Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans?

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 9, 2016 14:56:36 GMT

Post by lezio on Nov 9, 2016 14:56:36 GMT

I mean, seeing how they were much more technologically advanced than "our" cycle, i think it would make some degree of sense, and i mean sense by Andromeda's standards, if they had developed a technology similiar to that of the Arc during the war against the Repears, and had used it as a fallback plan

So, i think, it wouldn't be too far-fetched if they found themselves in Andromeda, and once there tried to colonize the place and rebuild their society. Plus, from what we learn from Javik, we know their Empire wasn't all sunshines and rainbows before the war. They could provide the big, bad presence "there, but not there" that BW always likes to have in their games (Reapers, Darkspawn, Collectors, mage-templars ecc ecc)

Also, it would be kind of a cool throwback to ME1

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Post by Urizen on Nov 9, 2016 15:06:18 GMT

Let the Protheans rest in pieces. Not because I dislike the race, but more because of the fact that you then have to carry the baggage with you that is the Reapers.

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Post by ApocAlypsE on Nov 9, 2016 15:43:12 GMT

No god please no. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Seriously, give me something new, without Protheans, Reapers, etc.

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Post by Silcron on Nov 9, 2016 16:12:11 GMT

Let's go to a new galaxy to see new stuff, new species and oh...hi protheans. What's that, a couple of reapers followed you here too? Hmm, let's investigate that...oh wow, hi mr leviathan. Look guys, Mr Leviathan brought some quarians, geth, rachni...it's all of us together again.

Just one thing Mr Leviathan, did you really have to bring Cerberus too? I mean, there are humans who don't work for them, you know?

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 9, 2016 16:22:15 GMT Urizen, Element Zero, and 4 more like this

Post by LFS on Nov 9, 2016 16:22:15 GMT

Nov 9, 2016 16:13:34 GMT ArabianIGoggles said:

I'd like some sort of connection with the Milky Way.

There is already five Milky Way races--at least--going to Andromeda. That's plenty of connection. Maybe too much!

So to answer the OP's question (& as Ahriman put it) God no. Time to move on.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 9, 2016 16:31:10 GMT

Post by lezio on Nov 9, 2016 16:31:10 GMT

I'd like to point out i never mentioned the Reapers

Obviously they were too much for Bioware to handle, and should be left alone

Also

Nov 9, 2016 16:12:11 GMT Silcron said:

Let's go to a new galaxy to see new stuff, new species and oh...hi protheans. What's that, a couple of reapers followed you here too? Hmm, let's investigate that...oh wow, hi mr leviathan. Look guys, Mr Leviathan brought some quarians, geth, rachni...it's all of us together again.

Just one thing Mr Leviathan, did you really have to bring Cerberus too? I mean, there are humans who don't work for them, you know?

Maybe it's just me, but i really don't feel this need to explore "new species and new stuff", especially since the "old" hasn't really been explored in its entirety. Probably that's why i feel like having old-new faces play a big part of the next game wouldn't be so bad

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 9, 2016 17:12:00 GMT

Post by ravenous on Nov 9, 2016 17:12:00 GMT

I seriously hope that we don't have anything to do with the protheans or any of the old advanced races that was in the milky way galaxy, the AI is going to another galaxy with completely new races that we have never seen heard of. Like The Remnant I have heard of them before but nothing is known much about them yet I take it

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 9, 2016 21:57:52 GMT ArabianIGoggles likes this

Post by guanxi on Nov 9, 2016 21:57:52 GMT

I'm sure there will have been others throughout history... could you imagine if the Leviathans had fled the Reapers to Andromeda? Some interesting possibilities there - I for one hope we haven't seen the last of them. Would be a pretty cool plot twist to bring them back as the final antagonists in the series one day after we have explored more of Andromeda. I could certainly imagine them leaving a trail of dead civilizations (e.g. the Remnant) in their wake.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 9, 2016 22:25:09 GMT

Post by Xerxes52 on Nov 9, 2016 22:25:09 GMT

No thanks, I'd rather have all new enemy aliens to fight.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 9, 2016 22:47:10 GMT Element Zero and Nihilus like this

Post by capn233 on Nov 9, 2016 22:47:10 GMT

I don't know if Protheans traveling to Andromeda is more or less far-fetched than humans doing it in 2185, but I would prefer it if they didn't.

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Post by Element Zero on Nov 10, 2016 4:51:41 GMT

Protheans traveling to Andromeda seems like something Javik would've bragged about. I miss Javik. Time to fire up the trilogy.

No. Protheans in Andromeda is a terrible idea. I would not be pleased to see them. The last of them died heroically, setting the stage for our victory. Let them stay dead. Let's not ruin them the way Cerberus has been ruined.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 10, 2016 5:33:51 GMT

Post by Sartoz on Nov 10, 2016 5:33:51 GMT

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Are you referring to the Galactic Mystery that Mac / Flynn keep talking about?

It's speculative but I believe that Threat is for the next game. Andromeda deals with only local cluster issues, imo = mainly the Khet.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 10, 2016 6:03:45 GMT

Post by napoleon on Nov 10, 2016 6:03:45 GMT

Nov 9, 2016 15:02:57 GMT Ahriman said:

You should make a poll with "God no" as an option if you really want to know.

I second this. It would super lazy for Bioware to just copy pase the Protheans to this galaxy. I'm personally hoping for as little focus on ancient races as possible. I would much rather the game focus on the conflict between the native Andromeda races and the Milky Way invaders.

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Post by zipzap2000 on Nov 10, 2016 6:11:14 GMT

The last guy to suggest this wasn't seen for a while afterwards.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 10, 2016 6:31:29 GMT

Post by jediguardian on Nov 10, 2016 6:31:29 GMT

NO, Thank You.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 10, 2016 15:55:38 GMT LFS likes this

Post by Silcron on Nov 10, 2016 15:55:38 GMT

Nov 9, 2016 16:31:10 GMT lezio said:

I'd like to point out i never mentioned the Reapers

Obviously they were too much for Bioware to handle, and should be left alone

Also

Nov 9, 2016 16:12:11 GMT Silcron said:

Let's go to a new galaxy to see new stuff, new species and oh...hi protheans. What's that, a couple of reapers followed you here too? Hmm, let's investigate that...oh wow, hi mr leviathan. Look guys, Mr Leviathan brought some quarians, geth, rachni...it's all of us together again.

Just one thing Mr Leviathan, did you really have to bring Cerberus too? I mean, there are humans who don't work for them, you know?

Maybe it's just me, but i really don't feel this need to explore "new species and new stuff", especially since the "old" hasn't really been explored in its entirety. Probably that's why i feel like having old-new faces play a big part of the next game wouldn't be so bad

I don't mind old species showing up, it's kind of needed since we're coming from the Milky Way. My point was that if we take every single element into the new galaxy then it won't feel like a new galaxy at all. It'll just be Milky Way with a different name and new enemies. In other words, so we don't keep going back and forth, I'm happy with the kind of middle ground Bioware already seems to be doing, more to one side or the other and I think it wouldn't work.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 10, 2016 17:30:48 GMT zipzap2000 likes this

Post by Ivory Samoan on Nov 10, 2016 17:30:48 GMT

Remnant are the new Protheans.

Khett are the new Black.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 10, 2016 17:34:12 GMT

Post by ravenous on Nov 10, 2016 17:34:12 GMT

No just no on the prothean's

We have The Remnant I keep reading about here and there but nothing more, I predict that The Remnant will be the Andromeda Galaxies version of the Protheans and the Khet will be like the Turians at around the first contact war

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 10, 2016 21:27:36 GMT

Post by drrotinaj on Nov 10, 2016 21:27:36 GMT

Nah I don't want that. The only thing I like about Andromeda's premise is that Bioware gets to tell completely new stories that aren't restricted to the Milky Way lore. If Prothean ruins are a main part of Andromeda, what narrative reason would there be to justify leaving the Milky Way? It trivializes Andromeda's setting.

I would love to see the Protheans again though. Maybe a game set during the Prothean cycle. But ME has been a human story since day 1 so I don't see that happening.

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Post by Cirvante on Nov 11, 2016 3:33:30 GMT

Nope, no protheans pls. They've lost their mystery through Javik and have already been the bad guys as Collectors.

Now, if it was some other Milky Way species like the Inusannon, that'd be okay. We know next to nothing about them other than the fact that they came before the Protheans and had weird face tentacles.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 11, 2016 12:35:27 GMT

Post by hsomcokesniper on Nov 11, 2016 12:35:27 GMT

Nov 11, 2016 3:33:30 GMT Cirvante said:

Nope, no protheans pls. They've lost their mystery through Javik and have already been the bad guys as Collectors.

This.
They completely killed the intrique Protheans had in ME1. Let's have something new.

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Would you like it if Andromeda's 'evil presence in the background' were the Protheans? Nov 11, 2016 12:51:17 GMT

Post by Absafraginlootly on Nov 11, 2016 12:51:17 GMT

Nah, the protheans story is complete, Andromeda should have its own things.

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