Quick Thoughts: Mass Effect Andromeda

So by virtue of my job as a contributor to the website TechRaptor, I requested the review of Mass Effect: Andromeda for the website.

I finished the game, but the review is still being formulated...there is a lot to talk about. So what I did was contribute a quick thought video, a short preview, of the game as a small side diversion to keep up interest.

More or less, here is an except from the video. I encourage you all to check it out here on our website.  Or watch the video below.

"Andromeda, in a lot of ways, feels like the first Mass Effect. It has a rather unintuitive inventory and user interface, diverse skill trees for the player character, a few massive info dumps to help push along story beats, and a very straight forward, simple plot line to follow. The theme of Andromeda is exploring a new galaxy to find a home, and the hoops that Ryder must jump through to get there are following the standard story beats we would expect in a Space Opera fantasy.


That may be the hairline fracture. It’s not the gameplay for sure, which is the best possible version you can get in terms of smooth combat mixed with actual role-playing choices. It’s not really the quest design, everything, from smaller fetch quests to multi-line planet missions, is building to a purpose; survival in an unknown galaxy, with a lot more morally-gray choices to make this time around than ever before. The problem can stem from Andromeda playing it safe- choosing the easiest path for the biggest reward. "

Let me know what you think.