a prequel would be lame when everybody knows whats gonna happen later in the timeline... i think they should make either the control or destroy ending canon it would be sweet to see how my shepards choices during the trilogy shaped the galaxy after mass effect 3 and iim sure they can figure out another antagonist and it would make the ending a little better as well knowing that ur choices did actually matter..
Will there ever be a Mass Effect 4?
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Posté 03 août 2012 - 01:52
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If they do have another I hope it goes back to RPG style they had in ME1 that started getting lost in 2 and was all but gone in 3. By 3, I feel like I'm just playing a war game and it really ruined elements of the game for me especially after how ME2 threw Shep in with all new characters, no bonds to them, evil IM running things and a crew that is so immature that just going on a loyalty mission in the middle of trying to stop colonies from being taken is something that should earn loyalty not the outcome. If you help a friend and it doesn't fix things how they wanted and that friend is not loyal because of it that's pretty immature.
Or military effectiveness. WTH? Force me to multiplayer when I don't like multiplayer at all or I'm only getting half my assets? And then charge me for the torture of it? I'm not the only one who found that appalling. It was wrong to put that in there. I'd even venture to say unethical even more so since it goes down by the day (percentage wise). Fine, if you are going to force me to do this to get the best ending but don't make me have to go back to it. In the game, you don't lose assets you you've gained if you don't play the game for a week. That's so manipulative and such a ploy for money (keep us playing so others won't get stuck with no players or very limited player pools). It should have not been tied into the game at all other than to ADD to give you some super top level ending rather than used to keep you from only having half your assets. That is something I can never forgive BW for as I hate multiplayer.
Or military effectiveness. WTH? Force me to multiplayer when I don't like multiplayer at all or I'm only getting half my assets? And then charge me for the torture of it? I'm not the only one who found that appalling. It was wrong to put that in there. I'd even venture to say unethical even more so since it goes down by the day (percentage wise). Fine, if you are going to force me to do this to get the best ending but don't make me have to go back to it. In the game, you don't lose assets you you've gained if you don't play the game for a week. That's so manipulative and such a ploy for money (keep us playing so others won't get stuck with no players or very limited player pools). It should have not been tied into the game at all other than to ADD to give you some super top level ending rather than used to keep you from only having half your assets. That is something I can never forgive BW for as I hate multiplayer.
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#353
Posté 04 août 2012 - 04:02
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Can you imagine had your Shepard picked the control ending in ME3 (Or if that ending becomes canon), that he/she becomes sort of the antagonist in ME4 and later games? That'll make for some amazingly interesting events, and depending on how things go and how much further in the future it is, you can still see some of your old favorite characters, and how they react to discovering Shepard is in control of the Reapers, though you'd have a new protag
Destroy ending feels more canon though, so hopefully something is done with that one or as someone else suggested, there's a singular event that merges everything. Either way, I'd definitely prefer the timeline move forward in the games instead of backward. Maybe show the first contact war in an animated series or something
Gameplay-wise I enjoyed ME3. I suppose they could make the gameplay modes actually reflect what you choose (Action - ME3 Feel, RPG - ME1 feel, Story - Maybe some QTE's instead?). Just a matter of how much more work devs are willing to do on the matter, but something that will satisfy all parties and can increase the number of playthroughs significantly
Destroy ending feels more canon though, so hopefully something is done with that one or as someone else suggested, there's a singular event that merges everything. Either way, I'd definitely prefer the timeline move forward in the games instead of backward. Maybe show the first contact war in an animated series or something
Gameplay-wise I enjoyed ME3. I suppose they could make the gameplay modes actually reflect what you choose (Action - ME3 Feel, RPG - ME1 feel, Story - Maybe some QTE's instead?). Just a matter of how much more work devs are willing to do on the matter, but something that will satisfy all parties and can increase the number of playthroughs significantly
#354
Posté 04 août 2012 - 07:51
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Of course yes it will be (i hope, and cross my fingers - it's a french expression)... 
#355
Posté 04 août 2012 - 09:04
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I wonder if maybe the whole ME 3 ending could be attributed to a reaper indoctrination attempt on Shepard and a possible ME 4 could could then be based on really destroying the reapers. So may characters like the asari and krogan have long lifespans and EDI, well, can't die. Bioware could take ME 4 anywhere they want.
#356
Posté 06 août 2012 - 06:54
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Hi all, forum virgin here. I hope they make an ME4 and the ideas some have put over about one based largely in the Terminus Systems would be cool, as well as the choice of character. Wouldn't it be great to play as a Turian or a Drell, in a future where the alliance have started to directly employ aliens? Set it just far enough in the future for there still to be familiar Krogan/Asari characters and they'd be onto a winner IMO. 150 years maybe? oh and the destroy end would have to be canon for me.
#357
Posté 07 août 2012 - 02:41
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Whilst playing ME2, and through ME3 (specially after the ending), I envisioned a future Mass Effect game that focuses more on the strategic aspects such as planet control and space/galaxy domination.
So what am I thinking about here?
Scan: Remove this feature completely, replace it with "Explore".
Explore: You land on the planet directly, and when you have finished all the specific planet objectives you place a "Flag" at a point. Missions wouldn't be much different than what we have seen in ME games, just elaborated. Later as you develop your planet you will be able to choose to land in different areas.
Defending: Can be done in 2 ways, unless it is mission specific (which is always landing on the planet).
A, Land on the planet yourself and defend your planet with your team.
B, Manage your troops and fight another enemy on another front at the same time.
Attacking: Land on the planet and enter a battlefield mission (different for every planet), micro manage troops on point.
Fleets: Send fleets to planets to take them over, or have them offer fire support from space. Or join the fleet in Space Combat.
Space Combat: Control your own fighter, or your own starship (i.e Normandy). Board other ships and take them over by controlling the bridge, or perhaps choose to blow off a bomb in the engine room.
Planetary Control/Macro management: From the screen where you regularly choose "Back" or "Scan" you would instead have a control where you can choose to build structures, train soldiers and defend points, research technology and so forth, construct armories that you can later buy planet specific gear from. Simplified: Colonize planets and develop them.
Play as any race, dominate the galaxy in different styles, every race has its own group that you could control and its own storyline. Or perhaps just simply different "Origins" with their own military options and race specific companions.
So what am I thinking about here?
Scan: Remove this feature completely, replace it with "Explore".
Explore: You land on the planet directly, and when you have finished all the specific planet objectives you place a "Flag" at a point. Missions wouldn't be much different than what we have seen in ME games, just elaborated. Later as you develop your planet you will be able to choose to land in different areas.
Defending: Can be done in 2 ways, unless it is mission specific (which is always landing on the planet).
A, Land on the planet yourself and defend your planet with your team.
B, Manage your troops and fight another enemy on another front at the same time.
Attacking: Land on the planet and enter a battlefield mission (different for every planet), micro manage troops on point.
Fleets: Send fleets to planets to take them over, or have them offer fire support from space. Or join the fleet in Space Combat.
Space Combat: Control your own fighter, or your own starship (i.e Normandy). Board other ships and take them over by controlling the bridge, or perhaps choose to blow off a bomb in the engine room.
Planetary Control/Macro management: From the screen where you regularly choose "Back" or "Scan" you would instead have a control where you can choose to build structures, train soldiers and defend points, research technology and so forth, construct armories that you can later buy planet specific gear from. Simplified: Colonize planets and develop them.
Play as any race, dominate the galaxy in different styles, every race has its own group that you could control and its own storyline. Or perhaps just simply different "Origins" with their own military options and race specific companions.
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#358
Posté 08 août 2012 - 06:52
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Dont know if anyones thought of this yet, but maybe any future games set in the future will have any one of your team as the protagonist. Keeps your team mates alive and continues the story with the characters we've played with for so long. All endings from me3 could be integrated by removing the reapers with some crappy excuse like theyre dead/sent away as too much potential danger, synthesis could give a buff like 10% damage/health, and shepard alive but only a background character whos presence doesnt impact the main story. I think that ties up most loose ends without being cheap and unbelievable and is easy to flesh out
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#359
Posté 09 août 2012 - 06:14
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I think this has been suggested but it's then pointed out that there aren't that many team mates that can't be killed somewhere along the line. In ME1 you can end up with Wrex dead and you can't avoid killing one of Ash/Kaiden, in ME2 absolutely any of them at all can be killed, in ME3 at least two of your former teammates have to die that I know of and it's possible to get at least two more killed (including whichever survived in ME1 out of Ash/Kaiden). The only one with significant appearances in all three games and is sufficiently plot armoured to be alive at the end of ME3 (assuming you don't choose the 'screw you, player, you lose the game' ending) that I can think of is Liara, and with the best will in the world she's not to everyone's taste as a character.Rintaro88 wrote...
Dont know if anyones thought of this yet, but maybe any future games set in the future will have any one of your team as the protagonist. Keeps your team mates alive and continues the story with the characters we've played with for so long....
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Posté 09 août 2012 - 07:06
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If they do, I don't think it should be from the perspective of Shepard.
I would gladly welcome another game though
(just not TOO many, that would ruin everything)
I would gladly welcome another game though
(just not TOO many, that would ruin everything)
#361
Posté 09 août 2012 - 08:19
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If EA decides to make another Mass Effect they are going to have to talk with Bioware on who or what the story will be based on. whether it will have a multiplayer. if there will be a crew or companion thing like the first three. what the new plot is. (Possible Galactic Civil War or, like the catalyst stated at the end of ME3, synthetics will try to rule organics) And all that other fun stuff that was needed to make the first three as awesome as they were. But of course it is not certain there will be a Mass Effect 4, or a new name for the new trilogy or single game if they make it. But we must hope that it does, or doesn't happen. which ever is your pick.
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Posté 11 août 2012 - 08:00
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Imagine that u were fighting against Reapers only in 1 galaxy. I think ME 4 could be after many years and u could hear about Shepard and his great victory against Reapers or maybe when u have relationship with partners u could have a child and in ME 4 u will play for another Shepard. I restarted playing ME 3 few days ago and today i just sacrificed Quarians because they were too stupid and didnt listen to me or Tali. I just miss Tali....
EDIT: And what about Miranda? She rebuilded u only in 2 years when u died at ME2 beggining, if i have relationship with her maybe she will rebuild me again?
And i agree on it should be again epic RPG as it was in ME1.
EDIT: And what about Miranda? She rebuilded u only in 2 years when u died at ME2 beggining, if i have relationship with her maybe she will rebuild me again?
And i agree on it should be again epic RPG as it was in ME1.
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Posté 12 août 2012 - 11:23
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i think that ME4 or whaterver the name will be shuld be like Dragon age origin when u
chose how the story will progress (race and story background).
if u have a savegame from ME3 you can import your story
a. you use the story from ME3 and the choices and actions follow the game
b. same as "a" but if u had a romance you will be the offspring of shepard (child, grand child,
adopted child). or maybe a relative (cusin, brother, sister or some one in family tree that is blood
related (if it is more than 100+ years ahead fomr ME3))
c. or you can just start a whole new char.
1. chose your race (human, asari, turian, krogan, salarian)
2. chose story (destroy, control, synthasys)
3. chose your class (soldier, vangard, engineer.....)
4. chose backgrond (the nerd, the trubblemaker, the spoiled, the vigalante, the HERO.....)
the big problem i see here is that the game will be three games in one becuse on the story u have
chosen, but the good thing is that u will have the start you chose and not what the developers
decide.
Like ME2 (post DLC) the counsel is dead becuse in ME1 u let em die, u cant change that unless
u dowload the DLC and shose what happend in ME1 or import save from ME1
chose how the story will progress (race and story background).
if u have a savegame from ME3 you can import your story
a. you use the story from ME3 and the choices and actions follow the game
b. same as "a" but if u had a romance you will be the offspring of shepard (child, grand child,
adopted child). or maybe a relative (cusin, brother, sister or some one in family tree that is blood
related (if it is more than 100+ years ahead fomr ME3))
c. or you can just start a whole new char.
1. chose your race (human, asari, turian, krogan, salarian)
2. chose story (destroy, control, synthasys)
3. chose your class (soldier, vangard, engineer.....)
4. chose backgrond (the nerd, the trubblemaker, the spoiled, the vigalante, the HERO.....)
the big problem i see here is that the game will be three games in one becuse on the story u have
chosen, but the good thing is that u will have the start you chose and not what the developers
decide.
Like ME2 (post DLC) the counsel is dead becuse in ME1 u let em die, u cant change that unless
u dowload the DLC and shose what happend in ME1 or import save from ME1
#364
Posté 13 août 2012 - 07:35
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New enemies create new heroes.
http://social.biowar...2&poll_id=38179
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Posté 15 août 2012 - 04:16
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If there would be a me4 it should depend from chosen ending.. that's is very hard to do. I would love to see more mass effect universe but i think new game will be complete different story. I only hope that in future game i'll feel less like a puppet and more like someone who creates reality around with words, guns and choices, not only pretends to create it.
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Posté 15 août 2012 - 09:34
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Yeah I doubt previous save game data and choices would be allowed. Especially considering if ME4 is made it will probably be on a next gen console. So they should just pick an ending go with it and it would be better if the next game was set pretty far into the future.
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Posté 18 août 2012 - 12:12
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I really want more mass effect games but if you think about it u wont be able to be asari, turian, krogan, or salarian becuase the developers need to be able to have the player be a woman AND male. And i know there are woman turian, krogan, and salarians but that hasnt been done yet (minus eve) and that would at least in my mind to play as.
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Posté 18 août 2012 - 03:28
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While the Mass Effect series, as a whole, was awesome in its own way, the setup of the game itself (where the plot events were actually decided by the previous iterations of the game) make it quite hard to do any post-ME3 games, especially with the fact that the endings made it much more difficult to do so.
That being said, MMO ME could be viable, though EA/Bioware would have to go out on its limb, and do development for this one right, because frankly, the previous reactions to the last game was somewhat extreme. They'd have to either shoulder a lot of things, more than what they had done, in order to fix everything and make everything better.
...that's the optimistic perspective. The pessimist would be that they'd still create a game, regardless of the quality of the previous one, probably do a lot of good marketing with it, but already cut out lots and lots of corners, and the finally, letting the really die-hard fans to go buy it and for them to get away with it.
That being said, MMO ME could be viable, though EA/Bioware would have to go out on its limb, and do development for this one right, because frankly, the previous reactions to the last game was somewhat extreme. They'd have to either shoulder a lot of things, more than what they had done, in order to fix everything and make everything better.
...that's the optimistic perspective. The pessimist would be that they'd still create a game, regardless of the quality of the previous one, probably do a lot of good marketing with it, but already cut out lots and lots of corners, and the finally, letting the really die-hard fans to go buy it and for them to get away with it.
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Posté 18 août 2012 - 07:56
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Okay so I'm too lazy and don't have the patience to go through the whole forum lol so if I'm saying something here that's already been said 100 times, then I sincerely apologize 
Anyways, I see a huge possibility for BioWare doing something like they did with Dragon Age. DAO focused completely on the Blight; making allies, bringing different people together through adversity and ultimately fighting the enemy, i.e. the Darkspawn. This is kind of the same thing as with the ME trilogy, facing all the odds and bringing everyone together to fight the ultimate enemy, in this case the Reapers.
Then in DA with the Blight defeated in DAO, BioWare did a complete 360 with the franchise, and made DA2 about the buildup to the Mage-Templar War, which will no doubt be the focus of DA3. I'm thinking that ME could take a similar approach; with the Reapers defeated, fast forward a few years and create a new monumental crisis- again, similar to what was done with the whole Mage-Templar War in DA. Assuming the destroy option was canon... Idk, maybe what Star Child said would happen does, and the "chaos" returns, with the now-rebuilt synthetics rebelling against their creators. Like I said, I don't know that idea is just me spitballing lol, but obviously BioWare (cough cough NOT EA hopefully) would come up with something that fits well into the awesome lore they've established in the ME universe.
Well, I think that'd be a good path for BioWare to take, especially since I'd highly prefer a sequel rather than a prequel. Anyone agree or disagree with this? Why or why not?
Anyways, I see a huge possibility for BioWare doing something like they did with Dragon Age. DAO focused completely on the Blight; making allies, bringing different people together through adversity and ultimately fighting the enemy, i.e. the Darkspawn. This is kind of the same thing as with the ME trilogy, facing all the odds and bringing everyone together to fight the ultimate enemy, in this case the Reapers.
Then in DA with the Blight defeated in DAO, BioWare did a complete 360 with the franchise, and made DA2 about the buildup to the Mage-Templar War, which will no doubt be the focus of DA3. I'm thinking that ME could take a similar approach; with the Reapers defeated, fast forward a few years and create a new monumental crisis- again, similar to what was done with the whole Mage-Templar War in DA. Assuming the destroy option was canon... Idk, maybe what Star Child said would happen does, and the "chaos" returns, with the now-rebuilt synthetics rebelling against their creators. Like I said, I don't know that idea is just me spitballing lol, but obviously BioWare (cough cough NOT EA hopefully) would come up with something that fits well into the awesome lore they've established in the ME universe.
Well, I think that'd be a good path for BioWare to take, especially since I'd highly prefer a sequel rather than a prequel. Anyone agree or disagree with this? Why or why not?
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Posté 24 août 2012 - 04:40
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Modifié par Grannygreen, 24 août 2012 - 04:49 .
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Posté 24 août 2012 - 04:40
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ggs1995 wrote...
Okay so I'm too lazy and don't have the patience to go through the whole forum lol so if I'm saying something here that's already been said 100 times, then I sincerely apologize
Anyways, I see a huge possibility for BioWare doing something like they did with Dragon Age. DAO focused completely on the Blight; making allies, bringing different people together through adversity and ultimately fighting the enemy, i.e. the Darkspawn. This is kind of the same thing as with the ME trilogy, facing all the odds and bringing everyone together to fight the ultimate enemy, in this case the Reapers.
Then in DA with the Blight defeated in DAO, BioWare did a complete 360 with the franchise, and made DA2 about the buildup to the Mage-Templar War, which will no doubt be the focus of DA3. I'm thinking that ME could take a similar approach; with the Reapers defeated, fast forward a few years and create a new monumental crisis- again, similar to what was done with the whole Mage-Templar War in DA. Assuming the destroy option was canon... Idk, maybe what Star Child said would happen does, and the "chaos" returns, with the now-rebuilt synthetics rebelling against their creators. Like I said, I don't know that idea is just me spitballing lol, but obviously BioWare (cough cough NOT EA hopefully) would come up with something that fits well into the awesome lore they've established in the ME universe.
Well, I think that'd be a good path for BioWare to take, especially since I'd highly prefer a sequel rather than a prequel. Anyone agree or disagree with this? Why or why not?
Agree. I already know how it ends, whats the point to develope a game off a series so big just to tell a story eveyone who has ever played already know what happens. Thats where i would head with it. Bioware has the best shot of continuing this with something along the lines of how they did DA. The biggest hurdle would be all the different endings and how to continue with that unless they made them Irrelevant somehow.
Its been a couple hundred years, maybe more. Sythentics have gone F#$%en Nutso, or maybe wrex is long gone and surpassed by the HITLER of Krogans. I mean hitler as a Krogan, Reapers would move to a different galaxy. THere is Plenty of Galatic tension along the storyline to develope some good heart felt conlflict. I think the customization was underplayed for how important you character was to the game, I would like to see a new main character, all tatted up and F!@#en mean looking. I prefer sheppard as an A@#, partly because thats how i probably would be, but mostly it makes the story more exciting to me. Put the scale between Jack and and Joker and let players find they're happy medium.
They should come back with a much more extreme in your face and personal mass effect 4. Decisions more drastic and game changing, scenes more graffic and emotional, relationships and romances more entangled.I dont care who the F#$% were fighting, you bring that to the table and i'll enjoy everyminute of it. And for the love of god let me build a sheppard from head to toe that looks like he will F#$% your face and say your welcome afterwards.
Either way they have options, They need to widen the spectrum of the game in general for a successful redemption of the Mass Effect series. I believe in you BioWare.
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Posté 25 août 2012 - 02:40
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I think a completely new storyline and set of characters would be the bets course as anything to do with the first trilogy will just be a comparison (aka old Star wars is way better than the new star wars because they linked everything and people compared it) which would be bad, so a fresh storyline would be better, no reapers, nothing to do with the old trilogy except the events would be the best. And NO mmo its all about the story.
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Posté 26 août 2012 - 06:50
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I think if they make mass effect 4, a new storyline would be a great idea and i totally agree with ScorpIIoN it would be awsome to chose wich race you would want to be (asari, human, krogan, ect...) Also i think it would be possible to have Liara alive in mass effect 4 becuase asaris live up to 1000s of years old and Liara is just 109 on mass effect 3, for asaris that like still a teen or a child. Anyways i would love to see her. Also i think it would be cool they give us more classes to choose from like the classes that are on multiplayer. Being a n7 shadow on story mode with more upgrades would be nice. Also mass effect 4 should have better quality and graphics when it comes to creating our character. Like better make up, hair (including long hair the length of ashely's for the females, faces formats, so out character can look hot like the ones on story mood. If there are going to have asaris and turians, they should have cool styles of face paint to choose from.So far those are my thoughts on character creation im still thinking on the story.
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Posté 27 août 2012 - 12:39
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I'd actually like a Mass Effect 2.5, regarding the dark energy plot. Just retcon a few things and use the ME2 crew again. Would be great.
