Meanwhile, the original Mass Effect is something that never got expanded or explored further- that style of game was ditched in favor of Mass Effect 2‘s style.
Look, I am not denying that Mass Effect 2 and 3 are awesome games, but that template is also all but perfected- there’s nothing more to be done there.
But I want to propose here that a new Mass Effect in the vein of the original game might be exactly what this franchise needs to continue onwards after the end of the original trilogy.