The Potential of Star Citizen Could Really Help Evolve Mass Effect Going Forward

Well, I think think treads of the "What can <BioWare game> learn from <some other game>?" rarely go well, and this doesn't seem like an exception.

In the end, they are very different things with very different target audiences, so whatever one can learn from the other is kinda limited to begin with.

I do wonder though how many people think that Star Citizen is a scam or a fool's errand, but the Andromeda Initiative is a perfectly sane thing to back financially or even bank your life on as a colonist.

In a way, both are about leaving a safe comfort zone and reaching for the stars, except one is happening in real life.

I think if BioWare tried any of the money making techniques they have used for Star Citizen I would expect these forums to burn hotter then the sun. Can you imagine what people would do if BioWare offered limited edition $100 squadmate with no release date in sight?

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I just did a Google search and they had a ship for $2,500 with a limited supply of 200 and another at $1,250 that has limited availability, but seems to be released at irregular basis and this information is two years old.

They are both games set in space with a customizable ship, customizable land vehicle, and customizable character with customizable weapon load outs.  Mass Effect just happens to be much smaller in scale due to a much more intricate story.  Why does it have to be limited, and why does Mass Effect have to stay same as it was the last three games.  I never understand when people want a game to stay within its limitations.  


Having the ability to hop into the Nomad and seamlessly drive it into the tempest then seamlessly get out and walk to the bridge then seamlessly take off from the planet, fly around orbit freely, and manually point to your next destination to seamlessly fly there with whole process happening in reverse until your feet hit the ground is not a pipe dream for mass effect.  

People buy Mass Effect because its a space scifi game.   Star Citizen is the same.   And besides, if you play Mass Effect solely for the story, the first three games' story was pretty mediocre

I like the concept of SC as a game, but I don't like the concept of a perpetual Kickstarter. To be honest, given the size and scope of SC, I don't think it's formula would work with a story driven game like MEA.

If nothing else, at least MEA has a release date.

I am a backer for Star Citizen and I think it is them that need to learn from Bioware lel

I would love to thousands of dollars for Mass Effect. In all seriousness Star Citizen is a scam and I want tto nothing from it in Mass Effect Andromeda.

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Oh for the days that alpha 3.0 and SQ42 are released to finally put a nail in the coffin of all the incessant moaning and negativity surrounding it.

I don't even have the desire to spend effort recounting every detail shared in the development over hundreds of videos, interviews, streams, and so on.

Suffice to say there will be a game (plural including single player and mmo first person universe), it will be awesome, and even if it ends up at 50% of what is idealised it will still blow everything out of the water.

You don't want seamless exploration going from one planet to another and instead prefer jarring cuts to black or loading screens?

ok

Actually it's star citizen that made me skeptic of the whole public founded games like no man's sky.

The game promote himself as the ultimate space game and in theory the game is all I ever wanted since I am a child. But there is the problem, it seems too good to be true. Infinite universe, subgame mode, huge graphism and a freaking space ship, adaptive economy.

I do not believe in wonders. Every game has its limits in the conception. If adding more perfect stuff there would be a clear recipe of how to make a good game, stuffing element and just make them better. But those that do that become mere clones. The best games are those who can have the best out of something.
Portzl 2 is minimalist in its conception, yet it is a excellent game
Botw is riddled with gameplay flaws but may be the first game doing an engaging openworld
Witcher 3 created a grim and passionating universe with a lot attention on quest
Mass Effect focus on the story and the companions
Dark Soul use one single combat mechanic and build a excellent saga around it
Call of Duty has created an enganging fps shooter style, other games keep recreating whitout success
Doom is an example of not copying Call of Duty.

All those games have one or two core focus, all other mechanics are here to support the game core not to add stuff in the games, and when it is the case it can be disappointing (usualy with bad inventory or crafting in RPG). It looks like Star Citizen try to be the best at everything, and I hope for those who invested a ton of money in it that it is won't be another no man's sky. However I think it will be the case.

Certainly by the time Star Citizen comes out at this rate Boiware would mostly have completedf their Andromeda trilogy/saga and moved onto the next project.

I have an Aurora LN in my Star Citizen hanger that fully agrees with this statement!

I'm starting to get those 'will it ever be released' type of vibes from SC.......hell, it's still running shoddy as hell on good hardware, and it's so far off finished it's not even funny.  

Squadron 42 was supposed to be out years ago....and the latest delay doesn't even give a delay period....c'mon RSI, get it done in 2017...surely?

I'm hoping Mr Roberts has some definitive release plans set in that ever-thinking noggin of his....it's making me a bit anxious if I'm being honest (it's my dream game in theory).