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Mass Effect 5 reportedly considered alternate timelines from player saves

Original: Mass Effect 5 would have let players generate alternate timelines based on their choices in previous games, according to

Mass Effect 5 at one point featured a system that would have generated alternate timelines based on decisions players made in earlier games. Romain Toutain, the series' technical director, said the sheer number of choices across the trilogy meant players could 'plug your saves together to create parallel universes.' Fans are speculating about why the feature was cut and what it suggests about the sequel's original direction.

Why now: New comments from the game's technical director reveal an ambitious scrapped feature, prompting discussion among fans

Mass Effect 5Romain ToutainBioWare

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• Mass Effect 5 would have let players generate alternate timelines based on their choices in previous games, according to the series' technical director "You had so many choices that you could plug your saves together to create parallel universes," Romain Toutain explained in a… · gamewire@gamefan.net · 2

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