And yes – we hear loud and clear the interest in BioWare doing more Dragon Age and Mass Effect, so rest assured that we have some teams hidden away working on some secret stuff that I think you’ll really like – we’re just not ready to talk about any of it for a little while…
This statement comes directly from Casey Hudson. Think what you will about Mass Effect: Andromeda (we sure had some things to say), but it would no doubt still be a massive disappointment if the Mass Effect franchise were done for good. Hopefully the teams involved understand where things went wrong and whatever future release that comes as a result is made that much better for it all.
He also noted that the Star Wars: The Old Republic team has some "amazing plans for the coming year." He also addressed a more pressing matter about Anthem that fans have been curious about, specifically with how the game can have any sense of agency if you're playing with your friends in a living world.
Specifically, “how can there be agency of your story in a living world that you share with friends?”
It’s a great question, and in my opinion our solution to this design challenge is one of the most innovative things about Anthem. We talked briefly at EA PLAY about how the solution is called “Our World, My Story.” In the dynamic open world, everything is experienced in real-time by all Anthem players – day/night, weather, and world-scale events that shape the ongoing narrative of the setting. This is “our world,” which we share as a player community. Then when you return to Fort Tarsis, that’s actually a single-player experience, and it’s where you spend time developing relationships, making choices, and seeing consequences. That’s the “my story” part.
It’s a great question, and in my opinion our solution to this design challenge is one of the most innovative things about Anthem. We talked briefly at EA PLAY about how the solution is called “Our World, My Story.” In the dynamic open world, everything is experienced in real-time by all Anthem players – day/night, weather, and world-scale events that shape the ongoing narrative of the setting. This is “our world,” which we share as a player community. Then when you return to Fort Tarsis, that’s actually a single-player experience, and it’s where you spend time developing relationships, making choices, and seeing consequences. That’s the “my story” part.
