Replaying Andromeda one year later. God i like this game. am i the only one?

Maybe we played different game, because I'd put "slog combat" to me3...
I have just played the game, not put any money, gotten ahead fine. Actually like the APEX match modifiers, but those are not necessary to play, just bring more variation which is sometimes nice, sometimes fex. Combat challenge is not so nice as APEX lobbies are mostly full of grenade lobbers

I don't know about that as I find MEA's MP easier though I'm pretty crap at both but I have at least survived a fwe waves of MEA MP I've not survived too many ME3 ones. Generally I prefer to stick to single player though.

Let's be honest.  Getting infected by the west nile virus while simultaneously boiling alive in a volcano is not as bad as FU 76.

I actually like fallout 76. It’s not great or anything but it’s fun. It actually has a decent story based into it. And the survival rpg aspect is kind of nifty. Not too keen on the whole perk card system but overall I am enjoying it.

Same here, except ME1 wons by a millimeter because of nostalgy points - No game in 2017 or even in 2018 has come close to it.

I started a new playthrough on new years day and what I'm finding the more I play it is... I think that after ME1 (and ME2's suicide mission, not the whole game) ME:A is probably next up in the list of favorites from the series. So I'd put it something like this: ME1, ME2SM, MEA, ME3, Rest of ME2.

- Other than Liam, who I can not stand and purposefully avoid, and Cora who is annoyingly attached to the asari, I quite enjoy all the characters on the pathfinder's team. Vetra, Kallo, Lexi, Suvi, Drack, Peebee, and Gil are all amazing.

- The combat gameplay is something I very much look forward to in this game, even on insanity when I die in just a few shots. I find myself wanting to get back to it over and over.

- I also quite enjoy the exploration and sense of wonder that the game provides by being in a whole new galaxy and discovering all new species and such. It's a feel that Mass Effect hasn't provided to me since ME1.

- Despite being against this when I heard about it, I ended up quite enjoying being able to mix and match powers to make role playing a certain types of characters easier. 

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The only real negatives for me are:

- The fizzle out of the story by the end (which, ya know, in an rpg is kind of a big negative. But I still think it makes more sense than any of the random tangent of a story that were the collectors in the OT)
- The garbage ass CC (Skin tone, Hairstyles, tattoos and scars - wtf was going on there? lol, terrible presets, etc)
- The Kett (kinda bland)
- Lack of a weapon on the Nomad lol
- Other various minor things like remaining graphical glitches and weird animations. 

Well late to this thread but MEA is my favourite ME game, even though I love the trilogy a lot and it has a better developed story (duh its 3 games) and I prefer some of the crew better but overall for just a fun and enjoyable romp in space MEA wins the day.

Am I still playing it a year later, well never really stopped except to play the trilogy again and recently to put 230+ hrs into AC odyssey but just created my 15th or 16th Ryder and have just finished the vault on EOS. Still loving this game.

Too be fair 2017 was a bad ass year for games. But yeah, sales talk.  If the sales were good enough there would have been a DLC.

No matter what ended up being the truth concerning the development of MEA I think this is more or less the case.  Anthem got the priority over Andromeda at some point and the resources that go along with that.  

In no particular order...

Nier Automata
Divinity Original Sin 2
Persona 5
Horizon Zero Dawn
Breath of the Wild
Nioh
Cuphead
Resident Evil 7

Edit: Forgot Hollow Knight