Things you feel "Mass Effect: Andromeda" does well

I can't speak for that person or anyone else why a game isn't good for a speedrun. To each their own. With ME1, I did a speedrun, 3 hours 26 minutes, on the ps3. Not bad. I would be curious how quicker I could play through the game, if the trilogy were to be remastered? Hint, hint. For example. I did a speedrun on the ps3 when dai came out. The time I got wasn't bad for the ps3 though I'm sure folks wouldn't call it a speedrun. When I got my ps4, and got the game of the year edition, I did a speedrun. It was a big difference. 

I have watched people do speedruns on other games. One thing I've noticed is those speedruns, not all, the player takes advantage of glitches and are completed shortly after a game is released. 

I also haven't seen many speedruns done on the console. The majority are with the computer. 

Either way, I like speedruns. Its a change of pace. 

Yeah that can be infuriating. Though in Fallout you could store it and in TW3 it was easy enough to reaquire.

Been a while but I don’t remember that happening.

True, but even so, Bioware did it better in ME:A by making sure that whatever they classed as junk for sale was only junk for sale and nothing else.  Bethseda could have just as easily kept anything that had a use other than as scrap in the Misc section or created a separate section for items needed to complete recipes rather than dumping some of them in the aid section, some of them in the junk section and still others (e.g. stingwing barb) in the misc section.

I'll disagree as the fallout setting was very much based around any piece of junk can be salvaged into something. In a post apocalyptic setting nothing is truly junk and that is what they were trying to reflect.

It was sorted into items, materials and things that only could be used as materials but needed to be broken down. It added a lot to the game as it reinforced the setting.

Why weren't burnt magazines, burnt books, burnt textbooks and overdue books in the junk section then?  They could have been easily scrapped for cloth, and AFAIK, it was only the overdue ones had a quest associated with them.  Why weren't the Boston Bugle newspapers in the miscellaneous section with the other magazines and books since they just as easily not be able to be  broken down into cloth?  All I'm saying is that, IMO, Bioware did it better... were more consistent and it made it easier for me, the player, to rely on the fact that what I was selling would not be needed elsewhere in the game down the road.  It meant I didn't have to engage in "what if" type hoarding of items I found in the game.  I enjoyed that.  It's something Andromeda does well... which is, after all, the title of this thread.

"What MEA Did Well..."

-Noticeable depth and vastness of exploring a huge open world planet. 
-Feeling of accomplishment getting that first Outpost built on a new planet as there are perks of having one...
-Driving the land vehicle Nomad. Pretty realistic travelling up hill and ice/snow as you will slide right back down if you go up wrong path. Nomad can't just ride up steep cliffs like anti gravity Skyrim Horses *cough*
-Crafting: research and development is done very well
-Rewarded for exploring as you may come across new towns, npcs, new quests, new gear, etc.
-Unique planet environmental effects are very well done.  As an example, Havarl planet has the cool water/steam effect and in some battles it creates fog of war as it's more difficult to target enemies.

That is one area I wish they had expanded on workshop and a few tool benches makes everything mode made it kind of magic like even when most guns did look like pipe guns and other scrap weapons.  Still a forge or something so it felt you were melting things and refining cheap metals into something more sturdy would have been nice. Maybe for fallout 76.

MEA does a good job at character development throught the story. Cora has to learn why she was not chosen as the pathfinder if Alec ryder dies at one point (she rely too much on higher authority to guide herself) and why she needs to forger her own path. Vetra has to learn that she cannot always protect her sister as the danger of Andromeda will come to her at one point or another, Drack has to learn that he is not simply a relic of the past for the krogan but a valuable member of their people, etc.

Companion were flesshed out from the very beginning without any need for sequel to give us the result of their development, it happens right now and I quite enjoyed it.

My list of things I thought MEA did well:

- The Nomad. Handles great, love that the upgrades made a noticeable difference to how it behaved & handled.
- Planet design. H-047c is easily my favorite - it felt like space exploration. Exploring Eos, Kadara, Elaaden and especially Voeld were some of my favorite moments in MEA.
- Graphics. Vistas are stunning. Maybe it sounds shallow to say, "The graphics are great!" like that's the most important thing in a video game, but when exploring new places, stunning views matter. MEA has them in spades.
- Sound design. Hearing explosions and tech / biotic combos never gets old.
- Angara. Some point out how the Angara copy elements of so many other species. I was more interested in interacting with them, seeing how they saw the arrival of a new species in their space. There are tons of characters, encounters and perspectives on Aya.
- The Tempest. In ME2, I sometimes would just visit the observation decks to stare out at the stars. The Tempest, as an exploration ship, has many more windows and views on offer. Also love the way the crew moved around the ship; the fairly open layout meant they were easy to find, even if they weren't where I expected them to be. And just the general atmosphere, lighting and ambiance really put me out on the frontier of space.
- Squad-mate banter. MEA is right up there with Dragon Age 2.
- Long personal quest lines. This took some getting used to, but after enduring the first one, I realized this was deeper character development than I was used to - even from BioWare. For instance, I really didn't like Peebee at the start, but following her quest through to the end changed my opinion. Good stuff.
- Crafting. There are so many different things to make, and ways to customize them that fit your preferred playstyle.

I think the Profile system is done fairly well.

I like the idea of Ryder's personality being more nuanced, what with the Emotional/Logical and Casual/Professional.

I like the weapon freedom, i.e. you could take nothing but shotguns or two snipers and a pistol or whatever you want.

I like the companions and their loyalty missions, they are well-crafted and provide some excellent character development.

EDIT:  I like the Nomad as well, and the vistas on many planets are worth crediting.  I like the "vibe" of H-047c, with the muted sound and floating asteroids, a very "beauty amidst tragedy" type of view.  It motivates me to secure that eezo-mining station, as a way of making something good despite the turians losing their golden world entirely.