Are people beginning to open their minds about Andromeda?

If anything I think I'm going the opposite direction. I enjoyed it well enough the first time, but whenever I attempt to replay it I inevitably get bogged down in the cascade of minor annoyances I have with the game. Though if I was on PC I could mod out a lot of these, but I am not on PC. So just the game and all its original glory for me! LOL.

Off the top of my head, a lot of the stuff SAM has to say, the biggest annoyance being the weather updates, also a lot of Ryder's dialogue. Last time I made the mistake of going straight for the Vaults to get it over with, wasn't the best decision. I also get annoyed in situations where the player is vastly more knowledgeable than Ryder, it doesn't help that the dialogue in these situations seems to be annoying on purpose. None of these are major issues per se, but that's the cascade.

The last time I made it through the entirety of the game I tried to make a note of any minor side stuff I actually liked, turns out it wasn't that hard. I really liked Something in the Water, the one where the Angarian is stealing water or some such, thought it might come up later but to my knowledge it didn't. So yeah, whenever I attempt another playthrough, it will pretty much just be main quest and character quests only.

Yeah tbh that's my only complaint. I really liked Andromeda but it definitely hasalways felt like a game tha tneeded a DLC to tie up it's loose ends or a sequel.

I did it backwards.

I never played the Original Trilogy - fantasy is more my speed - but played MEA well after release and patching and the 'noise' around the game died down.  I liked it well enough.  The combat was fun (and I don't really like shooters, first or third person, usually).

I have just started playing ME1LE - and I'm enjoying it so far.  The jank is real, but the story/narrative is unfolding nicely.  I won't know for sure how it stacks up - in my opinion - with MEA until after I've finished, of course.

My opinion (negative) hasn't changed. I played it once and never will again. The core problem is the writing.

Yep looking around the different forums and places it seems they are and for long time now, going after it again to OT especially seems to be eye opening for many - me included - how much better most of the things are in MEA.

Yeah. That was also before MELE announced, i think on june when it released on steam and the reviews were very positive.

Kinda.

Thing is, we all recognize what Bioware has done to Andromeda. Hate it or love it, it's a testament of unpolished and unfinished work. Sure, it is good (IMO) as of now, but it's what comes first that keeps on people's mind. Addison's face hasn't been much of a problem, but "my face is tired" is forever engraved not just on Andromeda, but Mass Effect as a whole. Plus, you shouldn't get praise on something you fixed because that was your job in the first place. And no, I'm not talking about small bugs or glitches - every game has them. But Andromeda still has broken quests as of today.


I guess we still have hope that Bioware still has that one thing planned and kinda considered Andromeda that slip-up (not a bad one for some, including me). Plus, they are actively talking about/hyping the franchise and recently went back to the Unreal Engine instead of the Frostbite mess that started all of this and even did a great job with the remaster for ME1, so I would think there's still that passion.