BioWare has commented on the tone and art style of the next Mass Effect game.
Ahead ofDragon Age: The Veilguard’s release on Friday, Mass Effect franchise director and executive producer Mike Gamble said he’s been contacted by lots of players asking aboutBioWare’s next big game.
“Lots of people asking me about Mass Effect now that Veilguard reviews are out, and Oct 31 is close,” he wrote onX.
“Both are from the studio, but Mass Effect is Mass Effect. How you bring a Sci Fi RPG to life is different than other genres or IPs…and has to have different kinds of love.”
Fantasy RPG The Veilguard features stylised characters and an art style inspired by Northern Renaissance paintings and Akira Kurosawa films, Dragon Age art director Matt Rhodes recently toldElectric Playground Network.
“I’m not sure I agree with the Pixar thing, but Mass Effect is photorealistic and will be as long as I’m running it”, Gamblesaidin response to a user who pleaded with BioWare not to explore a new visual style for the sci-fi series.
“Regarding tone questions: Mass Effect will maintain the mature tone of the original Trilogy,” he added. “This is all I’m gonna say for now.”
BioWare firstrevealed it was working on a new Mass Effectgame in November 2020 with the release of a teaser trailer.
Later that year, it said a number of Mass Effect trilogy veterans hadreturned to work on the next entry in the series.
And in July 2022 it confirmed that veteran narrative director Mary DeMarle, the writer behind the modern Deus Ex games,had joined the studioto helm the story for the next Mass Effect.
BioWare ownerEAsaid last March that the studio’s Mass Effect team wasassisting with Dragon Age: The Veilguard development, while a smallcore group led by Gamble continued pre-production workon the next entry in the sci-fi series.
It’s been claimed that the next Mass Effect gamemight not be released until 2029 or later.
