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New Mass Effect Designer Replaying Trilogy for Research Purposes

Ian S. Frazier, the lead designer working on the new Mass Effect experience, says that he is currently replaying the trilogy of titles that BioWare has created in order to research some elements that will be used in the coming game.

-Foxtrot3725d ago

Well hopefully he realises that we don't want a typical third person action game....we want a good Sci-Fi RPG game with third person shooter elements.

Oh and we need cool down weapons back...it's the future, it made sense they had those kind of weapons. It added more strategy to the battles because you had to rely on your teams mates and also your own special abilities instead of going in their guns blazing. Not to mention picking your team wisely with what your lacking in terms of powers and such. If your a soldier then you obviously need a biotic like Liara , if your a vanguard then you would of needed Kaiden to boost your sentinel skills like lock picking.

Godmars2903725d ago

Except the series became a typical TPS, complete with multiplayer which has become its main draw.

By the second game they stopped developing the world, stopped trying to make or use anything non-humanoid an active element, so chances are slim to none they're going to revisit the direction they should have gone. especially if the current director is going back to well of the original trilogy and is only looking at how that was done.

Software_Lover3725d ago

I replay it a lot. I mean a lot. The first game is so good, they just needed to up the RPG elements up and change the planet variation.

My favorite series this gen. I don't know how it turned into a 3rd person shooter fest though.

tanookisuit3725d ago

Yeah, I like the first one the most, too! If it had less texture pop-ins and the smoother controls of ME2/ME3, I would call it a masterpiece.

Sayburr3725d ago

It would be a masterpiece if that damn elevator moved a little faster...

cleft53725d ago

I am doing a playthrough of ME2 and ME3 right now. Doing a Tali romance run. I would actually love to see a PS4 Mass Effect Definitive edition that had all the games and all of the dlc bundle together. I would be willing to pay $60 for that.

Mikefizzled3725d ago

Surely this is a null story?

tigertron3725d ago

Hopefully he prefers the first game.

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Mass Effect 4 and The Challenges of Canonicity in Choice-Based Games

Game Rant Writes "Canonicity can be a tricky nut to crack in franchises with continuing narratives, and that's something Mass Effect 4 will need to contend with."

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just_looken372d ago (Edited 372d ago )

wow gamerant forgot mass effect 4 came out years ago number 6 and 7 were cancelled.

The new mass effect which can be called number 5 will not have any of your choices why you might ask?

Well dragon age keep were your choices from number one can been seen in number 3 got unplugged from number one and number 2 is finicky.

Dragon age on pc requires a mod to get past the server login and non of your choices get uploaded to the keep even the dlc no longer works sense it needs a server check.

On xbox i teseted this only though local saves i was able to transfer choices from one to too but 0 of one dlc would work.

So if the more popular dragon age series is in this state why would they care about your mass effect choices?

Oh and that remaster that was tossed out still has day one issues and number 3 is still hard to play on pc do to lighting issues and ram limits imposed from 2014.

My expectations for the next bioware 2.0 titles is very low.

phoenixwing372d ago

They should redo the main trilogy

just_looken372d ago (Edited 372d ago )

They should redo the dragon age trilogy for sure on pc DA1 the ui is messed up sense it was for 4080p/720i days back in 2005. Getting to run is also very hard

The only way to play dragon age one is via xbox one backwards compatable state.

The ps3 version of dragon age one is pre throphy/ in game xmb so it has the freezing/crashing issues or just will not run.

just_looken372d ago

Well i am not American so please enlighten me on usa education before your country invades mine and forces us into your society

GhostScholar372d ago (Edited 372d ago )

@ just_looken

Did I mention education? Never said America did have negative points. I know for all you “enlightened” people you think everything is either all good or all bad, but in reality that’s not how life works. We have a government that traded a known terrorist for a basketball player who moonlights as a drug dealer. We aren’t perfect by a long shot. If you want to go political though how about your leader leaving his own country when the truck driver strike happened?

porkChop372d ago

Dragon Age is not more popular than Mass Effect.

shinoff2183372d ago

Yea I read that and was like I've heard way more people talk mass effect compared to dragon age. Personally I'm more into mass effect. It's got the whole dope ass sci fi thing going on while dragon age has the same old medieval thing

gold_drake372d ago

andromeda is a spin off tjo and not considerd a numvered title. as it has to 99% nothing to do with the trilogy.

i think they need to make the destroy perfect ending canon.
we need more of shepard. haha.

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Mass Effect 4 Can Explore Post-Apocalyptic Themes

Game Rant Writes "Mass Effect 4 will likely treat Mass Effect 3’s Destroy ending as canon, and this gives it an opportunity to explore a post-apocalyptic galaxy."

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Rebel_Scum525d ago

Destroy is the best choice. Bring the relays back over the course of a new trilogy, maybe right at the end of the first game. Say it was Cerberus, Salarians or a bunch of keepers that created a relay.

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Mass Effect 4 Needs to Make One Major Change with the Protagonist

Game Rant Writes "Mass Effect 4 has plenty of opportunities to change a lot about the franchise, particularly in the protagonist players can create."

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BrainSyphoned526d ago

Tons of opportunities since most anyone who made it special is long gone

ClayRules2012526d ago

“Mass Effect 4 Needs to Make One Major Change with the Protagonist“

To make sure the main characters face isn’t tired with the released game?