Assuming the next game isn't a reboot and doesn't take place in an alternate universe, when you do you think the next game should be set? If it is a sequel to the Shepard trilogy, how far out from the events of Mass Effect 3 should the next game take place?
I'm personally hoping for a sequel, and think it would be best to set the game at least a couple hundred years after the events of ME3. The benefits of setting the game a couple centuries after ME3 are that it provides an explanation for Shepard's non-involvement in the plot (even High EMS Destroy Shep is long since dead), and the galaxy has had time to rebuild. You won't be exploring a galaxy that looks like a post-apocalyptic rubble pile. Mass Effect should look like Mass Effect, rather than like Fallout: New Vegas.
Also if the big bad is going to pose a threat to galactic survival or stability, it makes more sense to have the game set forward a few centuries. Having Shepard buy the galaxy a few centuries of relative peace would aid in suspension of disbelief, as we won't have these major threats to galactic civilization arising every few years.
When should ME4 be set?
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Han Shot First
, mai 13 2013 05:05
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 05:11
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The Andromeda galaxy, the Milky Way turned green, red or blue and now there's nothing to do.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 05:18
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The time between ME1 to ME2 was round 2 years, same with ME2 to ME3, so I don't think we'll get anything until next year after April.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 05:19
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NacViper wrote...
The time between ME1 to ME2 was round 2 years, same with ME2 to ME3, so I don't think we'll get anything until next year after April.
I meant the timeline of the game, rather than the release date.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 08:00
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i think it should be shortly after mass effect 3, say long enough for the citadel to be repaired but not long enough for the ending to have a massive effect.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 08:27
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Han Shot First wrote...
I'm personally hoping for a sequel, and think it would be best to set the game at least a couple hundred years after the events of ME3. The benefits of setting the game a couple centuries after ME3 are that it provides an explanation for Shepard's non-involvement in the plot (even High EMS Destroy Shep is long since dead), and the galaxy has had time to rebuild. You won't be exploring a galaxy that looks like a post-apocalyptic rubble pile. Mass Effect should look like Mass Effect, rather than like Fallout: New Vegas.
I would think 50 years would be enough for that. Not all the planets would be rebuilt, but enough.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 08:56
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I'm hoping for a sequel, at least 100-500 years or so after the end of ME3.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 09:14
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30 years after ME3. Centuries after is far too long imo, that is effectively a reboot. Focus on rebuilding the galaxy and exploring what happens after the reapers were destroyed (or whatever ending they go with).
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 09:28
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30-50 years would be a good time frame. I would like to see it be a sequel in some way because I love the universe that was created & the game mechanics (tech powers, biotics, etc.). I would love to see how the universe has changed, what the outcome was for different civilizations after the reaper attacks, & how Sheppard is remembered after rebuilding. They could also have some appearances from characters from the Shepard era (Liara, Garrus, Edi, James, etc). This could also go back to how you played the first trilogy (did you kill off certain characters or not). If the next ME were set hundreds or thousands of years in the future this would be harder to do.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 09:33
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Way, way into the future. Anywhere from fifty years to a couple of centuries. Mostly new characters, but some of the krogan and asari might still be about, society's back on track, the crucible was fired so long ago that its effects don't need to be writ large over every event, a few new alien species might've been uplifted. Different but similar. The galaxy Shepard made way for.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 09:52
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Post war. Don't mind if directly after or in the far flung future but I want to see how the galaxy is coping.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 01:29
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500 years after ME3. That should be enough time for stuff to get rebuilt.
Say "NO" to prequels!
Say "NO" to prequels!
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 02:08
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Couple of centuries after, clean the table, set up a new stage for things.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 01:02
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It should be set in a far off time that would really be a challenge for the developers imaginations. The whole idea that the reapers go and everybody lives happy ever after is a bit gullible.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 02:50
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I want it to be far enough into the future that every Shepard knew is dead.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 02:59
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No, I kid. Actually, I would prefer the timeline to move forward. Thousands of years after Shepard. Moving that far ahead into the future gives you more creative freedom. Prequels hurt creative freedom.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 03:03
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I'd say about 100 years, that clears the deck for most of the human characters, except Miranda, also makes it possible for Shepard's daughter with Liara to be old enough to be a character that factors into the story.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 03:16
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Nikkonito wrote...
I'd say about 100 years, that clears the deck for most of the human characters, except Miranda, also makes it possible for Shepard's daughter with Liara to be old enough to be a character that factors into the story.
I would be pissed if they pulled something like this.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 03:16
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Oh come on, we all know what Liara did to us on Earth.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 03:19
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Nikkonito wrote...
Oh come on, we all know what Liara did to us on Earth.
MaeShep just had a ****ing heart attack.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 03:23
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Nikkonito wrote...
Oh come on, we all know what Liara did to us on Earth.
You mean you think Liara is a rapist. No thanks. I prefer to take it just as what she said it was, a sharing of memories.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 03:34
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No, I think it's a clear opportunity for BioWare to connect the new story to the old. Whether or not they choose to go down that road is up to them.
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 03:35
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At least 50, if not 100 years after Mass Effect 3, prequels usually go horribly wrong (unless it's Casino Royale, Star Trek, or The Hobbit.)
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Posté 14 mai 2013 - 03:44
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Nikkonito wrote...
No, I think it's a clear opportunity for BioWare to connect the new story to the old. Whether or not they choose to go down that road is up to them.
Which is something I do not want them to do. I want no connection to the old crew, because I know it will not go well. Make a clean break, Bioware.
