Aaryn Flynn talks to Gameinformer about Andromeda and "New-IP" for 31 minutes

Nope, my comments were not rude. 

Protip: Look for the topic "A list of lies we were fed" on this board. Those were the grounds I was banned for, and Priestly was a douchebag about it.

There is no way the actual reviews or metacritic scores will paint this game in a negative light. I generally disagree with the 9/10s and especially the insane 10/10s people gave ME3 and I'd give DA:I a 7 rather than anything above, but honestly, I think you can have a 9/10 game that's still bad because in contrast to other really, really good games it's just not quite up there.

I don't expect ME:A to score below 8/10 even with as little as we know, that's not what I'm afraid of. It's just that strictly by my own sensibilities the game will feel lame or something.

PPffffhfhphfphf. Dude, DA:I is not about whether YOU believe or not. It's an examination of where belief came from IRL via extensive fictional lore, with applicability to real life history and I guess present day as well.

DA2 largely focuses on how religion can lead to society and tranuquility (as opposed to tranquils) but also obsessive extremist thinking, and DA:I is about multiple things regarding faith. There's the simple-to-get surface story of how faith can (or can not) help people achieve big things by going with their beliefs (why I consider Cassandra the protagonist honestly) and then on an allegorical level it's about how the myth of Jesus came to be basically, or so I believe. Well, not allegory, but applicability once more (I won't offend you Toklien!)

I also think I know exactly where the grand story for DA-verse is going, or at least where it was going when David Gaider directed it. Eventually we're going to learn how the stories of Maker and Andraste were myths made from, essentially witness accounts of, the Elven Gods who were all people that used magic and there were also hints in DA:I and The Descent of what Lyrium is and where it came from and the connection to the fade. Eventually I imagine it would arrive at a sort of conclusion where it turns out everything is intertwined but seen by different viewpoints and made into myths that spread through hearesay and writing just as in real life and then it formed society by and large, where some used it for good while others abuse it for power. You can definitely see the connections between where faith and superstition come from in the whole "Herald of Andraste walked out of the fade" mystery DA:I depicts, as a parallel to what probably happened back in the day when the first stories of the Maker were formed.

I actually think that alone made DA:I worthwhile and it's my number one No-no when people on NeoGAF or elsewhere say that Gaider is a "shitty writer". He understands subtext, he just generally fails when it comes to depicting conflict in a grounded fashion like when Meredith and Orsino yell at each other or any "You mages are so evil! No you Templars are more evil! GRRR!" situation, but he does understand how to present a theme without telling the viewer what they should feel like a Nolan movie.

And I love Sera too. It's important when you have two polarizing viewpoints to have someone who does not fit into it, just like how Ashley was a controversial racist friend in ME1. You need to have those crew members that make you a little uncomfortable by straying from the streamlined theme. I also just like Sera because no part of her arc involves changing her because Player1 is fantastic. She has her ways and you can compliment her or hate her for it, but she stands firm and reacts to your opinions as she would as her own character. Solas also fits into that category... but certain squaddies fall into the "What would i have done if not for Player1!" cliches which I hate.

The only part of this I disagree with is that I don't think the nature of the Maker was ever intended to be directly addressed.  I think it would be up to the player to decide the "truth" of that matter.  The ultimate examination of belief.

Hey, while you're predicting the future, can I have next week's lottery numbers?

Well, here's a fact for ya:  I already pre-ordered a game due out in 1Q 2017.  But it's not set in Andromeda.  It's set on Earth, a billion years in the future. I predict that it will take me a good long time to finish it too, based on the Early Access I've been playing around with.  

 If I do get Andromeda, it will be after I have thoroughly spoiled myself regarding the game.  Just as I did with DAI.  Because, as noted, they lost my trust.

Yeah, I think they would leave it ambiguous but I do think DA4 and 5 under Gaider's direction would ideally have gotten really close to the "big bang" of what created the Dragon Age universe as we know it, because that's sort of the direction the series has gone through with DA2 and DA:I with how much they're casting light over the Eluvians and Elven mythos now and the Trespasser ending revealed some pretty revelatory stuff about the world.

I've regarded Andromeda with a healthy amount of skepticism considering the marketing of ME3 versus what was actually delivered. I was heartened by Flynn's talk of going back to ME1 and trying to bring out more of what they were going for when they started establishing the game universe. Perhaps it will be a return to more world-building and adherence to lore rather than nonsensical "rule of cool" wow moments that totally ignore the positives of an immersive setting. Plus he mentioned bringing in developers who were fans of the older ME games and learning from them a new perspective.

So maybe, just maybe, there's less chance of Walter's "lore be damned" story telling tendencies.

Only time will tell.

I think because he doesn't want to buy a Bioware game without knowing something like ME3 would happen again. While there's the negative side of being spoiled, he avoids the negative part of feeling how he felt during ME3, while playing, with all the emotional investment you might have while playing.

Also, as a general rule, people don't all feel the same in regards of spoilers. For some, knowing how a story or plot goes doesn't make it less enjoyable.

By the time he started talking about new IP I stopped listening. Did he tell anything concrete?

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