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Gwynne Dixon
12/03/2008
BioWare's General Manager, Greg Zeschuk, talks about possible new features for Mass Effect 2...
Greg Zeschuk (BioWare's General Manager) has spoken about how BioWare is improving the Mass Effect formula for the rest of the series' planned trilogy.
Most interestingly, Zeschuk talked about gameplay features that BioWare is looking at which will build on the side-mission structure of the first game. He told MTV's Multiplayer blog:
"Mass Effect was specifically designed so there was kind of a straight shot of really intense story down the middle. And then, on the sides, we almost had supporting casts - and those were the planets you could explore."
Zeschuk continued, "One of the things we're looking at for sequels and some of our other games is better technical ways, smarter ways to auto-generate content, to create stuff that seems richer to the player. Another thing we're looking at - again not specific to one game, but just generally - is a way of tying those additional moments back into the story: whether it's having to gather certain things for those other planets, kind of making them more central to the story but making sure that they're still the supporting cast."
He also spoke about the advantages of having Mass Effect's solid foundations already laid out for the sequels, allowing the developers to make significant strides forward for Mass Effect games to come:
"We look at Mass Effect 2 as incredibly exciting. Just the amount of effort and knowledge and know-how that went into building the technology for the first one is huge, and [we now have] the chance to actually make things a little bit richer.
"We look into BioWare's history and we're really aiming for what happened with Baldur's Gate II compared to what happened with Baldur's Gate one. Baldur's Gate one - extremely solid game, huge impact on the industry. But with Baldur's Gate II we just took it to a whole new level. And I think that's what we're excited about with Mass."
