Mass Effect: Andromeda Official Cinematic Trailer #2!

At the risk of going wildly off topic... What's your Voyager gif collection like? Bonus points for Delta Flyer.

I guess it was alright. Seems like another generic bad guy, (how'd you get in an Andromeda, Corepheus?) Hair still looks like shit...and that's with it optimized for the trailer. Wait til people try to run it on a PC with anything less than a high end video card...it'll be marginal on PS & x-bone. I didn't think Cora's looks were anything to write home about...a bit on the butch side. An improvement over Cassandra, but that's not really a high bar to clear. I really wish they'd let us customize our companions in the CC. I did think the kiss scene was expertly done. I also liked Liam's character design...thought it was good. And of course: I don't need an Army, I've got a Krogan line. Krogan rule. I guess a mixed bag of good and bad.

I don't think hairs honestly look that bad quality wise (well, at least not like shit), although on a related note I noticed in some parts Scott look a bit more like his previous version. I kind of think some scenes were taken from previous builds.

Hi Cyonan. This isn't a criticism of your post. Your comment prompted me to think a bit more and I'd like to credit you for what you've written here.

Your comment got me thinking about other recent posts that find fault with Andromeda (and today's trailer) simply because it 'seems' like it hasn't broken new ground in the Sci-fi genre. In other words, Andromeda seems to some as a bit formulaic and they count that as a negative.

Even though there will be similar themes, tropes, formulas, and other aspects in Andromeda that we have probably seen elsewhere in some form (Déjà vu) from previous Sci-fi novels, movies, and elements from many combat movies, etc, I can't look down on a game just for that reason. I think of the phrase 'there's nothing new that's under the sun' (Ecclesiastes 1:9 ). This is pretty true to a large degree in Sci-fi. Themes like AIs wondering if they have a soul (Legion, and Sonny in 'I, Robot'), synthetics in conflict with organics ('I, Robot' and 'Rossum's Universal Robots', see here) and synthetics that 'feel' they are in love with an organic (like the humanoid Rayna in Star Trek's TOS episode 'Requiem for Methuselah' (and the reverse situation too, like Joker in love with Edi), all have commonality. I can't look down on a Sci-fi story or trailer when 'I've seen this before', mostly.

An intrigue for me is sometimes figuring out in my mind (and memory) where I've seen the same theme or trope or resolution before.  Also, I often ask myself: "Can I appreciate how these themes were reworked with a new twist?" So long as there's a clever wrinkle, a new twist, a plausible fantasy, well written characters, and something to care about at a personal level, having familiarity with what I'm seeing isn't the problem from my perspective. As a Sci-fi fan I expect I'll see lot's themes that I've seen before.  So long as I see a little different take on them that are interesting for me to follow, then I'll enjoy it - even if a trailer's formula is a common/standard one.

However, Star Wars Episode 7 was so similar to Episode 4 that I just didn't enjoy it.

So what does he Salarian say in this trailer? 'They have us pinned against the ......?' skirt? skourt?

Far from it. I was just very disappointed with the direction they took Jacob in ME3 and I hope they do better if Liam is a romance.

I hope she gets better voice acting than Cassandra did, though...

You can hear her in the briefing, since she speaks for a few minutes.

I already tried (and hated) an NPC romance in DAI, so I don't care for that option. The romance is far less immersive and important feeling if you only see your honey on shore leave. Even as shallow as "romances" were in Skyrim, they at least got it right in so far as your spouse could always accompany you on your adventures. That is my preference, or I feel it just isn't worth bothering with.

I think he said "they have us pinned against the scourge, which appears to be that "stuff" surrounding habitat 7.

 I'm sorry?

I had a mod, so Jareth from Labyrinth was my character's spouse. He was awesome whether left at home or out on the trail with me. I also had Strider and Boromir as followers. Hooray for mods! 

Yeah I though it was the stuff around the planet, just couldn't quite make out what it was called.  Thanks!