User blog comment:James12708/Possibility of a Mass Effect 4/@comment-89.241.173.52-20130122142924

I personally think that a possible ME4 should feature an entirely different protagonist in an entirely different position to Shepard. Forget about all the Alliance and Council background, make nu-Shepard a leader of a mercenary gang. This could allow us to use something similar to war assets. It also would give us a reason for having such a diverse crew.

I also think the events after ME3 should be when this game would be set; regardless of the corner they've written themselves into. After war there is always bankruptcy and general depression; I also expect there would be a significant power vacuum with the (sort of) destruction of the Citadel and Batarian Hegemony; the rise of the Terminus systems ("Queen" Aria) and the Leviathan in general. These smaller wars could be the backdrop of some other evil threat worse than reapers.