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Mass Effect 5: What We Can Expect from the Next Game

12/31/24, 0 comments

A scenario of Destruction and, perhaps, Shepard's return await us in the direct sequel to Bioware's incredible trilogy

By Paulo Eduardo Fabris

translated by Meline Hoch

revised by Romeu

Mass Effect is one of the most celebrated RPGs of recent years and its fifth game is in development by leave a comment.

Remembering the Games

Before talking about the future, let's remember a little bit about the past and about where we left our heroes when the Mass Effect franchise ended.

In Mass Effect, we meet Commander Shepard, someone who can be a man or a woman (if he is a man, he is called by default, John, and a woman, Jane), who was born on Earth, on a planet that is a Terran colony or on a ship, which changes your background and some dialogue a little, but doesn’t affect the gameplay or the story as a whole. You choose your origin, class, which can be a combatant, a stealth agent or a user of psychic powers called Biotics.

The N7 Day 2023 teaser eventually showed a helmeted figure – quite feminine in outline – wearing a padded N7 jacket with a collar worthy of Cyberpunk 2077 and a helmet that everyone is calling “Daft Punk”. She pulls out a gun and heads out of the building towards an open area that looks very dusty or sandy, with golden tones. The trailer was also accompanied by new Mass Effect art, which you can see below:

Interestingly, in January 2022, BioWare General Manager Gary McKay revealed in a BioWare blog post that the poster contains “a handful of hidden Easter eggs”, including “at least five surprises, all of which point to an incredible future in the Mass Effect universe.”

Of course, he doesn't go into detail about what any of the secrets are, but adds that he's seeing ).push({});