[SPOILERS] My (long) Andromeda final review

OK. Your case seems to really depend on deficiencies in your playstyle, though. Since I don't have those, I find the companions more useful in ME:A, where they shoot and melee better.

No, it doesn't. As I said, there are enemies where you need companions to take down their shields/armor. That's not up to discussion, that's a FACT. You can, obviously, defeat a heavy mech alone, but companions ARE MORE USEFUL in defeating a heavy mech in ME2 or ME3 than in ME:A because YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIR POWERS. Geez, is that so hard to understand?

I don't agree at all and it's not just Garrus whose texture is bad. Udina is worse and is unfixable.

Haven"t people already told you that it isn't a fact? Several times, actually.

I'll stipulate that it is a fact for a weak Vanguard player early in a first-playthrough game, if you like. (In the late game you'll have access to anti-shield bonus abilities.) I don't see how we get there with other classes even with weak play.

And I already proved them wrong.  

Even if you do have an anti-shield power or anti-armor power, you'll still have more than one enemy with armor/shield (take for example Garrus loyalty mission, where you have to face two heavy mechs). Now what's the utility of your companions on a fight against an Architect, a destroyer (can't remember the name, the remnant you can only shoot when it opens it's chest), or an ascendant? ZERO. 

*looks at glasses* nope. I don't see any real glaring issues especially post patch.

This makes no sense. The companions are always there in ME:A, doing and taking damage. That's not useless. They're better at this than the MET squadmates were.

ME:A squadmates can't be quite as easily used to solve specific problems with my playstyle or build, yes. (They can take down shields, prime, and detonate, but you do have to wait a few seconds for them to do it.) 

I don't see the issue you do so I'm ignorant. I didn't insult you there was no need to insult me.

When I fought one of the kett-in-a-bubble thing, I didn't fire at all. I let the squadmates do that. I just had them focus on the orb. It took a very long time for them to destroy the orb to be able to fire at the kett. In the trilogy, especially in ME3, both squadmates can take down an atlas/prime/banshee very quickly. Even on insanity mode. Heck. I saw Ashley take down a harvester in London within a couple of seconds without me even directing her to fire at it.

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noun: ignorance

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Unless your just very sensitive. It wasn't meant as one.

And I never said anything about plot, characters and game play which is a matter of opinion true. I merely pointed out your statement of "So many issues plague ME1" as being wrong when followed up by " Garrus/Udina's facial textures and Mako vs Hammerhead" being used as the plague element of said issues especially when compared to Andromeda.

This is a very broad statement. What exactly is the abomination in the controls and mechanics? The shooter aspects are very identical with minor tweaks through out the series including Andromeda. The powers are different sure but haven't really been in question and most certainly not an abomination. The biggest knock against ME1 was its lack of better loot later on, the inventory system and the mako.

To me it seems ( and I'm not generally applying this to you ) that people who really like Andromeda for some reason don't want ME1 to be looked at favorably. The forums have this ME1 vs Andromeda type feel to it that seems odd and out of place.