I'm actually surprise there hasn't been any real build up or hints being dropped at Mass Effect at E3 this year.
The Quiet Before the Storm - Mass Effect 4 @ E3 2015
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#77
Posté 10 juin 2015 - 03:37
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I frequent these forums and the Halo Waypoint forums a lot. It is interesting to me, the two different strategies that 343 and Bioware are employing prior to E3. Both Halo 5 and ME4 are massively anticipated titles. 343 actively engages the fan base with even minor updates weekly or bi-monthly pretty much for the past year, with internet promotional campaigns, novels, and crowd sourcing scavenger hunt type promotions recently. It has built the Halo 5 hype up massively prior to E3.
Meanwhile, Bioware is basically in total blackout mode. Aside from a few devs posting tweets and what-not, we have heard virtually nothing about the next Mass Effect and E3 is imminent. That's either because they are planning a big reveal, and subsequent hype...or not, and worse. I worry that the fallout from the ME3 endings has caused them to disengage from the fan base except in the most minimal of interactions. Thus, we jump at any "news" we can acquire, even a less-than-reliable "leak" (which at this point, is probably true).
I dont know, seeing the disparity between the two companies makes me appreciate the openness of 343 with fans more, and thus makes me respect them more. They also pay painstaking attention to the out-game lore, which is something that Bungie never did (and they created it), and Bioware ignores when convenient.
I used to think Bioware was the top-tier of making RPGs...but I don't any longer. Not to say Halo is an RPG or anything, because obviously it isn't. I was merely comparing the strategy of the two companies and their interactions with fans. But there will probably be a void, a niche to fill if Bioware does not start delivering.
I am cautiously optimistic about the quality of ME4. I hope I am pleasantly surprised at E3. But I wont hold my breath.
Meanwhile, Bioware is basically in total blackout mode. Aside from a few devs posting tweets and what-not, we have heard virtually nothing about the next Mass Effect and E3 is imminent. That's either because they are planning a big reveal, and subsequent hype...or not, and worse. I worry that the fallout from the ME3 endings has caused them to disengage from the fan base except in the most minimal of interactions. Thus, we jump at any "news" we can acquire, even a less-than-reliable "leak" (which at this point, is probably true).
I dont know, seeing the disparity between the two companies makes me appreciate the openness of 343 with fans more, and thus makes me respect them more. They also pay painstaking attention to the out-game lore, which is something that Bungie never did (and they created it), and Bioware ignores when convenient.
I used to think Bioware was the top-tier of making RPGs...but I don't any longer. Not to say Halo is an RPG or anything, because obviously it isn't. I was merely comparing the strategy of the two companies and their interactions with fans. But there will probably be a void, a niche to fill if Bioware does not start delivering.
I am cautiously optimistic about the quality of ME4. I hope I am pleasantly surprised at E3. But I wont hold my breath.
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#78
Posté 10 juin 2015 - 03:51
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I frequent these forums and the Halo Waypoint forums a lot. It is interesting to me, the two different strategies that 343 and Bioware are employing prior to E3. Both Halo 5 and ME4 are massively anticipated titles.
Halo comes out this year, Mass Effect does not. We are still waiting for the official announcement.
You have to compare 343 last year pre-E3 to Bioware now.
#79
Posté 10 juin 2015 - 03:55
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Aside from a few devs posting tweets and what-not, we have heard virtually nothing about the next Mass Effect and E3 is imminent. That's either because they are planning a big reveal, and subsequent hype...or not, and worse.
They, especially Aaryn Flynn, have had every opportunity to shut down the possibility of MENext showing at E3. Not only have they not done so, they're being pretty coy about the whole thing.
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Posté 10 juin 2015 - 04:22
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They, especially Aaryn Flynn, have had every opportunity to shut down the possibility of MENext showing at E3. Not only have they not done so, they're being pretty coy about the whole thing.
I don't know...
#81
Posté 10 juin 2015 - 04:29
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I don't know...
That was almost 14 month ago.
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#82
Posté 10 juin 2015 - 04:41
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That was almost 14 month ago.
You mean that they threw everything they had been working for during the last years to the trash and started again from scratch a few months ago? I'm not sure...
#83
Posté 10 juin 2015 - 06:52
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You mean that they threw everything they had been working for during the last years to the trash and started again from scratch a few months ago? I'm not sure...
No, that Twitter conversation took place 14 months ago.
They were in the middle stages of development 14 months ago.
#84
Posté 10 juin 2015 - 06:59
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No, that Twitter conversation took place 14 months ago.
They were in the middle stages of development 14 months ago.
and still are going by how they added a senior writer in April. The "middle stages of development" in the context of the tweet cover about 90% of the time taken to make a game anyway.
#85
Posté 10 juin 2015 - 09:26
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Thats it! I've officially climed aboard the hype train. Even removed Inky from my avatar and replaced it with some ME3 greatness. Just hope it ain't a train to nowhere...
(the train itself was harder to find than the hogwarts express, what with all this lack of information, but I got there in the end)
