Mass Effect Andromeda • Gaming • General Gaming • Eurogamer.net

ozthegweat 15 Jun 2015 21:08:07 2,977 posts
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Out Holiday 2016.

Edited by ozthegweat at 21:09:25 15-06-2015

Humperfunk 15 Jun 2015 21:20:40 8,634 posts
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So is this Mass Effect 4? That was an appalling trailer.

disusedgenius 15 Jun 2015 21:36:32 10,677 posts
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That confused the shit out of me.

ozthegweat 15 Jun 2015 21:44:09 2,977 posts
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@Humperfunk It is the fourth ME game, but not called ME4 as it's probably not gonna have anything to do with the previous three games.

StarchildHypocrethes 15 Jun 2015 21:44:19 33,974 posts
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Me too, yet I'm still erect.

Humperfunk 15 Jun 2015 21:44:59 8,634 posts
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@ozthegweat ah cool, figured it was the "next" one so to speak

ozthegweat 15 Jun 2015 22:03:33 2,977 posts
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@Humperfunk The most probable backstory for this game is called "Ark Theory". It says that the Council species sent an ark to another galaxy during the events of ME3 in case we'd lose the war against the Reapers.

And now we're in the Andromeda galaxy (hence the name of the game), thousands of years after the events of ME3 (whose ending only has galaxy-, but not universe-wide ramifications, so there's no need to choose a canon ending), searching for a new home.

Edited by ozthegweat at 22:04:13 15-06-2015

ozthegweat 15 Jun 2015 22:13:46 2,977 posts
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First details from the BioWare Blog:

- it's "taking place far away from and long after the events of the original trilogy"
- "you will play a human, male or female", so sadly no playable alien races
- the character in the trailer is not the player, although they don't explain any further
- the trailer is done in Frostbite and represents the "visual target for the final game"
- they are putting their "entire focus on PC and current gen consoles", so PS4, XBO, PC

And a nice picture to end the blog post:

EDIT: another picture from Twitter:

Edited by ozthegweat at 22:36:47 15-06-2015

Nitrous 15 Jun 2015 22:41:06 2,295 posts
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Best get to work on my backlog! Between Fallout 4 and this I think I'll play nothing else.

Rodderz 15 Jun 2015 22:42:04 4,497 posts
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ozthegweat wrote:
- "you will play a human, male or female", so sadly no playable alien races

darn, was hoping they'd take inspiration from Dragon Age and allow multiple playable races. I guess it means this new series (trilogy?) of ME games will be just as story driven around a central human character and humanities wider role in galactic events as the originals.

The character in the trailer is wearing Specter N7 armour, but they've said it's not the main character... We might be thinking ally, but maybe he's an antagonist like Saren?

Anyway, new Mass Effect \o/ one of my favourite game series ever. So glad to see it coming back, it's just a shame the end of 2016 is so far away!

mal 15 Jun 2015 22:45:12 29,326 posts
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Hear the bass drop.

ozthegweat 15 Jun 2015 23:19:30 2,977 posts
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masseffect.com has been updated. Right now the only contents are the teaser trailer and a newsletter signup form.

Who signs up for newsletters such as these nowadays anyway? When they actually do send out any such e-mail, the news has already been leaked, officially announced, corrected, retracted and amended twice.

Deleted user 16 June 2015 00:19:45

Rodderz wrote:

darn, was hoping they'd take inspiration from Dragon Age and allow multiple playable races. I guess it means this new series (trilogy?) of ME games will be just as story driven around a central human character and humanities wider role in galactic events as the originals.

This time you'll probably save the universe, not just the Milky Way

ozthegweat 16 Jun 2015 08:32:01 2,977 posts
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The Mako has been renamed Mate-oh and looks like this:

...because it's a dromedary... like Andromeda... I'm sorry, I'm exhausted from watching all those live streams.

ozthegweat 16 Jun 2015 09:35:16 2,977 posts
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New details from an interview over at Ars Technica:
- focus on having a squad and comraderie, like in previous games, that's what N7 stands for
- they talk about having instant access to Frostbite tech developed in other EA studios and mention the face-scanning technique from the new NBA game as an example. When pressed if ME:A will support that: "We can�t talk about that yet"
- they are working with the Need For Speed team on the driving mechanics for the Mako
- combat will be more like ME3 than ME1, but with more RPG elements
- they have not casted a single character
- they have "nothing to announce" in regards to previous characters returning. No straight denial though.
- they regretted that the ME trilogy spanned the entire Milky Way galaxy, so ME:A will be on a smaller scale, but still massive to explore
- "I don�t think we can get into that" on how the characters got to the Andromeda galaxy without relays
- "We can�t comment on that yet" when asked if there will be something like a Dragon Age Keep to import choices from the previous games, or if those choices will play a role in ME:A at all

Deleted user 16 June 2015 12:33:10

Cool!

DFawkes 16 Jun 2015 12:40:14 32,785 posts
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ozthegweat wrote:
- "I don�t think we can get into that" on how the characters got to the Andromeda galaxy without relays

Mark my words, it'll be halfwit Captain Janeway again, being so useless she's now losing ships from completely different franchises.

richarddavies 16 Jun 2015 16:33:26 8,312 posts
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That's the very first thing I thought when I saw it. So unnecessary.

Latin 16 Jun 2015 16:38:30 4,075 posts
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After the ME3 ending, not sure I'll give these guys a full price purchase!

Twats

ozthegweat 16 Jun 2015 18:28:03 2,977 posts
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ubergine wrote:
Why does the woman have a sexy wiggle?

Probably because you can't see proper tits. How else would you know it's a woman?

EDIT: I inserted a sarcasm end tag up there, but Stupid Forum Software� doesn't display it. So before all you mouthbreathers get an acute acne breakout: relax.

Edited by ozthegweat at 18:33:09 16-06-2015

HelloNo 16 Jun 2015 18:40:25 2,283 posts
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To be fair the man doesn't have a bad butt shot.

ozthegweat 16 Jun 2015 18:42:27 2,977 posts
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@HelloNo You might say his ass has quite an effect.

HelloNo 16 Jun 2015 19:47:05 2,283 posts
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ozthegweat wrote:
@HelloNo You might say his ass has quite an effect.

How do I mako the puns go away?

SomaticSense 16 Jun 2015 20:56:23 15,062 posts
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Liara bunch of bastards for starting another pun cycle

Saul_Iscariot 16 Jun 2015 21:25:35 4,399 posts
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You lot krogan with the bad puns and I'll relay it to anyone who cares.

ozthegweat 16 Jun 2015 21:33:02 2,977 posts
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I'm Asari if I caused a resurgence of any ME-related puns.

Deleted user 16 June 2015 22:45:45

ubergine wrote:

Why does the woman have a sexy wiggle?

By Mass Effect standards, I'd call it prude

Edited by DrStrangelove at 22:46:10 16-06-2015

Kichijoten 16 Jun 2015 23:38:25 4,555 posts
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I adored me1, 2 and 3 all the way until the last five minutes and that five minutes destroyed the previous 120+ hours I'd played. I still am unsure how an ending could be so utterly shit when the stuff before was excellent.