10 Mass Effect Andromeda Secrets Many Players Missed 

I think you're mixing two separate missions up. There's "The Firefighters" mission, which deals with a little bit of Project Overlord's fallout. And another one wholly on Kadara, "Mind Games", that has two former members of Cerberus experimenting on an asari, krogan, and a salerian.

@@deathdisclover999 no, I was just talking about the one related to project overlord. I just said kadara because it was mostly centered around it. You are right tho, there are 2 missions involving former cerberus members with one being 100% on kadara

I didn't notice that Cerberus shuttle until like my 3rd time through the game, and I always just assumed it belonged to those two scientists in the quest "Mind Games".

Was about to comment about that particular quest. It felt good kneecaping Cerberus in Andromeda.

Yes, we have Cerberus in Andromeda... And they make fun of project Lazarus...

It always struck me as like waking up: you open your eyes, slowly, and see the world around you. You think you’re dreaming, you think “no, this can’t be real” But it is. You’re awake, but the dream hasn’t ended. It’s only just begun

do you have brain damage?

Agreed. Game would be mich better if EA didnt abandon it. Wasnt a perfect game but definitely not as bad as some of the reviews. Felt like it was a great opening story to a new M.E. universe

Happy you enjoyed it but I didn’t. I finished it and haven’t thought about it since. In fact I can’t even remember the plot, that’s how forgettable the game was for me.

What did you like about it? For me I didn't like any of the crew and the story was so lackluster. Adding really only one new species (Which was only to be a damsel in distress) and not being a pathfinder, because you go down to established settlements all the time. (Krogan, Angara, Exile). I'm not even gonna touch the animations/bugs. The core of the game felt like they were too scared to take risks and just made a indie version of the trilogy haha.

A lot of people hated the plot (I enjoyed ) but my god did they absolutely mail the setting

I think the next game would connect both universes. Or at least that's what I'm hoping for but Bioware hinted at that.

@@JPS47 hope they rewrite Ryder I’d they are included

@@sjisjsissk I think if there was a MEA sequel Ryder would have evolved into something closer to Shepard

Nothing wrong? Writing that ranged from Mediocre to horrendous. Facial Animation that looked like pre-alpha and needed about 3 more years of work. The only thing Andromeda did better than the Original Trilogy was its Combat and Movement.

@@Shadowpack95 the writing really isn’t that much worse than the original trilogy, I think it was the execution from voice actors that lacked on dialogue. The actual story writing was only barely sub par to mass effect 2’s whole “your alive again” “go fight completely new alien” writing

The only thing good about Andromeda is the gameplay and crafting system all the rest is pure crap, to not be completely unfair the OST is ok, but the rest is crap...

I always find that weird. People praise the gameplay AKA the most important part of a game then say the game is bad because the less important aspects aren't as good as the previous games.

@@roguerifter9724 buddy, the problem is that gameplay doesn't have MEANINGFUL REWARDS, you know what meaningful rewards are? No, they aren't armor or weapons, it is the story, no problem for folks who like play games just for the adrenaline, but if i want to play games for the adrenaline, i would play Fortnite, not MASS EFFECT, thats not WHY i would pay for a Mass Effect game, theres far better games in terms of gameplay than Andromeda, and if i want to play a game with adrenaline pumping gameplay, i would buy CoD, not Mass Effect! You know, the first games have a shit gameplay, seriously crappy, in fact from all the original trilogy, the crappiest gameplay is from ME 2, but guess what game is consider the best from the trilogy? YES it IS ME2! Do i said that Mass Effect should have crappy gameplay? No, but not at the cost of the STORY! Andromeda is an abomination is ME in name only, it takes all the lore all the world building an throw in a sinkwhole that is Andromeda? Did you relize that ALL star systens in ME trilogy are actually real? You can find every single star in the game in the night sky? Everything in Andromeda is all made up, theres nothing relatable in that galaxy aside from the galaxy itself... Also, what about the lore and world building that ME is so famous for? Vast majority of the lore is the same from the previous games, in wich each entry Bioware actually take their time to UPDATE the whole codex qith the lore from the previous games, in Andromeda? The little lore we have is a bunch of bs, it isn't worth reading all that crap, theres no depth to it, and variety? We have only tree races in Andromeda, wich were actually one and the same! And my god, they suck... the villains can't be more cliche even if you try hard to make cliche villains, and the friendly race couldn't be more boring and cliche to! Seriously, if you want defend the gameplay of Andromeda, fine by me, but don't pretend that this is what actually makes a great Mass Effect game, because the numbers speak for themselves...

By that logic tons of video games considered great are actually horrible. Pretty much every beat'em up, fighting game, platformer, run and gun game, and many other genres usually have poor stories, and often little or no characterizations so why are they not considered awful while Andromeda gets bashed to hell and back because its story and characters aren't as good as earlier games in the series? Hell most genres I only seriously consider the story theme, and characters if I'm debating between buying two games in the genre and the prices are similar.

​@@efxnews4776 You're exaggerating. At worst it was mediocre.

Tons of Star Wars references and a reference to Big Trouble in Little China with the gun behind the door. Hilarious Mission and one of the best missions in all of Mass Effect

Agreed. This game doesn't get enough love than it deserves. I recommend any Mass Effect fan to play it at least once.

I love the game and the general storyline (I rank the games from best to worst 1,A,3,2) but dang, some characters seem to be programmed/written to be annoying and unlovable. Hating Ryder for the sake of hating is not good writing.

said no one ever.

All you mentioned is gameplay, something that never was the focus of Mass Effect franchise, yes Andromeda is a technical marvel, but lacks the soul of ME franchise, even ME3 isn't a completely trainwreck in this regard, only the ending is. Andromeda leaves a bad taste on your mouth, it is great in technical terms, but pointless in what trully matters in a ME game, and no I'm not complaining about the premise, the premise is actually good, but all the rest is crap.

I both agree and disagree. I enjoyed ME:A, but I could only play through it twice before I got very sick of it. I found it boring, the characters, especially Ryder, had no personality. I found him/her to be very bland. The same reactions to everything. The storyline was brilliant I thought, but they could have done so much more with it… the supporting characters (especially Liam) I found to be very standard and underwhelming. The customisation, exploration, the idea of the jumpjets and the Sam scanner and all I thought were really cool, and I enjoyed playing it ultimately, i just think it was the characters that ruined it for me… I didn’t find it as good as the original trilogy.

The characters were the worst part of the whole game! Especially Ryder, Cora and omg don’t even get me started on Liam. Boring, lacking depth and completely unrelatable. Annoying doesn’t even come close IMO. I didn’t mind that It was different but I could not get invested in those characters.. and because of that, the story just wasn’t worth following. 🤷🏼‍♀️

They're literally in the game. There's an entire quest line, (actually at least 2) devoted to intervening in their attempts to do things like hacking a SAM node and mind control people.

it is clear to see if you spend enough time to look for every codex and listen to all the npc chatter even a few key people mention seeing them moving in the shadows as in shit happening that cant be just work of the exiled group also the entire exile crap is so like them messing with the norm and something they would do to try and gain control

@@LuciusNox Well that group is ex-Cerberus. The leader left after what happened to her son. They were more just an anti AI group.

@@MandalorV7 that's fair, but the connection is still there.

@MikefromTexas1 The developers said that Cerberus has nothing to do with the Initiative

I initially tried to play this when it first released and couldn't get in to it at all. It took until I played through the Legendary Trilogy recently to give it another go. It definitely felt the (Mass) effect of coming off the original Trilogy, but it is still a great game nonetheless.

Gameplay is a bit hit or miss for me, love the mobility but getting only 3 powers per build is kinda meh and we cannot control teammate power usage which is dumb as hell. Also guns felt a lot weaker than the trilogy, they also sound like airsoft guns compared to the glorious sounds in ME3 and overall enemies were huge damage sponges. Also the fact that you can acces all powers in the game no matter what class you start as completely kills replayability imo, at least it makes it more bearable to pIaythrough I suppose. I honestly really like Ryder, he's just a fairly normal dude compared to Shepard who can be a Mary Sue who's approaching to godhood, getting rid of the Paragon/Renegade aka Good or Bad semi-metagaming was a great move though and they better not bring that shit back. Is is sad that EA pulled the plug on the game but we can at least hope it will be somewhat connected to the new game and not just abandoned.

Honestly i never was able to finish this game, the first time i played i went almost close to the ending but i was so burn out that i start to question my life decisions... Then i try to play again two more times but get bored basically in the first missions...

@@Tacticaviator7 yeah, Bioware get rid of paragon / renegade system alongside any agency that comes along with it... Nice move EA/ Bioware... It would be better keep the paragon / renegade system, than pull a Fallout 4 mood response system that doesn't fkg affect anything. Thats precisly why today i tell that CDPR knows way better how to write characters and stories better than Bioware, even in the infamous Cyberpunk 2077 your character has far more agency than characters in MEA.

@@Tacticaviator7 Depends on the weapons...I found handguns and snipers overpowered

Tali: Neeeerrrrrd!

The developers said that Cerberus has nothing to do with the Initiative

Not fate ..... it's the fact ur playing it that u would see video about it

The unknown benefactor was supposed to be one of the 3 cancelled DLC's. Don't think we'll ever find out unfortunately.

Completely agree with you

Are you talking about Priority: Horizon in ME3? Because if so that's impossible as the Initiative left before that. The Initiative left in 2185 whilst the Reaper War begins in 2186.

A few rebuttals: 1. The developers themselves said that Cerberus has nothing to do with the Andromeda Initiative; 2. Benefactor began sponsoring the Initiative before the events of ME1, before Shepard learned about the Reapers; 3. Well, as they said above, the Arks flew to Andromeda before the events of ME3

I'm guessing it's the illusive man

I'm guessing it's the illusive

@@thatredhead3613 The developers themselves said that Cerberus has nothing to do with the Andromeda Initiative

true most of the stuff sent with them was From Cerberus even the armor has a style that is sort of the same one of the reasons i liked the game even with its flaws was it still had my fav gun the mattock which like in 3 when fully maxed out was so op it could be the only weapon you ever needed

As well as Conrad's sister.

@@RevolverOcelot1 oh yeah I forgot about her. 😅

Benefactor began sponsoring the Initiative before the events of ME1.

The developers said that Cerberus has nothing to do with the Andromeda Initiative

@@user-wr7mb3ic7m Nevertheless, its better than what we got. :p

Well I'm pretty sure it's not Liara. One is that she in MEA as a recording and when they leave the milky way in the beginning it is said that they left between ME1 and 2 so it would still be the of shadow broker. Cool idea though 👍☺️

@@thatredhead3613 I figured that it just seemed liked the shadow broker. That and one of the clues seemed like the specter that tried to blow up her apartment. But as I said I thought probably not. But it would be cool tho

Benefactor began sponsoring the Initiative before the events of ME1

The developers themselves said that Cerberus has nothing to do with the Andromeda Initiative

But why would the illusive man provide funding for any species other than humans? I mean sure there are tons of individuals from other species that were helpful to the initiative but from his perspective that would still jeopardize humanities dominance. Not saying it's not him, just saying it would imply that he had a massive change of heart on multiple fronts

@@mrflufflebunny4529 he did many weird things over the yrs

The developers themselves said that Cerberus has nothing to do with the Andromeda Initiative

@@user-wr7mb3ic7m they may of but pay attention to the game itself and you can see it was not to mention the group that first made the Mattock was them well explain how the Initiative got their hands on them at least 10 yrs before they were even on any market or used outside of Cerberus not to mention tons of other things that they were involved in that are mentioned in the game and point to Cerberus being involved even just as background funding or equipment

This is in the same category as the N7 Piranha shotgun. In ME3 it is written that this shotgun was developed during the war with the Reapers. The shotgun could not get on the Arks that flew away before the events of ME3. By the way, here is another argument against the fact that Cerberus sponsored the Initiative. The Initiative was originally a human project. But Benefactor insisted that alien races be added to the Initiative. This is so similar to Cerberus... Instead of saving tens of thousands of humans, they save tens of thousands of aliens...