Why Gamers HATE Mass Effect Andromeda 

The writing in this game was a massive departure from the trilogy. Having heard the majority of the writers were young 20 somethings in or just graduating College it makes a lot of sense.

The major problem with the game was forcing the developers to use the Frostbite Engine instead of the Unreal Engine, EA forced all their developers to use the Frostbite Engine in their games but after the backlash that Andromeda and especially Anthem received, EA reversed that rule

For me, Mass Effect Andronmeda really suffered from the recent phenomena in games were every character, including the protagonist has to be overtly quirky. But if everybody is quirky or special - nobody is. And there were no truly grounded characters, except for the ones you were limited in your interaction with, such as Dr. Lexi or Drack, maybe Jaal... It feels like a bunch of college students steal a ship and luck into beating the bad guy who just happens to be just fallible enough to be always bested by the heroes and not an actual threat... Turns out, I have more opinions on this than I thought. 😂

I didn't hate it, I just didn't think it was a good Mass Effect game. There were some good aspects, the combat, powers, and armor/weapon customization was excellent and aside from the character's faces the visuals were really good also. My main issue was the plot and the bland characters. I remember very little of the main story and I don't even remember who my squadmates were. Completely forgettable. Finished it once then never touched it again. Meanwhile I've played the original trilogy more times than I can count.

A big issue I had was that the Andromeda galaxy had a lack of interesting aliens to deal with. You go to a completely new Galaxy and interact with 2 new aliens. One bad, one good. And the bad alien were just messed up good ones (I think, I stopped paying attention by the end). the OG trilogy had some many major and minor aliens races to interact with and we got 2. There isn't even interesting conflicts within the factions. Just felt empty.

I still have no idea how someone could not only write the line "My face is tired" but then hire voice actress to record it, probably in multiple takes, and nobody asked "wtf does this mean?"

The first real planet you go to just being a giant generic desert probably kills a lot of the excitement once you get your ship. This is a whole new galaxy where the known rules of the milkyway can be thrown out. So failing to play a really strong opening hand with a weird and mystical like planet was another be issue

They managed great facial animations in Inquisition. That was years earlier, and substantially bigger (in content) than Andromeda.

the facial animations debacle is what you get when you try to cut cost on a product...trying to CG them instead of paying actors and animators was the reason

My biggest issue (of many) with ME:A was to do with Ryder him/herself. Shepard commanded respect/fear (depending on your choices) and people looked to them accordingly in the universe. It was essentially believable that Shepard could basically become the savior of the galaxy. Ryder on the other hand is undermined from the start: not next in line to become pathfinder, but gets it anyway for no reason. Not respected among their crew, not showing any real leadership or command ability. The only reason Ryder is special at all is the AI, and they weren't the ones that built it, were involved with it, or even chose to use it. Ryder is arguably not the protagonist, just the vehicle for the savior of the Andromeda galaxy; SAM the AI.

Andromeda is the Disney live-action remake of the Mass Effect series. It has most of the same elements of what we all love but it doesn't have the heart and soul of the original.

As a devoted Mass Effect fan, i had dug into everything i could during Andromeda's development. I saw the writing on the wall with the fact that almost none of the main ME team had worked on the game, it was being made in a small satellite studio, and had an almost entirely new writing team... then when the news came out that the team had asked on multiple occasions for a release delay even before the original release window was announced, i knew it wouldn't be a solid ME game. To that end i have always refused to see it as a Mass Effect game, but rather a side game set in the Mass Effect universe. I have never called it Mass Effect: Andromeda, instead only referring to it as Andromeda... it took some mental gymnastics originally, but i just chose to view it on its own as its own game... and i found i enjoyed it, it is a bit faster paced(in movement and combat) and a bit more dynamic in combat tactics and ability, and that alone is enough to distinguish it... so i play it for the game play and mechanics... if i want story... i play the legendary edition... again

In the trilogy, I got emotionally committed to the NPCs. So much so that it bothered me deeply when I made decisions that got them killed. And I would relive that pain as I would make my rounds and enter an empty duty station. To me, it is exceptionally top-tier writing when it can invoke emotional response from me. Andromeda did nothing like the trilogy did.

Mass effect Andromeda is the fallout 76 of mass effect

It is almost unplayable if you played the first trilogy first. Fortunately I played Andromeda before I played Shepard trilogy. Once I finished the first trilogy with the legendary edition, I tried to replay Andromeda this time knowing the lore but dude I couldn’t play it. I went and play the first trilogy a second time🤣🤣. And don’t forget the small adjustment that have been made to accommodate « modern audiences » like the Asari, did you notice how their body type got changed quite a lot ?

I think I see one big issue with the writing. ME1 started out small, the scope of the story grew bigger over the course of the trilogy. They tried to start at ME3 with Andromeda's plot. There was no slow build up, you were pretty much instantly thrown into a full scale war.

The sad thing is, once the bugs were fixed i think if EA had carried on with the planned DLC they could of made squeals to it turning it into a 2 or 3 games story just like the originals, but like all big devs they care about only money and not the product they are selling.

also, even if the original pathfinder had to die, I don’t think simply having an AI in your head and being their son/daughter qualifies you to run world discovery for colonization…

I never hated it. Sure it wasn't perfect but I've played it several times and always enjoyed it. Shame they were never able to finish off the story arc.

I played it for the first time at the beginning of the year. Got it for around $5 on sale, figured it was worth a try at that. The technical issues were gone. While the animations overall weren't as good as contemporary games, it was good enough and didn't drag me out of the game. The actual gameplay was fun, and I think an improvement overall on the series. It was certainly a bit easier to control things than in ME3. I likely exploring the worlds, and while the collectables didn't add much, they had a narrative reason for existing and gave a reason to go out and explore. The story had a very interesting core concept, and several interesting moments, but overall wasn't amazing. Adequate though. It isn't as good as the original trilogy (but then again most games aren't), however the story wasn't as strong as any other good RPG. Companions were mostly middle of the road, but there were some good character missions. I liked the idea of the research menu and allowing colonists to come out of Cryo as you made the region able to support more life, but ultimately neither of these systems did anything for the gameplay mechanics, so there was never much incentive to engage with them. I would say if you like RPG's and 3rd person shooters this is a gam worth playing, just don't go into it expecting something as good as any of the previous mass effect games.

Started playing Andromeda again recently on the Series S after another play through of ME Legendary Edition. I enjoy the game for what it is and for a guy that played it in the early days the animations are no where near as bad as they were those first few weeks after launch. I also still love the traversal system in Andromeda and hope the next ME game improves on it. Using jump jets or biotics to jump or teleport from enemy to enemy never gets old to me.

Not just weird body movements - characters stand in really odd relationship to one-another. Liam in particular stands uncomfortably close to you when you first land the Tempest on Eos, despite the interior once again (its chronic to Mass Effect generally) featuring spaces that are affectingly spacious and over-sized.

I remember walking into the room where my brother was playing Andromeda. I saw a conversation happening on the screen and all I could think was, "what the f*ck is wrong with their face?"

One of my biggest problems with the game to me was the lack of meaningful exploration. I liked the idea of reaching a new galaxy and being the first human to explore new worlds and contacting new alien species. Yet you arrive and it's all been done, planets have already been explored, some even have small settlements. The only new species is already familiar with humans. You're called Pathfinder, but most paths have been found already. Games with technical issues and poor animation can be forgiven if the rest is good, but they dropped the ball with the plot and characters. I think they leaned way too far on the "space magic" plot device with the vaults and planet terraforming and characters just don't have the same depth and personality. I can easily recall all crewmates from each game of the original trilogy and many NPCs, but after finishing Andromeda I can barely remember the Tempest crew, let alone NPCs. I remember Suvi because I romanced her, but barely anyone else.

Game has really good combat, landing a fire combo on a Kett never gets old

I disagree with you about the choices issue. In ME 1, not much actually changes based on your choices. Wrex is a single significant decision, but there are many choices in Andromeda that would have been significant if it was given sequels to actually utilize those choices like ME 1 got.

Keep in mind Casey Hudson left BioWare in 2014, followed by Andromeda game director Gérard Lehiany shortly after. And the game was created by a different Bioware studio, so yeah... things went to shit real fast :)

My problem with Andromeda was writing , the story, the voice actors was awful, the boring companions, Sarah Ryder always just sounded like a spoilt teenager who was supposed to "The Pathfinder" with very little personality. I enjoyed the game-play and the worlds were so pretty and had so much potential.

I realy liked Andromeda... in fact, that game is what made me go back to other games that got trashed by reviewers (cyberpunnk, Fallout 4, DS2) and i liked them a lot and the experience kinda changed how i view bandwagoning reviews novadays. Non of these game are anywhere near flawless but they have a lot of good that all reviews refused to aknowlage.

I appreciate the list of issues. Because the next ME needs to be better. I did enjoy ME:A - and have played it again recently. Perhaps make another video about what they did right? Combat was fun Playing a young sarcastic protagonist was fun Open world was enjoyable They got the right feel for a resource limited affect. Really felt like you were building things from scrap. Some plot twists were good. (Not as many as ME)

I will actually defend Alec's death. Its not just no oxygen. Its also Toxic Ryder passes out after getting the helmet. So without a constabt supply of oxygen, theyd both have been poisoned by it

Ryder’s casual sarcasm options/not everything being a god darn paragon/renegade choice were fun improvements. but i think ME’s departure from the Milky Way was always going to be hard to pull off, even w/o bugs

Because Liam Kosta...

It's honestly a bummer that this game wasn't what it could have been because this game is why the ME franchise had been tabled for a while. I hope the next game gets it right!

"We have quantum communication, but for some reason not with Earth, and not with each other's ships. Let's use this as our excuse to something something, fundamental whatever."

good vid. Played ME Androm couple of times hoping to get more into it. My biggest gripe was the poor character developement, there was no emotion or feelings in the conversations with the characters. Just could not feel for the npc's, too monotone.

I was late to the party and played the game on the last released patch, and I loved every second of it. The entire concept of YOU being the alien in an unexplored part of the galaxy was a great premise. I liked how each of the new crewmates interacted, especially the ageing Krogan battlemaster who raised his granddaughter despite the shaman who considered them both worthless. The Kett, as a whole, felt a tiny bit flat as main antagonists. They were interesting, but there weren't all that many facets to them. Making decisions on the other species' arcs felt amazing. It really bummed me out when they teased the Quarian arc in the epilogue, only for that DLC to never surface due to the intense trolling reviewers did of the initial version of the game. Yes, it was rushed. Still didn't deserve the hate that it got, and remains my most-played ME title, coming in just slightly after ME2 for me personally.

I hate it only because it i thought I was gonna see like Liara and the rest but no 💀💀 I grew up with Shepard and the others

The facial animation complaints were a little petty. But the fact is that if they gave us gameplay and story as engaging as the previous mass effects it would have been an afterthought in reviews. We only notice the cracks when we're not engaged in the story

Animations and content aside, I think it's really tricky to get it right when starting a new story arc in an already established and celebrated franchise. I see the same happening in the new multiverse saga of MCU, overall it's still going strong but projects are starting to flop more. I like continuing a story that has already met its climactic ending, but there's a reason why many prefer wrapping up a story and moving on to something else.

Ironically Andromeda was the first Mass Effect game I ever played and it became one of my favorite games ever, I hadn't gotten that immersed in a story in a long time. Then I played the trilogy for the first time when the legendary edition came out and I definitely understand where the disappointment comes from now but Andromeda is still my second favorite personally behind 2, 2 is just a total masterpiece.

I actually played Mass Effect Andromeda before I played any of the Original Trilogy and I am very thankful for that. I wasn’t biased from how much the first games were better. True some of the animations were bad and the story wasn’t as great as the trilogy. But if you look at it separately it is pretty good and had a ton of potential if they could have made a trilogy out of it with Ryder being the main protagonist.

I feel like this game works better where your a soldier and it’s up to the player if they want to explore rather than being a explorer that’s good at combat . I loved that in ME entire ways of life could be changed just by me shooting someone or talking to them

I hate it cause the blue swingers the only one you can romance and it’s because just being nice to her and ya know, keeping her on your crew forces you to romance her.

Mass effect andromeda is a good example of why most games shouldn’t be open world

I pretend it never existed

The information about facial animation tech doesn't seem to be complete because all BioWare games were integrated to Face FX. So according to Mark Darrah, Andromeda faced the problem of data becoming corrupted while importing the animation files, so the team had to redo nearly everything in the last minute.

Just jumped back into this game. And, oh boy weapon strengths changed, skills like Annihilation now has duration, you can no longer spam the jets on the nomad to "float" the nomad along terrain or when falling, Nomad doesn't regenerate life support even when out of danger zones, additionally you don't regenerate life support on Eos while inside the Nomad (bug) you cant drive of the cliff near the ket base as it will asume you are in infinite freefall and reset you, cant save near doors and can only save in very very specific locations during missions, enemies in walls and floors, objects that cant be scanned yet are highlighted, waypoints leading to wrong areas, the markers on the compass at the top, yea the ones that would highlight points of interest like remnant structures and pod modules are no longer there. They often stacked on-top of eachother making it hard to figure out whats there but now its entirely gone and the compass is 99%useless. Theres balancing issues at endgame and still character bugs like shifting character positions while in diologe or viewing the insides of floors/walls/ceilings/people during some scenes (especially if you skip a few parts) NPCs you can yet cant talk to, Voeld wounded in the ruined outpost can no longer be talked to, previously you could and it would sometimes count towards a quest( possibly still bugged out), audio cuts out when meeting Jaal especially if you skip any of his lines, item limit doesn't carry over to NG+ which means you can't pick up any new and better gear unless you get rid of 50+ items, Mods count towards inventory weight, Your kills/assists drop items and gear far more consistently than NPC/companion ones. Some Npcs on the Ark are static locked with no or little animation (bug) additionally some go through the floor still jaal included when exploring with him, Theres more, 40 mins in and ive already recorded 12 different funny and kinda sad bugs. I Wonder if i can still launch the nomad into the stratusphere. Lodge it in somewhere with a movable object in front of it/underneath or go really fast into a crevasse and boost into it at certain angles and it would send you flying.... Or sam will tell you its critically damaged and wont move. 😂

Your conclusion perfectly summed up how I felt about Andromeda as a game. I love it as a standalone game, now that it’s polished, but I don’t consider it a mass effect game. It’s not part of my beloved ME series, but it is a game I very much enjoy playing.

Realistic facial animations are fine, but I'd rather have a stylized art style that looks good over janky photorealism.

the scouts vs pathfinder thing actually decides if a specific kind of enemy spawns in the future or not.

In ME3 when they use comms they put their finger in their ear but in Legendary edition they put it in the air several inches away. Not sure why, but it's super frustrating.

One thing that Andromeda does get right though, in my opinion, is the combat. Playing a Vanguard and just zooming around from enemy to enemy, with the added verticality in the overworld, feels better than even ME2 or 3.

I have played this through several times. I may be in a minority but I liked it. To me it felt like ME1. I couldn't help but like Peebee. She reminded me of very young Tali from me1. All the characters were fighting a fubared situation. I liked Jaal trying to integrate with the crew after knowing them for maybe a month and being from a totally alien culture who had been fighting from this evil invader for generations. Was ME 2 and 3 better than 1? I thought so but 1 was dealing with huge character development. I felt MEA should have at least been given the dlc of rescuing the Quarian arc.

I recently picked up this game during the Steam sale, and while I've enjoyed the companion banter and some of the loyalty quests, I am /dreading/ doing a replay. The quests are tedious, the landing/departure cinematics take forever, the TEMPERATURE WARNINGS can't be turned off, there are still quest bugs, i hate having to hold E to use everything (why can't i just tap once and be done?), and my god, the Remnant puzzles and vaults can fuck right off. IF the next mass effect enables you to import a save from Andromeda, that's the only reason to replay it and try to get the outcomes i want. But i really hope they'll do something similar to Mass Effect 2 and give us a comic thing to choose critical decisions without having to force our way through that game again. Oh, and I nearly forgot: the SAM's Memories quest. A critically important quest for learning some very important details about the Initiative... is locked behind a tedious fetch quest. And I mean fucking TEDIOUS! I'm so goddamn tired of all these quests that are "ON HOLD", forcing me to sit on my hands and wait for a resolution EVENTUALLY. These are supposed to be important story pieces to add intrigue and understanding, and they make it a fucking slog to actually do? Bioware, for christ's sake, get people who know what the fuck they're doing! Or at LEAST have experienced people around to keep these young story tellers in check. I understand you don't become a better writer without some failures along the way, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with having older, wiser mentors around to tell people that something doesn't work because of whatever reason. Forcing us to endure tedious fucking missions that CONSTANTLY have us back tracking is ANNOYING and that shit can fuck right off!

The breaking point for me was that the base on the first planet was near a massive enemy base, ontop of the initially impassible cliff. The ship you land in would clearly see this HUGE base but somehow it's a massive revelation that it exists. So dumb.

I agree with the facial expression and I really don't care for the story line and characters didn't really work well together. It basically sucks

My reason to dislike this game was many things, but when I think back on it the biggest reason was SAM. While the accomplishments in game were very linear, every single thing came down to people needing your SAM and not you, you were just the transport for the SAM so it could do its thing... all you did was shoot things and make minor decisions.

The game has actually improved a lot with the new patches - the expressions are better, the characters are much good looking, there is a new limitless galaxy to explore and the combat is awesome. But if you easily get bored by long exposition dumps, cheesy dialogue, and dry, deadpan humor + need every dialogue choice to evoke an emotional reaction from you - then definitely this is not the game for you. The biggest issue is Ryder's personality and the choices having nearly zero impact on the story. I believe most people were disappointed with the story and dialogue because like the original trilogy they believed by pursuing only one morality like paragon/renegade would give them super emotionally engaging scenes as they did with Shepard which would also drastically alter the story and the endgame. The problem is - Andromeda takes no such risks, you could be the worst Pathfinder yet the story would play out exactly the same save for one character's death in the ending. Ignore all the sidequests, make the worst decisions possible, be the most reluctant, lazy & incompetent explorer ever, be an a$$ to your squadmates, gaslight and shift the blame on the top brass - no problem!! All you get at the most is a scolding from some character - there are no world-altering implications save for some questlines being blocked in the Krogan ark, squadmates do not leave your ship and the bad guy never wins because of your incompetence. So, to make Ryder engaging it's up to the player to make them practical, decisive and show leadership skills when needed & to empathise + react emotionally when building relationships. Here the issue is that making Ryder emotional when they need to show leadership makes them an absolute, boring, indecisive downer & making them practical when they are supposed to open up about their feelings make them a slow, socially incompetent robot who behaves like a potential serial killer. Oh god, and the flirting is so horribly written and voice-acted. Shepard could be a bro ( paragon ) or an a$$ ( renegade ) depending on the choice - yet their alpha personality was a constant that made them engaging - they always have a plan, is headstrong and is a natural leader + they earned their place & were a smooth flirt. Characters were in awe of them and were naturally drawn to them. Compared to Shepard - Ryder is an omega - follows protocol to a t, is led around by those around them + SAM, reacts to events without a plan, was given authority as a handmedown. The only impactful decisive action they take is using the scourge against the kett which unlocks only after completing a long sidequest - which requires patience.

A big one you missed is lack of alien variety. Apparently this was a budget issue and over a dozen species were planned . Compare this to even ME1 where we meets tons of species, Andromeda introduces you to basically 2.

I really hope they don't leave behind the gameplay of mass effect andromeda. Literally the best thing about the game

If you waited a year to play it after they fixed it, it was ok. I've played it thru maybe a dozen times

I am concerned the thumbnail of this video SEEMS like it is Big Dan as an Asari.

I love that Your character resambles the "Adoring Fan" from TES IV Oblivion xD

This may be a hot take but I liked this game more then the other ones because to me the combat and controls felt less janky then the other ones, i had alot easier time with combat in this since to me it felt smoother and same with movement but that could be because the other games were ps3 games so Idk but andromada just felt like a smoother game to play with combat and controls

😂👏🏼👏🏼 they messed up the Asari! That’s unforgivable!😡

i wish you could do more with the Ryder twins

The only things that made me enjoy the game had to be the open world, combat, gameplay, multiplayer, and customization. But the games story (and maybe characters) made me not want to finish or even continue playing the game at all.

The difference between this and Inquisition was that while there was ALOT of bloat in Inquisition - all the areas seemed much more hand crafted. I actually enjoyed finding abandoned ruins or a haunted mansion etc. Hell, even just finding a skeleton surrounded by cheese wheels and empty bottles gave me a chuckle. It really felt like there were things to explore. Plus the flora and fauna made sense. A pack of wolves chasing a Halla in a forest makes sense. In Andromeda there were like 2 or 3 types of creatures and they just dropped from the sky and did very little. The environments didn't feel alive. Also on one planet they told us to go to a "city" - there we like 5 people there. Characters would often talk about places which didn't look they way there were being talked about. They were just small empty shells. It sad that i felt more like an explorer in dragon age that i did in this game.

For me the biggest problem was that by shooting every enemy that was not locals, we were effectively ruining the purpose of the Andromeda Initiative- to make sure species survive. We, as players were creating a genetic bottleneck and that was sooooo dumb, given that only asari don't care and it's not like Arks moved millions of people or action took place decades after arriving

might as well ask this on your newest video....can i still finish my romance with miranda if i do the shadow broker dlc first and had a romance with liara in me1? thanks in advance big dan

The team that made Andromeda hated the Mass Effect Trilogy.

They really missed a good opportunity to try their hand at having a pick of race in this game. Treat it like DA:O, choose a race, start the game with a different prologue missions, starting at difference ships with the character being a Pathfinder, and have characters react towards your character's race, where it can be an asset or a hinderance

The animation is what ruined it to me.

My guy you do realise that the whole planet of Habitat 7 is highly toxic, its stated in lore that the planet has an unbreathable argon-nitrogen atmosphere. So, sharing the helmet would already be out of the question. Not only that but Ryder's helmet breaking caused them to take panic breaths. You know. Something people do when they are panicking. That means that even if the planet wasn't as toxic Ryder would still need the helmet more than Alec. And Alec is more than happy to give his life for his child. It makes sense with who he is. Could you say that is dumb? Sure. It's dumb to try and save your kid. But what matters is if it makes sense. Characters can be dumb as long as it makes sense with their character. There is no scenario in which Alec can survive without changing the situation. Like you can dislike Andromeda if you want. But please don't lie about something just to hate it further.

Supposedly the main bioware developers were working on Anthem at that time, as another team within bioware was working on Andromeda, if i remember correctly? And when Anthem was finally released it made even Andromeda look great in comparison.

Mass Effect Andromeda 2023 UPDATE 9/11/2023! After over 4714 hours 19 minutes as of this moment, of playing this game, I finally realized why I enjoy it more than all the other Mass Effect games. It’s because of the multitude of diverse quests, projects, and personal interactions that one is presented with. None of these must be completed in any specific sequence to achieve an outcome. And many can be skipped altogether, which will not adversely affect the game overall. As a result, I find the game very relaxing and non-stressful to play. I will say, however, that my game is very heavily modified with 30+ Nexus mods, which overcomes many of those complaints from those playing an unmodified version of the game. I am currently on another playthrough of MELE which I already have 1714+ hours of play invested. Again the trilogy is also heavily modded.

i feel like it would have been better if you could play as different races and it kinda function like dragon age orgins and just have better villains and writing and your set

I tried playing this game again after not playing it since 2017. The moment I start moving around with a fresh save, the characters start crab walking and glitching through solid objects while keeping to my sides like playing Knuckles from Sonic Hero’s….. Couldn’t even last 15min….

My favorite glitche is where the architect gets stuck in the air and ends up doing the worm in the sky. I have to redo the battle but it makes me laugh

From what i remember this game had a really rocky development. I believe in the end they had to create the majority of the game in just over a year much like the development of Dragon Age 2. If im remembering this correctly then im actually impressed with what they delivered all things considering.

I hated the glitchy mess that it was at launch. After all the updates to fix it, I had a pretty great time with the combat. The story...not so much. It *does* have some memorable moments, and I like a couple of the characters. But I dislike the main character so much that it undoes a lot of the good stuff. Also, many of the memorable moments are from callbacks to the main ME games. Also also, there are some intriguing mysteries, but none are answered. Also also also, only 1 of the novels based on it was worth reading (the 1st one was utterly pointless and boring, and the 2nd was okay but didn't actually add anything). The 3rd had interesting stuff with all of the races we didn't see on their ship; Quarians, Elcor, Batarians, Volus, and even Drell. If the canceled DLC was going to be about that, it's a shame since it was by far the best novel and most interesting concept as far as I'm concerned.

Sharing the helmet is silly. Every time it's removed, you'd be venting the O2 and they'd both die.

Here are my reasons 1. They don’t have Shepard as the main character 2. They don’t have Garrus as a squadmate 3. They don’t have Tali or any other quarians (which are my favorite aliens) 4. Poor animation and why did they make the krogan all spikey and slimy 3:42 200 hours I’ve got 500 (bring back the original characters)

Andromeda has some really good bones. Fun combat, beautiful worlds, I loved the vehicle, I enjoyed most of the open world activities they had but the characters came off weirdly tropey and unbelievable. Totally killed the vibe.

To sum up: EA happened.

Genuine questions. Is EA still involved in the upcoming ME game and what's the chances of it being as great as the earlier trilogy when so many of the team have been 'disbanded ' or left for other reasons? Also, halting the sequels to MEA (in my humble opinion) was huge mistake. Seems like a tax right off as surely they must've known all the issues well in advance to release?

Various glitches aside (and I luckily experienced just a few) and the poor QC over all/over use of automated processes to do work best done by hand (individual time intensive work) I enjoyed the game. I liked the departure and forging a new direction from the original trilogy while still being grounded in that to provide background. Once the shenanigans came to light with Anthems development it made sense why both games suffered. Shitty management. I still wish the story would be continued, finding the Quarrian, Volus, Elcor, and other races Ark.

I get mad every time I hear that andromeda basically got cancelled. It had so much potential but because it had a terrible start they just decided to stop altogether. I would have loved to see that universe grow. Especially when they prepared it to do so. Idk maybe I just wanted a story in the ME universe that didn’t end tragically to end so abruptly because of devs and ratings.

I really enjoyed Andromeda. It was my first Mass Effect. My main complian is the amount of fetch quests the game has.

My list of reasons why I disliked the game would be slightly longer. I guess if this was someone's first introduction to the ME universe it wouldn't be terrible but the drop off in everything is so apparent if you love the original trilogy.

I enjoyed it for the most part. It's a deviation, but it was going against the original triology which it was always going to have a hard time. Facial animations were lacking, also the small body thing was plain wierd for me.

The original trilogy reminds me a lot of what made Babylon 5 such a huge hit back in the day. At least for me... And it is the characters and stories around them and the excellent casting and performances. If you have even a huge decision in front of you, but you have no skin in the game, it doesn't really matter... I remember in ME3 pulling that renegade option on Mordin (or whatever the Salarian was called) and it wounded me... One of the most dramatic things I've seen in a game. The scene was perfect, the target wasn't just random-baddie-325 and the consequences of your actions basically had a whole race of aliens in balance. And it wasn't just random-aliens-32, but your squad mates and a race you found out that had been incredibly effed by the Salarians... You basically build that moment through three games and the apex moment is huge... No matter if the ending was a little lackluster, just this moment was of pure brilliance... Just to hear Mordin scream "I made a mistake..." sums up the scene perfectly. That is just pure genious... And I can still remember it today. A decade later after experiencing it...

The lack of a class system completely took away replayabilitu for me too. I loved playing vanguard all the way through, doing a engineer playthrough, then later coming back to do sentinel or adept. It also made me want to use different squadmates. EA's forced use (from what i understand) of their in house frostbite engine takes very large swaths of the blame in my eyes. EA making dumb EA decisions.

The zero charm is what gets me its like you get more in the 1st like 10mins of mass effect that is 100% more meaningful that the whole game. Also they used to have a team in bioware that just didnt eyes so that they looked good and showed a range of emotions just through the eyes they dropped that team for andromeda so yes her eyes should be tired and noone is working on them hahah let alone the wax figure look everyone has no textures no imperfections no wrinkles Like i dont hate hate the game and have played a couple of times now but man its a bit of a slog like this shouldn't have been called mass effect with the lack lusters baddies but did really enjoy the angara would have liked to see more of them plus what happened to the other arks which we will never see :(

The combat is the best in the franchise, but once you get into the story. Nothing about it keeps me wanting to progress any further. I tried playing again but I couldn't stomach the writing or characters. Gave up a few hours into my 2nd only play through. Every other ME title I've had multiple play throughs all completed.

For me it was all about the writing. Everything just felt disappointing. Characters, storybeats, and even the overall game. There was no desperation, no holy shit, we're doomed moments. It was just... Fight bad guys in mass effect gear... Never even finished cause i couldn't find a point, a driving force... I did enjoy the multiplayer and combat though...

I actually really enjoyed it. it is not as good as the trilogy, but I've played a few play thrus. I think some haters just wanted to hate it because big surprise no Shep. My fave squamate is Peebee, because she is not that much older then Liara. Peebee is a free spirit looking for adventure She's the embodiment of a maiden. Liara on the other hand acts more like a matriarch . She's only 106 in ME1, and yet she skipped being a maiden entirely Going straight to university and her career. Liara rarely "lets her hair down. Peebee on the other hand is fun adventurous, perky, and delightfully weird> i love Liara, but we learn so much about Asari from Peebee. The simple fact is People wanted to hate it, because reasons. The technical issues don't really bother me I expect issues occasionally, Just like I expect to loathe work some days.

any potential big story choices were dashed to bits when the thing was canceled. It could have been good if so much energy hadnt been wasted adapting the new engine. Someone else pointed out that the desert planet was kind of an unispired choice for an extra-galactic non-milky way exploration rpg. Coulda been great

The big issue with Andromeda, with regard to story and writing, is everything was just a worse version of something from the original Mass Effect. What if the reapers were just biology reapers as opposed to technology reapers? What if the human crew were not just boring but, like Liam, actively a detriment to the whole endeavour? Hey look, it's Liara if she was a stupid asshole and a liability. There's Garrus if he was a girl and a criminal instead of a Cop. Look it's Wrex but he talks about being old a lot more. Also new alien that is just kind of a guy also he might have genetic memory or whatever. The rest of your crew range from Science Girl and Pilot guy, who I liked but not enough to remember their names, to famous VA doctor who didn't matter and the guy in engineering who was the only person worse than Peebee that I wanted to die horribly. I recently went back to try play it again and I couldn't make it off the starting planet it felt that bad.