Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster Incoming?
In a recent interview at Gamescom 2016 with Mike Futter of Game Informer, Patrick Soderlund, EA Studios’ Executive Vice President wouldn’t come right out and say that a Mass Effect Trilogy remaster was on the way but he left the door wide open for speculation. As one of the only publishers left to jump on the remasters bandwagon this generation it not only seems like the time is right but from the sounds of it EA truly believes that the market is strong for these types of games too… if they’re done well.
While in years past Soderlund had made comments about EA looking ahead rather than backwards it looks like the company has been considering an about-face on that sentiment. In Soderlund’s interview with Futter he spoke about the public’s desire for remasters and where EA might stand on the issue.
Mike Futter: One of the things I asked you last year when we sat down at E3 was about Mass Effect. At the time, there were two publishers that hadn’t really dipped into the remaster world: you and Activision. Activision has since released a number of remasters or ports, and now they are working on a full-on remaster for MW. Revisiting this as the last man standing on remasters, has anything changed? Like a Mass Effect trilogy remaster?
Soderlund: What’s changed is that there is proof in the market that people want it, maybe more than there was when we spoke. There were some that did it before, but I think there is even more clear evidence that this is something that people really want. The honest answer is that we are absolutely actively looking at it. I can’t announce anything today, but you can expect us most likely to follow our fellow partners in Activision and other companies that have done this successfully.
Seeing as Mass Effect Andromeda is incoming and that fan demand for the Mass Effect Trilogy remasters has been high, it’s not hard to see why EA would consider making the leap. It isn’t something they go into lightly, however, with every precaution being taken to do it well.
“We have to be careful in choosing the right brands for the right reasons at the right time. A remaster is something that you can just do or do it really well. I want to make sure that if we were to do it, we would do it really well and that people feel that it’s the same game but it feels so much better in this new shape and form. There have been titles that have come out that have done it really well, and there have been others that maybe haven’t done it so well. We just want to make sure that we stay in the ‘done it really well’ camp.”
What’s your take, readers? Would you like to see the Mass Effect Trilogy hit the current gen? Would you play it? Let us know in the comments below!