User blog comment:The Milkman/The Next Effect/@comment-74.215.83.211-20121125001330

I never considered a spiritual successor, but that would be a good idea. If it has to be Mass Effect, I would not want a sequel. I don't even need to say why, as it's been covered a million times over already. I would like to see a prequel set in the Prothean Cycle. It would allow for similar gameplay in a somewhat familiar universe, while allowing for new stories and characters. The biggest problems I see with this idea, however are a) we know how that story ends, and b) it could end up too much like a rehash of the Mass Effect trilogy arc, from discovery of the Reaper threat, to combating the Reapers. My friend and I have also tossed the idea around of an Uncharted-like game starring the pre Illusive Illusive Man, but that's more of a spinoff idea.