Whoops, EA Forgot About Mass Effect

29 responses to “Whoops, EA Forgot About Mass Effect”

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   neo_kaiser

   January 29, 2018 at 2:24 pm

   Mass Effect may be Biowares largest franchise but it’s definitely not EAs biggest.

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      alexwalker

      January 29, 2018 at 2:38 pm

      Not even a hashtag though 🙁 poor Garrus.

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         geth

         January 29, 2018 at 4:09 pm

         #calibrations

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   beatsbynelly

   January 29, 2018 at 2:25 pm

   that’s some mighty fine conclusion jumping there.

   maybe they only mentioned those games because they are the two franchises they’re currently working on.

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      badger

      January 29, 2018 at 2:45 pm

      This is almost certainly the reason, coupled with the fact that their tweet looks like it’s already at the 280 character limit so they couldn’t mention ME even if they wanted to.

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         alexwalker

         January 29, 2018 at 3:24 pm

         It’s IG not Twitter, different character limits (2200 vs 240)

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            badger

            January 30, 2018 at 10:25 am

            So it is. That shows you roughly how out of touch I am with online sociability 🙂

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         beatsbynelly

         January 29, 2018 at 4:07 pm

         I think if they added an ME hashtag there’d be either:

         pitchfork raising and complaints about ME:A, and the fans of ME:A all coming in and saying it wasn’t that bad, the conversation no longer becomes about Anthem or DA

         and/or

         the assumption that maybe the job has the possibility of working on a new unannounced ME game. the conversation no longer becomes about Anthem or DA

         and because we’re so conditioned to raising our pitchforks at every mention of EA, either way the conversation is no longer about Anthem or DA

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   2. 

      allanon10101

      January 29, 2018 at 5:47 pm

      Given they won’t be working on a new ME series game til after Anthem and the new DA game are released (Edmonton has never worked on more than 2 consecutive series at once in the past, and this is likely why they farmed ME:A out to the B-team), I think you’ve struck the nail on the head there.

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      negativezero

      January 29, 2018 at 6:21 pm

      It’s absolutely this. Mass Effect is on the back burner for them, and had they mentioned it in a job ad people would be freaking out about the possibility of a new ME game when EA are just not working on one right now (and maybe not ever again, sadly)

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   Mordicai black

   January 29, 2018 at 2:25 pm

   Oh for fuck sake Bioware, come on!!

   Andromeda had issues but it was still a fine game that i had a lot of fun with and now your shunning the entire dam fucking franchise?

   God i hope Anthem crashes and burns and takes you with it

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      fujiwarratofu

      January 29, 2018 at 2:45 pm

      Agreed, I thought Andromeda was awesome once you got over the jank face. Not sure why all the hate for it.

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         mypetmonkey

         January 29, 2018 at 3:17 pm

         You can’t get over jank face

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         negativezero

         January 29, 2018 at 6:23 pm

         I enjoyed Andromeda as well, though it did feel a bit like the TV series spinoff of a movie franchise and it definitely didn’t turn out as the game they really wanted to make.

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      rowan

      January 29, 2018 at 3:13 pm

      srsly dude? They didn’t mention it in a tweet and you hate them that hard?

      Get some perspective dude. It’s just a game. it doesn’t need to be mentioned in every communication with the public. Cripes!

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      nihlusgreen

      January 31, 2018 at 8:33 am

      So you’d rather no more BioWare at all, even though Andromeda was ok?

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   adamwells

   January 29, 2018 at 2:30 pm

   They didn’t forget, they killed Mass Effect.

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5. 

   arnna

   January 29, 2018 at 3:00 pm

   FFS, one poorly received game and a series is ‘dead’… gamer hyperbole is alive and well. Get over yourselves

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   1. 

      soldant

      January 29, 2018 at 5:33 pm

      Right now it effectively is dead because they pulled planned DLC for ME:A…

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   germinalconsequence

   January 29, 2018 at 3:18 pm

   And sure, the likes of Knights of the Old Republic and Baldur’s Gate aren’t mentioned either…Along with Jade Empire, NeverWinter Nights, MDK2, Shattered Steel and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.

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      negativezero

      January 29, 2018 at 6:24 pm

      One part of me would give its left nut for another Jade Empire.

      The other part is skeptical that the Bioware of today could even do it justice.

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         amstradhero

         June 16, 2018 at 10:14 pm

         Oh, they absolutely couldn’t do it justice. As far as I can tell, BioWare is simply EA in all but name at this point. Everything designed by committee to maximise sales and shareholder profits, and to hell with the creativity, innovation, and the gamers.

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            negativezero

            June 18, 2018 at 4:49 pm

            Agree. The Doctors bailed at just the right time.

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7. 

   xenoun

   January 29, 2018 at 3:42 pm

   Seems like you’re blowing it out of proportion there. It was a small post, they mentioned two games…one of which is what they’re hiring for.

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8. 

   mrbs

   January 29, 2018 at 3:51 pm

   I think it would be more of a disservice to mention Mass Effect at this point and string along fans when there are no intentions to do anything with the IP at the moment.

   Thanks for that meme image though, it got a laugh 😉

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   Dirtyshado

   January 29, 2018 at 4:43 pm

   No mention of The Old Republic either.. one of the most expensive games to be produced, then after EA bungled the release and marketing. Nearly destroyed Bioware in a restructure and conversion to free2play that initially hurt subscription numbers to a critical low until loot boxes became profitable 18 months later.

   Thus saving Bioware from more staff cuts and getting EA addicted to lootboxes…

   So with Anthem, if its bot a clear winner out before release, it will be the death of Bioware cause they wont be able to save themselves by delivering lootbox money to EA without a customer revolt.

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    ebon-hawk

    January 29, 2018 at 5:39 pm

    I think you are reading this a little out of context.

    While it is true that the ad itself is lacking (probably written by one of those college dropouts BioWare writers that the developer is so proud of). Do note that BioWare currently only has two games in the development… new Dragon Age and Anthem.

    The ad reflects that…

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11. 

    letrico

    January 29, 2018 at 6:10 pm

    I think EA made it pretty clear that Mass Effect is going back to the shelves when ME:A was getting bad reviews.

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12. 

    shurqeh

    January 30, 2018 at 10:57 am

    Dunno. To me they’re just mentioning the games Bioware currently has in development. Nothing more, nothing less.

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