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Durante il Comic-Con 2014 che si è svolto a San Diego, BioWare ha tenuto una conferenza mostrando alcuni dettagli sul nuovo Mass Effect. Vi abbiamo già mostrato il video off-screen dell'evento in un'altra notizia. Questo invece è il filmato ufficiale realizzato e rilasciato da BioWare stessa.
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00:00All right, well, hey guys, I think we should go ahead and get into the meat and potatoes of this.
00:05Yeah, yeah, there's definitely a lot of time.
00:13So, to kind of preface it about what we're talking about,
00:16this, so Comic-Con and, you know, cons like this,
00:19it's always been like really great fan events and, you know, we do press and stuff around games,
00:24but folks like you buy our games, support us,
00:28even in the off years where we're not shipping, you know, DAIs is doing their thing this year,
00:33you guys still come, line up for our panels,
00:35and so we like to showcase stuff to the fans first before we do to anyone else,
00:40and we want to continue to kind of do that.
00:43Bioware as a whole, I think at this point,
00:45we want to pull back the curtain a little bit on some work-in-progress stuff
00:49as we go through to give you guys some more insight into it,
00:52but it is work-in-progress stuff.
00:54We're years from, you know, like, being able to say, like,
00:58this is the exact game that we're making,
01:00and take this with a grain of salt in the sense that
01:04what you see here may not be the same thing that you see in the final game,
01:07but we want to showcase it anyway.
01:10So.
01:12Thank you.
01:19Let us talk a little bit about the hero.
01:24Let us talk a little bit about the hero.
01:25So, here are male and female heroes that we've been working on.
01:30You can see, basically,
01:33slight change in stature between both of them.
01:36You can see the red and the blue.
01:38That's what we're thinking of for tintable options at this point in time.
01:41We haven't actually gone through
01:44an iconic color pass yet,
01:49but you'll notice there's a couple things that are key
01:51about this character.
01:54The helmet.
01:56Glass helmet.
01:58Exploration.
02:02Cloth.
02:04It's clearly not mattering.
02:11We'll also notice N7.
02:13So, our hero has something to do with N7.
02:20And so, the ability for us to bring this character into Frostbite
02:22has actually been, you know, pretty successful so far.
02:27And what we're seeing is
02:29pretty clear to what you actually see in the game.
02:36Let me show you a turnaround for our male hero.
02:43So, as I kind of alluded to,
02:45it's a cloth-based kind of under-armor there
02:49with armored pieces on top.
02:51The idea is that the character has free range of motion
02:54to do all sorts of great exploration activities in the game.
02:59As I mentioned before,
03:00that helmet allows you to basically
03:04use conversations
03:05and get into dialogues without, you know,
03:08obstructing the face of the player.
03:10Also, from a purely operational standpoint,
03:12they can look around and see things a lot more easier
03:14than having a crash helmet your entire time.
03:17Thank you.
03:29And here's the female,
03:31built at the same time,
03:33animated at the same time.
03:35So, we're definitely working through the process together.
03:39Obviously, there's a helmet on both of them
03:41because we haven't yet got to the point
03:44we want to reveal faces.
03:45But the armor is pretty similar in terms of protection.
03:50We offer that environmental protection
03:52across whatever you might find.
03:55It's a little bit more slender on the female.
03:58You'll notice there is that
04:00there's no kind of front snap-on pieces
04:03on this version of the turnaround
04:04where if we look back
04:07to the previous slide,
04:09I think the music might play again.
04:11It's supposed to go backwards.
04:13You see the pieces that are kind of snapped onto the front.
04:16That's currently what we're thinking about
04:18in terms of customization options
04:19for gameplay, for aesthetic,
04:21things like that.
04:23The color of the lights,
04:25those kind of things,
04:26we're all thinking about customization options there.
04:29And then if we go back to the turnaround,
04:32you'll notice that that's the stuff that's missing.
04:34We're also working on an Under Armour system
04:36where these pieces themselves
04:39don't necessarily have to be on the player at all times.
04:42So, the razor that we're using
04:45is maximum customization for your visual aesthetic.
04:50Carl, do you have anything to add about,
04:51how it is bringing these folks to life?
04:55The character art team has been putting a lot of effort
04:58in making those armors as realistic as possible
05:01in the sense that they could actually be built.
05:03So, that's why the Under Armour idea comes from.
05:06It also helps us get better deformation,
05:08and the character looks much more real in-game as well.
05:12and the idea of the Snap-on pieces
05:14also gives us a lot of opportunities
05:16for customization,
05:17make parts that could be animated separately
05:19and all that kind of stuff.
05:20So, it's working really well for us.
05:23Cool.
05:24All right.
05:42Isn't it glorious?
05:45The Mako is back.
05:48Yeah.
05:51But this isn't the Mako that you remember.
05:55This is a different Mako.
05:58So, what you can assume from that...
06:01Actually, you can assume a lot.
06:03I'm not going to talk about what you can assume.
06:04Never mind.
06:05Not that stupid.
06:08Yeah.
06:09I mean, the point here is that
06:10it's a really agile Mako.
06:13It's much different than the one that you've seen before.
06:15There's no cannon on it.
06:19There's no...
06:19Well, maybe it can hover,
06:21maybe it can jump.
06:22I don't know.
06:26We've had a lot of good help
06:27designing this spin through a lot of iteration.
06:32I have a video that,
06:34if I can bring up afterwards,
06:35it'll show you a little bit of the gameplay
06:36associated with the Mako as well
06:38so that you can see how it is.
06:40Yeah, because we are actually making a game,
06:42not just pictures.
06:42It's really...
06:44It's crazy.
06:46It's a text-based adventure.
06:47Yeah, it's actually a text-based adventure.
06:52And, of course,
06:53we can take some questions afterwards
06:55about what you guys might think.
06:57Yeah, it's many ending questions.
06:59about ME3 as possible, probably.
07:01I'm just kidding.
07:28I'm just kidding.
07:54I'm just kidding.
07:58.
07:58.
07:58.
07:58.
07:58.
07:58.
08:00.
08:03.
08:17.
08:18.
08:18.
08:18.
08:19.
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08:20.
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08:21You saw a couple things in that video.
08:24The most important is that the MAKO is meant to be a fast response, point to point vehicle at this
08:30point.
08:30It's something that you can tear around planets in really quick to get to where you need to go without
08:36a whole bunch of fuss.
08:37Now we're kind of working on the tweaks and the physics and things like that,
08:41but the important point is that the MAKO is going to be fundamental to the game.
08:45We're building a game that's about exploring places
08:48And obviously exploring places
08:50Needs a really, really handy vehicle
08:52So
08:54Yeah, I mean
08:56It's good where we're at
08:57We want continuous feedback
08:59I'm expecting that I'm going to hear from a lot of folks
09:01Later on about their thoughts on that
09:03In fact, we welcome it
09:06So yeah
09:06Alright, well, you guys ready?
09:08We'll go ahead and kick in the questions
09:10Yeah, so if you want to
09:12Ask these wonderful folks a question
09:14Line up
09:20Don't knock each other over
09:21So just so you guys are clear
09:24Nobody else in the entire world
09:25Has seen the stuff that we talked about today
09:28I mean, we alluded to some of the character stuff
09:30In a video previously
09:31But that's the hero
09:33That's the direction that we're going with
09:35With our hero
09:36So point that
09:38What's up? How's it going?
09:39Hi, my name is Heather
09:41I love Mass Effect
09:43My all-time favorite game ever
09:45So I want to know
09:47Mass Effect 4
09:49Where in the timeline is it?
09:50Is it pre-Shepherd?
09:52During Shepard?
09:53Post-Shepherd?
09:53Well, it's not called Mass Effect 4
09:55Damn it
09:59Mass Effect
10:01Where is
10:02Oh
10:03You really expect me to answer that now?
10:06Come on
10:07Please
10:08Pretty please
10:09Come on
10:17So okay, what I will say is that
10:22No, no way
10:26No way
10:27Guys, we're going to have to stay away from the story elements
10:29Unless you want that typical answer
10:31Where it's going to be
10:32Can't tell you now
10:34You're not
10:35So you're not
10:36You're not playing a Shepard
10:38And Shepard is not a central part of the story
10:40So you can assume whatever you need to assume from that
10:42And we want to give players new spaces to explore
10:47Uncharted areas that haven't been explored before
10:49So in your mind
10:51You can put those two things together
10:52And you can make some assumptions
10:53But I can't give you the full answer
10:55Thank you
10:56Yep
10:58Good question though
11:01Hello
11:01I actually
11:02My question is
11:03I love the diversity of Mass Effect
11:04All the different types of characters
11:06And all that
11:06So will we have like
11:08Aliens, whatnot on our team again
11:09Or
11:10Sorry, will we have
11:11Aliens, whatnot on our team again
11:13Aliens and whatnot on our team
11:15Is that what you said?
11:16Definitely
11:16Different species
11:17Well, there's definitely going to be whatnot on your team
11:21Oh, totally
11:22Yeah
11:22I mean, like
11:23Just ask Carl
11:24You're the alien animator guy
11:28Yes
11:29We are definitely having aliens in the Mass Effect game
11:32We can't give you exact details on squad main composition
11:35Because we're still working on that
11:36But yeah
11:37It's definitely the plan to have
11:39The races you know
11:41To some degree
11:42Still present
11:44Yeah
11:44And some new stuff
11:45Like some new races
11:46The big thing is that
11:48You get that diversity
11:49And you can have
11:49Different character interactions
11:51And romances with various species
11:52It's the same
11:54It wouldn't be Mass Effect without that
11:55I don't think, right?
11:56All right, thank you
11:57Yep
11:59Hello
12:00Will we be able to customize
12:02Our casual outfits?
12:05Ooh
12:06Might assume so
12:07Also
12:08Please make the female outfit
12:10Less slutty
12:11Compared to the male outfit
12:14Because
12:15Male shepherd just has like
12:17Pants and a jacket
12:18And the female dress in three
12:20Yep
12:22Yep
12:22Yeah
12:22So
12:24I'm gonna
12:25That second part
12:26Yeah, totally
12:26I mean like
12:27Even if you look at
12:28The armors
12:29I mean
12:30It's not like
12:31It's not like
12:32It's like a metallic bra
12:33And fur underwear
12:33Right
12:34It's like
12:35It's the same armor
12:36You know
12:37So that profile
12:38We want to extend out
12:39To the casual stuff as well
12:41And so the way that
12:42Our character artists
12:43Have been building things
12:44In layers and in steps
12:46It's really unique
12:47Because you can take
12:48Some of those armor pieces off
12:49And then they can be
12:50Your actual casual outfits
12:51Without the armor pieces on them
12:52And that level of customization
12:54Applies to everything
12:55That you're wearing
12:56So fundamentally
12:57The character art team
12:59A guy named Rod
13:00And you know
13:00Carl helps out
13:02With that kind of stuff
13:02We really have built that
13:03From the ground up
13:04So I think you'll be impressed
13:05When you actually see it
13:06Cool
13:08Thank you for your question
13:10Hi guys
13:12Hey
13:12I've been a big gaming fan
13:13For 25
13:14A big gamer
13:15For 25 years
13:16And I gotta say
13:17Mass Effect is the greatest game
13:18I've ever played
13:18All the time
13:19Thanks
13:24Also late 2011
13:25My father passed away
13:26And I was going through a divorce
13:27And your Mass Effect 3
13:28Helped me get through
13:29The hardest time of my life
13:30And I thank you guys
13:32Immensely
13:32You can't believe it
13:35I found
13:36The multiplayer part
13:37Of the Mass Effect 3
13:38To be the most pleasant
13:39I've ever played
13:40In the Mass Effect community
13:42With all these people here
13:43That probably played it also
13:44Is there any
13:45Plan to add
13:47The player versus player
13:48Which I don't find
13:49As pleasant
13:49Often in gaming
13:51Because
13:51Hmm
13:52At this point
13:53There's no like
13:54Plans
13:54I mean this could change
13:55Totally
13:56And you could
13:56Don't call me a liar
13:57And whatever you shit
13:59But
13:59The point is
14:00Mass Effect has always
14:00Been a cooperative experience
14:02Right
14:02Something that
14:02You and your friends
14:03Can play
14:04And that there's no
14:05Sense of
14:06Of you know
14:07Competitiveness
14:09There's
14:10The competition aspect of it
14:11Is a friendly competition
14:12More of that
14:13Than a
14:14You versus me
14:15Kind of thing
14:16And especially
14:17In Mass Effect 3
14:18It was like
14:18Well
14:19There's the Reapers
14:20And Cerberus
14:21And you know
14:22The bad people
14:23And then pretty much
14:23Everyone else
14:24So
14:25It was a good framework
14:27For competitive gameplay
14:28And
14:29I think with the next game
14:30We've definitely
14:31Taken some inspiration
14:32From that
14:34Competition
14:35Was always
14:35Was always critical
14:37But at the same time
14:38Cooperation is
14:39Is bigger for us
14:40So
14:40Yeah
14:41That's
14:42That's all I can say
14:43Thank you very much
14:43Thanks
14:44Thanks man
14:47Nice hat
14:48Thank you
14:51For the next one
14:52Will there be
14:52Any like
14:53Pirating
14:53Or new ship
14:54Technologies
14:55That go
14:56About that
14:58Like pirating
14:59Yeah
15:00Yeah
15:00Well
15:02Seems like you're
15:02Kind of opening up
15:03Towards it
15:03So
15:04Again
15:05Back to the whole
15:05Concept of exploration
15:06If
15:08If
15:08You're in
15:09New places
15:10Looking for new things
15:11There's the sense of
15:12Trying to make
15:13What you find your own
15:14So there's definitely that
15:16Piracy
15:17I'm not
15:17I'm not really sure
15:18About at this point
15:19But yeah
15:20Definitely
15:20Like the player
15:21You will understand
15:22That you are
15:23Exploring through space
15:24You'll have a ship
15:25All that great thing
15:26That you've come to expect
15:27From Mass Effect
15:27Thank you
15:28Yep
15:30That line just keeps
15:31Getting longer
15:33Hi guys
15:35Just two quick questions
15:36One
15:37The next gen hardware
15:38Are we finally looking
15:39At the elimination
15:41Of load times
15:42That would be amazing
15:43So
15:44Have you played
15:45Any next gen games yet?
15:47Unfortunately no
15:48I'm poor
15:48And have a backlog
15:49Of current changes
15:50Alright
15:50Well there's load times
15:51In those two
15:53No but
15:54What do you
15:55Yeah
15:55What you're finding
15:56With the frostbite
15:57Engine or what not
15:59So you have to make
16:00Sacrifices somewhere
16:01Right
16:01So if we were to take
16:03The kind of game
16:04In terms of
16:05Gameplay customization
16:05Visuals
16:06Sound everything
16:07And put that on next gen
16:08We would probably be able
16:09To eliminate load times
16:11To a certain extent
16:12But you also bump
16:13Everything else up
16:14Right
16:14Yeah
16:14You know like
16:15Noel
16:15He's doing
16:17Brand new lighting models
16:18Throughout the
16:19The entire world
16:20Carl is doing
16:22Better animations
16:23That we've never done before
16:24Carl and his team
16:24Noel and his team
16:25We're pushing all that stuff
16:27And so you keep on
16:28Grabbing more
16:28And so you still need
16:30Some load times
16:30Of course
16:31We're nowhere near
16:31To be able to find out
16:32Exactly what
16:33It's like the hardware
16:33Has limits
16:34And you know
16:35At the beginning
16:35Of like an Xbox cycle
16:36It's different than
16:37At the end
16:38And you have
16:38You've figured out
16:39A lot more
16:40So I think
16:41It'll be a progression
16:42Maybe we'll get to it
16:43But right now
16:45Maybe not
16:47Unless we strip out
16:48A bunch of stuff
16:49Like Mike said
16:49But we want to cram it
16:50Full as much awesome
16:51As we can
16:52Right
16:53Excellent
16:53Awesome is our
16:54Cramming thing
16:56Cramming awesome
16:56Cramming awesome
16:57That's what we do
16:58Alright cool
16:58Thank you
17:03So first off
17:04I have to say
17:05Thank you for bringing
17:05Me back to the Mako
17:07I did the remote
17:08Controlled one
17:09And so now
17:09He's going to have
17:10A brother
17:12For the Mako
17:12Is it going to be
17:13Able to be
17:13Maybe customizable
17:15Upgradable
17:16And will the thrusters
17:17Be back so we can
17:18Jump around
17:18And try to dodge
17:19Things
17:20So the thrusters
17:22That's kind of a thing
17:23So you kind of saw
17:24In the denouement
17:25Shot where it's like
17:26Yeah
17:26Just jumped over
17:27The horizon there
17:28We're playing around
17:29With a bunch of
17:29Different physics
17:30For the Mako
17:31The thing that we
17:33Have to do
17:33Is make sure
17:33That it's as
17:34Responsive as possible
17:35It doesn't get frustrating
17:36Because we've learned
17:37A thing or two
17:38About vehicle frustration
17:41Over the years
17:44Reducing the number
17:45Of like caverns
17:46That are like this
17:46And you're just
17:47Kind of like
17:47Well what do I do now
17:48Oh
17:49Or use the biotics
17:50And have it lift
17:51And then use the thrusters
17:52To go around the map
17:52Yeah
17:53Mass effect fields
17:54Essentially
17:54That's what everything is
17:55Yeah
17:56So yeah
17:57The responsiveness
17:58Is the most important thing
17:59And if that includes jump
18:01And if it includes
18:01Kind of little boosters
18:02Then we'll put that in there
18:04But we haven't tuned it
18:05Quite the way
18:06That we want yet
18:06In terms of customization
18:09It's been something
18:10That we've been looking at
18:11For sure
18:11Because we feel as though
18:13If you're going to be
18:14Spending a lot of time
18:15In the vehicles
18:16In the places
18:17They should reflect you
18:18As a player
18:19And customization
18:20Is kind of one element
18:21Of that as well
18:22So definitely
18:23Something we've been thinking about
18:24Thank you
18:25Yep
18:29So I briefly heard
18:31That fast travel melody
18:32That we always
18:33You know
18:33Hear that
18:35How well do the composers
18:37Work with you guys
18:38In developing the game
18:38And are there going to be
18:39Any new
18:40Is it like an all new
18:41Musical composition
18:42Are you going to use
18:42Any of the same
18:43Music with that
18:46Hmm
18:46So now
18:47We
18:47I mean we're not going to
18:49Announce or talk about
18:50Composers yet
18:50But traditionally
18:52The composers
18:53Have worked
18:53Like very very closely
18:55With us
18:55Since the beginning
18:56When we're kind of
18:57Conceptualizing things
18:58They really help to drive
18:59Some of the musical direction
19:01So
19:03Our audio director
19:04Francois
19:05He's already starting
19:06To talk to some composers
19:07Think about
19:07What magic
19:08That that can add
19:09To some of the levels
19:10And some of the gameplay
19:11So
19:12For sure
19:15For example
19:15When we're doing a cinematic
19:16What we'll do
19:17Is we'll kind of
19:18Sketch it out
19:18We'll do the
19:19Storyboard
19:20Based version
19:21Of the cinematic
19:21We'll send it over
19:22To the composer
19:23As soon as possible
19:24The composer can get
19:25The feeling
19:25The tone
19:26Of the cinematic
19:26And even before
19:28It's anything
19:29That's actually
19:29Rendered visuals
19:30They can start
19:31To build out
19:31You know
19:32The way that they
19:32Want the music
19:33To swell
19:33And kind of
19:34Go down
19:34During those things
19:35And we work
19:36With them
19:36For months and months
19:37Before the final piece
19:38Actually comes out
19:39And then
19:40Usually we use
19:41Multiple composers
19:42And they can play
19:43Off of each other
19:44As well
19:44And fill gaps
19:45Where needed
19:45So
19:46Yeah
19:46It's important
19:47And we're definitely
19:48Looking at it
19:48Like now
19:49Thank you
19:53Hey guys
19:53I'd just like
19:54To thank you
19:54For adding the
19:55Volus
19:55As a playable
19:56Character
19:56In multiplayer
19:58I always wanted
19:59One in my crew
20:01And I just
20:02Asked you
20:02To consider
20:02I'm not expecting
20:03You to tell me
20:03If there's going
20:04To be a Volus
20:04In our crew
20:04But can you
20:05Consider
20:05Us letting
20:06Us be pals
20:07With us be pals
20:07With a Volus
20:08At some point
20:08I don't care
20:09If he's an engineer
20:10On our ship
20:10Or if we see him
20:11Floating in a tank
20:12Somewhere
20:12And can we see him
20:14Outside of his exos
20:15A decapitated Volus
20:15Laying in the street
20:17It's like
20:18My mind just went there
20:19Whatever
20:21And will we ever
20:22Get a chance
20:22To see a Volus
20:23Outside their exosuit
20:24Like on their home planet
20:25Or something
20:26You could consider
20:27Anything like that
20:27I will say
20:28That that is not
20:29A bad idea
20:30But that's it
20:32I can't say
20:33Anything more than that
20:34And add Blasto
20:35To our crew please
20:36Okay perfect
20:37Thank you
20:38Thanks
20:43I'm Will Kaplan
20:44And this is my
20:45Favorite panel
20:45On the Citadel
20:48My question is
20:50Is the protagonist
20:53Strictly human
20:54Or could we
20:55Potentially play
20:56As a Turian
20:58So that's a big one
20:59We haven't
20:59We haven't locked down
21:01Specifics of that yet
21:03What you did see up there
21:04Was a human stature
21:05Human form
21:06So for sure
21:07Your main character
21:08Will be human
21:08But in terms of
21:09Other playable races
21:10We can't talk about that
21:12At this point
21:13Sorry
21:16Hi
21:17My name is Chris
21:19Fans were pretty vocal
21:20About the end of
21:20Mass Effect 3
21:22Obviously none of that
21:23Needs to be talked about
21:23I know you guys got
21:24A bunch of cupcakes
21:25Green, blue and red
21:26As a big joke
21:27I was curious
21:28Whether you agreed
21:29Or disagreed with
21:30With fan perception
21:31What things were you
21:33Going to take from that
21:34To bring into the new title
21:36In terms of
21:37Arching storylines
21:38And then those storylines
21:38Kind of ending in a way
21:40That made gamers feel
21:41Like they had made
21:41Those decisions
21:42And had all those
21:43Different endings
21:43And different experiences
21:45Well we did take fan feedback
21:49Like we really did
21:50That's why we did
21:50The extended cut
21:52But it's all relative
21:53To the story
21:54That you're telling
21:54And is that to say
21:56That the response
21:58To the ending
21:58Is going to make it
21:59So that you don't have
22:01Choice in your game
22:01Or that those choices
22:02Aren't shown throughout
22:03No, like we can't
22:04Go down that path
22:05It's about being smart
22:06And how you develop it
22:09It did have an impact
22:10On us at the studio
22:11And we did
22:12We did look at
22:13The way that we developed it
22:14And we did make some changes
22:16And we are making some changes
22:17For the future
22:17But that said
22:19The point of it is
22:20To always go back
22:21To things that matter
22:22Choices that matter
22:23That's a key focus
22:24A key pillar in our game
22:25And regardless of
22:26How many endings
22:27Or how many things
22:29We have to build at the end
22:30We still want our players
22:31To have those emotional
22:34Experiences within the game
22:35As well
22:35Be able to make choices
22:36And be able to
22:37Have those reflected
22:39So in effect, yeah
22:40I mean, we saw
22:42What you guys said
22:43We saw what the fans said
22:44And we made adjustments
22:46But it's not like
22:47We're going to turn
22:47Everything on its head
22:48Right?
22:49Cool
22:49Thank you
22:50Yep
22:55Hello
22:57So my question was
22:59So one of the greatest
23:00Things about
23:00Mass Effect
23:00Is characters
23:01You know
23:01We can all
23:02Fall in love with
23:03And just
23:06Relate to
23:06Right?
23:07So I was wondering
23:07With Frostbite
23:08One of the biggest perks
23:10Of it is better animation
23:11So can we expect
23:12Better mocap
23:13Maybe
23:14Motion capture
23:15Will shepherd
23:16Constant repeat
23:18Animations
23:19Less during conversations
23:20Like how
23:21How much higher
23:23Is the bar been raised
23:24For
23:24Well the bar
23:25For quality of animation
23:26Is definitely much higher
23:27Than before
23:28Although
23:29New technology
23:29Probably won't affect
23:31The quality of mocap
23:32We use mocap
23:33As a base layer
23:34For animation
23:36Repetition of movement
23:38We did notice it
23:39As well
23:40But it's more
23:41That the sheer quantity
23:43Of conversations
23:44That you have
23:45And when you're
23:46Trying to make
23:47To make moments
23:48Stick out in a conversation
23:50Sometimes different
23:52Conversation designers
23:53Cinematic designers
23:54Will tend towards
23:55The same kinds of motions
23:56So it's just a matter
23:57Of being smarter
23:58About it
23:58And they've already
23:59Started to plan
24:00For that kind of stuff
24:01They've already
24:01Flagged the kinds of
24:03Accents they need
24:04And animation
24:05Will try to provide
24:06More variety
24:06In there for sure
24:07Will there be facial
24:08Motion capture
24:10Or will it just be
24:11In the limp syncing again
24:12That's still something
24:13We're looking into
24:14Again facial mocap
24:16Is great
24:18Visually
24:19But games
24:20At Bioware
24:21Tend to have
24:22I think
24:22How many lines
24:23Of dialogue
24:24Do we have
24:24Like 60,000
24:26So it would be awesome
24:28But we'd probably
24:29Burn all of our budget
24:30With just one actor
24:31Saying all the lines
24:32In the mocap
24:33So we have to be
24:34Smart about that
24:36Kind of stuff
24:36So we're looking
24:37Into ways that we
24:38Could incorporate
24:39In some ways
24:39But we can't
24:40Promise anything
24:40In there
24:41It's just depending
24:41On what makes
24:42Sense for us
24:43Alright
24:44Thank you
24:45But what we can
24:45Promise is that
24:46The main character
24:47Will do basically
24:48This every 15 seconds
24:49For the entire
24:51episode
24:51Yeah
24:52Good answer
24:54Hey
24:54Just to let you guys
24:55Know we only have
24:55Time for a few
24:56More questions
24:57Unfortunately
24:59For you guys
25:00Standing at the
25:00Back of the line
25:01I didn't want you
25:01To have to stand
25:01Up for no reason
25:03Go ahead man
25:03Hi my name is
25:04Sean I'm a
25:05Mass Effect addict
25:07Probably plenty
25:07Of you guys here
25:08So one thing
25:10That caught my eye
25:11Was the environment
25:13And my favorite
25:14Thing in Mass Effect
25:15Was actually
25:15Taking on Thresher
25:16Maws
25:17You know
25:17Yeah
25:17Cool
25:18Pretty sure everyone's
25:18Kind of been there
25:19Done that
25:20Is there going to be
25:21Any more bigger
25:22Creatures
25:22Other than Thresher
25:23Maws possibly
25:23On more planets
25:26Definitely a good idea
25:27Like we're looking at
25:28Creatures of all sizes
25:28This time around
25:29I mean
25:30It's just part of
25:31Creating a galaxy
25:32That's rich and dense
25:34Of different kinds
25:35Of creatures
25:35Not just necessarily
25:36Ones that are
25:36You know
25:37Four to six feet tall
25:38So it's something
25:40That we're looking at
25:40For sure
25:40But you know
25:41There's nothing
25:42Solid right now
25:44Those kind of decisions
25:45Those create
25:46Big checks
25:47Essentially for guys
25:48Like Carl
25:49For the character art team
25:50To make sure
25:51That they can execute
25:51On it to the
25:52Quality that you need
25:53Right
25:53I mean Thresher
25:54Maws are fun
25:55In Mass Effect 1
25:56But like nowadays
25:57We couldn't bring back
25:58The same level of gameplay
25:59We'd really have to
26:00Make it solid
26:01And a really good
26:01And engaging experience
26:02So we want to do it right
26:03If we do it at all
26:04So
26:05Cool
26:05Thank you
26:08Hi there
26:09You just said
26:09The word galaxy
26:11And I was just wondering
26:12And I hope it's not
26:14I don't want to have you
26:16Reveal too much
26:17About the story
26:17But since the original
26:19Trilogy seemed to
26:20Take place exclusively
26:21Within the Milky Way galaxy
26:23I was just wondering
26:23If you guys had considered
26:24Implementing intergalactic
26:26And other galaxies
26:27In the upcoming game
26:32That's a lot of context
26:34Have we considered it?
26:35Yeah
26:36Honestly like
26:36You kind of led
26:37That question to yourself
26:38You're like
26:39Sorry I don't know
26:40If you'll be able to tell me
26:40I don't want you to tell me
26:41Too much about the story
26:42I'm going to go back there
26:42And be like
26:43No I can't tell you
26:43Too much about the story man
26:46Sorry
26:46No but it is a good question
26:47And you're very astute
26:48For noticing that kind of stuff
26:50That's all I have to say
26:50At this point
26:54Hi my name's Amanda Shepard
26:59Hello again
27:00Yeah so basically
27:02One of my favorite things
27:03About the Mass Effect
27:04Original trilogy
27:05Was the very delicate
27:06And subtle handling
27:07Of modern day social issues
27:10And things like that
27:12And I was wondering
27:13If that's something
27:13We can expect more of
27:14Especially in a more
27:15Exploration driven game
27:16Rather than a combat driven game
27:20So to go back
27:21To the last thing
27:22I wouldn't say it's not
27:23There's no combat
27:24I just say that
27:25Combat is a point
27:27Of exploration
27:28Just to clarify that
27:28Because I can see the headlines
27:29Tomorrow in Kotaku
27:32In terms of
27:35Social commentary
27:36And things like that
27:37That's usually something
27:38That we give the writers
27:39Pretty free reign
27:41To make sure that they
27:41Kind of bring that
27:42Into the game
27:43I don't see that
27:44Changing whatsoever
27:44It's been really great
27:45Because when we do things
27:47The fan supports us
27:48And it's kind of
27:48This circular like
27:50Relationship that we have
27:52Until
27:53Until that stops
27:54So I don't see us
27:55Not doing it anymore
27:56So
27:57Thank you
27:57More bisexual romances
27:59Too
27:59Would be great
28:02All right guys
28:02Unfortunately
28:03We only have time
28:04For one more question
28:04So
28:05Looks like my man
28:06In the fresh N7 jacket
28:08It's going to be the one
28:09All right
28:10So
28:10Hi
28:11My name is Tom
28:11Like everyone here
28:12I'm a big fan of Mass Effect
28:13I have to say that
28:14I think my favorite
28:16NPC character
28:17In the entire series
28:18By far was Arya Talok
28:20And I love the
28:20Retake Omega DLC
28:21Is she a character
28:23That you've considered
28:24Taking back
28:25Or that we're going
28:26To see again
28:27Because with the
28:28Astari lifespan
28:28There's a lot of options
28:29To include her again
28:31Because she was such
28:32A great well written
28:33Character from the start
28:34Yeah that's
28:35That's a tough one
28:36So first of all
28:36So the Omega DLC
28:37That was like a
28:38Bioware Montreal joint
28:39They did that
28:40Themselves
28:40So if you liked it
28:41That's good
28:41That was really
28:42The opportunity for them
28:43To start building
28:44A lot of good content
28:45And they obviously
28:46Built a lot of stuff
28:47For ME3 as well
28:48But they owned that one
28:48On their own
28:51In terms of Arya
28:52And folks like that
28:53We haven't decided
28:55Well we've decided
28:56But I'm not going to
28:57Talk about which
28:57Touch points we've got
29:00But
29:00Fair enough
29:00Fair enough
29:01The theme is
29:02We want to create
29:03New experiences for the player
29:05But we still want to be able
29:06To bring in elements
29:08Of what you know
29:09And love
29:09You know
29:10About the previous trilogy
29:11And that might include
29:13Certain characters
29:13It might not
29:14Certain scenarios
29:16Things like that
29:17So guaranteed
29:17Either way that we end up
29:18Going you're going to
29:19See a certain amount
29:20Of
29:21Of the old with the new
29:22I guess so to speak
29:23All right
29:24Thank you
29:25Thanks
29:25So before everyone goes
29:26I apologize profusely
29:28For the tech issues
29:29Hopefully you liked
29:30What you saw today
29:31If you have any more questions
29:32Tweet at us
29:33Email us
29:33And yeah
29:35Enjoy the con
29:35Thanks for coming
29:36Bye
29:37Give it up for our panelists
29:37Everybody
29:38Thank you
29:39Thank you
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