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[Arcian]

Including Shepard in ME:A after releasing those endings, protecting them and tossing all of the Milky Way in the bin to preserve them, would be insulting on a level no living being has ever reached before.

[Grieving Natashina]

Even as far back as 2012 they were saying that Shepard's story was over after the final DLC.

 

http://www.gamespot....d/1100-6398559/

 

Commander Shepard is gone, but not forgotten. BioWare Montreal producer Fabrice Condominas confirmed to VG247 that Shepard's story is finished, and the captain will not be featured in Mass Effect 4, or whatever the next entry in the series is titled.

 

"There is one thing we are absolutely sure of--there will be no more Shepard, and the trilogy is over," Condominas said. "This is really our starting point. Now the Mass Effect universe is vast, and very, very rich. So at this point in time, we don't even know what kind of time frame we're going to be in. All we're doing is more gathering ideas from the teams, gathering feedback to see several things."

 

As for who may replace Shepard as the franchise's leading character, Condominas made clear that BioWare is not simply going to iterate on Shepard.

 

I don't think they've changed their minds either.  They want to expand the Mass Effect Universe and are going to leave Shepard completely behind.  They don't want to touch the endings (that corner they backed themselves into must be itchy by now,) so no more Shepard.

[7twozero]

You did it op! You saved science!

[Derrame]

i really hope its Shepard, he survived in the good ending, so, if now his mission is to find a new planet/system for humanity, makes perfect sense  

[Arcian]

You did it op! You saved science!

[Mundus6]

This game will be in a distant future, that said i guess it could be shepard with eternal life since he (or she) is technically not human anymore but i doubt it. That said i wouldn't hate if shepard could be in the game, like Hawke in DA:I as long as he/she is not the protagonist and if you import a save where you didn't get the destroy ending is not alive.

[Arcian]

This game will be in a distant future

[citation needed]

[Grieving Natashina]

[citation needed]

Edit: See my next post.

[eyesheild21]

What Bioware could do is just have Shepard make a cameo in the opening of the game and allow players to customize him or her like they did with Hawke in D.A I. 

Shepard could be the one tasking the new protagonist with the job off exploring the Andromeda system for planets to colonize and making first contact with new species.  

[AlanC9]

Don't forget "this game is very much a new adventure, taking place far away from and long after the events of the original trilogy," from the intro thread on this board. Pierse's language is close enough to the leak for me.

[Grieving Natashina]

Yeah, I figured I'd find Pierce's quote and bring it in here:

 

While we aren’t ready to go into too many details just yet, as you saw in the trailer and can tell by the name, this game is very much a new adventure, taking place far away from and long after the events of the original trilogy

 

http://forum.bioware...ndromeda/page-1

[SardaukarElite]

I thought it was supposed to be Johnny Cash.

 

Johnny Cash for N7 squad mate and LI.

[corporal doody]

Shepard VI place in a blue box to become a true AI? implanted in a human or more advanced Sex Bot???

[Arcian]

While we aren’t ready to go into too many details just yet, as you saw in the trailer and can tell by the name, this game is very much a new adventure, taking place far away from and long after the events of the original trilogy

In other words, the game takes place after the Crucible choice, meaning the game must address the ME3 endings in some way (according to the logic of the fans).

If ME:A features geth, Destroy is confirmed non-canon. If ME:A does not feature glowy green bio-circuitry on every species imported from the Milky Way, Synthesis is confirmed non-canon. That leaves only Control, in which logic dictates God Shepard should send some of his/her Reapers to protect the Andromedan colonists from potential armed threats, meaning if no Reapers show up, Control is confirmed non-canon.

Your move, BioWare.

[The Arbiter]

So this hasn't been officially confirmed as in nobody from Bioware has come out and said "hey guys, Shepard will be back in Mass Effect: Andromeda" but we have enough info that they might as well have.

 

So basically everyone has been wondering who that mysterious figure in the N7 armour is, the developers have said it is not the protagonist and it can't be Vega as he would have had to shave off quite a bit of muscle mass to fit in that outfit which leaves only one other possibility, Shepard!

 

Basically this confirms that the destruction ending is canon and that Shepard will be leading the Ark to find a new home for humanity, but wait I hear you cry, that can't be my Shepard as my Shepard looked nothing like that and was a woman! Well unfortunately you don't survive a giant space station blowing up and crash landing on earth without getting a few scars and as amazing as Commander Shepard is unfortunately he is no exception as he suffered horrible burns to his face requiring him to need a face lift, and depending on the gender suffered major damage to her reproductive organs causing her to require gender reassignment surgery.

They used Shepard as a placeholder lmao. On topic... impossible! unless if N7 rescued Shepard after the destroy ending and freaking immortalized him then yes.

 

Shepard is dead guys, everyone you care and love is dead. The milkyway is now scrapped! like what the BIOWARE Cult always say "Get your self entitled arse out here so we can enjoy a clean slate" pretty brutal/metal huh?

[Grieving Natashina]

No, they don't have to address it.  That's why we're moving across to another galaxy, and likely a century or two removed from Shepard's story.  If they were going to address the endings, we'd stay in the Milky Way with whatever ending they choose.  It isn't going to happen.  It isn't just the endings, it's choices like the Geth or Quarians.  They have said that they "respect player choice too much," and will not touch the endings.  If you need a source for that, I'll go dig it up for you.

 

They don't have any "moves" to make.  It's on us, the players, to accept that they won't address the endings whether we like it or not.  We can debate about why it's a good or bad idea to switch galaxies.  We can debate about how much it effects what Mass Effect means to players.  However, time to let the idea of them canonizing any ending go.  You're free to hold onto that thread of hope, but you've only got yourself to blame when you're disappointed.

[Arcian]

No, they don't have to address it.  That's why we're moving across to another galaxy, and likely a century or two removed from Shepard's story.  If they were going to address the endings, we'd stay in the Milky Way with whatever ending they choose.  It isn't going to happen.  It isn't just the endings, it's choices like the Geth or Quarians.  They have said that they "respect player choice too much," and will not touch the endings.  If you need a source for that, I'll go dig it up for you.

 

They don't have any "moves" to make.  It's on us, the players, to accept that they won't address the endings whether we like it or not.  We can debate about why it's a good or bad idea to switch galaxies.  We can debate about how much it effects what Mass Effect means to players.  However, time to let the idea of them canonizing any ending go.  You're free to hold onto that thread of hope, but you've only got yourself to blame when you're disappointed.

The mere fact that the game takes place AFTER Mass Effect 3 forces them to address it, because those colonists sent to Andromeda are changed by those choices, especially in Synthesis.

 

Of course, you bring up a good point, the reason for the Andromeda shift was to get away from the endings, but since the circumstances of ME:A forces them to address them, the move to Andromeda was pointless to begin with.

 

The only real solution, the solution I have been championing right from the start, is to make ALL endings non-canon and keep the defeat of the Reapers non-specific. That way, they can do whatever they want without having to worry about the fallout from ME3.

[The Elder King]

It depends on How They reach Andromeda, and when the 'travel' towards the new galaxy actually started.

[gottaloveme]

Queen Skadi - your headspace is really trippy. I like it

 

The Shep will live on in my role play headspace no matter where Mass Effect ends up.

[Catastrophy]

They neutered Shepard? Nooooooooooo!

[LightningPoodle]

... You realise right that N7 does not only contain 2 people.

[Ajensis]

It's surprising to see the amount of people taking the OP seriously I'm guessing a lot of you didn't read it to the end.

[The Elder King]

I'm guessing there's an army of evil N7s, started up by a Cult run by Conrad Verner types after the war. 
 
And this guy in the trailer is like the Operative from Serentity. Hunting you down, because you're against the Cult of Shepard. And the objective of the game is to uncover all the "truth" and bring back the real history of Shepard.
 
 
But no actual Shepard in this game, I think. Just his pathetic minions.

If They're like Conrad the fights will be too easy
I like the new avatar by the way .

[The Elder King]

It's surprising to see the amount of people taking the OP seriously I'm guessing a lot of you didn't read it to the end.

Yeah, it was clearly a joke.