The first contact war would be an excelent setting for the next mass effect imo but it's not without it's problems as a setting. Here is a place for anything first contact war related. Here are my thoughts just to get the ball rolling:
1) Weapons, Powers and Classes
On a practical level there are a few problems with the First Contact War as a setting aside from the obvious being that it only lasted a few days if my memory serves correctly.
Given the huge technological leap backwards for humanity (from even ME1) in terms of weapons, armor and especially tech powers (e.g. no tech armor, energy drain, etc) and remembering that Humanity wouldn’t start experimenting with biotics for years (no biotics) the classes and powers available would be terribly restricted compared to ME3 at least from a human perspective, Turians no so much.
Given that Turians in theory would have access to superior weapons, armors, powers, fleet and troop numbers this would be a real David and Goliath struggle for humanity. So what early percursor versions of weapons might we see from humanity during the first contact war period[?]:
Human Weapons:
Predator, Carnifex, Lancer/Avenger, Mattock, Argus, Katana, Scimitar, Mantis, Viper, Locust (possibly) and Revenant (possibly).
Turian Weapons:
Phaeston, Krysae, Tempest (ERCS), Vindicator (ERCS), Shuriken (Elkoss Combine), etc. I believe we have only scratched the surface with regard to the turian armory and it’s possible that turians likely have access to weapons from the other species as well such as the Claymore, Acolyte, etc.
2) Enemy and World Variation
Another thing to consider would be the lack of enemy and world variation. The first contact war was a purely Human and Turian affair as far as we are aware and I can imagine facing down waves and waves of Turians would get a little boring after a while, especially if the conflict is largely confined to the same world (Shanxi). I could image it might feel like a bit like 1,000 continuous waves on Firebase: Condor against nothing but marauders. Perhaps BioWare could break-up the marauderthon shooting-gallery monotony by allowing the player to switch perspectives to either the turians or humans so you’re not just shooting turians all day, but humans too and getting a different perspective on Turian and Human culture and the conflict. Perhaps we might finally get to see Palaven in some form, the citadel eventually and Arcturus Station or whatever the Alliance had as a base of operations at that point in time.
So what kind of turian opponents might be in-store for us? How about early Turian Ghosts (turian hunters), Havocs (turian dragoons) and Cabal vanguards (turian phantoms)… does that whet your pallet, yet? Along with the usual suspects the traditional Turian soldiers, sentinels and engineers of course. Turians could have sentry turrets, combat drones, sniping units, etc. Basically what i’m saying is BioWare could use the ME3 multiplayer factions as a template and take the best qualities of Cerberus, Geth, Reapers and Collectors to create a Turian faction. There’s also the possibility of meta-turians from ME: Evolution (turian collectors).
What would a human faction offer? Humans probably had quite a few early tanks and makos of their own which would offer some challenge and take some fire-power to bring down. Humans could be more of a guerrilla faction, a rag-tag bunch of bad-asses, good with explosives and good at close range and in orchestrating killzones; who don’t need fancy toys to take back this rock.
3) Returning Characters
I would really like to see Anderson play a major role here in a first contact war game, perhaps as the game’s human protagonist. Alternatively maybe you could have a choice of different protagonists in anderson’s unit from different classes. Saren may or may not be a spectre at this point; perhaps this is where he earns his title setting the stage for Mass Effect. In my opinion Saren is the best villain-come-anti-hero in the series and this would be an excellent opportunity to bring him back as an excellent counter-point to Anderson as the game’s Turian protagonist / secondary antagonist from humanity’s perspective. After all his brother is the Turian General at Shanxi Desolas Arterius. Imagine Anderson and Saren on the box-art… wouldn’t that be awesome? Might we also get to see Hackett, Kahoku, Banes, John Grissom, General Williams. A cameo from a certain young man called Jack Harper and his girlfriend Eva Core. There are a lot of story possibilities here.
4) Multiplayer
Humans vs Turians co-operative death-matches and capture-the-flag would be a fantastic addition and an absolute no-brainer for the series. Perhaps BioWare could offer a traditional horde-mode as well as a number of new modes along with greater match customization options. Perhaps the lack of different races could be countered by greater personal customization options, such as introducing deep facial, body and armor customization options, etc. Maybe as the Alliance starts to grow desperate they hire mercenaries in the area with grudges against the turians to help them in their perilous fight (e.g. Krogans, Batarians, Vorcha). The Turians could apply for help from the council for reinforcement from the Salarians and Asari.
Discus.
Modifié par Guanxii, 01 janvier 2014 - 05:03 .
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