Firing Squad writes: "Yes, that's the best headline I could come up with. Mass Effect--now finally making its debut for the PC after a six-month exclusive window for the Xbox 360--actually leaves me lost for words. This is one of those odd games that I love and hate simultaneously. One moment I'm thrilling to an RPG-tinged space opera loaded with realistic character actions and dialogue, bizarre alien cultures, and a fantastic attention to detail that makes the 22nd century come to life. The next I'm loathing tedious fetch-it quests, spartan visuals, and absurdly stretched level architecture that makes every assignment a marathon scavenger hunt. No game about saving the universe should be accompanied by this many yawns.
Yet at the same time I couldn't readily pull myself away. BioWare has done a truly spectacular job with the script of Mass Effect. While the star-spanning saga itself is more than slightly derivative of innumerable high-profile sci-fi novels, movies, and TV series, the story remains extremely well told, with some of the best dialogue and one of the most detailed settings to ever grace a game.
Still, nothing here is original. Human hero Commander Shepherd is a quasi-Jedi special agent called a Spectre who works directly for an intergalactic assembly of planets (Star Wars, duh)."
Bioware writes: "Like you, we’ve heard the rumors lately. You’ve made it clear you care deeply about what’s next. So let’s start by setting the record straight: the next Mass Effect game is in development, and EA and BioWare remain committed to telling more stories in this universe."
I expected nothing and I'm still disappointed
Like with Fallout, it's starting to feel studios are using TV / Film adaptations when they have no game info to talk about.
I feel the same way.
I mean, how difficult would it be for them to release SOMETHING of substance? Another short trailer? A couple of proper hints? A short story set during the original trilogy, but focused on fringe characters?
Hopefully they're working so hard on the game that they don't have time. But still, with every passing year and so little to show, the franchise will be slipping further and further from people's minds.
Yeah agree it's almost a cop out since Dev times are 5 to 10 years just throw out a few seasons instead you get them done in a year
So the TV show will take place after the OG trilogy. I wonder which ending they’ll use?
Should’ve just posted a picture of an Elcor saying “regretfully, we have nothing to share.”
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