The Pyjack's Den! The ME News Discussion Thread

It would be kinda funny if that was Liara wearing N7 stylized coat, forever a shepard psycho fan.

Stargate Atlantis did something similar by creating a bridge of stargates between the Milky Way and the Pegasus galaxy. They pretty quickly destroyed it, from what I remember, though, because it made things too convenient and undermined any future danger Atlantis would be in because of their isolation if they had easy access to everything they would need from back home.  All they had left after that were the FTL ships that took weeks to fly between the galaxies. Still cut a bit of the tension but weeks of travel plus limited space to carry supplies and personnel did help to keep Atlantis somewhat isolated and reliant on itself.


The little nod the character gives before taking the gun out and walking away feels to me like they just said something to someone off camera, so maybe we'll get a later teaser that also includes words.

Geth in a knight looking suit and Angara are spotted!

The first things to actually have me excited from the stuff today!

It looks like to me like they’ll be leaning away from the “frontier” themes of Andromeda and more into the seedy semi-Cyberpunk underworld vibes of ME2

I dig it.

I’m curious if the coat is a specific character outfit or a sign that we’ll have more versatility in our look than the hardsuits we’ve typically seen.

The design of the suit gives agent/assassin type of vibe

Mark Meer @ Mark_Meer
UPDATE: We’ll also have @masseffect cast members @courtenaytaylor @kimberlydbrooks and @mrdcdouglas joining us on @jhaletweets’ YouTube channel on Sunday, Nov 12 at 1pm PT! 😃

Michael Gamble @gamblemike
for those who have asked: yes, its in engine.

Gabriel F. 🦋 @grlfreitas2
Now the big question... WHICH engine?

Michael Gamble @gamblemike
a V12

Nico @vuashion
Okay but what about concept arts this year?

Michael Gamble @gamblemike
ok

Sooooo....

I guess a couple of general thoughts. First the protagonist, if that is indeed them, I think is going to be a brand new character. Only thing that makes any logical sense really. The What about S line was clearly a joke referencing the first game so even if we get Shepard in the game then I don't think this is evidence pointing towards it. But an N7 without their face shown and hmmm how to say this...not even any specific in regards to gender pretty much screams 'new player character' to me. Also don't pin it on being Ryder for various reasons...hmm sometimes I wonder where I should put various points in my main points...but just that given the long time since Andromed and, no matter what happens with bridging the two galaxies (which seems more likely now) this game does not seem a very Ryder game to be in.

Which does actually form an interesting segue since for such a little clip there is a lot to chew on. Reminds me of Omega. Reminds me of a definite seedier area. And the 'duster' 'trench coat' or what have you with the character pulling out a pistol and holding it down like that gives off a very certain vibe. SInce I am playing the game right now the first thing I thought of was Fallout New Vegas. But Cyberpunk is also a good candidate for it as well as would the GTA and Saints Rows of the world. I will admit though just with the teaser in general and it being ME there would be a certain appeal in being a character operating in the seedy underbelly of the galaxy(ies) in order to get a job done rather then being an explorer or a spec ops agent it could work. In my mind this kind of makes the N7 organization now a more multi species and mercenary affair like the Courier in New Vegas. Assuming of course that this isn't just a random piece of armor your character can wear and they have nothing to do with the N7s but the idea of the N7s becoming sort of guns for hire, elite guns for hire, in the wake of the Reaper War again could really work. Couple it with the idea that this is in a post ME 3 galaxy(ies) it could really work given the galaxy still could be rebuilding which would provide plenty of opprotunity for branching and role playing and an interesting nuanced story instead of the very high level Andromeda story of just being big good explorers. Which again I loved Andromeda but this could...work. Kadara was one of my favorites. However my concerns remain largely the same with what I had with both 'Joplin' or Cyberpunk or the GTAs of the world. That we will be forced to be some kind of theief or criminal element and other similar issues. Sure way too early to tell (which kind of makes all this speculation kind of silly but *shrugs*) but given BioWare's almost track record with DA 4 and given that Cyberpunk was, at least supposed, to be the next big thing in gaming its also the next big thing that BioWare might want to ape. The good news though is ME has not been Cyberpunk (as in the genre) so we're unlikely to get a lot of the more weirder cybernetic stuff that is also a personal turn off of the genre for me.

Since we have never seen a trenchcoat in the setting before, this look super weird. Spacesuit fashion when up to 11 in 600 years.

Yeah, as much fun as these teases are, I have to remind myself how far out the game is. And I worry the vagueness of a lot of this will get people attached to their theories only to be disappointed years later.