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  • V4rdyn's avatar
    V4rdyn
    9 years ago

    "Lost Ark?"

    Okay that has to be about the Quarian Ark or call me a pyjak

    Question is...

    • Will this be as Nexus Uprising was to the main game, and we'll see its conclusion in a DLC where we "bring the Quarian Ark home"
    • or
    • We'll never see Quarians and just get an audiobook that ties into the lore and... done?

    But the fact that the game stuff is released in-sync with the extra content (novels and/or audiobooks) suggests the first option.

    (yeah, the title was new to me-- wasn't following the tie-in content so far)

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    @sblantipodi wrote:

    EA give us the DLC


    I would go so far as to say EA give us the DLCs.

    Or the DLCs' schedule (please not the plural again) and the commitment to part 2 🙂

    But I merely repeat myself and others from the previous 13 pages ...

    (and won't repeat my thoughts on why I fear it's becoming unlikely...)

    We have faith in the Mass Effect universe, so should EA!

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    @Nykara360 wrote:


    'Will reveal events kept secret over the series of game play' this is BS tbh, release secrets in game form for a game or not at all! Not everyone is  big on reading.. if it relates to in game important details don't put it in a * book.. even those happy to read would rather play that * then read it. 

     Nexus Uprising just gives you more insight into the leadership and Sloane Kelly.  However, the tone is more 'Mass Effect edgy', due to the desperate situation when the Nexus arrives.

    To be honest a book series tie-in makes me want to play a game even more. It shows that the developers have really thought out the IP and are committed to making a franchise with a 'universe'. It's all part of creating a canon and building a fanbase. Books demonstrate that a game has highly qualified writers. Great writers are critical to building exceptional games and books or comics are a natural by-product.  And, it's much easier to tell 'more of the story' in a book than it is in a video game or movie.

  • As a lot people has already commented in this threadm I also hope we can get some dlc. Expanding singleplayer and multiplayer.

    Singleplayer should be the first expansion, or at least character skins like the other ME. Expanding how many planets we can explore, or the side quests.

    Andromeda is a good game in it's core, an as the ''first'' Mass Effect of this generation, it has a lot of potenial in writing. It can even make the same move as ME 2, where you can expand the story no just in a single cluster but in ourselves. 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    @TKMcClone wrote:
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    @Nykara360 wrote:


    'Will reveal events kept secret over the series of game play' this is BS tbh, release secrets in game form for a game or not at all! Not everyone is  big on reading.. if it relates to in game important details don't put it in a * book.. even those happy to read would rather play that * then read it. 

     Nexus Uprising just gives you more insight into the leadership and Sloane Kelly.  However, the tone is more 'Mass Effect edgy', due to the desperate situation when the Nexus arrives.

    To be honest a book series tie-in makes me want to play a game even more. It shows that the developers have really thought out the IP and are committed to making a franchise with a 'universe'. It's all part of creating a canon and building a fanbase. Books demonstrate that a game has highly qualified writers. Great writers are critical to building exceptional games and books or comics are a natural by-product.  And, it's much easier to tell 'more of the story' in a book than it is in a video game or movie.


    Its not nexus uprising im worried about its the sequel books. They better not put the rest of the story in novel rather than let us play it.

    When they did the sequel Kotor book, Revan was canonized as a male who romanced Bastila. That kinda stuff bugs me. My Revan was never male, nor did they romance Bastilia.


  • @Nykara360 wrote:
    Its not nexus uprising im worried about its the sequel books. They better not put the rest of the story in novel rather than let us play it.

    When they did the sequel Kotor book, Revan was canonized as a male who romanced Bastila. That kinda stuff bugs me. My Revan was never male, nor did they romance Bastilia.


    I'd be surprised if it was anything more than back story. At most introduce a character similar or Slone Kelly or a new Squad member. Star Wars isn't a fair comparison to Mass Effect. BioWare has total control over the ME franchise (books and games). 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    @TKMcClone wrote:

    @Nykara360 wrote:
    Its not nexus uprising im worried about its the sequel books. They better not put the rest of the story in novel rather than let us play it.

    When they did the sequel Kotor book, Revan was canonized as a male who romanced Bastila. That kinda stuff bugs me. My Revan was never male, nor did they romance Bastilia.


    I'd be surprised if it was anything more than back story. At most introduce a character similar or Slone Kelly or a new Squad member. Star Wars isn't a fair comparison to Mass Effect. BioWare has total control over the ME franchise (books and games). 


    I know.. but there has been instances of things in BW games being mentioned only on twitter etc that should have been in the games. Like character deaths. So it does make me a little nervous. I will wait and see. I write far more than I read, it's just a time thing. I don't have time to do it all! So important stuff needs to be in the games. 😊


  • @Nykara360 wrote:

    @TKMcClone wrote:

    @Nykara360 wrote:
    Its not nexus uprising im worried about its the sequel books. They better not put the rest of the story in novel rather than let us play it.

    When they did the sequel Kotor book, Revan was canonized as a male who romanced Bastila. That kinda stuff bugs me. My Revan was never male, nor did they romance Bastilia.


    I'd be surprised if it was anything more than back story. At most introduce a character similar or Slone Kelly or a new Squad member. Star Wars isn't a fair comparison to Mass Effect. BioWare has total control over the ME franchise (books and games). 


    I know.. but there has been instances of things in BW games being mentioned only on twitter etc that should have been in the games. Like character deaths. So it does make me a little nervous. I will wait and see. I write far more than I read, it's just a time thing. I don't have time to do it all! So important stuff needs to be in the games. 😊


    For franchises where the main medium is a game, like ME, I agree. The game should have the important stuff and as much canon as possible (even if it's Codex material). However, an adapted franchise like the Witcher Series (based on Books)  the original material or author opinion is more important. All of the current Witcher books are back story to the games, but the author  (Andrzej Sapkowski)  is catching up. Is it fair that his franchise was finished in a video game?  The line blurs all the time, but I'll follow a good tale to wherever it goes.🙂

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