Things you feel "Mass Effect: Andromeda" does well

Yeah while frustrating sometimes I like that they increased the intelligence of the AI. Made it more realistic.

I suppose I need a definition of what a millennial is before determing if the Ryders are them. My first instinct is they aren't...

There's no man-bun option in the CC, nor can I choose a dialogue option where you can brag about how much quinoa you smuggled into Heleus.

Oh I completely forgot about this one - The concept of interrupts was handled much better in Andromeda than it was in the OT. I liked that it told you what the interrupt would do (rather than whether it was 'good' or 'bad') and that there was a visual indicator of how much time you had to take it.

Combat is the best in the series, hands down. 

Character Progression is great. Based on the best parts of ME1 and ME3. The fact that you can spec in anything without feeling like you were being punished was good. I like the "infinite" progression capability.

Environment is definitely top notch. The worlds feel alive and you're very much a part of it. I loved engrossing myself in the space travel (Dunno why people complained about that), and every zone has a unique character. I like how big the zones are, and the empty space (such as in Eos) is appropriate for space travel. Again, not sure why people thought it was a bad thing. All of space and you want shit to be clustered. Like wut?

Music is A+. As always for BioWare.

Voice Acting 10/10. Tom Taylorson is beast. The rest of the crew are good. I did laugh at Angara randomly having a weird Australian/British accent going on.

Side missions are definitely the best in the series. In ME1 they were just meaningless busywork with zero context. In ME2 they were just deliveries. They improved in ME3 with context but they were weirdly stalkerish ( I pretended my Shepard talked to them). In MEA the context is always there, and you never know when it turns into something actually relevant.

Dialogue has more breadth than the trilogy. It has a bit less depth but that's a result of letting you roleplay your character without gameplay issues, so I'll take it.

Banter is pretty damn great. I love how the squad shuffles around the Tempest. I like the nomad banter too. They're definitely interesting to listen to.

Romance is OK. Unfortunately it will take a lot to top the Shepard/Kaidan story for me. I liked romancing Gil and Reyes. They were fun. Cora seems cool might do her next.

Main Quest was alright. BioWare games rarely have specific strong antagonists. It's usually just a larger threat that you have to deal with.  So in a sense I'd say that despite the Kett antagonists being somewhat weak, all the minor antagonists lumped together along with it made for an interesting story. Frankly it was good for the 1st installment. I would hope that the threat ramps up with the Remnant/Scourge later on, but let's hope MEA gets a sequel first.

Multiplayer is fun.

If I have one major criticism, it's that they need to QA their releases a bit more strongly. Andromeda was a great game, but it was hampered by bugs (before the patches) that didn't let people appreciate it as much as they should have. I don't blame people for being turned off by the amount of negative press. Speaking of, they really shouldn't release as much media content pre-release about the game anymore. It just let people dogpile on it and meme it to death.

Never thought of that before.

I thought the ending was the best in the series. When everybody I'd helped showed up for the battle on Meridian, it really felt like I was witnessing the culmination of all my efforts, and it was genuinely rewarding. It also felt like a more logical flow of choices>consequences, as opposed to, say, ME2, where character survival is determined by whether or not I pressed the "loyalty" button, or ME3, where I get locked out of ending choices for not having enough of some arbitrary currency.

If you’re in pc there is a mod that actually lets the Nomad hurt enemies.

Another thing I like and really appreciate is that (most of the time) the gun I'm using shows up in cutscenes. I remember that was a big complaint in the trilogy so credit where due.

Yeah I definitely loved that. That was definitely nice.

Agreed. To me glitch speed runs arent a speed run.