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Mass Effect 4 Developers Create Three Hours of 'Wow' Moments in a Week

BioWare Montreal is also seeking a QA manager to work on the game.

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lets_go_gunners3671d ago

Still haven't played the third one. I'll play it like a week before this one comes out. To build HYPE!

Gazondaily3671d ago

Lol that will only serve to kill the hype mate. Play it now...drink 7 gallons of bleach...memory wiped...problem solved.

hankmoody3671d ago

You're being harsh. Game was fantastic. It was just that ending that was questionable.

Gazondaily3671d ago

@hank

Yeah sorry lol. I was being dramatic. I liked Mass Effect 3. Great game, poor ending.

Linkz9733671d ago

you should be slapped silly how could you ever live with yourself ... just playing but do play it its such an amazing game i actually played 1 then 2 then 3 all in a row the series is just that amazing

lets_go_gunners3671d ago

Played 1 and 2 cause they're available on steam. To get 3 I have to get it through origin.

HeavenlySnipes3671d ago

Hope they're using a new animations system

They turned the franchise into a RPG/TPS hybrid but the running and gunning is poor because of the stiff animations

Saika3670d ago

They are in fact using a new animation system: it's called MoCap. (Motion Capture) you know these things as a developer...
Honestly they don't need it. Their animation teams on previous games proved the be able to show extreme amounts of emotion and very realistic movements in character through manual keyframe usage. I'm looking forward to their use of real actors though, but I'm not sure how that will bode for character customization...

HeavenlySnipes3669d ago

Are you serious?

The facial expressions in the game are subpar compared to other games like Uncharted, TLOU, GTAV, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider (the reboot) etc

The only reason I like the games are for the branching story and the ability to make decisions. The animation (if they are finally using mocap than good) and graphics are definitely not a strong point for the series

Saika3669d ago

Snipes,
ALL the games you listed already use MoCap. MoCap uses real actors to perform animations normally done by keframe positions. Again, as a developer, I think I have a pretty good judgement on this.
All characters in Mass Effect are purely 3D models, not people. And to portray that amount of emotion without using real actors is astounding. Mass Effect has set the rules on characters, from textures, to models, to animations. You can argue anything you want about story, plot, etc. but I will not listen to your meaningless jargon when you are referring to the development team. Say what you want about the story writers, but developing is my domain, and I have nothing but respect for them.
I suggest you learn a less in venerating your betters.
Run along now.

modesign3671d ago

they were given a week to be creating, so the rest of the game wont be creative.lol

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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_looken375d ago (Edited 375d 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.

phoenixwing375d ago

They should redo the main trilogy

just_looken375d ago (Edited 375d 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_looken375d ago

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

GhostScholar375d ago (Edited 375d 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?

porkChop375d ago

Dragon Age is not more popular than Mass Effect.

shinoff2183375d 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_drake375d 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_Scum528d 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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BrainSyphoned529d ago

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

ClayRules2012529d 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?