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Backlash to Mass Effect 4 tease show just how pessimistic and negative gamers really are

GameZone's Jake Valentine writes, "It’s one thing to show your outrage with crappy policies, i.e. a game’s ending being DLC (Asura’s Wrath), developers putting in paywalls in order to pass a level (Candy Crush Saga), and the pay-to-win factor in a free-to-play game. It’s entirely separate thing to cry out the doom and gloom of a game that you haven’t played yet, never mind a game that has only shown off teases of concept art."

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MegaSackman4236d ago

I agree.

I can't wait for another Mass Effect, the whole trilogy was a blast!!

AndrewLB4235d ago

The last 30 minutes completely destroyed the series in the eyes of millions of formerly die-hard fans. I still can't believe Casey Hudson in order to make the Q1 deadline to boost EA's stock price, sent the writers home and finished the ending with just a handful of peple, and with ZERO regard to the countless decisions we made over 3 games.

MegaSackman4235d ago

Sure, the last 30' were horrible, even with the patch, but i can't see how that could destroy more than 200hs of adventure.

Mass Effect 3 is amazing for me, it just has a bad ending.

Godmars2904236d ago (Edited 4236d ago )

How about all this effort to stir up/check for interest in the game in the wake of all the controversy surrounding ME3 is not giving gamers a good vibe. Even after revising the ending, which in part held a few "FUs" to critics, Bioware still held to their artistic vision defense. Didn't understand what they did wrong and why they had to fix it. Now they're fishing around for ideas and reaction to continue a series which should have been concluded.

ThePope4236d ago

Bioware is an incredible developer, and Mass Effect is the best trilogy of the last gen. Haters will hate, and Biware will sell MILLIONS!

gillri4236d ago

dont know why your getting disagrees, ME is the best gaming trilogy ever!

awi59514236d ago

Once the witcher 3 comes out its over for the mass effect trilogy the witcher games destroy them in all ways.

N7KIRK4236d ago (Edited 4236d ago )

@awi5951

Yeah, because when we import saves from the Witcher, WE GET A REFERENCE AND A BONUS PATH. Missed the point, much.

pandehz4236d ago

Yep it is the greatest gaming trilogy.

I thoroughly enjoyed playing all of them and there was nothing like it in our generation of gaming.

SaturdayNightBeaver4236d ago

I dont know why some nerds hate ME3 , i loved it as i loved 1 and 2.

ATiElite4236d ago

OK please name a Better trilogy than Mass Effect instead of just disagreeing.

I prefer the STALKER TRILOGY but that is just my opinion.

so can anyone else name a Better Trilogy during the PS3/x360 Gen?

webeblazing4236d ago (Edited 4236d ago )

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

and now he rephrases

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N7KIRK4236d ago (Edited 4236d ago )

If you don't like it, just don't buy it. I'd doubt the raging "fans" are hardly the "fans" Bioware would want supporting them anyway.

Saika4236d ago

A while ago, Bioware mentioned their view on the hate they received after the ME3 ending, and it made total sense. They say that people wouldn't rage about it if they didn't love the product as a whole. If they didn't like the game to begin with, they wouldn't be so outraged about everything they do with the series.

N7KIRK4236d ago (Edited 4236d ago )

That sounds like some tidy PR on their part. Any human can put themselves in their shoes. How would you like it if your "fans" acted this way towards what you worked hard on for so long? Aside from that, a good 50% of those loving "fans" didn't import Shepards made in ME1. So, 50% of these "fans" never even experienced the entire trilogy, and then went on to berate it? ME was by far the best trilogy of any franchise last-gen. Nothing like it has done before, nothing like it has been done since.

AndrewLB4235d ago

N7KIRK- A good friend of mine works for Bioware and most of the developers were equally pi$$ed off at the way Casey Hudson sent the writers home and finished the last portion of the game with litte to no regard for all the hard work dedicated fans put in over the 3 game series. The idiot had the audacity to tell us in an interview that they would never do o some "a, b, or c" ending, rather it would directly be influenced by every choice you made.

And what happened? IN order to pad EA's quarterly earnings, they basically told everyone to forget all those choices you made becuase they don't matter .

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Mass Effect 4's Dialogue Could Take a Page Out of Baldur's Gate 3's Book

Mass Effect 4 has the perfect chance to reintroduce dialogue skills, and Baldur's Gate 3 might be the blueprint BioWare needs.

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Michiel198936d ago

I'm not so sure they can, most talent that made the old games as good as they were, has left Bioware.

RaidenBlack36d ago

They can always recruit old fellas,
And also, new devs can always learn and also new indie devs are very passionate evident from the amazing indie games heavy with these gameplay features.

Michiel198936d ago

I don't think anyone would wanna come back after the stories that were told from Anthem development. I just don't see it happening. It's a bit similar to blizz, some of the talent has come back there, but there has been a shift in the studio's culture and also what the higher ups expect/demand of them

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matt13936d ago

After andromeda and veilguard i think it’s assured that the bioware we once knew has gone, I have little hope for me4. Hopefully i’m wrong.

anast36d ago

The can't. But they wouldn't even if they could.

goken36d ago

Yeah… also if pigs decided evolve wings, they could fly…

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Next Mass Effect Will Maintain the Mature Tone of the Original Trilogy

Many fans of the Mass Effect series have been wondering whether the next installment will keep the tone we’re used to or will change like Dragon Age did.

pwnmaster3000238d ago

God I hope so.

Mass effect trilogy is my top 3 trilogy for me.
Remember playing it on the 360. Blew my mind.

just_looken238d ago

The fact you can alter/remove entire quest lines do too what you did on me1 in me3 or all those endings was one thing but then you remember that one team made mass effect 1-3 dragon age 1-3 in one console generation is just a insane feat that they did.

Great games but looking at mass effect 4 anthem current dragon age reviews/gameplay and who is left at bioware i have very little expectation on the new mass effect games.

Also last year that teaser trailer the look to me was not mass effect like why are we wearing a trench coat in space and at the same time trying to give off destiny vibe/look.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Just looked liked a starfield player made a n7 clothing mod yes it looks really good but to me a mass effect player just not a in the mass effect world vibe if you get me. Like the end part what is that player now trying to be in a western? so much going on that again to me not mass effect.

Like look at this 57 second teaser for mass effect 3 to me this sets the tone way better and shepard looks like he belongs in space no bike helmet/trench coat deal and the weapons/look feels mass effect

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

SO yeah i think the new mass effect is gong to be bad low expectations over here.

Heck one more 2005 teaser for mass effect one 20 year old footage give or take it was made in 2004 again shows the animations characters in light and looks like a sifi game

https://youtu.be/SkfB7-KwRn...

RaidenBlack238d ago

If you want to enjoy the same Mass Effect vibes, better keep an eye on the Exodus.
Being made by OG ex-Bioware devs at Archetype Entertainment, its a spiritual successor to ME-trilogy.

TheNamelessOne238d ago (Edited 238d ago )

Yeah. One of the bigger gripes DA series fans are having with Veilguard is that virtually no choices from the original game carried over to Veilguard and that there's very little choice/agency in the game, itself.

I'm not trying to be a pessimist. I loved Bioware, going all the way back to Baldur's Gate, but there's nothing in front of me right now that has me actually believing in what a new Mass Effect might be. I'm expecting basically a linear shooter with some romance options.

VenomUK238d ago

I speak on behalf of everyone on N4G when I say I hope that Bioware build on the DEI success of Dragon Age: Veilguard and allows every player character to have the option of becoming trans.

just_looken238d ago

@RaidenBlack

Great point yeah that so far looks be a good game fingers crossed.

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IAMRealHooman238d ago

If the new DA doesn't sell well, we will probably never get it, what's to stop EA from axing Bioware after another failed to meet sales quota, they've killed teams for much less

just_looken238d ago (Edited 238d ago )

Well bioware as a whole last game that made cash was 2013 dragon age 3 so you never know they might get another pass again.

P_Bomb238d ago

Love that trilogy! Beat them on Xbox, PS3 and again on PS4 lol! One of my all timers.

Valkyrye238d ago

Now that Bioware is making bangers again hope has returned.

Obscure_Observer238d ago

Indeed.

And their next game will also focus on photorealism so it´s gonna be a banger of a masterpiece!

MrDead238d ago

DA:V is getting fantastic reviews so there's hope for the future. The last mass effect was such a disappointment story wise, let's hope they can learn from the new Dragon Age.

Kaze88238d ago

DA used to be very dark and bleak, now it's just jolly good time with guardians of the galaxy. Choices don't matter, you cant actually be evil or mean, you cant lose anyone. There is not much hope for a good Mass Effect.

Abriael238d ago (Edited 238d ago )

Let's hope not. The new Dragon Age: The Veilguard is exactly the reason for this comment, because it threw away the mature tone of the original.

RaidenBlack238d ago

Agree ... the moment I read the comment the ME main menu theme came to my mind.
Dont effing downgrade ME.
I am looking forward to Exodus for my ME fix in the meantime anyways.

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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_looken800d ago (Edited 800d 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.

phoenixwing800d ago

They should redo the main trilogy

just_looken800d ago (Edited 800d 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_looken800d ago

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

GhostScholar799d ago (Edited 799d 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?

porkChop800d ago

Dragon Age is not more popular than Mass Effect.

shinoff2183799d 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_drake799d 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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