User blog comment:James12708/Bioware Hasn't written themselves into a corner/@comment-4950455-20121109062047/@comment-4237253-20121109083804

Oh, I know. I'm not entirely convinced that a Mass Effect 4 is impossible, but I'm not entirely convinced that BioWare is the best studio to be doing this. On the one hand, it feels a little off, moving on to lesser threats, or even bigger ones, because defeating the Reapers felt like a good stopping point. Also, the Mass Effect trilogy is just as much about its characters and plot as it is its universe. Can a Mass Effect game be done without Garrus, Anderson, Shepard, Tali, Kaiden (Ash can go to hell), Harbinger, and so forth? The story revolved around them and their struggle against the Reapers. That's what the story was about. The universe, its characters, and its plot was all built around that conflict. Could we have Mass Effect without it? Maybe it would all fall apart. Maybe, just maybe, it could be liberating.

On the other hand, a fresh start could be exciting. The series, now liberated by the restraints of the previous trilogy could move in any feasible direction. Moving the timeline ahead, seeing new faces, new conflicts, callbacks to the old ones, it's all terribly thrillifying.