Mass Effect News Thread

In Eurogamer's interview with Peter Moore, they had this unintentionally funny tidbit...
www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-08-18-eas-peter-moore-im-not-sure-video-game-press-conferences-have-a-future

Eurogamer: Back at E3 you guys showed a pretty broad range of things, we had smaller projects in the vein of Unravel, a look at Mass Effect, Star Wars... If not at gamescom, when might we hear more about those other projects?

Moore: Well... first of all I'm here to speak about competitive gaming, really. But secondly, if you're a Mass Effect fan you know what BioWare does - they're like the chef cooking in the kitchen for as long as it takes. We leave them alone, the game's still on target, and I'd say six, seven months out you'll begin to hear more.


- Hmm... sooo... we'll begin to hear more about the game the day it's released? 

He's just confusing the release date with when the information is supposed to start rolling out (this fall).

Somehow that wouldn't surprise me lol.


Good to know EA is kinda leaving them alone to do their thing though. 

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Bio keeps contact with EA at least on a weekly basis (read that somewhere). Having managed complex projects, weekly updates this
far out from game launch is unusual. Or, perhaps it is, due to the game being delayed, once.

We all work/worked in a hierarchical command structure. Senior management does not like surprises that hit the revenue forecast or
cost projections.

I hope that was just a slip of the tongue... . Although the gamer in me is saying that I wouldn't mind if they did that.

I hope they're not gonna Beyonce this like they did with Jaws of Hakkon lol jk. 


Morning: Oh there's a DAI update

Early afternoon: THESE ACHIEVEMENTS LOOK SUSPICIOUSLY NEW

Afternoon: IS THERE DLC COMING!?!?!

Late afternoon: DLC announcement

Midnight: downloading

Jos@Sjosz
For the work I'm doing right now, I'm having to reach out to a lot of my co-workers in various departments. I am lucky to work with them.

Jos@Sjosz
Collaboration, communication, and it being okay to ask questions that you might think are dumb is so very important.

Jos@Sjosz
A for instance: Today I learned there is a property flag on placed enemies that toggles an important value override. I never knew.

Jos@Sjosz
Had I not asked one of the gameplay designers about it, I wouldn't have known, and wrestled with the issues not knowing that causes longer.

Jos@Sjosz
If you are an aspiring developer, don't be afraid to ask questions. I'm over a decade into my career & I need to ask questions all the time.

Jos@Sjosz
Asking questions is hard, but it is a necessary part of the process. Everyone is better for asking questions.

Jos@Sjosz
And, importantly, you asking a question may lead to realization on others' parts that some things could be better, clearer, explained.

That would suck for those of us who insist on having a physical copy.

ME Remaster: Well, yesss, Soderlund. There is a market for a remaster. I'm just nobody. I don't have analytics and whatnot, but I do have eyeballs. I could see the fans begging for this 2 years ago. Sure, it's anecdotal and not necessarily representative of a larger market....except it actually was representative. It was obvious. On the BSN at least....

MGS Comparison: Please no?

Moore on..whatever it is he's talking about, Idk if he knows what he's talking about. And that does not instill confidence in me.

Michael Gamble ‏@gamblemike
Now at the part of the project where I stop playing other games, and only play our game, every day for months. It's incredible.

Sssooo............ next month?