Post by ahglock on Apr 23, 2024 4:20:53 GMT
After completing another legendary run I decided to install and start up Andromeda again. Its been a while since I'm not a huge fan of it. I still have my core complaints with the overall plot of it.
Like I think it openly should have been a refugee story and not we are explorers. It not being a full on secret with how the star child's part of the citadel seems like a plot hole, though i guess they can answer it in ME5? by explaining why reapers didn't stop you. show up before you, though maybe they did and were getting their butts kicked and they are the ones who started the scourge.
Having your ark show up over a year later so by the time you arrive both the exiles and krogan have successful colonies and your first contacts and discoveries aren't first contacts or discoveries.
Little eye rolls when you realize they probably defrosted their best first and that was Sloan, my face is tired etc.(I still like Tann the best, he knows he isn't qualified but is stepping up and trying to do his best in a bad spot)
The pathfinder team the only ones to make the cut when you arrive is Cora and freaking Liam. Like how bad was your dad at hiring people.
And some of the introductions like Koras and Vetras where it felt like player agency was removed. I get he is a rookie but its also supposed to be a RPG so you should have some choices other than standing around like an idiot in a crisis.
And things like if you are a biotic and tossing biotics all throughout habitat 7 Liam still is like whoa you are a biotic Cora, and you have no interactions with her based on a biotic origin.
And while this was never Mass Effects strong suit, more than in any of the other games the aliens don't feel alien.
That being said other than my inability to not do all the quests the gameplay is good enough that I am having a decent time. And given its my 4th play through a decent time is all I can really ask for from a game. The vaults are still dope dungeons. The core quest line is well designed in its combat, maps etc, the loyalty quests other than Pee-Bee and Liams are fun. I still vastly prefer the trilogy, but after how clunky combat in dragons dogma 2 felt quick responsive, fun combat is nice to have. I dig the weapon modding system, though i may look for some max research mod as with how limited research points are you kind of feel locked in pretty early to a few guns. Biotics are at their best overall in Andromeda, and I love biotics, it is one of my favorite magic systems in gaming. Haven't checked to see inf the MP still exists, just been sending the strike teams but while I preferred ME3 MP this was still a blast.
