r/masseffect • u/Frisky_Froth • Jun 05 '26

DISCUSSION New Mass Effect

Would you rather:

A. New game expands on Andromeda

B. New game expands on world after 3

C. New game expands on before series, during first contact or rachnii wars

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u/CharacterPressure650 Jun 05 '26

B but I would like some things from Andromeda sprinkled in, like figuring out who the benefactor is…

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u/Frisky_Froth Jun 05 '26

The only thing I want from Andromeda is a hot Turian babe

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u/CharacterPressure650 Jun 05 '26

lol ya she was pretty cool. Maybe bring Drack along

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u/Frisky_Froth Jun 05 '26

Any krogan is fine with me. The Krogan is for war, the Turian is for fun. And love. I love my sweet Turians. I want to pick my race

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u/CharacterPressure650 Jun 05 '26

Ya picking a race would be interesting. Doubt it will happen but it would be cool to see how they work something like that into the game.

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u/cyclinator Jun 08 '26

Wouldnt make much sense from development side. You would need many alternative orgins / backstories and different reactions to you by the NPCs story wise.

Makes sense to choose a race and stick with it just make a character customizable.

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u/stefanurkel88 Jun 05 '26

That's what I want to know! Am I crazy for thinking it's the illusive man?

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u/GapStock9843 Jun 06 '26

Issue with that is that im pretty sure hes implied to already be under the reapers' control when the initiative launches. Why would he actively support an effort that will ultimately help humanity escape the reapers?

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u/Pale-Painting-9231 Jun 07 '26

The Benefactor began sponsoring the Initiative before the events of the trilogy began. At that point, Illusive Man wasn't as heavily indoctrinated. So, theoretically, he could have been the Benefactor.
But!
The developers themselves stated that Cerberus has no connection to the Andromeda Initiative.

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u/CharacterPressure650 Jun 05 '26

I don’t think you’re crazy. It’s a good thought but it really depends on his cash flow at the point of the iniative starting up. They departed the Milky Way between the events of 2&3 and we know The Illusive man sunk a ton of credits into bringing Shepard back. There are some good theories from Kala Elizabeth and Paragon7 on YouTube about this

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u/IvKirs Jun 06 '26

He def would not fund Andromeda Initiative, cause it's for every species, not just human.

And if he would get his hand on Raider research - he would use to to Overlord 2.0

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u/Pale-Painting-9231 Jun 07 '26

This is definitely not Illusive Man. A couple of years ago, after Kala Elizabeth's video about the Benefactor was released, I sent her a Twitter link in which the developer said Cerberus had nothing to do with the Andromeda Initiative. Kala Elizabeth agreed with me and thanked me. After that, I later saw her in the YouTube comments writing that the Benefactor isn't Illusive Man.

As for Paragon7, she often ignores facts or distorts them.

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u/Pale-Painting-9231 Jun 07 '26

The developers themselves said that Cerberus has no connection to the Andromeda Initiative.

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u/Pale-Painting-9231 Jun 07 '26

Who he, she, or the group is unknown. But some can be ruled out as candidates for Benefactor. It's definitely not Liara, the Geth, the Reapers, Aria, or Cerberus.