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Too quiet. Almost no info. Is Mass Effect franchise over?

Débuté par Seival , mars 08 2015 01:22

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Sondage : Do you think new ME game was frozen or canceled? (67 membre(s) ont voté)

Do you think new ME game was frozen or canceled?

  1. A voté No, I think they are really developing new ME game and just waiting for the right time to share more details. (56 vote(s) [83.58%])

    Pourcentage des votes : 83.58%

  2. Yes, I believe new ME game was frozen or canceled; most likely they will never develop anything new in ME universe. (11 vote(s) [16.42%])

    Pourcentage des votes : 16.42%

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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 10:16

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I kinda hope we don't hear anything for a while. I'd like to think that means they're actually working on something instead of spending the next year and half hyping the **** out of it. Or risk showing or alluding to too much too early. Which will happen regardless I know, but I wanna hold on to the benefit of that doubt.


They've been working on it for literally three years now.

Them not being near done (at least, a release this holiday--that'd be 3.5 like the delayed Inquisition) is a bad thing at this point.

#102
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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 10:28

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They've been working on it for literally three years now.

Them not being near done (at least, a release this holiday--that'd be 3.5 like the delayed Inquisition) is a bad thing at this point.

Maybe not, they probably spent a decent stretch of time trying to finalize what direction to take the franchise after ME3


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 10:32

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Maybe not, they probably spent a decent stretch of time trying to finalize what direction to take the franchise after ME3

Pre-production is a part of the development cycle so EA is still right in saying they've been "working on it" for years.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 10:35

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Pre-production is a part of the development cycle so EA is still right in saying they've been "working on it" for years.

I know, I just imagine that it was probably a lengthier period in this case than ME2 or ME3.  After the way ME3 ended, they had a lot to sort out.  They hadn't planned for a sequel.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 10:35

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It won't be cancelled, its been in development for over 3 years the latest they'll make an announcement would be E3.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 10:37

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Maybe not, they probably spent a decent stretch of time trying to finalize what direction to take the franchise after ME3

Pre-production is a part of the development cycle so EA is still right in saying they've been "working on it" for years.


I THINK what Heimdall is saying is that it's not a bad thing, not that they weren't working on it.

I have to wonder, though...how long can you spend doing that? And what exactly are you doing? Do they come to work and sit there for 8 hours and argue about where they want the ME franchise to go? How exactly can that be something you spend months on? That's something you should be able to get everyone to focus on, and talk it out, and get figured out in a short time. or so it seems to me.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 10:37

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I know, I just imagine that it was probably a lengthier period in this case than ME2 or ME3.  After the way ME3 ended, they had a lot to sort out.  They hadn't planned for a sequel.

 

They definitely had planned for a sequel.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 10:40

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Canceled to push the release of SC: the dark brotherhood 2. It runs on frostbyte and will use some leftover assets from ME:Next.


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#109
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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 10:41

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They definitely had planned for a sequel.

 

We won't know one way or another regarding that unless they make an announcement.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 10:52

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Canceled to push the release of SC: the dark brotherhood 2. It runs on frostbyte and will use some leftover assets from ME:Next.

 

Day one buy.

We won't know one way or another regarding that unless they make an announcement.

 

http://gamerant.com/...es-benk-128852/

 

Not concrete, but I definitely think it says they were planning something.


#111
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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 11:01

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I hate to be "that guy" but I really hope they do make ME4, if only to retcon that ending...


#112
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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 11:16

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I THINK what Heimdall is saying is that it's not a bad thing, not that they weren't working on it.

I have to wonder, though...how long can you spend doing that? And what exactly are you doing? Do they come to work and sit there for 8 hours and argue about where they want the ME franchise to go? How exactly can that be something you spend months on? That's something you should be able to get everyone to focus on, and talk it out, and get figured out in a short time. or so it seems to me.

 

Didn't they spend five years on Dragon Age Origins doing just that?


#113
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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 11:16

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Since Bioware confirmed they're working on it, no.


#114
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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 11:19

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Got to love the circular complaining.

 

People complain that Bioware is not putting enough time into development.

 

Bioware put more time into development.

 

People complain that it's taking too long.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 11:23

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Didn't they spend five years on Dragon Age Origins doing just that?

 

No that was development hell. I thought they needed funding.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 11:28

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I THINK what Heimdall is saying is that it's not a bad thing, not that they weren't working on it.

I have to wonder, though...how long can you spend doing that? And what exactly are you doing? Do they come to work and sit there for 8 hours and argue about where they want the ME franchise to go? How exactly can that be something you spend months on? That's something you should be able to get everyone to focus on, and talk it out, and get figured out in a short time. or so it seems to me.

 

You could have a small point team laying the ground work for the main army to roll in and crank out the game.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 11:45

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You could have a small point team laying the ground work for the main army to roll in and crank out the game.

 

Doing what? i suppose when I think pre-production, I think of design decisions. Those are going to pop up during the production cycle, but I can't imagine spending months deciding whether you want your game to be a cop-out interquel or prequel, or a sequel. That's something everyone talks about, gets their arguments made, then goes home and "sleeps on" to decide the next day. or in a couple days. Not months.


#118
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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 11:50

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They definitely had planned for a sequel.

Certainly not when they were designing ME3.  ME3 was designed as a conclusion.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 11:51

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Certainly not when they were designing ME3.  ME3 was designed as a conclusion.

 

ME3 was designed as a conclusion to the Shepard arc. Definitely not the Mass Effect universe.

 

We discussed this rather frequently before ME3 even came out.


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Posté 09 mars 2015 - 11:55

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http://gamerant.com/...ogy-trung-6897/
 
http://gamerant.com/...rd-dyce-102185/
 
http://www.pcgamer.c...ry-is-complete/
 

Mass Effect 3 promises to be an explosive end to Bioware's trilogy, but will it be the end of its universe?
 
"Not at all no," says Bioware CEO Dr. Ray Mazuka when we put the question to him at Gamescom this year. "We have ambitious plans to continue this franchise going forward. Mass Effect 3 is simultaneously a couple of different things; a thrilling and epic conclusion to the trilogy as we promised our fans we'd provide for Commander Shepard, but it's also a brand new beginning – it's an entry point for new fans and it's also a brand new beginning."


#121
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Posté 10 mars 2015 - 12:01

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Expect nothing until E3 buddy, even then though they'll probably only show a teaser trailer :unsure:


#122
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Posté 10 mars 2015 - 12:02

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They've been working on it for literally three years now.

Them not being near done (at least, a release this holiday--that'd be 3.5 like the delayed Inquisition) is a bad thing at this point.

Yes, but we don't know how long they've actually been working on it. I imagine the first year and a half to two years was still concept and pre production work. Considering they are using an entirely new engine. They may not even be done writing it ( THAT would be worrisome). And there are still sins of the past that, hopefully, will be corrected.


#123
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Posté 10 mars 2015 - 12:03

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I'd imagine preproduction would involve designing the concept art, getting a writing staff together to start figuring what they are going to write, and who is going to do it, coming up with funds, and just generally creating a foundation for the project while also determining if this is a project worth working on. Also, if its a larger company, then you need to decide what branch is going to work on it, and determine if the whole entire branch is needed, or just a portion of it. I can't imagine any project being ready to go until all of this is figured out. You can't just "wing it" on large scale projects.

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Posté 10 mars 2015 - 12:12

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Yes, but we don't know how long they've actually been working on it. I imagine the first year and a half to two years was still concept and pre production work. Considering they are using an entirely new engine. They may not even be done writing it ( THAT would be worrisome). And there are still sins of the past that, hopefully, will be corrected.


A year and a half for just that is a ridiculous amount of time.

#125
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Posté 10 mars 2015 - 12:24

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Having vague plans to do something with Mass Effect isn't the same as having a concrete plan for a follow up.  The ending of ME3 was certainly not designed with the idea that they'd build off of it in mind.

 

Heck, even within the trilogy, the devs are somewhat infamous for lack of forethought between entries.  I think Mac actually said that it was only after they finished ME2 that they realized they'd written themselves into a corner with the Suicide Mission.


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