Remember when ME was great?

Still is, in my opinion. Every game in the series has flaws and yet I like them all anyway.

I feel the same way as well, each game has a single strong element and then a lot of okay elements.  To me with Andromeda there just wasn't the standout element for me and I think for me that is because I don't really enjoy open world games, but the people I know who enjoyed Andromeda more then I did enjoy open world style games.

I'd say Andromeda's "strong element", as you put it, is it's combat and movement mechanics.

I remember when they gave a cr*p about consistency in the setting.  

I remember when the protagonist was OUR character, who's fate and personality were ours to decide.

I remember enemies who were complex and charismatic.

Now..there are still some Two Steps from Hell songs I get sad listening to because they were used in Mass Effect tribute videos.

This series had such potential.

It's been Bioware in general for me. If I list my 5 favorite Bioware games, nothing after DA:O would be on the list.

As for Mass Effect specifically. I didn't like ME:A any more, or any less than ME:2. So if this trend continues and they make another ME game, odds are I will like it

Bioware was at its best when it stuck to several large hub areas with places to explore.  A balance between corridor-shooters and massive open worlds.

Yeah, for Mass Effect, a bigger hub with more content to investigate is preferable to futzing about on various planets, but being able to investigate anomalies you happen to come across when entering a system or getting a transmission for help or something is also fun. ME1 managed to do this, even if it did end with pointless Mako travel and cookie-cutter bunkers. 

So just ME1? After all ME2 certainly didn't care about these things.

I remembered ME being great in MEA last night when I rescued the Moshae...great mission, great combat, great level design, cool dialogue...had a blast

Both the trilogy and MEA are great in their own ways.

Nice vid....haha...The Reapers was no joke...."you exist because we allow it....you will die because we demand it".....The Reapers reigning down on earth in ME3 made the situation feel so desperate and hopeless.....Not saying Andromeda needed something like the universal threat of the Reapers, but the Kett as the main enemy sucked ass and the writing in general was just mediorce.



Seeing the Asari, the Turians, Krogan and Salarian all struggling and fighting for their lives and take on tremendous losses in ME3 was exciting and thrilling to the very end......so many heartfelt moments......(Mordin,...Legion, Samarah and her daughter....)....The Reapers did not discriminate against any of these species in terms of their annihilation.





Again...Andromeda didn't need anything like the Reapers to inject excitement into the series, but we should have felt excitement alone from journeying to a new Galaxy and yet the entire story of Andromeda was very mediorce......all it needed was a compelling story and interesting characters.... both of which were lacking.....

Loved ME1 and ME2. Enjoyed most of ME3 (up until the rushed botched ending). MEA had a decent theme to it but the badly written dialogue between characters ruined it mostly. Visual bugs got fixed but you can never fix bad writing after the game goes gold.