AusGamers has put together a feature outlining five of the main Mass Effect universe races, potential storylines for each and what sort of game would work best, for the inevitable next Mass Effect title.
From the feature:
"It’s not like the game-universe is void of narrative potential though. Mass Effect nestles alongside the likes of The Elder Scrolls, Warcraft and StarCraft in terms of the breadth and depth of its lore, and if you stop and think about the various solar systems the team created and each and every planet and satellite’s back-story in relation to those... the mind actually boggles at the lengths BioWare went to, to flesh out its play-space..."
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
Based on one narratively fitting ending in Mass Effect 3, Prothean squadmate Javik is highly unlikely to return in the next Mass Effect game.
He was one of my least favorite characters. I wish they would have done the Proths different.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
I wouldn't mind a Mass Effect where we are on a ship with many other galactic races, exploring a galaxy beyond the Milky Way, perhaps Andromeda seeing it is our neighbor, and encountering and interacting with all new species, some hostile, some not. I would enjoy this type of exploration and discovery. It was part of what made the first Mass Effect the best story of the three games, though it did not have the best gameplay. I loved both ME2 and ME3, but in saying that I would like to see ME4 return to the sense of wonder in exploration that drew me into the first game.