But where do you go with it? Am I alone in thinking that, because of whatever the heck happened in that ME3 ending, it'll have to be set prior to that? Unless we're talking Citadel Noir like Tourgen said, I can't see how that could be anything but incredibly anticlimactic.
My thoughts exactly. It's shocking how quickly Mass Effect has fallen from perhaps my favorite franchise in gaming to a franchise that has to earn my trust and admiration back. Weirdly my thoughts on the ME3 ending have gotten more negative over time which has in turn colored my view of the whole ME series. I feel almost betrayed by the way Hudson, et al. wrapped up this first trilogy and have a hard time seeing how I could ever feel as good about the series as I did leading into the release of ME3.
I think most people were incredulous when this was announced. First, it was announced with what, a 2014 release date? 2015? And then they had the balls to announce it as a trilogy. This had the feeling of a pipe dream from the very beginning.
I can see why they can't secure additional funding. If you had cash to invest, would you put it into an MMO that's, let's be real here, destined to fail miserably? And that's not a comment on the quality of Copernicus at all. None of us knows how good that game is/was going to be. But it's becoming increasingly clear, at least to me, that the $15 per month MMO model is going by the wayside quickly. There aren't enough people interested in MMOs to keep more than a handful going and viable at that price. Look at something like The Old Republic which has huge money and one of the biggest IPs on the planet behind it. That's doing nicely at somewhere around 1.2 million subscribers after about six months on the market. Does a fledgling IP like Amalur even stand a chance? I don't think so and apparently neither do investors.
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