Did anyone seriously think they were going to let their most profitable franchise just die out?

I thought shortly after ME3, they said that they were making ME4? At the very least, I know it's existence has been common knowledge for a few months now.

In any case, I probably won't buy it. I'm obviously saying this without obviously having seen literally anything about the game, but I didn't care for ME3, didn't care for DA2, and didn't care for SWTOR so I'm not exactly pleased with Bioware at the moment. On top of that, I'd most likely get it on PC and I just don't want anything to do with Origin. It's not the typical blind EA hate or anything like that. I'm just done with having to deal with a million different services for a million different products. I want less stuff cluttering up my life. Not more. I know it would take me 2 minutes at most to sign up for Origin, but I. just. don't. want. to.

That's just me though.

Unless, this game is literally the best thing ever, I can't imagine picking it up.

I thought they were just gonna make a compilation of the entire ME series + DLC into 1 package?

I thought shortly after ME3, they said that they were making ME4? At the very least, I know it's existence has been common knowledge for a few months now.

In any case, I probably won't buy it. I'm obviously saying this without obviously having seen literally anything about the game, but I didn't care for ME3, didn't care for DA2, and didn't care for SWTOR so I'm not exactly pleased with Bioware at the moment. On top of that, I'd most likely get it on PC and I just don't want anything to do with Origin. It's not the typical blind EA hate or anything like that. I'm just done with having to deal with a million different services for a million different products. I want less stuff cluttering up my life. Not more. I know it would take me 2 minutes at most to sign up for Origin, but I. just. don't. want. to.

That's just me though.

Unless, this game is literally the best thing ever, I can't imagine picking it up.

I knew about this weeks ago but didn't say anything

They need a horn rimmed glasses emote.

They mentioned that they'd like to do more with the ME universe, but never said anything definite. In that same interview they also said something about how cool it would be if people could live in the ME universe after the Shepard era in a multiplayer environment, so they could be setting up a ME MMO. Maybe 4 is the bridge between single player and MMO.

edit: Here's the interview i was referencing.

I'd heard that they were going to expand the universe, but no matter what, you're not going to be able to play as Shepard, cause, well, ME3.

I'll reserve judgement for now, but I'd probably get it. Unless it's an MMO and goes the way of SW:TOR. I was pretty excited for that game... up until I watched a friend play for about 5 minutes.

I'm reserving judgment until i know more about the plot. This will either be the 3rd strike for Bioware, or their return to glory.

I'm not too worried about the plot, because it can't get any worse than the ME3 plot.

What i'm worried about is lack of immersion and depth. The world of ME1 felt alive. Although the elevator rides or getting to the other side of the Citadel took forever, it created the feeling of a living and open environment. The world of ME2 / ME3 was just a bunch of game levels with cut scenes in between. ME2 was an alright game though, ME3 was garbage.

I'm hoping for an ME1 styled BioWare RPG, but I'm afraid it's going to be another 'Generic EA Shooter'.

ME3 was just ME2 on steroids. To call the third garbage while calling the second "ok" is really just viewing things through rose tinted nostalgia goggles.

I liked the first one the most by far because it felt bigger like you said. The second was a change in storytelling and focused more on the cinematic look, a look the third game simply copied.

The problem with the third game was really just that the pacing was too fast for the scale of the conflict it tried to portray. It got the atmosphere right, the gameplay was better than the second one and the story did not feel as hamfisted as the second game atleast untill the ending. Bioware wrote themselves into a corner right from the start imo and it affected the quality of the games negatively.

ME3 was just ME2 on steroids. To call the third garbage while calling the second "ok" is really just viewing things through rose tinted nostalgia goggles.

I liked the first one the most by far because it felt bigger like you said. The second was a change in storytelling and focused more on the cinematic look, a look the third game simply copied.

The problem with the third game was really just that the pacing was too fast for the scale of the conflict it tried to portray. It got the atmosphere right, the gameplay was better than the second one and the story did not feel as hamfisted as the second game atleast untill the ending. Bioware wrote themselves into a corner right from the start imo and it affected the quality of the games negatively.

ME3 was just ME2 on steroids. To call the third garbage while calling the second "ok" is really just viewing things through rose tinted nostalgia goggles.

I liked the first one the most by far because it felt bigger like you said. The second was a change in storytelling and focused more on the cinematic look, a look the third game simply copied.

The problem with the third game was really just that the pacing was too fast for the scale of the conflict it tried to portray. It got the atmosphere right, the gameplay was better than the second one and the story did not feel as hamfisted as the second game atleast untill the ending. Bioware wrote themselves into a corner right from the start imo and it affected the quality of the games negatively.

This franchise, like Dragon Age, is dead to me.