Save import is one of the things that made Mass Effect stand out. I won't be surprised if they ditch it though. Too much work, too little gain and too much butthurt in the end
I think they have to ditch save imports just by virtue of the next game likely being entirely next gen. I doubt ME:Next will be playable on the Xbox 360 or PS3.
Hopefully it's not on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. We don't need those system holding the game back. They'll both be around a decade old when this game comes out.
Although, since we're dealing with EA here, I wouldn't be surprised if it is released on the older system to cash in on those users.
It'll be next gen only. Count on it.
I think the main character will be a volus...
think about it...really think about it....
now believe it
Hopefully it's not on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. We don't need those system holding the game back. They'll both be around a decade old when this game comes out.
Although, since we're dealing with EA here, I wouldn't be surprised if it is released on the older system to cash in on those users.
I'm pretty certain it'll be next gen only. By the time the new game comes out, the PS4/XBOne would have been out for quite some time. Heck I only have a PS3 and I don't want this game to come out for it. I'm very certain I'll have a PS4 by the time it's released.
I think the main character will be a volus...
think about it...really think about it....
now believe it
I can already smell his greatness.
Actually just make it like in Dragon Age:Origins.
Give every race it'S own background story and add a few remarks to this background every now and then in the mainplot.
I don't see any big difficulties here.
Human? Well you start at a military Academy and go on a training mission as part of a x person squad.
Depending on class you take another spot in the team e.g. biotic, soldier or engineer and somehow something goes wrong and you end up in the main storyline.
You could continue this for every race
Batarian? You are part of a slaver crew and try to capture a spaceship but all goes wrong and you end up in the mainstoryline.
I would also add the option for everyone to refuse to take part in the main storyline ... lets say "amnesty for whatever went wrong in the prologue or life sentence in prison" if you choose the later let it be a game over and create an autosave before the decision.
Once in the storyline the person goes back to his homeplanet or whatever and faces some minor consequences .. a Krogan gets challenged to a duel or stuff like that.
If i was working for Bioware i would let the community send in special background stories and chosse whatever i think fits best.
I referred to save import in ME:Next 2 and 3. A new trilogyI think they have to ditch save imports just by virtue of the next game likely being entirely next gen. I doubt ME:Next will be playable on the Xbox 360 or PS3.
All I am asking for is a protagonist who's not from the military. Maybe an explorer, or some kind of smuggler? Starting as some kind of smuggler could give us a ship, knowledge about weapons and we could still act as an explorer couldn't we? I'd find that more inteteresting than the usual soldier/adventurer formula, but only if we're not being captured and held prisoner at the start of the game. Seriously, every rpg nowadays is going with the stupid prisoner-story, I don't want to see it anymore.
I'd just like to start as a protagonist who's not involved with the military or government at all. This could change over the course of the game though (someone is forced to rely on us, etc.). Working on the edge of the law could give us a fresh and new perspective of the Mass Effect universe as well, since we're used to being the saviour of the galaxy. 
independent explorer that gets hired to explore and map dangerous and hostile areas or a bounty hunter.
I just don't want to have anything to do with the council or alliance again
We already know the hero will be an N7. Everyone on this forum should know that by now...
This is true, but does that necessarily mean that we have to start as a N7? I'd prefer to play as someone who's either starting as a nobody, or at least rather unimportant for the military in the beginning.
All we do know is that the character was wearing N7 armour, that does not necessarily mean we're N7.
All we do know is that the character was wearing N7 armour, that does not necessarily mean we're N7.
Source for when the devs said he's part of N7.
And it could mean anything. I wore Cerberus armour in ME3, even though I was not part of Cerberus. I'm sure the Alliance would not of taken kindly to that...
Actually just make it like in Dragon Age:Origins.
Give every race it'S own background story and add a few remarks to this background every now and then in the mainplot.
I don't see any big difficulties here.
Human? Well you start at a military Academy and go on a training mission as part of a x person squad.
Depending on class you take another spot in the team e.g. biotic, soldier or engineer and somehow something goes wrong and you end up in the main storyline.
You could continue this for every race
Batarian? You are part of a slaver crew and try to capture a spaceship but all goes wrong and you end up in the mainstoryline.
I would also add the option for everyone to refuse to take part in the main storyline ... lets say "amnesty for whatever went wrong in the prologue or life sentence in prison" if you choose the later let it be a game over and create an autosave before the decision.
Once in the storyline the person goes back to his homeplanet or whatever and faces some minor consequences .. a Krogan gets challenged to a duel or stuff like that.
If i was working for Bioware i would let the community send in special background stories and chosse whatever i think fits best.
Unless BioWare is going to give us a silent protagonist like we had in DA:O I don't see this working. DA:I content for Dwarves and Qunari was borderline nonexistent; elves' content was actually not that bad; but for the most part you have very little reactivity to your racial choice.
I do like your concept for a Batarian character's origin story though. It would be an interesting playthrough to start with your character boarding a civilian ship and then proceed to separate families from each other; could the narrative and roleplaying opportunities allow for a quality redemption arc? Could the story deal with a character who used to be classic antagonist turned hero; like a ME version of a ruthless Dwarf Nobel who sacrifices themselves at the end to stop the Blight?
Source for when the devs said he's part of N7.
I remember the N7 armour was discussed but I do not remember stating we were N7. When I get home I'll re-watch it.
The protagonist is N7.
The protagonist is N7.
Which doesn't bode well for BioWare trying to avoid making a Shepard 2.0
Which doesn't bode well for BioWare trying to avoid making a Shepard 2.0
Agreed.
"...not Shepard 2.0", so lets put them right in Shepard's shoes. What asinine logic.
It would be nice if people would provide a source for these claims...
I would hope the main character is not N7 because I want this game to distance itself from Commander Shepard as much as possible.
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