The future of Mass Effect wasn't shelved. It was thrown outside along with everything that made the series good at the end of Mass Effect 3.Originally Posted by Vyk
Which is where the biggest problem with Andromeda lay. I, like so many other fans of the trilogy I've spoken to, just didn't care. The ending of ME3 burnt down, spat on, and destroyed the franchise. The game itself was largely excellent, and had some really incredible and satisfying conclusions to most of the character and story arcs that we had been following throughout the series. So, no reason to return on that account. Everything else? Blown up. The writing and villains became laughable, the universe itself fundamentally altered and changed, and player choice was eliminated.
The old universe I knew was dead. If I thought about it at all, I saw Andromeda as typical industry money-grubbing. "They'll buy anything with the franchise name on it". Just like Square and Final Fantasy (except that Square has been right so far). I didn't care about it. They threw away Mass Effect with that ending. And they chose to stick with that ending, to support it, even though it destroyed the entire series.
I am a hater of Mass Effect 3's ending. But I'm not a hater of Andromeda. I just don't care. And, from a lot of the old fans I've talked to, I'm not alone in that. It's not a continuation of the story, universe, or ideas we loved. It's a spiritual sequel at best, done by an unproven team and a studio that demonstrated that it has no understanding or love for the work that they had created. "I'll buy it at some point, when it's on sale" is one of the single most common statements I've heard about it. It's something which evoked mild disinterest, and nothing else.
For those who enjoyed it, I'm sorry that you're losing whatever future it might have had. But, to me, it was never something I was invested in. If they wanted to continue Mass Effect, they should have gone back and given it something to continue from. For a new game, a new idea, a new execution that shares some familiar concepts? Yeah, that might be worth a look at some point. But it's not Mass Effect. And from what I could tell, it wasn't being made by people who loved the original game.
Nor were the handful of trailers I saw particularly impressive. Flash and cliché, without substance. No new aliens nearly as creative as the old ones. And none of the spark of characterization that made me love the original series.
I just find it really hard to care. Mass Effect has been dead to me for years. This announcement didn't change that any more than the Andromeda announcement did.
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