Forum:What Mass Effect 4 might be....

I think the next game will be set approximately 20,000 - 50,000 years after the events of Mass Effect 3 ( I base this on the Liara scene with the "time capsule" and the Ending Credits "final scene" ). I think EA-ware wants to create their own "Mass Effect Universe" that way they wont have to bud heads with fans and critics over their use of the existing Mass Effect Universe.

I truly believe this is the case do to the backlash over Mass Effect 2 overall and Mass Effect 3's ending. To set the next game so far into the future, the Dev Team could do basicly whatever they wanted with the storyline with little fear of fan basklash over the miss use of the already established cannon and other things.

Mass Effect 3 was littered with subtle hints ( in my opinion ) of "look twards to future" type of things. From Liara's time capsule to Garrus mentioning on numerous occasions " How will history remember us ". I think the biggest clue was the the Ending Credits "final scene". Anyone that has seen that will know what I'm talking about ( to avoid to many spoilers ).

I'd love to know what you all think of my assumption....