User blog comment:The Milkman/The Next Effect/@comment-5034669-20121121194736

Sequel? Prequel? Why not have both? In one game. My idea is that story of the ME4's main character could start prior to ME1 (First contact war, maybe) and end after ME3. It would be much more accesible to new players than direct sequel, as it's basicly goign to re-tell the main trilogy, just from another perspective. Latter part of the game could take place after Shepard's ultimate decision, when you'll take part in rebuilding civilization. It wouldn't be so complicated to deal with Control/Synthesis/Destroy ending as it would only affect portion of the game.

And meanwhile, they could think through how to continue with this series.