Mass Effect 4: 12 Brand New Features You Need To Know About

10. A Full Interplanetary Ecosystem You Constantly Impact

So, that's the immediate stuff out the way - onto the gameplay, and although Bioware haven't mentioned anything story-related, outside of that it looks to be an expansion on the mining aspect of the world that'll tie into everything else you'll be doing.

Now, before you run for the hills it's not simply more of that divisive mini-game seen in ME 2 and 3 - instead it looks like you'll be gathering various deposits and materials yourself while out on missions or wandering off the beaten path - a bit like Dragon Age: Inquisition. Whatever you find will then factor back into modding the Mako, your ship and your hero, as well as having a massive impact on the world around you.

It sounds like Bioware have been watching the development of the jaw-dropping No Man's Sky, and have mentioned that like Hello Games' revolutionary new take on world-design, the galaxy of ME 4 will have an interlocking eco-system of wild and plant life, meaning everything you take, mine away at or excavate has an effect somewhere else down the line.