Mass Effect 3 will return to the Citadel with cut Mass Effect 2 missions

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After the momentous events at the end of Mass Effect, it was surprising that the sequel didn't spend much time in the Citadel. Speaking to OXM , lead writer Mac Walters has said that the huge station that forms the galactic centre of government will form a bigger part of Mass Effect 3.

Walters also talks about the difficulties of writing Mass Effect 3, particularly the difficulties of writing around the fact that any number of former companions and crew members may be dead or absent at the start of the third game. "They're more hurdles. Sometimes they're hurdles that we've given ourselves, so we kind of smack ourselves in the head and say 'What the hell were we thinking? Why did we do that?'"

Mass Effect 3 is out in March. Resident sentient Mass Effect encyclopaedia Chris Thursten has convinced me and Hatfield to play through the entire Mass Effect series, starting in January, completing every sidequest and slice of DLC in preparation for its release. We may go a bit space mad in the process, but it'll probably be worth it. Will you be retreading Shepard's steps ahead of Mass Effect 3?

Tom Senior
Tom Senior

Part of the UK team, Tom was with PC Gamer at the very beginning of the website's launch—first as a news writer, and then as online editor until his departure in 2020. His specialties are strategy games, action RPGs, hack ‘n slash games, digital card games… basically anything that he can fit on a hard drive. His final boss form is Deckard Cain.