EA Boss Says Mass Effect: Andromeda Got Too Much Criticism, Franchise Could Return

Problem is - If Ryder should do that he probably would be in prison in no time. You seem to forget this is no military, but a civilian operation.

To put it strait - Shep could only be that harsh because he was supported by a whole military-industrial complex. He could get away with things, because he is no part of a civilian society. His authority is based on "big guns behind his back" and only because he has this backup he can act the way he does.If he goes to far, he is judged by a military court and not a civilian court. And those military supported authorities are allowed to be more harsh because of "reasons" (and lots of guns). So Shepard could get away with things that non-military people in an normal society would get them in big trouble. If Ryder would act like Shepard in the environment of the Andromeda Initiative, people would not only walk faster away from him than you could hold possible (giving him the middle finger), but he also be thrown in jail countless times. He probably would end as outlaw - a nobody that is respected by nobody.

Ryder does not have that big military complex as fall-back or backup. He has to do it all by his own. He has to earn authority in stead of getting it by "big guns behind his back". So yes - he has to be diplomatic. He has to be careful in how he acts, because it's civilian law he has to answer to - even if he is in outlaw environment. And he slowly gets that respect during the game.

It's one of the aspects I really like of Andromeda. You do not start as a superhero with a huge backup force that supports you. You have to earn everything in every step, and have to succeed against all odds.

Why are you assuming that I believe its a military operation and not a civilian operation? Why would a civilian operation prevent Ryder from standing up to the asari after being knocked to the ground? I never said for Ryder to shoot or punch the asari. So getting in the asari's face to say a few words would not lead to Ryder being put in prison.

To be fair, the legal system of the AI is so messed up Ryder could probably shoot someone in the head, then claim it was just a 'successful attempted murder' and walk on a technicality. 

Didn't pan out on the douche front, did it? Being free to make decisions as long they are nice decisions.

I'm not really clear on why you have a probem with  the word backbone?

Why can't Ryder get in the asari's face saying what the **** is your problem? Or say "How would you  like if I knock you to the ground"? I'm sure the asari wouldn't like that.

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Of course, what PeeBee would say in response would be something like an utterly unconcerned "OK, next time I'll let you screw up." I think Ryder would come out of this exchange looking worse, not better.

I would say the asari would be the one getting the worse end of it. She wants to know more about the remnant stuff. She runs into someone who doesn't put up with her crap. So if she wants to know more about the remnants, she will have to keep herself in check. If she does say screw you to Ryder, I'm sure sam voice will have no problem figuring out what to do.

Oh here we go again with Witcher 3 and BW but anyway. My Witcher is actually still incomplete due to Andromeda coming out.

You say small percentage of gamers. Where are your source? I read of almost everyone was having at least one bigger problem (source is from here in the troubleshooting section and in other topics). Andromeda was not only buggy and glitchy, it was not an enjoyable game. Add mistakes to that and it can be a very stressful experience. The pacing was off (sorry my english) so some thing happened in wrong order (f.example the Architects). I was never lost of what the heck do next in Witcher even though it was a huge and so well detailed map that I did not want to look out of my own window.

So Andromeda overall had too many bugs with uncomplete story served in unnatural order sometimes. That, in result, is a very broken or at least very, very wonky game.

Those reddit numbers are bullshit.  They're basing number on NPD which is only US sales and doesn't include digital sales for Horizon or Origin (but does include them for PS4 and Xbox for Andromeda).  They also discount how Horizon came out at the end of February.

Andromeda's right up there with Assassins Creed Unity and that Batman game pulled from Steam in terms of overall bugginess.

Agreed that we're not the norm - haven't played the game after patches - looks like quality is better overall - my issues were always with the writing/dialogue/story/characters/world though. I could overlook the bugs if everything else was up to par.

However, I very much disagree with the notion that Mass Effect Andromeda is somehow worse than Dragon Age II, which it is according to Metacritic.

I played DA2 after MEA - for the first time. And I have to say, MEA feels worse to me. It's that overall feeling of blandness that gets to me.

I'm not sure, but maybe it's the vast open spaces with nothing in them, that lead me to that judgment. The game is 80 percent boring fillers and only 20 percent game. The vaults in themselves fall into the filler category to make the game seem longer at any cost. You activate the pillars by solving some sudoku riddle, fight a few remnants, rinse and repeat. You enter the vaults, solve a few riddles, jump across a few gaps, fight a few remnants and outrun the cloud. Again, rinse and repeat.