The Tempest thread (confirmed 100% weaponry free)

And has brittle bones.

Pancakes are yummy, though.

Yeah sure, also add some Grand Strategy on top of that and fishing/hunting simulator. What could possibly go wrong? It's not like they have limited time or resources.

And what am I saying? Pretty sure EA will be ready to spend 10 years on next MEA.

Naturally. Making two games in one was always a good way to keep developers in shape, only making both parts of gameplay better.

No way, the salarian pilot should have really strong bones.

Don't see it working to be honest, except maybe as a one off, like when you took control of Joker in ME2.

'Pilot's unconscious and the bridge is cut off! Who will save us now?'
'Never fear, Ryder is here!'

Otherwise when would we be piloting? When landing? Exploring systems? Combat? If you're not interested in a flight simulator it could be a real turn-off.

If we had to, for me it would be a turn off, at least if it's something more than s short pat of a mission, like shadow broker. I imagine it they'd go with something like that it would be optional, no? otherwise 

I rather have Rupert Gardner's calamari gumbo.

Their reason amounts to "we're taking control away from the player so they play in the style we want them to", though, which is not exactly a good reason. There is no downside to letting us use powers on the radial menu as in previous games, and we know the radial menu is still in

Though I agree it probably won't be as annoying as DA:I.

I had the same thoughts about the Tempest. I don't quite love it though, just because I can't unsee it's squished-ness

I hope there are more important crewmembers, bridge included, than just the pilot, too. It would be pretty awesome if we got an some combination of engineer, doctor, comms, tactical, and XO who were fully fleshed out.

Halo: Reach had a pretty cool space-combat mission, and it was only half of one of its 9 full missions, so putting in the resources to make something like that wouldn't be unprecedented. If they used in for a MP mode, even better return-of-investment.

I've always wanted space flight/combat in ME, and thought being able to pilot something in the final battle of ME3 would have been awesome (probably the Normandy as Joker, just like ME2). I also think it would have helped add to the scale of the battle, switching between controlling Shepard on the ground and Joker in orbit. It would have also made the finale longer without padding.

I don't think having something like this would be any more of a turn-off than currently having to drive the Mako around is/will be. Incorporating driving into a game doesn't make it a racing game hybrid, just as having a flyable vehicle doesn't make it a flight sim. In fact, I actually like having vehicles in shooters.

Fair comparison, I can see them  forcing us to pilot the ship now  I admit I'm a mako hater