▲ 246 ▼ BioWare Reportedly Had a Mass Effect 5 Trailer Ready to Go Before EA Canceled the Game and Shut the Studio Down (www.ign.com) submitted 1 week ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Rheinish@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (10 children) Not just reportedly. Someone leaked the trailer on reddit. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (2 children) EA needs resources for the next FIFA guys, try to understand, we need to make sacrifices for fifa. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] egrets@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (1 child) EA actually weren't able to secure a new license for FIFA. They're still doing football/soccer games, but it's called "EA Sports FC" now. Catchy, huh? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago I'm out of the loop it seems, or I've blocked it out permalink fedilink source parent [–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (3 children) Oh that actually looks good permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 child) Does it? It looks completely generic to me, replace the characters and the alien species and you could have any other franchise in there. The trailer goes like: boringly obvious convo > spy movie flash cuts > obvious convo > obvious reveal > Liara! > boring fight scene where MC has no challenge (oh look, they used one ability!). There's nothing that could indicate this being a good successor to the trilogy, enough to warrant a 5. At least with Andromeda it was clearly a spin off. I don't see how this trailer gives any indication aside from Liara that this matters at all for the Mass Effect mainline story and universe. Fans are just desperate, and on denial. Mass Effect is a trilogy, it ended with ME3. There are no further stories to tell on the main timeline. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago I watched it again on my pc just to see if I had missed anything. The only thing is that they were apparently calling it Mass Effect Universe, not ME5, so it seems this was also supposed to be a spin off. It could've been fun, but I doubt it would've been more than just an okay game. permalink fedilink source parent [–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago Pre production trailer. Means they didn't have an actual game. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago I don't care if this was a trailer 5 years out from the game. I absolutely loved Mass Effect and this closure is pretty close to the top of the list of my most anticipated games that has been shuttered. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago Thank you. I wouldn't have ever known about it permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago o7 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (2 children) EA needs resources for the next FIFA guys, try to understand, we need to make sacrifices for fifa. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] egrets@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (1 child) EA actually weren't able to secure a new license for FIFA. They're still doing football/soccer games, but it's called "EA Sports FC" now. Catchy, huh? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago I'm out of the loop it seems, or I've blocked it out permalink fedilink source parent
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (1 child) EA actually weren't able to secure a new license for FIFA. They're still doing football/soccer games, but it's called "EA Sports FC" now. Catchy, huh? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Malica@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago I'm out of the loop it seems, or I've blocked it out permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago I'm out of the loop it seems, or I've blocked it out permalink fedilink source parent
[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (3 children) Oh that actually looks good permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 child) Does it? It looks completely generic to me, replace the characters and the alien species and you could have any other franchise in there. The trailer goes like: boringly obvious convo > spy movie flash cuts > obvious convo > obvious reveal > Liara! > boring fight scene where MC has no challenge (oh look, they used one ability!). There's nothing that could indicate this being a good successor to the trilogy, enough to warrant a 5. At least with Andromeda it was clearly a spin off. I don't see how this trailer gives any indication aside from Liara that this matters at all for the Mass Effect mainline story and universe. Fans are just desperate, and on denial. Mass Effect is a trilogy, it ended with ME3. There are no further stories to tell on the main timeline. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago I watched it again on my pc just to see if I had missed anything. The only thing is that they were apparently calling it Mass Effect Universe, not ME5, so it seems this was also supposed to be a spin off. It could've been fun, but I doubt it would've been more than just an okay game. permalink fedilink source parent [–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago Pre production trailer. Means they didn't have an actual game. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 child) Does it? It looks completely generic to me, replace the characters and the alien species and you could have any other franchise in there. The trailer goes like: boringly obvious convo > spy movie flash cuts > obvious convo > obvious reveal > Liara! > boring fight scene where MC has no challenge (oh look, they used one ability!). There's nothing that could indicate this being a good successor to the trilogy, enough to warrant a 5. At least with Andromeda it was clearly a spin off. I don't see how this trailer gives any indication aside from Liara that this matters at all for the Mass Effect mainline story and universe. Fans are just desperate, and on denial. Mass Effect is a trilogy, it ended with ME3. There are no further stories to tell on the main timeline. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago I watched it again on my pc just to see if I had missed anything. The only thing is that they were apparently calling it Mass Effect Universe, not ME5, so it seems this was also supposed to be a spin off. It could've been fun, but I doubt it would've been more than just an okay game. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago I watched it again on my pc just to see if I had missed anything. The only thing is that they were apparently calling it Mass Effect Universe, not ME5, so it seems this was also supposed to be a spin off. It could've been fun, but I doubt it would've been more than just an okay game. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago Pre production trailer. Means they didn't have an actual game. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago I don't care if this was a trailer 5 years out from the game. I absolutely loved Mass Effect and this closure is pretty close to the top of the list of my most anticipated games that has been shuttered. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago Thank you. I wouldn't have ever known about it permalink fedilink source parent