Mass Effect Andromeda is a good game on its own, in fact it shouldn't be played with the first three games in mind. Keep this in mind. It's set many years after the trilogy and doesn't have to do much with them although some references are found to the trilogy.
There is lots to play here, a load of character interactions as one expects, including romances, you have the option to take two extra characters with you on your missions, you have an amount of gear and weapon upgrades to select from, you gain XP and you can upgrade and customize various aspects of the team and gear, no spoilers.
There are certain aspects of the game which I found a bit boring like the planet hopping just to find certain minerals and XP, which is not that entertaining in my opinion, they're more like time consuming nuances, which I avoided most of the time, they don't have to be done in reality.
The visuals are a mix of great vistas but also weird character designs and animations. Overall, it looks good if you don't mind the occasional glitches and texture popping, then it's quite a good looking game. Just don't expect to be on par with Horizon Zero Dawn.
The audio is one of the better aspects in Andromeda, voice acting is great, especially the female Ryder version, (which is the one I preferred using) different species and aliens speak in different manners, soundtrack is also great overall.
Unfortunately I had Mass Effect and Horizon during the same time, so I did myself a favor and stopped playing Horizon until I finished Mass Effect, that way I wouldn't ruin my Andromeda experience, since Horizon is clearly one of the best out there at the moment.
All in all, Andromeda is a game RPG and Mass Effects fans should play, it's not a bad game in any way it definitely has lots to offer, just don't expect to love it after playing The Witcher 3 or Horizon Zero Dawn.
While Mass Effect: Andromeda was let in several key areas, one of its approaches to romances is something Mass Effect 4 should consider revisiting.
I hope Mass Effect 4 ignores the inferior prequels and instead closely follows the far superior Mass Effect: Andromeda and Dragon Age Inquisition.
Mass Effect 4 should just make Mass Effect 1 but better with current tech. Fans would be happy. As far as romance, they should take notes from the Witcher and Cyberpunk.
Later Bioware games have to little build up. You can have a normal conversation and all of a sudden BAM! The character you talk to becomes super flirty.
Reminds me of Baldur’s Gate. I wanted to practice some magic and Gale made it super weird. Not even gonna mention Astarion.
iii dunno about that.
the only really great and funny dating partner, is that outlaw guy anyways haha he was funny as hell.
other than that, i found every character to be very annoying.
Shout out to Keri the Asari reporter. Current relationship status be damned as she's game either way. Anything for a good story. 🤣
One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!
To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.
some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier
it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me
BioWare thinks Mass Effect: Andromeda was a better game than what reception suggested; taught the studio not to shoehorn open-world without any meaningful content in it.
I played it and it wasn't as bad as people said. Is it in the 8-10 range? No.
It's a 6-7, which means it's a solid game.
Veilguard and Andromeda are of similar level to me.
6 to 6.5 ish
Though I think i enjoyed Andromeda's combat and sense of scale a little bit more.
I agree with you It was a 6.5 type game. Gameplay was solid everything else was lacking. Playing at launch with all the issues was just absurd. EA could have let the developers keep patching and fix the game but they stopped just like they did with anthem. It’s crazy to think multi billion dollar publishers can’t afford to keeping patching their games get medium size developers can support the game for years
But when you have android wilson running the company what else can we expect.
Except 6-7 doesn't translate as solid. 6 means a bit flimsy, but still good/enjoyable if you can look past the flaws. 7, a little less flimsy, and enjoyable. 8-10 would be "solid".
But I get your point. I skipped the game entirely, so I don't have an opinion on it.
I played this game back when I wanted to give every game I bought a fair chance and finish it, it was the reason why I stopped doing so, god the game was bad
I actually enjoyed Andromeda. It wasn't a 10/10, by any means, but I played it years after the fact, after a lot of patching, and I had a good time with it.
I liked it as well, and also played it for the first time over a year after it was released. The original trilogy was a better story overall IMO but I still enjoyed Andromeda.
It really wasn’t. Well for me nd I’m a big fan of the series.
Was it mass effect standard? No
But overall I thought it was a decent game.
6-7/10.
You might want to try playing a truly bad game. Go boot up two worlds or gollum to get the perspective you need
Lol. Its one of the only games that I have experienced buyers remorse with. The only one I can think of is riders Republic.
So delusional, the title was an embarrassment to the original trilogy. it’s the equivalent of 2042 to the battlefield franchise.
