Mass Effect New Mass Effect confirmed

[ChildInTime]

Andromeda's biggest problem was that the party members were so forgettable.

Did you mean to say insufferable?

I made it 30 minutes into andromeda before I uninstalled it. The dialogue is so terrible I couldnt justify continuing.

Ironically, closer to the end, the dialogue, characters, and plot get a little better. But they weren't worth playing through the entire game.

Yeah, I remember reading they brought in some director guy who looked at that shitshow, said fuck it, pulled all the available resources and made them finish the game, culminating in the final mission and ending (which is a pretty good final mission and ending btw, certainly better than ME3s) where all your choices during the game get at least a mention, and some even change it slightly.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Andromeda's biggest problem was that the party members were so forgettable.

Did you mean to say insufferable?

I made it 30 minutes into andromeda before I uninstalled it. The dialogue is so terrible I couldnt justify continuing.

Ironically, closer to the end, the dialogue, characters, and plot get a little better. But they weren't worth playing through the entire game.

Yeah, I remember reading they brought in some director guy who looked at that shitshow, said fuck it, pulled all the available resources and made them finish the game, culminating in the final mission and ending (which is a pretty good final mission and ending btw, certainly better than ME3s) where all your choices during the game get at least a mention, and some even change it slightly.

When I was playing through the ending, I kept thinking "if the rest of this game was of this quality, it would be rated much higher." Unfortunately, the rest are just some pieces glued together, which is most visible on the acid planet (I don't remember the name), where some NPCs have videos instead of a frozen camera - it was the most refined, so it was most visible how unfinished it was. And this unfortunate romance that I heterosexually missed.

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Lots of edgy shit posting about the ME trilogy... But it's still the only space opera we have in gaming, there's nothing like it.

I would have thought the sub genre would be a gold mine for RPGs and action adventure games, but sadly scifi is has long taken a back seat to fantasy.

I never thought I'd see the day someone on the Codex would unironically claim that Mass Effect is the only space opera in gaming. It's shameful that someone whose been around this long hasn't heard of Wing Commander or Star Control.

Granted, we're still getting a shit deal considering that most of the serious efforts at space opera were either 20+ years ago or are hard to find indie titles. Considering that for most of the past 20 years, some sort of space opera was popular on TV or in the movies, you'd expect more people would line up to do it.

 

[Elttharion]

I liked the premise they were going with Andromeda (lets go back when humanity is populating the stars). And then well.... that was that. I still have a teeny tiny bit of interest in where they are going with this.

One of the biggest problems I had with Andromeda was that it looked like the most interesting events had already happened and you are just cleaning the mess. Or that you were exploring a new world but it was already settled by natives or filled with colonists from the milky way (you usually ended up shooting them anyway). I didnt feel like a 'pathfinder', I felt like a glorified janitor. Not to mention only two new species, both humanoid, and half of the ones from the old games were absent.

Of course, there are a lot of other problems with the game but the overall vision is so insanely mediocre its infuriating. And I say that as someone who only really likes the first game so I dont really care about the franchise.

 

[tritosine2k]

the overall vision is so insanely mediocre its infuriating.

Exactly, gamers were so deluded with the andromeda hate train itch, they forgot how
EA greenlighted a SW battlefront 2 single player campaign by cpt sweden with stronkwummun lead that ages into a stronklady by the end of the game ( apparently, I skimmed on yt for the lighting tech)

Game Team: Engineering​
Game Team: Art​
Game Team: Design​
Leads​
Directors Team​
Executive Producers	John Wasilczyk Matthew Webster
Directors of Product Development	Alan McDairmant Robert Wasser
Art Director	Andrew Hamilton
Technical Art Director	Mikael Linderholm
Animation Director	Henrik Fegraeus
Audio Director	Ben Minto
Creative Director	Bernd Diemer
Design Director	Niklas Fegraeus
Technical Design Director	Gustav Halling
Technical Director	Jonas Kjellström
Producers	Paul Keslin Craig McLeod James Salt
Development Directors	Ciprian Laza Jonas Lundqvist
Senior Development Director Live Entertainment	Annie Chenn
Associate Design Director	Dennis Brännvall
Additional Senior Producers	Sigurlína V. Ingvarsdóttir Sara Jansson Bach
Additional Art Directors	Jens Oras Gustav Tilleby
Producers	Rasmus Hallberg Elin Holmberg Ali Alexander Hassoon
Development Directors	William Cooper Joel Fagerlund Henrik Fernlund Nils Hallberg Per Kjellström Martin Svenblad Göran Wall Robin Wikström Daniel Willför
Lead Core Gameplay Designer	Linus Josephson
Lead Vehicle Designer	Manuel Saua Llanes
Lead Special Units Designer	Carola Berens
Lead Character Designer	Ross Darvill
Lead World and Game Mode Designer	Björn Sundell
Lead Engagement Designer	Ryan Bednar
Lead UI/UX Game Designer	Nicholas Shewchuk
2D Lead	Viktor Blanke
Lead 3D Artists	Fabian Östedt Jessica Helgesson
Lead Character Artist	Madina Chionidi
Lead Lighting Artist	Oscar Carlén
Lead VFX Artist	Anders Egléus
Lead Concept Artist	Anton Grandert
Lead Sound Designer	David Jegutidse
Associate Technical Director	Carl-Johan Ljungstedt
Lead Gameplay Engineers	Per-Jonny Käck Martin Wester
Lead Rendering Engineers	Daniel Johansson Robert Kihl
Lead Online Engineers	Erman Döser Göran Syberg Falguera
Online Service Lead	Antonio Frongillo Anders Hallberg Gustav Joelsson
Lead UI Engineers	Moritz Hammer Anders Wikström Anders Andersson
Lead Build Engineer	Víðir Orri Reynisson
Additional Animation Director	Mikael Högström
Lead Animators	David Dixon Sean Diehl
Lead Technical Animator	Arvid Burström
Localization Director	Thomas Rönnberg
Quality Assurance Director	Simon Crawford
Quality Assurance Project manager	Steven Wemyss
QE Technical Director	David King
Project Assistant	Anton Wittberg Letoff
Additional Narrative Direction	Christofer Emgård
Additional Partnership Management	Anders Gyllenberg
Technical Designers	Viktor A. Lundberg Fredrik Westlund
World and Game Mode Designer	Peter Forsman
Level Designers	Lukas Van Daele Vest Peter Vesti Frendrup Terrence Cronin Dave Lee Anders Jansson Fredrik Englund Magnus Olin Patrick Murphy Christian Plogfors Edvin Eriksson Oliver Granlund
Character Designers	Guillaume Mroz Jim Fagerlund Andreas Persson Tobias Ekholm
Vehicle Designer	Svante Lindholm
Core Gameplay Designers	Christian Johannesén Daniel Wiksten Cristian Pavel Tommy Rydling Julian Schimek
Engagement Designers	Erik Christersson Nickole Li Anders Adlén
UI Designers	Sarah Bernelind Anna Wikström
UI Scripters	Kalle Nyström Erik Nahkala Laura Kantti Jonas Holgersson Aveline Estié
Senior Technical Artist	Danial Rashidi
Technical Artists	Michael Trainor Daniel Wallsin Björn Henriksson Simon Barsky
Technical UI Artist	Tobias Hogstrand
Environment Artists	Vilhelm Flohr Tim McLeod Anton Ek Darko Pracic Pontus Ryman Petter Sköld Michael Anderson John Troive Pierre Autissier Patrick Gladys David Holland Emelie Elisabeth Nilsson Pontus Petridis Johan Jeansson Billy Halldén Daniel Sundberg Lionel Cregut Andre Wahlgren
3D Artists	Mikael Andersson Joel Dabrosin Andreas Fougner Ezelius Marcus Fritze Nina Valinger Anton Kavousi Daniel Henefalk Joan Hägg Helena Olkiewicz Per Smedjeback André Boström Sebastian Kim David Ljungstedt Daniel Rocque-Bengtsson Rick Underhill Daniel Ax Joel Zakrisson
Character Artists	Björn Arvidsson Linus Hamilton Sanna Nivhede Sebastian Andersson Rui Mu
VFX Artists	Jonas Andersson Daniel Kopp Tobias Ahlgren Cederlöf Gustav Hagerling Nadab Göksu
Lighting Artists	Ulf Lundgren Tilmann Milde Karl Stjernberg
2D Artists	Dongjoo Artursson Björn Åkerstedt Andreas Lanjerud Desmond Arsan
Level Artist	Magnus Olin
Concept Artists	Sigurd Fernström Frej Appel Esbjörn Nord Nicholas Shardlow Joseph McLamb
Software Environment Engineer	Strati Zerbinis
Software Tools Engineer	Liza Shulyayeva
Software AI Engineer	Robert Träffe
Software Hero Engieners	Johan Allanson Johan Tunkrans
Software Core Gameplay Engineers	David Hansson Jesper Larsson Mikael Hasslund Johann Gerell
Software Vehicle Engineers	Jimmy Nilsson Jonas Göransson Peter Österblom
Software Online Engineers	Daniel Dahlkvist Petter Lundgren Niklas Henriks Mattias Unger Mikael Lagré Karl-Johan Karlsson Jakob Pogulis
Software Rendering Engineers	Yasin Uludag Martin Johansson Michal Ziulek Carlos Macarrón Pericacho Mikael Uddholm Christopher Birger Jan Schmid Martin Ridgers Johannes Deligiannis Andreas Tarandi
Software Core System Engineers	Staffan Gustafsson Petter Edblom Michael Lidgren Mark Scheurwater Carl-Magnus Nordin
Software Audio Engineers	Clément Visseq Alex Perez San Elias
Software UI Engineers	Nick Leppänen Larsson Teodor Chishiki Jakobsson Ivan Milles Oscar Westberg Tobias Lundqvist Markus Silberstein Hont Jakob Rydén Fredrik Westlund Dan Nilsson Jimmy Hådén Marcus Hoverby

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

Andromeda failed at its premise, there really was nothing exciting coming from it even if you ignore the game that actually released.

Granted, the biggest problem with the premise was the fact that it is a Mass Effect game, but my point stands.

Half-assed explanation as to how you could even get to Andromeda in the given time frame, bringing Krogans, going to Andromeda in the first place, etc.

Despite all the limitations of Mass Effect, it still captured the feeling of exploring barren space much better than Andromeda ever did. 99% of the Milky Way was unexplored at the time of ME so restarting civilization in the same galaxy would have worked much better.

 

[Caim]

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

 

[Padzi]

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Oh please, Mass Effect was good just the way it was. It had its charm despite drawing inspiration from many other sci-fi works. The writing with each subsequent installment became worse. And Derpomeda was just utter shit.

Also the Citadel is based om Babylon 5 station much more than anything from Valerian.

 

[9ted6]

The writing with each subsequent installment became worse.

The running Bioware theme.

 

[scytheavatar]

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Star Trek appeals to a much more niche audience than Star Wars...... if I am an EA executive I know which direction I would demand BioWare go with Mass Effect. Hard sci-fi is a dead genre and nowadays the direction to go with sci-fi is to make stuff that sells to fantasy fans.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Oh please, Mass Effect was good just the way it was. It had its charm despite drawing inspiration from many other sci-fi works. The writing with each subsequent installment became worse. And Derpomeda was just utter shit.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with inspiration.

Also the Citadel is based om Babylon 5 station much more than anything from Valerian.

This is the official version. But I see more similarities, major and minor, with Valerian. This makes sense because Bioware is a Canadian studio, so they have a lot of Francophones.

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Star Trek appeals to a much more niche audience than Star Wars...... if I am an EA executive I know which direction I would demand BioWare go with Mass Effect. Hard sci-fi is a dead genre and nowadays the direction to go with sci-fi is to make stuff that sells to fantasy fans.

This was certainly the logic behind them. Bars, charts, predictability of capitalist actions. The death of creativity in corporate hell.

I believe that adopting the Star Trek formula would only improve Mass Effect, because it is designed for episodic gameplay, i.e. side quests. Context instead of a clear plot line.

Failure to understand this fact was one of the reasons why Andromeda failed.

 

[J1M]

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Oh please, Mass Effect was good just the way it was. It had its charm despite drawing inspiration from many other sci-fi works. The writing with each subsequent installment became worse. And Derpomeda was just utter shit.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with inspiration.

Also the Citadel is based om Babylon 5 station much more than anything from Valerian.

This is the official version. But I see more similarities, major and minor, with Valerian. This makes sense because Bioware is a Canadian studio, so they have a lot of Francophones.

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Star Trek appeals to a much more niche audience than Star Wars...... if I am an EA executive I know which direction I would demand BioWare go with Mass Effect. Hard sci-fi is a dead genre and nowadays the direction to go with sci-fi is to make stuff that sells to fantasy fans.

This was certainly the logic behind them. Bars, charts, predictability of capitalist actions. The death of creativity in corporate hell.

I believe that adopting the Star Trek formula would only improve Mass Effect, because it is designed for episodic gameplay, i.e. side quests. Context instead of a clear plot line.

Failure to understand this fact was one of the reasons why Andromeda failed.

Edmonton is the opposite of french Canada.

Can't comment on Valerian claims.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Oh please, Mass Effect was good just the way it was. It had its charm despite drawing inspiration from many other sci-fi works. The writing with each subsequent installment became worse. And Derpomeda was just utter shit.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with inspiration.

Also the Citadel is based om Babylon 5 station much more than anything from Valerian.

This is the official version. But I see more similarities, major and minor, with Valerian. This makes sense because Bioware is a Canadian studio, so they have a lot of Francophones.

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Star Trek appeals to a much more niche audience than Star Wars...... if I am an EA executive I know which direction I would demand BioWare go with Mass Effect. Hard sci-fi is a dead genre and nowadays the direction to go with sci-fi is to make stuff that sells to fantasy fans.

This was certainly the logic behind them. Bars, charts, predictability of capitalist actions. The death of creativity in corporate hell.

I believe that adopting the Star Trek formula would only improve Mass Effect, because it is designed for episodic gameplay, i.e. side quests. Context instead of a clear plot line.

Failure to understand this fact was one of the reasons why Andromeda failed.

Edmonton is the opposite of french Canada.

Can't comment on Valerian claims.

I realize where Edmonton is, but we don't live in a time where people die where they were born. This is especially true in our favorite industry. If I were a French-speaking Canadian in the 2000s and I wanted to work in game dev, I would definitely apply for a job at Bioware, even if it meant changing my address.

 

[J1M]

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Oh please, Mass Effect was good just the way it was. It had its charm despite drawing inspiration from many other sci-fi works. The writing with each subsequent installment became worse. And Derpomeda was just utter shit.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with inspiration.

Also the Citadel is based om Babylon 5 station much more than anything from Valerian.

This is the official version. But I see more similarities, major and minor, with Valerian. This makes sense because Bioware is a Canadian studio, so they have a lot of Francophones.

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Star Trek appeals to a much more niche audience than Star Wars...... if I am an EA executive I know which direction I would demand BioWare go with Mass Effect. Hard sci-fi is a dead genre and nowadays the direction to go with sci-fi is to make stuff that sells to fantasy fans.

This was certainly the logic behind them. Bars, charts, predictability of capitalist actions. The death of creativity in corporate hell.

I believe that adopting the Star Trek formula would only improve Mass Effect, because it is designed for episodic gameplay, i.e. side quests. Context instead of a clear plot line.

Failure to understand this fact was one of the reasons why Andromeda failed.

Edmonton is the opposite of french Canada.

Can't comment on Valerian claims.

I realize where Edmonton is, but we don't live in a time where people die where they were born. This is especially true in our favorite industry. If I were a French-speaking Canadian in the 2000s and I wanted to work in game dev, I would definitely apply for a job at Bioware, even if it meant changing my address.

No, you would want to stay in Quebec where people actually speak French, you are trapped due to an inherited rent control apartment, and there are 1000x more game dev jobs due to government subsidies.

 

[Shaki]

Lots of edgy shit posting about the ME trilogy... But it's still the only space opera we have in gaming, there's nothing like it.

I would have thought the sub genre would be a gold mine for RPGs and action adventure games, but sadly scifi is has long taken a back seat to fantasy.

I never thought I'd see the day someone on the Codex would unironically claim that Mass Effect is the only space opera in gaming.

Codex is just reddit with slurs. Take average reddit opinion, add "nigger" to it, you have average Codex opinion.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Oh please, Mass Effect was good just the way it was. It had its charm despite drawing inspiration from many other sci-fi works. The writing with each subsequent installment became worse. And Derpomeda was just utter shit.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with inspiration.

Also the Citadel is based om Babylon 5 station much more than anything from Valerian.

This is the official version. But I see more similarities, major and minor, with Valerian. This makes sense because Bioware is a Canadian studio, so they have a lot of Francophones.

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Star Trek appeals to a much more niche audience than Star Wars...... if I am an EA executive I know which direction I would demand BioWare go with Mass Effect. Hard sci-fi is a dead genre and nowadays the direction to go with sci-fi is to make stuff that sells to fantasy fans.

This was certainly the logic behind them. Bars, charts, predictability of capitalist actions. The death of creativity in corporate hell.

I believe that adopting the Star Trek formula would only improve Mass Effect, because it is designed for episodic gameplay, i.e. side quests. Context instead of a clear plot line.

Failure to understand this fact was one of the reasons why Andromeda failed.

Edmonton is the opposite of french Canada.

Can't comment on Valerian claims.

I realize where Edmonton is, but we don't live in a time where people die where they were born. This is especially true in our favorite industry. If I were a French-speaking Canadian in the 2000s and I wanted to work in game dev, I would definitely apply for a job at Bioware, even if it meant changing my address.

No, you would want to stay in Quebec where people actually speak French, you are trapped due to an inherited rent control apartment, and there are 1000x more game dev jobs due to government subsidies.

Now? Probably. But in the 2000s, when Bioware was on the rise?

Lots of edgy shit posting about the ME trilogy... But it's still the only space opera we have in gaming, there's nothing like it.

I would have thought the sub genre would be a gold mine for RPGs and action adventure games, but sadly scifi is has long taken a back seat to fantasy.

I never thought I'd see the day someone on the Codex would unironically claim that Mass Effect is the only space opera in gaming.

Codex is just reddit with slurs. Take average reddit opinion, add "nigger" to it, you have average Codex opinion.

An unjustified sense of one's own separateness and the resulting superiority is also a feature of Reddit.

Lots of edgy shit posting about the ME trilogy... But it's still the only space opera we have in gaming, there's nothing like it.

I would have thought the sub genre would be a gold mine for RPGs and action adventure games, but sadly scifi is has long taken a back seat to fantasy.

I never thought I'd see the day someone on the Codex would unironically claim that Mass Effect is the only space opera in gaming. It's shameful that someone whose been around this long hasn't heard of Wing Commander or Star Control.

Granted, we're still getting a shit deal considering that most of the serious efforts at space opera were either 20+ years ago or are hard to find indie titles. Considering that for most of the past 20 years, some sort of space opera was popular on TV or in the movies, you'd expect more people would line up to do it.

Wing Commander and Star Control are games only partly based on space opera. I would even say that these are games set in space rather than space operas.

And also RPG only to a small extent.

 

[J1M]

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Oh please, Mass Effect was good just the way it was. It had its charm despite drawing inspiration from many other sci-fi works. The writing with each subsequent installment became worse. And Derpomeda was just utter shit.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with inspiration.

Also the Citadel is based om Babylon 5 station much more than anything from Valerian.

This is the official version. But I see more similarities, major and minor, with Valerian. This makes sense because Bioware is a Canadian studio, so they have a lot of Francophones.

Mass Effect is the best space opera of gaming because it is the only one. There is simply no comparison.

True. If you take the best parts from each ME game you have enough to make a single great game.

In my opinion, Mass Effect would be much better if they did Star Trek, or possibly Valerian (I see some similarities between the Citadel and the station from one of the comics) than Star Wars.

Bioware once made one good Star Wars, but they worked on purchased mechanic it was a different time for thisd company.

Star Trek appeals to a much more niche audience than Star Wars...... if I am an EA executive I know which direction I would demand BioWare go with Mass Effect. Hard sci-fi is a dead genre and nowadays the direction to go with sci-fi is to make stuff that sells to fantasy fans.

This was certainly the logic behind them. Bars, charts, predictability of capitalist actions. The death of creativity in corporate hell.

I believe that adopting the Star Trek formula would only improve Mass Effect, because it is designed for episodic gameplay, i.e. side quests. Context instead of a clear plot line.

Failure to understand this fact was one of the reasons why Andromeda failed.

Edmonton is the opposite of french Canada.

Can't comment on Valerian claims.

I realize where Edmonton is, but we don't live in a time where people die where they were born. This is especially true in our favorite industry. If I were a French-speaking Canadian in the 2000s and I wanted to work in game dev, I would definitely apply for a job at Bioware, even if it meant changing my address.

No, you would want to stay in Quebec where people actually speak French, you are trapped due to an inherited rent control apartment, and there are 1000x more game dev jobs due to government subsidies.

Now? Probably. But in the 2000s, when Bioware was on the rise?

Lots of edgy shit posting about the ME trilogy... But it's still the only space opera we have in gaming, there's nothing like it.

I would have thought the sub genre would be a gold mine for RPGs and action adventure games, but sadly scifi is has long taken a back seat to fantasy.

I never thought I'd see the day someone on the Codex would unironically claim that Mass Effect is the only space opera in gaming.

Codex is just reddit with slurs. Take average reddit opinion, add "nigger" to it, you have average Codex opinion.

An unjustified sense of one's own separateness and the resulting superiority is also a feature of Reddit.

Lots of edgy shit posting about the ME trilogy... But it's still the only space opera we have in gaming, there's nothing like it.

I would have thought the sub genre would be a gold mine for RPGs and action adventure games, but sadly scifi is has long taken a back seat to fantasy.

I never thought I'd see the day someone on the Codex would unironically claim that Mass Effect is the only space opera in gaming. It's shameful that someone whose been around this long hasn't heard of Wing Commander or Star Control.

Granted, we're still getting a shit deal considering that most of the serious efforts at space opera were either 20+ years ago or are hard to find indie titles. Considering that for most of the past 20 years, some sort of space opera was popular on TV or in the movies, you'd expect more people would line up to do it.

Wing Commander and Star Control are games only partly based on space opera. I would even say that these are games set in space rather than space operas.

And also RPG only to a small extent.

Government subsidies were in Quebec in the 90s. Ubisoft Montreal opened in 1997. EA Montreal in 2004. Specifically to poach from smaller studios.

One recruiting antic involved buying a billboard in front of the window of a AA studio and just putting 10 double-digit numbers on it: the ASCII code for "NOW HIRING".

 

[Silverfish]

Codex is just reddit with slurs. Take average reddit opinion, add "nigger" to it, you have average Codex opinion.

I've been on the Codex for a relatively short time, but so far I haven't seen anyone say "I can't wait to see the new Marvel movie, nigger" or "Here's why a program for 8-year-olds is actually surprisingly deep, nigger".

 

[Hagashager]

That's because redditors come here to voice their non-Reddit opinions. Most people here are also Redditors but we go to Reddit to share our brain-dead retarded intrusive thoughts so we can be marginally more thoughtful (and offensive) here.

 

[The Jester]

Codex is just reddit with slurs. Take average reddit opinion, add "nigger" to it, you have average Codex opinion.

I've been on the Codex for a relatively short time, but so far I haven't seen anyone say "I can't wait to see the new Marvel movie, nigger" or "Here's why a program for 8-year-olds is actually surprisingly deep, nigger".

Black lives matter, nigger.

 

[Xelocix]

Granted, the biggest problem with the premise was the fact that it is a Mass Effect game, but my point stands.

This is the real reason the game failed.

Nobody gave that big of a shit about the premise.

 

[Nikanuur]

That's because redditors come here to voice their non-Reddit opinions. Most people here are also Redditors but we go to Reddit to share our brain-dead retarded intrusive thoughts so we can be marginally more thoughtful (and offensive) here.

Codex is one of the last vestiges of admins rulez instead of admins' rules.

 

[Camel]

That's because redditors come here to voice their non-Reddit opinions. Most people here are also Redditors but we go to Reddit to share our brain-dead retarded intrusive thoughts so we can be marginally more thoughtful (and offensive) here.

I know JarlFrank and Kony are redditors. Who else?

This is the real reason the game failed.

Former BSN and Reddit would be better places for you.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Edmonton is the opposite of french Canada.

Can't comment on Valerian claims.

I realize where Edmonton is, but we don't live in a time where people die where they were born. This is especially true in our favorite industry. If I were a French-speaking Canadian in the 2000s and I wanted to work in game dev, I would definitely apply for a job at Bioware, even if it meant changing my address.

No, you would want to stay in Quebec where people actually speak French, you are trapped due to an inherited rent control apartment, and there are 1000x more game dev jobs due to government subsidies.

Now? Probably. But in the 2000s, when Bioware was on the rise?

Oh yeah. Frenchies love Alberta and Alberta loves the Frenchies. Which is why it's arguably the most French hostile area in the entire country.