So, I (finally) finished MEA...

Serious question: what percentage of review sites are based in US vs the rest of the world?

I admit my bias and stand corrected for some of you.

I have no intention of twisting anything. I liked it, it did not feel out of place and made me "get it" how Addison felt. So, for me this worked, and I did not quite got it why it caused outrage. I am not pretending, I am not arguing for the sake of arguing. I see a lot of really odd stuff in the sci-if series and "stylized" speech, like Sera and Cole, that is actually impossible to understand at all, so I just accept it that English is a flexible language where everything goes for a good turn of phrase. So, yeah, no problem with it or anything in Andromeda. I just like it, and never really was put out but once during PeeBee's mission. But that was because what PeeBee said sounded like Dora the Explorer.

Peeps did not like it, well, fine & good, i really do not want to do this, it's not a sort of argument that leads anywhere fun. My face is tired too.

Most of the PS4 reviews are US - a lot of the Xbox One reviews are rest of the world. Greater chance of them getting clicks as their review would get buried in the PS4 section.

Seems like non-US reviews also reviewed it much higher overall - maybe that's due to to translation issues, where they are used to wonky dialogue.

Google's Ngram viewer doesn't recognize "my face is tired" as an n-gram at all, FWIW. "His face fell" is recognized.

I have just finished the campaign, too. So here it goes my 2 cents on the game. But before that, I need to mention that I have over 900 hours clocked on ME: Andromeda according to Origin. Most of this time, however, has been spent on MP. I had decided to leave the campaign aside and play it once all content for was out, but since Bioware announced that this is it, this is the final product, I then took up the campaign.

Also, I have played all Mass Effect and Dragon Age games multiple times, not necessarily because I love the story (which I do) but mostly because I like the combat and trying different builds and approaches to the combat aspect of the game. This is the mindset that I had when I took the campaign up and the one I still have. After having finished it once, I see myself playing it again at some point.

The game is in the beginning very slow, tedious and maybe even a pain in many aspects, but it does get significantly better over time. Ryder is a nobody, he is insignificant, much like Hawke was, and you see him progressing kinda in the same way - though Ryder is, regardless of your choices, a character that is altruistic, he is there to help and serve everyone that crosses his way, never to ask something in return nor to seek personal gains. There is a world that needs a savior and Ryder, the nobody, is its savior. It is pathetic at some moments, for instance the Angara struggle, which has existed for decades and Ryder of a sudden shows up and instantly achieves more success than the Angara ever did.

The companions are mostly dull, but if you play the game to the end eventually you will feel attached to one or another and see some relationship being built there. Some of the mid to late game missions are interesting; the build up for the final mission felt quite convincing and this mission itself, plus the boss fight, were excellent. Well, I even dare say better than any Mass Effect and the best Bioware has done since DA: Origins. And that left a positive-ish impression at least for me.

The combat it great and addictive. I just love the diversity of possibilities it offers plus the crafting makes me wanting to keep playing and trying different things. If you dedicated yourself to crafting your own gear and min/maxing your builds, the game can become quite easy for the most part even on Insanity, save for a few difficult spikes. Still, I would say the combat here is Bioware's best overall.

The whole exploration thing didn't appeal much to me though. Maps are massive and filled with fillers and, at times, filled with nothing, just deserts. And exploring deserts isn't much fun. Still, they offer different scenarios and climates and the vistas are usually very pleasant.
The most visually beautiful planet is, however, the last one, which I won't get into details not to spoil but I have to say it is as linear as ME2 and ME3 scenarios while still retaining a panoramic landscape.

I would say the game is worth a score of 6. Maybe even 7, if you can ignore some shortcomings and enjoy the combat. And while Ryder started out as a nobody, his achievements by the end of the game became relevant enough to the point I would like to see a sequel for Andromeda. Perhaps one day, who knows.