In the light of 'No Mans Sky', could and should there be a 'Mass Effect Andromeda Next'?

I like this idea. It could work.

Yes.

Though I think they should release a 'linear' expansion. No open world elements at all, but a 10-15hr set of missions laid out like ME3 (so main missions and a few mini) that compliment and enhance the main game for those who have it, but can function as a stand alone campaign for those who don't. It adds new interactions and characters, brings back the various aliens we were lacking, and opens up another cluster and new alien race, while providing numerous bug/balance fixes.

It'd be wonderful, and if it sells well, then expand forward.

The game needs more elcor. And hanar. And volus.

One other thing to add, aside from tying up loose ends with the Kett and your mom and so on, I think when you land on Eos there is that woman who stumbles around, you should be able to interact with her and she tells you she's getting high off of ship fumes.

Like sanunes said, it seems like an expansion and for it to be released after 5 years? Seems pointless. They should've done that by now, or plan to do it very soon(which i doubt it'll happen but the last update from casey about working on secret stuffs not their team though but other gave me some hope somehow)... As i've said in other threads, if they won't do dlc, then make a sequel that is well made, and take back the fans that were lost... I know it's not easy since the risk will be high but they have to take it. Other games have done something that was risky but the game turned out successful , they need to have a good management which i think they lacked that. If they go the da route and ditch ryder and the crew i'm not gonna be interested. Things are unresolved, and characters need more development. They can't do that to the people that supported the game. Heck, even ffxv was very incomplete when it released(and still is but dlc's help it somehow), but they are gonna support it for another year!

I will only agree with that idea only if they don't want the same cast, but rather continue with another cast and decide to release mea content before that next me game comes so for it to be complete,but not tweak it rather just expand and give closure.... That seems like a very unlikely scenario though and i'm not sure about it since i think it won't be profitable because it'll be very late from the games initial release. So best idea is sequel.

I think the game is quite good, but is held back by a few annoyances, such as:

• How long it takes to travel everywhere
• The horrendous menu design and control (especially with mouse and keyboard)
• On controller the button to scan is A (Xbox) and X (PS4), meaning you have to pull your thumb of the right analog stick and it makes no damn sense in a system where you're looking around for stuff to scan. The scan button should be a bumper.
• Both sprint modes are bugged and require you to stop moving entirely for them to work.

And some more. I would really love for this game to get some more attention.

I would welcome it. The game is already so good, some expansion and tweaks would really do it good.

Failing that, let loose some resources for modders to go nuts.

I would doubt it very highly after this long, coupled with the abruptness with which BioWare dropped support for ME:A. All those hints and nods to a Quarian Ark DLC and then nothing… except for a tiny twitter post about how they were abandoning the title refocusing on other projects.

No Man's Sky at least had constant updates and patches going on over the past year, in addition to the Next Update, to ward off any increasing negativity surrounding it's release. The fact that all of said content and updates were completely free went a long way in smoothing over a disgruntled fan base.



If, despite all of that, BioWare was indeed going to release a ME:A 'Next' update/expansion, it would have to go a long, long, long way to redeem this title and set it up to par with just the very first Mass Effect title let alone the trilogy (IMHO). For starters, they would have to go back and make the Helius Cluster, and Andromeda in general, a whole lot more 'alien' than how it is now; and no, I don't mean adding in a new purple, bi-sexual alien for players to romance. Mass Effect 1 set up a galaxy that was far more unique and unfamiliar than anything we see in Andromeda.

The overall writing and tone of the game would need a complete overhaul as well. We don't need it to be dark and brooding like ME 3 was, but the constant quips and unimaginative jokes, and near-constant humor was even more annoying; especially when the introduction sets up things being as dire as they are with the condition of the Arks.

Plus the team would need more intellectually focused science fiction writers back at the helm, like Chris L'Etoile, and less 'Rule of Cool' creators, like Mac Walters. I would like my Mass Effects with more thought put into them than mere soapboxing and setting up romances honestly.

I'm all for this idea, and for modern 64 bit versions of the original ME3 series - throw a Keep-style save-game system in, fix the face bugs, and upgrade the graphics up from their awful XBox 360 versions.

All with modders' tools made available, of course.

The two things aren't mutually exclusive. It's not either old aliens or new aliens. Plus, the hanar, elcor and volus are the most alien races we've seen in Mass Effect and all three were incredibly under-utilized in the plot and barely fleshed out. There is loads left to learn about them, and they would at least make the environment feel more alien as they're not humanoids (we're not even sure on the volus body shape).

They can add a massive amount to the story. Just because you don't think they can, doesn't mean you're right. And its better to get them than NO new aliens.

My thoughts are (pls don't burn me at the stake ) but I think your both right as per how Bioware presents the next installment, isn't it possible since we do not know where the Quarians ark is that its possible that it could be a different race after them? such as the opposition to the Jordan? or another race that wants vengeance for what the Kett did to thier race? anything is possible. Oh! yes to a next.