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Post by guanxi on Aug 18, 2019 17:39:16 GMT
If we ever do get another Mass Effect game and it ends up being their third attempt at a live service game (i.e. co-op focused with a heavy emphasis on loot-based microtransactions) but probably significantly more engaging than Anthem (building on the foundations of Anthem with Dragons) in terms of gameplay mechanics and story and with significantly better post-launch support, is this in line with what you are expecting or is this a nightmare scenario to rival the Reapers?
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Post by alanc9 on Aug 18, 2019 18:38:09 GMT
Third attempt? You're assuming that DA4 will be functionally identical to Anthem in this regard, then?
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Post by guanxi on Aug 18, 2019 19:05:53 GMT
Third attempt? You're assuming that DA4 will be functionally identical to Anthem in this regard, then? There's been a couple of rumoured leaks that DA4 will contain live service elements. It is built on the Anthem code base so I would not be surprised if it turns out to be a much more polished medieval fantasy anthem with a significantly better narrative in the BioWare tradition but with co-operative game play and game design closer to Anthem than Inquisition. That does sound like tall order and a hell of a risky gambit after anthem. If that is the case and it works I would imagine the next Mass Effect would get the same treatment. gamerant.com/dragon-age-4-anthem-rumors/wccftech.com/dragon-age-4-anthem-tech-live-service/
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Post by garrusfan1 on Aug 18, 2019 22:52:14 GMT
If they want to do a MP thing like in mass effect 3 that is fine. However leave single player alone.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 5:35:13 GMT
Quite simply, I would not be able to play it. My internet sucks so bad I have not been able to play online games so far and our internet service is just not likely to improve much in the foreseeable future. On the plus side, there would be no temptation to spend my money on it; but I would prefer they continue to make single-player games.
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Post by Pounce de León on Aug 19, 2019 7:34:19 GMT
Live Service à la AAA: Put out unfinished mess. Promise improvements and more content. Can the project when the bulk of players have left.
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Post by AnDromedary on Aug 19, 2019 15:53:39 GMT
That would be one of the fwe things that could make me loose interest in a Mass Effect game from the get-go.
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Post by griffith82 on Aug 19, 2019 21:50:45 GMT
Third attempt? You're assuming that DA4 will be functionally identical to Anthem in this regard, then? There's been a couple of rumoured leaks that DA4 will contain live service elements. It is built on the Anthem code base so I would not be surprised if it turns out to be a much more polished medieval fantasy anthem with a significantly better narrative in the BioWare tradition but with co-operative game play and game design closer to Anthem than Inquisition. That does sound like tall order and a hell of a risky gambit after anthem. If that is the case and it works I would imagine the next Mass Effect would get the same treatment. gamerant.com/dragon-age-4-anthem-rumors/wccftech.com/dragon-age-4-anthem-tech-live-service/ They wont cut out the sp. It likely will have a mp of some sort.
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Post by Polka Dot on Aug 19, 2019 22:35:33 GMT
That would be one of the fwe things that could make me loose interest in a Mass Effect game from the get-go. That's one of the things that has greatly diminished my interest in DA4.
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Post by AnDromedary on Aug 20, 2019 1:32:07 GMT
There's been a couple of rumoured leaks that DA4 will contain live service elements. It is built on the Anthem code base so I would not be surprised if it turns out to be a much more polished medieval fantasy anthem with a significantly better narrative in the BioWare tradition but with co-operative game play and game design closer to Anthem than Inquisition. That does sound like tall order and a hell of a risky gambit after anthem. If that is the case and it works I would imagine the next Mass Effect would get the same treatment. gamerant.com/dragon-age-4-anthem-rumors/wccftech.com/dragon-age-4-anthem-tech-live-service/They wont cut out the sp. It likely will have a mp of some sort. Of course not. but remember, technically, Anthem has SP as well.
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Post by alanc9 on Aug 20, 2019 2:13:36 GMT
Didn't the Gamespot reviewer say that Anthem played better in SP?
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Post by griffith82 on Aug 20, 2019 3:13:58 GMT
They wont cut out the sp. It likely will have a mp of some sort. Of course not. but remember, technically, Anthem has SP as well. True but I doubt DA4 is going to be online only and mmo like.
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Post by AnDromedary on Aug 20, 2019 4:46:26 GMT
Of course not. but remember, technically, Anthem has SP as well. True but I doubt DA4 is going to be online only and mmo like. Let's hope not. To be honest, I don't think though either, not after Anthem was received as it was. But these days, who knows...
What I could imagine is a lot of coop BS shoved in between the SP stuff (like e.g. in Assassin's Creed: Unity). That would be bad enough. Let's hope they they consider what made the well received titles of this studio great in the first place.
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Post by Pounce de León on Aug 20, 2019 11:04:44 GMT
True but I doubt DA4 is going to be online only and mmo like. Let's hope not. To be honest, I don't think though either, not after Anthem was received as it was. But these days, who knows...
What I could imagine is a lot of coop BS shoved in between the SP stuff (like e.g. in Assassin's Creed: Unity). That would be bad enough. Let's hope they they consider what made the well received titles of this studio great in the first place.
EA hates single player. They are convinced MP is future and salvation to their balance sheet. Online is going to be pushed - you can count on that. At the cost of proper SP gameplay.
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Post by garrusfan1 on Aug 21, 2019 13:32:16 GMT
I am hesitant to believe that mass effect or dragon age will go live service beyond an optional MP experience like in ME3 for example. Anthem was a brand new series and was made to be that way and it crashed and burned from what I heard. I don't know how well it sold but it is the first bioware game that I haven't played since I first played DAO (then went to ME and played those too.) I felt no interest in it. Now I may be wrong and bioware might go full live service with everyone of their games but I don't think so. Also their are alot of SP games still being made and making LOTS of money.
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Post by griffith82 on Aug 23, 2019 15:11:20 GMT
Let's hope not. To be honest, I don't think though either, not after Anthem was received as it was. But these days, who knows...
What I could imagine is a lot of coop BS shoved in between the SP stuff (like e.g. in Assassin's Creed: Unity). That would be bad enough. Let's hope they they consider what made the well received titles of this studio great in the first place.
EA hates single player. They are convinced MP is future and salvation to their balance sheet. Online is going to be pushed - you can count on that. At the cost of proper SP gameplay. No they don't. They have pushed for one online only title other than SWTOR and that's Anthem. Hardly indicative of that.
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Post by Pounce de León on Aug 23, 2019 15:20:32 GMT
EA hates single player. They are convinced MP is future and salvation to their balance sheet. Online is going to be pushed - you can count on that. At the cost of proper SP gameplay. No they don't. They have pushed for one online only title other than SWTOR and that's Anthem. Hardly indicative of that. Yes, they do. Andy said so.
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Post by traks on Aug 23, 2019 17:07:21 GMT
Leave me alone! Single player, all day, for Mass Effect, please!
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Post by alanc9 on Aug 24, 2019 2:29:42 GMT
No they don't. They have pushed for one online only title other than SWTOR and that's Anthem. Hardly indicative of that. Yes, they do. Andy said so. It's customary to provide a link, you know.
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Post by Pounce de León on Aug 24, 2019 3:04:29 GMT
Yes, they do. Andy said so. It's customary to provide a link, you know. It's with Andy's incoherent rant where he announced to force his microtransactions more forcibly on the 12 year olds.
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Post by LogicGunn on Aug 24, 2019 16:08:48 GMT
I don't mind live service elements, they were done very well on ACO and they could be great in a Bioware game. As long as it's not an actual online game (which is why I didn't get Anthem) I'm happy.
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Post by garrusfan1 on Aug 24, 2019 23:58:36 GMT
I don't mind live service elements, they were done very well on ACO and they could be great in a Bioware game. As long as it's not an actual online game (which is why I didn't get Anthem) I'm happy. If they go the route of a full game but keep adding dlc for a while I would be fine with that.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Aug 26, 2019 15:52:32 GMT
Third attempt? You're assuming that DA4 will be functionally identical to Anthem in this regard, then? There's been a couple of rumoured leaks that DA4 will contain live service elements. It is built on the Anthem code base so I would not be surprised if it turns out to be a much more polished medieval fantasy anthem with a significantly better narrative in the BioWare tradition but with co-operative game play and game design closer to Anthem than Inquisition. That does sound like tall order and a hell of a risky gambit after anthem. If that is the case and it works I would imagine the next Mass Effect would get the same treatment. gamerant.com/dragon-age-4-anthem-rumors/wccftech.com/dragon-age-4-anthem-tech-live-service/ Oh, man. The way you describe it, I would not want to play that game, bro. I remember Casey saying if Anthem is a success, expect more games to play like it. The 4 man co-op playstyle mode of Anthem is really not doing it for me. I will definitely never play another Bioware game, if it is to be played like that from here on. Nuh-uh.
I wouldn't mind a two player co-op game, like Wolfenstein: Youngblood, where you get to play with two unique characters, but grouping up with a bunch of randos online in a MMO-lite experience with a few characters to interact with back in the base undermines their importance and the bonding process. Back in BG1, Khalid had saved my party's ass more times than I could count, so when I booted up BG2 for the first time, only to find him dead, had a real impact on me, in many different ways. He was sorely missed.
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