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

9. Dragon Age Inquisition-Style Resource Management

Outside of exploration and deciding to hack away at the nearest rock for things like some oh-so precious Iridium, you'll also have greater access to your command console - and it's here that ME 4 is taking one of the best features of Dragon Age: Inquisition into effect; the war table.

Basically, by factoring in the sensibilities of Warcraft/mobile gaming-style daily/procedural challenges, it allows you to set certain crew members or main characters away on specific missions with countdown timers, whereby you'll dart off finishing other things off while they beaver away collecting resources, recruiting new ship members, finishing smaller missions and more.

Think Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood's Recruitment mechanic that saw you sending your stab-happy crew across the globe to spread influence whilst others bring back the fruits of their combined efforts and you're pretty much there.