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Mass Effect: Andromeda will have more “meaningful” side-quests similar to The Witcher

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Good ol’ side-quests! Useful fluff when you need to grab a few levels in the upward direction before you continue a storyline, but also usually consisting of a narrative that has you skipping walls of text so that you can fast forward to the part where you need to murder something so that you can get some of that sweet sweet XP.

Back in 2015 however, The Witcher III raised the benchmark for such activities, with quests that felt like actual extensions of its story, optional missions that contributed to its narrative and had consequences for players. No stranger to side-quests itself, the latest chapter of Bioware’s space-adventure roleplaying game Mass Effect: Andromeda will also be looking to make such missions have actual value for players.

“We are approaching the completionist aspect very differently, because we’ve done and learned a lot from Inquisition,” Producer Fabrice Condominas said to PC Gamer (via DualShockers).

But we’ve also observed what other games have been doing, like The Witcher. And it was very important for us that the quantity of scope doesn’t downgrade the quality of whatever your are doing there.

Good plan. There’s a reason why The Witcher III is so beloved, and having quests that layered more rewards on top of other activities was just one of those reasons. If there’s one game that Bioware’s Mass Effect should emulate somewhat, I can’t think of any finer example than The Witcher. I’m particularly fond of the idea, that bigger isn’t always better. Quality over quantity I say.

Mass Effect: Andromeda looks like it’ll be shaking up some of the core ideas that defined the series and the trilogy that launched it into hyperspace. With some pretty good sex this time as well apparently. It’ll be out soon in fact, on March 21 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

Last Updated: February 13, 2017

18 Comments

  1. HEADER OF THE WEEK!

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    • Lu

      February 13, 2017 at 08:49

      Agreed.

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    • PurplePariah

      February 13, 2017 at 09:00

      O_o

      Let’s ignore the obvious .png copy pasta of Gerald. The right arm and the gun of the male Shephard equivalent is sticking out and obvious. Additionally, the Photoshop is neither Darryn’s usual clever, nor his usual funny pop culture reference. This is a simple amalgamation of the two inferred topics within the article.

      And yes that was verbose. It’s Monday morning and I’m writing scripts. That’s my excuse.

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      • Original Heretic

        February 13, 2017 at 09:11

        You just made me laugh. You’re almost as funny as Geoff is when you’re grumpy (no offence intended!).

        And after the weekend I’ve had, damn I needed a laugh.

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  2. Admiral Chief

    February 13, 2017 at 08:42

    • Original Heretic

      February 13, 2017 at 09:09

      You need new pants now?

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      • Admiral Chief

        February 13, 2017 at 09:30

        ME every time I hear of awesome ME:A news

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  3. Captain JJ

    February 13, 2017 at 09:07

    No. No it won’t. But it makes them sound impressive by comparing it to The Witcher.

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  4. Captain JJ

    February 13, 2017 at 09:19

    I agree with quality over quantity, but with EA it gets you thinking what the extra quantity is going to cost you when you run out of things to do.

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  5. Alien Emperor Trevor

    February 13, 2017 at 10:03

    Oh that’s cool, will they stick to the standard colour coding or use new ones for the side quests?

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  6. Zoe Hawkins

    February 13, 2017 at 10:09

    Cool when they say this, but even Witcher feels very samey with side quests by the time you get to Skellige (or is that just me?)

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      February 13, 2017 at 10:38

      I found Skellige to be the weakest part of the game as well, excluding the main story that took place there.

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  7. TJames47

    February 13, 2017 at 10:52

    This or Horizon Zero Dawn? Aahhh cannot decide.

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    • Ir0nseraph

      February 13, 2017 at 11:00

      Tough choice, I went the ME route just because I love the series but Zero Dawn looks so good.

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      • TJames47

        February 13, 2017 at 12:14

        I did not play any of the 1st 3 mass effects but I only heard great stuff so went to watch a youtube recap video and that was magnificent.

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