Details of Mass Effect 4 remain shrouded in mystery, but Andromeda may hold the key to the sci-fi franchise's best story approach.

Naturally, there was no better time to tease something about the upcoming revival of the series, which was put on ice after Mass Effect Andromeda ... so you can zoom in pretty far to check ...

Mass Effect: Andromeda could have been the start of a whole new saga, lightyears away from the events of the original Mass Effect trilogy. Instead, it seems the next chapter in the series will ...

Here's one more for the video game equivalent of March Madness: science-fiction saga Mass Effect ... you can zoom around the battlefield quickly. Andromeda feels massive. You have an entire ...

Seeking out new life and new civilizations to shoot and have sex with, Mass Effect: Andromeda creatively ... that the original games have multiple background races like elcor, drell, vorcha ...

Mass Effect: Andromeda will not carry over the decision ... have elements from the [original trilogy] for fans to have in the background," said creative director Mac Walters.

Together, this strongly suggests that Mass Effect 4 will take place in the Milky Way. Mass Effect: Andromeda struggled ... but remains out of focus in the background.

All of which isn't to say that Andromeda will ditch Mass Effect's lore completely. "It's important for us to have elements from the Trilogy for fans to have in the background," Walters explained.

Among the many upcoming space games we're keeping tabs on, Mass Effect 4 (or 5 if you're counting the Andromeda spinoff ... the player's species to reshape background info as well as dialogue ...

From my hands-on with Mass Effect: Andromeda, I can safely say that it ... and immediately throws you into a firefight. Shepard’s background was military, while Ryder is meant to be an explorer ...

You've hardly swapped greetings with the angara - the friendliest of ... are either background furniture or just there to be scanned for resources. The campaign is a hybrid of Mass Effect 1's ...