As far as I'm aware, it's only because they have many rules and constraints regarding their world. Since this game is a new world, they likely won't have as many issues
I was assured by another TH-camr that James Ohlen, the lead on Exodus, got an official promise of non-interference from WotC before signing up. Take that for what you will. For me it gives a little hope.
@@glowinTHX A lot. Like, way too much to go into here. Suffice it to say that they've hollowed out D&D and they've basically ruined Magic as well but that's an actually addictive product (gambling) and so people keep buying it.
Same. Every indication that this game has potential could be completely mitigated by WotC involvement, so I'll just forget it exists for a while and hope WotC decided to keep their hands off of it.
@jb8935 they will not listen. WotC Hasbro is all about maximizing their winning, doesn't matter what. They have being firing creators and writers from DnD since the OGL debacle. And are ultra pro to AI. The less humans on their processes the better. This game might work. But just the first. The moment they start making money the greed pigs will jump in and force to make a second game ad fast as they can, with as many microtransactions as possible.
I've set my expectations to the lowest and still been disappointed, so I've begun expecting absolutely nothing. At least then if I'm disappointed I didn't waste any brainpower caring in the first place.
That and the fact that this game is seeing gatekeeping from the exact same people that defended Biowares "latest and greatest" with permission from the devs (why even be associated if you are supposedly in a completely different company and head space) makes me wary of the overall end product.
@@captainfach it's great inspite of, not because of. If I remember correctly, there were some ideas of dlcs in the wind but WOTC was so bad, they just finished what was already set.
@sidrolf not really... Your character is closer to miranda Lawson or solid snake In Andromeda Ryder is unlikely young hero no one expected In exodus, Jun Aslan (your character) was artificially created with hybrid genes of your father Orion Aslan founder of the dynasty and your mother Ava who is a celestial to be the "perfect heir"... However shit happen and you were forced into exile as infant If the tone of the game is serious and mature like they have shown and not MCU and CW level like Andromeda I have no problem You should read of exodus it's quite interesting
Man, that Mass Effect music does hit hard. One of the most iconic music in any type of science fiction media. You heard it once and you never forget it. Don't know how much grass they had to smoke for that one lol
I started Mass Effect (LE) recently and had to put it on hold because I realized in one session I didn’t have time rn. I sat down with that music in my ears and 10 minutes later it had been 6 hours.
I just started playing ME for the first time ever, and I have been so disappointed with the music. Except for the piece that plays when you get to the Citadel, the rest of the music I've heard so far genuinely sounds like soulless corporate/elevator music. It's just so bland and repetitive. Different strokes I guess.
The best part of te Exodus lore is: all Celestials are basically just evolved humans. They just arrived millenia before you. Extremely excited for this game.
The book that just came out for Exodus is amazing too, the idea for the world and the potential on offer is for sure Mass Effect level and in my opinion even better. This universe could rival Star Wars, Dune, Mass Effect, etc without question. Only issue I see with Exodus is the team being so small. The game might be absolutely fantastic but the big triple AAA jugernaught series like the original Mass Effect will probably take some time to build.
honestly when i watched the first big trailer i instantly thought of the Nexus / ARKs they built for Andromeda. Like Casey had this idea cooked up and then got forced off the game by EA to do anthem instead and the C or B team that took over andromeda did their own thing using his original plot ideas.
Having a small team of skilled guys with a hard work ethic is a must then. Look at the huge studios spending millions on lazy people who take forever to get anything done..and their work is still crap.
I personally think that a small team is a strength, not a weakness. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind had a dev team of 40 people, Oblivion had a dev team of 70 people, and for Skyrim it was about 100. Kotor 2 had a dev team of about 30 people. Dragon Age: Origins had about 180 people working on it in total, which means the core team was probably closer to 100. The Witcher 3 and BG3 both had larger dev teams, but in both cases the team started out small and only grew after all the story and concepts were pretty much done and it was time to build the game. From what I could see online, Archetype Entertainment has just over 100 people working on the game, so I would say it's in a pretty sweet spot.
@@wardeni4806 ah I could be wrong from what I saw it was under 50. I think smaller teams are good too, you just need quality people with 10x the work ethic rather than lots of alright people. The issue with modern games is for example with things like assets and art you need tons of bodies to even get the work done. After reading the Exodus book you realize how much potential the universe has becuase of it's grand scale. Part of what would make the perfect game in this setting is sadly something with a Baldur's Gate 3 amount of content, because in the book all the different celestials and ideas that come to life are part of what makes it awesome, which cant realistically be done without hundreds of people working for years on stuff.
Cautiously optimistic is the right way to be. I went in and enjoyed Andromeda just because it was more Mass Effect but it wasn't great, replaying the games through the LE just shows how awesome the trilogy was just so fun and engaging
Please don't associate this with Bioware! If you watch one of their Q&A one of them i won't name mocked Bioware a bit. Exodus is Exodus and is made by Archetype Entertainment! Let's all please respect that!
Mass Effect drew heavily from a variety of sci-fi themes and homages. While the story stood as a significant element, the game's design also reflected the game director's inclination to incorporate themes from some of his favorite movies and games.The CEO provided the team with a massive budget, granting them creative freedom-on the condition that he was incorporated into the second game in some way 🤣🤣🤣🤣 there will nver be another mass effect
WotC, my goodness... that isn't even a lateral move for those employees. The stories I've read about WotC don't exactly instill confidence. Not to mention, I believe they were purchased by Hasbro some time ago. Can't imagine a scenario in which Hasbro doesn't interfere to secure their abysmal bottom line.
Dragon Age Origins was created because WoTC were too controlling when Bioware were making Neverwinter Nights, they'll get told what to make again and won't be given the freedom to choose.
According to the wiki: (About silicate) "The merging of human and silicate creates a new being, known as a daemon." I mean, considering the fact the main antagonists seem to be theses Celestials, Celestials vs Daemons feels like a wink at DnD. It's only speculation for now but it seems kind of obvious and would explain why the devs are reticent about defining our char as a human.
I'm reading the book, it's really good. Looks like the whole lore is well thought out. It also feels slightly different than everything I've seen before, more like a mix of interesting scifi ideas. If they don't screw up the gameplay it could be a great game. I am more optimistic about Exodus than new Mass Effect.
The book this game is based on is really good. I enjoyed it and the lore. They already said they’re changing a few things from the book, but the book at least gives you a good understanding of the lore.
When I saw this game I wasn’t really looking deep at the development it was just kinda weird now I’m really excited for it hopefully we see something new at the game awards .
I'm beyond excited for Exodus. I'm about half way thru the book from Peter F. Hamilton, and it has me even more excited. I love the concept of time dilation, and I cant wait to see how they incorporate this into the game using choice and consequence. It could truely be epic. The Celeatials are ancient humans, some of the first to make the trip and have essentially evolved into something more alien. This could be epic, and I can't wait to see more.
the time dilation may just kinda remove the player too much from what is happening though. hard to care for something millenia in the past or future. it's essentially just the end game cinematic cut into smaller parts and given during the game rather than at the end.
This was a good meeting. I must admit to being a tad bit super hyped for this game. Its story reveals, characters and art design are tickling my imagination hard. Planning to get the book for Christmas. Having said all that I am a true "no preorder" believer before anything. A lesson learned over many years. I will wait for proof of reasonably greatness before buying.
I am optimistic about this game, however I do hope that if they find success (which I believe they will), that they'll manage to stay on track. In a lot of cases with these big games and promising studios, the first game is fantastic, but then it's the sequels that really struggle due to mounting pressure from the studio itself, from the fans, and most importantly, the money men who fund it all.
Wizards of the coast may have a different kind of evil effect than what EA has on Bioware if that makes sense. Because the more I hear about the development of veilguard the more I realise the devs lost a lot of battles to EA and wotc had to basically be sneakily outplayed by larian for BG3 to be fully realised and for it to be a consumer friendly game
Are we entering the era of the Triple A Indie game? Small devs lead by seasoned vets, bringing us AAA-level good games while the established houses struggle with their launches and DLC?
Give me a bunch of smaller, handcrafted maps with interesting, diverse areas over generic huge explorable planets with nothing in them any day of the week.
It's not a galaxy, it's a star cluster. The Centauri Cluster may contain about a hundred thousand stars and tens of thousands engineered habitable worlds, but that's a millionth of the total size of our galaxy. Sci-Fi fans should really get their terminology right. Also, forget Interstellar. Just read the book by Peter F Hamilton.
I have listened to the book that Peter F Hamilton wrote and now I am reading the physical book now and I am excited for this game, but I hope that they can pull it off.
Despite them being owned by WotC and by extension Hasbro Ent. I am still excited about this project. Just bc you work for a less then favorable company doesn’t always mean the product will be bad.
I do think they won't meddle with this game too much, however, if it becomes a big success, then they might try to stick their tentacles all over it just like EA did with BioWare after Mass Effect's success.
Drew Karpyshyn is the writer of the game? im sold!! i remember reading the 3 Mass Effect book and his previous works on game are great!! dunno why Bioware dont use him for ME3 and MEA which turns out to be lackluster,.
So many games over the years have said "don't worry, all the old developers from our old studio are working on it now" yet it has never changed the outcome. I'm not saying this game will be bad, I have no clue, but having the knowledge that some old developers are working on it too means absolutely nothing.
@@ReaperCet no i don't. concord is bad, unknown 9 is bad, dragon age Veil guard is bad, evolve is bad, anthem is bad and i played anthem. i can look at gameplay of games as well as searching for videos of multiple people saying good or bad about games to determine if a game is good or not. I also can recognize things I don't like vs things that are bad. i don't like botw or TotK but they are not bad. I don't like the entire genres of sports, racing, or BR's. I may think they are bad personally but that does not mean they are bad.
@@IPlayVideoGamesAndNothingElse you didn't say "bad" you said trash. That tends to mean that there's nothing redeeming about those games. You can't get that information from people on the Internet, especially if they're grifting, you have to see for yourself to actually have a valid opinion. Goat simulator is a "bad" game, but there's *some* fun to be had with it and it's worth *some* amount of time and money. It's not _trash_ I can say the same about anthem, and I won't say anything about the other two, because I haven't played those games.
@@ReaperCet in gamer language the terms trash and bad are interchangeable. i pretty much only play video games and watch TH-cam videos. people that comment on video games from multiple platforms use these words to describe a game that is below average and not worth purchasing. look up lotor: Golem and you will find videos saying garbage, terrible, trash, and worst as ways to describe the game. I've never played Golem but its objectively all these things listed about it. it's a buggy mess that has clunky controls boring gameplay and terrible graphics. all of this I can see by doing research on the game instead of listening to people that say you can't judge something you haven't wasted money on.
As a new studio I think they should start with a AA title. Setup the world in the first game and then aim for AAA game next. Start small and aim big vs aim big and faceplant.
I'm more drawn in by a non-voiced character. Picking the dialogue in DA: Origins or Baldur's Gate 3 not only lets me choose what my character is going to say but why they are saying it, I get to choose the intent. With a voiced character they are never truly my character as while I can pick a dialogue option, I don't get to decide the intent behind the line.
@MrMattyPlays which dragon age should i play first? I thought Origins looked too boring and bland Dragon age veilguard is looking pretty good, better than origins. Does it have better writing?
LOL... First thought was "Gee though, WotC isn't a good thing right now... they're getting Hasbro'd to death." So, I'm not alone, and clearly the comments see what Matty didn't here. I'm not going to allow myself to get psyched at all over this.
Drew is an RPG writer, not a looter shooter multiplayer writer. He was forced to work on Anthem when that’s literally not the type of games he writes for. So anthem doesn’t count in history of games he’s written. He left BioWare for a reason, just like Casey did. They saw where BioWare was heading, they didn’t like the Anthem project and they left. Hell they probably don’t even like EA
Getting combined Mass Effect and Warhammer vibes. Far more excited for this then the next ME game. Sadly after andromeda, anthem and veilguard (all which actually had good combat) i no longer trust Bioware to write good characters, story or have the choice with consequence that i enjoy in an rpg.
Tempering hopes is reasonable. But the main Exodus trailer had fantastic writing within that self-contained story. For the last ~10 years--feels like storytelling has been treating the audience like we're idiots. High-level game plots have become increasingly basic with very few story developments. That one trailer showed the type of writing I've been desperately missing and I think it's a really good sign that promo materials show promising writing when that's what we're looking to this studio for.
If I was the head of Lucas films, I would hire Drew Karpyshyn (the lead writer on this game) to write a Star Wars trilogy. Drew Karpyshyn has written some of my favorite story’s in the Star Wars universe. KoToR 1, the Revan novels and the Bane Trilogy. He was also the lead writer on Mass Effect 1 and 2. His style is dark, yet philosophical. He not only makes you emotionally invested in the characters, but the force itself. The stories are Mysteries filled to the brim with action. He understands how to craft a compelling story that grips you from beginning to end. He understands Star Wars and its mythos while expanding on its themes in a respectful way.
Karpyshyn and Zahn should have been the lore keepers and writing directors for Disney SW from day 1. Too late for SW at this point if it remains in Disneys hands though.
I am Highly Skeptical. Too many times I've been excited for a game because it was supposedly being done by 'BioWare' people. So I now I feel 'betrayed' in some ways, and I will never trust them again.
I saw this the other day and I'm excited, signed up for their newsletter and everything. I'll keep my expectations tempered, though...I know how shady WotC is.
Many artist are simply tired of working on the same IP style for years. They want to do something different. The same can be said for actors. It’s only natural that we try to do new and exciting projects.
Also check out Judas, the new bioshock type game from Ken Levine with some innovative sounding procedural storytelling aspects. That one looks like it could be something special even the gameplay looks very much like just modern bioshock. There’s a lot more under the hood.
Hey that's a good point that says something about the industry, Bioware released 3 mass effect and 3 dragon age games during the 7th generation, how many games did Rockstar released during the 8th? ONE, red dead redemption 2, and it was a masterpiece for sure but still, they preferred to milk the shit out gtav that whole time instead of creating at least another game/IP, crazy when you think about it, also aaa games take too damn long to make and sometimes all you want is a nice rounded shorter aa experience.
So.. When i was telling everyone I don't care about next Mass Effect and Don't play DA4 But im waiting for Exodus that was Really old BioWare team's Game? good damn man i still have some taste!
I am sad that Casey Hudsons Humanoid studios and Macs studio closed basically together. So two sci fi games i was really interested in are basically gone now.. Exodus is the last hope for me since i dunno when/if/how Mass Effect 5 will be and come out. Hope Casey will open a new studio and tries funding with kickstarter maybe...
I just hope they focus on making a fun game first, because I'm seeing a trend with some development teams of trying to create a whole set of multi media products before they even know if their IP is any good (see Concord or Unknown 9 Awakening)
@@Henbot Revisionist nonsense. You're as dimwitted as those knuckle dragging mouth breathers on reddit that believe whatever is written there. What was woke about KOTOR? Or original Baldur's Gate?
@@Henbot Because they once had talented writers and designers who didn't think like the current grifters do. Agenda and The Message first, gameplay, story and fun a distant second.
@@zybch Except their old games are filled with messages and woke? You seem to be living in a fictional reality that they weren't woken before. Yes, the writing quality has got bad across the board in games, but wokeness has been constantly used by you types that want your politics in the game.
This sounds amazing but I learned, from years of watching Game Expos, that what they want to release and what we get are often different. Creators have a lot of great ideas but just not enough time and resources to do them all. I hope, hope, hope, this game is amazing - I am ready for another Mass Effect quality Bioware game - but I will not get my hopes too high.
My fear with Exodus is that the time travel will risk making any investment (relations.. personal or other, building if they have it, trades etc..) in the game pointless. Time travel is a hard thing to get right. In short.. I'm not a big fan of time dilation as a mechanic in games. Would be happy to be proven wrong, but I have very low expecations due to that mechanic. (And Omega Centauri is in the Milky way.. it's not its own galaxy (just in case that is something they said))
It makes me nervous that Archetype is working under WOTC (a very greedy, non-consumer friendly company now), but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Exodus. So much of the Bioware talent like James Ohlen and Drew Karpyshyn now work there. You're my only hope Archetype Entertainment, because I have zero faith in Bioware and the next Mass Effect (if Bioware survives that long).
I am really curious if Exodus is going to get the same backlash over culture war issues that Bioware & Bethesda does these days. Bioware was pretty progressive even back in the old days of Kotor & ME 1. I wouldn't be surprised if Exodus goes that way too, especially with the strong transhumanist themes in setting.
Wizards of the Coast have become the villain now, so eh. Also, Callisto Protocol was such a let down, and I really don't think anyone would call it a diamond in the rough or a hidden gem, sadly.
Drew working on this game is all I need to know. I don't even need to be cautious. His Darth Bane trilogy are the best books in the Star Wars universe, and every game story he's written has been on point.
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Sven from Larian Implied that working for/under WotC was the worst part about working on BG3.
when did he do that? i thought hasbro was the problem
Nonsesne.
@@garycannon4644 WotC belongs to Hasbro
As far as I'm aware, it's only because they have many rules and constraints regarding their world. Since this game is a new world, they likely won't have as many issues
Everyone who knows anything about WotC knows they're awful..l
Working for Wizard of the coast is not a good thing.
From EA to Wizards of the Coast. Not an upgrade there and that is pretty hard to do.
WotC is a fucking cancer.
I was assured by another TH-camr that James Ohlen, the lead on Exodus, got an official promise of non-interference from WotC before signing up. Take that for what you will. For me it gives a little hope.
why is that? what's wrong with them?
@@glowinTHX A lot. Like, way too much to go into here. Suffice it to say that they've hollowed out D&D and they've basically ruined Magic as well but that's an actually addictive product (gambling) and so people keep buying it.
Wizards of the Coast? I will set my expectations to the lowest setting and hope to be surprised.
Same. Every indication that this game has potential could be completely mitigated by WotC involvement, so I'll just forget it exists for a while and hope WotC decided to keep their hands off of it.
@@Ichthyodactyl Hopefully wotc read larian's comments and did some self-reflection
@jb8935 they will not listen. WotC Hasbro is all about maximizing their winning, doesn't matter what. They have being firing creators and writers from DnD since the OGL debacle. And are ultra pro to AI. The less humans on their processes the better.
This game might work. But just the first. The moment they start making money the greed pigs will jump in and force to make a second game ad fast as they can, with as many microtransactions as possible.
I've set my expectations to the lowest and still been disappointed, so I've begun expecting absolutely nothing. At least then if I'm disappointed I didn't waste any brainpower caring in the first place.
@@jb8935 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...ohh you poor sweet child. I wish I were still that hopeful
Be careful getting your hopes up considering they are under wizards of the coast... they are corporate vampires.
Yeah but they have very little to no oversight they are a purse in this case the devs have been very vocal and responsive to their creative freedom
better that the devil is in your face than hiding in the shadow's
That and the fact that this game is seeing gatekeeping from the exact same people that defended Biowares "latest and greatest" with permission from the devs (why even be associated if you are supposedly in a completely different company and head space) makes me wary of the overall end product.
"Wizards of the Coast" wow talk about a let down.
What do you mean? BG3 3 was awesome
@@captainfach it's great inspite of, not because of. If I remember correctly, there were some ideas of dlcs in the wind but WOTC was so bad, they just finished what was already set.
@captainfach you don't know what you're talking about. Sven wincke implied that working under WotC was the worst part of working on BG3
@@captainfach bg3 was made by larian not wotc. They just gave them licence.
If this was an established ip I would say you have a point. But bc it isn’t and WotC won’t have as many rules and stipulations.
The main character is called Jun Aslan, they are half Celestial and half Human. Their father is Orion Aslan, a legendary Traveler.
Your character is basically a prince or princess heir to the throne of your father
@@glorilol9546 Sounds like Ryder...
@sidrolf not really... Your character is closer to miranda Lawson or solid snake
In Andromeda Ryder is unlikely young hero no one expected
In exodus, Jun Aslan (your character) was artificially created with hybrid genes of your father Orion Aslan founder of the dynasty and your mother Ava who is a celestial to be the "perfect heir"... However shit happen and you were forced into exile as infant
If the tone of the game is serious and mature like they have shown and not MCU and CW level like Andromeda I have no problem
You should read of exodus it's quite interesting
With a bastard half brother who takes over your fathers kingdom
@@sidrolfthats nothing like Ryder's backstory. But the game itself is a bit like the concept for Andromeda or Starfield
Man, that Mass Effect music does hit hard. One of the most iconic music in any type of science fiction media. You heard it once and you never forget it. Don't know how much grass they had to smoke for that one lol
I know, right? It makes me want to play Mass Effect again.
it's basically Tangerine Dream. But I agree the tune is amazing.
I started Mass Effect (LE) recently and had to put it on hold because I realized in one session I didn’t have time rn. I sat down with that music in my ears and 10 minutes later it had been 6 hours.
Mass effect and deus ex have goated osts
I just started playing ME for the first time ever, and I have been so disappointed with the music. Except for the piece that plays when you get to the Citadel, the rest of the music I've heard so far genuinely sounds like soulless corporate/elevator music. It's just so bland and repetitive. Different strokes I guess.
The name Exodus is 4D levels of irony 😂😂😂😂
As a Kotor and original ME trilogy fan.....I just want Exodus to please be good.
Wizards of the Coast is not a good sign. That is a garbage company staffed by garbage people.
It's a sad time to live in where gamers have to pray to get good games these days
@@wrathfirex it's a sad and pathetic day, that speaks more about the gamer than the industry.
Man, that Mass Effect music playing in the background is like a warm blanket for my soul. Greatest trilogy of all time!
Nice video!
Halo > Mass Effect, but its close.
The best part of te Exodus lore is: all Celestials are basically just evolved humans. They just arrived millenia before you. Extremely excited for this game.
how is that the best part? Whats wrong with having aliens?
I'm looking forward to this with excited, but tempered, enthusiasm.
I cant stop looking at the KOTOR 2 box in the background....
A 20 minutes ad for a vaporware game.
I belive it when i see it.
Vaporware game owned by Wizards of the Coast, which makes it 50 times worse
The book that just came out for Exodus is amazing too, the idea for the world and the potential on offer is for sure Mass Effect level and in my opinion even better.
This universe could rival Star Wars, Dune, Mass Effect, etc without question.
Only issue I see with Exodus is the team being so small. The game might be absolutely fantastic but the big triple AAA jugernaught series like the original Mass Effect will probably take some time to build.
honestly when i watched the first big trailer i instantly thought of the Nexus / ARKs they built for Andromeda. Like Casey had this idea cooked up and then got forced off the game by EA to do anthem instead and the C or B team that took over andromeda did their own thing using his original plot ideas.
Having a small team of skilled guys with a hard work ethic is a must then. Look at the huge studios spending millions on lazy people who take forever to get anything done..and their work is still crap.
I got the book but have to wait for the right moment to go through 900 pages 😊
I personally think that a small team is a strength, not a weakness. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind had a dev team of 40 people, Oblivion had a dev team of 70 people, and for Skyrim it was about 100. Kotor 2 had a dev team of about 30 people. Dragon Age: Origins had about 180 people working on it in total, which means the core team was probably closer to 100. The Witcher 3 and BG3 both had larger dev teams, but in both cases the team started out small and only grew after all the story and concepts were pretty much done and it was time to build the game. From what I could see online, Archetype Entertainment has just over 100 people working on the game, so I would say it's in a pretty sweet spot.
@@wardeni4806 ah I could be wrong from what I saw it was under 50. I think smaller teams are good too, you just need quality people with 10x the work ethic rather than lots of alright people.
The issue with modern games is for example with things like assets and art you need tons of bodies to even get the work done.
After reading the Exodus book you realize how much potential the universe has becuase of it's grand scale.
Part of what would make the perfect game in this setting is sadly something with a Baldur's Gate 3 amount of content, because in the book all the different celestials and ideas that come to life are part of what makes it awesome, which cant realistically be done without hundreds of people working for years on stuff.
"Even if Dragon Age didn't fully deliver." Understatement of the century.
Why do i get the feeling this video wont age well?
Dude just used the word keen unironically and has now earned this subscriber for life 😂 3:00
I want to believe. I really do. But WotC isn’t a good sign. Maybe they can rise above them, like Baldur’s Gate 3 did.
Dare to hope.
I doubt it... Larian only worked with WotC due to the license... WotC OWNS Archetype Entertainment.
Favourite ex bioware staff game? Banner saga. If you haven't, get that incredible trilogy played
Cautiously optimistic is the right way to be. I went in and enjoyed Andromeda just because it was more Mass Effect but it wasn't great, replaying the games through the LE just shows how awesome the trilogy was just so fun and engaging
Please don't associate this with Bioware! If you watch one of their Q&A one of them i won't name mocked Bioware a bit.
Exodus is Exodus and is made by Archetype Entertainment! Let's all please respect that!
I've been watching you for over 5 years... I started watching you because of your BioWare content.
Looking forward to Exodus, also very interested in the group behind Wyrdsong. Need to finally get some good rpgs after BG3.
Mass Effect drew heavily from a variety of sci-fi themes and homages. While the story stood as a significant element, the game's design also reflected the game director's inclination to incorporate themes from some of his favorite movies and games.The CEO provided the team with a massive budget, granting them creative freedom-on the condition that he was incorporated into the second game in some way 🤣🤣🤣🤣 there will nver be another mass effect
Time Dilation been core part of sci fi genre for decades. Way longer then Interstellar
WotC, my goodness... that isn't even a lateral move for those employees. The stories I've read about WotC don't exactly instill confidence. Not to mention, I believe they were purchased by Hasbro some time ago. Can't imagine a scenario in which Hasbro doesn't interfere to secure their abysmal bottom line.
Dragon Age Origins was created because WoTC were too controlling when Bioware were making Neverwinter Nights, they'll get told what to make again and won't be given the freedom to choose.
According to the wiki: (About silicate) "The merging of human and silicate creates a new being, known as a daemon."
I mean, considering the fact the main antagonists seem to be theses Celestials, Celestials vs Daemons feels like a wink at DnD. It's only speculation for now but it seems kind of obvious and would explain why the devs are reticent about defining our char as a human.
Choice and consequence can be very important in terms of narrative. Imagine if you could save your gang members in RDR2
8:40 Omega Centauri isn't a galaxy, it is the biggest globular star cluster in our Milky Way galaxy. The stars there are ancient though.
I still go back to this day and play Mass effect it's what got me into Xbox and I love it
That spacecraft from your footage is probably called Normandy sr-3.
Not a bad thing. I'm a fan. 😊
I'm reading the book, it's really good. Looks like the whole lore is well thought out. It also feels slightly different than everything I've seen before, more like a mix of interesting scifi ideas. If they don't screw up the gameplay it could be a great game. I am more optimistic about Exodus than new Mass Effect.
The book this game is based on is really good. I enjoyed it and the lore. They already said they’re changing a few things from the book, but the book at least gives you a good understanding of the lore.
When I saw this game I wasn’t really looking deep at the development it was just kinda weird now I’m really excited for it hopefully we see something new at the game awards .
I'm beyond excited for Exodus. I'm about half way thru the book from Peter F. Hamilton, and it has me even more excited. I love the concept of time dilation, and I cant wait to see how they incorporate this into the game using choice and consequence. It could truely be epic. The Celeatials are ancient humans, some of the first to make the trip and have essentially evolved into something more alien. This could be epic, and I can't wait to see more.
the time dilation may just kinda remove the player too much from what is happening though.
hard to care for something millenia in the past or future.
it's essentially just the end game cinematic cut into smaller parts and given during the game rather than at the end.
This was a good meeting. I must admit to being a tad bit super hyped for this game. Its story reveals, characters and art design are tickling my imagination hard. Planning to get the book for Christmas. Having said all that I am a true "no preorder" believer before anything. A lesson learned over many years. I will wait for proof of reasonably greatness before buying.
Mattys talk about cautious optimism was what i did with starfield and MAN was that a good move
nvm guys im over the moon this sounds so good
The RPG I’m wanting to see more of in 2025 is Clockwork Revolution. Hope we get updates
This is going to be the new Mass Effect of this generation potentially
Drew wrote the best Star Wars EU trilogy ever Darth Bane. An incredible read even better audio book with Lucas art sound effects. Just had to say it.
I am optimistic about this game, however I do hope that if they find success (which I believe they will), that they'll manage to stay on track. In a lot of cases with these big games and promising studios, the first game is fantastic, but then it's the sequels that really struggle due to mounting pressure from the studio itself, from the fans, and most importantly, the money men who fund it all.
Wizards of the coast may have a different kind of evil effect than what EA has on Bioware if that makes sense. Because the more I hear about the development of veilguard the more I realise the devs lost a lot of battles to EA and wotc had to basically be sneakily outplayed by larian for BG3 to be fully realised and for it to be a consumer friendly game
Game not due till '26. They have a TON of lore laid out. And a true vision, every reason to anticipate a Banger. Imho
Matty you had to make a video about it, now the studio is closing shop lol
I love your always honest reviews and news, thanks from Denmark :D
RIP BioWare...
Are we entering the era of the Triple A Indie game?
Small devs lead by seasoned vets, bringing us AAA-level good games while the established houses struggle with their launches and DLC?
I need this game yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Kind of reminds me of the first idea I had for a battlefront sequel/spin off focused on galactic conquest. Had cloning mechanics and everything
Premise seems cool. I will keep an eye on its development. Hopefully it pans out well.
RIP Humanoid Origin studio. All eyes on Archetype now.
Give me a bunch of smaller, handcrafted maps with interesting, diverse areas over generic huge explorable planets with nothing in them any day of the week.
It's not a galaxy, it's a star cluster. The Centauri Cluster may contain about a hundred thousand stars and tens of thousands engineered habitable worlds, but that's a millionth of the total size of our galaxy. Sci-Fi fans should really get their terminology right. Also, forget Interstellar. Just read the book by Peter F Hamilton.
Oh you can just taste the mass effect DNA in it and I'm here for it
I have listened to the book that Peter F Hamilton wrote and now I am reading the physical book now and I am excited for this game, but I hope that they can pull it off.
Despite them being owned by WotC and by extension Hasbro Ent. I am still excited about this project. Just bc you work for a less then favorable company doesn’t always mean the product will be bad.
I really liked anthem. I was gutted they shut it down. It had so much potential.
WoTC is at Hasbro’s whim. The greatness of BG1-BG3 is due to the 3rd party studios creativity.
I do think they won't meddle with this game too much, however, if it becomes a big success, then they might try to stick their tentacles all over it just like EA did with BioWare after Mass Effect's success.
I wish sponsorship block was available on mobile, TH-cam could ask any price if I never had to hear " a word from our sponsor" ever again
Drew Karpyshyn is the writer of the game? im sold!! i remember reading the 3 Mass Effect book and his previous works on game are great!! dunno why Bioware dont use him for ME3 and MEA which turns out to be lackluster,.
I discovered this a couple of months ago. I'm super hyped for it. I'm still scared to get my hopes up very much for any video game these days though.
He didnt mention it but there is already a full novel out of Exodus called Exodus: The Archimedes Engine.
So many games over the years have said "don't worry, all the old developers from our old studio are working on it now" yet it has never changed the outcome. I'm not saying this game will be bad, I have no clue, but having the knowledge that some old developers are working on it too means absolutely nothing.
I don’t treat all games are like GOTY. I treat all games like concord, anthem, fallout 76. They have to prove that they aren’t trash.
@@IPlayVideoGamesAndNothingElse you have to actually play the games to tell whether or not they're trash
@@ReaperCet no i don't. concord is bad, unknown 9 is bad, dragon age Veil guard is bad, evolve is bad, anthem is bad and i played anthem. i can look at gameplay of games as well as searching for videos of multiple people saying good or bad about games to determine if a game is good or not. I also can recognize things I don't like vs things that are bad. i don't like botw or TotK but they are not bad. I don't like the entire genres of sports, racing, or BR's. I may think they are bad personally but that does not mean they are bad.
@@IPlayVideoGamesAndNothingElse you didn't say "bad" you said trash. That tends to mean that there's nothing redeeming about those games.
You can't get that information from people on the Internet, especially if they're grifting, you have to see for yourself to actually have a valid opinion. Goat simulator is a "bad" game, but there's *some* fun to be had with it and it's worth *some* amount of time and money. It's not _trash_
I can say the same about anthem, and I won't say anything about the other two, because I haven't played those games.
@@ReaperCet in gamer language the terms trash and bad are interchangeable. i pretty much only play video games and watch TH-cam videos. people that comment on video games from multiple platforms use these words to describe a game that is below average and not worth purchasing. look up lotor: Golem and you will find videos saying garbage, terrible, trash, and worst as ways to describe the game. I've never played Golem but its objectively all these things listed about it. it's a buggy mess that has clunky controls boring gameplay and terrible graphics. all of this I can see by doing research on the game instead of listening to people that say you can't judge something you haven't wasted money on.
As a new studio I think they should start with a AA title. Setup the world in the first game and then aim for AAA game next. Start small and aim big vs aim big and faceplant.
I'm more drawn in by a non-voiced character. Picking the dialogue in DA: Origins or Baldur's Gate 3 not only lets me choose what my character is going to say but why they are saying it, I get to choose the intent. With a voiced character they are never truly my character as while I can pick a dialogue option, I don't get to decide the intent behind the line.
@MrMattyPlays which dragon age should i play first? I thought Origins looked too boring and bland
Dragon age veilguard is looking pretty good, better than origins. Does it have better writing?
LOL... First thought was "Gee though, WotC isn't a good thing right now... they're getting Hasbro'd to death."
So, I'm not alone, and clearly the comments see what Matty didn't here. I'm not going to allow myself to get psyched at all over this.
Drew is an RPG writer, not a looter shooter multiplayer writer. He was forced to work on Anthem when that’s literally not the type of games he writes for. So anthem doesn’t count in history of games he’s written. He left BioWare for a reason, just like Casey did. They saw where BioWare was heading, they didn’t like the Anthem project and they left. Hell they probably don’t even like EA
Getting combined Mass Effect and Warhammer vibes. Far more excited for this then the next ME game. Sadly after andromeda, anthem and veilguard (all which actually had good combat) i no longer trust Bioware to write good characters, story or have the choice with consequence that i enjoy in an rpg.
Tempering hopes is reasonable. But the main Exodus trailer had fantastic writing within that self-contained story. For the last ~10 years--feels like storytelling has been treating the audience like we're idiots. High-level game plots have become increasingly basic with very few story developments. That one trailer showed the type of writing I've been desperately missing and I think it's a really good sign that promo materials show promising writing when that's what we're looking to this studio for.
If I was the head of Lucas films, I would hire Drew Karpyshyn (the lead writer on this game) to write a Star Wars trilogy.
Drew Karpyshyn has written some of my favorite story’s in the Star Wars universe. KoToR 1, the Revan novels and the Bane Trilogy. He was also the lead writer on Mass Effect 1 and 2.
His style is dark, yet philosophical. He not only makes you emotionally invested in the characters, but the force itself. The stories are Mysteries filled to the brim with action. He understands how to craft a compelling story that grips you from beginning to end. He understands Star Wars and its mythos while expanding on its themes in a respectful way.
Bane trilogy is one of my favorite book series of all time
Karpyshyn and Zahn should have been the lore keepers and writing directors for Disney SW from day 1. Too late for SW at this point if it remains in Disneys hands though.
@@echoesofmalachor3700 spot on.
@@TeamGames19 me too!
Drew is the main reason I am hopeful for this game. WotC better leave him alone.
I am Highly Skeptical. Too many times I've been excited for a game because it was supposedly being done by 'BioWare' people. So I now I feel 'betrayed' in some ways, and I will never trust them again.
Video starts at 4:28. Enjoy
Sssooo excited for this! ❤ No faith Bioware will do ME5 well and this looks amazing
I saw this the other day and I'm excited, signed up for their newsletter and everything. I'll keep my expectations tempered, though...I know how shady WotC is.
Are you high? The Callisto Protocol is absolutely NOT a "HiDDeN GeM" 🤣😂
Many artist are simply tired of working on the same IP style for years. They want to do something different. The same can be said for actors. It’s only natural that we try to do new and exciting projects.
Also check out Judas, the new bioshock type game from Ken Levine with some innovative sounding procedural storytelling aspects. That one looks like it could be something special even the gameplay looks very much like just modern bioshock. There’s a lot more under the hood.
I’m excited for Exodus,it looks better with each video they drop on their channel.
Looks cool
Gonna keep an eye for this.
But as usual guys, never pre order and wait for reviews AFTER release 😁
Hey that's a good point that says something about the industry, Bioware released 3 mass effect and 3 dragon age games during the 7th generation, how many games did Rockstar released during the 8th?
ONE, red dead redemption 2, and it was a masterpiece for sure but still, they preferred to milk the shit out gtav that whole time instead of creating at least another game/IP, crazy when you think about it, also aaa games take too damn long to make and sometimes all you want is a nice rounded shorter aa experience.
So..
When i was telling everyone
I don't care about next Mass Effect and Don't play DA4
But im waiting for Exodus that was Really old BioWare team's Game?
good damn man i still have some taste!
Side note they should not have given up on anthem 100% salvageable imo
Trailer was really good, they were able to deliver a story! Won my hard, but obviously sceptical for new AAA project
Im definitely interested in Exodus, but a big part of me wishes that these guys had been the ones working on the KotOR remake.
I'll have to watch out for this...but...I still weep for those of us fantasy lovers that have lost what Dragon Age Origins had given us.
Looks awesome, thanks for the deep dive.
I am sad that Casey Hudsons Humanoid studios and Macs studio closed basically together. So two sci fi games i was really interested in are basically gone now.. Exodus is the last hope for me since i dunno when/if/how Mass Effect 5 will be and come out. Hope Casey will open a new studio and tries funding with kickstarter maybe...
I just hope they focus on making a fun game first, because I'm seeing a trend with some development teams of trying to create a whole set of multi media products before they even know if their IP is any good (see Concord or Unknown 9 Awakening)
WotC is a big red flag.
Short of Sweet baby inc or similar, it's the biggest. Wotc basically has sweet baby ink baked into its DNA
You guys are such brain rot. Old BioWare games always been woke and hugely succesful
@@Henbot Revisionist nonsense. You're as dimwitted as those knuckle dragging mouth breathers on reddit that believe whatever is written there.
What was woke about KOTOR? Or original Baldur's Gate?
@@Henbot Because they once had talented writers and designers who didn't think like the current grifters do. Agenda and The Message first, gameplay, story and fun a distant second.
@@zybch Except their old games are filled with messages and woke? You seem to be living in a fictional reality that they weren't woken before. Yes, the writing quality has got bad across the board in games, but wokeness has been constantly used by you types that want your politics in the game.
Get the tie-in novel, Exodus: the Archimedes Engine by Peter F. Hamilton. Very cool world building. Great space opera.
This sounds amazing but I learned, from years of watching Game Expos, that what they want to release and what we get are often different. Creators have a lot of great ideas but just not enough time and resources to do them all. I hope, hope, hope, this game is amazing - I am ready for another Mass Effect quality Bioware game - but I will not get my hopes too high.
My fear with Exodus is that the time travel will risk making any investment (relations.. personal or other, building if they have it, trades etc..) in the game pointless. Time travel is a hard thing to get right. In short.. I'm not a big fan of time dilation as a mechanic in games. Would be happy to be proven wrong, but I have very low expecations due to that mechanic. (And Omega Centauri is in the Milky way.. it's not its own galaxy (just in case that is something they said))
It makes me nervous that Archetype is working under WOTC (a very greedy, non-consumer friendly company now), but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Exodus. So much of the Bioware talent like James Ohlen and Drew Karpyshyn now work there. You're my only hope Archetype Entertainment, because I have zero faith in Bioware and the next Mass Effect (if Bioware survives that long).
I am really curious if Exodus is going to get the same backlash over culture war issues that Bioware & Bethesda does these days. Bioware was pretty progressive even back in the old days of Kotor & ME 1. I wouldn't be surprised if Exodus goes that way too, especially with the strong transhumanist themes in setting.
Wizards of the Coast have become the villain now, so eh. Also, Callisto Protocol was such a let down, and I really don't think anyone would call it a diamond in the rough or a hidden gem, sadly.
NGL, the entire game gives me powerful Mass Effect vibes.
Drew working on this game is all I need to know. I don't even need to be cautious. His Darth Bane trilogy are the best books in the Star Wars universe, and every game story he's written has been on point.