Random: What if ME:A was launched as a First-Person Shooter/RPG?

Eh, it is best left as a third person game. If it went first person, it would be like Planet Side 2. Plus, third person allows you to see more of the battlefield and the cool ass gun and armor you have on.

Hahaha, good point! 
I didn't even think of that, however, the Far Cry series made it work with all the climbing and jumping. 

Make ME games first person and I'd never be able to play one again, this would vex me greatly. Damn motion sickness.

It just wouldn't be Mass Effect.  I do play FPS games as well, but ME has always been 3rd person and I enjoy playing it that way.

no, please no, there are enough fps ou there
let ME be third person forever

Actually, platforming can be done in first person, but the ledge grabbing doesn't lend itself well there, unless you want Mirror's Effect. In any case, nuts to FPS Mass Effect. I love seeing my character dodge and duck and weave in combat, not to mention those little transitions between cutscene and player control gameplay. 

I think the different gameplay styles of Mass Effect (biotics, tech powers, guns, melee, plus squadmates) work best as third-person, and first-person platforming sucks too.

Also, while I highly enjoy high-movement gameplay, Andromeda's gunfights can get even more nervous than DOOM's thanks to the jetpacks and Charge and all that jazz. It could get annoying as a first-person game, not to mention nauseating for those with motion sickness.

For powers like nova, charge and such, it would probably zoom out to third person view so you can see what you're doing, but with being able to spam these powers it'd probably be nauseating. 

One day we'll have games with good interchangeable first person and third person perspectives. But I don't think it would work for Mass Effect just yet.

Now, that would be something huh?

I really don't like fps games in general, I do have exceptions for halo, borderlands, destiny, and ehh, that's about it. I genuinely don't like fps games and at heart I prefer third person views. Gears being a big one and mass effect/dragon age for story elements.

That doesn't mean mass effect couldn't make it work though, fps are very popular, arguably they are the top of the market. The issue however is would mass effect be able to stand out as the fps is bloated with TONS of games and franchisescopying/borrowing off each other. Mass effect wouldn't be the only fps rpg with choices if it was put out there. It'd need to do something to stand out if they were to ever do that. "If" they do that, they need to still keep people making the third person games cuz as I said from the start, I genuinely don't like fps for the most part.

No thanks I can't stand FPS