Mass Effect News Thread

Karin Weekes ‏@karinweekes
... as poor @el_cormier wonders what previous-life transgression he's being punished for by his desk ending up next to mine.

Cori Nicole May ‏@genevrael
...and mine, what with spontaneous and inexpert singing, and the constant stream of obscenities.

I follow several folks at DICE and occasionally see a Bioware mention:

Johan Andersson ‏@repi (Sep 7)

Had a few super creative & technical days in Montreal w/ our new Motive team & studio, the Mass Effect team at BioWare as well as Frostbite

Ben Gelinas ‏@bengelinas
Where mass is X, known volume and density have an effect.



Ben Gelinas ‏@bengelinas
Growing up in the Catholic Church, Sunday mass really had an effect on me.


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Lee Kaburis@lkaburis
Well that was a good week on #MEAndromeda. 4K, character info, and @gamblemike 's favorite...romance

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Ian S. Frazier@tibermoon
"Yup, the camera changes with context in various ways. What you see here is the default  exploration cam"


Restricted camera angles are a pet peeve of mine., as I prefer a free camera, controlled by the player. Ian, above, is referring to
the the recent Mass Effect: Andromeda 4K HDR video from the Sony Presentation.  Now, I'm not sure what he means but if we
take the cut scenes out of the picture, what camera angles will we see based on context?

Will they be cinematic or like in multi camera TV shows where they zoom in on a character that is speaking? Side views and rear
views.  What about combat? Which reminds me, will there be a PAUSE?.. a TAC cam?

Definitely something to look into.

 Doom's guy seal of approval

#Shouldthatbepurple ....

Luca Diana ‏@the_Elder_King
@macwalterslives Hi Mac, I read in a article that you'll be able to play both Ryder siblings. Is it true or just the article's speculation?

Mac Walters @macwalterslives
They are both playable. But you will chose whom to play as at the start.

Is the UBSN run from a tree, then? Because the name is so, so fitting.

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Which leads me to ask.
"Will the two intersect from time to time and talk to one another?"
and if so,
"Will my customized oriental face be reflected in my sibling?"

ie: if I choose for the bro to be black, will my sister be seen as black as well?

Well I think for the most part he means the camera will shift placement based off if your 'exploring' or in combat. That is, weapons away, weapons out. Mass Effect 1 did this, ME2/3 did as well but due to RAM limitations (due to needing more animations present for vaulting and such) they never load the non-combat walking animations. That's all a non-issue now on the current generation since they didn't skimp on RAM for once in a consoles life.

So we'll finally be going back to not having our weapons out 24/7 during missions and there can be actual down time in missions that aren't entirely cutscene driven or requiring a clever load of swapping animations out. Past that cutscenes looked normal, I'd imagine it's gonna be same as past games, same as DAI more or less as far as how all thats handled.

'TAC Cam' though, no idea, but doubt it? Semi-hope it's in though... sort of. Mass Effect has never allowed direct control over squadmates and has never had a tactical cam. Though I do remember that was a feature they messed with back in ME1 development. Hell they showcased it in the earliest of early demos prior to getting rid of it. Considering how much they've gone back to the drawing board and looked at ME1 as 'original ideas they couldn't do' and are actually trying to do those it's possible.

Course, that said we're 4 games in, adding a tactical camera and full squad support could be a tad odd for that style of game.

edit: Also, yay for Mac confirming we only play 1 Sibling. It seemed kind of obvious, but the speculation goes places.