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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I mean, the IP is pretty generic.

Mass Effect isn’t the first game to use space cops and robot aliens fighting over the fate of the galaxy. The Expanse did Mass Effect’s storyline much better.

That’s before you consider how played out the Mass Effect IP already is. Just like Halo, they peaked at game 3. That was the apex of the story.

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brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Mass Effect is a wonderfully constructed world; I disagree on you there.

I’d also argue ME3 is not the peak. The best gameplay, sure, but a more questionable campaign IMO.

You are not wrong about the story trajectory though. They wrote themselves into a corner with the Reaper arc, and that is done now. But I do think “Shepard-free, smaller story spinoffs” were the correct move, rather than trying to pick up a story that should be done (like Halo did).

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- UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  But I do think “Shepard-free, smaller story spinoffs” were the correct move
  
  Sure. But then it’s just a generic scifi.
  
  You don’t need to own IP to make Mass Effect minus the title characters
  
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  - brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    No it’s not. They can use the entire world they constructed, its history, and (for the players) all the nostalgia. And selectively bring back characters.
    
    I mean, that immediately drew me into this trailer.
    
    Halo is an entirely different beast. They could not let the MC/Cortana go like they are stuck to them with a ball and chain, but side stories in that world would have been interesting too.
    
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    UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    
    They can use the entire world they constructed, its history, and (for the players) all the nostalgia
    
    Or they can write up something new, just like the Mass Effect guys did.
    
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