author: Zuzanna Domeradzka
Sequel to Citicized Mass Effect: Andromeda Would be Better, Director Says
According to the director of the not-so-well-received Mass Effect: Andromeda, its sequel would be a better game. Fans would have noticed a jump in quality.
Fans of the iconic Mass Effect series have pinned high hopes on Andromeda. Unfortunately, upon its release, the fourth installment of the RPG series from BioWare disappointed gamers primarily due to its poor technical condition at launch (e.g., mediocre facial animations) and poorly written dialogues - the game was, in the eyes of many, no match for the excellent trilogy starring Shepard. Mac Walters, creative director of the latest installment of ME and screenwriter of the first three installments, commented on the infamous Andromeda (via Eurogamer).
Walters revealed that he regrets the fact that the studio was unable to get down to creating a sequel immediately after the game's release. According to him, the sequel to Andromeda would have fixed the mistakes of its predecessor - arguing his position, he cited the original trilogy as an example:
"You would really see refinement [in Andromeda 2 - editor's note], such as with [the jump in quality] from ME1 to ME2 in the original trilogy."
The screenwriter of the first Mass Effect pointed out that there were many elements in the game that the studio did not do well, which were later improved in the second and third installments. The developer also referred to Anthem - this BioWare game also failed, and its development was abandoned. However, the game had ambitions to become unique and interesting, but needed more time to do so.
"I am 100% convinced that if we had delivered Andromeda 2, we would have managed to improve all the elements that the fans did not like [in ME: Andromeda - ed. note], and we would also be able to lean into the innovative things that we tried to do as well."
Mac Walters also commented on the poor reception of Andromeda in 2017:
"I don't know if people were too harsh. We set a very high bar with Mass Effect 3 and we certainly, in some key respects, failed to live up to that bar."
It remains to be hoped that the upcoming fifth part of Mass Effect will be a more polished game than Andromeda and we won't have to wait for several installments of the potential new trilogy to appreciate the "leap in quality" and BioWare's efforts.
