Announced at The Game Awards, Exodus, from developer Archetype Entertainment, caught the eye of many RPG fans desperate for anything that remotely resembles the original Mass Effect trilogy. That's no accident; Archetype boasts some of BioWare's most storied talent, people responsible for games like Baldur's Gate I & II, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Dragon Age: Origins. Oh, and Matthew McConaughey is in it.
The ever-reliable Shinobi602 compiled an excellent primer on the lore of Exodus over on Twitter, summarising the timeline and bringing us up to seed. Archetype has produced a fantastic series of videos, setting the scene and the tone (extremely bleak) of the story to come.
Forty thousand years ago, humanity was forced to abandon a dying Earth for a new home amongst the stars. They found one in the Centauri system in massive, interstellar arks, where the pecking order vastly differs. On the verge of extinction, humanity struggles for survival in a cold and hostile galaxy.
James Ohlen heads the studio, which was founded four years ago in 2019, and Exodus will be the studio's debut. Ohlen was previously BioWare's senior creative director, where he worked for 22 years. He left in 2018 and opened Archetype with Wizards of the Coast's assistance to develop a new IP.
Chad Robertson serves as general manager and was formerly the studio director of BioWare Austin. Drew Karpeshyn, lead writer on Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, is also on board, and he said of the energy at the studio: "With Archetype, my passion has been rekindled. The feel in the studio reminds me of my early days at BioWare; I can feel the magic in the air."
What do you think of Exodus and the team assembled at Archetype Entertainment? Find a new home in the comments section below.
[source exodusgame.com, via twitter.com]
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I'll take a spiritual successor to Mass Effect 1+2, especially if it has the same narrative bones.
Cool Matthew is the lead character that's refreshing I knew these guys had their heads screwed on were getting a great game here no box ticking thanks guys you got my money. Ah hahaha 🤣 just saw the video 🤦 hey the Klingons kept live targ on their ships.
I think exodus will be very popular and get a whole flock of fans, like mass effect has. Watching with interest.
Reading through their website, interesting lore and world building, and love how they’re introducing it. They’ve got me hooked! Hoping we’ll get some weird cross between Mass Effect, Animal Farm and a bit of Space Redwall for good measure.
Sounds pretty interesting. This one is definitely on my radar.
I don’t need to see much more, I’m sold on this one.
They got the right people and even Drew is back, this is dreamy. Mass Effect went downhill when EA bought Bioware midway through 2 and altered the story.
I'm interested, it looks very deep and compelling!!!
I love Mass Effect so naturally I'm interested in this one. Looking and sounding really cool!
@Hyena_socks Space Redwall with darker undertones of Animal Farm sounds great. Might get close to Redwall in Hello games new game Light No Fire as well.
@Elodin I’ll look into that, thanks for the recommendation!
Well, at least Charlotte's face doesn't seem to be tired.
Those suits and robot designs look amazing. Too bad the faces don't. I would have preferred more stylised visuals instead of this half baked realism.
It’s bizarre they never mentioned the devs working on the game because surely RPG fans would have been hyped to know it’s coming from people with that pedigree. Instead they just focused on it having X celeb in it.
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