I don't know, maaaaybe. It wouldn't be the first time BioWare has gone this route on this subject, so it wouldn't surprise me overmuch!
(I can't really say anything else as I don't know which BioWare games you've played and don't want to inadvertently spoil one, heh.)
Your probably referencing another bioware game with the bolded but my mind went immediately to the ending and thought "yup, precedent for lying through your teeth is there bioware"
Interesting tidbit on the no communicating with the milky way "in this game". I really, really kinda want to hear about the milky way at some point in the future preferably that its been destroyed by reapers.
I will enjoy the game once it comes out but at the moment it just doesn't feel Mass Effect visually. Might as well be a No Mans Sky spin off or just another sci fi exploration game. Doesn't seem to have the Mass Effect vibe to it. Hopefully I'm wrong once I play the game.
It has the building blocks of Mass Effect, Space, exploration, alien species, dialogue choices, se--romance.
Visually it looks more like Mass Effect 1 than anything. If anything it doesn't look "out there" enough, this takes place in a whole entirely separate galaxy. The only thing that should be familiar are milky way inhabitants and their technology. Literally everything else should look strange, unrecognizable and unfamiliar.