Collider chimes in about Andromeda's main plot.

Well, technically no one knows about the reapers, except Ryder in the end.

MEA hardly played it safe in anything it did. One of the reasons i contend some parts of the game ended up lacking 'polish' this game was very,very ambitious in everything it tried to do.

On the plot line though i actually liked it. I don't think anyone would like playing the conquerors...yet the game is clearly inspired by the classic age of exploration on Earth. So they have us the Kett.

I...guess we're supposed to feel sorry for the Kett because they are made up of a lot of aliens that were exalted against their will. I guess. I personally never felt anything for the Kett. Just another alien race that uses the whole "Our goal is beyond your comprehension" crap. Maybe Bioware will show something in the sequel that will make me care more.

Good article, even though I wasn't dissapointed in the end as the author. Bioware tried to go the safest route possible with colonization theme, but something went wrong. They made lovey-dovey relations with natives to refute our a little ugly history, only to make native look like incompentent primitives. Ironic in a way.


Oh come on. Just look at Archon's sad face in prologue. He's adorable.


P.s. This article is entirely spoilerish in nature, don't you think?

I was expecting the benevolent take on colonialism, but I also expected the dark path through the game as a traditional conquistador. But the setting of the game did not support another conquerer derived from Ryders' set up. I did not think there was a choice how to go about it without creating different background stories, like in SWTOR. A character from the Exiles would have given them more freedom in how the protagonist deals with the situation in the cluster.

One thing I do agree on is that more cooperation with Angara should have been necessary to unlock the Vaults. Aya subplot is well intergrated, and they avoided forcing Jaal in the party for all planetary stuff -it is not fun when a character is forced for important parts of the game. I found Angara interesting and cool, and I brought Jaal along 100% of the time, roleplaying partnership. But a forced comp? Not really great.

It could have been emphasized more, by providing a clearer view that you either sacrifice the Angara to serve as a distraction for the Kett to conquer their worlds behind their backs, or you cooperate with Angara closer, and establishing mixed settlements. That last one is what in the end they were trying to achieve, and it felt that Angara population is so diminished by kett predation, that the Nexus colonists are nearly the same in number at that point as the Angarans.

Unlike the author, I was okay playing a special destiny human again, though I understand the "I should have played Jaal" sentiment. I don't mind that it all ended well, and it all worked out. I did not have a chance to play an unapppologetic hero in the games for a while, and I don't think it's that bad to get a happy ending and everyone just closing the ranks behind a human unlikely hero for once. I quite enjoyed it actually.

That is something I could have completely gotten behind. I get that this is the Ryder's story, but I would have been just as invested if it had been roleplaying the part as any Pathfinder finding their way into the job.

MEA hardly played it safe in anything it did. One of the reasons i contend some parts of the game ended up lacking 'polish' this game was very,very ambitious in everything it tried to do.

I totally agree, but I was referring to the main plotline. It was safe. When you come to think about it, 600 years distance, you're either going to go all self-centered survival or you're going to take the incredibly hard approach of keeping order by not injecting chaos into other races' lives. The Salarians learned the hard way with the Krogan. The Arachni were nearly annihilated by genocide and the Quarians unleashed a paranoid AI community onto the galaxy. Yet, we're bringing all that same baggage with us to Andromeda and are we going to learn from past failures and build upon past successes? Or we going to be our own version of the Reapers? Or we going to be new neighbors who share with the galaxy in a responsible manner? Or are we going to just colonize and give the races a lesser status than us? ALL OF THIS WAS MISSED. Wiff! Strike three, you're outta here!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

But you're right.

Geralt can kiss my ass though. Shepherd, the Hero of Ferelden, the Courier and the kid from 101 all have special places in my heart. 

Dude, that would've made heads spin. Seriously, nice idea.

Hell no, but i got the vibe that they will probably get the Geth treatment in the next game/DLC.

Anyway, i think he makes some really good points but he totally lost me when he brought up the trilogy, where it's basically the exact same deal after the first game. Where loe and behold, humanity saves the day.
It's honestly getting silly how people keep praising the OT like it's the fucking Godfather. Yeah it's better written, but not by much. I feel like people have some nostalgia goggles on since the first game is now 10 years old, i have to admit when i was 10 years younger i thought it was amazing and it blew me away but replaying it now i roll my eyes marginally less than i do in Andromeda.

But maybe that's just me.

Roger.