A trilogy remaster could really benefit the Mass Effect IP.

It is quite literally "too soon".

I think I've said it, but a true remaster would be using UE4. I would be interested in that, but that will never happen as long as BioWare is owned by EA.

A remake in FB2/3 whatever it is, would be a remake. So much work for so little gain. I cannot imagine any but the hardest hardcore fans buying it, and that makes zero financial sense. There are not enough of you that love Mass Effect AND this engine. That may be opinion, but I think the numbers would bare that out.

Fair enough, is that a convincing marketing strategy though?

How does this get marketed? If it is a straight up remake, without anything added fixed or tweaked, is hard for me to fathom as a winner.

Maybe it is all passing me by, but I don't see amazing compelling reasons for what would be a grand reskin. Sure, the gunplay in ME1 is weak, but it also is a little innovative and was BioWare stretching out a little. I appreciated that, and still do I guess as I enjoy the gameplay still in ME1.

Sure, DAI looked amazing, and MEA has some beautiful vistas that are the best the games have offered so far. In truth, pretty things are not why I play these games, and are considered a bonus for me when used well. When not used well (DAI invisible arbitrary barriers) it becomes passe or even annoying.

It is a pipe dream. I am all for pipe dreams, but this is definitely one of them.

I'm with you, but you and I -- and pretty much anyone else on this board -- aren't really the targets in the first place. A few of us will get something from it, but we're not the point.

Honestly, I'd be more into a DA:O remaster.

Something I'd never ask for.

I really doubt it would accomplish what you think.

The first is that there is still a lot of people that think remakes/remasters are a cash grab and since this is EA and BioWare I can imagine people already have pitchforks and torches lined up for this product. The next problem is that not everyone is going to buy a redo of the MET the biggest market would be PS4 owners since they don't have it, but then would sales cover the development cost of updating three games. Another concern I have is the internet, I can just imagine the essays about how "my one little insignificant change would have made everything so much better, but EA is only wants to milk us for more money". I think the biggest hurdle would be cost, most remasters of more recent games seem to retail for about $40, and I could see each individual game retailing for that much so it would wind up being $120 for all three games.

The remakes and remasters that I see getting the most support are ones that extremely old going back to the SNES/Genesis era right now, the more modern ones get a lot of flak for being easy cash grabs. I will always say no to something like this until the fanatic base calms down to the point that I think the game would have a chance of not being ripped apart for any flaw imagined or real.

Interesting and I think those would be received better, I just wonder what condition Origins would be in.  I play on the PC and Origins gives me trouble with Windows 10 due to it being designed for Windows Vista and since the console version was a last minute port and it was not designed for a console I could see it being a technical can of worms.

They can't just redo the engine, because the engine is owned by EA and Dice and all EA games must use Frostbite.

and I'll enjoy the rage, memes, trolling and anguish again and again. That's what a sequel to the ME trilogy will bring. So many people complain about bad writing and only come up with worse writing to replace it.

There will always be people who bought AC/DC's Back in Black album and to this day always listen to it like it's the first time. 

That's not a remaster. It's a reimagining. Remastering only involves making new HD textures, effects, and cinematics. It does not involve gutting or revising the entire plot. Plot and writing stay the same. Only the visual elements are affected by a remaster.

Never going to happen. You'll get a graphical update, that's it. People have the right to disagree what they did, but you really can't ask them to go back and rewrite huge amounts of their own story (game and a half or more) to have it make sense for you. That is a completely unreasonable expectation or request.

Is it worth pointing out that almost nothing needs to be changed to make Andromedas plot workable...that it already is?