Pretend I Sent This on N7 Day
Electronic Arts decided the cycle of large companies acquiring assets, failing to handle them properly, and shutting them down for the bottom line would continue:
The news crushed me. I loved, and still love, Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect. I still have Dragon Age in my backlog. Mass Effect holds a special place in my heart because it drove my most successful fundraising years. Those streams kept me sane during COVID lockdowns.
Mass Effect Mondays will return...at some point. This time around, I'm doing it differently.
The thing I love about Mass Effect is how radically different every game play can be. Donations drove some really unexpected results, and some of them absolutely crushing.
I want to explore more about the massive amount of possibilities BioWare laid out. I want donors to create chaos. I want folks to tune in because none of us know what will happen.
We're going random, y'all.
I'm still working on mechanics, but here's the general idea:
- Character class & profile determined by dice roll
- Character look likely created via dice roll (I need to check into options)
- Every chat option and major decision is a dice roll.
- Donations affect the weight of Paragon/Neutral/Renegade choices.
- Donations affect the weight of relationship choices/dialogues
- Party selected by dice roll
In short, nothing is guaranteed. I have absolutely how this will turn out, but I'm excited to see what kind of chaos this will bring.
Lets get back to the Normandy, y'all. The cycle must be stopped.
