Re: No DLC for Andromeda?

@TKMcClone

I hope you don't have to wait them patching the audiobooks as well. 😳

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@PandaTar wrote:

@TKMcClone

I hope you don't have to wait them patching the audiobooks as well. 😳

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Maybe they had to rush ME:A to release so that it launched at the same time as the audiobook... which is why there were bugs. 😮

Seriously though, games with books or based on books are 10 times better when you read (or listen) to the books. The Witcher series is another prime example.

ME:A Nexus Uprising Audiobook is read by Fryda Wolff, so it sounds like Ryder is telling the story. 

so that basically says: to see the actual intro & conclusion to mass effect andromeda, i need to purchase novels now? i know they kind of did that with ME3, and i didn't like it, but here, where the story is actually unfinished in both directions... i really don't like it.

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@CasperTheLich wrote:

so that basically says: to see the actual intro & conclusion to mass effect andromeda, i need to purchase novels now? i know they kind of did that with ME3, and i didn't like it, but here, where the story is actually unfinished in both directions... i really don't like it.

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That isn't what he said at all. He noted that some information about the Quarian Ark is in an audio book that is coming out later, which sounded like there will be a DLC for it at the least.

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@CasperTheLich wrote:

so that basically says: to see the actual intro & conclusion to mass effect andromeda, i need to purchase novels now? i know they kind of did that with ME3, and i didn't like it, but here, where the story is actually unfinished in both directions... i really don't like it.

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I don't think you 'need to purchase' novels. However, if you truly enjoy the ME Universe why wouldn't you want to??  It's more story that didn't fit in with the gameplay.  I can't be critical of it because enjoy both media immensely.

Same here!
I own all the Mass Effect comics and even Paragon Lost movie ( ☹️ ). I do have a book (or two?) as well but didn't found them entertaining (maybe it is the translation).

I would consider buying ME Andromeda stuff as well, if I know there is a commitment to a part 2 (and some story DLCs).

EA / Bioware should really make some Official Announcement about the future of Mass Effect in general and specific about Andromeda.

I'm in a Mass Effect group with about 400 participants and the people are sure that it is "Official" that Mass Efecct "is done" and there will be no further Mass Effect games or DLC's. I'm quite sure there are hunderts of groups where you see the same situation.

It starts just with a rumor and than you have people who tell everybody: "It's official, I'm sure!" Even if they know nothing.

I can't imagine that is good way to treat their fans ....

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@PandaTar wrote:

@TKMcClone

I hope you don't have to wait them patching the audiobooks as well. 😳

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I'm sure you said this for a laugh, but audiobooks and even regular books get 'patched' with spelling and grammar fixes.

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@Rappeldrache wrote:

EA / Bioware should really make some Official Announcement about the future of Mass Effect in general and specific about Andromeda.

I'm in a Mass Effect group with about 400 participants and the people are sure that it is "Official" that Mass Efecct "is done" and there will be no further Mass Effect games or DLC's. I'm quite sure there are hunderts of groups where you see the same situation.

It starts just with a rumor and than you have people who tell everybody: "It's official, I'm sure!" Even if they no nothing.

I can't imagine that is good way to treat their fans ....

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You have to watch out for the bubble effect with that. If you aren't just being hyperbolic. Downsizing after the main release of a game is _normal_. Patches (such as they are) are still coming and they've circumventive suggested that they are going to keep to all commitments. One pandering report from one news site does not the end of the world make. If it was really that cut and dried, you would be hearing it from different sources with slightly different twists to it.

It's NOT my opinion. 😉 I just write what I have seen in the communities.

My personal opinion: I thing / I hope they have done the same thing as after Dragon Age : Inquisition: Moving the developer team.

I'm talking about reputation and impression. And a lot of people have the impression ME is "done" / over / death. So now they should really say / write something official. If a game reputation goes down the sales could go down, too. No matter if the rumor are truth or not ....

And I don't want that the sales goes down! If the sales goes down there will be not as many DLC's and patches! More sales - more Mass Effect for us!

I want the DLC

I still believe that they haven't made a firm decision either way on DLC.

In the end, it will come down to nothing but money. If they feel there is profit to be made from DLC, then we'll get it.. otherwise they'll abandon ship.

I for one would buy DLC for Andromeda, all we can do is keep telling them that if they make it, we will buy it. 

It would be nice if someone from EA would actually comment on this issue, but of course that would mean communicating with their customers and you just can't have that!

They wouldn't have bothered to make a mechanic to add content you can buy if they weren't going to sell DLCs guys. The fact you can buy things to add to your game already shows they are planning on DLCs.

Sheesh.

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@arthurh3535 wrote:

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@PandaTar wrote:

@TKMcClone

I hope you don't have to wait them patching the audiobooks as well. 😳

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I'm sure you said this for a laugh, but audiobooks and even regular books get 'patched' with spelling and grammar fixes.

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I'm aware, I'm a writer. Revision is almost a never ending process. ^_^

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@PandaTar wrote:

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@arthurh3535 wrote:

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@PandaTar wrote:

@TKMcClone

I hope you don't have to wait them patching the audiobooks as well. 😳

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I'm sure you said this for a laugh, but audiobooks and even regular books get 'patched' with spelling and grammar fixes.

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I'm aware, I'm a writer. Revision is almost a never ending process. ^_^

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Yay! A fellow author. I only do fanfiction. And not even much of that these days.

There are a couple of others here as well who write fan fiction. I don't. When it comes to games, I'm more intertwined with mechanics design. Meanwhile, writing other things and revising, revising, revising, revising. ^_^ Meanwhile, we get a grasp of the overal game writing and create expectations and think of potentials. It leads some to write fan fiction, and others to get grumpy, like me. ^_^'

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@arthurh3535 wrote:

They wouldn't have bothered to make a mechanic to add content you can buy if they weren't going to sell DLCs guys. The fact you can buy things to add to your game already shows they are planning on DLCs.

Sheesh.

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Wow, you're a genius, it totally didn't occurr to anyone that at some point DLC was planned.

Adding a mechanic to allow DLC is in no way a confirmation that DLC is coming.

Giving yourself the option to do something doesn't guarantee you'll do it. The decision on DLC will come down to one thing and one thing only.. Money.

If there is money to be made, they'll take the opportunity. If they feel it won't be profitable, they will abandon ship and it's really just that cut and dry.

If EA has made a definitive decision either way, they are going to be as quiet about it as always. EA doesn't exactly have a great history of communicating with the players and this is just status quo for them. You can look for reason in anything you wish, but in the end it's EA and it's about the money.

Same as always.

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@TKMcClone wrote:

So I pre-ordered  MassEffect: Lost Ark  Audiobook.

The description is interesting. In my mind, it shows that BioWare has date obligations to other distributors for spin-off material. ME:A -  Nexus Uprising (Prequel) was released on the same day as the game, which shows coordination  The release date for the DLC book is hard to nail down. I've seen June 27th (paperback) July 3rd Audiobook and my order date is Dec 5th audiobook.

"With a new game, Mass Effect Andromeda, set for release in 2017, the launch of a new series of Mass Effect novels is timely. The new game will take the story in a dramatic new direction and is set in a new region of space, with a new and deadly enemy.

Titan is publishing four unmissable Mass Effect novels. The novels will act as prequel and sequels to the events in the games and will become part of the overarching Mass Effect saga. These new stories, developed in close collaboration with the Bioware game team, weave directly into the action of the new game - and will reveal events kept secret over the course of game play - and will add to the canonical Mass Effect saga."

So... there is a slice of hope for you all.

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'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. 

"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"
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• 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)

EA give us the DLC

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@sblantipodi wrote:

EA give us the DLC

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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:

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'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. 

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 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.

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@TKMcClone wrote:

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@Nykara360 wrote:

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'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. 

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 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.

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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.