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ME1 threw the universe out there. It created the wonder. ME2 is what the universe feel like a universe. It got ever so bigger, less black and white, and we saw the seedy underbelly. Especially as we added plots for the supporting characters. ME3 felt like a contraction, removing the aspects that...

Lots of room for prequels and sidestories. In terms of characters and character interactions, ME3 had some of the strongest ones. And you can bring many of them back in the prequels. Wrex’s work as a mercenary, times with the Salarians, the First Contact War, the Terminus Groups, there’s a...

Andromeda was flawed from the beginning, because it's desertion. It effectively betrays the key tenant of Mass Effect - that you, Shep, are the savior of the universe. In Andromeda, you're part of a group who decided to book it when faced with danger. You're marketing the game to ME players, who...

I'd say more Swiss cheese than Tunnel, but . . . We love it because EA managed to do what Anne McCathry said about Katherine Kurtz: "it's an incredible historical tapestry of a world that never was and of an immensely vital people who ought to be." We love it because Shep means we lived in...

Yes/No/Maybe. Certainly were I EA's PIO, I definitely would not have denied that as a possible interpretation. Especially when two of the three members of the party "die" running into the beam, and Anderson turns up out of nowhere. The bits where you interact with all the NPCs before the run to...

The Reapers make a good setting, but they're apocalyptic by design. The ending has to be destructive, cathartic and vaguely Christ-like, where Shepherd is sacrificed for the win. It's the whole last stand Hail Mary play, where you win but the hero dies in the end. I don't think a ME1 style...

Which is a universe full of wonder. And still ripe for exploitation. An amazing game would revolve around Shep's background, though you would lose many of the wonderful supporting characters.

I very much see Cerberus in ME2/ME3 as the protagonist in a Greek Aristotelian tragedy. The only bit really missing is the Illusive Man realizing he was the pawn of the Reapers before he died. The canon is full of betrayal by key assets who are Reaper pawns, and how they gave the Universe...

@Battlegrinder, that assumes Miranda and Shep were told the truth, anyway. They did emphasize the compartmentalized, almost cell-like operation of Cerberus, and other than around Omega and the Illusive Man's station, I don't recall too many Cerberus capital fleets. IIRC, it was mostly raids and...

Agreed, though ME2 did indicate the Illusive Man had considerable reach and a whole lot of money.

I suspect that was kind of the point. Were they pure evil? Were they just overboard? Was it bad press? Did the left hand know what the right was doing? Or were you being seduced? Or corrupted? Or fleecing them? I found it a very interesting set of circumstances to play out, especially after the...

I agree her personality got darker overall, but I've seen that happen to people who've been sidelined, ignored, and/or forced to strike out on their own. I never trusted the Shadow Broker myself. Always took him for playing both sides against the middle, so going from ally to enemy seemed...

I took it to be a reflection of how important Shep was to their lives, and his death threw them for a loop. Death does crazy things to people. I can easily see why Garrus went off to snipe and calibrate on Omega; kind of his version of crawling up in a bottle. If you've read some of the comic...

I came late to the series, and was midplay during my own near apocalyptic event. that alone was it's own bit of crazy. It's a very weird and unreal feeling to play an end-of-the-world video game to unwind from an actual end-of-the-world event. ME1 was good, but a pretty run of the mill Bioware...