I'm willing to give the inevitability of death a slide for how important I judge the impact of my protagonist on the world and the lives within it ... the knowledge of an apocalypse within the year, not so much.
Twisted or not, it's my viewpoint ... and I'm not alone.
Fair enough.
http://gamerant.com/...con-panel-mako/
What a giant, shameful copout.
Why in the world would I want to play a spinoff? Here they say Shepard's trilogy is over, only to create a game set during it. No amount of heroic deeds will make this N7 dude topple Shepard considering Shepard is saving the Citadel/Killing Collectors/Killing the Reapers while our N7 Bob is busy charting planets.
Not sure how setting the next game within the same timeframe somehow negates what they said about Shepard's story being over. There's trillions of beings in the galaxy all living their own stories.
Also, many people don't want to try and live up to Shepard's "heroic deeds". Many people want anything but Shepard. A great deal of fans don't want to save the entire galaxy from something more terrible than the Reapers.
Regardless of whether they went 500 years into the future, the ME3 endings would always matter. Not sure what gives you the impression they wouldn't. The ending was a significant event in galactic history. 500 years isn't even a millisecond on the galactic timescale.
I am going to wait and see if this is true, and if this is indeed where the next series of games is going to take place, I am willing to keep and open mind.
I will however, like to submit that I really hope that the Mass Effect is not perpetually stuck with the endings forever hanging over our heads, never to venture beyond the last five minutes of ME 3.
I also really, really hope that a side-quel, or spin off adventure doesn't try and rehash all of the major story archs regarding the Genophage and the Geth/Quarian conflict. I already dealt with those issues; let their narratives continue forward; in the very brief window between when Sheapard resolved them and the Crucible detonation.
i have to wait and see the panel before i believe this
but if it is true time period is still not defined. I mean you can put all the Dragon age games in the same time period, and The Renaissance is a time period that spanned 300 years, so it just as uninformative as the rest of the info that come out of that panel.
It's funny how people are so quick to draw negative conclusions from things that have absolutely no confirmation. Not only that, but you have to make things up, or just not actually think about things through before posting. Face it, you guys want MEnot4 to fail and no matter what decisions Bioware makes a lot of you guys are going to hate it anyway.
1) They never said that it would take place during Shepard's timeline. A bunch of over anxious fans and media members desperate for a story to write up for clicks on their site are going to post "information" that's nothing more than speculation. The only thing Bioware confirmed is that the Mako is back.
2) They never said we'd only play as an N7 human. Do you not know how marketing works? They are very early in development, and they are just clinging to what is familiar to fans in the early process for the sake of branding. That N7 patch on the armor is merely so we can recognize that its Mass Effect. From tweets I read they said that playing as other races was a huge thing in ME3, and said that it is unconfirmed whether there will be playable races in SP. Again, early development, things change. Inquisition originally had only 1 playable race, but they upped it to 4.
3) People are complaining because not a lot of info has been released on this game, saying the panel was a waste of time. Mass Effect 3 was very rushed and the final product suffered from it more than just the endings. Shouldn't people be glad that Bioware is taking their time? I'd rather them release information when its ready, instead of just clumsily tossing a presentation that isn't ready, just because fans are entitled whiners. If MEnot4 takes 3-4 years to develop, rejoice because the game will be better for it.
People are just too quick to put Bioware on a pike. When Inquisition comes out and its an amazing game I hope people stop with this anti-Bioware nonsense because it feels like no matter what Bioware can't win with you guys. The Mass Effect fanbase could learn a lot from the Kingdom Hearts fanbase. It's such a passionate one that actually celebrates when a new game comes out and wants the series to succeed, even after some low points.
So much this.
People are complaining about a rumor based on a feeling that journalists had about a game that is still in the early stages of development.
Seriously?
Bioware just wanted to show off the new Mako & some designs for the protagonist. These many not even be all the designs for the protagonist just designs that people would be familiar with.
We'll find out more details in 2015, until then why worry about rumours based on nothing?
I have to say though I do think Bioware are over-egging the importance of the N7. They're mentioned like once in the Mass Effect trilogy and pretty much all things Shepard does are as a Spectre or working under Cerberus. When I'm asked 'what N7 means to you' I think of the logo unnecessarily stamped on Shepard's hoodie.
The same could be said about Dragon Age Origins and it went fine.
Helps that all the races(aside from the Kossith) in Dragon Age are from the same planet and are basically humans.
Mako,well,Mako is great news.
I am still waiting for fog to clear,but if that site is correct and the setting of ME4 is prior to RGB,despite Mako and other possible goodies this game is not for me.
There seems to be a lot of interpretation and speculation in the air. Is there any place on the interwebz where we can watch or listen to an actual recording of BioWare's panel at Comic-con? I can't seem to find anything...
dont forget the time period were shepard is dead
so those 2 years could be interesting to.
I find this dubious at best, but true or not, it is an absolutely idiotic idea.
There seems to be a lot of interpretation and speculation in the air. Is there any place on the interwebz where we can watch or listen to an actual recording of BioWare's panel at Comic-con? I can't seem to find anything...
Nerd Appropriate said they recorded the panel. It might be some time before they release that though. Also it seems that there wasn't a single reporter for any of the major game magazines there either. They have just been showing the twitter pics Hrungr put up here as people live tweeted the panel.
video or it didn't happen. I want to hear them say it.
I refuse to believe Bioware would be THIS stupid!
everytime you post stuff on here its negetive 
1. They note this Mako is customizable.
2. There's no guarantee we are playing as a member of the Alliance Military. One of their previous comments was that
Then why call it Mako, Mako is the designation of the AFV is it not? Call it IDK badger or wolverine.
I'd drive that.
But I'm glad it's not confirmed that we are going to be yet another jarhead.
Not sure how setting the next game within the same timeframe somehow negates what they said about Shepard's story being over. There's trillions of beings in the galaxy all living their own stories.
And you will always know that at the time you fight batarian pirates Shepard is doing important things like saving the world.
Many people want anything but Shepard. A great deal of fans don't want to save the entire galaxy from something more terrible than the Reapers.
And they don't have to. 500 years into the future you could fight the same pirates or explore the same planets you would explore in the spinoff.
Regardless of whether they went 500 years into the future, the ME3 endings would always matter. Not sure what gives you the impression they wouldn't. The ending was a significant event in galactic history. 500 years isn't even a millisecond on the galactic timescale.
Not really. Apart from Synthesis, nothing crucial changes. The AIs can be rebuilt.
I doubt Bioware would make such a mistake. All the concept we've seen so far points to something with distance from the trilogy.
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Cool....Shepard is saving the world. Good for him. And as I said, many people want to experience something in the MEU other than 'saving the world'. There's important events in every person's life. Shepard doesn't negate that.
Sure, 500 years into the future you could be fighting the same pirates 'you' speak of. However, they (Bioware) would either have to canonize an ending or trivialize all of them. There's no way to say they (the endings) didn't happen or 'dont matter' anymore.
And yet you're wrong again. All three endings are "crucial" changes. Yup, AI's will come back after Destroy, and then they may even wipe out all life in the galaxy (forever) due to the Reapers absence. Control is crucial because it changes the entire role of the Reapers from galactic harvesters to galactic guardians (and they will surely be around in 500 years). And Synthesis basically makes all life in the galaxy unified at a new origin point in order to include synthetics.
The wording from another site said "within Commander Shepards lifetime" which could be within the next hundred years. I doubt it will be a spinoff, in the previous E3 presentation Casey talked about moving forward so much.
Is there an actual quote for this or are we just taking the word of this site?
Just sites looking for views/clicks. No quote from the panel or anybody from Bioware indicated such a thing. (not that I'd care)
Just a bunch of irresponsible (so-called) journalists/reporters stating their own speculations as facts.
I doubt Bioware would make such a mistake. All the concept we've seen so far points to something with distance from the trilogy.
Any developer can make a mistake, Bioware is not exempt from this. That said, nothing in the reputable information we've seen so far is cause for concern, IMHO.
Eww, that's gross.
Say we play as an N7 sent to another galaxy because of the Reapers coming. THAT IS STILL IS ABOUT SHEPARD'S ****** STORY!
Shepards story is about the Reapers. If we get sent somewhere else because of the Reaper's incoming invasion, we're going to another Galaxy because of something that Shepard did. Thus the story still relates to Shepard.
Now, I don't think this is the case, but I'm going o be really upset if I'm wrong.
Helps that all the races(aside from the Kossith) in Dragon Age are from the same planet and are basically humans.
The races of ME might not be from the same planet, but they all have human traits.
Cool....Shepard is saving the world. Good for him. And as I said, many people want to experience something in the MEU other than 'saving the world'. There's important events in every person's life. Shepard doesn't negate that.
Sure, 500 years into the future you could be fighting the same pirates 'you' speak of. However, they (Bioware) would either have to canonize an ending or trivialize all of them. There's no way to say they (the endings) didn't happen or 'dont matter' anymore.
And yet you're wrong again. All three endings are "crucial" changes. Yup, AI's will come back after Destroy, and then they may even wipe out all life in the galaxy (forever) due to the Reapers absence. Control is crucial because it changes the entire role of the Reapers from galactic harvesters to galactic guardians (and they will surely be around in 500 years). And Synthesis basically makes all life in the galaxy unified at a new origin point in order to include synthetics.
Bold = how do you know? They rest 50.000 years between cycles, in Dark Space. They are most likely recovering after their losses. They also have little infantry since they didnt harvest everything.
Underline = why do they have to canonize all of them? Destroy or Control both work. Synthesis is garbage.
Its not like the Shepard era is only during the first 3 ME games. The Shepard era could mean any 20-30 something years before that as well.
Its not like the Shepard era is only during the first 3 ME games. The Shepard era could mean any 20-30 something years before that as well.
Which wouldn't make much sense. If memory serves, humans didn't gain any respect/allys until the Shep trilogy essentially.
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