When and if Mass Effect returns, what would you like the next installment to look like? Tone, Plot,

I want MEA2 to continue what MEA began, same characters, same environments. I wouldn't mind seeing a time gap between the two games so that the Ryder's are a little older and the Heleus cluster has been impacted by the Vaults.

I would like BW to bring back power control of the squad mates.

See, this is why it's far easier to be a lazy schmuck, like me, and go with the default characters.

But, since everyone isn't as obviously lazy as I am, I'd throw in a substantial update to the character creator as well. Actually it's the one dropped ball in this game I believe everyone has hit on the head. BioWare knows how important that shit is to the fans of their games.

Well I certainly agree about the CC, and initially I even agreed about Ryder.  To this day I still hate ME2 for dropping the original crew to go with Mac's Cerberus fanfic story.  Love them or hate them this is the crew BW chose to go with and I thought they should stick to it and develop them in the next game.

If (the big if recently) they do put ME on any sort of short or long term hiatus I think the chance of Ryder returning is pretty much zero.  If that is the case I'd rather see them jump a couple hundred years into the future and see how Andromeda looks once we have big glorious sites and cities to explore.

I'm still a fan of the exploration part of this story. I'm hoping they go with updating drive technology with Remnant tech and getting out of the Heleus cluster. It would also add a different aspect to the Scourge, making it more of a threat to the AI other than just a passive element in the background that has to be avoided.

Focus on N7 missions backed by a strong story for each mission.

BioWare were onto something when they azzked fans what does N7 mean to you.

Then the scraped the theme for Andromeda and went full blown exploration.

Send a Spectre to Andromeda with 2 N7 sidekicks.

His original mission is to check up on the initiative. But he soon finds out it cannot be a complete success unless they Genocide the Kett.

Spectre drops Kett in the Heleus Cluster as he prepares to invade the Kett home while recruiting alien badAZZes along the way.

I want a game where we are the aggressors doing the invading.

No more of this reacting in self-defense crap.

Make us the belligerents.

Indeed. It's really boring how the only content of the more 'alien' aliens in this setting amounted to a combined total of about 15 minutes of content in a 250+ hour series (including ME:A). It's unbelievably dull that everything is either mindless monsters to kill for loot and XP or humans; regular ones or humans in rubber costumes; outside of very minor blips. Hell, even Conrad freaking Verner had nearly the same amount of screen time over the course of the trilogy than the Thorian, Elcor, Hanar and Rachni combined.

BioWare really needs to up the unknown and unfamiliar side of the universe; and no, I don't mean add more floating rocks or glowing mushrooms and call it a day. Human norms, and things we can instantly relate to should be a small part of a much, much larger universe. BioWare also needs to stop operating under the assumption that inherently different equals evil or something to be mocked. For all the parading they like to do about "diversity" they sure are hypocritical (in-universe) when it comes to depicting something that doesn't operate on exactly the same level as us.

Speaking of diversity, why not touch on those subjects in the form of alien life? How about instead of trying to cram every little niche of humanity under the sun into your games you add in an alien that offers insight into those same concepts without coming across as pandering and/or taking content away from non-human elements? The Liir, from the Sword of the Stars universe, would make for an excellent foundation to base any transgender discussions on, for instance. Their entire species is hermaphroditic, and they change their intended gender role depending on which roll they pursue in Liir society. Look, a way to touch on those topics, but with the guise of an otherwise 'alien' society that operates in non-human ways in several areas. Two birds with one stone. This way you don't further dilute the setting with another human talking about their daddy issues or sexual preferences.




And in regards to the romance portion of the game. Obviously it's popular with the fan base, but the level of excess it has gotten to over the past few games has gotten a bit out of hand I feel. The main narrative of your sprawling sci-fi epic shouldn't feel secondary to finding ingredients to your crew's 'movie night'. The constant attention to who likes your character and how much they like you shouldn't overpower the details concerning a colonization effort wherein the survival of several species hangs in the balance. Etc.

I just want something that is closer to the OT, you have actual choices on how the story progresses. Whether you decide on being more paragon, trying to bring peace to the cluster or, whatever amount of the galaxy we play in, or join the rebel's cause, and becoming more a vilan than a hero/peace maker, by the decisions you make. I'm not saying being the p/r gadge and special red/blue dialogue back, it's obvious to the player on the likely consiqunces from the choices they make.

I like the no set class system so I can make a more customized character, but find a way to allow more active skills. Neverwinter found a way to give console users more than 3 attacks, so it should be possible without the power wheel, to get more options.

If we still have Ryder and SAM, then make non-critical reminders a tutorial, not a permanent feature. It's ok to have an option in the menu to redo parts of the tutorial, if you haven't played in awhile and need a redresher, but repeating stuff like " You can mine here by pushing this button" every time I open the mining interface or entered a mining area was't necessary, after the 1st time it was explained. Same would go for warning about hazertious areas, it's odvious if your heath is going down or there is a brief text message saying "safe area." Then the squad banter can go on uninterrupted, unless you enter a mission area.

The nomad was ok, but I would prefer an armed vertical, so I don't have to get out every time I'm passing an area that I have no need to stop at when I'm doing some other quest in the area.

Make a map system like a combo of ME1 and 2. Mark a single spot and get a hint, if needed.

The combat system, aside from only having 3 active skills, is great, it feels more real than constantly ducking and shooting (which was the system in the OT).

There needs to be more "alian" alians something like the hanar, that don't look like humans. Make stuff truly alien.

Would make the game more linar. Get rid of the open areas
Keep MEA combat.
Add more "renegade" options to MEA dialogue system
would make the tone darker but not as dark as the OT
Set it a few years after MEA and keep Ryder
The plot would be a war with the Kett

Tone: Serious, but not grimdark. There should be a path to a "happy" outcome, but it needs to be earned. No messianic saviors, please.

Plot: Don't care. Just be consistent with it.

Art style: "functional futuristic" I want stuff to look like the logical extension of tech we already have, or what tech might look like if we had it. Rather than space magic or superheroes

Gameplay: Bring back power wheels and pause-and-play functionality.

Other stuff: Make ME3 noncanon.

How about remake ME3?

I know you would like to have Ashley on the Normandy for the whole game, as would I, instead of being in the hospital.

I don't have a problem with that