Continuous story? or One game One Hero

Wait. What?

I need to get used to this forum.

Thanks!

i prefer one protag over a new one in every game. both sides have their pros and cons, i personally like spending more time with one character than having a new one over and over.
makes me feel more connected and all that jazz.

I would prefer MEA to be like the last trilogy but I think Bioware is too lazy to make MEA where we can Import our save games for everyone's decision to matter in the next game I mean maybe that's why Bioware killed off commander shepherd in the first place am I right? just my opinion and I'm just speculating.

One continuous story, please. It stretches the imagination when in every game there are 10 new people who are capable of saving the world all by themselves, 3 sequels in. Feels like it dilutes the threat when so many people are capable of defeating it.

A good main character that really resonates with people is not easy to come by. So if you manage to make one, you might want to hold on to it an extra game, or maybe two. The truth is, it's still the main character that pulls people in and helps people connect, not just the setting.

The ones that carry over are the ones that become iconic--Master Chief; Lara Croft; Drake; Shepard; even the AC series with Ezio. Since Ezio wrapped up, it's been a real hit or miss endeavor with their Protags. And that has impacted people's view of the game as a whole.

So, having two or three games with the same PC, I think, is a better move overall. I mean, I can appreciate DA;s approach, too. It is kind of fun and exciting wondering who the new PC is going to be; meeting them for the first time-hearing their voice; getting to know them. And it can give you a different perspective.

Overall, though, a continuous PC--even if it's only two games instead of trilogy--edges out the new PC every game approach for me.

If that's an issue, seems to me the best solution would be to simply not make the stories involve saving the world....

I think the story of ME:A will wrap up so that Ryder's story can continue, however, if the character doesn't prove popular, the ending will be enough to leave the character alone & I think that would be a better way. As settling in a character for a trilogy can be good but it can also get a bit ott especially if the writers increase the threat every single game.
Likewise, with DA's approach, I feel as though the team locked themselves into a corner with that, as in my opinion HoF would have been the best character to run as a main protag, but the writers have left them in the 'could be dead' pile, resulting in nothing more than extended cameos for those characters. Hawke was - in my opinion - set up to take over as a main protag, but, there was too much noise wanting a racial choice (something I prefer) & as for the Inquisitor, by the time DA:I rolled around it was already setup as a new character for each game so something had to be done to make sure their story ended in Trespasser.

In short, neither option is a particularly bad one & ME of the future, can develop either way, it just depends on the fan reaction.


Just my opinion.

I'm not that bothered whether we have the same protagonist, what I enjoyed about the ME trilogy was seeing the same characters in every game. Catching up with Aria, Anderson, Garrus etc....it was great and it was cool to have my buddies back.

I don't have to be playing the same person, but I'd like many of the characters to be the same.

I do think it's important though that BioWare don't get trapped into another trilogy. Just let the story roll on in any way they see fit, like DA. Then we won't all be waiting with baited breath for the 'finale'.

Of course, we're prolly thinking about this all wrong. We're thinking that if it is one continuous story, that means that it'll have characters that cross over, just as ME. While it might have some, I don't really think it'll have that many. If it is set years apart (say, 2-3 years like ME was), how many of us can say that we keep our friends for that long? Sure, we have our close friends, but those have been friends since forever. People come and go in our lives continuously. I think that's going to be the major hitting point of ME:A (and beyond) if they decide to to make it a continuous story.

One hero for every game or a new one would depend on what is being told. Shepard worked well for ME because you had a Reaper threat and this huge buildup. However if say the developers had decided to have a singular big bad or maybe a group and every game was the hero dealing with said member of group because X reason (i.e. they killed my family bruh!), then a different protagonist works fine. I mean you have galaxies to explore, there are unlimited stories and adventures developers could play around with that could easily create an enjoyable game. But if ME:A is going to be a setup for something similar to the Reapers, then a continuous hero makes much more sense in that they need to get to a point they can handle/deal with said threat and become a force to be reckoned with.