Mass Effect: Why it is great that the new part relies on the Unreal Engine

Mass Effect: Andromeda is a title created by BioWare as well as published by Electronic Arts. It is the fourth video game of the Saga Mass Effect yet independent of the initial trilogy. He went on sale in 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 as well as Xbox One platforms. It was formally revealed on June 15, 2015, during the Electronic Arts press conference, in the E3 of that same year.

The mass effect trilogy and accordingly also The last published Legendary Edition all put on the Unreal Engine 3 — accordingly, the developers knew their best and knew what they (not). But with Mass Effect: Andromeda came to change: The most recent mass-effect game was developed with the in-house frostbite engine of Electronic Arts. According to developer statements, the engine change has been one of the causes of the problems of Andromeda. The team stumbled not only with the surrounds on the unknown engine, but also with restrictions of frostbite, if it went about card size, the infamous animations or storage systems. (via gamer)

Bye, Frostbite: Mass Effect again in Unreal Engine

With this knowledge, it is no longer surprising that fans are stopping when bioware is looking for programmers to have experience with Unreal Engine 4 or 5 to work closest Effect. This back to the roots speaks that those responsible have learned from the Andromeda debacle and the Unreal Engine is simply better suited for the space adventure. A Mass Effect 5 in the Unreal Engine 5 sounds promising — just demonstrated the playable engine demo The Matrix: Awakens the Power of UE5:

Dragon Age continues to set frostbite

Incidentally, this trend does not apply to Dragon Age: The third part Inquisition was also the first frostbite game of the series, but it suffered significantly less than Andromeda — although there had been problems that the Battlefield Engine had an action role-playing game in more open To elicit world. The upcoming Dragon Age 4 will rely on the frostbite engine again. Dragon Age Inquisition looked significantly better than the two predecessor games. Source: frostbite engine Nevertheless, there will also be a return to the roots, it will not give multiplayer components as in Inquisition, Andromeda and Me3. Originally, there were rumors that Da4 would rely heavily on these online elements. But the developers have got green light to design a full-fledged single-player experience.

Do you hope that the next part of Mass Effect will be more fun again than Andromeda? Would you like the youngest mass effect game despite his quirks? Betrays us your opinion in the comment area!

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