So, yeah, I've been super hesitant to share my excitement about this before more was said (because I wasn't keen on getting attacked again lol), but since it's already out there, here are several reasons:
There is a lot of strong old school talent from the original trilogy working hard to do this, including who's directing, though it's not my place to say and speak for them.
i hope they bring back jack wall and sam hulick doing their GOAT ambient synth style:
Anyone else hoping the time skip is as short as possible? I feel like they're already committed to building off mass effect three strongly enough to where they shouldn't be afraid of making it take place relatively soon after the trilogy. If you want to make use of nostalgia you might as well give yourself the potential option to use more characters from races that don't live as long. Plus I'd like to see lots of cameos as a selfish request.
I think the logistical concerns about constructing a narrative when the galaxy is in tatters are completely fair. It's really hard to say how liberal they could be with just hand waving certain inconvenient questions like space travel and the general continuity of society and galactic politics after a devastating war. Ultimately I'd like them to somehow tackle the question of who fills the power vacuum and how did everyone rebuild (or not rebuild at all). It's definitely a sensitive balancing act to not squash new characters and ideas under the weight of the trilogy.Personally, I would enjoy a small time skip, but there is admittedly the question of what do you have all these 'living legends' even do if you keep all of the ME3 squaddies (not to mention ME2's vast cast) - there would need to be room for at least several new squaddies to mix things up/play off of narratively, unless the story is literally a direct continuation in the post-war rebuilding, and each crew member correlates to one of the planets/factions, or something?
It would definitely have to be (and still is likely going to be) a juggling priorities list in terms of nostalgia versus not re-treading the same plotlines/characters (or at least, giving them a convincing new coat of paint via motivations/personality growth/change, etc...)
The other 'concern' is that if it's only a short time-skip...that would be a lot more pressure to keep Shepard involved, and/or more likely to suck up the protagonist role if the team doesn't want to go that route.
Depending on the severity of how badly shit got messed up if Destroy is canon, it may have also taken a good chunk of time (i.e. centuries) for tech levels to climb back up/discover a new form of FTL in order to truly become spacefaring again.
Has to be though right? Wonder where they will take it tbh
It doesn't, andromeda is probably getting the days of future past treatment
My money is on 2024 at least
I have doubts if even DA4 will hit 2023 let alone this game lol
Lol. This game isn't coming out for at least another 4-5 years.
Wasnt Anthem moved to the SWTOR team, which is already a skeleton crew?Is bioware big enough to have 3 separate internal teams working on Anthem, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect all at the same time?
The bulk of the team is on Dragon Age right now (and the remasters). New ME is small'ish for now.Is bioware big enough to have 3 separate internal teams working on Anthem, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect all at the same time?
Wasnt Anthem moved to the SWTOR team, which is already a skeleton crew?
The bulk of the team is on Dragon Age right now (and the remasters). New ME is small'ish for now.
Feels like this will come 2023 (mid current gen). Shame. I remember when we could get 3 Mass Effect + 3 Dragon Age games during 1 generation :P
Is bioware big enough to have 3 separate internal teams working on Anthem, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect all at the same time?
Andromeda's in the trailer too.My dreams of an Andromeda sequel just evaporated. I did not exoect (nor wish for) a direct sequel to 3 bringing back the same characters... I hoped they would not touch the trilogy and just make something new.
This is looking like they're gonna find/resurrect Shepard all over again. Doing this would destroy all impact from the Citadel DLC and the last goodbyes in ME3.
My dreams of an Andromeda sequel just evaporated. I did not exoect (nor wish for) a direct sequel to 3 bringing back the same characters... I hoped they would not touch the trilogy and just make something new.
This is looking like they're gonna find/resurrect Shepard all over again. Doing this would destroy all impact from the Citadel DLC and the last goodbyes in ME3.
- Liara is the only squad mate that can't be killed across the trilogy, so using Liara as a bridge between the trilogy and ME4 is clever. (I actually thought Vega was another -- though he'd be long gone by the events of ME4 -- but no, I forgot that he can be killed by Harbinger at the end of ME3.)
What a freakin tease man, I hope this generation is the one Bioware does well
Blame the Ancient Greeks. Their legend for it is that Heracles nursed on Hera's breast, but she pushed him away and the spray of milk from her breast became the galactic rim we see from Earth.Completely off-topic, but Milky Way...first time i stand still by that name. Its a bit dorky, and not really space sounding...not cool intergalactic sounding such as Andromeda or Triangulum Galaxy :p
From Mike Gamble's Tweets, it seems like they're combining the story threads of the Milky Way and Andromeda, if that helps?