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[Okirato]

Okay prequel folk, I want you to stop for a second, take a big deep breath. Inhale...exhale. Okay, relaxed? Now, think. Just a little thought. Contact does not mean prequel.

 

Mass Effect established that an overwhelming majority of the galaxy is undiscovered. Partially due to time/resources. Partially due to interest. Partially due to scope. Partially due to relay activation sanctions put in place after the Rachni war. Also consider that the series has made it very clear other species likely exist. While not much was done with them, the Raloi are exactly this: a civilised, space faring species that was discovered/met during the Mass Effect trilogy arc, not before or after.

 

Contact != prequel. That's not what the word means. That's not what it implies. In fact, it could very well imply the premise for a sequel: first contact with new species in a post-war galaxy.

 

Exactly what I was thinking. The galaxy is huge, and we only visited a small fraction of it during the series. There could be inactive mass relays that normally link to unexplored systems. Maybe a species has developed a way to travel at the same speed a relay allows one to travel, that way they remain under the radar and the reapers do not detect them? Didn't the Asari at one point in time consider building their own relays? The protheans were on the cusp of unlocking the secrets of the relays, so much that they created two minitature relays.

 

When I think about Contact, I don't think about the First Contact War. I think exactly what EatChildren stated. Maybe in the next game we are explorers from an unexplored section of the galaxy and we stumble upon other alien races? Or maybe the word Contact has something more, sinister?

[Ajensis]

If you talk to Barla Vonn in ME1, he mentions there are 'dozens of species' in the Wards. I never encountered dozens.

 

We haven't even seen all the known species yet. Hell, we don't even know all known species.

 

Besides, when reading the article it doesn't even have to be 'contact'. It could also be 'content', or whatever.

 

I'm pretty sure there are no more species than what we've learnt about through gameplay and codex entries. That one random volus must've used the word 'dozen' simply to say 'many', instead of exactly 12. Some people are very deliberate in their choice of words, others... not so much

 

It's true that it doesn't have to be Contact, but it's the most likely suggestion we've seen so far. While it could technically be 'Mass Effect: Content', it just doesn't have a ring to it. Another member jokingly suggested 'ME: Dentist'. In short, there are a few words that have potential as a subtitle, and then all the rest that don't.

[SporkFu]

I'm pretty sure there are no more species than what we've learnt about through gameplay and codex entries. That one random volus must've used the word 'dozen' simply to say 'many', instead of exactly 12. Some people are very deliberate in their choice of words, others... not so much

 

It's true that it doesn't have to be Contact, but it's the most likely suggestion we've seen so far. While it could technically be 'Mass Effect: Content', it just doesn't have a ring to it. Another member jokingly suggested 'ME: Dentist'. In short, there are a few words that have potential as a subtitle, and then all the rest that don't.

The minigame involves treating vorcha patients without losing any fingers. 

[Farangbaa]

I'm pretty sure there are no more species than what we've learnt about through gameplay and codex entries. That one random volus must've used the word 'dozen' simply to say 'many', instead of exactly 12. Some people are very deliberate in their choice of words, others... not so much

 

It's true that it doesn't have to be Contact, but it's the most likely suggestion we've seen so far. While it could technically be 'Mass Effect: Content', it just doesn't have a ring to it. Another member jokingly suggested 'ME: Dentist'. In short, there are a few words that have potential as a subtitle, and then all the rest that don't.

 

He doesn't say dozen though, he says dozens. And I think we can safely assume that someone who deals in information knows what a dozen means.

 

And ofcourse, Mass Effect: Content (or Dentist) makes absolutely no sense. Nor does Contact mean that it'll be about the First Contact War. That would be a hell of a boring game. You do a whole lot of shooting with 'primitive' weapons, you have NO biotics and when you´re all about to die the Council tells everybody to play nice.

 

*yawn*

[Karlone123]

I would rather the setting be something new instead of using a setting that has already been established showing the player will have no influence in how that war goes as it ends with a treaty. I am preparing myself for the disappoitment if that is the case when it comes to the reveal. I can only hope that this not the case and will instead be something new. Going back to the first contact just feels a little pointless.

[Karlone123]

If the title is indeed "Contact" then there may be three possible meaning to it:

 

The game is set around the Humanity's first contact with the rest of the galaxy

 

The game is not set around the first contact and focuses on contact with a new alien species

 

It is entirely something different

 

I hope for one of the last two possibilities.

[Chris Priestly]

Oh, bullspit.

 

I'm sure the "insider" here is actually a person that some people care about as a source as they have been right some times in the past, but a couple of points:

 

1 - If he were really an insider who revealed information like this, they wouldn't be an insider anymore. You don't allow people who say what they know to be "insiders" into your product.

 

2 - They took what was one of the most prevalent rumors, that the next ME game would take place before the trilogy during the first contact war (we has people asking us for this back before ME3 was shipped), removed a few letters from the most obvious word and called it a rumor. It is clever because game titles are generally short (instead of calling it Mass Effect: the quest for the lost civilization of aliens with spaceships and cool stuff or whatever) and again THERE IS NO WAY FOR BIOWARE TO DISPROVE THIS. Sure, they could disprove it by saying what the title actually is, but if they are going to do this, they will wait until DE3 (at best) when the press is gathered, not to confirm or deny a rumor.

 

3 - Before people come back with "This guy is an insider and has been right about A, B, C, etc in the past", anyone keep track of the times they were wrong? Everyone remembers they guy who breaks teh news when they're right, but do you remember all the times they made claims that turned out wrong? A broken clock is right 2 times a day, make enough guesses and some will be right.

 

 

Now, could it be true? Sure. As I said, way back fans were asking for a First Contact War game. BioWare and the ME team have said that the next game will not feature Commander Shepard. A good way to ensure this would be to set the game before they were born (ok, not born but also not serving why still in diapers). As I said, the problem with this "rumor" is that BioWare won't confirm or deny it until they are ready to do so. I have said before, I don't think we're going to hear about MENext at E3 this year (I'd be happy to be wrong though), so I think we'll have to wait quite a bit before we learn if this is real or not.

 

 

 

 

[SNascimento]

If they make a prequel part of me will die on the spot. 

[Farangbaa]

Oh, bullspit.

 

Ex-bioware employee avoiding the language filter, good times.

[Chris Priestly]

Ex-bioware employee avoiding the language filter, good times.

 

I'm generally not given to profanity, but this type of braggadiocious rumor mongering annoys the heck out of me.

 

 

 

[Farangbaa]

I'm generally not given to profanity, but this type of braggadiocious rumor mongering annoys the heck out of me.

 

 

 

 

I know, I've seen it before

[Kurt M.]

I hope that: 1) It's not a prequel, for the love of...., and 2) That "Contact" title is for some sort of intrigue with the Yagh. It'd be awesome if a race that can easily take krogan as their personal puss....(ajem) starts causing problems.

[Toshiro M]

Fake or not (I think it is fake), Gamers are now more concerned that could be a prequel.

[SwobyJ]

Even if true...

 

Let's not presume that this is a prequel.

 

Contact.

 

Humanity contacted the Turians and Council.

 

The known Citadel species can contact the more unknown species that were outside Citadel influence, and less guided by the Reapers. The more chaotic, the more primitive, the more dangerous. Exploring new worlds and factions, while maybe assisting the known ones.

 

Doesn't also mean that the First Contact War can't be involved. 'Flashbacks' of several sorts may be possible. Comparing historical events to the present and future of the MEU.

 

I'd be very much for a Mass Effect: Contact as I just described it.

[CaIIisto]

I know they've said no Shepard, but dang it, 'Contact' would sound pretty sweet as a sequel for my Evil Renegade Shepard who chose control.

"Greetings from Earth....now bow down before my mighty Reaper war fleet."

However, doubt this 'scoop' is accurate, and even if it were then I still doubt it would mean a prequel. I don't think BW can really afford to take any chances with the next game, and I thought the general consensus was against the prequel idea........

[SwobyJ]

I know they've said no Shepard, but dang it, 'Contact' would sound pretty sweet as a sequel for my Evil Renegade Shepard who chose control.

"Greetings from Earth....now bow down before my mighty Reaper war fleet."

 

Indeed....

[Malanek]

Yanick Roy ‏@YanickRRoy  3h

WRT name speculations: the next Mass Effect doesn't have a name yet, just a working title that we have used since day 1 of the project.

 

 

Of course that doesn't mean the working name isn't Contact. I am curious how this guy knows and who he is though. If it was a working name he would need a source inside Bioware and his reveal would have probably said it was a working name.

[Sanunes]

 

Yanick Roy ‏@YanickRRoy  3h

WRT name speculations: the next Mass Effect doesn't have a name yet, just a working title that we have used since day 1 of the project.

 

 

Of course that doesn't mean the working name isn't Contact. I am curious how this guy knows and who he is though. If it was a working name he would need a source inside Bioware and his reveal would have probably said it was a working name.

 

 

There go all my hopes of them adding propellers to a spaceship and forcing someone to manually spin them each time I wanted to go to another planet and they would have to yell "contact".

[Drone223]

Okay prequel folk, I want you to stop for a second, take a big deep breath. Inhale...exhale. Okay, relaxed? Now, think. Just a little thought. Contact does not mean prequel.
 
Mass Effect established that an overwhelming majority of the galaxy is undiscovered. Partially due to time/resources. Partially due to interest. Partially due to scope. Partially due to relay activation sanctions put in place after the Rachni war. Also consider that the series has made it very clear other species likely exist. While not much was done with them, the Raloi are exactly this: a civilised, space faring species that was discovered/met during the Mass Effect trilogy arc, not before or after.
 
Contact != prequel. That's not what the word means. That's not what it implies. In fact, it could very well imply the premise for a sequel: first contact with new species in a post-war galaxy.

Pretty much this, it's too early to jump to conclusions, it's best to wait for an official announcement and take these rumors with a grain of salt.

[Remix-General Aetius]

a prequel focusing on the First Contact war would REALLY suck, especially considering we KNOW how it ended, in a draw no less.

 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING

[Kurt M.]

a prequel focusing on the First Contact war would REALLY suck, especially considering we KNOW how it ended, in a draw no less.

 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING

 

Not to tell things like biotics wouldn't even exist, as they were properly developed post-Contact War (Conatix and all of that).

 

Nah, the more I think about it, the less sense it makes. Unless they're planning the next ME to be a CoD clone.....which I know, it's suicidal but possible (I'll believe everything these days).

[PRODIGGITY 237]

well if the rumor is to be believed (hopefully it wont be a prequel imo) with the clues _ _ N T _ _ T, i found some of these words that correspond to that sequence:

contact, content, contest, context, contort, dentist (LOL), fantast, gantlet, and mantlet. dunno if there's more out there i just did a quick search. if it does turn out to be contact, i personally think its kind of a lame name... no? 

 

[gisle]

I like the ME games for the exploration and the alien species' lore and worlds. While I'm not against a game set before the current triology, anything before the late 2160s would be severely limited. And there's a lot of interesting species in the galaxy, so a humanity-vs-them story would be pretty meh.

[Jon The Wizard]

I like to think Bioware's smart enough to realize "We already said what happened in the First Contact War, so there's no point in telling the story.  Besides which, stories move FORWARD, so we're making a sequel, not a prequel."

[Remix-General Aetius]

Not to tell things like biotics wouldn't even exist, as they were properly developed post-Contact War (Conatix and all of that).

 

Nah, the more I think about it, the less sense it makes. Unless they're planning the next ME to be a CoD clone.....which I know, it's suicidal but possible (I'll believe everything these days).

 

it's not a ME game without biotics! Might as well name it Battlefield 5 or something.