I love Mass Effect… yes I even liked Andromeda with all of its imperfections. I know it’s only concept art but I’m glad BioWare isn’t dismissing the Andromeda galaxy. Hope to see more soon 😊
Me too. As much as I disliked the storyline. There was something appealing about it. The open world and combat was a great idea, I just wish Bioware only expanded upon it.
Andromeda is a game I also enjoyed and played a few times. However my saves got messed up and I haven’t started over 😅. The gameplay itself was great, quick and responsive too
Yeah agreed there is potential in Andromeda. The fans weren't against the new Galaxy, only against the flawed game and the tonality that wasn't matching the series.
People see Liara, but I apparently see Peebee of all people talking to the Angara LOL. Perhaps it's the smokey eyed look of the extreme close up in 8bit resolution, but somehow I'm here for it. Looking forward to more analysis videos across the community. Hell, I'm just glad we have an active community.
I see neither of them. I don’t really think we will see much of the character from the Andromeda game, even if the new game is set in the future. People didn’t particularly like them.
Honestly, ever since ME Andromeda came out, I was speculating that one of the things the AI would do is build a mass relay to link Andromeda with the Milky way, and that they completed its twin before they left. Just a thought :)
I'm worried this bar scene is supposed to be a literal afterlife, because in the N7 day message they spoke about "who really died" and that answers wouldn't be easy to find. It would make me very sad that this is the reason they show a very Garrus-like turian.
I think that Geth looks like it's guarding the woman sitting down next to him. So I think that the result with Legion 'disseminating' itself throughout the Geth is considered the canon choice, because I imagine guarding a woman is a very personal decision rather than a collective group one, unless of course she is somehow very important to the Geth as a whole. My theory if that is correct is that the Geth have been allowed into council space and because they are taking steps to individualize themselves and to seek out unique experiences. Yeah the Angara makes that image confusing, but depending on when the game is set; it doesn't necessarily need 634 years to travel to Andromeda. It took 600 years when the Nexus and the Arks took off, because that's where the technology was at in 2182 or whenever it was. Since then, we had the Reaper war, and reverse engineering that tech would absolutely be a priority after the necessities were taken care of. Remember that the Reapers had to cross from 'dark space' into the galaxy at large at an impossibly quick pace after Shephard knocked out the Mass Relay in the Arrival DLC. Ergo, it stands to reason that post Reaper War, the council races could travel much faster potentially to Andromeda. Also bear in mind where the council species turn up in Andromeda, because in the game we were limited to the Heleus Cluster of Andromeda. The Angara could have traveled past this cluster in their history, with it becoming isolated past then with the arrival of the Kett and the activation of the Scourge.
The Asari by the Geth reminds me more so of Peebee from Andromeda. She was good with machines so who's to say she didn't come across a Geth and program it like she did with the Remnant drone. Also if you look close, that Asari looks like she has the dark markings across her eyes just like Peebee does.
10:40 - i do think that's Liara. the Geth kinda feels like it gives it away, and i'd even go as far as to say that this is most likely the Geth we hear her conversing with in the N7 Day 2022 teaser
Have we considered that the reason some races are missing is because... They died out? Maybe they didn't survive the Reaper War OR the aftermath before any Relays were rebuilt.
The extended cut established that the relays were not destroyed. They were damaged by the crucible's pulse but not so badly that races would literally die out before they could be repaired. And in none of ME3's endings did any of the main races go extinct. The closest would be the Batarians who lost their Hegemony, but their entire race wasn't fully gone. You could argue the Geth were destroyed by the Reaper destruction ending but it's also pretty easy to hand wave away isolated pockets of Geth that weren't exposed to the Crucible's anti-synthetic wave.
That would be incredibly dumb. Bioware isn't about killing them off screen. That wouldn't bring any value to them. Especially since most people would want to see them again.
@@pacmonster066while they didn't go extinct directly, we know that the Elcor were on the brink of it, as the number of the Dekuuna survivors were probably too low to support a repopulation effort, or barely enough for that..
My working theory is that we will play as either an N7 operative or even one of Liara's agents who has to track down a rogue N7 operator (similar to hunting down Saren). I think the character in the trailer is that rogue operative who hacked into Alliance networks (remember the codes before the last bit of the trailer, it mentioned a security breach). I think the trailer itself shows the moments just following the hack as the rogue makes her getaway. What she was looking for I don't know, but I have a hunch that it has something to do with the distress signal from Andromeda. Liara knew about the Andromeda Initiative and she probably also knows about the distress signal and is thus interested in finding out more about where it came from and what it means. I think the gameplay will involve more stealth and intrigue as we explore the dark underbelly of the galaxy(ies) trying to find out what the rogue N7 is after. Maybe even with new mechanics like interrogating or searching for evidence like an old school, Maltese Falcon-esque detective movie; tracking down leads as the rogue is always one step ahead. This could lead to branching missions that might end differently based on the evidence you follow.
I was JUST thinking that, when she mentioned pre-production. An in-engine preview implies they've built an engine - that sounds like 'production' to me! Granted, the story, characters, plot and so-on could still be at a VERY nebulous stage, whilst the engine it'll all run in (and various generic visual assets) are already being built.
If the game is set in year 2819 (which is pretty strongly indicated) then all the old squadmates will be long dead, except for Liara and Grunt. Aria would probably have aged out at this point as well.
It is not in 2819. The issue is the System Alliance is responding to an Andromeda distess signal, and that can't be possible for the Milky Way would have gotten that distress call 633 years later. The other issue is we know you need 2 mass relays to get from point A to point B so I don't know how this works.
6:09 To me, this looks like a Raloi. Not a beefy Turian. Turians have very narrow wastes and uniquely shaped torsos. This "beefy turian" doesn't have either of those physical features and if you look closely at it's face it looks like it kind of has a beak. Imo anyways. If that is a Turian it has very unique facial markings that we've never really seen Turians have, and its head spine is nearly 3 times that of a normal Turian. The more I look at it, the less Turian it looks. I jist don't see that being one.
11:46 okay, so you have an angara. an asari with a geth seemingly vigilant like a bot guarding someone? idk if that lighting (violet) is suggestive, but that could be phoebe.
Mary demarle is the writer. She wrote for deus ex games so make total sense that we play as an agent. Also that coat reminds me to iconic adam jensen coat.
if the angara are in the milky way then there must be some sort of travel between galaxies and i imagine kett empire will go out of it's way to get it, why would they pass up a chance to exalt a new galaxy
I love all of this. Getting a lot of WInter Soldier vibes. A kind of Spy Thriller look. I think the Turian with the visor is definitely Garrus, Bioware knows we would make that connection. I do think the outfit we see could just be one possible outfit, maybe for the Infiltrator class, and that the other classes will have other outfits. I do think the Asari looks like Liara with a Geth bodyguard. If this is in the 2800's then Liara would be a Matriarch. It's possible she's now a diplomat, or an ambassador or councillor or something, which would explain the need for a bodyguard. Bioware are being cheeky, releasing just enough to keep us salivating, without confirming anything. I look forward to discovering more.
@@clintels5477 I think Turians have about the same lifespan as humans. I'm not suggesting that Garrus survived for 800 years, but if the series is going to link the Milky Way with Andromeda, they'll almost certainly need to do some time-travel stuff. I'm thinking that giant Mass Relay we saw under construction on the last N7 day maybe teleports through time as well as space, so the Normandy crew goes through it and ends up in the Andromeda galaxy in the 2800's, something like that.
Don't forget that this is still an advertisement. They need to attract both fans of the original game and Andromeda. And we were shown a mixture of all the memorable races/characters (I'm a little surprised Saren isn't peeking around the corner). And it is not at all necessary that they will be presented in the final version of the game.
I just found your channel on N7 DAY 2023! I'm watching through your videos now, and I like what I see. I adore mass effect and have been playing from mass effect one. Can't wait to see what other videos about Mass Effect you have to show. Thanks for breaking down the latest tease from Bioware! Keep up the awesome effort your pouring into your videos. I wonder If somehow the Angara have found a way to travel between the two galaxies to be a part of the community.😮
The Angaran arr back and it seems they are in the Milky Way. I would have liked a sequel to Andromeda but it is nice that we get this connection and also have Andromeda be important to the next game.
@DeviniteHD Well tweets show Gamble responding to things. 1 mentioned we see The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies and he said, "intentional." It could be anything at this point.
5:07 that also looks a lot like the standard Andromeda human helmets, you know with that cool round shape, the one you start the game with. Also that volus at 5:01 is HUGE, he’s almost the size of the asari next to him, I don’t think they are normally that big
I think you are doing a fantastic job blending logic and creativity into your analysis of the newly released ME5 media. I really enjoy how thorough and well thought out the content has been. Keep it coming thanks!
You saying "closer to the ending of ME3", but how though? Some of the teaser things on the website few days ago it looked like this new ME game will be in the 2800's, right? Or did I miss something?
The angarra do say they are going to start there own initiative these angarra may be those that were part of that initiative or those could just be a character stand in for the beta.
For me, I don't find it confusing, I find it exciting, because Bioware doesn't tend to post something unless it means something. We may have to rethink the timeline a bit if either Geth indeed wind up in the Andromeda Galaxy or Angaran come to the Milky Way. I get the suspicion that this image is supposed to indicate a direct connection between the trilogy and Andromeda.
What if jardaan uploaded themselves into angara templates and then fled andromeda for the Milky Way when the opposition detonated the scourge. And at the time of this game, the jardaan arrived in the Milky Way to find all this
I think if Liara is in the pic, it would be the one conversing with the Angara and with the Geth as her guard, as i recall in the teaser image from last year, the large crater formed to look like a geth head, and thus most speculated the Geth would be back in some way.
the fact that a angara is there confirms that ME5 takes place atleast 600years in the future, like think how tf are there gonna be angara in the milkyway while rider is still on his way to andromenda, im calling it that they somehow make a gate way to the milkyway or they create a massive relay that would act like a slingshot between galaxies. its IMMPOSSIBLE that this is right after ME3 otherwise no angara. Plus that geth sends so many signals, its like ohhh the destroy ending is wrong, but then it could just be rebuilt, screw you bioware with your misdirection xd.
Regarding the Angara speaking to the Asari with the Geth bodyguard I do think that Asari being Liara would make sense. Also regarding the new N7 character giving off a secret agent vibe I wonder if we will be playing as a secret Shadow Broker Agent. That’s why Liara is present in the teasers.
8:03 reminds me of Aria actually, specifically looking away from the camera. The ridge looking think above the shoulder reminds me of the collar on her jacket, and the highlight on the head contrasting directly into shadow on a curve looks like it would follow asari head crest lines, hence the looking away aspect. Maybe not Aria specifically but I definitely see it as an asari.
Tech can advance and evolve very quickly. Look at how fast humans went from not even knowing of other cultures in the galaxy to being galaxy spanning travelers. 600 year trip in stasis to another galaxy is a long time for tech to advance back in the Milky Way. It could be possible that in 600 years a way to 'fast travel' via mass effect relays with using reaper tech after the war was found. Thus a way to travel between Milky Way/Andromeda/any other galaxy could be plausible.
I'm still hoping for the "mass cryo-stasis" theory, where after the reaper war the Citadel races came together and collectively decided to put large portions of their populations into cryo-stasis in order to relieve the strain on resources during their efforts to rebuild the Mass Relay network and their civilizations. The longer lived races like Asari and Krogan would likely have the lowest amount of their populations in cryo, as they live long enough to oversee the long-term rebuilding effort. This could explain why older styles of clothing still seem to be in use, despite it being hundreds of years later, because they're still the preferred style of recently defrosted people. It also could explain why Liara is older, as she likely would've chosen to remain out of cryo to help the galaxy recover. Additionally it could also explain how not only Shepard was brought back again, and so far into the future, but also how other beloved characters could make their return as well. It would also lend credence to the idea that the original first teaser may have been symbolically hinting at cryo being the answer, with Liara pulling the piece of an N7 helmet out of the ice as symbolic for finally pulling Shepard out of cryo. Even the remastered Legendary addition could be hinting at this, with the perfect destroy ending appearing to show what looks more like snow than ash falling around Shepard's still living body. Liara worked with the Andromeda Initiative and very likely would have been able to gain access to their cryo-stasis tech. This would also give time for new/lesser known races like the Lystheni to rise in prominence, and allow us to explore a galaxy that is both familiar in many ways, but also completely new in others.
Great job looking at the pic shot within the protagonist's own picture with the species. What I want to comment briefly is with the AI species serving the club, might not be that race either. Just playing around the Armax Arena of the Citadel DLC in ME3, guess who's serving food there? Same thing. Thus, we have have seen it before, but overlooked as we're caught with the arena itself (especially grinding those winning tokens into credits). Therefore, might be just VIs again for the next game. I need to re-look that Salarian related species lore as that is new to me. Finally, I think Liara is in the center of the club pic because who has been our guide there past few years with these teasers? Geth in clothing is dope, better than a blown out N7 armor, lol.
Gotta take into account the Dark Energy idea in both ME trilogy and ME Andromeda. I think it’s going to play an important role. There could be something with that Dark Energy that binds the two timeframes in some way, such as Andromeda being able to reach the Milky Way in the time not too long after the end of the Reaper War. Could be something like a Black Hole (Andromeda) and a white hole (Milky Way) as to where this is actually a wormhole where these two groups can travel back and forth across space and time. I think whatever the plot is going to be, it’s something that affects both the Milky Way and Andromeda. In ME fashion, it’s gotta be some impossible enemy that threatens all life. I’m not sure the game can be scaled down to someone doing small scale “spy like” things after that, it could be disappointing.
@69Kazeshini depends. Remember that the reapers were apparently only interested in races of certain technological thresholds. Namely interstellar travel iirc and ofc ai development of a certain level. Raloi had barely launched a satellite by the time of the lead up of me3. Reapers may have just isolated them or ignored them. They were genocidal, but genocidal with a plan.
@@OniFeez I’d like to think the Reapers had more pressing things to deal with so even if they were going to do something about the Raloi, it wouldn’t have been immediate.
I'm throwing this out there. In the ME lore...was there a race of beings who took the form of Humanoids, inside a suit, just to blend in? I'm sure I've read about them, but I've read so much lore from ME and 40K over the past few weeks, it's all blurring together.🤣🤣🤣
Wasn't it the virtual aliens? I mean, they'd have uploaded their consciousness to voluntary hosts from the Citadel IIRC (which in turn would explore the virtual world of these aliens)
No there wasn't. Additionally that is too much of an Angaran to be anything else. From the shape, colour, details, and design. It is an Angaran no doubt.
Hmm what if the N7 designation is no longer just an alliance navy thing but a new organization because of shepards legend centered more around galactic peacekeeping more like the rangers from starfield. Just some wild speculation for ya lol
@@quintyss1290 Spectres are a clandestine force operating in the shadows on behalf of the council while peacekeeping is something spectres are known to do from time to time it is not technically there primary mandate which is securing specifically council interests, Im thinking of a more organized operation with the specific mandate of protection whose members would be accountable "N7's dont do acceptable losses" mindset verse the spectres "at all costs" mindset.
A far as my theorie goes, the bar is in the milky way and the angara is a guest, like all the others. The year is after 2819. That can be because no one really explained what Meridian is actually capable of. So, i say, it helped the andromeda factions to contact the milky way and ask for help against the kett. It also could have constructed a supergate which can send ships from andromeda to the mw. From there another such gate oculd be build to faciilitate full contact. The geth survived because some of them weren't in the milky way when the destroy signal was transmitted. Or nothing like that ;D Anyways i really like the new design for the "main character" (?), the sleek look works.
I love the aesthetic of the character. If indeed it is a new protagonist, I really home the character has some equally matching badass character development
My theroy is Liara had a Mass Relay built to go to Andromeda which would decrease the time it would take to get there. Thus connecting the two galaxies together.
I saw something about the n7 being the antagonist instead, and it got me thinking. What if we r the n7 and start the game hunting liara and Co and half way thru, when we catch up with her, we get a big choice to kill or save her and the continue the story with or without liara
I stumbled upon your stream last night for N7 day and I'm truly glad I did. Your dives are well thought out. I'll be the first to admit that I'm very behind on the lore so maybe someone can tell me; is there a possibility that the reason we don't see Quarian suits is that they no longer need them? I still firmly believe that we are in the Milky Way and still based off of yesterday's release and this concept art get a "top cop/c-sec" Bladerunner vibe; it would be realistic since the major threat is gone with many power vacuums to fill.
The shadowy figure from the trailer and poster? I hope it's not a character that's been pre-established mainly because Liara isn't an N7 and we met very very few in the series as a whole even if they were retired but since bioware loves the customization options to make the character feel unique to you I hope it's someone new, if it's a new Character and since they are an N7 it would be cool if they were more of the Black's Ops side of the N7 were they go on the super secret missions that are always classified and it'd be a nice touch if very few people knew of the character prior to playing as them and give them a highly mysterious background that almost nobody knows, I'm not saying to make them a stealthy character or anything but more "someone who gets stuff done" even if it costs lives to do so, maybe a "sacrifice a few to save countless"
It has to take place some time after ME3. All the mass relays were destroyed so you cant really travel between the clusters. It has to be set after the reconstruction of the relays. Imo that puts us probably 100 years in the future at least. At that point we might aswell jump another 500 years, and deal with the return of the Andromeda initiative
These sort of different salarians, turians and other unidentified aliens could be explained if this takes place a long time in the future and the species have evolved or even cross-bred. Maybe a bridge was built between two or even more galaxies, aka the new relay looking structure from the other poster, hence justifying both angara and geth. The geth could be just the body/hardware of one repurposed to be a servant again, sadly.
The next one is clearly showing it’s after the events of me3, but far into the future likely 500 years or more. So I really doubt shepherd is in this game. It’s likely they built a relay connecting the two galaxies but just the fact that there is an angaran with milky way species shows this is far into the future.
So i believe the key to that image is that Angara. This image isn't in the Milky Way, it's in Andromeda. Unfamiliar looking characters could be new Andromeda species, the bulky Salarian aside. The game will likely start in the Milky Way 700 years after the events of ME3 and we'll get to see how the galaxy has changed after the Reapers. But all the characters we're familiar with besides Liara and possibly Grunt will be long dead, Shepard and Garrus included. If they have descendents, perhaps we'll meet them or they'll even be party members. There are some more keys to the story elsewhere which is that a distress beacon from Andromeda is picked up, and while some want to go to the Initiative's aid to fight against the Kett, the Council likely isnt interested in the concerns of the Andromeda colonists. And thats where Liara's quote about human defiance comes from. This N7 operative likely goes across the Milky Way gathering support and forces to go to the Andromeda galaxy which they'll accomplish via some new kind of FTL that might only take days rather than the 700 years the Initiative took. And then the game will move to Andromeda and thats where the remainder of the story will take place. The first thing we do upon getting there might be to rescue the Quarian Ark from the Kett. Perhaps some races didn't survive the journey or the Kett took them to be converted. Or they just arent pictured in this image but will be in the game. Liara will likely go with you to Andromeda.
Theres a man in a trench coat going straight in the direction of the angaran. Also this man alongside the angaran / asiri / geth meeting are precisly in the center of the image in the composition excluding the main character of the new trailer.
So, that really tall figure seems to be a Salarian. I was reading Mass Effect: Redemption and saw a similar figure in the first few pages of the comic. Seems like they are drawn to scale in promo material outside of the video games.
The Citadel was a super powerful mass relay. Could that tech be built into the Nexus too? We know that the relays are capable of huge precision, and the Citadel was used to transport the reapers to dark space and back. The size is the only problem, but I think that it can be done in a few centuries.
I'm always excited for more Mass Effect, and I, despite its issues, even went through Andromeda twice, doing 100 percent of it twice (once on base PS4 then again on One X), but when I went through the trilogy remaster, I had a heavy sense of nostalgia when nearing the end in ME3. I beat them so many times, but with the trilogy, I was thinking back to when I fondly went through them in the past, and although I enjoyed the trilogy again, in fact, it was technically the best I've ever experienced them, it wasn't hitting the high notes that I remember feeling to the point I was kind of saddened and thinking "why did I love this so much and spend so much time playing this?" That sounds negative, but I still love Mass Effect regardless. I hope this game turns out well.
Very nice analysis. Yeah Angara there seems confusing. Do we know if all these races make it into Andromeda? but also a geth on that picture looking like that is also confusing... if this is andromeda may be is another lost arks with all these missing aliens we didn't see on Andromeda ME... may be geths were able to send something to there too... well as all is speculations... I'm happy they are working in a new ME game... other thing is... what ending they are make cannon? only common thing on all endings is citadel is being destroyed but a part of that is hard to know which one they will choose to start with (or at least to have it as past history)
I think one explanation for the lack of obvious quarians is that maybe in the next game they will be maskless? And they havent decided to relase their look yet?
If the Legendary Edition is to make the save files transfer to the next Mass Effect game properly I hope that no matter what ending Geth and Quarians are still around. It would suck to do destroy but next game have no Geth to interact with. Bad enough we won't ever have Legion back.
to me that Geth looks like a body guard for the Asari, who like you, I think could be Liara. We did have the voice transmission between Liara and a Geth. And like you, this is all driving me crazy, but in a good way.🥰
5:55 maybe they introduce mixed races or halfblood races in the next mass effect, would be cool , and btw am i the only one who finds the volus kinda big? in me2, me3 the volus stoped at the hip from shep now it almoste goes to the head from a krogan
The club is a beautiful piece of art and it's a nice little teaser. I don't know if the body language of the 'Agent' is a design choice or if it is simply a technological step up from a production standpoint. They don't move like the characters we know.
Given that a lot of new technology would be available after the war, thanks to the remains of the Reapers and the help of the Geth, it could be possible to create a new type of relay that is able to do away with the timelag of FTL travel, making it possible to reach Andromeda without losing 600 years. It's why i think that you will be tasked with trying to bridge the two galaxies with this new technology, only for the new bad guys to seize the technology, and now treaten both The Milky Way and Andromeda with an invasion.
I’m betting the Geth either ARE, or were in contact with, the Jardaan. Think about it: a few hundred years of Remnant tech in Helios? The Geth were studying dark energy in Tali’s recruitment mission. The Scourge is some kind of dark energy. Further, I think, based on other art, the next game takes place in the year of Andromeda, but in the Milky Way. We even learn in andromeda that the idea for the Initiative came from finding information that the Geth were observing Andromeda. If the Geth or other synthetics made the Angara, it’s the opposite of the Reaper dilemma, which would fit if elements of the Geth looked at the Reaper problem and decided leaving the galaxy was the best solution before the Reapers show up. We don’t know how they could have gotten there before the Arks, but I bet that is what the Andromeda team was planning as a reveal for that trilogy. It would also explain why the N7 Day art has really focused on the Geth in the last few years.
The Geth are runtimes. Data. They monitored QEC which is an instantaneous point-to-point system. Who's to say that the Geth couldn't use the Kholas Array as a mega QEC buoy to instantly travel places?
Maybe analysis of previuos early concepts of ME123 and MEA with its actual games on release will help. Imagine that we have that ME5 played and looking at these concepts right now. What will we notice?
Someone might hate this idea... but i hope they take the positives of ME:A and bringing them into this game. I think if they combined "traditional" ME:Trilogy and ME:A positives, would be awesome. Not completely sure how that'd look though because theory is theory, it all depends on execution.
Jump jets. I just want the jump jets. Seriously, combat in Andromeda was some of the most fun in any game I've played, and it was entirely because of those jump jets! I'd also like a hell of a lot of other stuff from Andromeda back too, but I'll be content with just the jump jets.
What if the angara (or jaardan I suppose) travelled to the milky way before the events of mass effect andromeda and then arrive sometime between MEA and ME3 timelines?
@@kalaelizabeth I'm just hoping the jardaan and remnant are involved in ME5 because for me that was one of the parts of Andromeda that made me nostalgic for the original series. The mysteriousness of the reapers and the awe of something so much more technologically advanced then ourselves were some of my favourite parts of the original mass effect and to an extent ME2. ME3 brought that back a little with the leviathan DLC, but honestly I feel they explained too much. Lovecraftian horror and mystery in sci fi are some of my favourite things so I really hope those are included. It would totally fit in the milky way and Andromeda timelines if sometime before initiative vessels arrive in Andromeda, but after reapers are defeated in milky way the jardaan arrive. Considering how much more advanced they are I imagine they might be able to move faster or maybe use wormholes to move instantly and something similar to the geth telescope to receive instantaneous information about the milky way. This could also be compatible with the theory that the jardaan are protheans. If the jardaan are protheans that went to Andromeda to escape the reapers then they might return after learning (through their geth-telescope-esque technology) that the reapers were defeated. Though better than that imo would be that something greater than the reapers exists that led to the downfall of the jardaan and the formation of the scourge. Maybe the reapers also knew about this and somehow the cycle/harvest was a solution to this problem (like the theory that it has something to do with dark energy speeding up the end of the universe or other similar theories). Though this might contradict/retcon a bit of what the catalyst says about the purpose of the reapers but I don't think I'd mind that if done right.
More confirmation the Geth will be friendly, thank goodness.
Hope for a new Geth squad mate grows.
Yeah, more evidence Liara is working with them. After all, all her other friends won’t.. live as long as her or the Geth 🥲
Geth Waifu would be peak!
The undercover/stealth nature of the character could also lean towards a Spectre. That’s a lot of the work that they do.
I love Mass Effect… yes I even liked Andromeda with all of its imperfections. I know it’s only concept art but I’m glad BioWare isn’t dismissing the Andromeda galaxy. Hope to see more soon 😊
Me too. As much as I disliked the storyline. There was something appealing about it. The open world and combat was a great idea, I just wish Bioware only expanded upon it.
Andromeda is a game I also enjoyed and played a few times. However my saves got messed up and I haven’t started over 😅. The gameplay itself was great, quick and responsive too
@@bradreed4414 Andromeda has the best combat in the series so far. Can only hope they will improve it even more in the next Mass Effect.
Andromeda is fun as gunplay, the graphics were shit, animation lousy and the story... It was a failure, and the new specie was bland
Yeah agreed there is potential in Andromeda. The fans weren't against the new Galaxy, only against the flawed game and the tonality that wasn't matching the series.
the N7's long coat reminds me of some of the original Saren concept art, which had him in long black robes (kind of like a Sith).
Oh yeah good catch! His first concept art has that long black coat. For sure reminds me of this
People see Liara, but I apparently see Peebee of all people talking to the Angara LOL. Perhaps it's the smokey eyed look of the extreme close up in 8bit resolution, but somehow I'm here for it. Looking forward to more analysis videos across the community. Hell, I'm just glad we have an active community.
Good guess! I think thats more likely
I see neither of them. I don’t really think we will see much of the character from the Andromeda game, even if the new game is set in the future. People didn’t particularly like them.
Agreed the head shape looks very Peebee.
Honestly, ever since ME Andromeda came out, I was speculating that one of the things the AI would do is build a mass relay to link Andromeda with the Milky way, and that they completed its twin before they left. Just a thought :)
That was my initial thought (hope?) with the new mass relay being built
I think you should replace AI with Jardaan. The Jardaan are an incredible advance race and they most likely could build a new super relay.
@@Knight1029could be both. The Jardaan could be a race that lives in sync with AI similar to Ryder.
@@CherryJuli that is my personal theory. The Jardaan are actually a organic-synthetic hybrid.
1:03 It's clearly an Angara. You can perfectly match the pant stripes and the two pockets with the third image.
I'm worried this bar scene is supposed to be a literal afterlife, because in the N7 day message they spoke about "who really died" and that answers wouldn't be easy to find. It would make me very sad that this is the reason they show a very Garrus-like turian.
I think that Geth looks like it's guarding the woman sitting down next to him. So I think that the result with Legion 'disseminating' itself throughout the Geth is considered the canon choice, because I imagine guarding a woman is a very personal decision rather than a collective group one, unless of course she is somehow very important to the Geth as a whole. My theory if that is correct is that the Geth have been allowed into council space and because they are taking steps to individualize themselves and to seek out unique experiences.
Yeah the Angara makes that image confusing, but depending on when the game is set; it doesn't necessarily need 634 years to travel to Andromeda. It took 600 years when the Nexus and the Arks took off, because that's where the technology was at in 2182 or whenever it was. Since then, we had the Reaper war, and reverse engineering that tech would absolutely be a priority after the necessities were taken care of. Remember that the Reapers had to cross from 'dark space' into the galaxy at large at an impossibly quick pace after Shephard knocked out the Mass Relay in the Arrival DLC. Ergo, it stands to reason that post Reaper War, the council races could travel much faster potentially to Andromeda. Also bear in mind where the council species turn up in Andromeda, because in the game we were limited to the Heleus Cluster of Andromeda. The Angara could have traveled past this cluster in their history, with it becoming isolated past then with the arrival of the Kett and the activation of the Scourge.
The Asari by the Geth reminds me more so of Peebee from Andromeda. She was good with machines so who's to say she didn't come across a Geth and program it like she did with the Remnant drone. Also if you look close, that Asari looks like she has the dark markings across her eyes just like Peebee does.
I hope she didn't program the Geth like that since you give them true sentience.
10:40 - i do think that's Liara. the Geth kinda feels like it gives it away, and i'd even go as far as to say that this is most likely the Geth we hear her conversing with in the N7 Day 2022 teaser
Have we considered that the reason some races are missing is because... They died out? Maybe they didn't survive the Reaper War OR the aftermath before any Relays were rebuilt.
The extended cut established that the relays were not destroyed. They were damaged by the crucible's pulse but not so badly that races would literally die out before they could be repaired.
And in none of ME3's endings did any of the main races go extinct. The closest would be the Batarians who lost their Hegemony, but their entire race wasn't fully gone. You could argue the Geth were destroyed by the Reaper destruction ending but it's also pretty easy to hand wave away isolated pockets of Geth that weren't exposed to the Crucible's anti-synthetic wave.
That would be incredibly dumb. Bioware isn't about killing them off screen. That wouldn't bring any value to them. Especially since most people would want to see them again.
The Quarians are too based to die off.
@@pacmonster066while they didn't go extinct directly, we know that the Elcor were on the brink of it, as the number of the Dekuuna survivors were probably too low to support a repopulation effort, or barely enough for that..
We know that the Batarans were killed off because of being the first the reapers came in contact with
My working theory is that we will play as either an N7 operative or even one of Liara's agents who has to track down a rogue N7 operator (similar to hunting down Saren). I think the character in the trailer is that rogue operative who hacked into Alliance networks (remember the codes before the last bit of the trailer, it mentioned a security breach). I think the trailer itself shows the moments just following the hack as the rogue makes her getaway. What she was looking for I don't know, but I have a hunch that it has something to do with the distress signal from Andromeda. Liara knew about the Andromeda Initiative and she probably also knows about the distress signal and is thus interested in finding out more about where it came from and what it means.
I think the gameplay will involve more stealth and intrigue as we explore the dark underbelly of the galaxy(ies) trying to find out what the rogue N7 is after. Maybe even with new mechanics like interrogating or searching for evidence like an old school, Maltese Falcon-esque detective movie; tracking down leads as the rogue is always one step ahead. This could lead to branching missions that might end differently based on the evidence you follow.
this is such a cool theory and actually makes me more interested in what the game could be. thanks for sharing!
To me, the teaser being made in engine is confirmation the game is already in production
I was JUST thinking that, when she mentioned pre-production. An in-engine preview implies they've built an engine - that sounds like 'production' to me! Granted, the story, characters, plot and so-on could still be at a VERY nebulous stage, whilst the engine it'll all run in (and various generic visual assets) are already being built.
If the game is set in year 2819 (which is pretty strongly indicated) then all the old squadmates will be long dead, except for Liara and Grunt. Aria would probably have aged out at this point as well.
It is not in 2819. The issue is the System Alliance is responding to an Andromeda distess signal, and that can't be possible for the Milky Way would have gotten that distress call 633 years later.
The other issue is we know you need 2 mass relays to get from point A to point B so I don't know how this works.
I hope it takes place centuries after ME3 and a couple centuries after MEA , I'm hoping 2890
6:09 To me, this looks like a Raloi. Not a beefy Turian. Turians have very narrow wastes and uniquely shaped torsos. This "beefy turian" doesn't have either of those physical features and if you look closely at it's face it looks like it kind of has a beak. Imo anyways. If that is a Turian it has very unique facial markings that we've never really seen Turians have, and its head spine is nearly 3 times that of a normal Turian. The more I look at it, the less Turian it looks. I jist don't see that being one.
Totally agree! Its physique is completely wrong for a Turian. I'm betting on Raloi as well.
honestly i think that Geth is a guard. I just feel like Liara is working with a geth. lol.
They can't keep fondling my anticipation like this, they're going to burn me out. I loved The ME trilogy, and Andromeda.
I hope we see the Yahg again, the Shadowbroker was tough enough, but just imagine a Biotic Yahg.
One thing we could take out of the poster is...
The Geth were all naked!
The poor geth 😭😭😭😭
11:46 okay, so you have an angara. an asari with a geth seemingly vigilant like a bot guarding someone? idk if that lighting (violet) is suggestive, but that could be phoebe.
I for one am just happy it seems they have made solid progress if they are willing to share in game footage and such a prominent character!
Mary demarle is the writer. She wrote for deus ex games so make total sense that we play as an agent.
Also that coat reminds me to iconic adam jensen coat.
Deus Ex games are great, that’s a good sign for the story
if the angara are in the milky way then there must be some sort of travel between galaxies and i imagine kett empire will go out of it's way to get it, why would they pass up a chance to exalt a new galaxy
I love all of this. Getting a lot of WInter Soldier vibes. A kind of Spy Thriller look. I think the Turian with the visor is definitely Garrus, Bioware knows we would make that connection. I do think the outfit we see could just be one possible outfit, maybe for the Infiltrator class, and that the other classes will have other outfits. I do think the Asari looks like Liara with a Geth bodyguard. If this is in the 2800's then Liara would be a Matriarch. It's possible she's now a diplomat, or an ambassador or councillor or something, which would explain the need for a bodyguard. Bioware are being cheeky, releasing just enough to keep us salivating, without confirming anything. I look forward to discovering more.
I know Asari and Krogan can live 600+ years, but I dont think Turians live that long. I could be wrong though.
@@clintels5477 I think Turians have about the same lifespan as humans. I'm not suggesting that Garrus survived for 800 years, but if the series is going to link the Milky Way with Andromeda, they'll almost certainly need to do some time-travel stuff.
I'm thinking that giant Mass Relay we saw under construction on the last N7 day maybe teleports through time as well as space, so the Normandy crew goes through it and ends up in the Andromeda galaxy in the 2800's, something like that.
The citadel dlc for Mass Effect 3 was pretty much a spy thriller, a full game like that would be awesome
Don't forget that this is still an advertisement. They need to attract both fans of the original game and Andromeda. And we were shown a mixture of all the memorable races/characters (I'm a little surprised Saren isn't peeking around the corner). And it is not at all necessary that they will be presented in the final version of the game.
I just found your channel on N7 DAY 2023! I'm watching through your videos now, and I like what I see. I adore mass effect and have been playing from mass effect one. Can't wait to see what other videos about Mass Effect you have to show. Thanks for breaking down the latest tease from Bioware! Keep up the awesome effort your pouring into your videos. I wonder If somehow the Angara have found a way to travel between the two galaxies to be a part of the community.😮
The Angaran arr back and it seems they are in the Milky Way. I would have liked a sequel to Andromeda but it is nice that we get this connection and also have Andromeda be important to the next game.
Who says it's not a sequel to Andromeda?
@@DeviniteHD people who don't like Andromeda.
@DeviniteHD Well tweets show Gamble responding to things. 1 mentioned we see The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies and he said, "intentional." It could be anything at this point.
5:07 that also looks a lot like the standard Andromeda human helmets, you know with that cool round shape, the one you start the game with. Also that volus at 5:01 is HUGE, he’s almost the size of the asari next to him, I don’t think they are normally that big
I think you are doing a fantastic job blending logic and creativity into your analysis of the newly released ME5 media. I really enjoy how thorough and well thought out the content has been. Keep it coming thanks!
You saying "closer to the ending of ME3", but how though? Some of the teaser things on the website few days ago it looked like this new ME game will be in the 2800's, right? Or did I miss something?
I think the Asari talking to the Angara and Geth could actually be Liara. And the Angara and the Geth are the crew members of the mudskipper.
The angarra do say they are going to start there own initiative these angarra may be those that were part of that initiative or those could just be a character stand in for the beta.
They aged the clothes and armour really well. Such a good video!
For me, I don't find it confusing, I find it exciting, because Bioware doesn't tend to post something unless it means something. We may have to rethink the timeline a bit if either Geth indeed wind up in the Andromeda Galaxy or Angaran come to the Milky Way. I get the suspicion that this image is supposed to indicate a direct connection between the trilogy and Andromeda.
What if jardaan uploaded themselves into angara templates and then fled andromeda for the Milky Way when the opposition detonated the scourge.
And at the time of this game, the jardaan arrived in the Milky Way to find all this
I would like to see this!
I think if Liara is in the pic, it would be the one conversing with the Angara and with the Geth as her guard, as i recall in the teaser image from last year, the large crater formed to look like a geth head, and thus most speculated the Geth would be back in some way.
the fact that a angara is there confirms that ME5 takes place atleast 600years in the future, like think how tf are there gonna be angara in the milkyway while rider is still on his way to andromenda, im calling it that they somehow make a gate way to the milkyway or they create a massive relay that would act like a slingshot between galaxies. its IMMPOSSIBLE that this is right after ME3 otherwise no angara. Plus that geth sends so many signals, its like ohhh the destroy ending is wrong, but then it could just be rebuilt, screw you bioware with your misdirection xd.
Regarding the Angara speaking to the Asari with the Geth bodyguard I do think that Asari being Liara would make sense.
Also regarding the new N7 character giving off a secret agent vibe I wonder if we will be playing as a secret Shadow Broker Agent. That’s why Liara is present in the teasers.
8:03 reminds me of Aria actually, specifically looking away from the camera. The ridge looking think above the shoulder reminds me of the collar on her jacket, and the highlight on the head contrasting directly into shadow on a curve looks like it would follow asari head crest lines, hence the looking away aspect. Maybe not Aria specifically but I definitely see it as an asari.
Tech can advance and evolve very quickly. Look at how fast humans went from not even knowing of other cultures in the galaxy to being galaxy spanning travelers. 600 year trip in stasis to another galaxy is a long time for tech to advance back in the Milky Way. It could be possible that in 600 years a way to 'fast travel' via mass effect relays with using reaper tech after the war was found. Thus a way to travel between Milky Way/Andromeda/any other galaxy could be plausible.
Undercover character could also be a N7 turned Cerberus Agent. I know they will pick up again even if TIM isn't there.
There is something super funny about a covert type character still having N7 adorned clothing
I'm still hoping for the "mass cryo-stasis" theory, where after the reaper war the Citadel races came together and collectively decided to put large portions of their populations into cryo-stasis in order to relieve the strain on resources during their efforts to rebuild the Mass Relay network and their civilizations. The longer lived races like Asari and Krogan would likely have the lowest amount of their populations in cryo, as they live long enough to oversee the long-term rebuilding effort.
This could explain why older styles of clothing still seem to be in use, despite it being hundreds of years later, because they're still the preferred style of recently defrosted people. It also could explain why Liara is older, as she likely would've chosen to remain out of cryo to help the galaxy recover. Additionally it could also explain how not only Shepard was brought back again, and so far into the future, but also how other beloved characters could make their return as well.
It would also lend credence to the idea that the original first teaser may have been symbolically hinting at cryo being the answer, with Liara pulling the piece of an N7 helmet out of the ice as symbolic for finally pulling Shepard out of cryo. Even the remastered Legendary addition could be hinting at this, with the perfect destroy ending appearing to show what looks more like snow than ash falling around Shepard's still living body.
Liara worked with the Andromeda Initiative and very likely would have been able to gain access to their cryo-stasis tech. This would also give time for new/lesser known races like the Lystheni to rise in prominence, and allow us to explore a galaxy that is both familiar in many ways, but also completely new in others.
Great job looking at the pic shot within the protagonist's own picture with the species. What I want to comment briefly is with the AI species serving the club, might not be that race either. Just playing around the Armax Arena of the Citadel DLC in ME3, guess who's serving food there? Same thing. Thus, we have have seen it before, but overlooked as we're caught with the arena itself (especially grinding those winning tokens into credits). Therefore, might be just VIs again for the next game.
I need to re-look that Salarian related species lore as that is new to me.
Finally, I think Liara is in the center of the club pic because who has been our guide there past few years with these teasers? Geth in clothing is dope, better than a blown out N7 armor, lol.
Gotta take into account the Dark Energy idea in both ME trilogy and ME Andromeda. I think it’s going to play an important role.
There could be something with that Dark Energy that binds the two timeframes in some way, such as Andromeda being able to reach the Milky Way in the time not too long after the end of the Reaper War. Could be something like a Black Hole (Andromeda) and a white hole (Milky Way) as to where this is actually a wormhole where these two groups can travel back and forth across space and time.
I think whatever the plot is going to be, it’s something that affects both the Milky Way and Andromeda. In ME fashion, it’s gotta be some impossible enemy that threatens all life. I’m not sure the game can be scaled down to someone doing small scale “spy like” things after that, it could be disappointing.
*I WANT TO SEE HOW THE RALOI FARED!*
I want to know if their plan to hide from the Reapers worked, or if they have joined the Galactic Community now.
If they did then they were the luckiest alien race.
@69Kazeshini depends. Remember that the reapers were apparently only interested in races of certain technological thresholds. Namely interstellar travel iirc and ofc ai development of a certain level. Raloi had barely launched a satellite by the time of the lead up of me3. Reapers may have just isolated them or ignored them. They were genocidal, but genocidal with a plan.
@@OniFeez I’d like to think the Reapers had more pressing things to deal with so even if they were going to do something about the Raloi, it wouldn’t have been immediate.
This is all very cool. I hope this means that ME5 will take place a good long while after ME3, and that the galaxy is in a very different place.
I'm throwing this out there. In the ME lore...was there a race of beings who took the form of Humanoids, inside a suit, just to blend in? I'm sure I've read about them, but I've read so much lore from ME and 40K over the past few weeks, it's all blurring together.🤣🤣🤣
Wasn't it the virtual aliens? I mean, they'd have uploaded their consciousness to voluntary hosts from the Citadel IIRC (which in turn would explore the virtual world of these aliens)
@@siamesegazer They might be the ones I'm thinking about, thanks!
No there wasn't. Additionally that is too much of an Angaran to be anything else. From the shape, colour, details, and design. It is an Angaran no doubt.
You're thinking of Vorlons.
Also hopefully we get to see the Avian race that are discovered between the mass effect games who cut themselves off as soon as the reaper war begins.
Hmm what if the N7 designation is no longer just an alliance navy thing but a new organization because of shepards legend centered more around galactic peacekeeping more like the rangers from starfield. Just some wild speculation for ya lol
Those are called SPECTRES. N7 is strictly a human military designation. Just like there are STGs for Salarian and Commandos for Asari.
@@quintyss1290 Spectres are a clandestine force operating in the shadows on behalf of the council while peacekeeping is something spectres are known to do from time to time it is not technically there primary mandate which is securing specifically council interests, Im thinking of a more organized operation with the specific mandate of protection whose members would be accountable "N7's dont do acceptable losses" mindset verse the spectres "at all costs" mindset.
Maybe the Geth bodyguard is her vi assistant that was transferred to a geth body
A far as my theorie goes, the bar is in the milky way and the angara is a guest, like all the others. The year is after 2819. That can be because no one really explained what Meridian is actually capable of. So, i say, it helped the andromeda factions to contact the milky way and ask for help against the kett. It also could have constructed a supergate which can send ships from andromeda to the mw. From there another such gate oculd be build to faciilitate full contact.
The geth survived because some of them weren't in the milky way when the destroy signal was transmitted.
Or nothing like that ;D
Anyways i really like the new design for the "main character" (?), the sleek look works.
I love the aesthetic of the character. If indeed it is a new protagonist, I really home the character has some equally matching badass character development
I’m glad the angarans are back, they deserve a second chance after being wasted in andromeda
Hard agree
They weren't wasted in Andromeda. Andromeda wasn't a bad game at all.
@@DarthDrizzle they were fine but only really in the game until the last 3rd and felt they were too similar to the protheans
I wonder if the batarians might be functionally extinct in the milky way? They where hit the hardest by the reapers
The Batarian state was, but there were a LOT of Batarians in the Terminus working in merc band or just living outside the hegemony.
There homeworld and colonies were hit the hardest, they still might not have a formal government at this point
@liamclarke91 true, maybe not extinct but just a rarer sight
My theroy is Liara had a Mass Relay built to go to Andromeda which would decrease the time it would take to get there. Thus connecting the two galaxies together.
I saw something about the n7 being the antagonist instead, and it got me thinking. What if we r the n7 and start the game hunting liara and Co and half way thru, when we catch up with her, we get a big choice to kill or save her and the continue the story with or without liara
That would be interesting
I stumbled upon your stream last night for N7 day and I'm truly glad I did. Your dives are well thought out.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm very behind on the lore so maybe someone can tell me; is there a possibility that the reason we don't see Quarian suits is that they no longer need them?
I still firmly believe that we are in the Milky Way and still based off of yesterday's release and this concept art get a "top cop/c-sec" Bladerunner vibe; it would be realistic since the major threat is gone with many power vacuums to fill.
The shadowy figure from the trailer and poster? I hope it's not a character that's been pre-established mainly because Liara isn't an N7 and we met very very few in the series as a whole even if they were retired but since bioware loves the customization options to make the character feel unique to you I hope it's someone new, if it's a new Character and since they are an N7 it would be cool if they were more of the Black's Ops side of the N7 were they go on the super secret missions that are always classified and it'd be a nice touch if very few people knew of the character prior to playing as them and give them a highly mysterious background that almost nobody knows, I'm not saying to make them a stealthy character or anything but more "someone who gets stuff done" even if it costs lives to do so, maybe a "sacrifice a few to save countless"
It has to take place some time after ME3. All the mass relays were destroyed so you cant really travel between the clusters. It has to be set after the reconstruction of the relays.
Imo that puts us probably 100 years in the future at least. At that point we might aswell jump another 500 years, and deal with the return of the Andromeda initiative
best explaination so far
Spot on, Ms. Elizabeth. I think you have it surrounded.
These sort of different salarians, turians and other unidentified aliens could be explained if this takes place a long time in the future and the species have evolved or even cross-bred. Maybe a bridge was built between two or even more galaxies, aka the new relay looking structure from the other poster, hence justifying both angara and geth.
The geth could be just the body/hardware of one repurposed to be a servant again, sadly.
The next one is clearly showing it’s after the events of me3, but far into the future likely 500 years or more. So I really doubt shepherd is in this game. It’s likely they built a relay connecting the two galaxies but just the fact that there is an angaran with milky way species shows this is far into the future.
6:20 maybe it's a Raloy?
So i believe the key to that image is that Angara. This image isn't in the Milky Way, it's in Andromeda. Unfamiliar looking characters could be new Andromeda species, the bulky Salarian aside. The game will likely start in the Milky Way 700 years after the events of ME3 and we'll get to see how the galaxy has changed after the Reapers. But all the characters we're familiar with besides Liara and possibly Grunt will be long dead, Shepard and Garrus included. If they have descendents, perhaps we'll meet them or they'll even be party members. There are some more keys to the story elsewhere which is that a distress beacon from Andromeda is picked up, and while some want to go to the Initiative's aid to fight against the Kett, the Council likely isnt interested in the concerns of the Andromeda colonists. And thats where Liara's quote about human defiance comes from. This N7 operative likely goes across the Milky Way gathering support and forces to go to the Andromeda galaxy which they'll accomplish via some new kind of FTL that might only take days rather than the 700 years the Initiative took. And then the game will move to Andromeda and thats where the remainder of the story will take place. The first thing we do upon getting there might be to rescue the Quarian Ark from the Kett. Perhaps some races didn't survive the journey or the Kett took them to be converted. Or they just arent pictured in this image but will be in the game. Liara will likely go with you to Andromeda.
The game will most likely take place around the time after the ending of Mass Effect Andromeda. I dont think Shepard's still alive.
Shepard is alive, Bioware accidentally leaked it, look it up
great analysis
Theres a man in a trench coat going straight in the direction of the angaran. Also this man alongside the angaran / asiri / geth meeting are precisly in the center of the image in the composition excluding the main character of the new trailer.
The Helmeted Character could be Raloi, they wear enviro suits to prevent catching Avain Flu, when they first leave their world in 2185 anyway.
Geth being the bodyguard of Liara?
So, that really tall figure seems to be a Salarian. I was reading Mass Effect: Redemption and saw a similar figure in the first few pages of the comic. Seems like they are drawn to scale in promo material outside of the video games.
The Citadel was a super powerful mass relay. Could that tech be built into the Nexus too? We know that the relays are capable of huge precision, and the Citadel was used to transport the reapers to dark space and back. The size is the only problem, but I think that it can be done in a few centuries.
I'm always excited for more Mass Effect, and I, despite its issues, even went through Andromeda twice, doing 100 percent of it twice (once on base PS4 then again on One X), but when I went through the trilogy remaster, I had a heavy sense of nostalgia when nearing the end in ME3. I beat them so many times, but with the trilogy, I was thinking back to when I fondly went through them in the past, and although I enjoyed the trilogy again, in fact, it was technically the best I've ever experienced them, it wasn't hitting the high notes that I remember feeling to the point I was kind of saddened and thinking "why did I love this so much and spend so much time playing this?" That sounds negative, but I still love Mass Effect regardless. I hope this game turns out well.
Maybe they built a Relay in Andromeda , making it a short trip back to the Milky Way 🤔
Does anyone know when it's taking place. I heard it's about 600 to 700 years in the future, but I'm not sure.
5:10 that looks like an Andromeda Initiative helmet.
The female human with the top knot beside "supposed" Garrus looks to me like Jack. Her standing posture is very similar to hers.
Very nice analysis. Yeah Angara there seems confusing. Do we know if all these races make it into Andromeda? but also a geth on that picture looking like that is also confusing... if this is andromeda may be is another lost arks with all these missing aliens we didn't see on Andromeda ME... may be geths were able to send something to there too... well as all is speculations... I'm happy they are working in a new ME game... other thing is... what ending they are make cannon? only common thing on all endings is citadel is being destroyed but a part of that is hard to know which one they will choose to start with (or at least to have it as past history)
I think one explanation for the lack of obvious quarians is that maybe in the next game they will be maskless? And they havent decided to relase their look yet?
2:50 Looks like an MEA Salarian. The Salarians in MEA were, for some reason, much taller than the ones in the OT. Or maybe the humans were shorter. XD
If the Legendary Edition is to make the save files transfer to the next Mass Effect game properly I hope that no matter what ending Geth and Quarians are still around. It would suck to do destroy but next game have no Geth to interact with. Bad enough we won't ever have Legion back.
to me that Geth looks like a body guard for the Asari, who like you, I think could be Liara. We did have the voice transmission between Liara and a Geth. And like you, this is all driving me crazy, but in a good way.🥰
Also the Geth is looking at the guy walking to its direction
New topic, what do you think about new species? Maybe the Yagh or the Raloi making more presence
There's a stupid jelly fish !!!!! :D
Most of the Batarians were wiped out in ME3
5:55 maybe they introduce mixed races or halfblood races in the next mass effect, would be cool , and btw am i the only one who finds the volus kinda big? in me2, me3 the volus stoped at the hip from shep now it almoste goes to the head from a krogan
The club is a beautiful piece of art and it's a nice little teaser. I don't know if the body language of the 'Agent' is a design choice or if it is simply a technological step up from a production standpoint. They don't move like the characters we know.
Liara is sitting at the table with the angara
Given that a lot of new technology would be available after the war, thanks to the remains of the Reapers and the help of the Geth, it could be possible to create a new type of relay that is able to do away with the timelag of FTL travel, making it possible to reach Andromeda without losing 600 years.
It's why i think that you will be tasked with trying to bridge the two galaxies with this new technology, only for the new bad guys to seize the technology, and now treaten both The Milky Way and Andromeda with an invasion.
I think it's pretty likely that some of the Geth just followed the Quarian Ark. And then now they're all in Andromeda together.
They are confirmed on the ark.
I honestly think this is an image of Andromeda.
@@illizcit1 It's definitely Andromeda
I look forward to the day when we actually get some confirmation on details for the next Mass Effect. I love the teasers but they are also annoying.
I’m betting the Geth either ARE, or were in contact with, the Jardaan. Think about it: a few hundred years of Remnant tech in Helios? The Geth were studying dark energy in Tali’s recruitment mission. The Scourge is some kind of dark energy. Further, I think, based on other art, the next game takes place in the year of Andromeda, but in the Milky Way.
We even learn in andromeda that the idea for the Initiative came from finding information that the Geth were observing Andromeda.
If the Geth or other synthetics made the Angara, it’s the opposite of the Reaper dilemma, which would fit if elements of the Geth looked at the Reaper problem and decided leaving the galaxy was the best solution before the Reapers show up. We don’t know how they could have gotten there before the Arks, but I bet that is what the Andromeda team was planning as a reveal for that trilogy.
It would also explain why the N7 Day art has really focused on the Geth in the last few years.
The Geth are runtimes. Data. They monitored QEC which is an instantaneous point-to-point system. Who's to say that the Geth couldn't use the Kholas Array as a mega QEC buoy to instantly travel places?
The human like mass relay leads to andromeda galaxy :)
What if the Asari is Peebee? We have an Angara so it wouldn't be far fetched Peebee would be there.
Maybe analysis of previuos early concepts of ME123 and MEA with its actual games on release will help.
Imagine that we have that ME5 played and looking at these concepts right now. What will we notice?
Someone might hate this idea... but i hope they take the positives of ME:A and bringing them into this game. I think if they combined "traditional" ME:Trilogy and ME:A positives, would be awesome. Not completely sure how that'd look though because theory is theory, it all depends on execution.
Jump jets. I just want the jump jets. Seriously, combat in Andromeda was some of the most fun in any game I've played, and it was entirely because of those jump jets!
I'd also like a hell of a lot of other stuff from Andromeda back too, but I'll be content with just the jump jets.
@@kaydreamer I liked the fluidity when it came to combat. Playing the Trilogy after Andromeda, it felt rigid.
The Asari talking with the Angaran looks like PB.
What if the angara (or jaardan I suppose) travelled to the milky way before the events of mass effect andromeda and then arrive sometime between MEA and ME3 timelines?
That's what I think. But I think it's after the events of ME3. Maybe they knew about the reapers and decided to come after knowing they were gone.
@@kalaelizabeth I'm just hoping the jardaan and remnant are involved in ME5 because for me that was one of the parts of Andromeda that made me nostalgic for the original series. The mysteriousness of the reapers and the awe of something so much more technologically advanced then ourselves were some of my favourite parts of the original mass effect and to an extent ME2. ME3 brought that back a little with the leviathan DLC, but honestly I feel they explained too much. Lovecraftian horror and mystery in sci fi are some of my favourite things so I really hope those are included.
It would totally fit in the milky way and Andromeda timelines if sometime before initiative vessels arrive in Andromeda, but after reapers are defeated in milky way the jardaan arrive. Considering how much more advanced they are I imagine they might be able to move faster or maybe use wormholes to move instantly and something similar to the geth telescope to receive instantaneous information about the milky way. This could also be compatible with the theory that the jardaan are protheans. If the jardaan are protheans that went to Andromeda to escape the reapers then they might return after learning (through their geth-telescope-esque technology) that the reapers were defeated.
Though better than that imo would be that something greater than the reapers exists that led to the downfall of the jardaan and the formation of the scourge. Maybe the reapers also knew about this and somehow the cycle/harvest was a solution to this problem (like the theory that it has something to do with dark energy speeding up the end of the universe or other similar theories). Though this might contradict/retcon a bit of what the catalyst says about the purpose of the reapers but I don't think I'd mind that if done right.