EXODUS | “Become The Traveler” Cinematic Trailer

[@smoothOP55]

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite game on the Citadel.

[@joerocker237]

Perfection...

[@alinmgheorghe]

Awww yeah! We're entering a new golden era of RPG's bois. Get your game on!

[@Ps1co]

F*ck, this made me choke. ME energy all over.

[@you_need_god]

​@@Ps1cothe gameplay showcase has massive MEA vibes. I really hope that the story is good though.

[@Ps1co]

@@you_need_god it does not have to be perfect, it just has to be good.

[@-JustHuman-]

The switch in the end was really nice. He went from a background character to Shepard in awesome way.

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

With that deep soothing voice, this guy is the next shepard character.

[@JGD199]

I know. At first I wasn’t sure what to think, but they managed to build up & payoff a character within a couple of minutes. If this is the next Mass Effect, then I’m in!

[@crashgordon83]

@@JGD199 And he’s confirmed as being a companion in the game. And the one that’s going to mentor the new Travelers.

[@DartNoobo]

She is the Shepard, he is merely a companion

[@crashgordon83]

@ Technically he’s going to be shepherding the new Traveler. 😉

[@Astracore357]

Don't know what this is going to be like, but the trailer is beyond incredible. There's never too many good sci-fi universes.

[@paulvamos7319]

It's the multiverse man, it's a never ending story! 😊 Happy holidays to you and your loved ones! 😎🤘❤️🎄🧑‍🎄

[@jebes909090]

ya this and light no fire have really caught my attention

[@paulvamos7319]

@@brassattacks2411 I think it's gotta do with the all female graphics team! Happy holidays to you and your loved ones! ❤️🧑‍🎄🎄🤘😎

[@Astracore357]

@@brassattacks2411 mate, you should seriously reconsider what media you're consuming if you see stuff like that in places where there is none. It's really not that deep.

[@CrusadingJello]

Probably going to be amazing! Heard rumours that the dev team consist of some of the developers from Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2, alongside a few other really good games.

[@razercore7591]

Welcome back Bioware veterans. You have an industry to save.

[@elwingy]

lol... "industry to save"... thats got to be some of the nerdiest shlt i've heard this year. Congrats.

[@SSkaut69]

This game is made by ex-Bioware Developers. Most of them worked on Mass Effect !

[@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290]

And after the fiasco that was Starfield's main quest, God knows how much we need of a good sci-fi universe.

[@CharlesSmith-io9fp]

Don't leave out 343, the creators of HALO.

[@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290]

@@CharlesSmith-io9fp Exactly. The good guys at 343 also deserve recognition for their work.

[@brysonkuervers2570]

@@CharlesSmith-io9fpWtf?? Bungie made Halo, 343 just came in and shit on their vision. Thankfully those at 343i seem to know what they’re doing NOW with Infinite but damn did it take a while

[@dudekoopalee4279]

shut the front door

[@xShibux]

I have the feeling that this game can finally fill the void that the Mass Effect trilogy left me with. Please be good 😢

[@Dieter-Doeddel]

The studio is owned by the guys inventing merry Mexican orcs! 😂

[@Torsin2000]

@@Dieter-Doeddel The studio is headed by people who got the "owners" to give them full creative control.

[@DaCookyooker]

@@Dieter-Doeddel WotC don't have their word to say to James Ohlen to how he should make his game, that's the deal they made. James Ohlen has full freedom, and this dude is a legend.

[@spacepioneer4070]

Honestly, i want this production to succeed. It' doesn't have to be amazing it's first go around but, i want it to set the foundation, to be a pioneer with time dilation for future titles to emulate. It's a very interesting concept and i know this title has legendary writers working on it, so i'm not worried about the writing or world building. If i have a concern, it would be likable characters like in the Mass Effect trilogy, such as Tali, Liara, Mordin, Wrex, and our boy Garrus.

[@Practicallypreposterous]

It shows so much promise, unfortunately the main reason I am worried about its quality is because of one of the main elements: time dilation while traveling at light speed. I just find it hard to imagine becoming attached to storylines and characters when one Lightspeed jump could snuff out all of it. They've got to really zero in on that theme of lost time and opportunities to not make it feel like a gimmick affecting our enjoyment of the story

[@MikeysPsyche]

Wow. That trailer actually made me kind of emotional. That was incredibly well done. Had goosebumps the whole time. Super excited for this!

[@Subninja2012]

Sensitive games for sensitive people.

[@monsterboomer8051]

you truly are a consoomer

[@MN-vz8qm]

I connected more with this guy in 5 minutes than with all the Starfield characters in 100 hours. This promises awesome writing

[@CraigBeere]

It got me in the feels as well.

[@Shvabicu]

​@@monsterboomer8051coomer

[@Engineer_Heathen]

Wow, this blew me away. Took less than 5 minutes to make me feel connected to all of the characters. Theres so much potential for this game to be epic.

[@vladcrow4225]

Epic Fail for sure. Kind that will make scamfailed look like a finished game.

[@76marex]

@@vladcrow4225 keep whining and be salty boy

[@SL4PSH0CK]

concept, cinematic, then maybe next gameplay since the release date is far off. that should be trailers like the good ol times like Mass Effect

[@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290]

@@76marex You know how these spoiled kids are... They will say anything, not matter how ridiculous or pathetic, just to be noticed. Just ignore them.

[@isamotahar2708]

yes, because it's a dedication to commander shepard.

[@BenTheoRowe]

This is what the people who WERE BioWare have been working on all this time. This is James Ohlen and Drew Karpshyn have been working on while they put out great D&D books like Chains of Asmodeus as side projects.

[@zelassin]

Yea as if that means anything. People hyped over colantonio, delivered garbage. People hyped Obsidian, delivered trash. People are now hyping even Blizzard because they brought back an old timer. It's not gonna matter Edit: people in replies are defending the mentioned developers by citing OLD good games they've made a decade ago under completely different circumstances. That's the entire point of my message. You can't expect the same quality now from them even though they made hits in the distant past. How about you cite an actually new game that would prove that they still can make them

[@BenTheoRowe]

@@zelassin What a ray of sunshine you are. So Neverwinter Nights 2, KotOR 2, New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity, The Outer Worlds, Pentiment, all trash huh?

[@zelassin]

what are you on about lil bro. Those games (except outer worlds) are the ones that are the reason these devs are being overhyped now. Those games are good yes. What i mean is, people now expect those people to deliver good products again 10 years later simply because they think it being the same people will change anything. But alas - Outer Worlds is very basic and unfinished, Weird West is mediocre, and i sure as hell know Blizzard isnt gonna produce anything good just because Chris Metzen returned to his post. People need to stop blindly hyping over stuff simply because it has some people behind it that delivered a good product a decade ago. @@BenTheoRowe​

[@omega2446]

​@@BenTheoRoweHe probably only played COD and FIFA his entire life lmao

[@w01dnick]

@@BenTheoRoweWell, NWN2 was trash. But FO:NV and Outer Worlds were really great.

[@TheCudder4life]

HUGE Insterstellar vibes when he's watching the hologram. I wonder if we'll get a "Don't let me leave Murph" type of moment.

[@Adanu191]

Given the version of time travel they're using, I guarantee it.

[@LothlorianOG]

Matthew McConaughey is one of the main voice actors so its definitely possible!

[@Richest_The]

This comment aged well

[@Andytlp]

@@Adanu191 Bro is gonna gate to the past you just know it.

[@samanthaclyde8688]

I know this is a cutscene, most likely CGI but still… when she says « I love you » and he stays silent, crying… the emotions you can read on their faces? Incredible, so realistic and genuine. Gorgeous. 🤩 That looks (very) promising. I’m curious to learn more about this new intriguing universe. 😊

[@PurpleDaemon_]

The voice actor also made an incredible contribution to this. I can’t imagine how you can say “no” even more emotionally.

[@samanthaclyde8688]

@@PurpleDaemon_ Agreed. Both VAs did an amazing job. 🤩 Oh, I hope the studio will be able to pull this off because this is so promising. The info you can find on the game’s site make this game even more interesting.

[@bitcoincryptoglitch4404]

​@@samanthaclyde8688 Yeah I think ex-Bioware, 343 and Naughty Dog guys can't go wrong with that at all

[@BFoltyn7]

That emotional beat hits EVERY time! 💔 Very much like Joel and Sarah in The Last of Us. 😭 Bravo - can't wait to see more....and PLAY more!

[@TDurdenArt]

It's sci fi and fantastic, but still has a very human connection in the end. I love that so much.

[@xLaxCroixBoix]

Wow. This pre-rendered cinematic has a better story and more emotion than most video games now a days.

[@Jabarri74]

More likeable, believable characters. No pandering. The lady did an amazing job without being reduced to tokenism

[@Novarcharesk]

Which means nothing. The game is what matters, not a short clip.

[@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290]

@@Novarcharesk This short clip conveys all emotion that we will find in much games nowadays: this is *_real_ writing we have here, not "writing" made to appeal a single audience/focus group just for the sake of the $$$dollars$$$.

[@HassanSabbaku]

They did in 5 minutes what an entire 40+ hour RPG can't even do sometimes 😮 Seriously hoping for the best for the Dev team and the game.

[@IAmDaDumb1]

@@Novarchareskhopefully it’s at least a sign of the quality of the writing/world building.

[@AngelCombustion]

I've heard "check this or that out, it's just like mass effect" so many times since I've discovered my very favorite franchise, it was never even close, until I saw this masterpiece. Might have teared up with joy. (And sadness for Tom.) Amazing. Somehow these 5 minutes have struck all the right cords. Can't wait.

[@hankbacksquat975]

yeah that part hit hard even though it was just 5 mins lol

[@РоманТесленко-ж6ц]

Вот что происходит, когда за дело берутся мастера и творцы, а не подражатели и уроды в пиджаках с пропиской: "эффективный менеджер" Которые ничего не могут сделать, и просто копируют, не зная что, в слепой надежде срубить еще немного денег на настоящем исскустве.😑 Очень жду эту игру, а вот новый Mass Effect - нет. Он - мертв. Вселенная загублина. И нынешниe BioWare даже не пытаются ничего исправить, и все больше и больше напомаживают труп, в надежде что никто не заметит. Наивные😅 Теперь у новой части Mass Effect нет и шанса, и знаете? Слава богу. Пусть она станет последним патроном в голову этой компании, пора им уйти. А мы узрим, новое начало🤩👍

[@jeffschieber2594]

The voice for the character Tom sounds kind of like Liam Neeson.

[@happychappychester9370]

I keep searching for something to fill the hole Mass Effect has left since I finished the 3rd game all those years ago. This is the only thing that looks like it might come close. Will definitely be keeping a close eye on this.

[@paulvamos7319]

​@@jeffschieber2594I noticed that too! 😂

[@anonvoila4883]

Yes we back! RIP BioWare you had to die for this game to live

[@escherina8505]

Love the idea of FTL travel and different aging speeds having an impact on the story. Great trailer!

[@DelIsInYourMind]

My guess it wont have any impact. Just a setting.

[@escherina8505]

@@DelIsInYourMind On the game's website it definitely sounds like it will be a game mechanic. Hopefully that's the case on release as well!

[@mirceazaharia2094]

I hate relativistic FTL. Give me warp drives and worm holes any day of the week.

[@theyawner2170]

@@DelIsInYourMind That would be my guess too. It's pretty hard to incorporate this concept to gameplay mechanic, but if they can do it. They'll have a new franchise. For sure.

[@user-Marrk]

@@DelIsInYourMind Casey Hudson "Our ending will not just be A, B or C"- The Mass Effect 3 ending was indeed A, B and C. Just saying it's best to temper expectations when even multiple endings are complex enough

[@KaptajnCongoboy]

You know you have a well running future society when a senior curator is entertaining general tour groups!

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

All thanks to the guy distracting the ship, and going ftl.

[@LateNightHalo]

This universe looks so promising. This is the first time in a while I've been hyped for a Sci Fi RPG

[@wirilome]

Genuinely started tearing up when he was watching that replay... great cinematic animation in that moment.

[@bingop7104]

Drew Karpyshyn is back in the kitchen and is cooking up a whole ass buffet 🔥🔥🔥

[@DeeDub02]

Is he involved?

[@seraphin01]

@@DeeDub02 yeah he's working in this company now since 2020

[@Viewable11]

This is the best gaming industry news I have heard in several years. The lore he wrote for ME1 and ME2 is the best sci-fi I ever experienced.

[@Doomin-c2m]

@@seraphin01 Also the studio head is James Olsen who was the lead designer on KotOR and Dragon Age: Origins, and was also involved with the first Mass Effect game and Jade Empire. They also have a bunch of veteran people who used to work on Halo under 343

[@elduderino7767]

but what if you don't like ass?

[@0-Seya-0]

Made me really tear up when he cried after she said she loves him. Please keep the same quality and voice acting throughout the game. It was amazing.

[@kerby200099]

Always remember guys, it pays to be a patient gamer. Don't let fancy trailers and hype suck you in. Be cautious.

[@tutepr107]

True, but the credentials behind this game are amazing. James Ohlen, lead designer for Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, KOTOR, Mass Effect 1 and Dragon Age Origins; Drew Karpyshyn, lead writer for Mass Effect 1 & 2; and Peter F. Hamilton, author of the Commonwealth Saga and the Void Trilogy, as a lead consultant for world-building and backstory creation. They Also hace full creative control on every aspect of the game, including release. This game is probably out in 2025 at earliest

[@Dieter-Doeddel]

@@tutepr107True, but it‘s 2024 and despite all good intentions, if the studio puts shakles on you to produce Abgabe for a new audience, you never know.

[@Torsin2000]

@@Dieter-Doeddel "full creative control"

[@ghevisartor6005]

Ok mom

[@magog323]

Wizards of the Coast is also one of the most disgusting companies. I'm surprised they didn't force the actual good guys from old Bioware to make the black characters hideous. They are surprisingly good looking with good voice acting behind.

[@artyomkarma]

Its a shame full trailer wasnt shown at TGA - makes so much more sense in full version

[@chilbiyito]

I blame Geoff Keighley

[@lizgreenwald6730]

Holy crap that trailer was awesome. This looks absolutely stunning. I'm definitely looking forward to this new universe

[@Montaph]

I think there's some shit in my eye. Trailer was alright. *Sniffles*

[@susancollins3971]

This looks so amazing. I cannot wait. I teared up when Maxine told him she loved him, but he never knew till he saw the recording of her in the museum. I can tell already this is a game where my choices will undoubtedly make me emotional when playing. I love a game that has choices that have real consequences.

[@vladcrow4225]

Yeah. Let's see it fail. From the amount of red flags in this trailer - it gonna be brutal.

[@motan7864]

@@vladcrow4225 red flags ? which ?

[@vladcrow4225]

@@motan7864 Generic space opera, broad as a central character, 'legacy', Ancient Evil (tm), divided lovers and other cliches. Looks like another Rebel Moon in a making.

[@motan7864]

@@vladcrow4225 Do stories with "generic" spacesuits fail automatically ?

[@vladcrow4225]

@@motan7864 It's 2024.

[@joeyn.9135]

i've been waiting for this ever since you guys were founded. GOOSEBUMPS!!!!

[@semiramisubw4864]

OG People from BioWares peak with ME ? Im quite sold already.

[@berthein5476]

5 minutes. FIVE MINUTES! of real people. real emotions. real dilaog. and seriousness. Old bioware knew whats up. Wish Dragon Age Veilguard had anything on this level.

[@HassanSabbaku]

Andromeda too.

[@acidkhmer]

How evertime i'm crying on the "i love you" hearthbreaking sequence.... Real emotion by great writing, everything look natural. The characters look goods too, omg august is so far...

[@Noviomagus024]

I am definetly hopping on this train. I still love ME1,2,3 so much till this day. Those games aged like fine wine. Hell yes i want more scifi from that team!!

[@fazkhan2765]

OK so this is where bioware's mojo went. Really looking forward to learning more about this.

[@pythonxz]

Mojo and institutional knowledge. They also have former Bungie developers.

[@moretoknowshow1887]

I love seeing the former Bioware team getting an opportunity to create a true from the ground up AAA title. I'm already signed up and awaiting the opportunity to experience this universe..

[@noahboardman5002]

Hopefully this game releases in the first half of 2024 .

[@moretoknowshow1887]

@@noahboardman5002 My gut says this will be out (earliest) fall 2025.

[@noahboardman5002]

@@moretoknowshow1887this game has had a lot of time to cook . It should be out in 2024 the first half of the year .

[@HeyJoeHUN81-PCRPGCommunity]

This year??? Haha, u can't be serious@@noahboardman5002

[@MN-vz8qm]

@@noahboardman5002 "Pre alpha footages" on the little piece of gameplay, basically some sequences built for show, which means that there is no game for now. My guess would be 2 years from now at the earliest. I seriously hope I am wrong tho. Anyway, I really don't see how they could go from pre alpha to release in less than a year.

[@CmdrStriker]

The trailer has left me utterly overwhelmed, moved to tears. The soundtrack is amazing! I really loved the "ultimate sacrifice" about it. :)

[@lastbeer]

I got it! Nowhere is said she died old! All memorials depict her as a young girl! It means she died OR DISAPPEARED at young age! That's why I think she jumped through the gates to follow him in time!

[@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290]

If is that the case, the Personal quest for this character must be about finding her somewhere in the galaxy.

[@DartNoobo]

@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 so it's her story, like the Witcher 3 is Ciri's story then. Which is fine

[@HassanSabbaku]

​@@DartNooboapparently the guy we see here is just a Companion not even the main character so not really a 1:1 comparison. But think about it, a companion with this well written of a backstory, if all the companions have similar story writing this game is about to be PEAK.

[@DartNoobo]

@@HassanSabbaku the story here was pretty basic, though. Not necessarily a bad thing, since Mass Effect 1 also had a pretty basic story if you look close. Presentation was the key and it is great here as well

[@HassanSabbaku]

@@DartNoobo sure the story was basic but the dialogue is what's important and the fact so many people were instantly gripped by it is proof the game has at the very least a solid foundation.

[@MrHulthen]

Yeah okay, i'm sold.

[@piccolopete8747]

Hey, I found Mr. Hulthen down here! Cool, I'm sold as well.

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

My wallet already spent before i decided. 😂

[@TylerJoseph-Ny68]

Dude I'm crying 😢

[@CharlesSmith-io9fp]

This could be what Starfield wanted to be. BioWare had Dragon Age and Mass Effect and 343 under Bungie was HALO. I hope EXODUS releases in a reasonable time frame.

[@Stargazzer811]

The reasonable timeframe is when its completely and entirely finished.

[@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290]

@@Stargazzer811 Exactly. No one here needs another unfinished game that just got unfinished to sell DLCs and microtransactions. Let Archetype Entertainment finish its job in peace, shall we?

[@Stargazzer811]

@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 I'm glad someone here understands. Also, yes, only the non-Feral Zerglings are purple. I need to play SC2 again someday.

[@t.t6294]

not really since they both have completely different design choices

[@carlosmeza4478]

I'm an old gamer. for me computer RPGs started maturing with Neverwinter Nights. not just a hollow adventure of a generic barbarian/knight/mage swinging a blade or hurling spells to complete a quest. the way the story was handled was more personal to the player. and I will always remember Aribeth de Tylmarande. after that games got more real. more in depth. more branching stories. culminating with gems like mass effect, DAO (just to mention some) and now I'm finding out that the people behind the games I consider the true pinnacle of RPGs are making a space opera? H3LL Yeah!! go wild guys and makes us believe again that the genre can recover! best of luck!

[@Jabarri74]

Not saying you're wrong or anything but the original Baldurs gate came out in 1998 4 years before NWN. I guess you'd only know if you played both?

[@carlosmeza4478]

@@Jabarri74 I did both XD (and don't worry no offense taken) but the story in NWN felt a little (not by much.. but) more player focused. a little more personal. if I was putting in old tabletop perspective. Baldurs gate felt more like a typical friday night D&D session. you know get a group and hack and slash your way to the objective. NWN was doing it's best to be like WoD. a little more roleplaying in the mix of the hack and slash. trying to put you in a more "personal" situation. just adding romance options was leaps and bounds on BG1. if I recalled correctly you could flirt in BG1, but nothing came out of it. so at least for me, it felt more... common (not bad), but nothing out of the ordinary from my D&D sessions lol that's why I said it started to mature on NWN ;)

[@Jabarri74]

@@carlosmeza4478 I preferred NWN over Baldurs gate as it was more action focused, Baldurs gate had a lot of seemingly dull interactions

[@carlosmeza4478]

@@Jabarri74 I guess I was too used to dnd. so I was used to the usual lockpick this, talk to that. to the point they seemed ordinary to me XD

[@Jabarri74]

@@carlosmeza4478 You remember pools of radiance in 88?

[@thanaistheriver9975]

I definetly feel 'The Forever War' vibes of Joe Haldeman. The trailer is truly stunning!

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

I got that on my awaiting to read pile. :L

[@SeLeXeL]

Like most these days, I am cautiously optimistic. Trailer looks good. Knowing who's behind this game is what kept my attention long enough to absorb a taste of this environment. Simple and alternative. Please take the time you need and let the passion flow !!

[@chrisoduro2214]

i remember the first time i heard of this franchise i didn't think much of it and dismissed it. yesterday i just happened to click on another youtuber's video explaining the setting and now i'm a very big fan. will keep close watch on this franchise. it has the potential to be absolutely massive.

[@NRV0]

Same here! When I saw the first announcement on the Game Awards I wasn't to impressed. Now since I've been learning more about the lore I've been hooked. My favorite thing I learned so far is about the Celestials. Its a interesting concept to me that Humans separated by thousands of years evolve into various different Transhuman species to the point they consider regular Humans to be primitive. This is a cool concept to me.

[@DenshinIshin]

@@NRV0 It wasn't done naturally, some (most) Celestials species aren't even mammals anymore (at least, in the book, the Celestials of the Crown dominions aren't). There's also "Changelings" which are species of humans transformed by the Celestials to serve them. They dipped a bit too much into eugenics and DNA alterations, and use their children to pass down their memory and personality and virtually live forever. So it's fair to consider them different species, even if they didn't evolve naturally for 40 thousands of years. Because they have a common ancestor doesn't mean anything anymore and Sol's humans are indeed primitive in comparison.

[@HassanSabbaku]

I was doom scrolling about Veilguard when some youtuber said there's hope for the future but not with Bioware, he mentioned this IP and honestly I'm already sold, though I do hope the gameplay is at least as good as ME2, definitely feel this will be a more narratively focused RPG series and I'm 💯 down for that so long as the gameplay is fun too.

[@PenthaGastock]

@@HassanSabbaku yep, dragon age origins gameplay was shit, it was not terrible but its wasnt good either, but the game did so well on the narrative side that people ignored it, if exodus does both the narrative and gameplay equally good, then its going to be a masterpiece

[@HassanSabbaku]

@@PenthaGastock FACTS. Took me a while to get used to Origins combat but the Lore and story were so good that I eventually loved the combat of the game too but after playing other CRPG's I realised it was solely because of the storyline, a good narrative can easily save a mediocre game imo, meanwhile with Mass Effect I always found the combat gun but never perfect but the story was amazing for the first two games(and a decent part of the third) so hopefully we'll really see that Mass Effect-type work for Exodus.

[@djlim4612]

Gosh man, i had never shed tears watching a freaking game trailer, but i did for this. Looks awesome , couldn't wait

[@hyperdude144]

A space opera without FTL? I love it! Moments pass for the character while, decades pass for his love interest. Near complete time dilation!!!!

[@mirceazaharia2094]

I really dislike relativistic FTL. It makes me sad to think of the vast distances of space but also time separating planets, cultures and people. Give me warp drives, worm holes or hyperdrives or sod off. The only such universe I can even tolerate is RimWorld.

[@hyperdude144]

@@mirceazaharia2094 I think relativistic travel can be done well to convey the vastness of a setting. I really like House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds, where relativistic trips are usually "casual" (people use suspended animation a lot there). You also stumbled on one of the advantages of not including FTL. The emotional impact. The massive, massive stakes that characters roll the dice on every time they accelerate to 99.9% c. Every decision matters. Every sacrifice is so much greater.

[@haydennoble9253]

Maybe FAL: Fast As Light.

[@hyperdude144]

@@haydennoble9253 NAFAL, Nearly As Fast As Light. Sounds cooler, slightly more accurate.

[@DenshinIshin]

@@hyperdude144 they go 99.999% of light speed with half a million G acceleration from the top of my head. It's in the books.

[@AlphaGametauri]

As a Mass Effect veteran, been around since the start..... this jerked a few tears and made me smile. I cant imagine a way to make this trailer better, you absolutely nailed it. I joined the founders program, and can't wait to be among the first to try this game out. See you out there.

[@madisonpuch6092]

BRB crying 😭😭😭 This was an epic trailer!!

[@hershmergersh6733]

Tom deserves a statue too. This looks promising

[@nilocblue]

You can totally tell this has Mass Effect DNA in it, and honestly I'm all for it. Makes sense when this is done by a bunch of former Bioware people.

[@JBJHJM]

Gives me the chills like the best of Mass Effect. Super super excited. With so many bits of information shown, release is not too far away I hope.

[@Beef1188]

This single trailer has more "soul" in it than the entirety of the AAA gaming franchise in the last 5 years!

[@FegioTell]

I usually avoid trailers, especially long trailers (it's a thing of mine), also because I get bored very fast, but this managed to took my total attention for the entire video, 5 minutes passed in a second, I loved that

[@danielkolev9270]

I would like to play this, to watch in a movie theatre, or to live it. That was a piece of cinematic brilliance. Awesome job. Looking forward !

[@maximusswagius7835]

This might be the best story trailer for a game I've ever seen

[@benmiles00]

Very cool! Now THAT is how you make a trailer. It even made me emotional. Great job.

[@Texmatt21]

This looks fantastic! The only thing worrying me is that Archetype Entertainment is a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast. If any company could suck the fun out of an IP, while simultaneously trying to suck as much money as possible from us, it would be Wotc :(

[@LeonardoDaAngelo]

One of the rare trailers that you can watch all over again, i hope the game can keep up, make it work.

[@Kira11259]

Amazing trailer. James and Drew are cooking something special, I hope this dev team will succeed 🙏

[@PrasadNarse]

Great work team bringing the cinematic to this height! This franchise will grow beyond!

[@isamotahar2708]

This trailer is what shepard would deserve

[@Tienichng]

Can’t believe it’s been out for 10 months and I’ve just learned about this game now and man… no matter how many times I’ve watched this trailer I’m all teared up when that part hits (you know which part I’m talking about). It just hits all the right cords and I’m already invested in the story. This is how a cinematic trailer is done right. I genuinely hope this game will be as epic as the Mass Effect trilogy was.

[@SergioR00]

As a Mass Effect fan this looks great, interested to see how it progresses

[@mirceazaharia2094]

As someone who's not a fan, I hope that the Mass Effect fandom gets a good game out of this.

[@MN-vz8qm]

@@mirceazaharia2094 ❤

[@FROGSloums]

I think I've rarely been that hyped for a game. There are little bits of mass effect, some bits of the Expanse. Please take your time and hit the spot

[@paulstone3032]

No one going to talk about how sick that homing grenade was?

[@HassanSabbaku]

"Interstellar the Space Opera RPG" this could potentially be one of the best IP's that's come out in years if it's done correctly, hoping for the Dev's success. 🙏

[@Anos.Voldigoad]

Damn my hype just went through the roof when I found out the character we see being portrayed here is just one of our companions, and this is like some kind of his backstory. Exodus just spiked to #1 on my most anticipated list!! I am a Founder, please release this soon as you already have a fully working alpha running on the PS5

[@TGBurgerGaming]

I expect we'll get trailers for the other three as well. The robot guy seems really interesting and I think the girl is an awakened.

[@MN-vz8qm]

Thye footages were pre alpha, basically a tech demo. It will take a long time before release, no way less than a year, probably more.

[@en9a9eperelandra80]

Please lead us in an exodus from the recent, ridiculous, "body type" conventions in gaming and return us to the science of male and female that coherent fiction stems from.

[@Tiauguinho]

So happy to finally see what you've all been working on. Fantastic!

[@user-ly5fe4kt6e]

The team behind this game is incredible! I really hope this turns out to be a great game, become classic and become a financial success, so they can continue this great work!

[@MarkWasfy]

An amazing trailer! You have the beginnings of a SCI-FI series that would eclipse The Expanse if it was ever made into a show! I can imagine it now, using some of the filming techniques in the Mandalorian. Just wow.

[@headbangerdnb]

The first three seasons of The Expanse were great. Season 4 was OK, seasons 5 and 6 were pretty dull.

[@GattsBerserkArmor]

Looks quite interesting. Time dilatation effects from travelling too fast in space as part of the story bulding is nice. Usually space scifi games always find some scifi explanation for FTL travel not causing this.

[@Youcancallmeishmaell]

Because the time scale grows to be massive without FTL travel.

[@TGBurgerGaming]

I see SWTOR Mass Effect (OG and Andromeda) Returnal and Dead Space influences. If new BioW......erm Archetype have their sights set on merging themes again then im excited because thats how Mass Effect was made.

[@th0r0shvener52]

The biggest influence is probably Apple's Foundation TV adaptation.

[@Sergiu_Pirscoveanu]

Take that Bioware ! This is how a proper trailer and game is suppose to look like. Bioware became a big disappointment for me in the last years, but this...that "I love You" line gave me tears. Everything is so beautiful about this game, can't wait for it to have a release date. I love this trailer!

[@kevincallahanjr246]

Since this is literally old school Bioware staff u can't tell me this isnt a challenge to mass effect. I hope this is the next great Sci fi IP. Hopefully they make companions lifelike

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

They made light speed an astronomical feat, in Mass effect travelling across the galaxy felt so small when in reality it is so vast, 400 billion stars vast.

[@Dieter-Doeddel]

It‘s actually wizards of the coast and hasbro owning that studio, so expect them to interfere and make it a crapfest.

[@DaCookyooker]

@@Dieter-Doeddel They can't interfere, due to the agreement made with the CEO of Archetype Entertainment.

[@HassanSabbaku]

​@@DaCookyooker at the very least they won't interfere with this game, future games in this franchise(supposing it's successful, and I genuinely hope it will be) won't be as safe, but let's hope for the best, the future does look bright.

[@Vlainstrike]

Wow! The feels... I can't remember a trailer ever making me tear up before. This seemingly spiritual successor to Mass Effect feels like the sequel we never got (Andromeda is not part of my head canon). Can't wait to see how this turns out!

[@toastedtransistor]

Is no one going to talk about that grenade. It's such a cool animation and its so much detail for a thing that is like 2 seconds on screen.

[@kawafahra]

With Homeworld 3 on the doorstep, this scratches the same itch - but the mass effect / kotor side of the scar. The trailer is beautiful, old bioware were always were the kings of cinematic, extremely detailed cutscenes. Some good news ahead, then !

[@ErikMalkavian]

Well....Color me Impressed! Hopefully it will have a full Male and Female Character creation. Reminds me of Mass Effect Subscribed and Following on Twitter

[@VoidOfBlack]

This is perfect story telling. I'm all in, I shed a tear watching this. This is why I want to be a story teller, a world creator. So I can give the world, beauty like this.

[@gaminggoliath8603]

Just wow! looks promising, can't wait for the release.

[@NocturnEternal]

Being someone who enjoyed Mass Effect, I can't wait to see what comes of this!

[@bs_art3625]

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a trailer showcase a game while being it’s own complete short story. Well done, if the trailer was this good, I have high hopes for the actual game.

[@mihairosu8518]

3:42 WOW! I never, ever, been more emotionally invested in a game trailer!!!! Brilliant!

[@hadleys.4869]

Very emotionally moving trailer. If this is the type of storyline and emotional depth the game will have, boy we are in for a treat!

[@gamewrit0058]

I'm not crying. You're crying. How did I not know about this before today? (Oct. 2024.) Thanks to MrHulthen for covering this, along with DA and ME news.

[@geraltGalleg0s]

I'm just glad that Bioware 2.0 is alive and well. Finally!

[@agingerbeard]

I don't get hyped anymore, but this looks like it has real potential.

[@philipchiu9835]

At first I thought it was her under that hood and trying to access her escape pod. A living legend coming back from beyond the grave.

[@MrNovaen]

I'm not crying, you are!

[@bryangrossman]

Just found out about this game from this trailer and never heard of it before. Ok I know this is only a trailer... but I am getting some seriously good Mass Effect vibes from this. The character models are fantastic... the scripting and flow of the trailer was VERY GOOD!!! The ability to convey those heart jerking moments at the end of the trailer... if you can do THAT in the game for storyline and missions. Ohhhhh man... I am very excited!!!

[@Legion82AXIN]

Hands down Best trailer I've seen in many many years!!!

[@privateoddball666]

Gamer since Commodore 64 In this dark times - when games are HALF BAKED - STUDIOS ARE GREEDY - make this a GR8 game 🙏 Those few minutes has all it takes.

[@churabros3321]

that trailer was unexpectedly emotional, dayym

[@haydennoble9253]

The first prequel book comes out in September.

[@edv8064]

Nice! Will get

[@haydennoble9253]

@@edv8064It’s over 900 pages.

[@KrasMazovHatesYourGuts]

@@haydennoble9253 It's written by Peter F. Hamilton. EVERYTHING He writes is 900 pages.

[@NickWebb-lc6ry]

I felt emotions, THAT is what real writer's can do, men that grew up understanding pain, and spent time in their imagination, artists that can bring it to the screen. Just found out some of my favorite game developers of all time work here now.

[@peterjj416]

THAT is how you make a trailer!

[@h4nh4x0r]

Why my tears dropped? I'm so excited!

[@Lucas-iw5xo]

Knowing that you are the ones who gave us the glorious Mass Effect, I am going to play it with the same love, interest, expectation, admiration and fascination.

[@vrram]

Im hooked by the soundtrack

[@Starxteel]

As soon as humanity finds an ancient alien ship I'd be looking for the Made in China tags on the parts.

[@laseangames]

THIS GAME LOOKS GREAT!!! Can’t wait for the release! 🔥👀

[@AdvancedKrizalid]

You haven't seen the game. How can you assume it looks great. This is a video , the game might look NOTHING like this. How many times do we have to teach that lesson ?

[@inquerion8867]

@@AdvancedKrizalid It's not like he is immediately pre ordering it (I'm also against pre orders). But nothing wrong with observing it and waiting for more, in the end it could be good or a bad game. Let's wait and see. But the fact is, that it's the first Mass Effect like game in 10 years and legends like Drew Karpyshyn and James Ohlen are behind this.

[@AdvancedKrizalid]

@@inquerion8867 " first mass effect like game" As much as I would like this to be true , we just don't know. It could be just a 5 hours long walking simulator or a visual novel with zero gameplay. We just don't know. Making a trailer is EASY , making a game is not. I'm just saying , DO NOT PREORDER without having seen the real game first , they show the pretty trailer precisely to trap overenthousiastic people into buying the game before knowing the quality of it. If I have to sound like a dick while warning people , then so be it. Remember "Anthem".

[@piccolopete8747]

@@AdvancedKrizalid To be honest, I'd preorder just to support Drew Karpyshyn, no matter the quality of the game. He's done some awesome projects and I'd love to see him produce another great story, whether it be in this game or the game after this one. Kotor is still my favorite game ever and I gotta give the credit to Drew for that. That being said, if this game has woke aspects being forced down my throat then sadly I'm giving up on modern gaming.

[@laseangames]

@@inquerion8867 👍🏾🔥

[@grahaldmills5930]

That was really emotional and heartbreaking and I'm not easily moved by this. Looks promising

[@C5Dynamite]

a normal hetro realationship where the man is not an idiot. How refreashing and daring.

[@brandonsmith579]

IKR, BioWare could take some pointers, right Veilguard?

[@DartNoobo]

@@brandonsmith579 they will never take any pointers from misogynistic transphobic sexist fascists!!! Did I miss any labels

[@aserta]

You bring back the commitment to old school RPG gaming and i'm in.