ME:A - The Video Game Awards Gameplay Video

Awesome. Definitely getting the PC version now.

I just observed something in the trailer...
In the first two battle sequences (the first with a shotgun, the second one with an assault rifle against Space Bear) whoever is playing doesn't use the AIM function at all.
He is only pressing the fire button to shoot (you can tell because there is zero camera zooming when the weapon starts to fire)
At first I thought that they removed the aiming completely but watching again closely he aims only for a split second when he shoots at a Breacher behind the 2 Hydras (3:04).
In Mass Effect 2 and 3 we had the classic crosshair which appeared only while aiming, so firing "from the hip" was much less accurate as it should be.
Now all we have is a simple dot which remains a dot either you're aiming or not.
I don't like this change, I think along with the zero recoil makes the gunplay feel much worse than ME2-ME3.

How about a separate stand alone thread for Mass Effect Andromeda Music & Scores?

Wish I could rep/like multiple times for the music find.
MEA looks and sounds amazing so far!

Btw, anyone notice the interrupt icon (to take and turn the gun in the gameplay trailer) has not only a slight red aura (perhaps hinting whether it's a renegade or paragon choice, even if they go away from that generally), but also a timer on the upper right of the icon as well.

I think it's a neat small add on, to know how much time you have to do the interrupt and don't have to be afraid to cut conversation in order not to miss out on it.

It's always a dot.
I think you are confusing the hitmarks (that look like an X) with the crosshair. (The bigger, red hitmark indicates a mortal hit.)
Also, that aim in 3:04 should not have the classic crosshair anyway cause it's a  shotgun.

Here's the crosshair from an assault rifle in ME3...



Here is what you see in the trailer when you "aim" with an assault rifle...

I am pretty sure there was a tweet from bioware saying they used god mode for the need to show of gameplay.

If you're talking about the red X, it's exactly what I said in my previous post, a hitmark indicator.

Look, my concern is not if it's a dot or a crosshair.
My real concern is that whatever the shape, this is an aiming aid that should be appearing ONLY WHEN THE PLAYER IS USING THE AIMING FUNCTION.

Firing from the hip, without aiming, should be a much more difficult task in a shooting game, otherwise the shooting mechanics are dumbed-down.

Watch this video from 1:44 to 5:00, it shows this big difference in ME3...


In the Andromeda trailer the player is shooting the M-76 from the hip and all the bullets are landing dead center where the dot is.

I really hope what Legenlorn said about God mode to be true.

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Hm..
Zero recoil allows you to maintain "lock" on target. I don't see why this as a problem. The lack of the aim-zoom animation... you may have something there.

Basically, I believe adjustments are necessary in Andromeda combat. Of course, I haven't really adjusted to the changes in DA:I combat controls (from DA2) either... but that's another story.

This ongoing discussion of the reticle caused me to give it more attention. I just watched it throughout the vid, and realized how much is going on around it. There's a cooldown tracker, I think, and what appears to be a tracker for ammo mods. Of course, as has been noted, the reticle flashes red with hits, and red X with kills. I'd have to review it, but I think I may have noticed a directional incoming damage indicator, as well.

I'm assuming the intent is to limit the need to pull your eyes away from the reticle during combat. That's solid.

Yes, I saw the cooldown tracker from day one, I thought it was very obvious so I didn't brought it up.
Whoever thought of this system wants us always to visualise our powers as the right one, the centre one, the left one.

I only hope that in the final game  they will change the buttons from L2,R2 to L1,R1 so that we can aim-shoot our weapon with the triggers.

Me too, DA:I had a poor PC adaptation too regarding UI and controlling, i hope they learned from that how not to make a PC port.

But at least we'll get inventory and items like ME1, that's a plus.