Over the last weekend, Bioware announced that Captain Shepard isn't as dead a previously believed. This does, however, make you wonder how will your choices in Mass Effect 1 impact the upcoming sequel. If you played the game as a compassionate leader, will your starting world be any happier?
Recently, 2k Boston faced a similar situation with the upcoming sequel to its 2007 hit Bioshock. Bioshock ended with your character being either a saint or a sadist in regards to the lives of little girls. 2k Boston figured out how to tie in the solution to Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams without messing with the first games cannon. The solution: Make a prequel!
The easy solution to this problem was answered in an easier fashion in Biowares hit game Knights of the Old Republic 2; Bioware simply chose that the official ending to the first game had the main character be a good guy, and that's what went down.
If Mass Effect 2 starts by loading the history of your previous 'characters' history, this could increase replay value of the first game in order to see how the game changes, but this would require a lot of preparation time for the player. Also: What happens in the game if you didn't play the first Mass Effect? With E3 coming up, my inquires may end there. If not, I very wel may have to wait until Mass Effect 2 comes out.
1 comment:
BioShock 2 isn't a prequel, the way the first game ended is one of the big mysteries of the game. Multiplayer will be a prequel but it's kinda lame.
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