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[ElitePinecone]

Damn, just spent the last two hours plowing through this thread.. 

 

When it comes to a thing similar to Dragon Age: Keep, I hope they have that for the new Mass Effect game or, like someone else mentioned, a couple of conversations at the start that decide your canon... Like when Jacob and Miranda ask you questions on the shuttle down to Freedom's Progress or whatever that place was called... 

 

"So, [player character], remember that person... Shepard? Refresh my memory.. were they a man or a woman? ... Ah yes, I can't believe what they did on the crucible... what do you think?, And how about that Genophage, I can't believe they did what they did... remind me, what did they do again?" and "I can't believe who they fell in love with... I can't remember their name though...."

 

It would probably take a while to get through all the decisions

 

I don't necessarily mind this method (it worked fine for KoTOR II) but it can look really clunky and artificial - especially if it goes on for like five minutes and it includes a discussion about a galactic hero's romantic life. ME2's excuse that they were testing Shepard's memory was one thing, but I can't see them doing something similar in MEN if the goal is to summarise the whole previous trilogy.

 

The Keep is a much better idea because it doesn't require the player to do anything in the game, and they can import dozens or hundreds of separate choices. 

[Urizen]

It worked fine in KotoR II because it needed only two lines, everything else was deduced from those two. Revans gender and whether s/he was a Sith or not namely. Now picture ME trilogy: Rachni saved yes/no, Feros saved yes/no. Thats just the first ME. Who did you recruit in ME2 and who did survive? What about ME3? Geth/Quarians or both? Did you spare the Rachni again if saved the first time? Genophage cured yes/no? Did someone die on the Beamrun and if so who? State of the normandy? Which ending? Too many variables to consider which makes a dialogue based system tedious. If anything, that makes a keep like system more likely if they intent on reflecting every choice in the next game.

[Chewin]

Depending of course how much the NME will acknowledge our choices. I wouldn't be surprised if they were only to include major ones, like the Crucible (who Shepard recruited, killed, etc is quite trivial).

Of course, this depends on when and where NME will take place. Starting off with a completely clean slate wouldn't be out of the ordinary and possibly the easiest route to take, though I doubt that will happen.

[Massa FX]

Hoping to hear some major announcement come E3 2015...  I'm also eyeing NME concept art from 2014 and wondering all sorts of "things". 

 

- when's NME getting its own forum?

- when is the first trailer coming?

- what's the story?

- is that concept art pic that looks like the Citadel... the Citadel?

- will Bioware release tools for modding? (DAI modders are awesome, but its difficult to mod Frostbite)

- who is the protagonist?

 

Note to OP: Thanks for keeping this thread open and running facts!

Further note: I don't expect answers to these wonderings of mine, but I sure hope some major game disclosures are released come mid-June (E3) timeframe.

 

Is it too soon? 2012 - 2015?

 

concept art 2014

 

[Dar'Nara]

Damn, just spent the last two hours plowing through this thread.. 

 

When it comes to a thing similar to Dragon Age: Keep, I hope they have that for the new Mass Effect game or, like someone else mentioned, a couple of conversations at the start that decide your canon... Like when Jacob and Miranda ask you questions on the shuttle down to Freedom's Progress or whatever that place was called... 

 

"So, [player character], remember that person... Shepard? Refresh my memory.. were they a man or a woman? ... Ah yes, I can't believe what they did on the crucible... what do you think?, And how about that Genophage, I can't believe they did what they did... remind me, what did they do again?" and "I can't believe who they fell in love with... I can't remember their name though...."

 

It would probably take a while to get through all the decisions

 

I'd be happy with something like that but as others have said, if it goes on for too long it can get a bit tedious so im still hoping for some sort of save import. The save import could cover questions like that and then perhaps an NPC or even our protagonist could bring it up in summary form. "You remember Commander Shepard? He actually managed to destroy the Reapers! He Cured the Genophage, heck he somehow managed to get the Quarians and the Geth to come to peaceful terms and even fell in love with a Quarian!"  <- Of course thats just a short example.

 

We'll see soon enough what BioWare gives us and whether or not most of us will be...pleased.

[CroGamer002]

Hoping to hear some major announcement come E3 2015...  I'm also eyeing NME concept art from 2014 and wondering all sorts of "things".

Most likely E3 we'll get official announcement. I'd be shocked if we don't get anything substantial.
 

- when's NME getting its own forum?

I dunno. It took many months to get ME3 subforum after official announcement.

Hell other language forums got them weeks before English one, so what was up with that?
 

- when is the first trailer coming?

Technically we had a trailer in last E3, but it was a minor tease trailer for NME and new IP game being in development.

Now actual trailer should be on E3 the latest.
 

- what's the story?

We don't know, besides that is not gonna be about Shepard nor like Shepard's story.
 

- is that concept art pic that looks like the Citadel... the Citadel?

Most likely, we aren't exactly certain however.
 

- will Bioware release tools for modding? (DAI modders are awesome, but its difficult to mod Frostbite)

EA's traditional anti-modding policies leans towards a no, but it's possible.
 

- who is the protagonist?

Not Shepard. Human with some N7 ties.

Other then that, we don't know. Hell playing as an alien instead of human is still an option.
 

Note to OP: Thanks for keeping this thread open and running facts!

That's what the thread is about. :-D

[ForgottenWarrior]

It's just gets me that... ME4 still unannounced! Not even the name of the next game.

[Ajensis]

It's just gets me that... ME4 still unannounced! Not even the name of the next game.

 

Personally I've long since hit that point where I've grown used to not knowing anything of substance. Actually, when they finally do announce it and if there's even a teaser trailer or something, my mind will probably shut down for a couple of days from the world not making sense

[Urizen]

Depending of course how much the NME will acknowledge our choices. I wouldn't be surprised if they were only to include major ones, like the Crucible (who Shepard recruited, killed, etc is quite trivial).

Of course, this depends on when and where NME will take place. Starting off with a completely clean slate wouldn't be out of the ordinary and possibly the easiest route to take, though I doubt that will happen.

 

True. I exaggerated a bit by going into the minor choices here.

 

I bet my manlihood that the where will be the unexplored regions of the Milky Way but I´m not placing my gender at risk on when

[Phaedon]

- when's NME getting its own forum?

 
If I remember correctly (big if), ME3 got its own forum after the VGA reveal.

- is that concept art pic that looks like the Citadel... the Citadel?

The Citadel had a very specific shape. I don't think that this looks like the Citadel.

- what's the story?
- who is the protagonist?

 
The story is set in a new region of space, where the protagonist, a male/female human (other races yet to be revealed) that has something to do with N7, flies around in their ship, and upon his/her voyages meet aliens, some old and some new, some with homeworlds to explore, and others who become your squadmates.

What we know thus far isn't too bad. But I'd like to know the context of the story. Is the universe coping with the Reaper War Reconstruction? The protagonist who seems to be an explorer, are they there for that reason, or do they become explorers by accident? Who is the antagonist?

Note to OP: Thanks for keeping this thread open and running facts!

You are welcome!

[Drone223]

At most we'll expect Bioware to officially announcing the game at E3 with a trailer, I'd be surprised if they showed gameplay.

[Phaedon]

Final Decision is this:

 

1) Rename "Dev Promises" to "Dev Statements", 4 for, 0 against, passed.
2) Add disclaimer on top of doc. 4 for, 0 against, passed.

3) Add descriptions under each sections. 1 for, 2 against, 1 blank, rejected.

We also discussed adapting to a Wikipedia-style formatting (with the info being integrated within paragraphs) very briefly, but there wasn't any interest.

I am going to change the DP icon during the weekend, I imagine that other changes can be implemented more rapidly.

[goishen]

I'd be happy with something like that but as others have said, if it goes on for too long it can get a bit tedious so im still hoping for some sort of save import. The save import could cover questions like that and then perhaps an NPC or even our protagonist could bring it up in summary form. "You remember Commander Shepard? He actually managed to destroy the Reapers! He Cured the Genophage, heck he somehow managed to get the Quarians and the Geth to come to peaceful terms and even fell in love with a Quarian!"  <- Of course thats just a short example.

 

We'll see soon enough what BioWare gives us and whether or not most of us will be...pleased.

 

 

Just had an image in my head of a geth and Quarian.  Of course, the geth's name would be Dan.

 

/facepalm material?  Sure.

[CroGamer002]

Minor update added, as Bioware is using motion-capture for the Next ME game.

[Drone223]

Minor update added, as Bioware is using motion-capture for the Next ME game.

Yeah most games these days use it.

[Lawrence0294]

I can feel this thread will be the best thread ever after E3 (assuming they reveal the game then of course).

 

Hopefully there will be the possibility to transfer this thread to the new forums dedicated to the game.

[CroGamer002]

Oh yeah, if we get same amount of juicy update in this year E3 like we did for ME3's first E3 showing, this thread will be completely overhauled into a much prettier and better organized design.

[Drone223]

Oh yeah, if we get same amount of juicy update in this year E3 like we did for ME3's first E3 showing, this thread will be completely overhauled into a much prettier and better organized design.

Even more so if they show gameplay as well.

[katamuro]

Even more so if they show gameplay as well.

 

I wouldnt really bank anything on that. And anyway the gameplay that they showed in Dragon Age Inquisition demo and what we got were quite a bit different. 

[Drone223]

I wouldnt really bank anything on that. And anyway the gameplay that they showed in Dragon Age Inquisition demo and what we got were quite a bit different. 

If gameplay is shown its going to be in the (pre)alpha stage and its better to assume that any gameplay features can be changed or removed anytime in (pre)alpha footage.

[Chewin]

I can feel this thread will be the best thread ever after E3 (assuming they reveal the game then of course).

 

Hopefully there will be the possibility to transfer this thread to the new forums dedicated to the game.

 

Yeah, once we reach the period when "proper" news starts to show up, things will get really busy here. People helping us gather information and so forth will be appreciated.

 

And totally. Once NME gets its own forum section, we will contact a moderator for them to move the thread there (unless they automatically do so themselves). 

[katamuro]

I still think that we are not going to see NME before the holidays 2015 at the most earliest or more probably somewhere around march 2016. 

[Shermos]

I still think that we are not going to see NME before the holidays 2015 at the most earliest or more probably somewhere around march 2016.

Are you talking about the first reveal of game play footage or the release of game itself?

[Phaedon]

ITT: Cro gradually picking increasingly absurd thread titles in order to see how long it'll be before someone calls him out on it.

Well it's H-Hour, buster. 

[Nitrocuban]

Realistic bed time simulator?

You mean like um ... for having sexy time with colored alien chicks around the universe and stuff?