Im sure the universal translator will still translate the alien yells as:
HOLD THE LINE
ENEMY IS EVERYWHERE
etc.
My sense is that this is unlikely, if only because I'm willing to bet that there will be some subplot involving conflict among the residents of the Ark itself, and in a third-person shooter, resolving that conflict will of course involve lotsa violence.
I've long said that Bioware needs to get more weird and "alien" when designing species of the MEU. I'm really tired of every crew member being a bipedal humanoid. However, after ME3 I found myself missing the hell outta shooting at the different species we've come to know, instead of their Reaperized husk equivalents. Sniping human space pirates on some backwater rock, seeing the pink mist erupt from an Asari mercs tentacled dome, or putting down some twisted Salarian organ smuggler....I need some more of that.
And with the Ark initiative being such a seemingly massive endeavor, it's quite possible there could be splinter groups that oppose our own approach to things. It'd be damn boring if every single soul on the Ark was on the same exact page.
Having more alien, "non-humanoid" species to fight would interesting. But only having them exclusively?
I actually, like, hate the idea. A lot. Mass Effect is a cover-based shooter - if maybe that wasn't obvious. Now, the thing with cover-based shooters is: Enemies need to make use of cover. And shoot. I know right? So, to make use of cover and fire weapons effectively, enemies need to be humanoid. Sure, maybe a four-legged alien dog could use a huge boulder as cover, but it couldn't vault, or peek out and shoot back. Or shoot at all.
I don't know, maybe some people think cover is boring and just want to get close and punch everything (Vanguard, anyone?) Those people would be all for this idea. But I've always played as an Infiltrator, and being able to snipe, and use cover, and be tactical, are things I've cherished.
Squid ball floating jellyfish things could use cover mechanics just like any bipedal thing.
I imagine their weapons could be more crazy space magic things, I'm not exactly imagining a giant shark firing an M-16.
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