Mass Effect '5' speculation (Official Thread)

Andromeda was rendered toxic by itself. The internet didn't help certainly, but the game massive failure is its own fault. Now, even if Andromeda is better forgotten, Mass Effect still carry weight. It will probably be reboot somewhere down the line simarly to Doom or Prey. 

You and me both. I can see where they're coming from - in some aspects - but it's ultimately a failure. If nothing else, IT leaves us with no ending.

Wouldn't interfacing with a Reaper just be the Control ending?

Not me. Leave the OT alone. IMHO.

Really? Wouldn't you want ME1 without all the bugs and Andromeda-like gameplay (as in a Mako that drives well and good variety in combat builds)? Wouldn't you want ME3 without endless fetch quests, a non-rushed ending and eliminated plot holes from the trilogy (Dark energy, I'm looking at you)? 

Question. Is ME2 the first Mass Effect game that you played? 

In any case, I was hoping that Andromeda would have the best things from all the prior games... But it didn't achieve that. So my hope for the next game is that it is able to capitalize on all the good points of each game. 
That would be;


From ME1:
- Sense of scale (still felt bigger to me than Andromeda)
- Immersion (No automatic departure from planet when entering the ship, for example. That still annoys me from all the sequels)
- Story/Plot structure


From ME2:
- Ending
- Characters
- Side quests


From ME3:
- Emotional impact
- Variety of consequences
- DLC quality (You know they're gonna do it anyway, so might is well do it like ME3)

From MEA:
- Exploration
- Gameplay
- Cinematics (particularly the first 10-ish hours)
- Banter system

Beat Sam at chess USING PETROVSKI'S CHESS BOARD!!  Yes, I'm slightly bitter that we couldn't use it after going to all that trouble to get it.  Offing that bastard was a plus because he was so smug in thinking he'd have a comfortable life as an Alliance prisoner.  Even my Paragon Shepard was fed up with it, seeing him turn citizens into monstrosities.

First no I played ME 1 back when it first launched on the 360. Also I enjoyed it as is but any issues would require a full remake and the issues aren’t enough to make it a bad game. I didn’t see any glaring plot holes with ME3, and I had no issues with the so called fetch quests. Also the Dark Energy plot was terrible. I thought MEA hitcalk the right notes and did everything right.

Same. They hardly even felt like fetch quests. You just found all sorts of random stuff through - gasp! - exploration! OMG, that's terrible! Sure, the keeper scanning was something but it's impact in ME2 was minimal (and non-existent in ME3).

Tbh, I rather liked having to plan out skill sets rather than minimize them into a few select things some devs felt were important. ME1 had more of an RPG with tailoring your character that drifted away by ME2. And while MEA implemented it to an extent it didn't do enough to minimize making your character ultra-powerful in a NG+. Even ME2 was smart enough to give you a boost but not overpower your character.

Yeah, the dark energy plot went nowhere. Well, that stuff happens in games. Removing it from ME2 would require entirely reworking Tali's recruitment mission. No thanks.

As for the Mako, the planets had a hell of a lot of sheer walls to climb which was why it was difficult. Ftr, wherever those appeared in MEA, the Nomad behaved no better than the Mako. But the Mako had guns so it wins.

See this kick ass Colossus armor from ME1? It's difficult to find, particularly at higher levels. In the remaster it will cost $$$$$. Can't wait for that.

I'd just play through with whatever the game gave me; I doubt I'd even notice that I didn't get the best stuff if I didn't get it. I wouldn't want to get Colossus stuff before Ilos anyway. I like upgrading stuff, and having the mechanism go away at the 2/3 mark or so wouldn't make the game better for me.