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Mass Effect 4 Is Extremely Diverse And Beautiful

Mass Effect is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most beautifully realised pieces of fiction ever created. Be it the huge sweeping landscapes of a distant moon that would suck the air from your lungs, or the mind blowing arches of the Presidium, there’s no denying its near tangible beauty.

SaveFerris4167d ago

Show us. Don't just tell us.

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otherZinc4167d ago

@SaveFerris,
Agreed, talk is cheap! Although I believe them.

However,
Make it like Mass Effect 2. Where I can recruit assassins & others that will fight with me to the death!

SaveFerris4167d ago

Yes! Also with the option to romance said assassins if you want.

Tito084166d ago

Nah, they should make it like Mass Effect 4, it's own game.

Smok914166d ago (Edited 4166d ago )

"Although I believe them"

Of course you do.

CaptainObvious8784167d ago

For a moment their I thought they meant SJW diverse, not location wise diverse.

Good to know they're not listening to a group of people where most of them have no intention of buying the game.

mixelon4167d ago

Umm.. Bioware? It'll be ridiculously diverse in that way too. It's sort of their thing.

Romance all of the things!

wietkacz4166d ago

i cant wait that long :(

ChrisW4167d ago

Seriously! Show us! But if you're only going to tell us, don't use Twatter with it's limited letter count. Tell us more!!!

garrettbobbyferguson4166d ago

Why are we even approving a twitter post? It's not a news source.

HonestDragon4167d ago

Agreed. This message is like EA's conference at E3 all over again. You need to walk the walk, BioWare.

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Software_Lover4167d ago

RPG please. I want my weapon and ammo choices to actually matter in battle. Thank you.

slasaru014167d ago

They will give you the choices: homosexual of straight

Software_Lover4167d ago

It's sad, but that is probably more important to them lol.

Aloren4166d ago

They did actually matter in 3. Maybe not so much in 2, but ME3 actually put back in a lot of RPG elements : a lot more guns than in 2, weapon mods, weapon upgrades, weapon weight that changed cooldown of powers, and all these while keeping ammo mods like in ME2 (thought in a slightly different form)...

Halo2ODST24166d ago

ME3 had less rpg elements than any of the previous games

Aloren4166d ago

Well, I don't know what you call "RPG elements", but the leveling system, the armor customization, the weapons, the mods, were better in 3 than in 2.

AndrewLB4166d ago

And in Mass Effect 3, Bioware managed to take all those hundreds of painstakingly calculated decisions you made to ensure the best possible outcome.... and threw them all into the garbage can, gave gamers the middle finger, and released a DLC that only made people more angry that they decided to forget about you fighting the reapers, made the illusive man the antagonist, then introduced the space brat as the MAIN antagonist... followed by picking one of three endings.

A friend who I grew up with works for Bioware and told me that Casey Hudson literally sent home most of the development team AND the writers... and he and a few developers hacked together the final parts of the game starting with the assault on Illusive Man's space station. Why? Because their master Electronic Arts needed the game released "no matter what" to help pad the quarterly profit numbers.

I've always maintained that those last sections of the game seemed as if the entire development team went on vacation and told the new intern who had not played either ME1 or ME2, that he is in charge and has to finish things up.

showtimefolks4167d ago

please don't tease us, just show something meaningful soon. btw when will this most likely come out fall 2015 or spring 2016

Ikki_Phoenix4167d ago

we need something alright...i just cant sit and wait till summer its too dam long

showtimefolks4167d ago

true and i also believe that ME4 has been in development for a while, ME3 came out in March 2012. SO a big part of the team was done with ME in October-November 2011

so they started thinking about ME4 in 2011 and most likely had plans even before than. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if ME4 is a fall 2015 or very early 2016 title

CorndogBurglar4167d ago

Considering we haven't seen anything aside from concept art, i'm guessing 2016 sometime. Probably late 2016.

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CloudRap4167d ago (Edited 4167d ago )

I dont understand the praise Inquisition got its worse than DA2 imo. Too much filler quest and primitive combat make it feel like a cheap korean mmo. Kill 10 rams to feed a bunch of lazy villagers, they would
put socialist propaganda in a video game lol.

WitWolfy4167d ago (Edited 4167d ago )

Yes Im like 3 hours in and THE WHOLE GAME IS A SIDE QUEST. They shouldve called it SIDE QUEST Inqusition.

Dewitt4167d ago

Wit...Leave the Hinterlands before you day anything.

Kingdomcome2474167d ago

I really like the game. I'm making a concerted effort to get into RPGs this gen. I have minimal experience with games like this. I don't know what I'm doing a lot of the time with my party's gear, though. I feel like I spend more time managing inventory, etc... than I do actively playing. Am I just playing it wrong? (Extremely probable)

Killz4Twinkies4167d ago

I wouldnt say that you are playing them wrong. To make a great RPG - the player should have the option to play the way they want to play. For example i will spend forever tinkering with armor/weapon customization while the next person may just equip the newest item then be on their way to continue the story/exploring/harvesting whatever their preference is.

Kingdomcome2474167d ago

Thanks man. I'm starting to notice that there are areas I probably shouldn't go just yet lol. I guess I gain XP and then swing back. A run of the mill dragon (I think. Fereldan Frostback) tore me up. I'm a level 9 mage currently, I believe.

zidane13414167d ago

okay DA2 was a boring snoozefest. You are ovviously not past the first area if you think the gam is full of things like "kill 10 rams" nonstop. 100 hours in and about halfway through the story, and it is NOWHERE NEAR that bad, stop being a drama queen. The combat also gets better when your past the first few levels. not the best combat ever but its the same damn thing as the first couple.

jznrpg4167d ago

DA2 was close to garbage, I really enjoy Inquisition , 100 hours in on massacre difficulty and still going. The ere are some things I would change but overall I am happy.

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Mass Effect boss Michael Gamble is looking for a production director for the next game in the series

The most recent sign of progress comes from Mass Effect executive producer Michael Gamble, who's looking for help getting the new game done. "Hi, I’m hiring a very important senior leadership role," Gamble wrote on X. "They’ll report to me and it’s gonna be awesome."

medman122d ago

It takes 30 years to make a game nowadays...........

Christopher121d ago

Less creative freedom, more executive demands that change every 3 months.

jeromeface119d ago

50-90 hour rpgs generally do take longer to make...

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Mass Effect 4's Dialogue Could Take a Page Out of Baldur's Gate 3's Book

Mass Effect 4 has the perfect chance to reintroduce dialogue skills, and Baldur's Gate 3 might be the blueprint BioWare needs.

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Michiel1989372d ago

I'm not so sure they can, most talent that made the old games as good as they were, has left Bioware.

RaidenBlack372d ago

They can always recruit old fellas,
And also, new devs can always learn and also new indie devs are very passionate evident from the amazing indie games heavy with these gameplay features.

Michiel1989372d ago

I don't think anyone would wanna come back after the stories that were told from Anthem development. I just don't see it happening. It's a bit similar to blizz, some of the talent has come back there, but there has been a shift in the studio's culture and also what the higher ups expect/demand of them

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matt139372d ago

After andromeda and veilguard i think it’s assured that the bioware we once knew has gone, I have little hope for me4. Hopefully i’m wrong.

anast372d ago

The can't. But they wouldn't even if they could.

goken372d ago

Yeah… also if pigs decided evolve wings, they could fly…

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Next Mass Effect Will Maintain the Mature Tone of the Original Trilogy

Many fans of the Mass Effect series have been wondering whether the next installment will keep the tone we’re used to or will change like Dragon Age did.

pwnmaster3000574d ago

God I hope so.

Mass effect trilogy is my top 3 trilogy for me.
Remember playing it on the 360. Blew my mind.

just_looken574d ago

The fact you can alter/remove entire quest lines do too what you did on me1 in me3 or all those endings was one thing but then you remember that one team made mass effect 1-3 dragon age 1-3 in one console generation is just a insane feat that they did.

Great games but looking at mass effect 4 anthem current dragon age reviews/gameplay and who is left at bioware i have very little expectation on the new mass effect games.

Also last year that teaser trailer the look to me was not mass effect like why are we wearing a trench coat in space and at the same time trying to give off destiny vibe/look.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Just looked liked a starfield player made a n7 clothing mod yes it looks really good but to me a mass effect player just not a in the mass effect world vibe if you get me. Like the end part what is that player now trying to be in a western? so much going on that again to me not mass effect.

Like look at this 57 second teaser for mass effect 3 to me this sets the tone way better and shepard looks like he belongs in space no bike helmet/trench coat deal and the weapons/look feels mass effect

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

SO yeah i think the new mass effect is gong to be bad low expectations over here.

Heck one more 2005 teaser for mass effect one 20 year old footage give or take it was made in 2004 again shows the animations characters in light and looks like a sifi game

https://youtu.be/SkfB7-KwRn...

RaidenBlack574d ago

If you want to enjoy the same Mass Effect vibes, better keep an eye on the Exodus.
Being made by OG ex-Bioware devs at Archetype Entertainment, its a spiritual successor to ME-trilogy.

TheNamelessOne574d ago (Edited 574d ago )

Yeah. One of the bigger gripes DA series fans are having with Veilguard is that virtually no choices from the original game carried over to Veilguard and that there's very little choice/agency in the game, itself.

I'm not trying to be a pessimist. I loved Bioware, going all the way back to Baldur's Gate, but there's nothing in front of me right now that has me actually believing in what a new Mass Effect might be. I'm expecting basically a linear shooter with some romance options.

VenomUK574d ago

I speak on behalf of everyone on N4G when I say I hope that Bioware build on the DEI success of Dragon Age: Veilguard and allows every player character to have the option of becoming trans.

just_looken573d ago

@RaidenBlack

Great point yeah that so far looks be a good game fingers crossed.

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IAMRealHooman574d ago

If the new DA doesn't sell well, we will probably never get it, what's to stop EA from axing Bioware after another failed to meet sales quota, they've killed teams for much less

just_looken573d ago (Edited 573d ago )

Well bioware as a whole last game that made cash was 2013 dragon age 3 so you never know they might get another pass again.

P_Bomb574d ago

Love that trilogy! Beat them on Xbox, PS3 and again on PS4 lol! One of my all timers.

Valkyrye574d ago

Now that Bioware is making bangers again hope has returned.

Obscure_Observer574d ago

Indeed.

And their next game will also focus on photorealism so it´s gonna be a banger of a masterpiece!

MrDead574d ago

DA:V is getting fantastic reviews so there's hope for the future. The last mass effect was such a disappointment story wise, let's hope they can learn from the new Dragon Age.

Kaze88574d ago

DA used to be very dark and bleak, now it's just jolly good time with guardians of the galaxy. Choices don't matter, you cant actually be evil or mean, you cant lose anyone. There is not much hope for a good Mass Effect.

Abriael574d ago (Edited 574d ago )

Let's hope not. The new Dragon Age: The Veilguard is exactly the reason for this comment, because it threw away the mature tone of the original.

RaidenBlack574d ago

Agree ... the moment I read the comment the ME main menu theme came to my mind.
Dont effing downgrade ME.
I am looking forward to Exodus for my ME fix in the meantime anyways.

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