BioWare claims it hasn't made a decision on Mass Effect's future beyond the third title's release in March, but it says it wouldn't be short of ideas if it does opt to create a follow-up.
"We don't have anything to announce, and ME3 is the end of Shepard's story of course, but who knows? We may tell additional stories in the future."
On the same subject, he also told out friends at OXM that a Mass Effect prequel was a possibility.
"Without going down any specific path, you can think of many, many different areas throughout the IP, throughout the history, where there are large wars to be won, battles to be had, and a lot of development to be done around where these races came from, how they came about.
"We have so much to draw from. We haven't made a decision about whether we'll do anything in the future, but if we were to do something, we just have a lot of information to choose from.
"If you boot up Mass Effect 3 and look through the codices you'll see we have tonnes and tonnes of backstory," he added. "The future is wide open for what we can possibly do."
You can check out our impressions of the first two hours of BioWare's upcoming game in this Mass Effect 3 preview published yesterday.
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14 comments so far...
IplayVideogames on 3 Feb '12 said:
Mass Effect: Mining Adventures! COMING 2014
Jensonjet on 3 Feb '12 said:
All I'd like to see is the option to play in either third- or first-person for the next game, as they allow in Skyrim. Actually this wish applies to all games. Flying and racing games allow multiple views, isn't it time the action/adventure/shooter/rpg games gave the gamer the same options?
Also I'd like to see the series reverse the dumbing down, simplification, reduced micro management of the second game and return to the superior style of the first. As for the current franchise, I'm out after the very poor sequel. But I still rate the first game as one of the best games I've played, and have always believed there are potentially dozens of franchises that could be born from the Mass Effect universe. Those that crafted the original absolutely struck gold. It's just a shame they went searching for rust with the sequel!
dicky1993 on 3 Feb '12 said:
do a prequel showing the first cycle of the reavers?
but make sure you wait till next gen and do what half life does, make people wait
Ganja_Ninja on 3 Feb '12 said:
Mass Effect Sandbox MMO please.
TheCrimsonFenix on 3 Feb '12 said:
A sequel to Mass Effect, a role playing game, would be an interesting idea.
budge on 3 Feb '12 said:
Good. The possibilities are endless in a galaxy with as much lore and history as Mass Effect, just don't do a Dragon Age 2 on us, BioWare.
darry on 3 Feb '12 said:
That's just won't work in most games. The POV makes huge differences on the whole game in most cases - controlling what the player sees, how the controls work etc. Skyrim (and Fallout 3 before it) doesn't play anywhere near as well in 3rd person as it does in 1st. You go on to say you don't like games being 'simplified' - well that is exactly what this would do. Jack of all trades, master of none.
The Bossman on 3 Feb '12 said:
As long as they don't release one every year there's no problem here, take the time to make a great game and don't get trapped by the publishers calls for more games because they're greedy. A new game every 3 years would be perfect so long as the storylines are up to the usual Mass Effect standard.
Dr Bob on 3 Feb '12 said:
A game about the First Contact War?
BenThomasFoster on 3 Feb '12 said:
if mass effect has 1 good thing is that it's an open universe. They can visit the past, they could continue shepards story line(I don't want that to happen personally) or make something completely new up. I personally hope they do First contact war from the turian perspective or something like that
Sammy_bham on 3 Feb '12 said:
this
the most compellng element of mass effect is the lore, story, history and background.
a modern day start wars / star trek (thats actually interesting). dark and gritty, serious and funny, vast planets and races that are actually interesting. THATS what is pulling so many people to this game. i care about "other" characters, i know about other races and why races hate each other. the sheer scope of this new "universe" is fantastic.
sheperds story is brilliant, and the matrix style "cycle" of the reapers killing all life in the universe ever 50,000 years is brilliant. I think we are in for some big twists coming.
the comics and novels are great too.
its something bioware shoul invest in, because itsquickly becoming a great franchise, not just a game
potnoodle1 on 3 Feb '12 said:
I think it could make a great TV show! Far too little scifi on the screens now adays. There's a ton of stuff they can do for this franchise and games are just one of them. It'd be great if they could expand it across other forms of media.
WingZeroSys on 3 Feb '12 said:
It was freaking obvious they would carry the series on after ME3, a lot of games are doing it these days, "Halo 3 will be the last game featuring Master Chief and the end of the trilogy," then came Halo Wars, ODST, Reach, Anniversary and the Reclaimer Trilogy (Halo 4, 5, 6).
Gears of War (Marcus Fenix's mission may be over and the Locust & Lambent maybe dead but there's still stories left to tell) is another one and so is Resident Evil (the end of Albert Wesker and Umbrella but there's plenty of stories left to tell) and Metal Gear Solid (the end of sOLiD Snake but the series lives on via prequels and spin-offs).
Mass Effect 3 may possibly end with Shepard and the crew of the Normandy, but then the series could eventually be about a new crew (think Star Trek Next Generation) with a new Normandy (SR-3), a new race of aliens, the Protean's past (how they died, etc), the Reapers (before or after this trilogy), or anything really.
BornRZA on 4 Feb '12 said:
"...Matt Damon.."