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Mass Effect 5 Development Leads Are Mainly Original Trilogy Veterans

The development leads behind EA and Bioware’s Mass Effect 5 are mainly series veterans who worked on the original trilogy.

gold_drake31d ago

thank god for that. me4 was ... not bad per se but damn ha.

just_looken31d ago

Sorry to burst your bubble but this is a back for blood situation remember that game were they advertised "from the left 4 dead devs" but in reality it was like 5 people including the guy that made garbage cans for l4d 1.

Well here they have 4 people that worked on me2/3 out of a team of hundreds.

jznrpg30d ago

You don’t need the entire dev team to go back to your roots but you do need some of the main people at the top. I hope for a game more like the first game. It was a dark slower paced rpg. 2&3 felt more towards a shooter than rpg.

LordoftheCritics30d ago

Original Bioware doesn't even exist.

The people with the sensibilities and values of that era of gaming have moved past their EA mistakes.

sagapo30d ago

@ jznrpg; I can agree somewhat, first ME was more rpg than other 2 but combat was a bit rough around the edges and you had less control over your teammates during combat. ME2 and 3 fixed that but the rpg elements were toned down.
Personally I liked ME2 the most tho. ME4 was very meh imo.

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CrimsonWing6930d ago

Oh it was bad. Let’s be real.

just_looken30d ago

No kidding on pc i had to run mods just for a smooth gameplay experience but i never finished it just was to dam bad.

RaidenBlack30d ago

Well actually Archetype Entertainment is the new BioWare, composed of mainly ex-BioWare vets.
And they're developing Exodus (starring Matthew McConaughey), a new sci-fi RPG (spiritual successor to Mass Effect, dare I say?)

jznrpg30d ago

Expecting the worst hoping for the best

just_looken31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

This is a back for blood situation do not put any hope into this being good.

Only 4 people from the mass effect 2/3 days they could leave anytime or just have no input at all remember anthem heck the current nightmare dragon age dev cycle.

Oh and remember how mass effect 3 ended or even the story yeah.............

https://www.pcgamer.com/gam...

Shikoku30d ago

There may be hope for it being good then but I'm not getting my hopes up with the god awful Andromeda.

Shikoku29d ago

Hahaha 2 down voted....found the two people who actually liked that abomination Andromeda.

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Mass Effect 5 teaser image revealed and analysed

From Eurogamer: "After an otherwise quiet N7 Day celebration for Mass Effect fans, BioWare revealed one brilliant tease for the next entry in its space opera saga.

A detailed teaser image, revealed on Twitter last night and then via EA's website in higher definition, has set fans' tongues wagging as the series' community seeks to analyse every pixel."

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MIDGETonSTILTS17900d ago

As someone who chose Halo 2 over the PS2’s massive library, I cannot wait for M$ to get all of their franchises running on full steam.

My ps5 is a blast, but I hope it gets some strong competition out of the Zenimax deal. Somebody needs to keep Sony sharp.

Hikoran900d ago

I agree, competition is always good as it keeps them bettering themselves rather than get stagnant.

jznrpg900d ago (Edited 900d ago )

So what’s Xbox excuse? they have been stale for a decade with plenty of competition . They owned plenty of studios before the purchase they just didn’t make good games from most of them . Also this isn’t a MS game

MIDGETonSTILTS17900d ago

@jznrpg

Xbox has no excuse, aside from they had less studios than Sony or Nintendo before their Zenimax buy.

But they were able to make Gears and Halo 1-3 with their studios, so they simply have ZERO excuse for the Xbone being the most boring console to own of the last decade.

But that doesn’t mean their success isn’t needed. If Sony didn’t blow people away with the ps4, then the XsX/S could have just rested on Game Pass. But the PS4 had great exclusives, so M$ was motivated to make a monumental purchase with Zenimax in order to catch up.

Don’t be fooled: Sony could become stagnant just like Xbox had. Competition creates standards, and currently Sony is setting the tempo for Xbox. And, both are motivated to take/keep that market position.

That motivation is good for all gamers.

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Ethereal900d ago

Not holding my breath on this one after the Andromeda outing. Not as bad as people made it out to be but certainly a disappointment after a 5 year wait. Fingers crossed they bring the series back to the glory days.

Outlawzz900d ago

They changed the original mass effect and turned it into a shooter. Mass effect 2 wasnt too bad but it was were I drew the line. They lost me as an actual fan after that.

Still haven't played through 3 and Andromeda. I will soon though just to see the story