#MAC WALTERS INTERVIEW SERIES#
#MAC WALTERS INTERVIEW MAC#

IвЂ™ve had fans come up to me after they have beaten the game and say вЂњoh I wanted to join the Illusive Man, he had the right idea!вЂќ or вЂњI was so happy when that son of a b*tch died!вЂќДЇor me, creating characters that are able to bring out such a range of emotions with their complexity was such a pleasure. They are much more intricate and therefore much more interesting. They are morally ambiguous characters that are often found in grey areas. He was not only a compelling character, but a tool for the story.Д«ut the characters I liked working on the best were Aria and The Illusive Man. When we started on him, we wanted to use him to expand on the universe we were creating. I would say Garrus since he was one of the first characters I worked on heavily. It is a more precise way of storytelling and expanding on characters in ways we could not in the game. It is a lot of fun, and a different challenge than the video game. The others have worked on Garrus, Tali, and LiaraвЂ™s stories, but my main work were on JamesвЂ™ story and the Foundation series. Me and the seven other guys working on these comics, collaborate to create these stories with that (previous question) detail in mind, besides creating a compelling story of course.

#MAC WALTERS INTERVIEW SERIES#

The comic, for example, is interesting because it is still considered canon, so you have to pay real close attention to details that already have been established in the series and expanded universe. What is it like working with other artists or writers in making interesting stories including the comics? What do you think of the growing importance of spinoff media to the original series? We didnвЂ™t change anything, but rather improved upon what we had already created. We listened to the fans, but the decision was based on peer reviews of the game. At the time, I received hundreds of emails, and the overwhelming majority were supportive of how we decided to end the series. What made it worth changing it with a DLC ending?ДЇrom my experience, only a vocal minority were unsatisfied. The Mass Effect 3 ending seemed to gain a lot of controversy. I take a lot of inspiration from the news, classic science fiction stories, and even snippets of shows like House or Sons of Anarchy. But I also feel like the stories we tell should be able to be relatable for today. I believe the sci-fi genre is used to reflect societyвЂ™s fears and hopes for the future. What inspirations did you have when writing Mass Effect? When they talked to me about their company, it was apparent they had more than video game knowledge, they had a strong understanding and plan for a business. I was working as a consultant when I met Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk at a convention. I always loved writing, but when I was younger I played a game made by Brian Fargo, and I remember reading a little blurb he wrote about creating the game, and that sparked something in me.

T here to promote the Mass EffectВ comic series by Dark Horse Comics, he was gracious enough to answer some questions for us, not only about the Mass Effect games themselves, but what it takes to be a writer for video games.

#MAC WALTERS INTERVIEW MAC#

Outside of the developers who worked on the game, very few people have seen concepting documents and, even Walters himself hadn't looked at them for a few years, so you'll get the inside story on everything from the creation of Thane to how The Princess Bride influenced the team, and how certain characters are the amalgamation of multiple ideas.This weekend, I and fellow GameSkinny columnist Stephanie Tang, got the opportunity to sit down with Mass Effect series' lead writer Mac Walters at New York Comic-Con. In the video, Mac Walters, who has been working on the franchise from the very start and is responsible for creating and writing a number of characters, shows GameSpot never-seen-before documents which catalogue ideas that BioWare had for making up its Dirty Dozen cast. Not only that-the episode digs into the characters who didn't make it into the game. And that's exactly what the latest episode of Audio Logs does. Almost every character in the game has a legion of fans, so the prospect of learning how they were conceptualized is incredibly exciting. When examining why BioWare's Mass Effect 2 is so beloved, it's in large part due to its iconic cast.

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