ECCC 13: Dark Horse Annouces MASS EFFECT: FOUNDATION Comic

I'm surprised this isn't going to be published by DC. They would be more than glad to change the ending if it doesn't do well enough.

The previous comics have been meh but I'm a huge mass effect fanboy so I'm still looking forward to this.

@c2thaj: I agree. The other comics have been 'okay.' But the idea of an ongoing does seem more appealing. The miniseries, because they were shorter, seemed to fast and a little lacking on details. Hopefully this will allow stories and characters to be fleshed out more.

@sledgemeyers: They didnt change the ending, they just took the terrible original and tried to resolve some of the plot holes, they did succeed but the ending is still a piece of crap that makes no sense and is still terribly contrived.

YAY!

...that is all

Only care if woman Miranda.

I'll read this only because I want to see how they handle an ongoing.

@G-Man: Have they announced who the artist will be

Hmmm interesting.

Sarah williams perhaps.

From the writer of the ending of Mass Effect 3!

If this is the guy who wrote the ending for Mass Effect 3, I'm definitely going to pass. What a f'd up piece of garbage that ending was. Take a great series and end up with a Deus Ex Machina that doesn't even jive with it's own set of reality principles, and strand everyone in the galaxy in the Sol/Terra solar system, with no method of feeding half of the aliens there (Due to left chirality protein synthesis). What a bafoon.

http://www.gamefront.com/mass-effect-3-ending-hatred-5-reasons-the-fans-are-right/

I could always use some more Mass Effect. I'm not complaining.

@sturmritter: Preach it brotha!

@SNascimento: I like this man's thinking

@sturmritter:

It was Casey Hudson who came up with the craptastic ending.

The ending of ME3 absolutely SUCKED but ME1 through most of ME3 is my favorite Sci Fi franchise so I'll check this out. Also Mac Walters didn't decide on the ending himself, Casey Hudson ran the show over there and EA rushed it out the door.

@dondave: Omar Francia is doing the art for the series.

Will give these a read, but not thrilled about it having the same mediocre artist as most of the other comics. And still complaining about the ending? Really? It's been a year.

I may have missed it somewhere, but the big question is whether this is set pre or post ME3.

@zombiesatemycereal said:

And still complaining about the ending? Really? It's been a year.

Exactly.

@spinningbirdcake: Thanks

@sturmritter: Seriously? I can't stand people like you. You're literally complaining about the ending a year later, and you haven't even played the Extended Cut which fixes almost all of the plot-holes. No one would be stuck in the Sol system. The Extended Cut made it clear that the Mass Effect relays were damaged, not destroyed. It even shows them being repaired by the Reapers if you chose the Control ending. Educate yourself before you make baseless claims like that.

@SmashBrawler said:

@zombiesatemycereal said:

And still complaining about the ending? Really? It's been a year.

Exactly.

Thank you! I love it when people are rational on the internet. The Mass Effect franchise is one of the greatest in gaming history. Whether you like the ending or not, people need to accept it for what it is and move on. It shouldn't affect their opinions' of the games at all.

@JakeN7: It's like bringing up the prequels every single time someone talks about Star Wars.

@SmashBrawler said:

@JakeN7: It's like bringing up the prequels every single time someone talks about Star Wars.

Definitely, except that the prequels were half of all the Star Wars movies, whereas the Mass Effect 3 ending was the last ten minutes of 1/3 of all the Mass Effect games. Yet somehow it's complained about just as hard...

@JakeN7 said:

@SmashBrawler said:

@JakeN7: It's like bringing up the prequels every single time someone talks about Star Wars.

Definitely, except that the prequels were half of all the Star Wars movies, whereas the Mass Effect 3 ending was the last ten minutes of 1/3 of all the Mass Effect games. Yet somehow it's complained about just as hard...

Actually, if we do a fair comparison, I think people bring up the ending way more than Star Wars fans bring up Jar Jar Binks or midi-chlorians.

@SmashBrawler said:

@JakeN7 said:

@SmashBrawler said:

@JakeN7: It's like bringing up the prequels every single time someone talks about Star Wars.

Definitely, except that the prequels were half of all the Star Wars movies, whereas the Mass Effect 3 ending was the last ten minutes of 1/3 of all the Mass Effect games. Yet somehow it's complained about just as hard...

Actually, if we do a fair comparison, I think people bring up the ending way more than Star Wars fans bring up Jar Jar Binks or midi-chlorians.

Yeah, you're probably right. I'm always surprised when I read an article relating to anything Mass Effect and 3's ending isn't brought up. It's a real shame. I mean when I finished it, it left me feeling really hollow and unsatisfied and raised a lot of questions, but I didn't think it was the worst ending ever. Besides, I got complete closure with the Extended Cut ending because it changed way more than I thought it would, and it answered almost all of my questions. I wish everybody could just get over it at this point.

The other Mass Effect comics have been pretty meh but I love this series so I'll probably check this one out anyway

@JakeN7 said:

@SmashBrawler said:

@JakeN7 said:

@SmashBrawler said:

@JakeN7: It's like bringing up the prequels every single time someone talks about Star Wars.

Definitely, except that the prequels were half of all the Star Wars movies, whereas the Mass Effect 3 ending was the last ten minutes of 1/3 of all the Mass Effect games. Yet somehow it's complained about just as hard...

Actually, if we do a fair comparison, I think people bring up the ending way more than Star Wars fans bring up Jar Jar Binks or midi-chlorians.

Yeah, you're probably right. I'm always surprised when I read an article relating to anything Mass Effect and 3's ending isn't brought up. It's a real shame. I mean when I finished it, it left me feeling really hollow and unsatisfied and raised a lot of questions, but I didn't think it was the worst ending ever. Besides, I got complete closure with the Extended Cut ending because it changed way more than I thought it would, and it answered almost all of my questions. I wish everybody could just get over it at this point.

Yup, wish people could just move on and hope for a better game next time, because that's all that matters now.

@sledgemeyers:

If DC made Mass Effect comics they'd retcon the universe and screw up anyone people liked.

@c2thaj: Casey Hudson was the project manager. He "Approved" the Craptastic Ending, but he did not write it.

@JakeN7: Ya, I'm still complaining about the ORIGINAL ending. And ya, I'll complain about the extended ending too, if you want me to.

It was, as others succintly put it, "CRAPTASTIC". I merely called it f'n garbage. I downloaded the "Extended ending" and ya, they redo the ending to "Explain" why the ORIGINAL ending was as CRAPTASTIC as it was.

I'm not dissing the game, I loved the game. I hated how it ended.

Here are some statistics:

Mass Effect 1 Replays: 27 times. YES … that's TWENTY SEVEN REPLAYS for the 1st game.

Mass Effect 2 Replays: 15 times.

Mass Effect 3 Replays (Only after extended ending): 1

That tells you something, doesn't it? THE ENDING SUCKED even with the "Extended repair duct tape" ending.

It also means that the whole series, of which I put somewhere between a month to 2 months of my entertainment, real life time, into engaging a wonderful story, and then to have it crash down with a a CRAPTASTIC ending, ya. I'm still bitter. Do you really hate guys who think that if Bioware had simply taken another month to do the ending right the first time? If Mac Walters and Casey Hudson had simply taken some time to do it correctly, then perhaps it wouldn't have been an issue.

So, ya, when it comes to Mac Walters and this Foundation story, I have issues with his ability to properly deliver a story. Seriously, the one who seems to have not given up Mass Effect is the guy with N7 in his handle. Go figure.

@sturmritter said:

@JakeN7: Ya, I'm still complaining about the ORIGINAL ending. And ya, I'll complain about the extended ending too, if you want me to.

It was, as others succintly put it, "CRAPTASTIC". I merely called it f'n garbage. I downloaded the "Extended ending" and ya, they redo the ending to "Explain" why the ORIGINAL ending was as CRAPTASTIC as it was.

I'm not dissing the game, I loved the game. I hated how it ended.

Here are some statistics:

Mass Effect 1 Replays: 27 times. YES … that's TWENTY SEVEN REPLAYS for the 1st game.

Mass Effect 2 Replays: 15 times.

Mass Effect 3 Replays (Only after extended ending): 1

That tells you something, doesn't it?

Yes, that tells me youre still bitching about a game that came out more than a year ago and you should find something better to do with your life

@Stormbox said:

@sturmritter said:

Yes, that tells me youre still bitching about a game that came out more than a year ago and you should find something better to do with your life

Oh, bazinga!

@Stormbox

Let me reiterate. The point of this thread has to do with Mac Walters, and his ability to tell a story. His past performance in Mass Effect was fine, except with a terrible ending. I'm not still bitching about the game, I'm bitching about the game's ending as it relates to a potentially awful story in this ongoing series. I am not enthused by the possibility of having great story suddenly get torpedoed. So go ahead and tell me I don't have a life, and whatever. Your opinion is as valid as mine. But if you think that posting on this thread is a waste, and that one should find better things to do with their lives, then I'd take a look in the mirror, because you're here posting a response to my view. Shouldn't you be finding something better to do?

@sturmritter said:

@JakeN7: Seriously, the one who seems to have not given up Mass Effect is the guy with N7 in his handle. Go figure.

At least you've got that part right. It's still my favorite video game franchise of all time. That didn't change because of an unsatisfying conclusion to the third game. I even went and bought my Microsoft Points today so I could download the very last piece of Mass Effect 3 DLC (Citadel) which releases this Tuesday. I have every single achievement on it, and I want to keep it that way.

Maybe you could tell me specifically what sucked about the "Extended repair duct tape" ending. While you're at it, maybe you'd enlighten us with what your ideal ending is. I'm sure you could write a better one than the professionals that do it for a living (especially when they're attempt was so..."CRAPTASTIC.")

Yeeaaa, its extremely out of line to complain about complainers or say those who have a negative reaction have no life or whatever, what a toolish thing to say. This article directly relates to the writer of ME and the original ending deserves praise and critique in this article because no matter what this comic will a) lead up to the events of the ending or b) take place after the ending. Mass Effect IS the Reapers and their galactic purges, the end of ME3 is the conclusion of our time's battle against the Reaper cycle. Bioware may boast about all their perfect scores (bought and paid for, I have no more respect for IGN) but ME3 was no where close to perfect even with the Extended Cut and one way or another the ME games are the source material for this comic and should be brought up. Just because some fans put their heads in the sand regarding the quality of ME3's ending doesn't mean everyone has to. I own every single ME add-on and DLC, as well as every comic, I will be checking out this ongoing based on the quality of ME1 though 99% of ME3.

@ptigrusmagus: Well said. Though I am still leary of the possibility of an unexpected torpedo hit from the writers, so I will be avoid unless the artwork really stands out.

@sturmritter said:

But if you think that posting on this thread is a waste, and that one should find better things to do with their lives, then I'd take a look in the mirror, because you're here posting a response to my view. Shouldn't you be finding something better to do?

Posting a response in the internet takes me like 3 seconds, so.... no

@ptigrusmagus said:

Yeeaaa, its extremely out of line to complain about complainers or say those who have a negative reaction have no life or whatever, what a toolish thing to say

Go the bioware forums, look at most of the posters then come back and tell me im a tool with a straight face

Oh boy! BioWare! Wait.. it's 2013, not 2003.

Nice! Not really a Mass Effect fan here but this looks like it will be great!

I'm looking forward to this cause it seems like a sheperd free on going and could develope the mass effect universe

What will this series be about? That's still a secret to be announced. It is said to feature a "strong female character."

Always nervous when I see those words.

@sledgemeyers: None of the Mass Effect comics are made by DC, and DC wouldn't be able to change the ending....