These are the 3 games you should keep an eye on if you're at all mourning the loss of Mass Effect 👇 ⚔️ STAR WARS: FATE OF THE OLD REPUBLIC - Directed by Casey Hudson director of the original Mass Effect trilogy AND KOTOR - Spiritual successor to KOTOR - Single player action RPG where you play as a Force user - Choices push your journey toward Light or Dark - Narrative, memorable characters, and player agency are core pillars - Being built by a team packed with former BioWare developers 🚀 EXODUS - From Archetype Entertainment, founded by BioWare veterans - James Ohlen + Mass Effect 1 & 2 lead writer Drew Karpyshyn - Third person scifi action RPG - Time Dilation means years or DECADES can pass while you're away, and you can return to see the consequences of your choices manifest - Your decisions can reshape humanity across generations - Squad commands, ability combos, tools, and real stealth - Companions, romances, conflict, and difficult choices - Paladin / Immortal morality system - Humans, Celestials + uplifted "Awakened" animals as companions, like Salt the Awakened Octopus in a mech suit - You have an awakened wolf adopted brother - Releases April 7, 2027 🪐 THE EXPANSE: OSIRIS REBORN - From Owlcat Games; the CRPG veterans behind Rogue Trader and Pathfinder - Create an Earther, Martian, or Belter; which all impact gameplay and the narrative - Third person cover combat with 2 active companions - Systems track your actions and how you act can change the ending - Deep builds, skill checks, and squad commands - Your weapons, gadgets, and gear all have their own unique upgrade (skill) trees - You and each crew member also have their own skill trees - Your entire crew can contribute during missions, and your active crew can exploit the environment - Earth, Mars and the Belt react to your actions - Explore Ceres, Mars, Luna, Ganymede and more - Takes place during the events of The Expanse - Coming 2027 I've played both EXODUS and The Expanse, and the Mass Effect influence is impossible to miss. They aren't exactly Mass Effect and they don't need to be. I want to #SaveMassEffect so be sure to sign the petition. 📷c.org/rMVGzVb6WL But if you've been waiting for another cinematic sci-fi RPG filled with companions, choices, romances, power fantasies, and a crew you actually care about... Here is some hope ❤️ Full video going through exhaustive detail: youtu.be/YukWupEfBAc

More Mass Effect Universe detail. First, I'm fine with a flooded inbox of threats. Par for the course. Fine with being called a liar. Fine with being informed that I apparently wrote a woke Snow White novel (news to me)... What I'm not fine with is the insinuation that, after 600+ years, Batarians and Humans couldn't possibly find themselves in some kind of tumultuous alliance of circumstance. The Batarians were almost wiped out. Of the surviving major powers, humanity was their closest neighbour by proximity, and humanity had the Citadel parked above Earth. America dropped atomic bombs on Japan 81 years ago. Today, they're allies.. Humans and Batarians don't have to like each other. In fact, it's far more interesting if they don't. Imagine the banter, resentment and distrust that could come from an alliance built out of necessity rather than friendship. It's an alliance of scrappy, dirty survivors standing against the high-and-mighty Council races and the Geth. And, well... there's something shadowy going on behind the scenes causing the cold war. Calling Shepard a 'walking gun rack' wasn't intended as a negative. Shepard is a soldier. Built to kick down the door, take on armies, and get the job done. This new N7 agent is different. They need to be more precise. More surgical. Less 'kick down the front door' and more 'find another way inside.' I also want to reiterate that this was not a trailer intended for the public, it was one of many made for internal use. Meaning it was not as polished as it would have been, it would have used original music, and had some gameplay. Mass Effect Universe was being 'built for the fans' in that they were trying very hard to not make the same mistakes and focus on what we loved from the originals. I don't know if they would have been successful, but I do know that I was hopeful.