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Absolutely. This has to be hundreds of years after the trilogy.
For a second I was giddy because I adore this series, but it's really hard for me to get excited about this. The fact that it's not coming anytime soon (2023 at the very earliest would be my guess, and even then idk) doesn't help one bit. Weird they kinda announced this already during N7, though.
Wish BioWare all the luck in the world, hopefully they turn things around. If I cared more about Dragon Age I'd be more excited, at least I liked the artistic choices in that trailer (the city particularly).
But yeah, ngl, seeing Liara again (I think?) got me good.
Wish BioWare all the luck in the world, hopefully they turn things around. If I cared more about Dragon Age I'd be more excited, at least I liked the artistic choices in that trailer (the city particularly).
But yeah, ngl, seeing Liara again (I think?) got me good.
One of my favorite franchises but there's no way this game exists in a meaningful way for years and years.
Also, I think the best way to do a sequel is to just ignore the ME3 endings and have the game based on a new ending for ME3 that actually factors in all your decisions etc. That would solve so many problems and it would be a great way for Bioware to make good on the original trilogy.
Effectively you import your ME2/3 saves into ME4 and it generates an ending based on that. You can even have a relatively linear canon ending and have your choices manifest as consequences in ME4, instead of affecting the Reaper plot itself.
ME3 would still be canon to some extent, depending on how much they change. There's not really any downsides to doing this.
Effectively you import your ME2/3 saves into ME4 and it generates an ending based on that. You can even have a relatively linear canon ending and have your choices manifest as consequences in ME4, instead of affecting the Reaper plot itself.
ME3 would still be canon to some extent, depending on how much they change. There's not really any downsides to doing this.
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I think they'll just say "The Reapers are destroyed and Relays are damaged, but everything else came out unscathed mostly" so they don't have to handwave a revival, they can just handwave their extinctions by saying it was never an issue.
Combining all of the endings so Reapers are dead, some small crazy factions are trying to harvest/control Reaper variants, and another segment of the population are trying to merge themselves with technology makes the most sense.
Quarians and Geth would remain, Relays would be a thing to still provide galactic traversal (even if they can plot and say that there's not as many Relays available so movement is slower), and they could have enough of everything else to not be too restricted in how they form the plot.
More like 2700-2800 or so. She was 106 in ME in the year 2183 and Matriarch phase starts at 700, so unless she's like end of life which is ~1000 we're probably still a ways off from year 3k.
Love Liara but i have 0 faith in a direct sequel. They should had rebooted the whole thing.
Probably closer to 5 years lol its ridiculous.
Probably closer to 5 years lol its ridiculous.
Also, haven't kept up with EA's policy, but I hope they don't force any engine in them that might not be best suited to the team's expertise/the game itself. Respawn is kinda a special case, but I hope EA sees value in these teams choosing their own technology after Apex Legends and Jedi.
Whew, didn't catch that myself the first time.
The worst kind of trailer.
Only excitement comes from the fact it looks to follow on from 3.
Then I'm reminded of the current Bioware. This will be years out and mediocre.
Only excitement comes from the fact it looks to follow on from 3.
Then I'm reminded of the current Bioware. This will be years out and mediocre.
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Andromeda is about 600 years after the original trilogy iirc. This seems to be a direct continuation of the trilogy instead of following from Andromeda. This will be set long before that game and likely have next to nothing to do with its characters and story.
This would be after Andromeda, couple hundred years at most.
Theoretically, Liara being 'old' does give some time reference for Shepard losing some political clout....but would they really go Lazarus plot....again?
Like...aside from personal reason, why would they need 'Shepard' back, specifically, in this new lawless universe without mass relays?
I'd love to Play Shep, especially in more 'discover the new world/society' type of way that echoes ME1, but....as much as I'd love it, I can't see a good reason for it, heh.
.....Alternatively, could also just be a CG-effect type thing for Liara's wrinkles being more pronounced. Because....Wrex might be alive at that point, but there'd be no humans, no Garrus, no Tali.....and no way that would be Mordin in the other picture.
Liara getting another chance at romance would be a slap in the face to all of the other romance pairing fans, though, that's for sure.
Aight. Wonder if that's supposed to be Earth frozen over after it got trashed, or that frozen planet Shepard crash landed on in ME2
I'm with you, but mostly because it allows for more fictional flexibility over the Milky Way.
I'm with you, but mostly because it allows for more fictional flexibility over the Milky Way.
I had a suspicion it was Mass Effect when I heard "first contact."
Then I knew it was Mass Effect when I saw the destroyed Mass Relay.
Then I knew it was Mass Effect when I saw the destroyed Mass Relay.