Mass Effect 4: BioWare sees vital return as devs talk Andromeda possibilities

Mass Effect 4 is progressing well at BioWare

MASS Effect 4 is looking better and better according to developers BioWare, who have also been answering questions on some of the subjects connected to the ME Andromda title.

 

The game's first trailer was shown at E3 and was followed by a short rundown on what the studio wanted to achieve with their new project.

Mass Effect: Andromeda is now in full swing, with the latest build being tested internally by BioWare developers.

Senior Development Director at Mass Effect, Chris Wynn gave fans a quick update on how the new epic space title is shaping up.

"Spending a lot of time in the latest Mass Effect Andromeda build," he told fans on Twitter.

"Looking better than what we showed in the E3 teaser."

 

 

BioWare won't rule out a return for any character from the original trilogy but appears unlikely

Wynn has confirmed in the past that the game will feel a lot like Mass Effect 3 but will include new dynamics and elements to keep it feeling fresh.

And while BioWare has stated that no characters from the first three games will be included in Andromeda, fans have raised the prospect of whether there is a chance that the Commander Shepard timeline could return in a spin off game.

"Will there ever be a return to the commander Shepard story," one fan asked Wynn, "Ever? That's impossible to answer," he replied.

Wynn had earlier explained that not all the characters had been added to Mass Effect 4, making it impossible to rule out the return of someone, or something, from the original series.

"There are plenty of non-character connections," he commented.

"Races, stuff like the Mako. Fans will feel at home."

 

BioWare, meanwhile, saw the return of Drew Karpyshyn, the first Mass Effect's lead writer and the co-lead writer on Mass Effect 2.

However, Karpyshyn will not be jumping back into the Mass Effect universe, focusing instead on Star Wars: The Old Republic online title.

"I suspect a lot of folks are going to wonder if this means BioWare is about to announce a new project tied to my return," he wrote on his blog.

"The short answer: no. I originally came to the Austin studio many years ago to work on SWTOR and – at least for now – that’s what I’m focusing on again."

Wynn recently ruled out the idea of a single-player multiplayer experience in Mass Effect: Andromeda.

 

Mass Effect: Andromeda will launch in 2016