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Mass Effect 2 holds the crown for everything in the series. Story, gameplay, characters, quests. If there's one thing I want more improved it's the conversation system. There was never any urgency to conversations because you could stand there for as long as you wanted to choose what you wanted to say. Bioware could learn from The Walking Dead games from TellTale. Most conversations had a time limit to choose a response which really added tension to the moment and forced you to make a decision on the fly.
 
WithGravy said:
Mass Effect 2 holds the crown for everything in the series. Story, gameplay, characters, quests. If there's one thing I want more improved it's the conversation system. There was never any urgency to conversations because you could stand there for as long as you wanted to choose what you wanted to say. Bioware could learn from The Walking Dead games from TellTale. Most conversations had a time limit to choose a response which really added tension to the moment and forced you to make a decision on the fly.
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Oh man... I have a real love/hate relationship with those decisions! I love the tension they create but I don't do well when I'm rushed. PANIC! PANIC!!! :crazy:
 
Or alpha protocol. It had a timer in every conversation/decision. But..no one but MW played that game.

Sorry Omen Deng.
 
Andy said:
I preferred Jennifer Hale's voice acting, too.
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Never got a chance to hear though, as I got the Xbox360 version, & there is no English voice over. :(
Its the same with Tomb Raider, & many other games. No thanks to DVD storage capability. They like to group French/German together & not English/German (for instance). Lame...PS3 version however have all voiceover....
 
callmeshawnp said:
I wasn't one of the people who lost my mind at the end of Mass Effect 3 but I do agree that it could have been MUCH better. Obviously ME3 fell off the rails a bit! I pretty much agree (or at least understand the argument) with all the points here on what it'll take for ME4 to get everything back on track.

http://canadianonlinegamers.com/feature/the-5-biggest-keys-to-the-success-of-mass-effect-4/

All I know for sure is that the ME universe is too good and too deep for them to screw it up. They have to give it the respect it deserves. Also.... make a damn movie already. A GOOD ONE!
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That's one movie I'd definitely be pumped to see.

As for your article, I found the last point the most interesting. That's a good point that they can't replace the reapers or it'd pretty much make the previous 3 games null and void. I'll be very interested to see what they do for the conflict in ME4.
 
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Twitter reports from con-goers suggest that BioWare's other statements on the game were fairly vague - it was suggested that co-operative multiplayer would return, that the game may be set during Shepard's later life-span (so not too much further into the future) and that a few familiar faces "may" return.

 
Jason said:
The Mass Effect universe has definite MMO potential, but I don't see Bioware going down that path again for a while after all the problems they've had with SWTOR.

I really enjoyed playing ME3 to be honest. I mean the ending is such an anti climax and just horrific overall but up until that point I enjoyed it. Looking forward to when they finally reveal it. It's running on the Frostbite engine isn't it? Dragon Age 3 is looking pretty sexy visually on that, I'm excited to see what a shiny glowy Mass Effect game would look like on it.
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My biggest problem with ME3, is they didn't sell the Scale of what was going on. Part of that was due to technical limitations, but there are games out there that pull it off. ME 3 felt like being on a set, as opposed to a being in an actual place with all out war going on. ME1 did a better job with scale and character, and ME 2 did it with character and place.

The intimate, close in stories also seemed to take a back seat- which does makes sense in regard to the scale of the events taking place, but not from a narrative perspective.

I really want to see more expansion in team commands. I really liked the original idea where it was more like Full Spectrum Warrior. I don't necessarily want co-op for everything. Let ME command the squad! I also love the moves where you can curve bionic attacks around cover and yank them out! Such goodness!
 
Frozpot said:
My biggest problem with ME3, is they didn't sell the Scale of what was going on. Part of that was due to technical limitations, but there are games out there that pull it off. ME 3 felt like being on a set, as opposed to a being in an actual place with all out war going on. ME1 did a better job with scale and character, and ME 2 did it with character and place.

The intimate, close in stories also seemed to take a back seat- which does makes sense in regard to the scale of the events taking place, but not from a narrative perspective.

I really want to see more expansion in team commands. I really liked the original idea where it was more like Full Spectrum Warrior. I don't necessarily want co-op for everything. Let ME command the squad! I also love the moves where you can curve bionic attacks around cover and yank them out! Such goodness!
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Have you checked the new combat video for Dragon Age Inquisition? Because the 'tactical camera' in that game is actually very close to early Mass Effect demo. If that's the indication of where Bioware is going, you can expect that to come back in the next Mass Effect game as well.
 
http://blog.bioware.com/2014/11/07/introducing-some-dev-team-leads-for-the-next-mass-effect/

I think you would be most interested in two names in the link: Mass Effect 2 / 3 scribe Mac Walters is now a creative director, and Chris Schlerf of Halo 4 script is now a lead writer for the game.

Personally, I'm so happy that I'm not seeing any Ubisoft Montreal veterans in the list. Past reports on several Montreal studios alluded to studio politics gone wrong due to their exclusive nature.
 
Now get out there and lead! Ready for a new ME!
 
team56th said:
I just saw a very recent article about ME 1-3 remaster. Apparently, Bioware GM Aaryn Flynn jumped on to NeoGAF and asked people about the idea, and he was quite serious about it.
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I have thought about that recently as well. Seems to be a popular thing in the industry so it wouldn't surprise me at all. I'd probably get it, but would much rather have a ME4 sooner.
 
team56th said:
I think you would be most interested in two names in the link: Mass Effect 2 / 3 scribe Mac Walters is now a creative director, and Chris Schlerf of Halo 4 script is now a lead writer for the game.
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I think I'll pass
 
There was a f***ing comic book space ninja assassin in Mass Effect 3.

The writing went terribly wrong after the first game IMO.
 
pravus said:
There was a f***ing comic book space ninja assassin in Mass Effect 3.

The writing went terribly wrong after the first game IMO.
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Mass Effect 2 was great. Overall plot wasn't too special but good character development. Too bad they never made a 3rd game.
 
i just want them to do more small, intimate stories rather than another save the galaxy bulls***.
i enjoyed loyalty missions in ME2 more than anything in the trilogy.
 
Predator JP said:
i just want them to do more small, intimate stories rather than another save the galaxy bulls***.
i enjoyed loyalty missions in ME2 more than anything in the trilogy.
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I think we can hope for that when the producer said they do not just want to do Mass Effect 4. A smaller, intimate story about characters, certain system, or racial conflicts, would do, albeit with a focus on exploration.
 
yankeessuck said:
Mass Effect 2 was great. Overall plot wasn't too special but good character development. Too bad they never made a 3rd game.
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I liked the overall plot in 2 because it was simple enough but was complicated by great character development. It's the reason why it's my favorite of the bunch.
 
Looks great. I like the idea of exploring a new galaxy, rather than some offshoot of the old. I believe I heard (rumored?) that you're on an ark looking for inhabitable planets, sort of like a Battlestar Gallactica scenario. Sounds good to me. Love me a good space adventure, and I like that we're getting a fresh start.
 
I'm all in for more Mass Effect. But Bioware's gonna have to step its game up from a storytelling and quest standpoint. CD Project has spoiled me with The Witcher 3. Not an apples to apples comparison, but I'm expecting alot more out of quests and side quests now.
 
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