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Smashingpmkns
11/15/19 3:16:08 PM
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https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1195431551695249414

A new Mass Effect game is reportedly in "very early development" at BioWare Edmonton.


Guess Bioware isn't dead yet.
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Solid Sonic
11/15/19 3:17:09 PM
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Ah ha ha ha ha.

I really thought they'd get EA'd after Mass Effect: Andromeda.

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Nacen
11/15/19 3:18:28 PM
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But will it be Andromeda 2 or something else
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Zack_Attackv1
11/15/19 3:18:31 PM
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I'll believe it when I see it.
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Smashingpmkns
11/15/19 3:19:47 PM
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Nacen posted...
But will it be Andromeda 2 or something else


Edmonton studio made their "good" games. Dunno if that even matters anymore, I'm sure it's a whole different crew at this point.
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LightHawKnight
11/15/19 3:20:42 PM
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Gonna be a live service garbagefest right?
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DeadBankerDream
11/15/19 3:21:32 PM
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If they have the moronic idea to salvage the cancer that is the Andromeda storyline rather than just doing a proper sequel to the main series (with new characters and timelines or not, don't care), I'm noping the fuck out of the franchise.
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SmidgeIsntBack
11/15/19 3:21:43 PM
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Whenever referring to current Bioware, it should be called "Bioware" because who is even left at this point.
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Tmaster148
11/15/19 3:21:53 PM
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I'm going to be cautiously optimistic about this. Mass Effect series is one of my favorites and I hope they learned from the mistakes of Andromeda.

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The Wheelman1
11/15/19 3:26:09 PM
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Hopefully it takes place after 3 and before Andromeda. I want to know what really happened to Shepard.
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Sada_Pop
11/15/19 3:26:51 PM
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Tmaster148 posted...
I'm going to be cautiously optimistic about this. Mass Effect series is one of my favorites and I hope they learned from the mistakes of Andromeda.


This
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DeadBankerDream
11/15/19 3:28:45 PM
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The Wheelman1 posted...
Hopefully it takes place after 3 and before Andromeda. I want to know what really happened to Shepard.

Andromeda (sort of) takes place between ME2 and 3.
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ScazarMeltex
11/15/19 3:29:15 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
If they have the moronic idea to salvage the cancer that is the Andromeda storyline rather than just doing a proper sequel to the main series (with new characters and timelines or not, don't care), I'm noping the fuck out of the franchise.

There is zero need for a sequel to the main line of the series.
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DeadBankerDream
11/15/19 3:30:48 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
There is zero need for a sequel to the main line of the series.

Agreed.

Andromeda is irredeemable cancer, though.
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Taharqa_
11/15/19 3:31:52 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
If they have the moronic idea to salvage the cancer that is the Andromeda storyline rather than just doing a proper sequel to the main series (with new characters and timelines or not, don't care), I'm noping the fuck out of the franchise.



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ScazarMeltex
11/15/19 3:32:23 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
ScazarMeltex posted...
There is zero need for a sequel to the main line of the series.

Agreed.

Andromeda is irredeemable cancer, though.

That's a bit hyperbolic isn't it?
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DeadBankerDream
11/15/19 3:34:22 PM
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In general, using the word cancer in any context that isn't literally about cancerous growth in biological life can be considered hyperbolic, sure.

If we go beyond that, no I don't really think so. I played Andromeda. Bought it day 1, even.

It is a gaming cancer.
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Nacen
11/15/19 3:36:32 PM
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so I guess the options are:
1) something completely new like what andromeda was intended to be
2) a prequel maybe?
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Smashingpmkns
11/15/19 3:36:39 PM
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I'm sure they'll start a completely different story. Even if they wanted to continue Andromeda I'm sure EA would steer them away from it.
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11/15/19 4:04:18 PM
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DuneMan
11/15/19 4:05:37 PM
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I bet it ends up going the route of Andromeda's Quarian Ark DLC.
Edit: By that I mean it'll end up being vaporware.
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ROBANN_88
11/15/19 4:06:49 PM
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i couldn't be bothered to finish Andromeda.
it's a shame really, as i freaking loved everything Mass Effect before that.
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DeadBankerDream
11/15/19 4:08:11 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
i couldn't be bothered to finish Andromeda.
it's a shame really, as i freaking loved everything Mass Effect before that.

Despite all its issues and terrible ending, I still love ME3.

Andromeda is just... yikes.
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Offworlder1
11/15/19 4:37:22 PM
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Zack_Attackv1 posted...
I'll believe it when I see it.

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BipBapBam
11/15/19 4:39:42 PM
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Pleeeeeeease let it be good. Oh god please let it be good.

I'm not ready to see the series die yet >_______>

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SF_Okami
11/15/19 4:52:36 PM
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I always thought a game in between 1 and 2 where you play as Garrus would be dope.
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s0nicfan
11/15/19 4:54:37 PM
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IIRC the Edmonton office is the "good one" that made the first 3, not the satellite office that made andromeda. Although, really:

SmidgeIsntBack posted...
Whenever referring to current Bioware, it should be called "Bioware" because who is even left at this point.



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Sphyx
11/15/19 4:55:10 PM
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Assuming they don't have the animation issues and put together a more compelling story and antagonist(s), i'd be fine with continuing Andromeda.
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ROBANN_88
11/15/19 4:56:44 PM
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i wonder if it's possible to do something with the First Contact War.
though, that would have to abandon most of the open world RPG genre
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DeadBankerDream
11/15/19 4:59:12 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
i wonder if it's possible to do something with the First Contact War.

IIRC, Bioware intended to make a prequel about that after ME3, but they scrapped it cause the limited score of player choice and a story with a set conclusion in such a scenario tested poorly with fans. And then they made Andromeda instead.
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specialkid8
11/16/19 10:28:43 PM
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Maybe with the couple of high profile garbage fires recently and the good press from Fallen Order, EA will finally learn not everything needs to be an online service and will loosen the leash on some of its devs. Ubisoft is slowly learning to diversify their games, maybe it'll catch on across other big publishers. We'll see.
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Delirious_Beard
11/16/19 10:33:16 PM
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no thanks
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ToPoPO
11/16/19 10:34:29 PM
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Wasn't there reports that they're trying to salvage Anthem?

So they're splitting between Anthem support and this? LOL
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Alucard188
11/16/19 10:36:33 PM
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So we reportedly have Anthem being reworked from the ground up a'la A Realm Reborn, the next Dragon Age game in development, and very early-stage Mass Effect.

Yeah. Ok.

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specialkid8
11/16/19 10:38:10 PM
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^It can be on a fairly long timeline and different teams are working on different stuff. I doubt this game is coming out in 2022.
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Alucard188
11/16/19 10:38:52 PM
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specialkid8 posted...
^It can be on a fairly long timeline and different teams are working on different stuff. I doubt this game is coming out in 2022.


Oh, I know. They can have multiple teams working on multiple projects. I just have no faith in this studio that produced three relatively epic flops in a row.

As an aside, the universe is a huge place. There's tons of side story potential there. I hope they learn from their mistakes with the Reapers.

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darkphoenix181
11/16/19 10:39:04 PM
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I want them to find a planet... of shepards.

Like the whole population on the planet is a bunch of commander shepards.

THAT would be an interesting storyline.
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Looked gf
11/16/19 10:40:29 PM
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darkphoenix181
11/16/19 10:41:42 PM
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Looked gf posted...
Fool me twice...


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Annihilated
11/16/19 10:44:16 PM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
I want them to find a planet... of shepards.

Like the whole population on the planet is a bunch of commander shepards.

THAT would be an interesting storyline.


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Touch
11/16/19 10:45:53 PM
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I just hope the MP is dope again. Something about Andromeda's MP didn't give it much staying power to me compared to 3's

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Bio1590
11/16/19 10:50:07 PM
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Bioware won't even be in Edmonton anymore by the time this game releases
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008Zulu
11/16/19 11:06:59 PM
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I am not holding my breath.
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The_Scarecrow
11/16/19 11:29:23 PM
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Whatever they decide to do, it needs to follow the roots of ME1 and ME2 without the Reapers. Mass Effect was at its best when the player was just a lone specter traveling the galaxy and solving mysteries. The conflicts, lore, setting, etc. are already interesting enough. We don't need some huge galaxy ending threat to face.
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Stagmar
11/16/19 11:42:44 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
So we reportedly have Anthem being reworked from the ground up a'la A Realm Reborn, the next Dragon Age game in development, and very early-stage Mass Effect.

Yeah. Ok.
They did move into a WAY bigger office recently, but I see this more as media throwing darts at a dartboard hoping to luck out and be able to say you heard it hear first.

Bio1590 posted...
Bioware won't even be in Edmonton anymore by the time this game releases
Given the current government, youre probably right...

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spudger
11/16/19 11:43:54 PM
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my face is tired
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Nacen
11/17/19 12:04:30 AM
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The_Scarecrow posted...
Whatever they decide to do, it needs to follow the roots of ME1 and ME2 without the Reapers. Mass Effect was at its best when the player was just a lone specter traveling the galaxy and solving mysteries. The conflicts, lore, setting, etc. are already interesting enough. We don't need some huge galaxy ending threat to face.

A-fucking-men to that.
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pfh1001
11/17/19 12:10:17 AM
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The_Scarecrow posted...
Whatever they decide to do, it needs to follow the roots of ME1 and ME2 without the Reapers. Mass Effect was at its best when the player was just a lone specter traveling the galaxy and solving mysteries. The conflicts, lore, setting, etc. are already interesting enough. We don't need some huge galaxy ending threat to face.


I agree, but...

SmidgeIsntBack posted...
Whenever referring to current Bioware, it should be called "Bioware" because who is even left at this point.


This, sadly. Pretty much all of their lead designers & writers that have ever been worth a damn have left the company.
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Smashingpmkns
11/17/19 12:30:45 AM
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Real talk if ea thought bioware was a lost cause they would have dissolved their asses already.
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