Info from the PC Gamer (UK) issue

Archon may well be the big bad, but there's a lot of room between "dude with an army" and "galactic extinction event".

I can handle that. I am a Zelda fan after all, but all those shards for a stupid Pride Demon made my blood boil

Yeah this is what I think he means too in that the story will be more of a DA2 nature than the ME Trilogy or or other DA games nature basically a smaller scale more fun/lighthearted type story.

Not that I mind it as I liked DA2 and the story it was trying to tell it was just a little rushed I think thanks to having such a tight deadline I don't see  that problem occuring with MEA though considering they've had 5 years to work on it.

Optimistic and casual story is definitely appealing to me.

Especially after the depressing tone towards the end of Shepard's story, it will be nice to have optimism, wonder, adventure and exploration instead of war, genocide and the inevitability of annihilation.

The hype meter is rising in me, I really hope this game delivers.

I do hope they deliver on the whole "side quests are more meaningful and we learned from The Witcher" thing.

It's also sounding like raccoon Asari may end up being my go to girl.

i dont like the puzzles, but i do like everything else
thanks for the info

Oh? Hell yeah, I'm down for that.

Right there with you. Saw the astrariums in a da:i trailer and knew I couldn't be bothered. Immediately ordered my first ever strategy guide. It was crap, so not doing that again, but definitely still hate puzzles. And there's a special place in hell for towers of hanoi.

PC Gamer (UK) spoke with BioWare for their cover story in the new issue. These are some highlights (not really new info)!

- There is no 'big bad' like the Reapers, no overarching threat.
- Some of the Initiative apparantly 'broke off and formed factions'
- 'Not everyone arrives at the same time, there are things going on in Andromeda that you have no control over.'
- Cora is 'more militaristic and orders and rules based', Peebee will appeal to those who think adventure is fun
- Instead of rolling you use a dash attack and cover is automatic
- Story missions are a little more arena-like (than out in the open world)

Most important bit:

There are also over a dozen ‘hubs’ in addition to the planet areas, including the Nexus, a Citadel-like space station, and Kadara, a populated zone that looks like a more cyberpunk version of a Wild West town from Firefly.