Why the Andromeda gameplay trailer worries me

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Can you provide a video time stamp? I'd like to look at it in slow mo.

Thanks

I didn't think of that, but that might do it less burdensome, it's true. Also someone else pointed out in another thread I think, that scanning a piece of lythium resulted in more than 40 units... So unless it takes 1000 units to craft a helmet , maybe we won't need too much resource gathering anyway

Having seen the latest andromeda trailer, I am somewhat worries that bioware hasn't really learnt it's lesson from the failings of DAI. I don't really want to go into a long wall of text about it but here's what I'm not big on.

The 'scanning' mechanic: We've seen a number of instances where ryder points at something, 'scans' it and gets information just like that. Looking at how often it's popped up, i'm quite convinced that it will be a major mechanic. My contention is that there is no gameplay behind it. You simply point at something, click and there you get exactly what you need (i.e footprints indicate an ambush (those footprints where just in a line, wasted oppurtunity for good environmental storytelling imo) or X mineral). There is no mystery, no brainwork behind these 'puzzles' you just point and click and know. The other problem with it is that it just slows the pace of the game down, as you click and wait for the game to fill you in, the game just stops and waits whilst you do nothing (exactly the problem with the elevator bits, of course these were disgiused loading screens in ME1). This is really similar to the tedious bits in DAI where exploring a 'mystery' really meant going to a certain place and pressing a button with no actual gameplay involved in the process. After that first playthrough, I can these parts getting tedious.

Crafting. Sigh this one is a doozy,I'm not entirely sure how the system is going to work and I'm praying they don't copy DAI's style of weed collection. Again, the process is tedious and midless filler. Ever since Skyrim everyone seems to believe that crafting and collecting is this big important gameplay mechanic. NO. Skyrim's crafting was good because it was (a) simple albeit interesting (enchanting more than smithing) and ( skippable in that you can buy the materials you need rather than have to go through the tedium of mining. Fallout 4 showed the dangers of overly relying on crafting to carry a game, in that it received a cooler reception than fallout 3 or skyrim, so I think andromeda is going to have to be very careful about how they deal with that system. On a further note, I hate it that weapon level (I-X) is still in the game. The thing about picking up a cool new gun is the chance to use it. Not compare it to a gun you've already invested time and resources upgrading and realising that that your old gun just outperforms the new one entirely and/or that you don't have the resources to bring your new gun up to standard.

I think Andromeda really feels too safe, I know we are supposed to be in this new galaxy and everything but it just looks and feels like a copy and paste of mass effect 3 with DAI's engine. I was really hoping for innovation, a fresh mood and tone. Something original rather than a rehash. Just look at the new trailer for Dead Standing (rendered in engine no less). Now that is how you create hype.

Not too worried about the 'point and scan' mechanic as I'm not a very good detective. I was kind of sad to see that the Nexus looks like a citadel clone (was hoping for something a bit more alien) but it makes sense in a narrative sort of way (the only familiar thing in a strange galaxy), hopefully it will grow on me.