Somewhere in the long story of humanity reaching outward, a new chapter of Mass Effect has begun to take shape, and it arrived not with a name but with a single image: a veteran of the earlier trilogy standing on frozen ground beside the ruin of a Reaper. Shown to the audience of The Game Awards 2020, the trailer offers a question more than an answer, leaving players to wonder how much time has passed and what has been lost or found in the years between. Its silence about dates, platforms, and mechanics suggests a story still being assembled, one that will reveal itself on a schedule the studi
Mass Effect 4: What We Know About BioWare's Unnamed Sequel and Its Returning Liara
The trailer shows little: two galaxies, an icy planet, and one familiar face.
Mark
So what did BioWare actually show us?
Mimi
One trailer. Two galaxies, a zoom to the Milky Way, radio chatter about humanity's spaceflight history, then an icy planet with a wrecked Reaper and Liara finding N7 armor.
Mark
Why feature Liara specifically?
Mimi
She's an asari, so she lives close to 1,000 years. She was 109 in Mass Effect 3, which means her look tells us nothing about elapsed time.
Luke
Careful there. That's GameSpot's read, that BioWare chose her for that reason. BioWare hasn't said so.
Mark
Is it a sequel to Mass Effect 3 or to Andromeda?
Mimi
It looks like a direct follow-up to Mass Effect 3, but the outlet sees hints it could connect to Andromeda too.
Luke
Hints, from a trailer with no dialogue about plot. Nothing is confirmed either way.
Mark
And when can people play it?
Mimi
No date. Legendary Edition comes in February 2021, and Anthem and Dragon Age 4 are still in progress.
Luke
Worth noting that 'a ways out' and the platform guesses are GameSpot's assumptions. Officially, platforms, PC, multiplayer and DLC are all unannounced.
Il Polso
- A nameless new Mass Effect was teased at The Game Awards 2020, and fans were left holding a single trailer and a long list of unanswered questions.
- Liara T'Soni pulling back her hood beside a shattered Reaper and an N7 armor fragment set the internet guessing whether this follows Mass Effect 3 or Andromeda.
- BioWare has offered no release date, platforms, multiplayer plans, or monetization details, leaving every practical question open.
- With Dragon Age 4 and Anthem still in development, the new Mass Effect appears to be years away, and the next official reveal is the moment everyone is waiting for.
Somewhere in the long story of humanity reaching outward, a new chapter of Mass Effect has begun to take shape, and it arrived not with a name but with a single image: a veteran of the earlier trilogy standing on frozen ground beside the ruin of a Reaper. Shown to the audience of The Game Awards 2020, the trailer offers a question more than an answer, leaving players to wonder how much time has passed and what has been lost or found in the years between. Its silence about dates, platforms, and mechanics suggests a story still being assembled, one that will reveal itself on a schedule the studio has not yet chosen.
The trailer opens on two galaxies and narrows to the Milky Way, while radio transmissions trace humanity's climb into space. It settles on an icy planet, where a hooded figure climbs the wreckage of a destroyed Reaper and finds a piece of N7 armor in the snow. When the hood falls back, the figure is Liara T'Soni, returning from the original trilogy, and behind her three more figures stand on the expedition, their faces unreadable. This is the whole of what BioWare showed at The Game Awards 2020: a new Mass Effect with no title.
Fans read the footage in different ways. Most take it as a direct sequel to Mass Effect 3, though a closer look suggests it might pick up threads from Andromeda. Liara's appearance is itself a quiet puzzle. Asari look youthful for centuries, so her face says little about how many years have passed since she was 109 in Mass Effect 3. Perhaps that ambiguity is the point.
Everything else remains unknown. No release date has been set, and BioWare's other teams are still reworking Anthem and building Dragon Age 4, so the game is likely a long way off. Platforms are unconfirmed, though current-generation consoles and PC seem the likeliest homes. Multiplayer, DLC, and microtransactions have not been mentioned, even though the earlier games had all three in some form. For now the trailer stands alone, and the studio's next words will decide what comes after it.
The trailer opens wide, on two galaxies, then narrows to the Milky Way. Radio transmissions play over the image, tracing humanity's progress in space travel. Then the camera settles on an icy planet. This was the announcement shown to viewers of The Game Awards 2020: a new Mass Effect game, still without a title.
On the planet's surface, a hooded figure climbs the wreckage of a destroyed Reaper. In the snow and ice they find a piece of N7 armor. The figure lowers the hood and turns out to be Liara T'Soni, a character from the original trilogy. The camera then pulls back to show three more figures with her on the expedition. Their identities can't be made out.
The trailer reads most naturally as a direct sequel to Mass Effect 3. GameSpot notes, though, that a closer look at the footage suggests it could also follow up on Mass Effect: Andromeda.
BioWare had already said it was working on a new Mass Effect alongside Dragon Age 4 and Anthem 2.0. The Game Awards trailer is the first official look at what the game might be about. It shows little. There is no gameplay, no named story, and no cast beyond Liara.
Liara's presence is informative in one way and withholding in another. She is an asari, a species that looks youthful for centuries and lives close to 1,000 years. She is only 109 in Mass Effect 3, so her appearance gives no reliable measure of how much time has passed since then. GameSpot suggests BioWare may have chosen to feature only her for exactly that reason.
Everything else is unannounced. BioWare has given no release date. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is scheduled for February 2021 on Xbox One, PS4 and PC, and other BioWare teams are still redesigning Anthem and working on Dragon Age 4. GameSpot assumes the new game is a long way off.
Platforms are likewise unconfirmed, and so is PC. GameSpot assumes Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and PC, given how far away the game appears to be, and doubts it will come to previous-generation hardware, though nothing has been officially ruled out. PC specifications are unknown. There is no word on multiplayer, though both Mass Effect 3 and Andromeda had horde-style modes built around teamwork and strategy. BioWare and publisher EA have also said nothing about DLC or microtransactions. Both of those games had microtransactions in multiplayer, and the original trilogy had DLC adding squadmates, side quests, weapons and armor. GameSpot singles out Mass Effect 2's Lair of the Shadow Broker and Mass Effect 3's Citadel as among the best post-launch DLC in any RPG. No preorders are available.
For now, the single trailer is the only official material. With other BioWare projects in progress, further reveals from the studio are what to watch for.
Citazioni salienti
GameSpot suggests BioWare may have featured only Liara in the trailer because her age makes elapsed time impossible to gauge.— GameSpot
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