So now that it's just one more year till ME:A, I wanted to tell you guys my hopes and wishes for the game. I am trying to keep this as short as possible but it might end up in a wall of text anyway 
1. Choices in previous games
So to begin with I hope that at least some of our dicisions in ME 1-3 will have an impact on the story in ME:A. Doesn't need to be something major, but at least a few things that give us this "huh, I did this!"- feeling. I am pretty sure that ME:A won't be playing after the ME3 Ending (I think it's even confirmed) so we will probably not be seeing these choices matter. Or at least will not be affected by our choices in ME3. What I would like to see is some kind of refference here and there to remind us of the shepard trilogy.
2. Story
As far as the story goes I up to almost everything they throw at us. I just hope that it won't be a story like in Dragon Age 2 which seemed so far away from the previous game and didn't really feel like they were in a connection to each other. We already know that we are going to the andromeda galaxy. Therefore it's worth to think about how we are getting there. I hope they don't come up with some kind of thousand years long cryo sleep or something. I'd prefer some kind of technology that allows us to go there in a reasonable time. Maybe something similiar to the mass relays.
But maybe even more important than how we get there is why we are even going there. I personally hope that it's some kind of pure explorationary reason. You know, for science
Once there I think it'd be great having to explore the new galaxy, get in contact with its inhabitants, revealing some kind of thread, recruit new followers etc.
3. Companions and our Ship
I kinda hope they go back to the ME2 System regarding your crew. A lot of different companions that all have a cool and interesting character that we have to uncover throughout the game. Maybe even new loyalty missions as they were mostly great and enabled us to learn more about our crew and their backstories. I don't really mind what species our followers will be, as I care more about diversity in their characters rather than their species. But I still want unmasked Quarians 
For the romance options I am also quite open to surprises. I'd like a bit longer scenes and dialouges though, as I can never really get enough of them. But as long as there is a good variety of possible LIs I'm happy
When it comes to the Ship, I hope we'll get one without loading screens. One in which we can go from top to bottom whitout any interuptions. I'd also love to see a new Ship AI, as EDI was one of the cooles things on the normandy SR2. And of course Upgrades would be great. Customizeable things/rooms would be great as well. Oh, and don't forget to add "Uncharted Worlds" to the galaxy map!
4. Combat
We already know that ME:A will be much more open world-ish than the previous ones, so some changes in the combat system are almost certain. But as I play ME primarily for the story I don't really have a strong opinion on how to change certain things. Just give the CAIN-Launcher back to me
5. Exploration
For the exploration part of the game i kinda hope for some mix between exploration in space whith our ship and on the ground either by feet or our new mako. I'd love some kind of tiny bits here and there to reveal and maybe some easter eggs to find. Maybe even some funny things like probing Uranus 
6. The Ending and the transition to future games
I think Bioware will be much more caucious towards the ending after what feedback they got from ME3. What I'd like to see is a storyline that leads back to the milky way and therefore to a game that plays after ME3 in our galaxy. I actually don't think that this will happen, but I just want so desperately to see what happened there.
But I am pretty optimistic that they will do the endings right this time.
7. DLCs
I really loved the DLCs for the previous Mass Effects, so I hope there will be tons of them in the new one. It always gives me a reason to revisit the game. About 4-6 DLCs would be great, even though unlikely
8. What I really don't wanna see
Even though I am pretty hyped about a new ME, I am also a bit sceptical. So here are a few things that I really don't wanna see in the new game:
- a mission table like the one in Dragon Age Inquisition (wait 18 hours to recieve a letter from your Warden in DA:O!?)
- neither a too happy nor too serious atmosphere
- Reapers
- Cerberus
- Micro Transactions (just no!)
- a Coop-Mode for the main story (wouldn't really fit imo.)
- a necessity for playing the multiplayer in order to get rewards in singleplayer (just keep it seperate)
- Star child
And that's it so far. This is of course just my opinion and I'd like to hear what you think.
Keelah Se'lai
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I predict that this will be something BioWare will continue to do at even more uncomfortable levels, until they break the fanbase of their romance addiction. If anyone buys BioWare's games partially or entirely because they like romances, they'll eventually be spending their money to watch their companions hook up and fall in love. 
