The next installment in the Mass Effect series is far enough into its development to be played.

“Great time playing the next Mass Effect game in Montreal,” tweeted BioWare Edmonton and Montreal general manager Aaryn Flynn.

“Ambitious. Beautiful. Fresh but recognizable. And fun.”

Very little is currently known about the next Mass Effect game. The narrative won’t refer back to the events around Commander Shepard “whatsoever”, said developer BioWare.

Speaking with Complex at New York Comic Con, the game’s lead writer Mac Walters said, “Well, I can’t get into details, but the idea is that we have agreed to tell a story that doesn’t relate necessarily to any of the Shepard events at all, whatsoever.

“That’s what we’ve been deciding for a while. But throughout it all, one of the key things is that it has to be Mass Effect. It can’t just feel like a spin-off. It has to feel like a Mass Effect game at its heart, at its core. Just without the Shepard character or the Shepard specific companions.”

The game will run on Frostbite 2.