I understand why some people are upset, but what I dont understand is why some people are upset and surprised. We predicted this change of setting a year ago. Everyone should have seen this coming and should have come to terms with it, if it came to pass.
And I said a year ago that if they really went with this, it will be proof they broke the setting beyond repair and have no choice but to flee the mess they made.
After 6 years, it's not hard for invested players to want to see more of the setting they spent so much time in.
Sure it would, but if this whole discussion is framed around what pleases or displeases the fans, then it's kind of the same thing. People would be mad, but they would get over it. But the same is true of what we have. People are mad, but they'll probably get over this too.
Sure. People will get over having to go to another galaxy, but the mental hoops required to explain how a single person is even alive by the time we get there don't compare to the mental hoops required to make any single ME3 dlc make sense. IMO, the easier of the two choices would be just to say, "This is what happened," like BioWare does pretty much everywhere else when pretending choices actually matter.
Except for Bill Casey. I dunno where he is, but I can only assume he's cosplaying as a drell waiting to die from Kepral's Syndrome.
And I said a year ago that if they really went with this, it will be proof they broke the setting beyond repair and have no choice but to flee the mess they made.
Fleeing from said problems they created also doesn't inspire much confidence that they've learned from their mistakes, because its going to catch up with them eventually.
After 6 years, it's not hard for invested players to want to see more of the setting they spent so much time in.
Pay no attention to the Red, Green, and Blue spillage behind us! Focus on the clean, pristine galaxy ahead! Be dazzled by the N7 logos and new improved Mako! This is totally Mass Effect, see?
Fleeing from said problems they created also doesn't inspire much confidence that they've learned from their mistakes, because its going to catch up with them eventually.
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I hope it's possible to play ME:Andromeda without even thinking about Shepard. However, I fear Shepard will always be the 'elephant in the room' in anything Mass Effect related.
Sure I expected one. Whatever I may think of prequels personally, I do not believe for a second that prequels are particularly well-liked in general, nor did I see it at all likely that BioWare would create one, despite the constraints of the final endings. Isolation or leaving the galaxy entirely, which I guess is pretty much the same thing, seemed far more likely than futzing around in the few decades prior to ME1, and it seems that turned out to be the case. What's required is not important. A prequel or a "mid"-quel aren't required either. Hell, apparently even staying in the Milky Way isn't really required.
Yes, staying in the Milky Way wasn't required. Leaving it was just the worst of their options, and they took it.
It didn't need to take place before ME1 either. It could've taken place during the current timeline (before the Reaper Invasion/War) and there would've been no issue. There's trillions of beings living out their own adventures concurrently with Shepard. And the only issue anyone ever comes up with is "but the Reapers are coming..." nitpick. Which is a problem for those individuals in particular, nothing more.
The last thing we need is to play as another galactic messiah, saving the universe from an ancient, unstoppable world-eating threat. But seeing as how they felt the need for a completely untouched setting, it seems that's exactly what we'll get.
Yes, I remember. And I agreed back then, as I do now. In fact, the reason why Andromeda was so very predictable was exactly because of what you state - in my opinion, anyways. Revan and company ranted and raved against it, thought it couldn't possibly be what they would do, but to me it was so ridiculously obvious they would go this route for exactly this reason.And I said a year ago that if they really went with this, it will be proof they broke the setting beyond repair and have no choice but to flee the mess they made.
I think deep down the fanbase just wanted to romance their Shepards in the nicest most platonic ways possible.
But then again I'm just saying my opinion.
I've been lurking this forum for awhile and i just have to ask: Why are so many people still so upset that Shepard and the Milky Way aren't involved in ME:A?
I mean, Shepard as a character was essentially a lifeless soldier in the first game. No emotion... Stoic military responses. Boring.
As the trilogy went on they gave Shepard more humanity... Or as much as they could while keeping the soldier aspect. Which was a HUGE improvement but that whole soldier thing still made Shepard a bit uninteresting to me and one of the least interesting characters in the series. I didn't feel any attachment to him/her as much as I did other characters in the series. Hopefully, ME:A gives us a more human protagonist without military ties. That whole angle is over done.
As far as the Milky Way... What left is there to really see at this point? Why hold on to it?
well for the past 5 years Milkyway was the main focus, there are things left to explore, I wanted to visit those planets with those mysterious unkown creatures and that great rift thing fired from an unkown weapon. All of that has been scrapped...
that's why I play Skyrim! I just imagine it being in Andromeda... problem solved
And I said a year ago that if they really went with this, it will be proof they broke the setting beyond repair and have no choice but to flee the mess they made.
But that was obvious since the second after ME3 ended.
Pay no attention to the Red, Green, and Blue spillage behind us! Focus on the clean, pristine galaxy ahead! Be dazzled by the N7 logos and new improved Mako! This is totally Mass Effect, see?
It is Mass effect actually.
And I said a year ago that if they really went with this, it will be proof they broke the setting beyond repair and have no choice but to flee the mess they made.
BioWare said that three years ago, back when Casey said there wouldn't be any games set after ME3. Remember?
BioWare said that three years ago, back when Casey said there wouldn't be any games set after ME3. Remember?
>Casey says there won't be any games set after ME3.
>MEA takes place in the future from ME3.
It is Mass effect actually.
It's "Mass Effect". Whether it is Mass Effect has yet to be determined.
For what little it may be worth, I'm sorry if the decision has soured your love for Mass Effect.
Thanks.
It's "Mass Effect". Whether it is Mass Effect has yet to be determined.
What would basically be never since that appears to be different for other people
What would basically be never since that appears to be different for other people
No, it will be determined one way or the other when the game comes out. People will determine differently, but it will be determined.
No, it will be determined one way or the other when the game comes out. People will determine differently, but it will be determined.
Which will end up causing the same dumb argument of "what is Mass Effect?"
Which will end up causing the same dumb argument of "what is Mass Effect?"
"No true fan of the original series would like this junk."
That will be all over the place.
"No true fan of the original series would like this junk."
That will be all over the place.
And it'll go on forever
And it'll go on forever
We'll have to brace ourselves for all the Andramada. The only thing I feel confident about is that the BSN will never reach a consensus on anything.
And it'll go on forever
That's the bed that has been made by this decision.
That's the bed that has been made by this decision.
Not really since people still consider it a Mass Effect, and It honestly won't stop this fandom for finding something to complaint about
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