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[shumworld]

I look at it as a combination of Star Wars and Star Trek.

[CroGamer002]

Mass Effect is made by every possible Sci-Fi and RPG cliche and made something very original.

What did Spoony said for that?

[KainrycKarr]

Everything(except Halo, because Halo is lame.).

[Fredvdp]

I've never seen the Star Trek TV series but I saw some of the movies and there were some similarities. This is a no spoiler forum so I'll just warn you all MINOR ME2 AND STAR TREK SPOILERS. Highlight to reveal:  Spock and Shepard both dying and bein resurrected. The Borg in First Contact reminded me a little of the geth but also of indoctrination.

There's also some 2001: a Space Odyssey in there. The fear of artificial intelligence and the EDI - HAL connection. Joker even refers to the song HAL sings in 2001.

The music was inspired by Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack.

Modifié par Fredvdp, 17 décembre 2010 - 11:10 .

[PiEman]

Short version: The eighties.



Long version: Science fiction from the eighties.

[Saren100]

Since 2001 Space oddesey and Star wars were inspired by the movies made by Pavel Klushantsev



I think that the movies Road to the Stars” and 1962’s “Planet of Storms inspired mass effect.



Also a kotor that was more like mass effect in terms of gameplay would be awesome.

[TheNexus]

Haven't read the thread yet but I'm just gonna make a list of basic well known sci-fi media:



Star Wars, Star Trek, Firefly, Bladerunner, Fifth Element, Battlestar Galactica, Halo...etc. etc. etc.



I can tell through a lot of the dialogue that the Bioware team are total sci-fi geeks.

[amandaronan_1]

 Is mass effect (1st one) any good?

[Dominus]

It reminds me of an IGN interview of blizzard talking about the original Starcraft development - at least from what I remember, they were given the opportunity to do some licensed properties with star wars, but decided to try their own material instead. They'd managed well with warcraft at that point, so why not? The industry may have been a very different place had that been changed...



I'm glad bioware has been crafting their own IPs, from Jade Empire to whatever comes in the future. Oh yeah, what inspired mass effect... perhaps someone was "experimenting" and saw a giant robot lobster in the sky? :-)

[TheNexus]

amandaronan_1 wrote...

 Is mass effect (1st one) any good?

Oh yeah, some people think it's better than ME2.

Not me personally, but some do. They are pretty different games honestly.

[didymos1120]

So many different things, TVTropes had to break it down into alphabetically organized chunks:

http://tvtropes.org/...Main/MassEffect

And I'm sure they're still missing a bunch of things too.

[llinsane1ll]

Mass Effect 2...



The Bible.

[didymos1120]

PiEman wrote...

Short version: The eighties.

Long version: Science fiction from the eighties.

More like:

Short version: Science Fiction

Long version:  All of it.

[shumworld]

I also feel it reminds me of Farscape.

[PiEman]

didymos1120 wrote...

PiEman wrote...

Short version: The eighties.

Long version: Science fiction from the eighties.

More like:

Short version: Science Fiction

Long version:  All of it.

How about:

Short version: Science Fiction

Long Version: Blade Runner

[didymos1120]

shumworld wrote...

I also feel it reminds me of Farscape.

Leviathan of Dis.  Also: bald blue chicks.  'Course they're not plants.  Also, the Kestrel helm makes Shep look like a Tavlek.

Modifié par didymos1120, 18 décembre 2010 - 12:11 .

[Praetor Knight]

Where's Moya when you need her?

[shumworld]

didymos1120 wrote...

shumworld wrote...

I also feel it reminds me of Farscape.

Leviathan of Dis.  Also: bald blue chicks.  'Course they're not plants.  Also, the Kestrel helm makes Shep look like a Tavlek.

The incident with Shepard and the Prothean Beacon reminds me so much of John Criton who had Wormhole technology inserted into his brain.

[didymos1120]

PiEman wrote...

didymos1120 wrote...

PiEman wrote...

Short version: The eighties.

Long version: Science fiction from the eighties.

More like:

Short version: Science Fiction

Long version:  All of it.

How about:

Short version: Science Fiction

Long Version: Blade Runner

There's way more than just Blade Runner in there.  Blade Runner didn't even have a single scene in space, much less Space Marines and humanoid aliens, and the Reapers owe far more to Cthulu than they do to the Replicants.  ME isn't very "film noir" either, barring brief bits here and there (mostly in ME2) which Blade Runner was in spades.

[Zoheb]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heechee

http://en.wikipedia....evelation_Space

http://en.wikipedia....stair_Reynolds)

http://en.wikipedia....er_(Saberhagen)

I don't want to spoil anything but I think people will find some very interesting stuff if they follow those links Follow them at your own risk as I believe they are the inspiration of the Mass Effect storyline.

Modifié par Zoheb, 18 décembre 2010 - 03:26 .

[Blue Suns Mercenary]

everything is inspired by everything, and the ME universe is no different. i am a huge sci-fi fan, from asimov to vonnegut, from twilight zone to original trek, i love them all. mass effect has been the first sci-fi series created in the past 30 years that actually interested me.

[Johnsen1972]

Phaedon wrote...

Also Babylon 5

yeah definitly Babylon 5, I loved it and bought all seasons on DvD. There are a few similiarities between the ME universe and the Babylon 5 universe. Not like its copied, but definitly inspired, which is a good thing!

Modifié par Johnsen1972, 18 décembre 2010 - 04:07 .