Owlcat welcome Mass Effect comparisons with their Expanse RPG, but say they're approaching choice and consequence "differently"

No bully cop, punchy bull binaries by the dependable of it

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn has attracted a just fewer Mass Effect comparisons for its sci-fi squad combat and romanceable companions since its announcement past month. Not slightest from developers Owlcat themselves, who've namechecked the "iconic" RPGs arsenic inspirations. In a caller interrogation with Polygon, originative manager Alexander Mishulin said he's humbled, but that Osiris Reborn besides has its ain attack to choice, consequence, and storytelling that's a spot antithetic from Bioware's sci-fi trilogy and besides the different 1 (Andromeda was really beauteous coagulated though).

"Some [people] get into the manufacture of making games due to the fact that they saw [Mass Effect] and were inspired. So it would beryllium intolerable to contradict that Mass Effect had a batch of interaction connected america arsenic crippled developers," Mishulin told Polygon. “On the different hand, it’s an Owlcat Games crippled and it’s antithetic successful galore ways. We marque our communicative a small spot differently. We’re making much choices and consequences, and we privation to marque definite that this crippled inactive has a batch of them provided with a batch of agency.”

Which I take to construe arsenic him precise diplomatically calling Mass Effect's morality strategy a spot naff, astatine slightest successful examination to the CRPG lineage Owlcat are utilized to moving with successful games similar Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Warty Thou: Rogue Trader. Which, fair, but besides choices similar "do the horrible Genophage and annoy your champion Krogan mates oregon don't bash that" felt monumental astatine the time.

"If you hap to beryllium playing a quality of Mars root oregon Earth root — and you volition beryllium capable to prime your root from the commencement — you volition not beryllium precise welcomed connected Ceres due to the fact that of those events," Mishulin offers arsenic an illustration of however your character's inheritance volition acceptable the signifier for aboriginal encounters. But if you're playing arsenic a Belter successful the aforesaid situation, there'll much "opportunities, much places to visit, astir apt immoderate caller broadside quests and everything".

Owlcat aren't "modernising" Mass Effect, Mishulin goes connected to say, "just making a crippled successful the aforesaid genre but with each the modern trappings."