The Mass Effect Andromeda Positivity Thread

What I loved about the game:

1) Combat was action packed
2) Class Flexibility
3) Banter!
4) Nomad
5) Game looks great/Plays well.
6) Companions (Drak, Pheebe, Jaal)
7) Craft System (a bit of a learning curve) but needed for hard difficulty.
8) Music
9) Architects
10)Puzzels
11) Shot Guns with Infinite ammo and Seeking bullets !

I just genuinely enjoy a lot of aspects of the game.

It's clear where the faults were -- though I missed the majority as I played it long after it was patched -- but on the whole, I simply found the experience really enjoyable. Primarily that many of my issues with DAI, like the lack of memorable NPCs, or meaningful quest were fixed. Yes, the game is still swimming with quests that are just there, and yes, it probably has 2 maps too many for the amount of content that's there, in addition to just generally being a bit too big for its own good.

But I like the contrasts with the classic trilogy, especially aboard the Tempest itself. There's certainly a lack nuance with the characters, and that has a tendency to hurt. But on the other hand, I see a lot of it as another contrast to the original trilogy. Ryder isn't as close to his crew Shep was, at least not at first, and the new setting means that there's a lot that's trying to be packed in there.

Put plainly, it's a game with faults, but a lot like how I view DA2, when the game's on, it's really good. And when it's off, it misses by quite a bit. That said, even the twist that were obvious, or when I knew a mission was going to go south, it still had me invested.

A couple things I really enjoyed: the banter was handled much better than it has been in the last couple games. DAI had great banter, but it had a poor system for implementing it. Really liked the change in relationship via banter, both on the ship, and in the field. Taking new crew out after major sections to hear what they say was actually enjoyable

The ending sequence was handled really well, from an emotional and in-game standpoint. Even if not so from a story standpoint. It's not ME2's suicide mission, but nothing else really is, probably my favorite ending sequence since Origins, just for the sheer amount of variables taken into account.

I just genuinely enjoy the Ryder/SAM dynamic. And this extends to other characters as well -- still think the scene in the Cora romance is rather adorable.

Game has a lot of issues. From the lore issues, to how certain aspects were handled, to the fact that, even if I feel like it improved on DAI's weakest aspects, those aspects are still too readily apparent in the game. But I also think that it's a better game than it's given credit for. Certainly not a masterpiece but I don't regret the purchase or the playtime, personally.

I like the characters. A lot.

A lot of the squad is a massive pile of flaws, but in ways I recognize (I've seen that guy! I've -cough- been that guy!). There wasn't any character who's smoothed over in an effort to make them perfect or excessively likable. ...Which was unusual, and I appreciated. They had some problems where they'd just TELL you in what way they're crazy instead of making you infer it, but I really found the squad very relatable and enjoyable, if not always likable.