Mass Effect: Andromeda | Official Thread

[Mirage]

Mass Effect: Andromeda might’ve worked a decade ago on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3

So what's the argument here? That new games that aren't different enough are bad?

Honestly that quote makes me want to buy the game a lot more.

Uh..I thought the point was pretty straightforward and obvious.

It's an outdated game that doesn't hold up to today's standards. In a world where Breath of the Wild, Nier: Automata and Horizon: Zero Dawn exist, Andromeda just seems old and nowhere near the level of a good game released in 2017.

Especially not in regards to open-world aspects.

To be honest, "open world" has just become this decade's "third person cover shooter". It's a bullet point that must be found on an triple-a game's box or store page just to make sure they're "with the times". Being open world is no goal in itself. It should only be done if the game actually benefits from it. Far from all do.

[Aulayna]

(SPOILER)I've only stumbled across one of the Remnant Architects on Eos so far, but yeah, intense fight!

[Formalhaut]

That's sad about the gay male options. In ME: 3, the only choices were both human as well (not that I'm complaining about Kaiden and Cortez), though at least one of them was a squadmate; assuming you saved him, of course.

Annoying that neither of the options are squadmates, either. I'm not sure why that should bother me, but a squadmate romance elevates it to a higher level of status, at least to me. Hopefully the non-squadmate romances are all fully fleshed out.

[Psychotic]

FWIW on my recent ME3 playthrough I had a relationship with non-squadmate Traynor and it was actually a really sweet and fun relationship. I actually liked the non-squadmate dynamic of it too, keeping business and pleasure separate (kinda). Give it a whirl sometime!

I don't know who I am going to bang in this one. I hit on everything and everyone going. Cora recently made a "Peebee? Really? Don't ruin something special" comment to me so I guess I'm making progress on two fronts there.

[Freya]

Peebee never stops flirting. And my default reaction is to flirt back. I'm like damn girl.

(SPOILER)I've only stumbled across one of the Remnant Architects on Eos so far, but yeah, intense fight!

(SPOILER)There's one on Eos too? Oh man.


So I also got my outpost before even doing the Vault on Veold. So I still have the vault. I started it but ugh that jumping around but losing lifesupport thing suckkkks

[Aulayna]

I didn't know there was one on Voeld either, so xD

I'm running a real risk of burning myself out on this like I did with Dragon Age Inquisition. I had to force myself to leave Eos behind despite having unfinished tasks there, I combed most of Havarl clean and now I'm running around doing side stuff on Voeld.

I ended up doing similar on DAI which I clocked hours in but never ended up finishing.

[Freya]

Yeah that happens to me too. I think what's actually helping me is I haven't been able to sit and marathon things out. At most i've been able to spend playing at one time is MAYBE 3 hrs at one time. It's preventing the burnout from creeping in I think.

[Psychotic]

I really struggled to get into DA:I when I was trying to clear all my sidequests early on. As soon as I sacked off the Hinterlands and just focused purely on story and character quests I had a lot of fun with it. I haven't quite reached that level of fatigue with Andromeda though.

[theundeadhero]

I really appreciated that not every planet is driving around from place to place in the nomad. I like the on foot exploration better.

[Aulayna]

big Voeld spoilerDid you let the Ancient AI live or did you kill it? (SPOILER)If you didn't kill it, did you give it to SAM or the Angara?

What weapons/skills are people using?

[Freya]

(SPOILER) I gave it to the angara. I just thought that'd be not a good thing to let a second, unknown AI hang out at SAM node. I thought it was valuable enough to keep, sorry dude, but it was kinda acting like a brat. "I don't know these people omg I wanna go with YOU" and was like "yeah no, you're staying with your relatives."

I'm sniping (shotgun when they get close) and using Overload, Incinerate and stealthy stealth as an infiltrator.

[Psychotic]

Vanguard for life. Charge, Nova and a random Overload for shields. Using the trusty Mattock assault rifle as my piece as I'm not impressed with the sniper rifles in this game.

[Freya]

Oh? I'm using a Kett Sniper Rifle ATM, Headshoot BLAM dead, Headshot BLAM dead. Sometimes it takes more than one shot but mostly just one shot.

[theundeadhero]

(SPOILER)I gave it to the Angara too. I was suspicious it would try to hack and take over SAM, which would be bad.

I'm using overload, incinerate, and concussion grenades, along with an assault rifle. It's great fun.

My guess as to the plotI'm thinking we're the bad guys and the Kett are the protectors of the universe. The Angara may have been bad too. I'm guessing long ago they created the remnant and the scourge for reasons, so they Kett came in to take them out in an act of galactic protection. The did a good job, and the Angara forgot most of their history, but the kett didn't understand the tech or how to use it, so they made the planets degrade as a defensive mechanism.

[Freya]

tuh how far are you?