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[GarethJShep17]

Hey guys so I thought I'd so we could post some of our speculating theories about MEA. Post your theories bellow and let me know what you guys think we will see in Mass Effect Andromeda. I've recently did a mass effect andromeda video talking about what we might see, I'll leave the link below so you guys can check it out if you wanted too! btw sorry about the welsh accent, it's a little strong so I hope you guys understand and enjoy!

[N7Jamaican]

I Theorize this threat is not only related to Andromeda but linked to Milky Way.  And that the Andromeda game will be another trilogy.

[GarethJShep17]

Same here! Hopefully all the new characters will be as interesting and awesome as the previous mass effect games!!

[Indigenous]

Can you summarize the video? I can't listen to a video of you talking about Mass Effect. Makes me realise I am listening to a video of you talking about Mass Effect.

 

I wish the world is alive and not static, like most Bioware games. I hope NPC's do stuff, that there are mini games like racing and fight tournaments.

 

As to the story I hope we are not in charge of anything except maybe our ship. I think Andromeda is the beginning of another trilogy. It will probably have a similar structure to DA2. In that the story isn't about you saving the world.

[Killroy]

The premise that the "Stargazer" is someone who knew Shepard personally is deeply flawed. The "Stargazer" calls Shepard "the Shepherd" and talks about how history has been lost to time. Did the Crucible give everyone besides that one guy amnesia? That whole Stargazer scene was made an irrelevant red herring by the Extended Cut. That scene was the continuation of all advanced tech being destroyed. BioWare retconned that so there's no reason why no one would know what happened or wouldn't be able to go to space.

[GarethJShep17]

Basically Killroy summarised my video!xD exactly Killroy! I was thinking that while recording the video, I completely agree what your are saying! I made a recent video talking about if we could import our saves into mass effect Andromeda and I was saying maybe bioware will create a website like Dragon age keep and put all our chocies and name something for everyone that would make sense, regardless to what ending we chose. No idea how bioware will pull this off!

[Kabooooom]

Basically Killroy summarised my video!xD exactly Killroy! I was thinking that while recording the video, I completely agree what your are saying! I made a recent video talking about if we could import our saves into mass effect Andromeda and I was saying maybe bioware will create a website like Dragon age keep and put all our chocies and name something for everyone that would make sense, regardless to what ending we chose. No idea how bioware will pull this off!

The prevailing hypothesis, which is probably correct in my opinion, is that Bioware decided to move the story to Andromeda to avoid all the divergent choices and specifically the ME3 endings. The idea is that, prior to the end of ME3, the Council sent an ark ship to Andromeda (somehow, wormhole might be likely) as a contingency plan in case the Crucible failed, thus continuing galactic civilization and escaping the Reaper threat.

Conveniently, this would allow Bioware to both avoid the ending debacle and all choices that are mutually exclusive, while still having familiar species and a link to the old trilogy. In-universe, the characters would not know the outcome of the Reaper war or the fate of the galaxy.

Whether that is the direction Bioware will take, I dont know. But I do think it is worth noting that assuming Bioware wanted to do this allowed some of us here to predict the move in setting to Andromeda long, long before the leak or the official release. Whether that was a lucky guess, I dont know. But the most parsimonious answer, in my opinion, is that they want to tuck tail and run as far away from the endings as possible. 2.5 million lightyears away, in fact.

[Killroy]

All they have to do is ignore ME3. Have an ark leave the Milky Way before any major choices are made in ME3. No need for a "Keep" website, no need to address the stupid endings.

[LordSwagley]

Things I suspect...

• What if our civilization was not the first to explore Andromeda in an attempt to escape the Reapers? Maybe we'll run into some evolved Proteans. Maybe the Remnant are an exceptional species that escaped the Reapers and colonized Andromeda only to fall to a different foe?
• If our Hero is just some mook who got catipulted to command by virtue of not being as dead as his/her commanding officers then we'll likely have to "earn our teams respect". This is evidenced by Bioware calling our Hero "skilled but untested" and by the fact N7 guy in the trailers is "not the protagonist" according to Bioware.
• A female protagonist who walks like a super model, has paper-thin arms, a big butt, jutty boobs, and boobplate armor.
• Plenty of fetch quests and collectibles.
• A Jesus story arc.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

 

Things I suspect...

• What if our civilization was not the first to explore Andromeda in an attempt to escape the Reapers? Maybe we'll run into some evolved Proteans. Maybe the Remnant are an exceptional species that escaped the Reapers and colonized Andromeda only to fall to a different foe?
• If our Hero is just some mook who got catipulted to command by virtue of not being as dead as his/her commanding officers then we'll likely have to "earn our teams respect". This is evidenced by Bioware calling our Hero "skilled but untested" and by the fact N7 guy in the trailers is "not the protagonist" according to Bioware.
• A female protagonist who walks like a super model, has paper-thin arms, a big butt, jutty boobs, and boobplate armor.
• Plenty of fetch quests and collectibles.
• A Jesus story arc.

 

 

Because they've never done this stuff before.

[LordSwagley]

Because they've never done this stuff before.

See? Studios often fall back onto old tricks. However since ME:A is being built by a different Bioware studio perhaps we will see some change. Things could become very interesting then...

[N7Jamaican]

 

Things I suspect...

• What if our civilization was not the first to explore Andromeda in an attempt to escape the Reapers? Maybe we'll run into some evolved Proteans. Maybe the Remnant are an exceptional species that escaped the Reapers and colonized Andromeda only to fall to a different foe?
• If our Hero is just some mook who got catipulted to command by virtue of not being as dead as his/her commanding officers then we'll likely have to "earn our teams respect". This is evidenced by Bioware calling our Hero "skilled but untested" and by the fact N7 guy in the trailers is "not the protagonist" according to Bioware.
• A female protagonist who walks like a super model, has paper-thin arms, a big butt, jutty boobs, and boobplate armor.
• Plenty of fetch quests and collectibles.
• A Jesus story arc.

 

 

Hopefully ME:A has nothing to do with Reapers.. I don't mind if they explore that possibility.. But I do not want another Reaper threat

[Kabooooom]

Hopefully ME:A has nothing to do with Reapers.. I don't mind if they explore that possibility.. But I do not want another Reaper threat

Agree. I dont mind other MW species having escaped the Reapers - that would probably make the whole journey more believable anyways in the sense that it would seem, in retrospect, less convenient. But I would mind if the Reapers focused heavily in the plot or were referenced heavily.

And I would also mind if the Remnant are basically the same niche as the Protheans - an old, advanced race that was defeated by an impossible foe. But I doubt they will do that again.

If I were to guess, I would think that the Remnant will have a major twist associated with them. I highly suspect that they are somehow responsible for getting the MW species to Andromeda, and thus are viewed as a "benevolent, guardian race" by us. But, at the climax of the story, we discover that not only are they not extinct, but they are not benevolent, and we fell into a trap. Or something of the sort.

[N7Jamaican]

Agree. I dont mind other MW species having escaped the Reapers - that would probably make the whole journey more believable anyways in the sense that it would seem, in retrospect, less convenient. But I would mind if the Reapers focused heavily in the plot or were referenced heavily.

And I would also mind if the Remnant are basically the same niche as the Protheans - an old, advanced race that was defeated by an impossible foe. But I doubt they will do that again.

If I were to guess, I would think that the Remnant will have a major twist associated with them. I highly suspect that they are somehow responsible for getting the MW species to Andromeda, and thus are viewed as a "benevolent, guardian race" by us. But, at the climax of the story, we discover that not only are they not extinct, but they are not benevolent, and we fell into a trap. Or something of the sort.

 

That would be awesome!  And I totally agree with you.  

[Killroy]

See? Studios often fall back onto old tricks. However since ME:A is being built by a different Bioware studio perhaps we will see some change. Things could become very interesting then...

BioWare is highly reactionary. When have they rested on their laurels and just repeated themselves so blatantly? No BioWare series is static.

[N7Jamaican]

BioWare is highly reactionary. When have they rested on their laurels and just repeated themselves so blatantly? No BioWare series is static.

 

I don't think they would recycle ME1-3 in ME:A.  I do think it will be a completely new plot.  Maybe some mentionings for the original trilogy, but nothing more.

[Indigenous]

Basically Killroy summarised my video!xD exactly Killroy! I was thinking that while recording the video, I completely agree what your are saying! I made a recent video talking about if we could import our saves into mass effect Andromeda and I was saying maybe bioware will create a website like Dragon age keep and put all our chocies and name something for everyone that would make sense, regardless to what ending we chose. No idea how bioware will pull this off!

Then I generally agree that Biowares extended endings for Mass Effect 3 was a bad idea. The option to refuse and die pretty much killed off any hopes of the next Mass Effect game being in the Milky Way. It would probably have already been a challenge seeing as how diverse there original three endings were.

[Sartoz]

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My Speculations are as follows:

 

This is a game whose focus will be on survival. This means the first colony world is key for a good jump start to growing and defending your new "home world".  Next comes strategic decisions. How do you allocated your initial meager resources? Exploration?, mining?, tech improvement?,  Colony defense? AI research?  finding allies? These decisions will make a big difference later in the game.

 

It's a massive game world according to Bio and with the Mako, exploration must be important, especially if your agents come back with information about the Renmant tech ruins ready to be plundered. The game will have an "US" vs "THEM" theme. This puts the pressure on us to find tech ruins first, battle hostiles, find mining resource in other systems and protect what we have.

 

I expect a Control Centre where missions are generated/available similar to the War Table... but god, NOT LIKE IT! Assign your AI agents to missions and that it how your colony will grow or fail.... all macro decisions. Also, I do not expect a feedback map showing how well we are doing in the Cluster.

 

1. Romance

Nothing revolutionary here. Will continue to be meh, with brief nudity.  A min of three and a max of four.  Question is, will the alien LI be female or male?

 

2, Combat

Is mostly with defenders of the Remnant tech ruins but also with raid parties. So a mix of SP+MP mechanics... not really fond of this. Combat will also occur in mining and research outposts and in fledgling human/krogan/Solarian colonies.  Combat will also be against hostile mercs, pirates, criminal organizations.

 

3. Hub

There will be a HUB where races come together as in the Citadel. here the PC will get information and missions. We may already have an ambassador to represent us. Also markets to sell/buy gear and the bars/strip joints. Technically, we should only see alien pleasure females/males, as we are the "new kid in town".

 

4. Races

We know we have a Solarian and a Krogan and there is a good chance there will be one more from our home galaxy but no more. I'll go on a limb and say there will be a min of four alien races in this game. More alien contact possible with exploration.

 

5. Hostile alien race.

This is our main opposition. Our Collector replacemenet, so to speak. The one race that will invade out starting colony worlds, or attack our mining/Outpost stations. There will be no galaxy wide apocalyptic theme.

 

6. Choices + Consequences.

Two or three main choices that will bite us in the butt later on, if we are unwise. Certainly our first colony settlement will be one of them.  Romance choice is another.  Minor ones of no consequence, after that.

 

7. It's possible Bio will try something new. An integration of SP+MP play. I hope it fails, for no other reason that if successful, future games will lean heavily toward it with their micro$ bloody transactions and possible subscription based online play.

 

8. NPCs & Idle Animation

Will not move out of our way and we must go around them. Humans and aliens will get their "fingers up their nose" as per usual Bio animations. Nothing to be surprised at if old animation libraries are used (ie: from DAI?).

 

9 Ending.

For a trilogy, it will be a cliff-hanger. A successful defense against a massive alien attack, that gives you time to recover and rearm in game 2.

 

For a stand alone game, our hero/ine will beat the bad ass and ride into the sunset.

[GarethJShep17]

Wow all amazing theories!