ME4, Omega, More DLCs, and Endings.

So, for the sake of my mind, and yours, and with big news from Bioware with their founders leaving, the announcement of both another Mass Effect game in the making, as well as more DLC coming out in the next six months, AND Omega DLC becoming official, there is a lot of things to talk about, along with a few of my topics I would like to discuss.

The Next Mass Effect Game

Obviously, I got to start out and say that if Bioware learns from its mistakes with Mass Effect 3, and make their next game a spectacular masterpiece, that will definitely change that attitude and feel for Bioware, and more than likely bring people back that liked the series but not the endings. True that the ending could have been much better from the start, no doubt about that. But with this recent announcement, it obvious that Bioware is saying: “No new endings, we are sticking to the ones that we already have.”

What I am curious about is what the next game will be: Whether it will some how be a prequel to Mass Effect or will it be after the events of Mass Effect 3? If it does turn out to be after ME3, will the story and the endings, be either as good or even better than that? Or if it does turn out the be a prequel, what will it be about? Will the endings, regardless of which decision you choose, correlate to the fourth game, if they do make a forth. Or will the endings of the prequel lead up to the beginnings of Mass Effect 1. Until more information is released, and more than likely, all the possible DLC that could be released for it, the next game will be up for speculation.

Regardless of how people feel of Bioware and the endings, I feel as though there could possibly be more to the Mass Effect universe than just Reapers. Could there be a even bigger threat than just the Reapers? How will the endings, if the game follows after Mass Effect 3, affect the game? Etc. With what we players could vastly think of and imagine, the possibilities are endless with what the next game could be.



Omega DLC Announcement

With it finally being announced, Omega will more than likely be as good, if not better, than Leviathan. Don’t get me wrong, Leviathan was a really great first DLC for ME3, and it was especially a much need actual DLC for the game. For a starter DLC, Leviathan definitely meet a lot of things that I was hoping for with it. But there were a few things that could have been added. But despite a few things missing, it was a really good dlc.

The thing that I am looking forward to is what will Omega feel like and be like. I definitely have high expectations for this dlc, given that fact that Leviathan, the first actual true dlc for ME3, was in my mind, as good as The Lair of the Shadow Broker. The things we probably could expect would be a few new weapons, more weapon mods, maybe even Aria as a squad mate, either permanent or temporary, more assets, and maybe a new Hub world, like it was in ME2. These are all just speculation and guesses but with the missing weapon mods that were expected to being released with the Earth DLC, and the fact that they add some sort of weapon or armor into a dlc, hopefully it will relate to the name of the DLC, and not something random.

If this DLC either is as good, or even better, than Leviathan, Bioware will definitely start, in my mind, getting a little more respect for the game than they did once they released it. Not much, but just a little.
With Bioware saying that they will be releasing dlcs in the next six month or so, I would guess that Omega will be out probably early to late November.





Next Launch of Dlcs for Mass Effect 3

With Omega coming this fall, and Bioware saying that there will be more dlcs out in the next six months, there will more than likely be a fair share of both single player and multiplayer content that could come out. Since there have been some sort of dlc coming out pretty much every single month so far, the next dlc that will probably pop out with be in October. What it will be, who truly knows. My guess would be more multiplayer content. More maps, guns, and the usual characters. Or we could get something for Single player. Either way, I think this week we could get an announcement or have something leaked out.

But either way, look for something new to come out in October.


Endings: Why there won’t be any new Endings for any of us

So, for the sake of my mind, and for those who are tired of seeing and hearing comments, posts, and topics of people wanting new endings, I will make this perfectly clear for everyone.

There will be no new endings. At all.

I say this because I, and probably a fair amount of us players, are sick and tired seeing posts and topics and comments on both Twitter, Facebook, Bioware Social Forums, and else where, of people begging, complaining, bitching and demanding, new endings for Mass Effect 3.

Now I know that many of you wanted a romantic and happy ending, regardless of which choice you choose. I am totally with you on that fact. But the here is the thing: In my own opinion, the Original endings we alright visually, but was missing a whole bunch of important scenes and dialogue. The Extended Cut, on the other hand, was exactly what was needed to fill in the gaps that were lacking from the Original set. But still, there could have been some things that could, and should, have been added to EC. Like what happened to your love interest, what happened to the blue babies, or Tali’s home on Rannoch, and other things that were missing. If Bioware had added theses minor details to the Extended Cut, would it made the endings even better? Possibly. Or, if EA hadn’t pushed Bioware to push out Mass Effect 3 to early, and waited till it everything was said and done? Possibly as well.

But the thing is this: Mass Effect 3was supposed to be the end of Shepard’s tale. Shepard is done for now. And true, many of us have fallen in love with the characters from all three games. But it doesn’t mean that that, with the announcement of a fourth game, that some or even most of those characters could be in the next game possibly. But also with that announcement, Bioware is pretty much saying: We won’t be changing the ending. True, they might add a few things to the endings, here and there, but they will still be the same, whether it’s the Original or Extended Cut.

So, in short, there are many of those who still want and dream of Bioware to change the endings yet again. But in truth, it won’t happen, since with the announcement of a fourth game that they plan to work on, a new ending style is more than likely out of the mix. If you are so desperate of wanting a new ending, why don’t you write a fan fiction about your own view of how the ending should be, or if you are skilled, why not mod Mass Effect 3 and some how create a new endings. Either way, just move on and deal with the fact that there won’t be new endings out for this game.

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So, I will be cutting this a little short, I was going to talk about my view of the “Indoctrination Theory” and a few other things, but…I decided to end it here. I will be trying to make it a weekly thing. So, read up.