IF we get another Mass Effect game....

That doesn't make it a good idea

Andromeda set the stage for great things to come. You may not have enjoyed it, but bailing out on a new universe because of a bunch of Milky Way holdouts is a... mistake... to put it lightly.

If you look back at ME1, it was pretty much the same thing, but worse in most if not all ways. Later games built upon it and were amazing. Same thing will happen with ME:A.

I would say my hope is already ground down to the bone, but cryptic dev tweets periodically heal the wounds long enough for me to wonder...
But yeah, if were hear/get nothing by November, then it is indeed time to lay the hashtags to rest.

If I had played ME1 first instead of ME2, then I would have sold my copy of ME1 to GameStop and written off the ME franchise in its entirety.

ME1 built an amazing universe, but it had the most stale cardboard cutout characters, boring overall story, and utterly failed at being fun to play. Its gameplay and mechanics are GoldenEye dated and make it an absolute hassle to trudge through anymore.

6/10 at best.

I'd rather use a save editor to import choices over to ME2 & 3 than play through ME1 again.

ME1 was a pretty shitty game, even for its time, and the tweets are cryptic and open to interpretation. We all know that your interpretation of them will be negative.

No surprise there.

I'm not gonna waste my time arguing against mind projection fallacy.

ME2 and 3 are fucking amazing games. ME1, not so much. YMMV. Not putting down the OT to prop up anything, tbh.

ME1 is the reason I bought later Mass Effect games.  And why I find them to be such disappointments.  I often wish Mass Effect had simply ended after the first one.

I lost track of the number of times I played ME1.  I haven't bothered to try a second MEA game.

And I haven't been able to touch a trilogy run since ME3 

Heh.
ME3 endings don't really bother me.
We were told that there would be some bittersweet moments.
 
Not to mention Bioware did technically keep their promise of multiple endings -HEAR ME OUT.
I refer to them bringing the companions story arcs to a close -which at last I counted was over 10 companions... so multiple endings.
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That being said...
Still as to the games final ending... Nothing wrong with MEHEM or JAM .

It is, isn't it?
In my experience, fans of RPG in general are the least aligned in terms of opinion on topics like this.
It makes for an interesting mix of opinions.

And I fucking loved ME2... such diversity of opinion, much discussion. Wow.

Even though ME1 ismy least favoirte of the 3, I still play it. Though its only the main missions. So I don't mind taking a few hours to complete a playthrough. ME2 is great. Being able to recruit enough to get through the omega 4 relay or recruit all. The suicide mission has many different scenarios for who to survive and who dies depending on what the player decides to do. ME3 has ems. Its amazing how little I can do and still get the breath scene. Or how much damage I can do and still get the breath scene. excellent. I haven't completed a trilogy run in few months since I been playing a lot of DAI lately.

BioWare already hitched its wagon to Andromeda. To do another soft reboot, or to completely ignore MEA, would be disingenuous and likely cause more harm than good. Regardless of MEA's divisive reception, it laid a foundation for a new Mass Effect experience, and BioWare should continue along that path.

I didn't expect to hear anything related to Mass Effect for at least five years, but my views have changed since Aaryn Flynn has stepped down and Casey Hudson is taking over as GM of BioWare. As I'm sure many of you know, Casey Hudson is the mastermind behind Mass Effect. I can't see him abandoning his own creation.

What I expect to happen is for BioWare to prioritize Anthem and then to ship DA4. Once those games are out in the wild, I can almost guarantee you Casey will make it a priority to revitalize Mass Effect, and he will likely take an active role in its creation. Nobody cares about Mass Effect more than he does, and I'm glad to see he's back at BioWare.

Just make Drew Karpyshyn the lead writer on MEA2, and we'll really be cooking with steam. If anything, this reevaluation of the franchise may end up actually being an advantage, rather than having the situation of BioWare's "B Team" handling their arguably most popular franchise. I'd say the future of Mass Effect may actually be a lot brighter than many realize.