Mass Effect: Andromeda - 'Explorers' Fan Trailer

Glad I could be of service!

Here's the speech in full:





Also, if you'd like to know about the early days of the American Space Program I would recommend the movie, "The Right Stuff," and the mini-series, "From The Earth To The Moon." The first one shows how America's first astronauts were chosen and how the Mercury Space Program was put together. The latter shows a bit about the Gemini Space Program as well but focuses on the Apollo Space Program that eventually put men on the Moon. It has some really hilarious episodes like the one about how the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) was made.

Ah, you might have liked my first selection then! As I said, I changed it on a whim, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Thanks for watching!

Nice job, as always.

But am I the only one who feels that most of the environments shown thus far are distinctly non-alien? For a game that wants to push exploration and the sense of wonder, nothing really pops out. I guess I was hoping for worlds with flora and fauna and animal life unlike anything we can see on earth. What would life look like that had evolved on an eezo rich world? That's the kind of question Bio should ask themselves when creating these worlds. Fairly disappointed so far.

Too bad JFK wasn't alive to see Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969.

Well, as Element Zero God put it, the Andromeda Expedition is looking for certain types of worlds that are able to accommodate human life, as well as the other species travelling in the Arks. What we've seen so far seems to be a bit more diverse than what we got in ME1 at least. Will it be alien enough? Will we travel to worlds like the ones in Interstellar? Will it be a better space sim than NMS? I'm leaning towards, "probably not," (except maybe for that last question) but let's wait and see. I do hope they release a demo at some point like they did with DA2 that will let us explore a world (not related to the main quest) at our leisure.

Heheh! This makes me chuckle. It's just EZ. The "God" part is by virtue of my 500+ posts. 

Mac Walters just did that final interview with Game Informer and addressed this question of "how alien will the worlds of MEA be?" I just finished watching it a few hours, ago, and wanted to revisit this thread.

Mac said that they would be guided by what was considered feasible scientifically. They would aim for "whoa, alien", but would not be going the route of Avatar, which is more fantasy than science fiction. They want to show us some things we haven't seen in the the worlds and ecosystems of the Milky Way, but they won't completely defy science to do it. I liked his answer, and it sounds better coming from him than from me.

The interview is full of cool stuff, though nothing new or outstanding. I thought it was enjoyable and worth watching.

Edit: Here's the video, for those interested. Remember, though, this is not the discussion thread for this video.
 

Again, I'm just speaking from a logic stand point.  Should a tree in Andromeda, regardless of how Earthlike it is, look like a tree on Earth?  I think the answer is a resounding no, because there's always going to be variations in the gravity, climate, atmospheric density and composition, proximity to the sun and type of star, amount of liquid water, moon/no moon/mulitple moons and relative closeness, magnetic field and strength, whether there are predators or not and in what form, and method in which they perpetuate there species, (I'm sure there are tons more too).  Every one of these variations can impact how a species develops...whether plant, animal, or insect.

Take a tree for example, it could have a similar architecture, (I realize there are time and budget constraints) but maybe it's bark is fur-like or has a stone-like appearance, or the leaves are just "oddly" shaped, or covered in nasty looking thorns the size of daggers.  Maybe it's fatter and lower to the ground due to higher gravity or make redwoods look like shrubbery because the gravity is lesser.  What it shouldn't look like is it was copied and pasted straight from the DAI objects library.  That's my real complaint for a game that wants to encourage exploration.  And we all know they can do much better...even under time constraints.  Devil is in the details.

That much research into planetary exobiology would naturally limit the number of planets we can visit. I, in particular, wouldn't mind. Quality over quantity.

I second this.

Also, Spider is the best FTETTM episode.


JFK not being alive is likely the only reason why Armstrong made it to the moon at all. When he was killed, the notion of cutting the space program became unthinkable even to its most harsh critics.



Also, contrary to popular belief, JFK wasn't actually a fan of the space program. He only supported it for political reasons. He felt that politics aside, it was a massive waste of taxpayer money.

You could try playing with channel mixing...having more of the speech allocated to the left/right channel...if you didn't already try (and have the capability).