Which loyalty mission would be great to show for a Mass Effect noob? (Spoilers)

I dunno. I think Jaal. The decision was smaller plotwise than Cora's but it felt bigger to me regardless and it's a fun mission.

I would show Liam's mission.

Hmm, you make a good point here.

At the moment, I'm juggling between Cora and Peebee now (I still want some form of decision-making, and these 2 seem like the best candidates so far).

Dont forget that at the end of Liam's mission you get the opportunity to decide how Ryder reacts to his stuff-up. It doesn't have any real impact on the game but at least it demonstrates the sort of dialogue options that have been a big part of the series. IMO those are probably as much a key component of Mass Effect as the 'big choices' are.

If you're really keen on a big choice I'd go for Cora's. The choices re Sarissa are very paragon vs renegade. And at least in Cora's mission you get drip fed info on what's happening. You might just have to explain to your friends about Cora's background with Asari and how she idolises Sarissa.

Hmmm...i only played Andromeda once....(hard for me to fire it up again) but i do remember Cora's and Drack's mission being the most interesting...Cora's was especially good with finding those dead folks scattered all over the ship...it was one of the few darker moments in the game and i thought the lighting and visuals was great during her run...


Can't remember too much from Drack's run. but i know i enjoyed it all the way to the end.....Liam's loyalty mission was surprisingly fun too....it's a toss up between Cora and Drack tho...

I'd recommend not doing a loyalty mission. The problem (though it's only really a problem if you're showing the mission on its own) with Andromeda's layout is that the lead-up to them spread out over several tasks throughout the plot. You have to know the characters involved to really understand what's going on.

Instead, try taking them through Elaaden's world mission from first landing to giving the drive core to the krogan or keeping it, maybe doing some sidequests along the way. Or even up thorugh establishing the outpost, if you have time. That will show them the open world, a quest-hub-like-area, some good combat, some good environments in the remnant ship, a large-ish decision at the end (even though keeping it isn't much of a reward in comparison, cooperation-with-people-you-don't-like vs self-interest is a major theme in the series), and probably some banter in the process. I'd say it's a good indicator of how the series feels as a whole. It also doesn't need much backstory to understand: all you really need to tell them is that the turtle-headed aliens got kicked out by the main colony and now they've settled here.