What started as a normal soldier being in the right place at the right time turned into a cliché messianic chosen one story. I wasn’t a huge fan of the way Shepard was sort of deified as Mass Effect 3 progressed. As a matter of fact, in my opinion the ultimate evil/chosen one element of the series’ overarching plot is one of the weaker aspects about Mass Effect. I am of the mind that the Mass Effect universe is among the most interesting and well developed fictional universes in any medium, and I want to see them explore it in entirely new ways. While this logistical issue is a pretty compelling reason to move away from Shepard, the main reason I want to see a Shepard-free Mass Effect from here forward is because I want to see new things in this universe. Bioware already took a ton of heat from fans for the lack of impact major decisions had on the end of the trilogy, further nullifying player choice by declaring one ending canon would only drive more fans away. In order to continue with Shepard, the writers would have to declare one ending canon, which I feel betrays the core idea of allowing players to shape their own story. What this basically means is that only one of the three endings even leaves the possibility of continuing Shepard’s story. Depending on which ending you chose, Shepard either has had his/her consciousness uploaded into the conduit to become the Reaper master controller, had his/her body used as a template for an organic synthetic hybrid conversion process and subsequently destroyed, or was presumably killed while destroying the Reapers with a brief after credits scene teasing his/her possible survival. The most obvious reason moving away from the Shepard storyline is a good decision is due to the way things were left at the end of Mass Effect 3. Spoilers for the Mass Effect Trilogy Beyond This Point! His exact quote was, “the idea is that we have agreed to tell a story that doesn’t relate necessarily to any of the Shepard events at all, whatsoever.” This this news will be a disappointment for many, but I think it the best possible decision for the future of the series.
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My gut reaction when a game series I love is handed off to another studio is to be highly skeptical, but Bioware Montreal was the studio responsible for the surprisingly great Mass Effect 3 multiplayer mode, so they have proven themselves to some extent already.Ī few weeks ago it was confirmed in an interview with ME2 and ME3 lead writer Mac Walters that the next Mass Effect game will not feature Shepard in any way. The next game in the series is being developed at Bioware Montreal while the core Edmonton team responsible for the Mass Effect trilogy has moved on to an entirely new as yet unannounced franchise. We didn’t really get to see a whole lot, and what we could see wasn’t extremely clear, but just seeing evidence that Bioware is indeed working on a new Mass Effect game was enough to get me hyped. This past Thursday we got our first glimpses of the next Mass Effect game.
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