Mass Effect: Andromeda N7 Day Trailer!

I think it might be that the armour is something associated with the pathfinder role.
It was clear from the trailer already though.

Pretty much. I hope they don't go the Inquisition route and make everyone bow to the main character because s/he's the main character.

Plus, i also hope they have some good explanation for the "Pathfinder" being a hereditary title. I guess it would make sense if those people had been stranded, awake, for decades in the new galaxy, and so had somehow reverted to a more "feudal" approach to leadership. But since i don't think that's the case, dunno, as i said i hope they do it better than "you're special"

I meant to bring that pic earlier. Problem is that you can't pause/rewind the damned video on their website for some stupid reason.
That thing is either a heavily modified Lancer/Avenger or maybe a complete new gun altogether.

The trailer was ok. I had hoped to see/hear the squadmates and Ryder twins interact more.

The Game Informer articles were somewhat more enlightening. According to them:

Family: Scott (Tom Taylorson) and Sarah Ryder (Fryda Wolff) are the twin children of Alec Ryder (Clancy Brown). Alec is the Pathfinder for the human Ark, Hyperion, but something happens to him so one of the twins has to take over his duties.

The Ark species are: Human, Asari, Turian and Salarian. (Not sure how the Krogan arrive.)

3 person squad as always.

The Furiosa Asari is named "PeeBee." (I assume PB)

www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/11/07/breaking-down-mass-effect-andromedas-n7-day-trailer.aspx

Looks promising, but I'd prefer a gameplay video.

Grr, I hate exclusive stuff It would also help if we actually got to see what the exclusive armours/outfits looked like... The price would be helpful to know, too.



Anyway, though the trailer was fairly bland, I have more positive feelings now after reading this:

neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1309671

Now there's some actual information! And not even from Bioware. If I had known this stuff a few months ago, I would have been more hyped. Still want to know more about squadmates etc. and actually see gameplay, but this is a much better start then just the two videos. Some highlights for me from the list for various reasons are:

- Usable hammer and swords for melee! Yes! Been hoping for that since they were released in ME3MP.

- The siblings' default names are apparently Scott and Sara (though I'm skeptical of the spelling of quite a few things at the moment). As per usual, you can change your character's name, but this makes me wonder if you'll be locked out of your sibling's so you can call them by their first name as an NPC. I'm expecting that.

- You can hover in the jet pack, not just jump. Nice.

- Apparently more romances in this game than any other Bioware game, which is quite surprising considering I thought they didn't like doing as many as DA:I had, nevermind more. I hope this doesn't mean none of them have as much content as usual or that some get prioritized.

- No classes! Very surprising, but I do like non-class systems when it comes to RPGs. We'll be able to use any type and combination of powers we want, but can specialize into the old classes, or if you have a variety of skills, "Explorer". Sounds interesting. Could have some other implications as well, such as Ryder canonically being a Biotic. This would make it easier to implement interrupts that use powers (now called Narrative Actions [what?]). Unfortunately, it makes it less likely they'll expand the Class Interrupts introduced by Omega. Hopefully we can get some sort of replacement for that, possibly just with the specialization-classes.

- Return of individual power cooldowns, ME1/DA style. Makes sense in-universe if nothing else. Will probably like this better.

- Bioware wants to give us the opportunity to meet new alien life firsthand rather than have them already introduced into the setting, and they want you to be able to empathize with the Kett. (Apparently by not making them ugly monsters, though so far they seem to appear that way, so...)

- "Dialogue option tones: heart, head, professional and casual." It's unclear if this is total and the actual options vary depending on the conversation, or if each response always has these options, thereby having 4 options on the wheel instead of the usual 3. That would be something!

- MP will be like ME3 but "evolved and refined", which sounds good if true. No need to reinvent something that worked!

- "-Emphasis that relationships don't just culminate in a sex scene, but rather characters can just want to get in the sack, while others are interested in long term relationships and others still aren't interested at all. Bioware wanted to capture more "shooting bottles with Garrus" moments in the game, of which there are plenty"

That certainly sounds like an improvement, and more character bonding moments is most definitely something I want.

- A squadmate called Liam. "Arrived with the Pathfinder, former police officer and described as having a "light attitude", bringing levity to situations"

- You can craft armour and weapons, and apparently other stuff through the help of alien tech. The Mako, "Nomad"'s appearance is also apparently customizable. Armour customization is apparently deeper than before.

- Return of loyalty missions.

- There are apparently more customization options (I'd assume for the CC) than before, but I'll believe that one when I see it Confirmation that you can customize sibling and Dad Ryders, though not as much. Yay!

- And one that confuses me: "Powers are instead hotkeyed for quick use, no longer pausing to bring up a wheel and aim (you can still pause the combat but it's not how BioWare intends combat to function)" Didn't we always have hotkeys as well as the radial menu? So what's changed, exactly?

An actual spoiler for the beginning of the game:


And seriously, actually, a spoiler for the end of the game, somehow:


And the obligatory:
- BioWare is coy about multiple endings; "it's a suprise", "it's different than the trilogy" (Also I didn't make that typo)


So yeah, this is more like it! Still want to know and see more (like the CC, dialogue, companions, gameplay etc.), but I have to admit this is making me just a tad bit excited. Not sure if that's a good thing, but there you go. The healthy thing to do is probably just to stop working myself up about the retcons and inconsistencies and just try to enjoy the game, because I love Bioware games. I'm still having trouble actually doing that, but still... we'll see what happens. I want it to be good!

Edit: 'd, sort of.

BansheeOwnage Log into Origin and look up ME:A in the store. There are pictures of at least one armor in the details.

That's the armor you get if you pre-order. 
The Deep Space Explorer Armor:

Thanks for that. Looks familiar. I was wondering if we'd be seeing this design in-game.