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[D24O]

I hope it has dinosaurs.

[tyrvas]

Mass Effect the Next Civilization
In a Galaxy not so far away the Re...

[tyrvas]

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oops... sorry unintentional foul...

did not see my previous post appear until I posted this one... strange???

Modifié par tyrvas, 17 juillet 2012 - 08:41 .

[Freestate2nd]

First: Mac Walters and Casey hudson Get Fired.
Second:Bring back a solid sci-fi writer on chief like Drew Karpyshyn

Make destroy ending as canon.Shepard wake up,the sintesis and control means that shepard was indoctrinated.

Shepard,the man who survives twice.10 years later Shepard has vanished and a new thread in the galaxy requires a new hero or the shepard return!

[D24O]

If Patrick Weeks ends up as the lead for a ME game, I'm pre-ordering the special edition.

[Baa Baa]

D24O wrote...

If Patrick Weeks ends up as the lead for a ME game, I'm pre-ordering the special edition.

As much as I disaprove of a ME4, I would probably do this if Weekes was lead.

Modifié par Baa Baa, 17 juillet 2012 - 08:53 .

[Ukomba]

Freestate2nd wrote...

First: Mac Walters and Casey hudson Get Fired.
Second:Bring back a solid sci-fi writer on chief like Drew Karpyshyn

Make destroy ending as canon.Shepard wake up,the sintesis and control means that shepard was indoctrinated.

Shepard,the man who survives twice.10 years later Shepard has vanished and a new thread in the galaxy requires a new hero or the shepard return!

Here here, but what happens with the reapers?  The Indoctrination theory means that the destroy ending doesn't actualy destory the reapers, it just free's sheperd.

[Jon The Wizard]

If Shepard is around AS A BACKGROUND CHARACTER in ME4, I'd probably say confine him to a wheelchair. Come on, seeing the landing he took, his bones would be powder.

[redcarpet26]

Thiagobsbr wrote...

Although the 'direct sequel' ideas are great, ME4 will hardly be like that...

For one, BW have already stated that ME3 is the end of Shepard's story, so ME4 won't be related to it at all... Even if the protagonist is different, having the new story to happen just before ME3 is still connected to Shepard's story.

ME4 will, however, mention Shepard even if just a big *** statue somewhere...

Choosing your race will be unlikely, just the sheer amount of voiceovers to compensate that will be unthinkable, so most definitely the next protagonist will be human only.

ME4 will be likely to happen between 20 to 100 years after ME3, the Mass Relays will be rebuilt and there will be a new galactic threat...
You can count on all those reconciliation that Shepard secured to be undone or near that... Geth and Quarians will be at each others throat, same for Krogan and Turians/Salarians...
Maybe even a new Krogan Rebellion...
Cerberus will be back, either as Cerberus itself or some other name but same ideals..

Also, the further in time the game takes place, bigger is the probability that some things estabilished in the series will have crumbled...  e.g. the Spectres are not all that powerfull anymore and there are fewer (they may even rebel -- but not be the antagonists -- or be dismantled, with a few here and there still trying to uphold the law), they may replace the council with other species or eliminate the council at all..

I'm OK with Mass Effect: The Next Generation. Just as long as they don't eff up the oppritunity to revive the franchise.

[covertdrizzt]

I just hope they don't do a prequel. They are alot harder to write and keep interesting because you already know what happens. The star wars prequels are a good example of this.

[Ukomba]

covertdrizzt wrote...

I just hope they don't do a prequel. They are alot harder to write and keep interesting because you already know what happens. The star wars prequels are a good example of this.

Agreed, and I can unfortunatly see them attempting to make a Relay 314 Incident game.  I want to see what happens next, not play though what is, essentialy, a stupid missunderstanding.

[dancarrero]

They would probably make it an mmo so they could clean up $10 bucks a month from suckers like us.

[baher92]

Any new Mass Effect title will most almost certainly be a next gen title. So with all the new possibilities that brings to the table, you can be sure that that game is going to be bloody awesome. I for one think that the Mass Effect series is brilliant, even if the ending is slightly dodgy.

I reckon it'd be set *at least* 100 years in the future, and ME3 game saves would be used only to dictate which species are left, what decisions Shepard made etc. No returning characters (except maybe Liara coz you know Asari live forever) and definitely no Commander Shepard. (Regardless of new EC twists). It'll simply be an entirely new story set in the same universe. That's what I'm hoping for anyway. I'm not a fan of prequels.

[baher92]

Jon The Wizard wrote...

If Shepard is around AS A BACKGROUND CHARACTER in ME4, I'd probably say confine him to a wheelchair. Come on, seeing the landing he took, his bones would be powder.

This!

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

I've got an idea. Sell the IP to a new developer, and let them completely reboot the entire franchise from the beginning. You know, a developer with talented writers. Some small game company that actually cares about story and characters.

[DEATHSCOPE]

D24O wrote...

I hope it has dinosaurs.

Holy crap. I'm getting something..

Alright, here we go.

The Normandy crashes on a distant planet right? But get this, it's not in the present. It's in the past, where dinosaurs lurk in the jungles. Commander Shepard have to travel back into the past to rescue his/her crew. Aw yeah son.

[Malanek]

DTKT wrote...

Casey Hudson stated that he had no desire to make a game taking place after ME3. If they do anything, it's going to be taking place before or during ME3.

here

I'm pretty sure he was talking about DLC there and has been somewhat misquoted.

[Shaleist]

Mass Effect 4:

You play as Shepard and <insert LI or Liara if 4evah alone>'s daughter/son. Of course they'll make her the canon LI... anyway, you have a character selection where they import the looks of your Shep and sorta cross it with the LI *or just make a Create Asari option*. You then play as Shep's offspring in the future. Asari offspring would be children technically. A bit odd to shoehorn them into a TPS, but I'm sure BW will just Artistic Integrity that aside and make her a super-ninja-biotic-archeologist baby of some sort and use that to explain why she can fight at age 20 or something. Anyways the plot will revolve around Shep Jr. and Liara fighting a cult group that doesn't actually believe that Shep Sr. saved the galaxy, and that he was in fact indoctrinated. They will blame the Alliance and the Council races for selling out all organic life-forms and create a super weapon to destroy all synthetic life. They also happen to believe everyone that is not in their cult is synthetic because Artistic Integrity. Then at the end a hologram Bill Cosby will appear and say you have the choice of 3 flavors of Jello Pudding Pops. Art.

[Prime24601]

My idea. 5 years later since the defeat of the repers and the galaxy has gone quiet with the loss of the relays, the galaxy stills seeks out where the Normandy has gone. And all of a sudden one mass relay activates. Seeing this as a chance to save the Normandy and survey the worlds that had gone dark the galaxy sends its bests people to take one ship through the relay.
Play as any of the races that survived mass effect 3 and see each one react differently to how Shepard had saved the galaxy ,who they romanced etc.
Quarians turians krogen batarians humans asari drell gathe together once more to search the galaxy for the lost legends

[noobcannon]

time travel?

[Predi1988]

I had an idea for Mass Effect 4, that i wrote down on our own forum, I'll just translate it here:

Ok, so the 4th ME would follow the Synthesis ending, because as I see it, that's BW's favourite ending, it needs the highest EMS, and it will most likely be considered as canon. (I don't like this ending, I chose destroy )
What would be the effects of Synthesis? The better understanding between organincs and synthetics, for starters, and also every organic would be like a slightly augmented agent from Deus Ex. Every flaw in the body would be aided, or replaced by synthetic machines. Better eyes, hearing, etc. Also everyones memory could be accessed if he/she is willing to share it, and uploaded into servers. Like the geth consensus. Furthermore, the infolink-like communications, that doesn't need verbal communications between friends, the can communicate by thoughts, even from great distances.

Then, the story. The Reapers left the galaxy, after Shepard's sacrifice changed everything to what was their goal. Understanding, and peace was achieved between the species, and the geth. But the basic nature of the species didn't change. They didn't became a bunch of hippies, sitting around a fire, singing Kumbayah . They could still have negative feelings, like anger, hatred, greed. And that could instigate a war.

As for the main storyline: this story takes place like 100-120 years afer ME3. Everything were rebuilt, even Mass Relays (maybe by Reapers), and everyone lives their lifes just as before the war. There are still pirates, and mercs in the Terminus, raiding the Attican traverse, Krogans are still seen as brutes by most species, more so if you didn't cure the Genophage/Wreav leads them without Bakara. But the geth are accepted into society, if your Shep chose to save them, or they allied with the quarians. But it's almost to peaceful now. Nothing really changed for a hundred years. The organic species "reached" their evolutionary peak. And what did Mordin say about that: www.youtube.com/watch No limitations, culture stagnates, right? And that's why a group wants to instigate a war between the species. To stir up this motionless pond tha galaxy turned into. So they start to stage attacks, that would make every species suspicious at the other. Their work, their goal is a little ambigious, and that could work very vell with a paragon/renegade system.

Oh, and of course, as this takes place 100-120 years after ME3, you could see some familiar faces. Like Liara, Wrex, Grunt, Aethyta... Even an old Miranda (remember, at that time a normal human lifespan is 120-140 years, and she will live 1.5x as long, thanks to her genetic engineering)

Next up, the Characters: I was aiming for a Dragon Age: Origins-like character selection, with six different beginning, diferent views, and all. Let's see:

Turian: You and your brother/sister are a member of the of the Turian Blackwatch - their most elite armed force. There is a real camaradery, and brotherly/sisterly love between the two of you, spiced with some jealousy by your brother/sister, because you are one of the very rare turian biotics.(could make up some nice conversation). But then someone detonates a bomb at your home town, and your family becomes casualties too. So you two quit the surprised and dawdling army, to find these terrorists, and seek revenge. And this is how you will drop into the main plot. (by investigating at a wrong place in a wrong time)

Asari: You are a very young asari. You don1t know who your father is, but he/she was most likely did a very big impression on your organisms, because you have no biotic abilites. Then your mother dies in an accident/illness, and after that, you find some stuff at her personal belongings, you go on to find your father - instead of shaking your ass in some bar - to find out, why are you so special (in a wrong way). And that investigation leads you into the main plot.

Human: You grown up admiring Commander Shepard's accomplishments. He/she is your role model, and that's why you joined the Alliance marines. You want to reach the N7 rank yourself, too. And your well on your way, everyone thinks you are the best marine in the regiment. And on one day there happens to be an attack. Alarms going off everywhere, you have to fight off misterious enemies. And in that battle, you accomplish something great. Something like what lead Shepard to his/her Spectre promotion. And after thet, your superiors sees you fit for the investigation into this attack.

Salarian: You are an intelligence agent in STG. You are trying to piece togather the latest happenings (Explosion on Palaven, Attack on the Alliance...) and you realize, there is some connection between them. Someone tries to instigate a war between the species, who are already suspicious at each other. Of course, you superiors don't believe it, so you go around them, and to bring the evidence forward to the great government (the Councli, if that still exists), before things would escalate. You just only hope, you're not late already...

Vorcha: (Yes, a vorcha) You were the only survivor of a plane crash on a planet, and at that time, you were still an infant. You were found, and brought up by a compassionate salarian-asari couple. And because that, you are more intelligent, and learned, then all other vorcha. Of course the other people in the colony exclude you because of your ancestry, which you don't understand, bacause you never have met another Vorcha... until now. A pirate gang attacks your colony, and you see for the first time, how your species live, and act. And after they kill most of the local populace - including your "parents" - you don't want to do anything with them. As do they, as they see that you're completely different from them. After you escape your captors, you manage to get to the Citadel, and you still won't find a friendly face. You are just another Vorcha for them. So what will you do next? Just go with the flow?

!!!The next option is only available to you, if you manage to get the quarians and the geth to work togather as allies.!!!

Quarian: You are living on Rannoch, where the geth helped you rebuild, and re-adapt. (so no need for evironment suits there ) There's a geth, who "lives" at your place, helping you with your immune system, and with your everyday work. You are pretty good buddies. And then, at one day, a huge EMP explosion happens in the vicinity, wiping out every geth unit in the area. Only your "friend" survives, by saving itself in your suits systems/your implants. (this could make some interesting conversations, especially if you are the only one who can hear this geth). This explosion affect you very deeply, and you'll learn, that this is not just an isolated incident. So you start to investigate.


And this is how your characters fit into the plot. I know it would be trmendous work to get them all fully voiced, so I wouldn't mind a DA:O like voiceless protagonist. The only important thins is the great story here. Or they could invest as much money into it, as into SWTOR, but seeing the - justifiable -  negative feedback after ME3, I don't think they will.

So what do you all think of this? I hope the BW devs will think of something like this, where we could play as - mostly - any species.

Modifié par Predi1988, 02 novembre 2012 - 10:36 .

[Prime24601]

Not a bad idea for origin stories
I had one on a male human for my idea that if mshep romanced Tali and stayed faithful then the human would be their son

[Prime24601]

And I know that may sound impossible but what if Cerberus had a secret project on mixing DNA samples of other aliens with humans and their first test subject was the blood of commander Shepard and tali mixed to create their son in secret

[sraosha001]

Why not go to a new galaxy? A coalition of species, homeless and lost after the reaper wars build a massive colony ship, using the hibernation technology of the protheans (I'm sure someone was building them in case the reapers won). Or maybe its thousands of year after ME3 and overpopulation is becoming an issue. Either way, a very large collection of the milky way galaxy species travel to a new galaxy to colonize and begin anew. Some species, like the Krogen or Asari, venture off on their own as soon as they arrive, others decide to share homeworlds with each others. Maybe the Quarrians and Geth. Or the Quarrians and the Turians. Let the player pick their race and have the story follow the beginnings of the new civilizations. Start either right as the main colonies are being established, or a few decades or centuries into the colonization process. The politics of a new council, and the exploration of an unknown galaxy with new aliens would be the main driving points. Maybe one mission, a mystery illness is traveling across the new colonies, and it would wipe out a specific species before the others. The player would have to decide if they would cure it right away or let it do some damage to advance their own specie's place of power in the new galaxy. Ultimately the players choices will result in either a more unified galaxy or outright civil war and conquest.

[evilgummybear]

Shepards story is over.
Mass Effect 4 is going to be a total new game.