The Mass Effect series has garnered a huge fan base around the world (including myself) and can easily be considered one of the top current gaming franchises. That being said though, I have to ask why is no other video game studio trying to copy or clone it’s success?
The video game industry is like most other industries in that it is very copy-cat based; the Call of Duty franchise being the best example. We now have hundreds of cloned first person shooters, with some being good others not so much. But if we as an industry are going to move away from originality for monetary reasons, isn’t there money to be had by trying to duplicate some of what makes the Mass Effect series so special?
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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To recreate Mass effect would require substantial resources, skill and passion...all of those are in short supply and with this generation of gaming coming to an end, it's a little late to start from ground zero.
Unfortunately, Mass Effect has changed quite a bit from the more traditional Bioware RPG to a more, user friendly hybrid of TPS/RPG.
EA has ruined Bioware as they will ruin any unique developer in their search for COD like sales and money.
On one hand it's understandable, they need to make money and by law, a publicly traded company like EA has to BUT...
...on the other hand, there are different ways to reach that goal...EA's way is to just copy whatever is the latest trend and that leads to the same old, same old.
Lukas Arts has seen that Bioware has been stealing their concepts that were actually intended for their own IP, Star wars and have said that they will no longer work with EA and Bioware once the current projects are done. I suspect EA will start to lose more and more as the realization that there is no artistic integrity at EA or any of their developers. It's strictly all about dollars and cents now...maybe it always was.
Let me just say this, with Mass Effect going on part 3 for this gen. I really hope this will be the last time we see part 3 of ANY title. You wonder why the sales ( other then COD ) have flat lined for these titles...people have see it all before. The time for a new gen is now.
Im sure Gameloft working on it somewhere.
Mass effect seriese is overrated...i like it but..no mass effect has come close to doing uncharted numbers... And the seriese is on platforms...thats not good with all the acclaim this series gets
its what i was thinking the other day except thinking why there is a lack of platformers on 360 and ps3.
look at super mario galaxy it sold 8 million yet the closest to smg2 is ratchet and clank crack in time which isnt that great anyway. gamers are sick of the fps genre. we want something new and fresh.
Well if someone else were to make a space shooter RPG, then they'd never hear the end of it. People would be in an uproar, much like they were with the uncharted clone. That's not the kind of attention a game developer wants.
They don't want to be seen as a total cash-in company and they want to make their own market by providing original experiences.