Would you be in favor of more space gameplay in MEA?

Well, we had some space walking in the trilogy, and it generally was a nice break from the usual, so if they can make it work with the new movement system, sure...

To be fair the title of the thread does say "In MEA" =P

I remember hearing about the tempest flying thing, though it not being terribly fun is what I'd want to avoid happening.

I could go for it in future games though, especially once they've gotten used to working with the Frostbite engine.

Stuff like that would probalby be okay as a gimmick DLC, or a standalone game where they can focus on it.

There certainly is precedent for adding new game mechanics in DLC:



There can never be too much space! This is still one of my favorite moments in the Mass Effect trilogy:

That game already exists. The actual spiritual successor to Wing Commander:



Granted, it's PC-only and who knows when it will be done, but it's there... I wouldn't mind BioWare taking some ideas from Star Citizen though.

The space sections at the beginning of Dead Space 3 were the only part of that game I loved. I would adore for Mass Effect for import some of those gameplay mechanics, mostly the jetpacking in between ships and derelicts.

Loved that armor!
I completed the whole game using it. Definitely the prettier in DS.

While i would love to see something like what Dead Space did, i have to wonder if Bioware would be able to do it on top of everything else. Mac even said that they tried doing it but had to cut if from the game.

I refuse to spend a dime on Star Citizen until Chris Roberts is actually serious about a release date. I'll definitely buy the game, but when it actually releases. That's definitely an interesting idea though, with regard to the spinoff ME game. I'm not sure if BioWare would be able to pull off doing main series games as well as spinoffs. It might make more sense for another studio to consider the possibility, similar to Visceral Games doing Battlefield: Hardline.

Agreed. The beginning of DS3 was amazing. The rest of the game... had a lot to be desired. I think the jump jet solidifies even more the reason for BioWare to consider doing something like this. Especially with how DS3 incorporated it, the zero g zones were largely just exploration areas.

That's rather vague. As I said, Mass Effect already has dabbled in this a little bit. I don't think it would be unreasonable to go another step.

Me too! The N7 armor was by far the best bonus armor you could obtain in that game.

I think something like this (assuming they don't have any space gameplay in MEA) would certainly be possible in the future. MEA will be a solid foundation for BioWare to build future Mass Effect games. You have to remember that MEA was really starting from scratch for BioWare. Now that they will have a template, it will take far less time for BioWare to build these kinds of ambitious games as they won't be switching engines and having to recreate all of their assets.

Both. Why not?

I love space simulators. I wish there were more out there, and specifically I wish Chris Roberts would stop delaying the game! I'm just hoping it will be released by 2020. So far, I think Cyberpunk 2077 actually might release before Star Citizen.

I definitely would like to see ship combat in a Mass Effect game. I think it would fit perfectly, even if it wasn't necessarily a full-on space simulator. At the very least, it looks like "MEA2" may allow us to fly the Tempest, so that's a step in the right direction. I think it's just going to be one of those features that slowly gets improved and upgraded over time until BioWare fully fleshes it out.

Yup, that form of dynamic gameplay would be very nice...

Another aspect comes to mind: ME was always trying to be more "realistic" as far as space battles go... dealing with stuff like heat, visibility and distances. That would be another possible source of more tactical - almost submarine like - style of ship to ship combat.

Absolutely!

I wrote this thread pretty recently with the same thing in mind.


bsn.boards.net/thread/4138/gravity