The system was part of BioWare's effort to give the player "absolute autonomy", according to Romain Toutain

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In case you missed it, an internal trailer for the new Mass Effect game which BioWare were working on prior to EA shutting them down hit the net late last week. It offered a peek at what the studio were cooking with this new entry, dubbed Mass Effect Universe. According to its technical director, one of the reasons the game was given that name was that it had a system aimed at letting players form alternate timelines based on their choices in previous Mass Effects.

Romain Toutain , BioWare's franchise technical director since 2022, said as much during a Twitch stream that saw him react to the leaked trailer.…