Respect The Hustle: Looks Like We Aren’t Getting That Mass Effect Remaster After All

A couple of things are guaranteed when a next generation console launches: Wait for at least the second Madden because the first one always sucks. And all your favorite games that launched last generation that had more than one game in the series is getting a re-master. Its science, yo. And why not? Provided that the developers actually take their time (*cough* Halo-couldn’t-even-play-the-gotdamn-campaign-offline *cough*) you get a guaranteed hit of a game, beautifully rendered for the next gen hardware. People that never got to play the game get the best version of it. People that loved the game and jumped up to the new console will probably buy it again because ya know, MORE OF THAT SHIT WE LOVE EXCEPT EVEN BETTER. Developer makes some more money off improving but not necessarily creating something. Win-Win… …mostly. Its also a money grab. Not to underestimate the work that goes into a remaster, but it’s not the years of labor and risk that is creating a new IP. It also serves as an incentive to NOT create new properties, seeing as you have a lot or all of your development team working on an already developed game. Again, a lot of hard work involved, but a lot less risk and more guaranteed capital. Which is why Peter Moore’s comments from EA Games are so surprising when he says that Mass Effect, one of the most successful video game trilogies of all time, is not being primed for a remaster on current gen hardware. In a completely subjective statement, I would say that M…