Would a Mass Effect RTS Work?

[Baconmonster723]

Its times like this that i wish i had the power to reach through my monitor & slap people who suggest turning great games into RTS's. Don't you people get it yet... RTS's are not good. I'm sorry if you really love RTS's you are probably somebody really boring though.

Yeah I wear a suit and tie and plan my strategies using paper from my briefcase.

Clearly someone never played Starcraft...... Damn you Blizzard and making great games I still play 11 years after they come out. (Starcraft is still in the top ten for computer game sales most months, this after coming out in 1998). But yeah, most RTS's are unbalanced pieces of garbage.

 

[Grey_Focks]

meh, I see not point in it. Just make your own Alliance, Geth, Turrian and Collector races in GalCiv2 or some such game. Really no reason for it's own game.

 

[A13X T3h NubCak3]

NO Dreadful idea

 

[Chemoth91]

How on earth could this work? Someone explain to me how, and then I'll reconsider, otherwise Just.. Noooooooooo.
Leave it as it is, maybe cut down the cutscenes so they're not half hour long -.-

 

[Internet Kraken]

Mass Effect can't be an RTS because of the established backstory. The majority of the aliens are at peace with each other, or at least have no interest in blowing each other up. You'd have to come up with an explanation for all these races suddenly deciding to wage war on everything in the galaxy. This isn't Warhammer 40,000.

That being said, if by some miracle they actually created a good explanation for everyone going kill-crazy, then I'd be all for it. Once you get rid of those pesky alliances there really isn't any reason Mass Effect couldn't be an RTS. The potentially certainly exists. But of course, the backstory to Mass Effect is actually important so we can't just butcher it to make an RTS.

The only type of Mass Effect I can imagine ever being made is one similar to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2's single player campaign. You manage a small squad of soldiers as they lead a campaign against the criminal scum of the terminus system. But that certainly wouldn't involve the big epic battles most people would imagine. Killing Batarian slavers wouldn't be nearly as satisfying as, say, leading an army of Geth into a Quarian stronghold.

 

[aarontg]

Accually I think it could.

 

[David Bray]

I think it could, there could be the different races such as the Alliance, Turians, Salarians, Geth etc, with space combat and ground combat. Would be fun to customize ships and your own fleet, maybe a bit of base building. It would be PC only, so it isn't ruined by console limitations when it comes to RTS. What do you think?

I don't think RTS because it's mostly small skirmish, but a space sim like Freelancer with Turian vessels. Maybe pick your race, allegiance. Upgradables.

Sign me up.

*Cough* on 360 *cough*

 

[Liberaliter]

Mass Effect can't be an RTS because of the established backstory. The majority of the aliens are at peace with each other, or at least have no interest in blowing each other up. You'd have to come up with an explanation for all these races suddenly deciding to wage war on everything in the galaxy. This isn't Warhammer 40,000.

That being said, if by some miracle they actually created a good explanation for everyone going kill-crazy, then I'd be all for it. Once you get rid of those pesky alliances there really isn't any reason Mass Effect couldn't be an RTS. The potentially certainly exists. But of course, the backstory to Mass Effect is actually important so we can't just butcher it to make an RTS.

The only type of Mass Effect I can imagine ever being made is one similar to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2's single player campaign. You manage a small squad of soldiers as they lead a campaign against the criminal scum of the terminus system. But that certainly wouldn't involve the big epic battles most people would imagine. Killing Batarian slavers wouldn't be nearly as satisfying as, say, leading an army of Geth into a Quarian stronghold.

I never said anything about all the races going kill crazy, there could be a war with the terminus systems, or the geth, or whatever the enemies are in ME2 (haven't played yet).

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Just think of Halo Wars, and how welly it did.

So, in short, no.

 

[Internet Kraken]

Mass Effect can't be an RTS because of the established backstory. The majority of the aliens are at peace with each other, or at least have no interest in blowing each other up. You'd have to come up with an explanation for all these races suddenly deciding to wage war on everything in the galaxy. This isn't Warhammer 40,000.

That being said, if by some miracle they actually created a good explanation for everyone going kill-crazy, then I'd be all for it. Once you get rid of those pesky alliances there really isn't any reason Mass Effect couldn't be an RTS. The potentially certainly exists. But of course, the backstory to Mass Effect is actually important so we can't just butcher it to make an RTS.

The only type of Mass Effect I can imagine ever being made is one similar to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2's single player campaign. You manage a small squad of soldiers as they lead a campaign against the criminal scum of the terminus system. But that certainly wouldn't involve the big epic battles most people would imagine. Killing Batarian slavers wouldn't be nearly as satisfying as, say, leading an army of Geth into a Quarian stronghold.

I never said anything about all the races going kill crazy, there could be a war with the terminus systems, or the geth, or whatever the enemies are in ME2 (haven't played yet).

Yeah but that's really the only way an RTS would work. People want to play as different factions with unique abilities. They don't want to always fight the same enemies over and over again. That's the problem with a Mass Effect RTS. If the game's big bad was just the Geth (no longer a viable option though), you would spend the entire game fighting Geth. It would get dull and would just feel like wasted potential.

 

[hudsonzero]

RTS that just happens to take place in the same universe as Mass Effect".

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i think thats what he ment

 

[squid5580]

How on earth could this work? Someone explain to me how, and then I'll reconsider, otherwise Just.. Noooooooooo.
Leave it as it is, maybe cut down the cutscenes so they're not half hour long -.-

Easy throughout ME1 there is reference after reference about this war and that war. Krogans, Arachni, Proteans, Geth, Quarians and Turians. There you got 6 different races with their own unique abilities. And I missed the Salerians so that is 7. And Baterians so there is 8. Now you can't tell me that it wouldn't work as an RTS. It would have to take place sometime in the past in reference to the original story of ME 1 & 2. And I don't think there could be 1 single story to it either. You know none of this one squad kicks everyone's ass. But would work more like a history lesson. Maybe even go with the whole ME choices feel of it. Say you decide to play on the Arachni side well that could influence the rest of your future campaigns since the Arachni would win (since you are controlling them)giving us an alternate timeline type deal.

 

[Axolotl]

Bioware was formed from Black Isle.

Bioware was formed a year before Black Isle. Obsidian was formed of Black Isle employees.

 

[AngloDoom]

Why would you want to?

Mass Effect excels where it is now, plopping it down into another genre for the sake of screwing more money out of a fanbase (we all know what I mean) isn't going to necessarily make a high-quality game. If they continued with more Mass Effect games in the same context and playstyle, however, they would.

 

[Alavar91]

It would be interesting to see, would have to start-out as a kind of alternate mode on ME2 first in my opinion to see what the general consensus of players thought about it. No point making it if there is no market eh?

I'd personally give it a go though

 

[Wayno]

If you want to see it fail, sure.