Jaal Ama Darav (Official Thread)

The title was well earned that's for damn sure!  :kiss:

You also earned the glorious privilege of MAD GLOATING 

*shakes butt at writer*

Evfra would love me right now and Jaal would be horrified lol

Oh I am and I LOVE that game btw!

So I played the Mass effect series from the very beginning and Andromeda definitely felt like it belonged. Andromeda flt closer to the Mass effect series perhaps more so than either 2 or 3 did imo. I used to love cruising around on all the planets with the mako in ME1 and while Andromeda is not perfect with the open world, it felt familiar to me and even better than 1 in this respect (and the Nomad is much more fun!). I think people actually forgot how bare bones the worlds were in ME1 and tend to look at it with rose tinted glasses. ME2 and ME3 were too restrictive in exploration for me.

If we're talking about squad mates, I have a love for the squad in Andromeda that I didn't have for my team members in ME1. Sure I came to love Wrex and Garrus in time but it took three games for that to happen. The only other ME game where I loved my squad instantly was ME2 because honestly, Legion, Mordin, and Grunt were pure win ha. 

There are times in Andromeda where I felt like they played the story too safe but I feel like that's to be expected, even ME1 ended on a hopeful note before it got all broody with each consecutive game.

I know Andromeda definitely had problems, I won't deny that, bugs, lack of m/m equality in the beginning, some animations that got bungled, ( but I didn't really care that much about animations lol)  however for the most part I had fun. Probably the biggest problem I had with Andromeda was with the Archon himself, I just did not take that guy seriously and I found Saren much more interesting and compelling. I also felt that Andromeda didn't do very well with squad banter but it's not a deal breaker for me.

Oh and I love Andromeda's soundtrack. I don't get why so many hate it so much but to each his own.

hmmm I think that's it for me. I hope answered your question satisfactorily.

Don't be sorry for your work.  I'll be waiting here patiently for your chapters and it's good to hear from you again.

Oh yeah for the most part I'll always prefer the DA world and characters because I just like fantasy more anyway, but that's my bias poking through ha.

Yeah, the soundtrack was really quiet in Andromeda and while I can blast Andromeda's music on my pc and think it sounds beautiful,  in the game I could barely hear it. However maybe it's just me but on my new play through, it almost sounds like they made it louder..... but I could also be crazy.

ok that was adorable.  

Don't worry, I feel like Jaal is their baby so I don't think they would kill him off in a DLC or anything.....or at least I would hope not. Otherwise there might be riots from Jaal fans lol.

I have good feelings right now about the DLC. Mainly I think it would deal more with the missing Quarians, or Ryder's mom with only a small amount of romance stuff. If they do want to add angst and tragedy, I think it would be more in Andromeda 2. 

Isn't Patrick Weekes the one that loves tragedy and he left the Mass Effect team? Maybe we dodged a bullet....although that doesn't bode well for DA.

As for the elaborate hoax ordeal with trying to get Andromeda to fail,  those people need to get out more. Making sock puppet accounts, facebook pages, a fake" not Austrian company" and the Kotaku troll taking everything so personally and putting peoples comments on his twitter.....I have no words for, people are creepy. 

It was clear to me how the game ended that they listened to the feedback they got about the ME3 ending: squadmates showing up in the final battle, clear cutscenes of allies showing up to work with you, one last "goodbye" with your squad before the end credits, etc. The game felt complete and provided better closure. I enjoyed the trilogy, but I felt the ending cast a long shadow and was ultimately not very satisfying. Andromeda was much better in this regard. I do miss playing a renegade, but Ryder definitely feels like a different character and I never once thought of Shepard or made comparisons. I like how Andromeda did not leave any major plot points or character development hanging (e.g. Morrigan pre-Witch Hunt, Solas pre-Trespasser). 

My only concern is it's all going to be in the novel.