I agree, and it’s why if they ever make the mad decision to make a Mass Effect film, the only logical thing would be to make a movie about Captain Anderson, Saren and their meting when Anderson was a candidate for the Spectres. Thats a piece of more or less static lore that informs the original game but by and large can be told in a few different ways without fucking much up.
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Mass Effect: Revelation
Mass Effect: Revelation is a prequel novel to the Mass Effect trilogy, by Canadian science fiction writer and lead writer of the Mass Effect video game, Drew Karpyshyn. First published in May 1, 2007 by Del Rey Books, it is the first novel set in the Mass Effect universe. The book serves to fill...
It's already been told.
Edit: I mean, sure, you could adapt the novel into film I guess.