User blog comment:Leviathan2186/Mass Effect 4: Wish List/@comment-1440333-20130715203117

Just my own opinions, feel free to ignore...

1. Mass Effect 4 should be a sequel, although a spin-off game as a prequel would be nice.

Totally agree. While I have no idea how it would work any game actually labelled as ME4 NEEDS to be a sequel.

2. Mass Effect 4 should have Shepard as a supporting character or a name which gets mentioned various times throughout the game and could have a major plot line.

Supporting character? No. Mentioned? Yes. I actually would prefer the game to start in the Stargazer's time. Two reasons: one being that the scene is now a setup for a sequel rather than being a throwaway "oh look Shep's a legend now", and secondly enough time will pass to hopefully create a scenario that the galaxy has recovered, and the endings will hopefully be more manageable in that instance.

3. Saved files from previous games should be able to import over to Mass Effect 4 somehow, although it may be practically impossible if Mass Effect 4 is on next-gen consoles only.

I also agree. If not an import then a Genesis style comic that covers EVERY possible scenario from the first three games, or at least the broad 'legendary' strokes that Stargazer would have definitive knowledge of (companions, Genophage, love interest, gender, ending, etc).

''4. New Villains. If the Reapers came back directly in Mass Effect 4, it will be to repetitive in my opinion. The series should have a fresh villain which isn't quite as powerful as the Reapers and not planning on having a galactic war perhaps.''

The question on how to follow the Reapers is really tough. Leviathans are not the answer, but perhaps something else from pre-Citadel history could be. Protheans and Leviathans both left evidence from previous cycles - what else did? There's a lot of the Galaxy left to explore after all.

5. Choose your own race

If not in the single player then the multiplayer race kits need to return. I also want to see more races. The Codex mentions dozens of races being part of the Citadel alone - ME3 gives us humans, turians, salarians, asari, hanar, elcor, volus, drell, and thats it. So even without the supposedly multitudinous races of Omega and the Terminus we are already missing a few...

''6. Space Battles would be brilliant if done in the right way in Mass Effect 4. Being able to command your own ship and fight against another in a very detailed combat system has always been one of the things I feel missing from the series.''

This would be cool, but not essential - and Bioware's previous attempts with things like this in KOTOR and Jade Empire have been awful. Id rather have ME focus on my character, and while having my ship support me would be cool (apparently Normandy was meant to provide cover for Hammer on Earth) if I want to fly a ship I'll play Star Trek Online.