The Mass Effect ending support group

We can't "unpack" in a trailer, based on future information, that hasn't been disclosed. We can either unpack, or we can't.

I can already see the full spectrum of the bellyache rainbow. The one I’d be most curious to see would be the complaints about how they didn’t also expand and fix the option that’s left. “Destroy still sucks. Shepard’s just a heaving torso.”

Cutting content would be remake territory, so that was never on the table for the LE.

To get this back to the support group theme: BioWare made their decision on the ending already twice and won't change it anymore. The only thing fans can hope for - if that ending still irks one -  is IMO that they pick an interesting premise/setting for the next game.

That’s just it. The more ambitious elements of this particular world state are likely not something I see BioWare willing to explore. This is why I think they’ll just maintain the status quo and use a post-Destroy world state. 

What’s the alternative? In the end, someone’s choices are getting shafted no matter what. 

Sure, but that ship has sailed. All we have to work with now is the hand BioWare’s dealt us with that teaser. 

Frankly, I don’t think they really have it in them to even do it, but after the ME3 backlash and how poorly their attempt to shake things up was received, I think they’re going to keep things as safe as possible. 

Remember, this group setting is about accepting that they start fresh and getting over (old) gripes. ;-)

About developing an open mind for the next game.

Seems like we need some more sessions.

Disagree entirely. SWTOR should have been the one cut loose since it’s already had its time.

So their solution to fucking over a group of fans is to fuck over a different group of fans? That’s idiotic.
Maybe the people who say BioWare should be shut down have a point if that’s their strategy moving forward.

I can’t really speak on SWTOR, since I’ve never played it, but I’m going to guess here that the maintenance and updates of a now-decade old MMO is probably a great deal less than the full production of a new IP from the ground up. That being said, it was clear that Anthem was fundamentally broken as a product. Whatever semblance of a narrative it had was anemic to say the least, its characters were barebones outlines and its character and loot progression was laughably shallow. This was probably the first BioWare game I ever played where every single character failed to have any meaningful presence. My expectations were low, because live service games always just use story content as window dressing for its intended purpose, which is just grinding for loot and playing with other people, but it didn’t even do THAT right. To fix this game, it would need to be torn down and rebuilt with an entire production to really get this thing to seem like a meaningful product. Frankly, I think it was too little too late. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it came down to having to choose between fixing Anthem and attempting to win back its player base, or actually get to work on its flagship IP’s. 

Whatever fans were left of Anthem were already fucked over a long time ago. 

It doesn’t matter if any of us are concerned about fan reception or not, because it’s clear that EA/BioWare are. If they weren’t, Andromeda would’ve gotten continued support, and we wouldn’t be looking at a Liara-centric teaser now. Heck, going to Andromeda is easily the soundest solution to avoiding the complications of the endings while also moving forward instead of doing prequel or midquel content, yet here we are. It’d be hilarious if people hate this too, so they end up going back to Andromeda.