More Mass Effect games after third one News
PC Xbox 360 News by Tom Bramwell
BioWare co-founder Dr Greg Zeschuk has said the developer will continue to create games in the Mass Effect universe following the completion of the current trilogy.
Mass Effect 2 launches on PC and 360 next week, and BioWare has long since said that the third game would complete this story arc, but Zeschuk told Kotaku that the "valuable" setting of the games will endure.
"We're actually going to continue to use it for stuff and we're going to continue to make games there," he explained.
"Believe me, we have our work cut out for us for the next little while getting Mass Effect 3 done after this. Don't worry if you love Mass Effect, [because] there will be more Mass Effect in the future."
Mass Effect 2 puts you back in the space boots of Commander Shepard and on the trail of a new intergalactic menace which has been abducting human colonists. Shepard becomes involved with the Cerberus organisation and recruits a new team to tackle this mysterious threat.
As for Mass Effect 3, Zeschuk reiterated that decisions made throughout the series will have consequences that personalise the story right through to the end.
"Even to the point where some of the decisions you made in 1 you'll see the result in 3," he added. "There will be stuff that you will feel is yours that you've created in that third iteration."
There's no word on when we should expect Mass Effect 3, but the first game came out in November 2007, and with the second due this month, sometime in late 2012 or early 2013 seems a good bet. Whack it in your diary, eh?
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Comments: 1-26 of 26
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AphoticCosmos
21/01/10 @ 09:43
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Yesssssssssss!
The universe they created is too good to give up! Seriously! |
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ignatiusjreilly
21/01/10 @ 09:45
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Best sci-fi entertainment franchise since new Battlestar Galactica. Long may it continue.
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I wonder how significant the impact is of the decisions is. Looking at the ME2 character importer, it seems to just be which characters survived certain decisions, so that's it? I know the designers admitted how difficult it can be incorporating all of those variations into the game script, but hopefully it's more than a few changed lines of dialog like An angry member of Urdnot Wrex's clan being angry at the PC or A member of Kaden's family mourning his demise.
That said, it's still a terrific, interesting feature. The only game I can think of that did something similar was Quest for Glory. |
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darkmorgado
21/01/10 @ 09:59
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Apparently, Shepherd can die in ME2 and it means you won't be able to play as him n ME3
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Never got round to finishing ME1, lost my save to some HDD corruption and couldn't stomach the idea of starting all over again. Maybe when the third one comes out they'll release a trilogy and make an effort to go through all three of them then.
As great as the Mass Effect universe is the game just didn't click for me in the same way as Neverwinter Nights, I hope that Bioware revisit Neverwinter some day. |
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Clive Dunn
21/01/10 @ 10:16
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Wow, lots of negative feedback for Mako Kart. I thought it was a good idea.
Haven't we already seen that shoehorning new IP into existing universes doesn't always work ? If this is a possible continuation of the ME series, and is another RPG done by Bioware, then great. But that suggests ME4 somewhere way down the line. It seems more likely this is a spin off, where another studio puts a different game genre into the ME universe. Like Halo Wars for example. Sometimes I think this sort of thing makes more sense in a boardroom than it does in real life. Anyway, I'm off to watch Caravan of Courage again. |
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darkmorgado
21/01/10 @ 10:28
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Plus, between this and GoW III, the last couple of days have shown just how stupid the whole "trilogy" gaming idea is.
PS - Metroid Prime excepted |
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ChthonicEcho
21/01/10 @ 10:49
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Mass Effect is the only franchise I am willing to see expanded over several games of any genre. Although woefully archetypical on the surface, the heart of their fiction is surprisingly unique. Then again, perhaps I simply haven't seen or read enough science fiction to become jaded.
Dragon Age, on the other hand... If there is one reason for that to expand, it's to occupy Edmonton and keep their lacklustre imagination away from Mass Effect.
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metalangel
21/01/10 @ 11:10
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A game based on humanity uncovering the gates and making first contact would be very cool. Sort of like the "Enterprise" of Mass Effect. All together now, "Cause I got faith, of the heart..."
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There so many ways that they could go regarding the Reapers and the Universe, one particularly good direction I seen someone mention is a bit like the final arc of Gurren Lagann if anyone has seen that.
If you get the chance to go to Dark Space in the third that would be amazing, well since I haven't played through the second maybe you do in that don know yet, argh still a week to go! |
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This is great news. The ME Universe is like the new Star Wars. It can be expanded in so many ways We got 2 books (another one announced recently), comic series, film rights owned by Spider-Man producer, and a trilogy of amazing games. I say bring more on. Possibly different genres, I don't mind.
They could try an FPSRPG, using biotics kinda like Bioshock's plasmids for example. |
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I really hope they have an easier to understand menu/inventory. In ME1 I couldn't tell if I was equipping stuff or unequipping it half the time. And when I went to start new game plus, taking my character into the game on the unlocked harder difficulty, I realised after 4-5 hours of play that the difficulty had somehow reverted to medium. None of this guff for ME2 I hope - the videos so far sure do look kick ass!
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Wolverfrog
21/01/10 @ 16:18
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Thank God. Mass Effect is different from most games in that it is Un-milkable. There's thousands of years of history and battle. Then there's a potential future after Mass Effect 3.
There's so much to do in the universe. :) |
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Why not see how Mass Effect II and III do before making statements like that.
Anyway, let's come up with some game ideas then: * Mass Effect Wars - where we battle it out RTS-style on planets. * Mass Effect Tactics (DS) - where we have turn based combat with a party * Sim Citadel - where we are overlords of the citadel and the council instructing new buildings and setting taxes. |
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