Are the fans going to treat the ME series like Star Wars? (Prequel VS Original)

The prequel was a metric fuckton better than TFA, and it was as cringe-worthy as MEA in many cases. Diminishing expectations and depressed standards of quality are rampant these days, not that anyone gives a singular damn.

As for the subject of this thread, it is stupid, sorry.

Star Wars was around for over 20 years before the prequel dropped. I know, I was alive for all of it. Comparing Mass Effect to Star Wars in this way is, for lack of a more descriptive term, silly.

Maybe. Though at least ME OT is actually deep and layered, unlike the flat simplicity of Star Wars IV-VI. The extended universe always trounced the original trilogy because it had far better writing, pacing, and depth.

I like the OT... but isn't a perfect cinematic experience like some make it out to be.

OK yeh, I can see the similarities.

Peebee and Ja Ja Binks, both annoying as fuck.

Actually that's all I've got, tell you what though speaking of Star Wars what I wouldn't give for a proper droid squadmate like HK 47 from KOTOR.

If there is anymore to this series and it's the same "quality" as this trainwreck/planecrash, it will always be inferior. Even with that full retard ending of ME3.

BS, it doesn't take thousands of hours to complete a game and get your moneys worth. It would take 125 days (over 4 months), playing 8 solid hours EVERY DAY to equal a thousand hours. Who plays that much? Obsessed fanbois that love a game.

I'm talking about people that aren't just completing the game, they have played for hours and hours and hours, day in and day out, months, even years, complaining about every little thing they "hate" but just cant stop playing. Its the same as some people did with ME3, they complained about everything they possibly could as they played it for years and many of them are probably on here doing the same thing. The reason there is no longer a Official Bioware forum is because the people were so toxic during ME3 and the so called "fanbase" was (and still is) huge.

Hypocrites.
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they got their moneys worth and STILL 

I am, that's for sure. While I don't feel it "raped my childhood", I do feel a deep sense of disappointment at them. BioWare should'a looked at this game and said, "It's crap?!" and started over.

To be quite fair, it was virtually impossible for MEA to recapture the awe and wonder of ME1. Not only was that the game that established the franchise, but that was the first modern BioWare RPG. ME1 had the first voiced protagonist for BioWare. ME1 had the dialogue wheel. ME1 was set up to be the start of a trilogy, where one's choices would have consequence and affect the next two games. There were so many firsts with ME1, regardless of its horrible combat and empty open worlds, that it was a game changer for western RPGs. Mass Effect was so successful that it even affected the Dragon Age franchise after DAO.

I never had expectations that MEA was ever really going to "reinvent the wheel." What I was hoping for was taking the best aspects of each ME game while also adding new features. MEA largely did that, albeit the execution was less than stellar in some areas. BioWare definitely stumbled here and there, but MEA is still very much a Mass Effect game. I also invested well over 100 hours on my first PT on Insanity (I spent half of that in each of the previous games) and I enjoyed every minute of it. I was just happy to be in one of my favorite franchises again. Moving forward, hopefully BioWare can improve on what I believe is a solid foundation and truly make the amazing game everybody wanted. That's what happened for many with ME2 after all.

They already do.

I did say that Andromeda is really the Force Awakens of Mass Effect.

But Synthesis already has a lock on the care bear stare.

As for hate spreading, there was never any stopping that. The fanbase is not unlike the scourge.

this post, lol. pantherdane, you just spewed some toxicity, no irony in that right?

Truth be told, I think it was less for BioWare about really doing something "new" and having an excuse for the game to not be called "ME4." The game is really just the "best of" the original trilogy plus some new features. BioWare knew the comparisons would happen, but some separation from the original trilogy likely made it easier on the team to not chase hype and anticipation they could never reach. I love Ryder's personality, and I think the VA is spot on. The sarcasm and constant quips is right up my ally, largely because that's the kind of sense of humor I have, so I can really connect. Geralt will always be one of my favorites as well, largely because I started with the original Witcher game and saw him grow and develop over the course of the trilogy. I always chose his dry humor option as well, to give a bit a humor to what many would have thought was an emotionless character.