" The last thing I want to do in Mass Effect 3 is gather yet another squad. I obviously am not against gaining some new members if it means more interesting side quests and something to help fill any gaps left in the crew.   I should mention that I am very behind on my Mass Effect 2 DLC, I lost all of my saves and am currently building up my Shepard in Mass Effect 1 before I tackle 2 again. It felt wrong going into not having a save to import.  I have a the feeling that the third game will be Shepard recruiting the various races for the impending invasion of the Reapers. I feel like a lot of the carry over from the first two games will be how you dealt with certain events and the favor you have gained in doing so.   What I fear is the end. Not only of the game itself, but the franchise. I hope they learned from the lackluster ending in two, at least in terms of the final battle, to really amp it up for three. I also just really want to see more Mass Effect, and I feel that after three they may put a wrap on the series. How do you continue after this? The reapers are the baddest of the bad, they have not even hinted at anything beyond them. A new lead character would feel weird, I do not know, this is all just ramblings in my head over the past few days as I play through Mass Effect 1 again, and again and again (seriously, over the past week I am on my third playthrough).   Whatever they do, I have faith it will be pretty damn fantastic. Bioware has rarely let me down and for something as big as Mass Effect 3, I can not see them starting now. "

" @Murtaug:  As far as the franchise after the trilogy of Shepard, I hope they continue Mass Effect in a similar manner to Dragon Age: Origins.  I would love the ability to select different races, each one having a different set-up story, to fight some new galactic threat.  I agree with you that the Reapers are the baddest of the bad, but maybe the next threat won't need to be something so devastating.  Both the Rachni and the Krogan were perceived as galactic threats at points in the past, so maybe some sort of organic race will be the new enemy.  Without spoiling too much, there is certainly an organic race that seems as if they can be just as threatening to the galaxy, if not even more threatening than the Krogans during the Krogan Rebellions. "

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I want a rachni party member. :P

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