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A Great read over at io9: Why Mass Effect is the Most Important Science Fiction Universe of Our Generation
Mass Effect is epic. It's the product of the best parts of Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica and more with a protagonist who could be the love-child of Picard, Skywalker, and Starbuck. It's one of the most important pieces of science fiction narrative of our generation. Mass Effect goes so far beyond other fictional universes in ways that you may not have yet realized.
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2/22/12 9:22:29 PM#2
Sounds like a comercial to me AMD Phenum II x4 3.6Ghz 975 black edition |
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2/22/12 9:29:42 PM#3
I am not very familiar with the Star Trek universe except for two movies and about 3 dozens of Next Generation episodes and I know that the Star Wars universe it's quite known but to me it's quite obvious that the Star Wars universe it's nothing compared to Dune for example. Yes, SW is appealing, the sides are very clear, it has a gazillion planets and races but when it comes to depth it's pretty shallow. But then again, so are most of the succesful movies, music, games etc. |
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2/22/12 9:45:39 PM#4
The article is perhaps a little overdone, but it's a good read. And it outlines a lot of the reasons I find the ME universe more interesting than the more sterile-feeling Star Trek/Wars ones. As aluded to, if you had H.P. Lovecraft go and do a futuristic sci-fi, you could imagine some of these elements showing up. A Modest Proposal for MMORPGs: |
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2/22/12 9:53:08 PM#5
I started hammering away a diatribe of a post explaining why I think the author of this article isn't a reader, and subsequently spent around thirty minutes searching the internet to find the books I was certain existed which were clearly better stories than Mass Effect. Long story short, I think he's probably right. This generation's science-fiction literature has been relatively shit, and ME looks great in comparison. Still, I feel like the people writing for Bioware are incapable of producing something more than what I would equate a dime store novel. "This is life! We suffer and slave and expire. That's it!" -Bernard Black (Dylan Moran) |
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My reasoning would be there's more attempt at science in this one than star wars and there's an attempt at less tropes than star trek. For sure, there is a lot of sci-fi literature that is likely "harder" sci-fi or more exceptional plots etc but for a mainstream Universe-Building... boy done good esp. the genetic references + reapers. |
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CujoSWAoA
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"Pablo Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth." |
2/29/12 4:38:54 PM#7
Sorry, but next to Firefly, Mass Effect is a steaming heap of shit. |
Originally posted by CujoSWAoA Succinct. I'll look into this IP, I've been aware of it but not really paid it attention. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space
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2/29/12 5:03:04 PM#9
I dunno, I never met a ME fan as dedicated as trekkies or star wars fans. |
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2/29/12 5:35:25 PM#10
Ah, yes, I read that article not that long ago. When it comes to hardcore scifi, I think that Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space universe is top of the bill. The Mass Effect universe is in the top as well, I think. Personally I find it better than the SW/Star Trek universe, but then again, I prefer Bablyon 5 above those 2 franchises. Serenity and Firefly I find awesome, but they're only great because of Joss Whedon's stellar wit and smart writing, the universe in itself is a 'scifi westernised' version of 19th century post-Civil War era, kinda meh actually, only Whedon could make something more of such setting. Mass Effect universe in itself easily beats the Serenity universe setting, although admittedly when it comes to high and grand scifi ideas, Reynolds' Revelation Space beats most others (although Dan Simmons' Hyperion saga or Tad Williams' Otherland is hard to beat as well).
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2/29/12 5:36:56 PM#11
Originally posted by Loke666 Give it a few years and an MMO. Never met anyone who was a huge Warcraft fan until WoW came out. |
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2/29/12 5:41:21 PM#12
No more so than Halo was.  |
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2/29/12 5:45:13 PM#13
The Uplift universe by David Brin. Single best Sci-Fi universe ever. Go check out the books, 6 in the series. I'd say the 2nd is the best. Everything creates huge amounts of negativity on the internet, that's what the internet is for: Negativity, porn and lolcats. |
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2/29/12 5:47:11 PM#14
Isn't Mass Effect kind of based on Babylon 5? Anyway, what does our generation entail anyway? I found the movie 2001 more profound than the Mass Effect games personally but I'm not sure that movie would fit into this discussion. |
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2/29/12 5:49:46 PM#15
Originally posted by Majinash I raise you Neal Asher's Polity. There is NO miracle patch. 95% of what you see in beta won't change by launch. Hope is not a stategy. |
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2/29/12 5:49:53 PM#16
which generation ? you have at minimium of 5 generations using this forum |
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2/29/12 5:52:31 PM#17
I enjoy the Sage of the Seven Suns universe alot more then the Mass Effect one.  |
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2/29/12 5:54:15 PM#18
Originally posted by Leethe I've never even heard of Neal Asher, please expand. Everything creates huge amounts of negativity on the internet, that's what the internet is for: Negativity, porn and lolcats. |
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2/29/12 5:54:22 PM#19
Generation of 2000? |
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2/29/12 5:56:21 PM#20
I would say that Warhammer 40k is much richer that ME. The last decade has seen a great deal of new products associated with the Warhammer lore including tabletop games, paper rpgs, an animated movie, several games, a magazine and more. The books from the Horus Heresy alone offer a far richer sci-fi universe that every ME product combined.
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Someone pointed out Alastair Reynold's
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