Summary
A big concern surroundingDragon Age: The Veilguardahead of its Halloween launch is how much the tone appears to have changed compared to past games, especially in liue ofits infamous CG trailer(although, the original games were never that consistent anyway).
Concerns that a similar shift will happen to BioWare sister seriesMass Effectahead of its own hotly-anticipated sequel have also begun to bubble. So much so that lead developer Michael Gamble took to Twitter to quell these worries, writing that it “will maintain the mature tone of the original trilogy”.
How you bring a sci-fi RPG to life is different than other genres or IPs…and has to have different kinds of love.
UnlikeDragon Age, the first three Mass Effect games followed the same protagonist, Shepard. This threaded the trilogy into one cohesive narrative, which also meant a more nailed-down tone. A fourth game did launch in 2017 calledAndromeda, but it was disconnected from Shepard’s story and widely regarded as the worst of the series. But it looks like we’re going back to roots with the next entry.
N7 Day Is Just Around The Corner
Every year on November 7, BioWare celebrates N7 Day, i.e. Mass Effect Day. With Gamble sharing more and more tid-bits about the next game (likeit being photorealistic), fans are hoping for more official news and maybe even footage in the wake of The Veilguard’s launch this year.
Last N7 Day, there was a 34-second trailer called “Mass Effect Epsilon” (meaning ME5). We also got a hint at an “Andromeda Distress Signal”, hinting at a direct connection to the last game. These brief, cryptic clues were more than enough to send fans into a speculative frenzy, but a year later, not much has been revealed. Maybe next Thursday we’ll finally get some answers.
