14 DAY TRIAL // While BioWare referred to Mass Effect as a trilogy on several occasions, it looks like ME3 won't grant Commander Shepard his well-deserved rest and relaxation. According to Greg Zeschuk, the co-founder of BioWare, there will be plenty more in the franchise, as the game's universe is just too valuable to let it go to waste. "We're actually going to continue to use it for stuff and we're going to continue to make games there," Zeschuk said while talking to Kotaku. "Believe me, we have our work cut out for us for the next little while getting Mass Effect 3 done after this. Don't worry if you love Mass Effect, there will be more Mass Effect in the future."
And, by the looks of it, this doesn't mean that we should expect a Mass Effect 4 to come out, but games that make use of the setting, and not the actual game series. We could easily end up with a first-person shooter starring a promising, new Spectre or an RTS game in which we replace the Council and take over the galaxy. Or just fight the Reapers, that could work too.
As for what we can expect from the third Mass Effect, Zeschuk explained that the save-transfer present in ME2 would definitely be present, with the action from the original Mass Effect making a difference in the end-game. "I think we can actually extend that quite effectively to [Mass Effect 3], the key thing being that that save game concept will work in 3 as well where we can take the save games from one to two, two to three. Even to the point where some of the decisions you made in 1 you'll see the result in 3," he explained.
"It's actually interestingly impactful in that folks who have stuck with the franchise the entire time, there will be stuff that you will feel is yours that you've created in that third iteration." And with Mass Effect 2 on a few-days countdown, he also revealed that the game would be almost a full half over the first ME, as far as play length goes. "There's a lot more you can do, a lot more you should do," he said.