New Mass Effect Teaser Trailer

That happens when your output goes from 1 game per 1-2 years (1998 to 2012) to one game very 2.5-3 years (2014 to 2019).

I can understand that...

But for me, at first I was happy to see her. But now, I actually have a feeling of sadness to see her being so old. We're so used to the sweet and soft young Liara, who knows what she's like now. She's a fictional character, but the idea that she's going to die of old age simply makes me sad. I guess I like her too much even though she doesn't really exist lol.


She might not even be in the spotlight at all by the way. Look at Andromeda, where Ryder (the father) was used as a reference for the first trailers, but *SPOILERS* ends up *END OF SPOILERS*. It's quite possible she's just there as a cameo or a background role like Hackett. 

I love how people assume that Liara is magically a lot older in the trailer when it could literally just be the lighting and different rendering for the trailer.

Game Informer @gameinformer
A few BioWare veterans are returning to the studio for the new Mass Effect game:
gameinformer.com/2020/12/15/several-bioware-veterans-return-for-new-mass-effect-game

If some of these names don't sound familiar, here's a quick breakdown of who is who:

Derek Watts
Watts is the original Art Director for the Mass Effect series

Brenon Holmes
Holmes has worked on the entire Mass Effect trilogy, Dragon Age Inquisition and Origins, Andromeda, and more dating all the way back to Baldur's Gate II. He's a lifelong BioWare staple and intimately familiar with all of the evolutions this studio has undergone

Parish Ley
Ley was the cinematic direct for the Mass Effect trilogy and he is returning to BioWare and the series specifically to bring back his vision for the new game
Gamble also notes that he was the mastermind behind many key moments that Mass Effect fans love

Dusty Everman
Everman was a key person when it came to bringing the vision of the original Normandy to life in the first Mass Effect game
He left BioWare back in 2015, like Ley, but is returning to add his talents to the new Mass Effect game

Holmes and Watts never left the studio, though they did work on other franchises, but Everman and Ley are both returning to the BioWare fold for more Mass Effect goodness.


Michael Gamble @gamblemike
There are a few more that we aren't announcing yet.

Which could easily mean the opposite (destroyed relays in recent times not necessarily 100s of years in the future) but once people reach a popular conclusion they stick with it.

Doesn't all the fresh debris indicate the opposite? If a lot of time had passed, the debris would be cleaned up, taken apart, or buried under sediment. The relay debris would be spinning less and be more stable from the loss of momentum after pieces hitting/bumping into each other after many years. 

I feel like a broken record player.

I will quote someone I found in the comments of an analysis video;

"I'm still on the fence about the "Liara is old" theory. People point to the wrinkles as an indication that she's older, but we've actually seen Liara with laugh lines and faint wrinklse when she smiles in ME3, and she was 109 years old then. We also have to keep in mind that asari don't age the same way humans do. For instance, Samara is a nearly thousand year old matriarch, but she doesn't look a day past 40. Same with Aria T'Loak. Point is, some asari have wrinkles, while others don't. But they're not a reliable indication of their age.



I'd reckon that what we saw in the trailer is just a next gen graphics thing. Even if Liara is hundreds of years older though, that begs the question: why are there dead reapers and a broken mass relay after so long? And if that N7 armour belongs to Shepard, why is she looking for their remains after so long? I personally don't think there's that big of a time jump with where they're headed in this sequel. We'll have to wait and see.
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You can look back at old clips of the trilogy especially ME3 when Liara smiles and there's noticeable "aging lines". The Asari clearly don't age the same way as humans. 

Also it cannot be the only logical conclusion since logic dictates the only other time we saw a dead reaper, it was nowhere near as in tact and if 100s of years had passed, why has the debris not been cleaned up? I am not saying conclusively whether or not the timeskip will/is short or very long, but jumping to a single conclusion because of a single trailer is not exactly logical considering arguments can be made and fashioned for either side.

Seems like their trying, which ultimately, will make the final product even more disappointing IF they don't deliver, imo. 

Cyberpunk is a terrible example, you should look at the other games released within the last few months. But to answer your question, probably through 2021, especially in light of the supply issues the industry is having with hardware. I wouldn't bet on anything beyond that.

Did you drop the "1" from your old name?

I don't feel that way. I think, as others have implied, Liara is becoming the Varric of Mass Effect, which would separate her from a specific PC and turn her into a symbol of the series itself.

You would think people in this fanbase would have learned a decade ago to not take anything the Devs say at face value. I remember being very young on the original bioware forums in the early 2010s (right after ME3 had dropped and I played it first in 2013) and the Devs, specifically Gamble were very active there and everything was taken at face value despite many contradictions thereafter. The only thing they were consistent with was the multiplayer.

Too bad Chris L'Etoille isn't among them, would like to see 'alien' aliens again as opposed to what we got in Andromeda.