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[kobayashi-maru]

 Was watching new Dr Who and it got me thinking about Mass Effect doing time travel game. I don't mean in a build device go when you want way, more like Relay malfunction causes it or Dark energy device. 

The series needs more back story before it would really work but would be interesting idea. Could arrive during first contact with Turians, have missions during Reaper War, Prothean cycle, Leviathan cycle and even tie up lose ends from the games. It could be you spend game being thrown into different times and at end the only way to return to own time is using a dark energy device which causes the whole star decay Quarian mission in ME2.

Could have mission helping the Protheans on Citadel, showing how the keepers came about during that cycle, with your ship leaving as Asari discover Citadel for first time. Maybe also get Krogan crew member who comes from pre Salarian uplift time, that would be interesting character, who could show both what Krogan where and react to what his species became during game.

Essentially a Babylon 5 style time travel story that reveals secrets, sets up future storylines and sticks with continuity. 

Modifié par kobayashi-maru, 27 avril 2013 - 06:58 .

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Not in MEU. I think a separate series.

[Ledgend1221]

No.
No time travel, ever.

[Giga Drill BREAKER]

No ME is convoluted enough already, without adding time travel to the mix, honestly the writers couldn't handle ME's overarching plot as it was, and now you want them to do a time travel story, do you want there heads to explode?

[kobayashi-maru]

I know it ended up spoiling Star Trek especially the reset button, but B5 showed it could work in serious sci-fi. As long as it done in proper context and not treated like ST:First Contact - where Borg can time travel but only do it once, they could have beat the Federation easily by doing it again where Enterprise not in vicinity. But as a one off event it could work.

It was the 'echoes' in the new Dr Who ep that got me thinking it. I'm not saying do it now as the universe not built enough to design the storyline, but eventually with enough story continuity on paper it could work.

Though I admittedly could be biased as the War Without End two parter in Babylon 5 is my favourite TV of all time. It's so rich in continuity, story and reveals that even today is without equal.

Modifié par kobayashi-maru, 27 avril 2013 - 07:23 .

[Leonardo the Magnificent]

Unless the series or story is designed with Time Travel in mind, Time Travel generally hurts the narrative, especially in Sci-Fi. It's best used sparingly, if at all. I'd keep it out of ME, though.

[kobayashi-maru]

I know it can sometimes hurt narrative but would be interesting concept if done correctly. I don't mean make it ME4, more like a game released on 10/15th anniversary of ME1 which involved time travel. Would be fun way to the back through the story from different perspective and tie up some loss ends in the game timeline. Maybe even bring Shepard back for a cameo several years post original trilogy (I mean after games release not post me3 ending)

Modifié par kobayashi-maru, 27 avril 2013 - 09:12 .

[Megaton_Hope]

I would really dislike the introduction of time travel storylines into Mass Effect.

[MyChemicalBromance]

Time Travel is groan worthy to me when it comes to Sci Fi. Given the fact that you've already allowed FTL travel, if you really want to do an "out of time" setting, just introduce us to some characters that have been stranded off the Relay network (such as the human colonists in CDN that were found by the Asari).

The only time I've seen time travel handled well (or, to the point that I enjoyed it) was in Marathon Infinity. In that setting, Time Travel occurred because the universe was ripping itself apart. The game concludes with the end of the universe. I think that's the way you have to do it, otherwise (especially if the main character has control over time travel) it trivializes every other conflict in the series. Mass Effect 3 wasn't the place to do this, but if they carry the series up to heat death, it could work.

[DWH1982]

Ugh, no. No, no, no no.

I like time travel in franchises that are based around time travel, but it's been over done in franchises that are supposed to be about space travel.

You know what irritates me about Star Trek? Every other Trek TV show or movie is about time travel these days. Enterprise had that god awful temperal cold war running through half the series, and even the reboot movie relied on time travel, instead of just doing a straight forward franchise reboot, which I would have preferred. I sincerely hope that the movie that is coming out next month does't feature any time travel. AT ALL.

So, yes, in my opinion, we'd do well to keep time travel out of Mass Effect.