Thursday, March 13, 2008

Mass Effect Franchise in for Changes


Greg Zeschuk is talking to MTV (of all places) about the future of the Mass Effect franchise.

Mass Effect, one of my personal favorite games of all time, suffered from some problems that kept it from becoming the greatest game ever made. One of which being the repetitive and often unnecessary side quests that drew the player away from the immersion of the main storyline and into the realm of monotony.

Zeschuk, in talking with MTV said

"Side quests can sometimes be left on the side, so to speak. Pardon the pun. But a lot of times it's even just getting that whole game done, that whole first shot [that is important]. We look at Mass Effect 2 as incredibly exciting. Just the amount of effort and knowledge and know-how that went into building the technology for the first one is huge, and [we now have] the chance to actually make things a little bit richer."

Given Bioware's track record of improving their titles in sequels I look forward to this next installment.

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