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Next Mass Effect game will be photorealistic, departing from Dragon Age’s art style. BioWare confirms next Mass Effect game to maintain the mature tone of the original trilogy. The new game was announced in 2021 after Andromeda failure.

While BioWare is about to release its latest entry in the Dragon Age franchise in a couple of days in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the studio already has another game in the pipeline, and that’s the next entry in the Mass Effect franchise.

If you’re not a fan of The Veilguard’s art style, you’ll be glad to know that the still-untitled Mass Effect game won’t follow its footsteps in terms of visual style. BioWare Project Director Mike Gamble confirmed this over on X, where he replied to a fan that Mass Effect is going the photorealistic route as long as he’s in charge.

The Next Mass Effect Game Will Be Photorealistic

As you can see from the tweet, Gamble disagrees that Dragon Age: The Veilguard resembles “Pixar-like” graphics. While calling it Pixar in nature might be a stretch, the art style used is definitely not something you’d see in a Mass Effect game.

Continuing the Mass Effect talk, Gamble also shared that the next game in the franchise will maintain the “mature tone” of the original trilogy.

Commander Shepard and Liara from Mass Effect series

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As a long-time Mass Effect fan, a mature tone is the only way to go, and I’d wager that franchise fans wouldn’t want it any other way.

I don’t blame you if you didn’t know that a new Mass Effect game is in development. In 2021, BioWare shocked gamers with a trailer announcingthat a new Mass Effect game was in the works during N7 Day. Unfortunately, after that initial announcement, nothing much has been shared, which is understandable given the studio would want all eyes to be on its new Dragon Age game that’s set to release much sooner than the next entry in the sci-fi RPG series.

What Happened to the Mass Effect Franchise?

mass effect andromeda

While the original Mass Effect trilogy is revered as one of the best gaming trilogies of all time, all the goodwill and love disappeared after the monumental failure of Mass Effect: Andromeda. Released in 2017, the follow-up to the trilogy was both a critical and commercial failure, with many people noticing how weird the faces looked, which was never an issue with the franchise before. Since then, the franchise has been on a hiatus, with the 2021 announcement the first sign of life that EA isn’t done with the brand yet.

Given that BioWare is about to release a game in a few days, our wait for the next Mass Effect game will be long. If you’re interested in checking out Dragon Age: The Veilguard, go read our review of it, which states, “Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a compelling new entry in the series, taking the franchise in a new direction with more RPG-lite ideals.”



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