Is Andromeda the beginnings of a Space Opera?

If this was not Mass Effect i would of never touched it after seeing the reviews.😊

Mass Effect name is very powerful among gamers!!!!.....












EA knows this...😧

Late 2007, actually.

Good questions. I've got pretty much what I was expecting. This is a true ME game in its atmosphere and feel.
Was it a true spin-off? I say - for sure. Why would you think otherwise?
Did it matter that it is a Mass Effect game? I think so, because it's an already-familiar universe. Bioware didn't have to spend much of the storyline playtime establishing the universe, we got into action right from the start.

I didn't care so much if it was a spin-off or not... but I wanted a space opera feel to it.  Andromeda felt like a very contained story even in a new galaxy.  Does that make any sense?  

ME background does make it more interesting for me, but in the same time sets up some expectations which MEA fails to deliver. Right now main story and most of character failed to catch me, but so did DAI until Trespasser, so I keep my hopes for something like that in MEA. If that fails too, well, gaming industry doesn't end on Bioware.

I'd try it sooner or later anyway. Niche of space sci-fi rpgs is simply devoid of competition at the moment and will be in foreseeable future.

Shiver? Shiver!

I wasnt't sure if a game that will be labled Mass Effec could ever interest me again. Actually extremely sceptical.

But then I've heard they want to do something new, that this time is will be more of exploration and settling on new worlds. More diplomacy than living the military dream. A Mass Effect that tries something different, something new. No badass N7superbunnies saving the world from starbrat.

And if there will be more of it, I'm in. As long as it stays "Mass effect Andromeda: a pathfinder story" and don't end in another spectre and n7 story I'm in. I always wondered what will be out there in this "Mass Effect" universe and if there would be more and interesting stories other than these nice fairytails about a Commander Shepard and cool spectres.

I've been pretty invested in the story since I started, so I guess yes. As for a space opera, that's very much what this is, standalone or no, since the fantastical technological elements are not going away.

I think it’s a rather typical Space Opera, including the move to another timeline and location, while keeping the setting recognizable.

ME franchise evolution for ME1-ME2/3-Andromeda is very similar to the KOTOR-KOTOR2-SWTOR evolution, except it was passed between different studios under BioWARE umbrella, rather than between Bio and Obsidian.

Both are strong IPs and attractive settings, and both undergone some changes in structure of the game itself, though Andromeda’s game structure resembles MET more closely than SWTOR resembles KOTOR/KOTOR2 as it remained within the constraints of an SP game with a rather more limited MP component.

In terms of transition of the core story in the franchise, Andromeda imo handled Shepard better than SWTOR handled Revan/Exile.

Finally, in terms of sequel, Ryders’ Family Saga is fairly well chosen, as the protagonist is malleable and can evolve easily if the developer decides on a more modular story to mimic ME2/3 structure more closely, and it has a couple of hooks for expanded protagonists’ background and is very personal to him/her. On the other hand, the idea of a “pathfinder” allows to switch the protagonist and advance the timeline if desired, as long as they occupy the same “job”, and the “job” itself can evolve depending on the circumstances.

So, to answer the original question, imo, Andromeda is an installment rather than a beginning of a Mass Effect Space Opera.

Meh about Todd Howard. "Look at all the names that dumb robot can say!" What about the bugs, Todd?

Or "See that mountain? You can climb it!"

Howard is an rpg god builder, how dare you insult our lord and savior!.

He who walks his paths and knows his creations will be lifted up into new worlds.

Amen.😃

Seriously though that bugger is the man. Never was bothered by bugs in Bethesda games (never had any game breaking issues console side).

Just pure addictive games, to this day i still play most of Bethesdas games now and then. Especially Fallout 3/vegas/4 , Oblivion /Skyrim and Doom.

God i want a remastered Morrowind...😣