The Next Mass Effect & Commander Shepard

@StuStuie 

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StuStuie  schrieb:

I feel, now more than ever, that the Mass Effect 4 game should follow Commander Shepard and crew storyline. It's so hard to end like that because our hero supposedly died.

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Strange, she never died in my Playthroughs. 🤔

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I don't know if you're aware of the recent rumours about Shepard's return, but it's looking more and more likely.

I'm all for them continuing after the single world state where Shepard survives. Some players may have concerns about canonising one ending, but it's technically not that different from being unable to import an ME2 save into ME3 if Shepard didn't survive the suicide mission. It's a continuation of one thread, which doesn't mean the other threads can't be part of another player's story.

I heard the argument that Shepard's story is done and therefore shouldn't return. I disagree with this for two reasons, firstly that a character can have more than one story, and secondly that - in my opinion - Mass Effect was not Shepard's personal story, even if they were the main character in it. You can tell an interesting story about post-war recovery and the current state of the galaxy from Shepard's point of view. Even if Shepard isn't the player character, they can still have a big part in it.

I agree, I think canonizing the end would make BioWare's job significantly easier and I hope that this is what they do. I would be disappointed if they canonized the romance options though. For me, it has to be Shepard, and it has to be the old Crew, Kaidan, Liara, Tali, Garrus, etc. It wouldn't be the same otherwise. 

I'd be staggered if BioWare canonised any ending, but they are more than capable of arriving at any starting point they want for Mass Effect 5, given what I think will be hundreds of years between Mass Effect 3 and the next game.

We'll just have to wait to see.

I agree with @SofaJockeyUK.

There is a lot that points to a timeline that is on the level of Andromeda, so 600+ years after ME3.
This gives the devs plenty of opportune to find a reason why the effects of the endings, no matter what they player choosed, are just not visible anymore.

Canonised the ending would mean to have another shit storm on hand before the game even is finished.