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tonizito
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| consolitis wrote: | http://o.canada.com/2013/04/24/mass-effect-series-lead-writer-it-working-on-mass-effect-4/
| Quote: | “Right now I’m actually just working on Mass Effect 4 (I wouldn’t call it 4, I’d just call it the next Mass Effect). It’s coming out of Montreal,” said Mac Walters
He also alluded to the fact that he might be working on other unannounced Bioware projects as well.
“I’m also working on other undisclosed things,” said Walters. |
| Quote: | | Interestingly, Walters revealed that he doesn’t think the majority of Mass Effect fans had an issue with Mass Effect 3′s ending and that it was just a very vocal minority. |
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Derp Walters 
Oh well, can't get as worst than the Derp Age saga, right?
But seriously, as long as they don't rush it like they did with ME3's ending it should be better than that.
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 15:41 Post subject: |
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Derp Age saga? first game was pretty good.
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tonizito
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 15:42 Post subject: |
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Get as worse as the Derp Age saga has, if it wasn't clear enough. 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 19:32 Post subject: |
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Hack Walters as Lead Writer? Yeah, it's not like I expected anything from ME4 or anything.
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typical jew comment
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 19:41 Post subject: |
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No one said he is lead writer in this.
He is writing for the Mass Effect games since the very first game and no one complained about his writing before the ME3 ending. (For example he wrote Wrex and Garrus in ME1).
So just don't make him lead writer and all is well? 
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 19:50 Post subject: |
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But surely artistic integrity demands he remain lead writer?
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tonizito
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 19:52 Post subject: |
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| consolitis wrote: | No one said he is lead writer in this.
He is writing for the Mass Effect games since the very first game and no one complained about his writing before the ME3 ending. (For example he wrote Wrex and Garrus in ME1).
So just don't make him lead writer and all is well? |
Coincidentally ME3 was the first game that was written without drew k helping(?) his ass too... 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 20:57 Post subject: |
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I don't mean his writing overall, just what he did with ME3 and the way he hides his shoddy, lacklustre work behind empty phrases like "vocal minority", "artistic integrity" and so on.
Good writers admit they make mistakes, he's just an unispired hack.
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 21:07 Post subject: |
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| Bendi wrote: |
Good writers admit they make mistakes, he's just an unispired hack. |
Or good writers just say "Screw the lot of you, this is the story I wanted to write." Either way, they don't tend to downplay what other people think. They either care or they don't.
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 21:14 Post subject: |
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| Bendi wrote: | I don't mean his writing overall, just what he did with ME3 and the way he hides his shoddy, lacklustre work behind empty phrases like "vocal minority", "artistic integrity" and so on.
Good writers admit they make mistakes, he's just an unispired hack. |
Imagine the PR shitstorm if he comes out and say" Yeah, most of our fans don't like the ending." Then he will have to explain himself how it came to be, and how he thinks can be changed to prevent this from happening again. Like I said, no one would do that, even if he knew the ending was shit. So to call him an uninspired hack because of that is quite the claim as it has no relevance whatsoever.
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 21:19 Post subject: |
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| Bendi wrote: | | Good writers admit they make mistakes, he's just an unispired hack. |
Good writers, write good. That is all.
Admitting or not your mistakes does not make you a good or bad writer. The mistakes themselves (or their lack of) does.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Apr 2013 21:26 Post subject: |
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I understand the negative PR it causes to admit the shitty writing in the third game, but then i ask, why should i buy the next installment? All i've seen is they say they are satisfied with the third game, and that does not look good. What lies behind the statement and what we think they don't tell us is just pure fucking speculation.
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| Posted: Fri, 26th Apr 2013 00:39 Post subject: |
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| Stormwolf wrote: | | I understand the negative PR it causes to admit the shitty writing in the third game, but then i ask, why should i buy the next installment? All i've seen is they say they are satisfied with the third game, and that does not look good. What lies behind the statement and what we think they don't tell us is just pure fucking speculation. |
Exactly, there is no need for hype when they were still asking people what the time period of the game should be just a while ago. They will try to "impress" people when they have something to show.
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| Posted: Fri, 26th Apr 2013 00:43 Post subject: |
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The lack of infos about the gameplay is the thing that scares me the most actually..I'm not expecting them to make radical changes (like going back to ME1 for example, doritos couch gamers would hate that), but would be interesting to see if they want to finally improve that obsolete cover shooting by adding destructible environments and dynamic/fluid animations (instead of the horrible, robotic ones).
I wonder if the levels will be even narrower this time, I don't think it's possible without turning the game into some light gun shooter, but with BiowarEA never say never 
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| Posted: Thu, 2nd May 2013 16:37 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 2nd May 2013 17:39 Post subject: |
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ROFL, now they need to acquire the Warhammer 40k rights. EA had rights for Warhammer fantasy. After that nasty failure of MMO, i doubt that Games Workshop would give them the rights so easily.
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| Posted: Thu, 2nd May 2013 18:12 Post subject: |
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probably going to continue that mmo that was already in development.
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| Posted: Mon, 13th May 2013 13:22 Post subject: |
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http://www.oxm.co.uk/53846/mass-effect-4-bioware-discusses-possible-spin-off-games/
| Quote: | The clear favourite for Shepard's replacement appears to be our old Turian chum Garrus, despite his insidious penchant for calibrating things. "There's so much that could be told in the Mass Effect universe," Hudson began. "It'd be cool to do something completely unrelated to the larger storyline, like a story about a private investigator on the Citadel. Or maybe something detailing Garrus' time in C-Sec."
Everman's also carrying a candle for the G-Man. "While being one of Shepard's most loyal friends, Garrus has also had some of the most driven personal goals. He's a hero in his own right, as Archangel and beyond. Who wouldn't want to see the further adventures of the bold, charming Garrus Valkarian (there's a lot of guns out there to calibrate)." Watamaniuk, however, reckons "a game centred on brutal Krogan combat with more of a melee focus could be pretty exciting". I'm sure Grunt would be up for it.
Walters can't make his mind up. "Aria. The Illusive Man. Kai Leng. Any henchman. The list goes on. I think most of them could have successful spin-offs of their own in some fashion." Aria, it's worth remembering, got storefront billing in Mass Effect 3's Omega DLC - on the strength of your adventures together, would you say she's got leading lady potential? And what about Mr Illusive? I reckon he'd do rather well out of a prequel set during the First Contact War.
Gamble, finally, thinks there's more to be told about Javik - the galaxy's sole surviving Prothean, introduced by the From Ashes DLC. "Following the story of Javik a little bit more would be pretty cool. As the last remaining member of a lost race, I think that we could tell a lot of stories about his adventures in the Milky Way, and coming to terms with his place in the new Galaxy." |
1000 different ideas for spin offs and none will materialize. 
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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ixigia
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Jun 2013 03:34 Post subject: |
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Same type of game as the first three... so will it be an action-RPG like the first, or a cover shooter like ME2 and 3? Nevermind, rhetorical question is rhetorical.  |
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Jun 2013 04:03 Post subject: |
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I am disappoint. I was expecting an on rails shooter, with QTE galore, lots of explosions, awkward dialogue and hot, sweaty gay sex. Can't forget the gay sex.
Perhaps it could revolve around a race of homophobic aliens out to eradicate "the gay", and it's up to the new protagonist and his/hers crew of ethnically and racially diverse, lesbian, gay and transgender soldiers to stop them.
"I think Call of Duty resonates because it's believable and relatable," Sledgehammer Games cofounder Michael Condrey says.
Believable and relatable...Yep, sounds like Call of Duty
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Jun 2013 04:23 Post subject: |
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| EyePatchLives wrote: | I am disappoint. I was expecting an on rails shooter, with QTE galore, lots of explosions, awkward dialogue and hot, sweaty gay sex. Can't forget the gay sex.
Perhaps it could revolve around a race of homophobic aliens out to eradicate "the gay", and it's up to the new protagonist and his/hers crew of ethnically and racially diverse, lesbian, gay and transgender soldiers to stop them. |
Hey, there's still hope! Same type of game doesn't rule out them brand new nextgen features and exciting erotic thematics capable to push the envelope in order to finally reach the status of a perfect Alien Sex Villa.
I wonder if they'll keep the same writer as ME3, that should already speed-up the whole process |
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Jun 2013 05:38 Post subject: |
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Yes, Mac Walters, lead writer of ME3, is back as lead writer on ME4. Casey Hudson is also still there as executive producer of the series. Both were responsible for ME3's glorious ending.
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Jun 2013 10:02 Post subject: |
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| DCB wrote: | | Yes, Mac Walters, lead writer of ME3, is back as lead writer on ME4. Casey Hudson is also still there as executive producer of the series. Both were responsible for ME3's glorious ending. |
Prepare for another "LOTS OF SPECULATION FROM EVERYONE" ending...
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Jun 2013 10:26 Post subject: |
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| DCB wrote: | | Yes, Mac Walters, lead writer of ME3, is back as lead writer on ME4. Casey Hudson is also still there as executive producer of the series. Both were responsible for ME3's glorious ending. |
"Citation needed". Last time I checked and actually posted in this thread about it, we had learned he is back as a writer but we didn't know if he is lead writer or not at the time.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Jun 2013 11:07 Post subject: |
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Pretty much all recent articles all reference a single interview at whatever those Canadian game awards were a while back where he said he was "working on" 4. I was sure Bioware themselves mentioned he was still lead when they announced the switch to Montreal, but I can't find the post. For what it is worth, his Linkedin profile lists his current positions as:
Narrative Director at Bioware
Lead Writer at Bioware
Principal Writer at Bioware
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/macwalters
It could be that he isn't lead on ME4 (maybe just a "principal" writer). He did say he was working on another game, which is presumably the all new IP the old ME team at Edmonton is working on (which is why they shipped the ME franchise off to Montreal). "Narrative director" would imply that he is fairly high up the chain though, and has oversight over writing on all their games. Plus, as lead writer of ME3 and co-lead of ME2, it would seem unlikely for him not to have a heavy involvement with the writing on ME4.
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Jun 2013 11:24 Post subject: |
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So, we don't know whether he is or not.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Sat, 15th Jun 2013 12:40 Post subject: |
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| DCB wrote: | | Yes, Mac Walters, lead writer of ME3, is back as lead writer on ME4. Casey Hudson is also still there as executive producer of the series. Both were responsible for ME3's glorious ending. |
To be fair they were also responsible for the good stuff (on ME3) that came before that.
The ending is shit because apparently the planned ending got leaked somehow (apparently because I never heard any concrete news about this) and instead of taking their time to rewrite a proper ending EA probably went "Delaying this shit, lolwut? " and that turd was the best they could do with the time they had.
Still, the writing in the first two games was slightly better than in the third IMOOOOOO.
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