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/Stopthatduck 2h 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 17m ago

Thematically & creatively, they are very different.