While fans speculate on where the series will go following the events of Mass Effect 3, there’s one thing about the inevitable fourth installment that gamers can be sure of — there will be no Shepard.
This revelation was exposed during an interview between VG247 and BioWare Montreal producer Fabrice Condominas. According to Condominas, everyone’s favorite commander has had his time in the spotlight, so it’s time to throw someone/something different into the, now vacant, leading role for Mass Effect 4.
At this point in time, the Shepard-less Mass Effect 4 hasn’t progressed that far in development, but the passing of the guard has acted as as a jumping off point for the team. As BioWare gathers ideas internally in an attempt to decide where the franchise will head to next, the developer is confident that the Mass Effect universe is vast enough to provide them with plenty of different storytelling options.
BioWare doesn’t just want to simply remove the Commander and throw some other generic sap into his shoes either, and Condominas made that very clear. There will be no “Shepard 2” in the next iteration, and that sounds like it’s for the best if the developer is truly trying mix things up with the next game.
Casey Hudson, the executive producer behind the Mass Effect series, has already mentioned that there are “a lot of possibilities” for the next ME title. Of course, gamers won’t be able to see which of these possibilities make it into the final product for a very long time, but it’s hard to not be curious about the future of the franchise.
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Source: VG247
