Does Mass Effect feature destructible environments?
Chris Priestly: Currently, and things could always change before we’re done so don’t hold me to this, there is limited environment damage in the game in some areas. For example, if a group of geth are hiding behind a make-shift barricade you can blast it apart with a grenade or the cannon from your mako. You will not be able to be walking anywhere and say “Hmm… this looks like a good spot for a door” and just be able to blow stuff up. You’ll also notice that your bullet rounds leave marks on the walls and other nearby cover. These marks will slowly fade out (saves memory that way), but they do look cool as the bright red heat fades to black and then fades away.
