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/Nikoper 2h ago edited 1h ago

I wouldn't trust Larian with ME5, not because they're a bad developer, but like with Bioware and anthem, the gameplay that comes with ME doesn't jive with the type of games they make.

Not unless we all become really cool with a heavily turn based RPG probably with cover shooter mechanics, it's not going to be taken well. It would inevitably create a rift in the community.

I COULD trust CDPR with it, but it still wouldn't be nearly as good I think as what old Bioware could've done. It's also likely to be another open world game, and their initial release of cyberpunk kind of stains my initial trust. Maybe they learned their lesson, maybe not.

Obsidian is another maybe, but that also comes with its own set of negatives.

Wild card, if Capcom somehow snatched it up, I think there's potential there, with the unfortunate caviat of a TON of micro transactions

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u/tallwhiteninja 2h ago

Dragon Age, on the other hand, would be right up Larian's alley. Get away from the overly action-y direction it went and go closer to its roots. Granted, not sure they'd want to do that instead of Divinity.

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u/jabertsohn 1h ago

Larian is overflowing with ideas already. Dragon age wouldn't be worth anything to them. EA needs to sell to Larian 10 years ago.

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u/Probably_On_Break 1h ago

Baldur’s Gate III is both a sequel to a BioWare game and has practically identical bones as Origins. A remake of the first DA would probably be the easiest thing on the planet, barring the fact that they wouldn’t really have any reason to, like you said.

Reasoning aside though, I’m not even really sure I want to see another DA without Gaider or at least someone familiar with the setting and characters helming it.

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u/Nikoper 1h ago

I could definitely agree here.

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u/PositiveEffective946 17m ago

Nah, Owlcat would be a much better fit - they are much more into pure grimdark which is (well was a very long time ago lol) Dragon Age's schtick. They also have a pretty flawless track record, are master storytellers, veterans of CRPGs and are used to working with other peoples IPs (from Pathfinder to Warhammer 40k to The Expanse).

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u/Kornax82 11m ago

I wouldnt say Origins was Grimdark. Theres certainly an atmosphere of desperation regarding the Blight, but theres absolutely sources of hope within the setting, particularly in several of the endings

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u/Sad_Dog_4106 58m ago

I think Mass Effect could benefit from a CRPG game

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u/Nikoper 50m ago

I'd be fine with it. I doubt a large part of the community would be though

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u/Sad_Dog_4106 13m ago

There were a lot of successful crpgs lately and the production cost is much smaller thab a 3rd person action rpg

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u/DolphinBall 43m ago

Ugh, no thanks. Mass Effect is not turn based.

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u/Sad_Dog_4106 15m ago

Turn based does require brains and more attention span than a snail so to each his own

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u/DolphinBall 7m ago

Did I offend you?

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u/localsexpot2117 34m ago

Until it is

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u/DolphinBall 34m ago

It won't.

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u/Stopthatduck 1h ago

Larian have made games that aren’t turn based before, though.

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u/Nikoper 1h ago

Yea but how many of those are not fantasy and are sci fi? How many of them are over the shoulder action games? And how many if any are dedicated shooters in some form. And which of their games are successful?

Larian's comfort zone is turn based, top down rpgs. With amazing dialogue, and your choices have real effects on the game, etc etc. but if Larian said they were taking ME5, and they were going to do a sci fi action shooter, I'd be really concerned. It's just not what their current studio is good at. They COULD take the risk, but for mass effect I'd rather they didn't. Sci Fi is already out of their comfort zone. A cover based shooter game is already out of their comfort zone. Then also doing a style of gameplay they aren't known for and haven't practiced in decades if at all in the shape of an action game? Concerned. I would not trust that product until I had something playable in hand.

But if Larian were to get ahold of Dragon Age, I'd be more likely to trust that product

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u/aristnecra 1h ago

Sci-fi and fantasy actually aren’t that different from each other when broken down to the basic elements but I get your concern on everything else

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u/CogitoSumo 15m ago

Thematically & creatively, they are very different.

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u/aristnecra 1h ago

Cyberpunk wasn’t their fault. Developers knew the game wasn’t ready but execs forced a release

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u/Nikoper 1h ago

I mean whose to say history wouldn't repeat itself?

What you said doesn't exactly make me trust it wouldn't happen again. We have no new game to act as evidence to the contrary. And don't get me wrong I enjoy Cyberpunk NOW, but not at release.

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u/aristnecra 1h ago

As dumb as execs can be I think they’re smart enough to lear from such a disaster

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u/Nikoper 1h ago

The past decade or more would beg to differ. Not specifically for CDPR but for gaming overall

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u/SirWilliamM32 24m ago

A Mass Effect XCOM wouldn't be bad, but I doubt it would be for everyone.

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u/LordBlackadderV 0m ago

I had an idea of a mix of mass effect third person shooter gameplay mixed with the baldurs gate style coop. Mass effect 1 or Andromeda style combat with BG3 style coop and gameplay loop.

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u/shepard_pie 31m ago

Someone said Naughty Dog and I think that would be incredible

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u/CogitoSumo 13m ago edited 4m ago

Yes indeed, I thought about Sony for 5 seconds but yes this studio would be the best possible outcome.

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u/skilliau 2h ago

What about square soft?

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u/Nikoper 1h ago

I think only if you care about the combat aspect of the game, square would be great. But if you cared about the interpersonal dialogue and relations, and how your choices have some form of effect on the world, not a great pick

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u/skilliau 1h ago

I thought Bethesda.

Then I thought of all the jank and terrible conversations in fallout 4

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u/AngrySayian 1h ago

tbf

like 90% of the jank is due to the engine

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u/JimmyRoscoe03 1h ago

Square Soft hasn't existed in almost 25 years.

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u/SHansen45 1h ago

who?

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u/SihaWood 1h ago

It’s not Larian who screwed over returning characters from BG1&2, it’s Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro who canonised them in a book or comics and Larian had to work with it.