Things you feel "Mass Effect: Andromeda" does well

Yeah, “Mission” save is a good idea. It happens every time you visit a world, too.

One thing I didn’t like is the excessive (10!) auto save system they patched in after complaints about save restrictions. Not only is it excessive, it’s also disruptive. Since the game isn’t in the state it should be, saves delay audio and can even momentarily feeeze the game. It’s very annoying, constantly pulling me out of the game. I’m used to autosaves in games like these, so I hate to disable them. (I’m assuming this is an option with MEA.) Still, it might dramatically improve my experience.

I"ve never found any option to either disable or adjust the autosave feature in ME:A (Xbox One).

I think you can on PC but through altering the lines of code.

Why bother to delete them?

The combat is the only thing it does really well. That was great.

10 autosaves?  Wow, I don't think PC has anything like that, just the most recent autosave, which might not even be the most recent save.

Have you checked? I thought this was a universal patch. The myriad saves are only visible from the Load Save screen. 10 rotating autosaves on such a poorly optimized game is annoying and excessive. I realize people were dying and getting set back to earlier saves than they'd like, but this was a terrible fix. (Plus, if you just Git Gud this game can barely scratch your health bar in most cases. )

Yep, that's when they did it, right before the end of support. 1.08 was great in that it fixed some big issues, restored fire mode augmentations, etc... but I really hate the autosaves. I was earlier trying to remember in which patch they implemented the visuals downgrade. PS4 Pro looked incredible at launch. Then they patched in weird adjustments to lighting that muddled the UHD+ HDR presentation. It apparently looked better at 1080p after that patch. We UHD users, though, lost on that one.

Interesting. It's never been an issue for me.

That must be why I’ve noticed the game sticking in spots on the XboxOne. I don’t remember that happening on my two PC runs.

Idle curiosity. It sounded like a pointless waste of time.

Mostly because I didn't know limited save slots were still a thing. Or about that autosave corruption bug, whatever the hell that is. (Is there evidence that the corruption is caused by overwriting rather than just a bad write operation?)

I'll add to the chorus of those who feel that one thing MEA does not do well is saves.  I prefer to disable autosaves, given the option, and manage saves myself. Not being able to save during main missions is a big detractor for me, and a huge con on the list when I was considering whether I'd buy the game. There's been more than one occasion when I ended up staying up long past the time I wanted to shut down and go to bed - because the game did not allow me to save my progress. It's also happened to me multiple times that the autosaves were corrupted, and I'd end up having to go back to my last manual save anyway. This is all on PC.

One area ripe for improvement is the autodialogue associated with area/location. By that, I mean the times when you're out driving in the Nomad and Ryder shouts, "We've got targets!" or somesuch, when I've no intention of stopping to engage them. When you exit any area with hostiles, you'll get another autodialogue indicating that you've killed them all - even when you just drove by. Autodialogue can certainly make the characters feel more lively and reactive, and I appreciate the attempt - but the system could use some refinement.

I think they also might want to reconsider the infinitely re-spawning enemies in some areas. I'd like to think the planets where I place outposts have been made relatively secure, and they won't be continually plagued by enemy incursions. That's a balance they need to find between those who don't want their combat opportunities limited and those who'd like to think they've cleared out areas. I think a solution that might satisfy both sides could be to have additional, non-outpost planets that could offer infinite re-spawning, and let the worlds we've settled stay somewhat secure.

OT: I like the various NPCs that show up - mostly around the Nexus - who have opinions or questions for Ryder. It really makes the world feel more alive.