[SPOILERS] My (long) Andromeda final review

yes, english is not my first language.


i know that Kinetic barriers are for fast moving object/projectiles... BUT, in the all mighty ME lore, it can shield you of electricity (like when you hit an fully charge shielded enemy with overload).
You Can survive a lighiting strike if you are not in contact with the surface, a spacecraft should easily outmatch that.

Ps: Goddamn, why is english the international language again? 

Yeah, but all that proves is that the ME lore has always been incoherent.



See above.

My initial take on the game was 8/10. The bugs weren't as bothersome to me as it was for many others. However, since I believe BioWare has abandoned SP players, I'm downgrading to 7/10. A game that's unfinished (and it left a lot unfinished) doesn't deserve that 8.

The Jien Garson / benefactor plot is the most obvious one, originally intended DLC I guess.

I agree with most of your points.
The only thing i do not agree is the score you give the game as i think the game did have some nice things as well.

My only true "hate" of the SP game, is the vast amount of ridiculously bad, time consuming, pointless, side quest in a dead world that adds nothing and are worse than the side quests in the first Baldur's Gate. Only a handful were acceptable as a bare minimum. Quality over quantity, PLEASE.

Beyond that there were minor issues with animations, gfx and lighting being bad, that imo, should have been handled before release - but nothing game breaking for me. Loads of QoL stuff missing too, but still, not gamebreaking.

Other than that, it's a solid game, good combat (even if gameplay wise MP is way ahead of it now), decently interesting story and characters - even though its characters/attitude/story are comparable to what one can find in books for young teenagers. I'm guessing it's more of a design choice, than bad writing in itself - and even though I don't agree with it, it's still well made for what it is.

As with DA:I, the landscapes/planets looked and felt gorgeous, and that's one of the things they nailed - generic desert planets or not. Now, if they could make those places interesting and dynamic/living, they got a winning game next time they try it.

That most likely was intended for a sequel.

I actually wanted to log in after a long time because your rant made me laugh.

I also agree with you.

If it was, it was extremely poorly done. You don't go dangling a carrot mid game without offering any resolution other than to be continued in 3 to 5 years. These quests influenced my own judgment of the game in a negative way, because they were the most interesting side quests of all, just to end in cliffhangers. There's absolutely no incentive to do them again in another playthrough, since you already know they're hanging you out to dry.

Cold comfort for anyone being on console, but there's a mod making them much more efficient. I tried it, now they're at least doing their job.

The way to do that is to have various little bits and bobs dropped that don't directly influence anything now but build a background to be expanded on later. A few dropped hints and mentions in passing would've done that, but too much was done that it turned into a suddenly dropped out of nowhere plot rather than building for a sequel. If you're making a serialised work then it should be that from the start, with only secondary or stage plots finished in each. Andromeda wasn't that, the main plot of the game clearly painted itself as such and was sorted, even if it left further questions (such as what about the rest of the Kett).

Mysterious Benefactor, murder of Jien Garson, fate of quarians.  All things brought up in the game with the obvious intention of following up on.  If there's no DLC, that leaves things unfinished.