{"id":159057,"date":"2021-01-04T17:07:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T17:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/mass-effect-4-trilogy\/"},"modified":"2021-01-04T17:07:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T17:07:52","slug":"mass-effect-4-should-start-its-own-trilogy-not-just-follow-the-last-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/04\/mass-effect-4-should-start-its-own-trilogy-not-just-follow-the-last-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Effect 4 Should Start Its Own Trilogy, Not Just Follow the Last One"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The next chapter in the Mass Effect<\/em> series \u2013 known colloquially as Mass Effect 4<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 is in development at BioWare, which dropped\u00a0a new trailer for the title at The Game Awards 2020 last month. The teaser strongly implied that the next game would pick up where Mass Effect 3<\/em> left off, showing dead Reapers, Liara T\u2019Soni, and a piece of N7 armor which potentially hinted at Shepard\u2019s\u00a0return.<\/p>\n

BioWare seems keen to take Mass Effect<\/em> back to its roots, but it\u2019s a fine line to walk. Mass Effect 4<\/em><\/a> will need to help launch a new story that expands into its own self-contained trilogy, instead of just following from Mass Effect 3 <\/em>and emulating the first three games. Here are the reasons BioWare will need to make Mass Effect 4<\/em>\u2019s story stand on its own legs, and\u00a0some ways the studio\u2019s storytellers might achieve that.<\/p>\n

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Between the announcement of a new chapter in the Mass Effect<\/em> series and a remaster of the original trilogy \u2013 Mass Effect: Legendary Edition<\/em><\/a> \u2013 it\u2019s clear BioWare is keen to get its flagship sci-fi series back to its roots. Mass Effect: Andromeda<\/em> attempted to avoid addressing the different possible endings to Mass Effect 3<\/em> by taking place far in the future in a different galaxy.<\/p>\n

However, after Andromeda<\/em>\u2019s disappointing reception, BioWare appears to be willing to return to the Milky Way and seemingly to make Mass Effect 3<\/em>\u2019s Destroy ending canon<\/a> in order to continue the story. After a decade of reboots and revivals, Mass Effect<\/em> has a lot of expectations to content with.<\/p>\n

For example, when Star Wars<\/em> came back to the silver screen in 2015 with The Force Awakens<\/em>\u00a0many fans were quick to point out similarities with the first Star Wars<\/em>, from its desert-dwelling protagonist to Starkiller Base<\/a>\u2019s resemblance to the original Death Star. Though\u00a0it was possible for the movie to\u00a0evoke nostalgia for the originals, its close emulation made it difficult to match or surpass them. If Mass Effect 4<\/em> is going to restore the series to its former glory then BioWare cannot play it too safe.<\/p>\n

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Closely emulating the original Mass Effect<\/em> games in terms of story structure, character dynamics, or even set pieces and aesthetics will likely cause Mass Effect 4<\/em> to fall short. After all, in a best-case scenario a game closely based on the original trilogy would evoke all of the same emotions, but with a diminished sense of originality.\u00a0Mass Effect 4<\/em> will need to ensure that its villains feel very different to the Reapers<\/a>, for example. They can\u2019t be another ancient galaxy-wide threat, and they can\u2019t explore the same dynamic between organic and synthetic life.<\/p>\n

It will be tempting to bring back fan-favorite companions like Garrus Vakarian<\/a>, but BioWare should be careful to make sure Mass Effect 4<\/em> doesn\u2019t have the same squad dynamic as the OT. Similarly, the player character\u2019s role \u2013 Shepard or not \u2013 should not be that of a commander forced to work around a disbelieving bureaucracy to save the galaxy.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there are plenty of paths the game could go down. The original Mass Effect<\/em> trilogy had cut plotlines that the storytellers could draw influence from when creating the broad arcs of a new trilogy, like the Dark Energy plot<\/a>\u00a0talked about by the lead writer of the first two games, who even hinted at the possibility of time manipulation. The real question is whether or not BioWare will be willing to take the\u00a0necessary risks after the disappointment of Andromeda<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Playing it safe, however, may doom Mass Effect<\/em> to a far slower and more painful decline, especially if\u00a0BioWare<\/a> brings back beloved characters only to tell less satisfying stories about their lives after the defeat of the Reapers. Mass Effect 4<\/em> may be taking players back to the Milky Way, but its long-term success relies on\u00a0exploring new territory.<\/p>\n

Mass Effect 4<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is currently in development.<\/p>\n

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