beepWhen the game franchise you used to love keeps going downhill, and you realize it is finally time to let it go
AeronMelonGoodbye, Mass Effect.
ScrubblesReplaing the trilogy for probably the ninth time, and it confirmed to me that there is no way a new installment can ever live up to the lightning in a bottle that the trilogy had.
Also, like, the trilogy’s ending was kind of final, and the potential endings veeery different. Andromeda had to happen in another galaxy because that was the only way to be compatible with the drastically different endings of ME3. But they lost so much of the world building. I’m assuming. I’ve never played it. But the Citadel was a big thing in the original trilogy, as was citadel politics.
They could’ve made the fourth Mass Effect franchise game good though. They could’ve had it take place before or between the events of the main series. With different characters as the player’s team. Between ME and ME2 there’s a healthy amount of time for a bunch of events and the crew wouldn’t have to run into Shep at all.
Who wouldn’t want to explore the darker side of the Citadel? Maybe another look at Omega. Definitely the various species’ homeworlds like Sur’Kesh. There’s so many awesome worlds we saw a bit of in the main trilogy that they could expand on. And yes, of course they could still add new ones too.
Completely agree with all points. It’s my favorite gaming franchise and you’re exactly right. The point of the different endings was that it was the end. The galaxy moving forward is what you decided it would be.
As for Andromeda, it’s worth a play sometime. It got a lot more hate than it deserved. It’s not amazing, it’s not trilogy level, but it was a fun romp and a decent way to kill some time. Just go in with those expectations. They didn’t disrespect the cannon or betray anything, it just didn’t have that spark of the trilogy.