BioWare may have created Mass Effect, but it also killed it. The series had its moment, but now it has been sent off to die because of one big mistake.
There are lots of reasons to love a good role-playing game. The stories are immersive, the worlds are detailed, and most importantly, the player is given a range of control over how they want to play. Options range from choosing what type of fighting style you like to customizing a character with a unique look and personality.
I really like the whole morality concept as long as it affects the ending and general progression of the game. At the very least how people treat you.
As much as I loved Infamous 2 for example, morality is pretty much a non factor in which ending you get as it is based on one final decision at the end of the game. Kinda a buzz kill if you ask me.
Infamous SS did it better IMO, save for a few story scenes that are exactly the same regardless of morality. At least here however your ending is determined by your overall morality throughout the game.
The Ogre Battle franchise does it best though. Not only does morality affect everything throughout the game, but also who your allies and enemies outside of the big bad do as well. How I miss this IP.
Jason Monroe writes:
No matter how hard I try, I just can’t do an evil playthrough of a video game. It’s not because I’m a nice guy (I’m actually a selfish jerk), games just can’t do them right.
inFAMOUS did it well, they only franchise where I constantly played each path, they made it interesting by presenting it as means vs ends not "good vs evil".
with Ghost of Tsushima SP said the paths will be warrior vs ninja
one other game that did the paths in an interesting way was Jade Empire and the open palm vs closed fist
I have a hard time doing it as well lol. I have been bad in a few games but it's always the second play through and only a few times. I'm going to do it in my second play through of Detroit and Vampyr though.
Lol i am the same. I recently attempted a "machine Connor" playthrough of Detroit Become Human, but halfway through I found myself choosing all the nice/kind options again. I need to try it again!
Some characters I like too much to go the jerk route lol. I will do the same options for certain characters even on jerk playthroughs. It’s all subconsciously though, I guess that’s just a testament to their character design.
Andrew and I have a lengthy discussion on the games and series we would love to see on a current generation platform." -- PlayStation Enthusiast
If only there were a system that supported games from previous generations it would make waiting for ports obsolete...
I never played Persona 3 or 4 and would love to give them go after a Persona 5! Also one game I was blown away by back in the day was Eternal Darkness! I would love to see it get a proper Remake much like Shadow of the Colossus! I know Silicone Knights about no more but man that game was amazingly ahead of its time!
Persona 3 yeah, fine. Leave Persona 4 alone though. It got a great rerelease on Vita and I'm tired of Vita games being put on consoles. Let it breath a gen atleast and then give it a full on remake
Quick to lay the blame on BioWare. I'm sure EA influence is what damaged the series.
More like a lot of big mistakes
Everything EA touches eventually turns to shit.
It's inevitable in the gaming industry with the way big AAA games are designed now.
Season Passes, micro transactions, MOBA and MMORPG repetitive gameplay systems in single player games, forced online, games using the same mechanics so they all feel the same, shoehorning in crafting and collecting mechanics, DLC, you rarely feel like you're getting a full game on release for $60 / £40.
There's been a huge lack of gameplay innovation this gen, I feel that the obsession with resolution and frame rates have allowed developers to not focus on gameplay innovation and instead just sell the game on the quality of the graphics.
I wish Sony had bought bioware ,or cd project red.
Does anyone actually know any series that has no bad games ever?
This game was made by a team that wasn't the main Bioware team that made the other Mass Effects...
I don't think 1 bad game is going to "kill" a series, theses articles are getting just ridiculous. Folks can blame EA for pushing a game without its main team....yes, they are to blame for that, but its not as if the people who make Mass Effect in terms of 1-3 have just suddenly died.
I'm sure the main team has ideas for another Mass Effect after Anthem has released. I don't see the point in pretending that EA killed the series when more Mass Effect titles have been done under EA then without....
So those who are angry about the series so called "dying" or being "killed" etc....consider many of you are even calling it a series ie acknowledging 2 and 3 in the first place.
If you only liked Mass Effect 1 under MS, why on earth would you even care 10 years after the release of playing only 1 game?
Cry over 2, cry over 3, sure cry over Andromeda, but at some point you folks might need to legit move on. imho I'd say the best Mass Effect's were made under EA, not MS.
Hate EA all you want folks, but reading many articles on here ,its clear that many favor Mass Effect 2....a EA game.