r/masseffect • u/AccordingUse3172 • 7h ago

DISCUSSION Any Devs who could take over?

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So the news is a huge kick in the balls. Is that truly it then or would there be any chance EA could sell the IP? Honestly coudnt see it going to CD Project or Bethesda. Dk if there's anyone else who could take over ot will EA just let the franchise rot out of spite?

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u/NuklearFerret 6h ago

CDPR would probably hit a home run with a mass effect game, honestly.

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u/RyanBLKST Sniper Rifle 6h ago

They would prefer to do their own stuff.

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u/West_Masterpiece8985 6h ago

The Witcher was a book series beforehand

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u/RyanBLKST Sniper Rifle 6h ago

Those situations are very different.

  1. A book as srouce material.

    1. A game as source material.

Situation 2 Means that everyone knows the artistic direction and a bunch of the lore is mainstream. Witcher was niche before the first game.

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u/NuklearFerret 6h ago

TBH, most of the lore in the ME universe is written in either books or codex entries. To be absolutely clear, a direct sequel to ME3 will likely be shit no matter who makes it. It's a finished story. It's difficult to top reapers as an enemy. It's difficult to raise stakes beyond "the future of intelligent life in the galaxy." ME:A knew that and tried to do something different, but everyone hated it because it wasn't a sequel to ME3. I honestly don't think there's any winning at all from a new ME game, but if anyone can do something cool in-universe, CDPR is definitely at the top of that list.

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u/RyanBLKST Sniper Rifle 6h ago

It's not about the lore, it's about the artistic direction being already set in stone. So that they have little space to create. It would be really frustrating to tell the artist at CD to just recreate those assets 1 to 1.

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u/VonDonSchramm 6h ago

The problem with MEA was initially that the game felt incomplete (terrible facial expressions, bugs, etc.). After that, there was the really weak plot with the world/locations and those villain aliens. The SAM storyline and the Andromeda Initiative's secret plot were good, though. MEA had the best gameplay mechanics to build skills. It had potential

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u/MikalMooni 6h ago

Cyberpunk was a game tho

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u/lunchbawkz 6h ago

I know you're being facetious; but lets play ball.

There's a difference between making a video game off a board game versus wholly continuing a series that belongs to different publisher.

I'd be shocked if EA sells the ME IP. Whatever residual sales they probably still make is just free revenue to them. Whatever price EA attaches to the IP is going to be too much for any outside independent shop to pick up.

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u/Arumhal 5h ago

There's a difference between making a video game off a board game versus wholly continuing a series that belongs to different publisher.

Describing ttRPG as a board game has to be a rage bait.

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u/lunchbawkz 4h ago

Honestly, a little bit lol. I was trying to poke fun at how shallow their observation was.

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u/Captain-Chips-Ahoy 6h ago

Not a video game though

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u/przecietny_krotkopis 4h ago

Yeah, and they also have their own IP in the making