I'd also like to stay away from prequels. Anything they do with a prequel story would feel insignificant next to the Reaper threat. I'd like to have actual space exploration, as in piloting your own ship around the galaxy. I'd also like to be able to play as a different species. Humans are nice and all, but after 10000000000000000 games about humans I'd kind of like something different. Turian Spectre? Krogan pirate leader? Full AI Geth platform? Awesome. I'd like for it to have an emotional story that I'd feel connected to. I don't want Michael Bay: The Video Game... ME3 bore a strong resemblance to Michael Bay: The Video Game at certain points. I want it to have characters who deserve to be in the story, unlike that Alliance reporter bitch and Vega. Vega was so -blam!-ing boring. It's like, hey I'm a spanish dude on steroids.... am I interesting yet? I want it to return to the ME1 roots of a mystery-scifi game, with a blend of RPG mechanics. I want a greater emphasis on vehicles. It's the goddamn future, give us some cool toys to explore planets. I want greater consequences when I choose certain dialogue options and morality choices. Oh shit, I just punched the Turian ambassador in the crotch for being a giant ass. There better be appropriate consequences. With the next-gen consoles released/preparing for release, I want greater emphasis on squad mechanics. Say what you want about the Kinect, but the squad orders using voice commands looked super cool. I wanna be able to do that and maybe a bit more in ME4. I want a storyline that won't fu­ck me over in the end.