Mass Effect 4 To Have Emotionally Believable Characters With Realistic Animations

The chances are good that if you played Mass Effect 3 and enjoyed it, then you played it multiple times.

[DarkOcelet]

Yes, we know Mass Effect will have Graphics. Now, where is the gameplay? Stop teasing us and show us the gameplay please.

[vishmarx]

i hope its not as boring as da:inquisition.
controversial opinion yeah i know.

btw i would love a melee focused build in ME with lots of biotics, and i dont mean like vanguard and adepts.i mean a guy who uses melee weapons and a light pistol at most ,combined with heavy biotics.

also, ive always wondered , why has ME always looked way better than dragon age graphically...

[DarkOcelet]

Mass Effect gameplay is great. DA Inquisition on the other hand could use a bit more polish.

Mass Effect 1 was my favorite in term of Biotics. Kaiden and Liara with Biotic Shepard was unstoppable even on Insane.

I played with the final boss like a fiddle. He couldn't even touch me.

I think Mass Effect sort of gives you the hint it looks better because it is futuristic with all the pretty lights and stuff.

While Dragon Age is in old time where there were barely any lights or cool stuff.

Still though Dragon Age Origins and Mass Effect 1 are my favorites.

[Saijahn]

i took a shot on Dragon Age before and really didn't like it. I love the inquisition, sorry you can't find the same level of enjoyment.

A melee build would be interesting to see in ME.

[slappy508]

no youre right DA:I, with all the content it had, most of it felt rather irrelevant. Probably 15/80 hours was great, and that was the main quests. Now in this game they can get away with those big open environments because it's space so one would want to explore the planets, just not too many fetch quests pleez. Also I hope they dont use Inquisition's crappy party system and tactical combat, stick with mass effect.

[MAULxx]

DA Inquisition bored me to tears. I can't play it without falling asleep. The world is so stale. IDK, maybe I didn't push far enough into the game. I wasn't amused by the UI either.
Again, felt old/stale & annoying.

I also agree with DarkOcelet. I enjoyed ME 1 very much & 2 seemed like a step back in many ways with refinement in cover & some controls. I never got around to 3.
ME1 had more character abilities, energy weapons without ammo clips, the ability to crouch when not in cover & seemed more open & bigger with the landing on planets & exploring. Some had facilities/places to delve.
DA Origins wasn't bad either.

I had given up on Bioware games but with all the praise DA Inquisition was getting at launch I went against my own judgement & made the purchase thinking I may judging Ol Bioware to harshly. Unfortunately I can't get into the game & my suspicious judgements seem accurate.

[decrypt]

DA Inquisition was intended for the wider audience a game completely dumbed down. Compare it to something like Dragon age origins and you see the game has been stripped off by everything that made origins such a tactical game.

Playing DA:I feels like playing a hack and slash game with little to no strategy required. I would think Bioware will take a similar turn with Mass effect.

[showtimefolks]

VISHMARX

I am with you I found dragon age boring overall. Yes there was a lot of do but most of it were fetch quests

And game play looked good but didn't feel good playing. I am in the minority but I thought DA:I wasn't all that

Also bio ware after the so called promises of every decision will matter than giving us 3 endings. You have no credibility. Prove it more than talk about it

E3 2015 ME needs to make a huge impact showing game play and more.

My ideal E3 lineup and games

Mass effect game play release window
uncharted 4 Game play exact date
halo 5 guardians live demo and release date
tomb rider demo and release
Gran Turismo no numbered entry just GT for ps4
god of war trailer or demo since it's already confirmed

Shenmue 1 and 2 HD remakes and someone actually buying the dawn IP from Sega(hopefully sony since sony supports niche games)

MGS 1 remake complete for next gen
MGS collection for next gen consoles
street fighter 5 gameplay

Sunset overdrive coming to ps4 (yes it is possible insomniac owns the IP) and xbox fans didn't support a game that was basically the best game of 2014 and a new IP

Ratchet and clank remake which is confirmed
a new SLY game
a new jak and dexter game
sony please buy crash Ip

Crackdown demo please MS please pretty please

Uncharted trilogy on ps4 remake
gears of war trilogy on Xbox one remake

What are media molecule working on
what are the 2 teams at guerrilla games working on

New shadow of colossus game please or a complete remake with more bosses

A complete ico remake

Some news if not actual demo and release of the last guardian

What are sony London working on

What about some of sony Japan studios

A new FALLOUT PLEASE and while we wait give us fallout 3 and new Vegas with all the dlc on next gen long with skyrim

A new resident evil game. I would love to get a complete remake of resident evil 4

A new darksiders games please

I hope at GT game awards we find out what the 2nd team at ND are working on

red dead redemption
bully 2
new my Payne
new mafia
new midnight club

Come on take two

and so much more

[ApolloTheBoss]

Probably not until E3. Good news is only less than 4 months left to go!

[Jaqen_Hghar]

hopefully more like ME3 than 1. A man really enjoyed 3 and its versatile gameplay where you could do a cinematic mode or a hardcore RPG mode

[DarkOcelet]

Hopefully this game takes the best of all 3 games.

[Joey_Leone]

EMOTIONALLY BELIEVABLE lol, is this game going to have DLC packs on day one as well? LOL

[DarkOcelet]

Hopefully not.

[IrisHeart]

"Yes, we know Mass Effect will have Graphics. Now, where is the gameplay?" Shut up it can be a "cinematic" experience! :D I'm expecting it to be exactly like ME3.

[DarkOcelet]

LOL!

[Letthewookiewin]

Mass Effect is my favorite series. That is all.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

But which is your favorite color tho?

[DarkOcelet]

+bub for funny. That made me laugh so hard.

[chrissx]

I hope this game is more like the 1st mass effect than the others

[Immorals]

I liked elements of 1, got really annoyed with the lack of weapons on 2.

But I preferred the combat in 3

[Saints94]

Lack of weapons? Each weapon was unique in ME2.. Unless you caunt the same weapons with different colors different..

[ApolloTheBoss]

Yes, this is all I ask. Mass Effect 1 was my absolute fav.

[Saijahn]

ME1 was perfect with the exception of planet traversal. The mako was TERRIBLE.

[deafdani]

Weapon and armor upgrades weren't exactly fun, either.

Although I quite enjoyed the Mako sections, clunky controls and all. I'll take that over ME2's awful planet scanning any day of the week. Good thing they toned that bullshit down on ME3, and overall, that game was the best, gameplay-wise. It was the one that found the best balance between RPG and Combat and weapon and armor management, IMO.

The first ME game still had the best story and narrative and character development, though. But that may have been precisely because it was the first in the series, so it had to focus on story and development more, in order to introduce us to its universe correctly.

[strangeaeon]

Especially the 80's Carpenter-esque sound track.They got away from a few things that made it stand out.

[4theplayers]

All I want is gay sex.

[Ogygian]

Well you're in luck, because given Bioware's trend, this game will be 100% gay characters, so that those cis scum who make up 97% of the world's population can be represented fairly.

Hang on...

[Swiftfox]

The term "cis" is short for "cisgender" or those who feel their gender matched the sex they were born with i.e the opposite of transgender. "Cis" has nothing to do with homo, or heterosexuality. So do please research and understand a term before just reciting a word you read on tumblr.

Also roughly about 10-14% of the USA population is homosexual. 6-8% is bisexual and there are emerging pan-sexual and asexual demographics as well. Given those numbers 1 in 4/5 people are a different sexuality to heterosexual. Knowing this can I walk into a game store and see a 25% dignified representation in games of these different sexualities? No? Then isn't it fair we change that? This argument can also be extended to people of color in games but that's another post entirely.

[Naga]

@ Swiftfox

Every reliable percentage I have seen places the number roughly between 2-4%.

And regardless of the statistics or your view on the matter, the issue of human sexuality has significant moral qualities attached to it. Therefore, any argument for or against the overt approval or praise of homosexual behavior needs to address these concerns. Simple demographical statistics is not a compelling avenue of persuasion.

That is to say, someone who has moral objections to homosexual behavior is not going to be swayed by any measure of demographics. Because after all, what is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right.

[Ogygian]

@Swiftfox

Your stats are incorrect.

Here are some citations:

UK (2.7%:2011:16-24 year olds) http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/d...

Ireland (1.5%:2006)
http://www.esri.ie/UserFile...

USA (3.8%:2011)
http://williamsinstitute.la...

Norway (3.25%:1988)
Sundet JM, Kvalem IL, Magnus P, Bakketeig LS (1988)

I used to think it was 5%, but that's not correct. The LGBT community is very, very small, and while that does not make them less worthy of rights than everyone else, it does mean that giving them a lot of focus in-game is a bit unfair on everyone else.

I mean why not give lesbian and gay players a romance option? That seems fair to everyone. But when Bioware make a big deal out of it and make almost every party member LGBT, things get a bit silly to be honest. Not to mention their consistent advertising of the fact that there are LGBT characters.

I think I'm being reasonable, and more than fair in arguing this.

[SaveFerris]

Try Craigslist or Grindr.

S-So I've heard.

[slappy508]

What I do give Bioware, is that their bromance scenes are some of the most Entertaining. Male Shephard and Garrus, and Inquisitor and Iron Bull just made me laugh

[strangeaeon]

You said a mouthful.

[kneon]

You can have my share, I'm not using it ;)

[Sir_Simba]

then show something at GDC. a trailer or gameplay or even secret gameplay room which is gonna get leaked but wont look as good bcuz its not direct feed. Just anything.

[TrollsBringer]

"Mass Effect 4 To Have Emotionally Believable Characters With Realistic Animations... AND improved gay stuff!"

[DarthSocio]

This is the only next gen game I'm waiting for tbh

[HeavenlySnipes]

Does this mean they are using a new engine and not the clunky one that they used for the entire Mass Effect series?

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

They are using the Frostbite Engine 3.

[Aloren]

UE3 was not clunky...

[HeavenlySnipes]

The movement and animation in general that they used in the mass effect games were.

[Aloren]

True. That can happen with any engine though.

[My_Outer_Heaven]

Damn, I just wish and hope that Shepard makes an appearance and blows all our minds.

If the indoctrination theory turns out to be true it would make the series and next instalment sell like hot cakes I tells you.

[Griever]

Please show the game already! Enough with the stupid teasing and hyping! I just wish they use new and improved animations this time. DA: Inquisition mostly has the same animations as last gen Mass Effect and DA games. Women walk with wide open arms like men and the same animation continues to loop every few seconds as characters talk. I noticed that with Josephine most of all. It is really an immersion breaker as the character start to look like mannequins or robots after a while.

[Iltapalanyymi]

i dont care what anyone says but i loved mass effect 3.

one of my favorite series ever.
i hope Shepard makes some kind of appearance on 4.

[telekineticmantis]

This is believable , they did a much better job with DA:O, didnt have the frozen emotionless faces, they usually have.

[purp13m0nk3y]

Yea. The ME games have always been pretty. But the facial animations were always a letdown. Really hope they step up this side of things.

DA Inquisition was an improvement, but still far from the likes of what say ND achieved even on last gen hardware.

[SaveFerris]

Are they going to mo-cap love scenes for the game?

[theshredded]

I hate sci-fi unless it's dark,sci-fi like Deus Ex or something

[Kavorklestein]

I think Mass Effect is pretty dark in it's own ways, especially the original ending of Mass Effect 3. You try your best and it's not enough. There's no hope for anything in the galaxy. It was also a Unique way to end a series where usually the hero saves the day... but I guess dying and sacrificing yourself to try to save the galaxy isn't "hardcore" enough for some people. I find it kind of pathetic that the only reason some people didn't like Mass Effect 3 is because the characters were so loved and they died in the end.

Okay so game development 101 is basically NEVER kill main characters... pathetic crybabies are what stopped Mass Effect from being the most loved game series last gen, not Bioware.

And no, I'm not just a Bioware fanboy I don't like any of the Dragon Age games, or SWTOR for the record.

[beebap]

Nothing to do with crying about shepherd dying.. it was because it was terrible with that child and three lights were stupid. My main problem is this not the ending they were aiming for when making it the indoctnation theory makes so much sense.
The mass effect series would be best games ever if just change that ending completly ruin it for me

[WelkinCole]

Still have not played 3.

I used too much time on 1 and 2. Really really great series. Some reason I liked 2 more than 1.

[Neo_Zeed]

I hope they learn to make good looking humans this time. Mass Effect aliens look great but people don't.

[thricetold]

not falling for anymore hype from bioware after the disappointment for me that is da:i

[iamlegend9999]

Getting tired of the talking everyone is doing. Especially microsoft, just show us some damn gameplay.

[No_Pantaloons]

I'd be more impressed if they said:
"Mass Effect 4 To Have Emotional Believable Story With Realistic Ending"

[IrisHeart]

"I hated how long this game series was. Wish I could just see 6 hours worth of scenes and 3 hours of gameplay. Cinematic games are the future!" - N4G

[Godmars290]

And I'm already calling BS on this being a sci-fi story worthy of playing. At leas that the "romance" scenes will in no way be believable.

[Logak]

I don't care if the characters look good or not, I was perfectly able to become emotionally attached to the crew of MS 1 and 2, even though they looked like puppets. But after Mass Effect 3, I'm very worried... The game did not live up to the hype, and while it had some pretty emotional moments, it didn't come close to the level of quality in both writing and gameplay that was the previous games. Maybe Bioware and EA have learned from their mistake.

(Honestly, who even liked James Vegas, easily the worst character in the entirety of the series)

[aLiEnViSiToR]

Show us dont tell us empty tales, if they ruin next Mass Effect game story wise like they did with the ending in ME3 i think ill never touch any bioware game ever, and im a huge Mass Effect (and Dragon Age) fan !!!

[DevilishSix]

I can't wait to see what they have done with ME4 co-op multiplayer. I really loved the ME3 multiplayer and played that for 6 straight months and loved the free DLC support that came out every 2 months it really kept it fresh. New Characters, maps, enemies, weapons all free....hear that Bungie it was FREE.

[antikbaka]

And this time there would be more endings! 7!! Every colour of rainbow now

[mep69]

And now with a four colour choice ending.

[ScaryMonkey]

The Last of Us already did that, and that was last gen, you guys are late to the party.

[ritsuka666]

''Mass Effect 4 To Have Emotionally Believable Characters With Realistic Animations'''

Pretty empty words in my opinion. Show the game first and then let's talk about it.