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Mass Effect: Andromeda Latest News
BioWare has hinted that they have plans for Andromeda beyond the game's initial release, but have refrained from providing specifics regarding what the post-game content will look like. However, we now know that it may very well involve decisions made during the course of the campaign.
In an interview with Game Informer, BioWare creative director Mac Walters encouraged fans to hold on to their Andromeda saves after completing the main story.
"I don't think it would hurt to keep them," said Walters on the subject of game saves. "Right now, to be honest, we are focused on this game, and as I've said to people before, we very much think of Andromeda as a series. What we do with that series is TBD at this point...But that said, key elements like the Pathfinders, even the Ryders themselves, those are things that are going to make another appearance in the next game."
Walters also noted that the development team made it a priority to ensure that Andromeda features a satisfying ending. He said the upcoming ending falls between the "big, bold" ending of the first game while also incorporating some of the variation of the second installment's conclusion.
If the latest Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer is to be believed, this is going to be one huge sequel. Also, there are scenes featuring wrist-mounted flamethrowers. Either one is reason enough to be excited.
In an interview with Game Informer, BioWare's Ian Frazier suggested that Andromeda's multiplayer isn't going to be a mandatory experience.
"You will have possibilities to send teams to complete kind of side missions, or to do it yourself in multiplayer. That’s the idea," said Frazier. "If you feel cheated, we’ve done something wrong."
This leaves the door open for the possibility that Andromeda's multiplayer will be able to impact the single-player in some way, but that they're trying to avoid having it feel as important to the overall experience as it was in Mass Effect 3. Additionally, Frazier confirmed that the multiplayer in Andromeda is going to be far more dynamic than it has been in the past. Rather than emphasizing duck and cover gameplay, Andromeda will afford players multiple options for finishing the fight.
According to producer Mike Gamble, scaling back on the impact of the game's multiplayer doesn't mean that the team is scaling back on the rest of the game. Instead, he goes so far as to suggest that Andromeda is the largest BioWare game to date.
"This is the biggest we’ve ever gone, in terms of the number of pieces of content," said Gamble. "Although we have a lot of different areas to go to, we want to make it so whenever you go to those areas, you remember them."
Gamble didn't reveal the full scope of the experience but did mention that gameplay will consist of much more than just combat missions. Instead, players will be tasked with a variety of objectives designed to ensure that every section of the game has an identity of its own.
Mass Effect: Andromeda Release Date
A new promotional image on Amazon has revealed that Mass Effect: Andromeda will arrive on March 21, 2017. While EA told IGN that it's not the official release date, this date is supported by other evidence that leaked a few weeks ago.
The release date for Mass Effect: Andromeda was also seemingly been leaked by a listing on Amazon for the official Art of Mass Effect: Andromedabook. The listing has the book arriving on March 21, 2017, and states that it will be out simultaneously with the game. That means that we should expect Mass Effect: Andromeda on March 21, as well!
Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen previously announced at the Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, via NeoGAF, that the publisher has delayed Mass Effect: Andromeda to Q1 2017, which could mean sometime between January and March of next year. The highly-anticipated space opera sequel was originally set for a Holiday 2016 release.
Mass Effect: Andromeda is coming to XBO, PS4, and PC.
