For future Mass Effect, what are deal breakers for you

When it comes to choices, I would have to wonder when people say their canon Shepard.....Does that mean they have played the trilogy more than once making different choices from their canon run? I have played the trilogy x number of times. There are only two choices I've made that remain constant, letting the council die and choosing red. A few choices I've made were done once to see/hear the difference. If Bioware chooses to cure the genophage, even though my preference is to sabotage, I would accept that choice.

The release of the teaser hints at Liara showing up in the next ME game. She can die in ME3. If Bioware puts in the game t'soni is part of the main story, they're telling me they don't care about your choices by saying that playthrough is invalid. If the game uses something like the DA keep with the player checking t'soni died in ME3 without showing up in the game, that would be ok. But I doubt that will happen. Bioware put her in that teaser for a reason. The other thing is what details will she say about Shepard, if she does? What she says would have to match your trilogy playthrough. In ME1, you can threaten to throw her sorry a** back in the Volcano. You can ignore for all of ME2. You can ignore her in ME3 as much as the game will allow. That tells me the player didn't care about the character. What if in the next game she says Shepard and I were close friends? I would guess that player wouldn't be too thrilled. I'm sure Bioware could weasel their way around that with some blah, blah dialogue.

I do agree with some saying if the next game takes place in the Milky Way, some choices would/might have to be made canon. Bioware could have separate lines of dialogue for the player to choose based on their trilogy playthrough to explain why the genophage was cured or not.

So... Business as usual then?

There is a difference in ME2. If I don't recruit him in ME1, then taken on Horizon, he will not mention Williams by name. He stays silent. Just like old times when first seeing him in ME2 doesn't make sense. If only Shepard could ask him about those old times. It's in ME3 where things really have no effect. If taken on Sur'Kesh, he will recognize Kirrahe, and Kirrahe will mention Garrus by name. If anything why not have Garrus remain silent. The other time is the bottle shooting. He says he saved Shepard on this, that, and the other place. That's hard to do if he wasn't recruited in ME1.

The above is something I posted when Gamble first posted his tweet about we respect players choice. I would ask him about that. I would also ask him if he/Bioware respect players choice, then why are they showing t'soni in the teaser if she can be killed in ME3. Then again, why are they showing dead reapers? Are they hinting at red being the ending they choose?  Is he/Bioware, throwing out this so-called respect players choice crap out the window? I'm sure his answer will be a shrug of his shoulders. I don't mind if he/Bioware chooses whatever, but don't tweet/say anything that is not true. Then again he and others were full of it when talking about ME3.

I agree with another poster saying choices should be confined to that one game. Another way is to reduce choices. Look at ME1. Why is there a choice to save the council or not? Shepard has no idea how large a force the geth has. If anything, leave the choice to Hackett since he can see the battle and know if he has the resources to save the asari ship as well as dealing with the reaper. If the trilogy were to be remade, I would have the council always surviving. There are several other examples of where choices could have been removed from the trilogy.

I didn´t know that, because Garrus is usually not in my Team on Horizon or Sur'kesh

I've no issue with large areas per se, but there has to be some quality or point that justifies the size. Huge empty spaces populated by a few NPCs, the occasional camp, respawning enemies and a bunch of fetch quests, collectibles and busywork is not compelling for me.

This is one of the reasons Crestwood is such a wonderful part of Dragon Age Inquisition, whereas The Exalted Plains is (for me at least) very dull and tedious, and also why so many of the planets in Mass Effect Andromeda feel tedious and lifeless to me. Crestwood is thematic, it has a theme, and delivers on that theme. It has a self-contained story, and is filled with compelling landmarks that are designed to catch the players attention and drive home that theme. Your actions matter, your presence makes a difference, you interact properly with the world.

Contrast that to something like Elaaden in ME:A, which is basically a huge open space of nothingness, populated by a few clickety-click Fed Ex quests, a handful of camps filled with generic NPCs and your job is to drive around this huge area, looking for NPCs to help, following the map markers, performing your tasks with the same rote repetition until it's over. You don't really experience Elaaden, it's not really a compelling story you're involved in - instead you complete Elaaden, ticking all the dozens of boxes until all content is consumed.

And now compare that experience to something like Mass Effect 2's assault on Purgatory to rescue Jack. It's short, it's sharp, it's compact. A single space station, but one that's absolutely filled to the brim with narrative-driven experiences and memorable moments.

Not another half-assed attempt at open world while only employing level designers doing levels for the job.

I will check gameplay videos and reviews first. I'm not spending money on a video game first to decide for myself that is crap.  

I think ME2 had some cosmetic kit with alternative looks for squaddies, and maybe some new heavy weapons? I've never been particularly interested in weapons and the alternative looks didn't look so good, so it was easy to pass.

... the LE has a Pinnacle Station mod?? OMG

I really doubt BW would be so stupid as to include any purchases that would be necessary. I just don't see what's so bad about the cosmetic stuff or maybe some extra guns. I always use alternative outfit mods allowing a wider selection than is available in the vanilla version. My Shep needs a LOT of variety in her closet. The funny thing is that the alternative outfits BW has designed were never attractive to me. I want my Shep to be able to wear some cool NPC outfits that you see in the games. In ME3 I used a mod that gives you all the armor from ME1. That made me ridiculously happy. 

I recently did the Pinnacle Station on my current trilogy playthrough