It’s no secret that a new Mass Effect is in the works.
Colloquially, we’re calling it Mass Effect 5 as it’ll be the fifth game in the series but I should stress that it’ll follow Mass Effect 3, more so than spin-off Andromeda.
Over the last couple of years, developer BioWare has been dropping a series of cryptic hints about the game, usually to coincide with N7 Day on 7 November.
One such teaser was titled ‘Epsilon’ and although it’s been available for quite some time now, it’s one that’s still baffling and irritating fans.
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Staged on a mysterious web page, it reads, “Andromeda distress signal detected,” followed by, “Year sent: [redacted].”
“Audio transcript: Although they should know by now not to underestimate human [redacted],” it concludes.
I did tell you such clues were cryptic.
The tease is accompanied by a video which shows around four seconds of someone walking.
Fans have spent months with their thinking caps on trying to get to the bottom of this one.
ICYMI: Check out the original teaser trailer for the next Mass Effect instalment below.
You might have missed that Epsilon was followed by two other clips, Oculon and Nebula.
Oculon continued to show the masked person walking down the hallway while Nebula showed the individual turning around, gun in hand.
Unfortunately, they are masked but it appears to be a female figure wearing an N7 uniform.
Considering that fans have to wait 12 months between N7 days to receive another clue, they’re growing tired of those clues being crumbs.
“What the hell even is this? I've seen some teasey teaser-trailers in my life but a zoom-in on the feet of someone walking down a hallway for five seconds really takes the cake. Truly nothing of value gained with that video,” Reddit user December_Flame wrote.
“Bro this teaser has no substance,” added spacejunk20.
Things could soon change. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is set to launch later this year and when that happens, BioWare will be able to shift manpower over to Mass Effect 5.
I wouldn’t expect this year’s N7 Day to reveal too much, although patterns suggest we will get a new teaser, so as not to detract from The Veilguard’s launch, but next year?
It could soon be the Mass Effect franchise’s time to re-enter the spotlight.
Topics: Mass Effect, Bioware, EA