Continuous story? or One game One Hero

I'm fine with either options and they have their own good and bad sides.

They will have more freedom in what they do if they choose a new protagonist for every game and give them their own story but they will lose some players engagement and attachment to the character I think.
Problem with the same protagonist over a series of games is to make decisions mater over the whole story and in a meaningful way not to talk about geting all decisions make it over from game to game.
May think about a Mass Effect keep in that case so we don't have to deal with decision flags not working.

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Also, ZipZap, Furisco, Lady Artifice... sorry for the offtopic but I'm so glad to see so many familiar faces... I mean, avatars.
You know what I mean.
I hope.

I really, really hope we're not saving the dang galaxy again. I hope it'll do fine on its own and we're just trying to make things better for ourselves and our friends.

And that we have 3 games of being friends, too.

And that if our sibling is a nemesis, they A) aren't mustache-twirlers and are sympathetic and aren't dealt with straight away.

Hopefully unlike the ME "trilogy", there's some kind of vision for this new series, otherwise, whether there's a plan or not is irrelevant. That and not having a revolving door of writers with their own idea of how to do things.

NEMESIS. That's what Ryder needs and what Shepard lacked. He needs a constant enemy and to be kept away from that enemy until it's time to take down the villain of the new galaxy. I'd like minimal interaction until say game 2 or 3. The enemy needs a consistent face. 

My thoughts exactly. I really don't want to be the hero. But if by saving myself/my family I accidentally happen to save the world, then it's ok.

Like a lot of the people here I too hope this will be a continuous story. I feel like a different protagonist each game is more of Dragon Age's MO instead of Mass Effect's. I really want to get invested in the new setting and I feel the best way to do that is having a continuous arc. But, we'll just have to wait and see.

tl;Dr
Yes I want a continuous story arc 😝

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About the four novels.
Titan books says "that these series of novels will act as prequel and sequels to the events in the games and will become part of the
overarching Mass Effect saga...."

So, do the games drive the book stories or the other way around?

I like some continuous form. Key chars to remain while others get killed or move on by the end of the game or we're told
they have moved on in the next game. Metrics will tell Bio which chars to "bump off" to make room for new aliens from the
Helius / Other clusters. So every game will give us something new besides an enemy or two.

I prefer this approach to prevent a "Leliana Inconsistency". This is where the next game has to deal with possible different outcomes
from different players. In other words, no need for a Mass Effect Keep to create your very own World State.

Just a one and done. End the franchise on a good note and everyone will suddenly be talking about how despite all Mass Effect ended on a great memory that made you forget how bad the ME3 ending was.

If this game is about becoming the hero then I'd want to see Ryder hitting their stride if there was a sequel. I'd be happy to have a smaller NPC cast too companion wise if it meant they got to experience their own full journey along side you instead of being sidelined.

The Andromeda galaxy is a big place so surely it will take more than one game to see it all?

It would be great if this thread had a poll...

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If the Montreal studio gets it right, we can look forward to many more stories in the Helius cluster. And, by getting it right, I mean
not painting themselves into a corner with some stupid ending. That is the only reason we are in Andromeda.