Things you feel "Mass Effect: Andromeda" does well

That has to be a wierd autosave error because it has always done an autosave for me just before entering the room with the Ascendant and reloaded me each time I've died at that point.  That is, once getting to the ascendant, I've never had to repeat more than just the ascendant fight.

I didn't start playing until shortly before 1.06 dropped, so I can't say.  I may not have done that particular fight the first time until after 1.07 or 1.08 since I remember putting it off until quite a bit later in the game.  I'm pretty sure the first ascendant I faced was the Cardinal while rescuing the Moshae.  I probably have at least one Ryder save that's before the Eos Kett base, sp I'll load it up and test it out again later tonight just to be sure.

ETA:  OK, I fought through the Eos Kett Base tonight, exiting the game at several points.  I am mistaken, the only autosave occurs just after crossing the bridge.  There doesn't appear to be an autosave prior to entering the room with the Prefect, although I could have sworn that I've died there and only had to fight the Prefect again.  All I can think of is that I'm confusing it with another ascendant fight in the game.  If one dies fighting the Prefect, it does appear like you have to disable the three consoles again, which does seem to be rather remiss on Bioware's part.

I did feel like Ryder was an explorer, something I haven't felt since ME1, which was a nice change. Traveling in the Tempest was cool, the patch that added the ability to skip that was needed though.

The crew moving around even more than they did in ME3 was also an improvement. Secondary crew members also played a larger part in the game which I liked.

I think if, as Shepard, you could probably ignore the task if you, as Shepard, didn't feel it is Germain to your mission.

Huh, there is something Inever actually realized about Addison. I suppose in her defense though the Tempest was making off with supplies earmarked for her division and the Nexus was already fighting a supply crisis all the while Addison, at that point in time, did not have confidence in your ability to do your job.

[Yes, I'm quoting myself.]

To add to this, while it appears on the outside that it's not efficient to get some family members out of cryo because they're unskilled (which would seem to defy all logic because useless people are, well, useless in the frontier), it's  also true that a happy worker is likely to do better.  If my kid was frozen because some bureaucrat decided he wasn't useful, I'd likely spend my time moping about it and not really give a shit about my job.  Hence, I could EASILY look the other way when a ship is taking off with extra supplies.  Why would I care?  Doesn't hurt that Vetra got Ben's son to the top of the list.  I would, however, rate the importance over someone's child over an older person.

I wonder if this is why I generally liked Addison by the end of the game despite butting heads with her in the begginning. It would also kind of explain the 'my face is tired' comment.

As for if she was the right choice for the job, Tann makes the comment that a lot of people that are now in leadership are replacing people who died. So it is possible that includes Addison as well. Especially since her friend with the baby seemed to have some overlap in responsibilities. But...Iam not sure if it is ever explicitly stated either.

Not to mention the effective combat force they would've had against the Kett.

What if she were the Benefactor.

As an aside this does remind me I did want to check out the Cora book at some point (can't even remember its name) but got side tracked by Honor Harrington, you read it Eezo?

gaming is my number one thing right now but I've been doing a lot of reading recently.