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[Madcat 124]

Basically, do you want another trilogy where you play as the same character for three games, Like the original trilogy, or would you want the games more separate, like Dragon Age or the Elder Scrolls (Where you play as a different protagonist each game)

[Remix-General Aetius]

doesn't really matter what we want. it's gonna be a new trilogy regardless.

[iggy4566]

Something that's not **** like ME3 and someone whose not Hudson or Walters.

[Golden_Persona]

I'll give a tl;dr version first. Scale back the villains' power, perhaps make them a self contained, one game threat. Make the story a nice clean, epic self contained story ala ME1 (if the Reapers were thwarted in ME1, without their lingering threat). If it means this next ME game is potentially the last one, so be it.

 

I was really shocked and apalled (ok, that's a little too dramatic) when an interview came out where they basically admitted they had no idea how the trilogy was going to play out. I mean, when ME3 was in production they wanted to make Shepard an alien I believe. If you're going to advertize something as a trilogy, you better have some form of planning, otherwise calling it a trilogy all the way through production of all 3 games means you're getting a little ahead of yourself.

 

Mass Effect seems to work best when it has a "villain of the week" set up. If the Reaper threat really did end with Sovereign, you'd have a really great self contained story with ME1, without some lingering threat that needs to be pushed across more games. Mass Effect 2 didn't really do much with pushing the lingering threat of the Reapers either. The Collectors would have worked fine without the Reapers being behind it. Saren, Sovereign, and the Collectors also work because while they are huge threats to the galaxy, they aren't infallible. They can be overcome and defeated. The Reapers in Mass Effect 3 were too powerful, except when the plot needed them not to be. Their actual power and numbers is really muddled and inconsistent, and a deus ex machina device was needed to beat them.

 

Because Saren and the Collectors aren't infallible, it meant that their threat didn't get in the way of players fun. We got to explore the ME universe, discover uninhabited planets, foil mercenary gangs' plans, chill out at night clubs and watch the dancers with rocking music in the background. In ME3 because the Reapers were such a threat it didn't allow us to enjoy the culture of the ME universe, what made it interesting because it was all burning around us.

[SolNebula]

IMO standalone games with the possibility to import it in the next game which has a different story with a different hero. Pretty much like Dragon Age does it.

[Mister J]

A smaller self contained story in a single game, or a big saga with three games resembling the three arc structure, both are fine with me...

[Mcfly616]

Self-contained/ standalone games from here on out, please. This allows for creativity to thrive by allowing for choices to carry more weight and have drastically branching narratives, without the fear of having to ensure a fan-favorite lives on and appears in the next installment. Fan-service is a detriment to creativity and (imo) quality.

[Raizo]

I don't mind either way. Having said that, I think the ME a Trilogy was let down by proper long term planning, at the very least ME2 and ME3 should have 2 parts of the 1 story and they should have fit together better than they did.

Working on a stand alone title would be less of a risk for Bioware since they are a talented studio and they are not obligated to continue on from where the ME Trilogy left of or leave the door open for a sequel. This is the safe bet, the easy choice , the cop out if you will.

Working on a brand new trilogy has the most risk of failure but it also shows that Bioware are still ambitious and that they might also have something to prove ( that they can deliver a trilogy of games with 1 cohesive story where the decisions you make in 1 game will influence the outcome of the layer games ).

[Battlebloodmage]

It's likely gonna be a trilogy since they did say the game is occurred at the same time as Shepard. It's such a cop-out. At least, it's not a prequel. That's what I keep telling myself anyway.

[katamuro]

Well a standalone would be ok if it was big enough, and I mean big, something like 80 - 100 hours. But a trilogy would be welcome too. I really dont much care as much as we get a good Mass Effect game.

[DanishViking]

doesn't really matter what we want. it's gonna be a new trilogy regardless.

thats great ! more mass effect for us !

[Drone223]

Something that's not **** like ME3 and someone whose not Hudson or Walters.

Seeing as how both of them work on the ME series since day one, its no surprise why they would work on the next installment.

[Cheech 2.0]

I'm good with either or. Just want to get back into that universe, and visit some planets.

[Iakus]

The trilogy has soured me on the import system.  DO everything standalone.

[Han Shot First]

It really depends on the setting and story, so it is hard to say at this point. 

 

If it is a prequel? Not really interested at all...so standalone I suppose.

 

Sidequel? Standalone.

 

Sequel? Trilogy..possibly. That of course depends on the big bad and the plot and whether that story can best be told in one game or three.

 

Mass Effect: Voyager? That depends on the plot and how interesting the new setting is.

[The_Other_M]

IF they can somehow lock down a competent group of writers that could maintain the same core themes,philosophy, and narrative for multiple sequels, then by-all-means do a trilogy.

 

But that's assuming that their work doesn't get hijacked by someone else's "artistic vision" during the third act.

[PHOEN1XK1NG]

I like the trilogy aspect. It's been fun so far!

[JonathonPR]

Stand alone. Greater narrative freedom and development. I can imagine that if the first three ME games had been the same way the collectors would not have to be tied to the Reapers and there would not be a need for the whole Shepard resurrection thing. Don't know how ME3 would have gone but a Cabal of clandestine organizations could have caused a splintering of the galactic races.

[Farangbaa]

If Bioware wants my money, they better make a quadrilogy or else I'm keepin' it.

[Teddie Sage]

The way they butchered Shepard for me in Mass Effect 3 makes me want to suggest that they don't do trilogies any longer and that they use Dragon Age's way of storytelling from now on.

 

New protagonists each game with different companions and returning faces in the sequels. I want each of the protagonists to feel like they are my characters instead of suffering through the auto-dialogues that ruined my immersion in the third game.

[NM_Che56]

I have a feeling this will be a saga.

[ForceXev]

If Bioware is up for it, I would love another trilogy.  One of the best thing about Mass Effect was that you stayed with one main character and a recurring cast of supporting characters for so long, and those relationships had so much time to develop.  It's much harder for me to care about the characters in Dragon Age because mostly you only see them for one game and their gone, and even when they do come back in a sequel it is with a new protagonist so the relationships between the characters have to start all over again from scratch.

 

They just have to make sure they nail down the over-arcing storyline in advance, so they aren't left grasping for a deus ex machina ending.