Ruin Explorer
Legend
I'd have to add to those saying Mass Effect.
It's kind of mystifying that it hasn't been licenced yet, especially as Dragon Age was. I think you'd need a system which actually suited how Mass Effect plays out, which is very much in an action movie vein, rather than a serious vein, or a "zero to hero" style. Shepard & co are already badasses and only get more badass. Something like a D&D-type approach would thus be dreadful - a major part of why Mass Effect: Andromeda is so poorly regarded is that it's precisely this kind of tale. Ryder starts as a pretty "level 1"-type person, and gradually becomes a badass over the course of the entire game (really only reaching that status at like, 60-70% of the way in, maybe later), and that just didn't fit with ME1-3's vibe at all. You want highly competent and confident PCs from the get-go, even if there is room for growth.
Personally I cobbled together an ME RPG from Cortex Prime, and it works pretty well, but I'd love something more professionally designed and balanced and also less work for me!
It's kind of mystifying that it hasn't been licenced yet, especially as Dragon Age was. I think you'd need a system which actually suited how Mass Effect plays out, which is very much in an action movie vein, rather than a serious vein, or a "zero to hero" style. Shepard & co are already badasses and only get more badass. Something like a D&D-type approach would thus be dreadful - a major part of why Mass Effect: Andromeda is so poorly regarded is that it's precisely this kind of tale. Ryder starts as a pretty "level 1"-type person, and gradually becomes a badass over the course of the entire game (really only reaching that status at like, 60-70% of the way in, maybe later), and that just didn't fit with ME1-3's vibe at all. You want highly competent and confident PCs from the get-go, even if there is room for growth.
Personally I cobbled together an ME RPG from Cortex Prime, and it works pretty well, but I'd love something more professionally designed and balanced and also less work for me!