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[shodiswe]

AdrynBliss wrote...

I'm kinda confused by that comment by chris. If the next mass effect game is set in the mass effect universe then obviously it has to take place before or after or during the events of the first 3 games and if it takes place after, given the galactic wide ramifications of Shep's choice there will need to be a canon ending to me3.

I think all he wanted to say it that the time matters little seeing as shepard & CO has been given the boot out the airlock to make room for new people and new fresh stories.. Possibly a slightly different setting if we arnt marines or navy or spectres...

Perosnaly, I want a good game with a good story that makes use of the potential of the story being told   Whatever that might be. Preferably set in a timeline after the reapers or towards the end of the reaper conflic so that the Reaper crap isn't going to eat it all up or destroy whatever was accomplished. The past is in the past the present and the future is what count's.

Although some of the historical events of the mass effect universe would no doubt have been interestign and entertaining if told in a good way.

[Beerfish]

There are many different ways BioWare get get around ME3 endings affecting a game before, after or during.

[Kanaris]

There are many different ways to get around it you say. YET you didn't bother to give any examples of those ways.

[nataleighjvr]

There is one more story of "this shephard" - if you say there won't be a Shep in the next ME saga then in my opinion it is no longer ME at all - Shep makes it what it is.. I have been Shep all along (from the very beginning) and suddenly I am someone else??? I don't know about that...

Modifié par nataleighjvr, 26 février 2013 - 09:43 .

[nataleighjvr]

Kanaris wrote...

There are many different ways to get around it you say. YET you didn't bother to give any examples of those ways.

It says "no spoilers allowed"

[XqctaX]

FireW4lker wrote...

Chris Priestly wrote...

No, because the game does not have to come after. Or
before.

If it isn't set before , then it's set after. And if it isn't set after, then it's before .

they did say that our favorite aliens of the ME universe will still be there. 

so only way to do it is: 

1. during our current "harvest-cycle" before shepard.
(will prolly make what ever adventure pale in comparrisment to sheps
and we allready know how it ends in terms of general ME history)

2. during our current "harvest-cycle" after shepard 
(forcing a Canon-ending)

3. in an alternate reality (reapers and shepard never existed)
(how can an adventure be better or bigger than shep vs reapers)

4. during sheps time
(then the adventure would prolly feel like it does not even matter)

I seriosly thing the the story presented in ME3 killed the franchise in more than one way
becouse they did not only write themself into a corner within the game but also
when it comes to future games.

wonder if spacemagic will solve the next triology aswell 

[Bob Garbage]

It'll be referred to as ME4 until given a proper name, just the way it goes. Seems a ridiculous thing to even discuss.

Modifié par Bob Garbage, 27 février 2013 - 06:06 .

[Vermilionone]

Probably reiterating a point but the next one is the next one in a series delineated by number. Final Fantasy 13 isn't not Final Fantasy 13 because the setting and characters are different. Dragon Age 2 is Dragon Age 2 despite having pretty much absolutely nothing to do with Dragon Age besides acknowledging the existence of those characters. Shep is space Jesus and so omnipotent that she can have every shop on the citadel be her favorite. I'm sure SOMEONE might have heard of her. In fact, a new game that specifically goes out of the way to refuse any knowledge of the existence of Shepard, while being set parallel to his running around screaming about Reapers and occasionally committing gambling fraud, would just be strange.
"Oh man, did you hear about what happened in the Citadel?"
"No, I don't care about politics"
"But, like... giant spaceship and the humans..."
"LALALALALA We're Having an ADVENTURE none of that matters"

[Icinix]

Mass Effect 4 - will exist in a parallell universe and will be known as Mass Effect : Sliders.

[Vermilionone]

Icinix wrote...

Mass Effect 4 - will exist in a parallell universe and will be known as Mass Effect : Sliders.

And all of the problems will be due to bizarre gravitational anomalies being produced by a particular alternate universe. Makes perfect sense!

[Arslanof]

How can the game have another name against Mass Effect?
Can it be without mass relays built by reapers for millions of years?
Or maybe they plan to make it without alien races, technoligies, stories?
If that, then the next part would be very short.

[Alien Number Six]

No Mass Effect 4. No money. Chew on that one BioWare

[Alien Number Six]

Fu+ck prequels.

[MonkeyLungs]

I'm guessing they wish they could just make something completely new but they don't have that kind of freedom anymore to create new IP's ...they are the Mass Effect/Dragon Age/SWTOR branch of EA now.

If the new Mass Effect game isn't going to have anything to do with the Mass Effect games we have played why even bother to call it Mass Effect?

[Damien-III]

MonkeyLungs wrote...

I'm guessing they wish they could just make something completely new but they don't have that kind of freedom anymore to create new IP's ...they are the Mass Effect/Dragon Age/SWTOR branch of EA now.

If the new Mass Effect game isn't going to have anything to do with the Mass Effect games we have played why even bother to call it Mass Effect?

You do realize that the former Mass Effect team in Edmonton is currently developing a new IP, while Bioware Montreal is now running the Mass Effect show, while the Dragon Age team is doing their thing.

[Dmthoth]

Selene Moonsong wrote...

FireW4lker wrote...

Chris Priestly wrote...

No, because the game does not have to come after. Or
before.

If it isn't set before , then it's set after. And if it isn't set after, then it's before .

You are missing the point, which is exactly what he is saying. In plain english: It has nothing to do with Shepard's story at all, therefore it neither comes before, during, or after. So, let's not be taking comments out of context to prove a non-existant point.

so.. parallel universe?

[johnj1979]

after ME3 how can there be anything?

doesn't ME3 KILL OFF the ME universe?

[FlyinSquirrel]

Alien Number Six wrote...

No Mass Effect 4. No money. Chew on that one BioWare

I'm sure EA would LOOOOVEEEE that one hahahahhaahaha

[Dmthoth]

Drewton wrote...

Not a sequel
Not a prequel
Not a sidequel

Must be a remake 

[Nightdragon8]

heh aparently my comment got deleted...

don't want us to call it ME4 then give us a working title. cause its going to still be called ME4

Like what happened with Dragon Age. It was being called DA3 for a long time, pretty much right after DA2 came out.

Then we finaly get word DA:I and so far most people are using it. sure some people still call it DA3 but i think a good chunk are calling it DA:I so no need to get flustered over what people on forums are calling it, when you yourselves don't know what you are going to call it.

[Blade8971]

Yessir.....I will still call and refer to the next ME game as MASS EFFECT 4 until someone at EA or Bioware gives us a working title.

[johnj1979]

Dmthoth wrote...

Selene Moonsong wrote...

FireW4lker wrote...

Chris Priestly wrote...

No, because the game does not have to come after. Or
before.

If it isn't set before , then it's set after. And if it isn't set after, then it's before .

You are missing the point, which is exactly what he is saying. In plain english: It has nothing to do with Shepard's story at all, therefore it neither comes before, during, or after. So, let's not be taking comments out of context to prove a non-existant point.

so.. parallel universe?

Isn't this Star Trek then

[Dr. Megaverse]

Well thanks for the directness Yannik.

Have to say I'm not super enthused about where the franchise might be going, actions speaking louder than words and all...

Modifié par Dr. Megaverse, 24 mars 2013 - 03:42 .

[johnj1979]

For me the only way for Mass Effect the continue is for:

1. A prequel to Shepard
- The First Contact War
- The Rachni War
- The Protheans

2. A hitting of the reset button on Mass Effect

To me NOTHING can be set after Shepard becuase of the AWFUL endings to Mass Effect 3

[ZombifiedJake]

It does have to come before or after the trilogy, unless it's a reboot.

My point of reference that I'm thinking about is the ending, which ruined everything. If the game is set before the trilogy, regardless of how disconnected it is from Shepard's events, that ending will always be looming out there and I won't be able to enjoy anything set before. That's why, logically, a sequel is their best move. Just move on, set it way ahead in time.

A reboot, to me, seems like a strange move. It could work, I guess, but I just don't see it happening.