Franchise Reboot?

Main reason I didn't like the Arrival dlc. 

Shepard's story has been told....Andromeda's issues are not with it's animation, CC, or certain game glitches, all of which are cosmetic problems and have been/are being addressed with patches. Andromeda's issues lie soley with it's story and character development.

Even with ME2 & 3 flaws, they still successfully tell an invigorating and interesting story with interesting characters that implements a sense of urgency and dread fighting against impossible odds....I understand it was a tall order for Andromeda to go up against the Reaper storyline, but the story told in Andromeda felt very watered-down and safe. The go-happy dialogue from certain squad members didn't help it much either. 

I never felt a sense of dread or urgency so i wasn't involved with the story or characters as much,.....if the narrative took this entire journey light-heartedly or as a joke, why should i care about it? The franchise doesn't need a reboot, i think the series is aging well (some might say ME1 isn't aging well)...but i think because of how you can still enjoy both ME2 & 3 and both still hold up very well visually, i don't think we need to reboot the series.

Just work on making a better story and characters for Andromeda 2 AND have the folks that worked on the original trilogy, (the folks working on Anthem...which in that early gameplay trailer...looks amazing) work on Andromeda 2 and maybe we can get a traditional ME game.

I wouldn't complain if they remake the trilogy. Have Samantha and Steve on the Normandy for the whole trilogy. Make Conrad a romance for femshep and Gianna a romance for maleshep. Lots of things they can do.

They might remaster the trilogy.

Of course there wasn't a trilogy. hahaha. Since ME3 is the best spot to start playing, that means they still have to make two more games. hahahaha.

Or just remake ME3. Put in all the cut content that would have been in the game if it had more time. Thessia mission happens before the coup. Javik is part of the main game.

Or choose destroy. Bring Shepard back for one more game. 

EA brings in another team to work on an ME game in the Milky Way while the team that made MEA continues in Andromeda.

2018 Anthem. 2019 DA4. 2020 MEA2. 2021/22 ME4

I agree with this. As I said before, MEA wad to light hearted and safe. Not saying MEA had to be a dark game but it should have had more dread and seclusion to it. DAI had the same problem, too safe of a story.

The ME trilogy all had dread and a sense of urgency. DAO definitely had this. Even DA2 had this to an extent.

This is why EA will let the ME brand rest. It had a good 3 game run and MEA just spits on the face of the original trilogy.

I would love to see ME3 in its original vision. 

Does the series need a reboot? Nah, they just need better writers and a bigger budget,

Oh and before someone tells the OP or anyome supporting this reboot idea to let it go...I think the OPs point is more about saving the ME franchise as a ehole,especially Andromeda.Not about particularly getting Shepard back.Aheoard is there for me to play forever and ever if I want to.
What I am saying is the point of the OP isn't "bohoo I wantz muh Shepurd"...It is anout saving the franchise and reviving it.

No. Just a really hard no from me. Why would you want a re-imagining of the Original Trilogy? "Hey! It's the Mass Effect game you loved, but with changes that make it not that thing anymore!" I mean, how close do you stay to the original content and how much do you change? You would have to change quite a bit to make it a reboot and not just a remaster. So, no. I would much rather prefer a Mass Effect Andromeda sequel with the resources that apparently went into Anthem. If they must go back to the OT, make it something off to the side. Set right before Shep or during ME1 and ME2 that doesn't really involve the Reapers, but something on a smaller scale. Or something to do with the Reapers, but not involved in Shep's events. But not a reboot of the series. I'd be ok with making one of the 3 endings canon, but set far enough in the future that the only person that could still be alive is Liara, since I think it's basically canon that she lives anyway. The plot armor is strong with that one.

No reboot. MEA2 sequel.

It would be kind of like 're mastering' the original Star Wars trilogy with all new actors, sets and cgi. Utterly not wanted by most fans of the original. Newer movie goers would just like a new story, probably and I'm guessing that in ME it would be the same. Plus, the voice actors for ME would be very hard to recast.

Who else could do Garrus? C'Mon!

Reboot a 10 yr old trilogy of games? Games that would have to be completely re-done because of Frostbite, no less?

hah.

Well...

When I talked about a reboot, I didn't mean throw away everything and create a new story. I meant they should retold Shepard's story with new details and enough differences that the experience feels refreshing without doing away with what we know and love.

Of course there would be Liara, Tali, Garrus, Jack and Miranda along with the many crazy shenanigans that went down over all the games and DLC.

My proposal to remove Jacob was half-joking but given how irrelevant he was to the story to the point his death seldom affected his ME3 mission, the devs would have no problem replacing him with an entire new character who doesn't scream "I am here to fill the squad spot until you unlock someone else".

In regards to modifying other existing characters, changing VAs would be stupid except maybe for Zaeed (dead) and Tali (can't voice bixesuals).

In my opinion, a reboot could be great if:
_{-They allow us to Shepard's military background in the prologue (fending off the Skyllian Blitz, surviving a nest of thresher maws or butchering Torfan);
-We are given the option to save both Kaidan and Ashley on Virmire;
-Abandoned plots such as biotic discrimination, humanity's dominance on the Council and dark energy killing stars were explored and given closure;
-The order of recruitment in the part covering ME2 got flexibilized (the writing and dialogue was even already done before being cut from the game);
-Zaeed and Kasumi had their roles and interactions expanded;
-In the part covering ME3 they allowed characters with no good excuses (Samara, Zaeed, Kasumi and Miranda) to rejoin Shepard as squadmates once their primary issues were solved.
-Include a subplot properly retconning the existence of the Andromeda Initiative into the main story and having Shepard interact with Alec and Jien.}

All those points could give an entire new Mass Effect experience without defacing the storyline of the trilogy.

I have more personal changes I'd like to see but which I don't consider necessary to make a reboot great:


All in all, a reboot would not be difficult to pull off even with an inexperienced team because the original writers already left a decent story but with enough unused content and plot holes that could be used to expand and even improve Shepard's journey.

Gameplay wise the replay value is also immense considering that mechanics changed a lot since ME1 and it would certainly be fun going through some familiar scenarios with abilities we didn't have back when the original games were launched.

EDIT:
Also, let's remember that Mass Effect Andromeda tried to sail a new story with the hype of a previous one. The reboot in question would not only renew interest in the franchise as a whole but specifically it would remind people that MEA exists and give it enough hype so that EA greenlights a sequel to it.