Should bioware do one final shepard game?

yes

And who are you kidding with "one last game"? You'd be back asking for another the week after it shipped.

It was done already, ME3

No.
Shepard's story is over and there is nothing there left to tell.

It's sweet. I admit one of my big reasons for wanting another game is to get more time with the crew. I really wish we would have gotten more closure with our crew and LI's.  Also was that part in the citadel dlc?

Great, if Bioware does the opposite of what the BSN decides, they might actually sell some copies with their next game.

Underrated pairing with great potential to be besties; two flip sides of the same coin that can antagonize each other, without directly competing with each other, can pass the Bechdel test and still make for compelling, feminine, though one of them is very unconventionally so and relatable characters? And the most Bioware explored any of that was maybe 5 or so lines over 2 games? You fucking bet I would headcanon and explore/expand their friendship on my own/related fan media because I have no hope of Bioware ever returning and doing their characters justice on their own.


Shepard and potentially co. are the biggest hook I can think of to entice old fans back and to get non-fans to come check what the fuss is all about. Like getting the Chief back for Halo. Some might see it as a desperate move, sure, but nobody will acknowledge it as a bad one, for commercial reasons. If Bioware has been saving that move for the day they fall for grace, I think now is the time to take advantage of it.

Part of the data here. I really don't fucking care what the conclusions were, I just want the OT's unrealized potential be somehow realized, mainly the character development parts and especially the obvious arcs that were dropped because, chop-chop, we got a 18 month deadline to make the biggest game in the trilogy, drop every character and focus on Liara and Garrus exclusively. And remember; best place to start the trilogy!

If Andromeda hadn't proven to be such a mess, if everything Bioware has introduced in nearly the past decade now hadn't proven to be severely inadequate to what we already had and could potentially have again, I would not argue against ditching the MW entirely. But as a result, ME has suffered, Bioware has suffered and we have suffered. If we are to hope that Bioware gets to make another game in the ME universe, it better be something that people will care about. Andromeda 2's pitch is essentially "remember the things you didn't like the first time? Here they are again". Nobody's going to give a shit. "But it's from Bioware!" Oh, the same studio that made the original turd and ... what the fuck is this Anthem shit, lol.

The choice of protagonist is unrelated to the quality of the writing and the game in general.

So, no. Shepard's story is over anyway.

What was the question?


True, but the choice of protagonist can be related to commercial reception and pre-release media related content.