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[dreamgazer]

Argentoid wrote...

Am I the only one around here who thinks that the next Mass Effect will take place in a parallel alternative universe or something?

It's possible, but that's a tremendously broad concept. 

[AlanC9]

GimmeDaGun wrote...
Since both synthesis and control bring a new utopian or dystopian age it has no sense to continue the story of the galaxy to that direction. If you chose  one of those two options, then the reapers are still present and play a significant role in the life of the galaxy. Their presence and role as guardians would take all possibilities for the rise of a new and serious threat, conflict or problem. I think those two endings would be self-contained endings without any need of further story telling. Just like with ME2's ending if Shepard dies. 

It depends on the type of threat. I certainly agree that the Reapers would rule out plenty of stories, but I'm not really into the MEU equivalent of the Yuuzhan Vong showing up anyway.

[AlanC9]

Argentoid wrote...

Am I the only one around here who thinks that the next Mass Effect will take place in a parallel alternative universe or something?

Nah. It's a live issue. I loathe the idea, but nobody says I have to buy the damn game, so I'm not particularly upset if it happens.

[SwobyJ]

I'm more cool with the concept of an alternate universe (which I agree, is actually a VERY broad concept) that still has lore ties to the Shepard one. How? Well, I've explained my crazy opinions on that elsewhere, but honestly, Bioware could do anything and as long as it WORKS WELL for me, I'll roll with it.

Not cool with a reboot.

[MattFini]

I've had my fill of reapers, and I don't want a straight up prequel.

I could learn to be cool with just about anything else.

[Grizzly46]

The thing I look forward to is wheter or not Bioware resorts to a lot of retconning, saves themselves with the uber-cheesy trope "it was all a dream" or chooses one canon ending. Because if ME-Next takes place after the reaper war, they must make a decision about what happened, and to havea game that could take off based on all endings would not really be feasible, not on this side of the 24th century at least. I'm very worried that they might screw up the epical tale that was Mass Effect 1-3, simply because they want to milk the franchise more.

So well, I'm also very curious to see how they will pull this off.

[Siansonea]

How about a complete reboot? You know, make the game series that Mass Effect 1-3 was touted as being, but didn't actually end up being. And fire all the comic book writers. And get writers who understand that actions have consequences, and consequences have implications. So yeah, either deliver "branching narratives", or dispense with the pretense of it altogether. If I'm going to be on rails, don't tell me I'm driving.

[Derpy]

No reapurz and no prequel.

@poster above -
ur sig... replace the words in it with "disserves a better death".

[Zso_Zso]

Its very simple: the Canon ending is IT, so it does not matter which color you choose, it was all in your head only and the story can continue where we left off when running towards the beam...

with only slight easily resolved variants on how they treat i-Sheppard (that's short for indoctrinated Sheppard).

[GimmeDaGun]

Siansonea II wrote...

How about a complete reboot? You know, make the game series that Mass Effect 1-3 was touted as being, but didn't actually end up being. And fire all the comic book writers. And get writers who understand that actions have consequences, and consequences have implications. So yeah, either deliver "branching narratives", or dispense with the pretense of it altogether. If I'm going to be on rails, don't tell me I'm driving.

I can imagine that happening ten or twenty years from now. I'd welcome a reboot too with a heavily reimagined story and characters, a darker setting, and with less power-trippy space-opera bs. An actual sci-fi thriller with many horror elements (I mean reapers, indoctrination... just think about the possibilities), more "no-nonsense" attitude and no bias towards one morality branch (khmmm... paragon). A game where choices actually have consequences, and which would not give you the opportunity to "hero yourself out" from difficult situations, you would have to deal with the actual consequences of your deeds... or maybe others would have to suffer them. Basically a The Witcher style c&c system: no black and white options. A game which is less about the juvenile power-fantasy presented by an omnipotent hero-man (that Shepard is) and his\\her squadmates who constantly lick his or her boots no matter what he\\she does or sais, and more about a lore heavy, misterious and merciless story with more believable and less two dimensional characters.... it will never happen, but one can dream about it. 

[Zan51]

I'd prefer an Alternate Universe, or one where Destroy was canon.

I hate to say it, but a game set with either Synthesis or Control of the Reapers in it, I would not buy because I have no interest in those resolutions to the game. They go so against my ideas of what is right, I just couldn't play them. As for a prequel - nothing of interest can happen, we know it all, so Move Along, folks...

So gimme a clean slate with new possibilities in a parallel Universe, and I would certainly be interested. Or one set after Destroy where we work as a new protagonist to rebuild/continue rebuilding the relays, getting races back to their home worlds or getting supplies for them to eat and drink safely etc. and maybe again helping to build an alliance of us all working to these ends and facing riders/pirates trying to stop us.

[Grizzly46]

Siansonea II wrote...

How about a complete reboot? You know, make the game series that Mass Effect 1-3 was touted as being, but didn't actually end up being. And fire all the comic book writers. And get writers who understand that actions have consequences, and consequences have implications. So yeah, either deliver "branching narratives", or dispense with the pretense of it altogether. If I'm going to be on rails, don't tell me I'm driving.

+1

Agreed.

This is me giving you a thumbs up.

[sascha040786]

Hey guys,

I would love to see the option to play as an ardat_yakshi. Some kind of agent/bountyhunter/escapee/smuggler/spacevampire badass antihero.

Something that steers the game in a completely different direction and that gives the player the option to experience the vast emotional range associated with you being hunted from birth and without having a real chance while exploring the somewhat darker elements of a setting as vast as ME.
Damn with this kind of character concept you get an unbelievable variety of companions you could come across for better or for worse and multitude of decisions either going in the direction of selfcentered antihero or of misunderstood tragic hero trying to do the best you can with those ****ty cards that were dealt to you.
Even the scope of such a story could be absolutely epic steering into the direction for open revolt or leading to some form of liberated coexistence or whatnot... i mean possibilities over possibilities and FINALLY a somewhat plausible explanation why your skills improve so quickly during the course of the game (XP) ^^

Anyway what are your ideas?

[Nitrocuban]

ME4 will be about a arche fleet sent to another galaxy during the Reaper War.
All problems solved.

[xKittenKaratex]

What if they had a sort of similar intro like that in dragon age. Where they have multiple versions of the beginning of the game. But depending on what ending you chose, the main plotline/rising conflict is still the same? They'd have to get creative with how it would work, but that way everyone sort of gets a reference to the choice they made in ME3? :s

Modifié par xKittenKaratex, 26 janvier 2014 - 06:29 .

[shenlonzero]

What about another game that takes place a decent amount of time after the trilogy, about a threat from another galaxy? towards the end of the first game, we could venture out to the other galaxy, similar to the end of mass effect 2, only it's partitioned off and we only get a glimpse into the the next big threat, and depending on what your decision was at the end of the game, makes the fight harder or easier?

[eyezonlyii]

I think smaller is the way o go here. To keep escalating conflicts just to top the last entry will definitely get us into comic book territory with power and villain creep. I think a story about bringing down a syndicate of some kind would be pretty cool. Instead of a paragon/renegade system why not choose from the beginning to whether you work for the council as an actual Spectre this time or Aria as a merc?

[DoomsdayDevice]

A reboot would be downright bizarre.

"Ok guys we just made this trilogy, but you know what, we'll do it all over again. This time it'll be better!"

Not going to happen.

Maybe after a few more games, but even then it's doubtful.

Modifié par DoomsdayDevice, 28 janvier 2014 - 01:48 .

[ImaginaryMatter]

I feel like the origins of the Crucible might somehow be explored or explained in some capacity.

[Wayning_Star]

they claim there'll be NO mention of current ME stuff, or at least ME3, but I heard that there will be no reference to the game as even being an "ME 4" type thingy. All new and stand alone I guess.

(whoa!)

[kalerab]

AlanC9 wrote...

NeonFlux117 wrote...

I was watching it, tell the dude said Control should be canonized.

So.....

www.youtube.com/watch

What's wrong with canonized Control?

Shepard to TIM: "You´re an idiot, it cannot be done and even if it could we´re not ready"

Shepard 5 minutes later: "LOL, **** this, imma become  a Reaper"

I suspect that only reason why Mac Walters added the "geth and EDI will die as well" reason for Destroy ending is so it wouldn´t become basically canon for all fans. I don´t see any other as this is what you have been trying to accomplish for all 3 games - kill all those SOBs

ImaginaryMatter wrote...

I feel like the origins of the Crucible might somehow be explored or explained in some capacity.

You wouldn´t know them...

Modifié par kalerab, 28 janvier 2014 - 03:16 .

[Mcfly616]

The Crucible is best left up to speculation imo.

[MILKtoGO]

Well here is a thought.

If you had activated the crucible with high EMS the Reapers are still intact, regardless of the ending you choose. Now lets say a few hundred / thousand years down the road the reaper tech is becoming a common thing. It is far past what was common during the trilogy.

With nothing left to discover in the galaxy, they use reaper tech to attempt to reach another galaxy. If we did manage to reach a galaxy near the milky way that could explain the 2 new rumored races that have been floating around for a bit, one was supposed to be ancient and advanced if i'm not mistaken.

I don't know. I haven't been on the forums often so if this idea has already come up sorry for the repeat.

[Armass81]

MILKtoGO wrote...

Well here is a thought.

If you had activated the crucible with high EMS the Reapers are still intact, regardless of the ending you choose. Now lets say a few hundred / thousand years down the road the reaper tech is becoming a common thing. It is far past what was common during the trilogy.

With nothing left to discover in the galaxy, they use reaper tech to attempt to reach another galaxy. If we did manage to reach a galaxy near the milky way that could explain the 2 new rumored races that have been floating around for a bit, one was supposed to be ancient and advanced if i'm not mistaken.

I don't know. I haven't been on the forums often so if this idea has already come up sorry for the repeat.

"Nothing new"? Except the over 99% that remains unexplored as per the codex!

[AlanC9]

kalerab wrote...

AlanC9 wrote...

What's wrong with canonized Control?

Shepard to TIM: "You´re an idiot, it cannot be done and even if it could we´re not ready"

Shepard 5 minutes later: "LOL, **** this, imma become  a Reaper"

That's a problem with Shepard's dialogue in the scene with TIM, not with Control itself. I certainly agree that dialogue was bad.Though there's nothing wrong with Shepard just being wrong about stuff on occasion.

Modifié par AlanC9, 22 février 2014 - 04:56 .