Mass Effect 5 director gives props to Exodus, the new time-hopping sci-fi game from BioWare RPG veterans
Dec. 8, 2023There’s space for all here
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For the uninitiated, Exodus is the debut action-adventure game from Archetype Entertainment, a studio founded by industry veterans James Ohlen, Chad Robertson, and Chris King. Ohlen himself was a longtime designer at RPG factoryBioWare- having worked on everything from Baldur’s Gate to Jade Empire - and that unique science fiction flavor was certainly intact for Exodus’ reveal.
The announcement seems to have at least gone over well with Michael Gamble, the project director on the next Mass Effect, whorepostedthe trailer on social media with “science fiction is amazing.”
One commenter then hoped for Mass Effect 5’s success, alongside successful projects from other BioWare veterans who have moved onto their own studios. “Exactly. As far as I can tell, the more - the better,” Gamble responded. No competition between the Mass Effects and Mass Effect-likes, then.
The announcement trailer - beautifully rendered by Blur Studios - sees our protagonist jump through Mass Relay lookalikes that mess with time à la Interstellar - essentially, the FTL travel network ages people differently and dilates time. Through all the space-time shenanigans, we were also treated to peeks at gameplay which includes frantic third-person combat, RPG progression, andaccording to the director, alien romance. There’s no release date yet for Exodus, but it’ll launch on PC,Xbox Series X|S, andPS5when it’s ready.
While we wait for more Exodus, see ourbest RPGs listfor great games you can play right now.
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.
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