EXODUS looks like a good fit for Mass Effect fans wanting something more

You may want to add that it is also a book series by Peter Hamilton. It's called EXODUS as well, with the first book being named The Archimedes Engine.

If i had just watched the Trailer, i would have guessed it's a DLC for Mass Effect Andromeda. The graphic style, the setting, the followers, combat etc... it just has 99% ME vibes.

Could be a good game, would be nice you could choose a female protagonist though.

"Mass Effect spiritual successor" is quite a mantle to wear. I hope it will work out

I'm afraid the game looks too similar to Mass Effect, and that could work against it.

Quoting: SupayYou may want to add that it is also a book series by Peter Hamilton. It's called EXODUS as well, with the first book being named The Archimedes Engine.

Are they good?

It better not be WOKE.(becuase if it is - I am offended that I am not given an opportunity to be a choo-choo train and have romance with a dolphin)
I want to be insulted I want my morals to be questioned. I want adult entertainment. Not visual novel with "lived happily ever after" with extra pew pew steps.
Otherwise, it does look interesting, but interface does look blend.

Quoting: Dmitri SeletskiIt better not be WOKE.

Quoting: Dmitri SeletskiI want my morals to be questioned. I want adult entertainment.

Sure...

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Quoting: Dmitri SeletskiIt better not be WOKE.(becuase if it is - I am offended that I am not given an opportunity to be a choo-choo train and have romance with a dolphin)
I want to be insulted I want my morals to be questioned. I want adult entertainment. Not visual novel with "lived happily ever after" with extra pew pew steps.
Otherwise, it does look interesting, but interface does look blend.

don't bring this garbage around here please.

between this awesome looking game and the Expanse Osiris game, 2027 is looking pretty amazing for old school ME fans!

Quoting: ArehandoroI'm afraid the game looks too similar to Mass Effect, and that could work against it.

Quoting: SupayYou may want to add that it is also a book series by Peter Hamilton. It's called EXODUS as well, with the first book being named The Archimedes Engine.

Are they good?

Hamilton's books are generally excellent, although this one felt slightly slower than I'd like. As usual, Hamilton has gone full epic-space-opera, with a wide cast of characters across a seriously extended timeline. So extended, in fact, that any "aliens" you see in this game are likely just evolved humans. Thanks, time-dilation!

The idea is that humanity spread from a dying earth, looking for new planets to settle in hundreds of arkships. Some settled early, but by the time they'd settled sufficiently to send the "found a good spot over here" signal, that signal then has to catchup to the other ships, and THEN, they have to turn around and start flying at near-lightspeed to the signal source. So when they arrive, civilisation has been going on for hundreds of thousands of years (time-dilation, remember?), and humans are now "celestials" and are extremely prejudiced to all these "normal" humans showing up in ancient arkships over thousands of years. So it's a feudal system where humans are serfs to their celestial masters.

Second book comes out next week, I believe - June 18th.

Edit to add: holy shitballs, don't look at the Steam forums for this game. Basically a bunch of incels demanding better looking men/women to shag in-game, or complaining about "woke" choices, like being to choose to be male or female in the opening screen. JFC. Where do these clowns come from??

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I really liked Mass Effect, even Andromeda (which is a somewhat hot take I know, it has flaws but still, a decent game nonetheless for me, regardless of what other people think or say). I usually always like the Bioware games, even the latest Veilguard one (which I'm sad they fired the DA team because it was EA's fault for rebooting the dev twice for forcing their own stupid greed - like wanting to make it onto a multiplayer like service - onto Bioware's dev team but anyway... let's go back on track)

I really look forward to this Exodus, especially knowing Drew Karpyshyn is writing this story, given that he wrote ME1 (my favourite ME) and ME2 (ME's favourite for a lot of fans) and that a few ex Bioware employees are working there too.

That being said, I would offer one concern, or not necessarily concern but like one big difference : from what we saw and from what I've searched on their official website, there's one BIG difference that the comparison to Mass Effect might make him suffer, I don't think it's a big spoiler because that's basically what we see / don't see in the trailers more or less, but I'll put it in a spoil quote nonetheless because I'll "spoil" 1 or 2 things of Mass Effect 1 / 2, not plot related or anything just universe-related :

Spoiler, click me

The crude lack of alien species. I think there's 2, maybe 3 alien species, depending on if you're counting the " Evolved Animals " as an alien species, while Mass Effect had dozens of alien species (not even counting animals like pyjacks, varrens, space cows, klixens, etc) : Asaris, Salarians, Turians, Batarians, Volus, Elcors, Hanaris, Drells, Krogans, Quarians, Vorchas. And Rachnis, if we want to go to the place of " evolved animals " like Exodus.

It's this immense diversity and feeling of a huge living galaxy with tons of lore about each species and conflict / peace / tensions that made me love Mass Effect, and I worry about the lack of other species, our characters and other human characters look like they're resembling John Shepard ME1 / Ashley / Kaidan / Jacob, like they feel so generic and annoying already, that's my worry, compared to characters fan favourites like Garrus, Tali, Liara, Wrex, Thane, Mordin to only quote those 6 aliens which all are a different species each.

At least we'll be able to customize our character and like get a woman because damn this main character lacks charisma.

Other than that I'm not in the least worried by the story. I also don't really have any expectations / try not to have ones, I just hope the game will deliver, and perhaps will launch a saga, same with Osiris, I'm craving for more Sci-Fi Space Opera Action RPGs like those two, and I hope it will bring back the craving and the vibe of doing more Sci-Fi Space Operas game which we desperately lack compared to how many horror / zombies / vampires / Medieval Fantasy games are releasing each year (which is good for people who like them nothing wrong with that, but damn I'm really starving for games talking to me like those Sci-fi Space operas games, each year at all the conferences and stuff).

Plus Bioware might not even be here anymore in a few months / years given that EA is like 20 billions in debt and the people buying them might just like close Bioware to spare some money and focus on the big games (since like even when at its highest, Bioware only amounted for around 5% MAXIMUM of one yearly EA's benefits, while costing dozens of millions of dollars so they might think it's better allocated elsewhere where it gives back way more benefits for them, so like I'm not optimistic for ME5) and want other licenses like this Exodus and The Expanse games to come out and be good games and be hits so that we can build more games around those. Also I've seen statements that there's going to be more serious Star Trek games in the future, so that's good too.

Sorry, big message, I just really like Space Opera RPGs lol. I'm pumped we'll get at least two games by Q1 / Q2 2027 (unless one or both are delayed).

Quoting: TriciaPearsonI really liked Mass Effect, even Andromeda (which is a somewhat hot take I know, it has flaws but still, a decent game nonetheless for me, regardless of what other people think or say).

I also liked Andromeda quite a bit.

Now, a 'silver lining' with respect to the absence of advanced alien species could be this, though:

Spoiler, click me

It might imply that the story won't revolve around YET ANOTHER variation on the 'ancient aliens' theme. Mass Effect leaned heavily on it; and together with its 'secret history/lost civilization' spin, I think this is a template that's *way* overused in popular media -- not to mention the self-styled renegade 'independent researcher' grifters marketing the same idea as though it were factual.

Asimov's universe also had no intelligent aliens, and he made it work very well.