC for this game Not sure definitively. I've kinda always thought that they should be a detective/investigator of some kind with some sort of combat background. The background would be chosen by the player. Why does it need a hard reboot? I wanted this thread to be a place for people who believe there should be one; and there are. The ending, and events leading to, Mass Effect 3 upset some fans of the series. Some don't see it as reasonable for the series to continue within the same timeline, which is why I'm posing the question. The ending didnt bother me but I'm against returning to the MW in any shape or form. Andromeda needs to be finished. Plus a reboot will cause way more issues than an Andromeda sequel.
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Post by operationathena on Aug 3, 2019 18:18:43 GMT
I think Saren was my favorite villain of the series. Harbinger and the Reapers were cool and all, but having a central villain who was a relatable species and being able to connect to his downfall really helped ME1 IMO. I'd like to see one person/a small group be the central antagonist. They kinda tried this with Illusive Man/Cerberus in 3 but I wasn't a fan of how it went down.
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Post by NotN7 on Aug 3, 2019 19:25:44 GMT
Sorry but as long as they left the dialog a lone and upgraded the graphics I'm ok with that, lets not even try to improve a classic it will end in total Crap!!! Nuff said.
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Post by ahglock on Aug 3, 2019 19:58:31 GMT
I think Saren was my favorite villain of the series. Harbinger and the Reapers were cool and all, but having a central villain who was a relatable species and being able to connect to his downfall really helped ME1 IMO. I'd like to see one person/a small group be the central antagonist. They kinda tried this with Illusive Man/Cerberus in 3 but I wasn't a fan of how it went down. Agreed. Though while a bit cliche I'd of preferred if they had a decent chuck of the beginning him being your trainer and they develop a positive relationship between you so his downfall had more of an impact.
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Post by Phantom on Aug 3, 2019 20:08:08 GMT
I think Saren was my favorite villain of the series. Harbinger and the Reapers were cool and all, but having a central villain who was a relatable species and being able to connect to his downfall really helped ME1 IMO. I'd like to see one person/a small group be the central antagonist. They kinda tried this with Illusive Man/Cerberus in 3 but I wasn't a fan of how it went down. Well I am in the same boat as you and a few others in how ME3 Cerberus went down. Well Are you familar with Dead Space? If so there is a sect of people(not the most rational) that is called the Unitology that worships the Marker and the Markers are known for causing Necromorph Outbreaks. Having a similar faction that is un-indoctrinated that worships Reapers and looks them as a form of Universal Justice, Harmony and Balance to face the player.
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Post by Link"Guess"ski on Aug 9, 2019 16:02:50 GMT
A reboot would finally detach people's love for the brand (it would surely be bad given the current state of BioWare) and also make us lose hope of picking up the original canon and doing things with it.
BioWare should know better than to create their version of Sonic The Hedgehog (2006)... I hope.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Aug 9, 2019 16:12:37 GMT
BioWare should know better than to create their version of Sonic The Hedgehog (2006)... I hope. At least aim for Coldsteel the Hedgeheg. We'd get a very sad laugh out of it.
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Post by alanc9 on Aug 9, 2019 18:17:55 GMT
A reboot would finally detach people's love for the brand (it would surely be bad given the current state of BioWare) and also make us lose hope of picking up the original canon and doing things with it. BioWare should know better than to create their version of Sonic The Hedgehog (2006)... I hope. I'm almost to the point of thinking that this sounds like a reason to root for a reboot happening.
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Post by Iakus on Aug 9, 2019 18:55:53 GMT
I'd be in favor of a hard reboot.
But I fear that any reboot would look more like Anthem than KOTOR.
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Post by biggydx on Aug 9, 2019 21:53:50 GMT
I'd be in favor of a hard reboot. But I fear that any reboot would look more like Anthem than KOTOR. I think that's a valid concern, or that future BioWare titles should be met with skepticism. BioWare storytelling with its more recent games has been much more polarizing, and with EA wanting more of their games to go the Live Service model, it could alienate the fanbase who may simply want a simplistic singleplayer experience; with none of the MTX woes that it may potentially bring. I'm curious. Do you think the Dragon Age story continuation is working out well - overall - or do you think certain aspects need to be revised. I hardly see calls for reboots of the series, so I won't ask such a question.
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Post by alanc9 on Aug 9, 2019 22:36:38 GMT
I dunno. Whatever went wrong with ME:A, I don't see what MTXs had to do with it. And Anthem's genre is basically an MTX delivery system, isn't it? A good version of Anthem wouldn't be any less MTX-heavy.
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Post by Iakus on Aug 9, 2019 23:50:43 GMT
I'd be in favor of a hard reboot. But I fear that any reboot would look more like Anthem than KOTOR. I think that's a valid concern, or that future BioWare titles should be met with skepticism. BioWare storytelling with its more recent games has been much more polarizing, and with EA wanting more of their games to go the Live Service model, it could alienate the fanbase who may simply want a simplistic singleplayer experience; with none of the MTX woes that it may potentially bring. I'm curious. Do you think the Dragon Age story continuation is working out well - overall - or do you think certain aspects need to be revised. I hardly see calls for reboots of the series, so I won't ask such a question. I think Dragon Age is playing it smart by having a different protagonist and location each game. It minimizes baggage that needs to get carried over. That said, I don't think it's a process that can be maintained forever, and sooner or later a reboot will be needed. That, or they will have to pick a canon world state or trivialize any "big choices" to the point where they end up being meaningless. We're already seeing that last part happening.
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Post by biggydx on Aug 10, 2019 0:29:20 GMT
I dunno. Whatever went wrong with ME:A, I don't see what MTXs had to do with it. And Anthem's genre is basically an MTX delivery system, isn't it? A good version of Anthem wouldn't be any less MTX-heavy. True. And to some degree, the updates to its Multiplayer mode would to some degree be classed as "Live Service", with lootbox MTX to generate recurrent revenue. Hell, ME3 and DA:I would have also fallen under this category. This makes me curious as to what EA intends for BioWare to change with Dragon Age 4 in order to satisfy the live service model they're going for. I would think that BioWare likely would have included some type of multiplayer mode with DA4, so what else could they possibly need to add in order to fulfill that request. The only game that I can think of that has a primarily singleplayer campaign with Live Service elements (to some extent) is AC: Odyssey, which not only adds in free daily/weekly events, but also periodically added in story DLC.
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Post by Hrungr on Aug 11, 2019 5:55:57 GMT
I think that's a valid concern, or that future BioWare titles should be met with skepticism. BioWare storytelling with its more recent games has been much more polarizing, and with EA wanting more of their games to go the Live Service model, it could alienate the fanbase who may simply want a simplistic singleplayer experience; with none of the MTX woes that it may potentially bring. I'm curious. Do you think the Dragon Age story continuation is working out well - overall - or do you think certain aspects need to be revised. I hardly see calls for reboots of the series, so I won't ask such a question. I think Dragon Age is playing it smart by having a different protagonist and location each game. It minimizes baggage that needs to get carried over. That said, I don't think it's a process that can be maintained forever, and sooner or later a reboot will be needed. That, or they will have to pick a canon world state or trivialize any "big choices" to the point where they end up being meaningless. We're already seeing that last part happening. What I think will happen is they'll continue to push the ball forward in time and location. Now that they're going north in the next game, they only need to pay the occasional lip service to events that happened in the south. And it can be a relatively small sampling. Assuming the DA franchise carries on for several more games, they can potentially venture out from this continent and start exploring other regions of the world. They've already hinted at a number of places the game could go. But back to ME, it is a tough call. I don't see a clear path to success. If they abandon the Andromeda storyline, there'll be an outcry. If they don't, there'll be an outcry. I like the idea of Andromeda myself, but the execution just wasn't there for me, and that (unfortunately) has kinda soured me on it. Nothing that a decent time-jump and new location/races/and forget the Kett couldn't fix though. I guess I could also get behind a next-gen reboot/remake, if the quality was there. The gameplay in ME1 in particular feels pretty dated. I have a tough time getting into that game now, esp. the Mako sections.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Aug 12, 2019 19:03:02 GMT
I'm curious. Do you think the Dragon Age story continuation is working out well - overall - or do you think certain aspects need to be revised. I hardly see calls for reboots of the series, so I won't ask such a question. I've been so disenfranchised with Dragon Age, I don't know what's going on and can't be bothered to find out. So I have no investment in the world and established characters, the idea that each game introduces an entirely new squad has worn me out and I just don't have the strength to follow it. I'm tired of it.
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Post by alanc9 on Aug 12, 2019 21:26:14 GMT
You checked out before DAI's DLCs, right?
How come you came back for DAI if the new PC/party thing doesn't work for you? Thought you might like the new crew, but didn't?
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Post by SirSourpuss on Aug 12, 2019 21:31:30 GMT
Thought you might like the new crew, but didn't? Yeah, fresh start after DA2, which I ... didn't like. As a game. Inquisition's party was just not to my liking at all and the gameplay was just, wait for cooldown, press skill, repeat. So I gave up entirely after 30 hours in. I felt relieved, to be honest, when I stopped. And it's weird, because a game shouldn't give people that feel. Meanwhile, I like Youngblood for being completely stupid all the time, but the ID engine has this texture loading thing everytime you move the camera around, that makes me sick every 15 minutes and each time I can't wait to start it up again.
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Post by garrusfan1 on Aug 13, 2019 16:31:37 GMT
I think Dragon Age is playing it smart by having a different protagonist and location each game. It minimizes baggage that needs to get carried over. That said, I don't think it's a process that can be maintained forever, and sooner or later a reboot will be needed. That, or they will have to pick a canon world state or trivialize any "big choices" to the point where they end up being meaningless. We're already seeing that last part happening. What I think will happen is they'll continue to push the ball forward in time and location. Now that they're going north in the next game, they only need to pay the occasional lip service to events that happened in the south. And it can be a relatively small sampling. Assuming the DA franchise carries on for several more games, they can potentially venture out from this continent and start exploring other regions of the world. They've already hinted at a number of places the game could go. But back to ME, it is a tough call. I don't see a clear path to success. If they abandon the Andromeda storyline, there'll be an outcry. If they don't, there'll be an outcry. I like the idea of Andromeda myself, but the execution just wasn't there for me, and that (unfortunately) has kinda soured me on it. Nothing that a decent time-jump and new location/races/and forget the Kett couldn't fix though. I guess I could also get behind a next-gen reboot/remake, if the quality was there. The gameplay in ME1 in particular feels pretty dated. I have a tough time getting into that game now, esp. the Mako sections. I didn't mind the kett and given the ending they kind of have to bring them back. That said a small time jump would be good for the game. Like a "few years later thing" though not a twenty years later. I do think they should bring back ryder and past relationships. I want more cora and vetra.
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Post by Iakus on Aug 13, 2019 16:40:09 GMT
If they keep jumping forward in time each time they f*ck up, we'll be fighting Morlocks before too long...
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Post by SirSourpuss on Aug 13, 2019 16:45:00 GMT
If they keep jumping forward in time each time they f*ck up, we'll be fighting Morlocks before too long... They better watch out or they'll reach the heat death of the universe.
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Post by Hrungr on Aug 13, 2019 17:05:55 GMT
What I think will happen is they'll continue to push the ball forward in time and location. Now that they're going north in the next game, they only need to pay the occasional lip service to events that happened in the south. And it can be a relatively small sampling. Assuming the DA franchise carries on for several more games, they can potentially venture out from this continent and start exploring other regions of the world. They've already hinted at a number of places the game could go. But back to ME, it is a tough call. I don't see a clear path to success. If they abandon the Andromeda storyline, there'll be an outcry. If they don't, there'll be an outcry. I like the idea of Andromeda myself, but the execution just wasn't there for me, and that (unfortunately) has kinda soured me on it. Nothing that a decent time-jump and new location/races/and forget the Kett couldn't fix though. I guess I could also get behind a next-gen reboot/remake, if the quality was there. The gameplay in ME1 in particular feels pretty dated. I have a tough time getting into that game now, esp. the Mako sections. I didn't mind the kett and given the ending they kind of have to bring them back. That said a small time jump would be good for the game. Like a "few years later thing" though not a twenty years later. I do think they should bring back ryder and past relationships. I want more cora and vetra. Fair enough. For myself (as I have no particular attachment to Ryder & the crew), my preference would be a larger time jump ~20/50/more? years. This would give the MW races a chance to properly establish themselves, and push out into new regions & new races. The Kett could be lurking in the background, but not actively engaging. I'd shift the narrative focus elsewhere.
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Post by Link"Guess"ski on Aug 13, 2019 18:12:05 GMT
How would the Reapers fit in with this new antagonist. If you're hard rebooting it to tell the exact same story you can go to hell.
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Post by alanc9 on Aug 13, 2019 18:45:24 GMT
Huh? Rebooted BSG still had Cylons blowing up the human homeworlds and a rag-tag fugitive fleet fleeing in search of Earth,etc., but no sane person would say it's the exact same story.
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Post by Iakus on Aug 13, 2019 21:23:59 GMT
Huh? Rebooted BSG still had Cylons blowing up the human homeworlds and a rag-tag fugitive fleet fleeing in search of Earth,etc., but no sane person would say it's the exact same story. And rebooted Spider Man has yet to even hint at a Norman Osborn/Green Goblin. What's your point?
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Post by alanc9 on Aug 14, 2019 0:46:46 GMT
That I didn't understand his point. I don't know who was supposed to be wanting the exact same story, but it wasn't me. The ME1 Reapers were an incoherent mess. A reboot ought to do better.
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