'I definitely wouldn't call Andromeda an open-world game' (Xbox Magazine info)

Xbox: The Official Magazine (UK) also had a Mass Effect: Andromeda cover story. No new screenshots. There is some speculation in it, so I only mention what they actually bring as facts. Not much new stuff.

* There are 'several highly advanced alien races' we'll meet in Andromeda

* Barrier can now deflect projectiles at foes

* Powers have individual cooldowns

* Blades confirmed as a craftable melee weapon (we already knew hammers)

* After a couple of encounters with the Kett, you'll be able to craft some of their technology (they use plasma guns)

* Crafting is entirely optional, not important to the story

* Based upon your dialogue choices, there can be tensions in the team

* You see planets and stars fly by from the Tempest's bridge, al windows on the ship give a view of your current location on the galaxy map

* 'Interrupts' are not paragon/renegade, but 'disarm' for example (it's a strategic choice, not a moral)

* You'll be able to understand the Kett motivations, they're more nuanced as an enemy

* There's a whole seperate storyline besides the Kett

* The Kett were originally designed to be completely nude, but it was akward in cutscenes

* All squad members have a loyalty mission (they seem to be 'a string of objectives' rather than one single mission)

* The loyalty missions will explain the squad members' motivation for leaving the Milky Way

* Michael Gamble: 'I definitely wouldn't call Andromeda an open-world game. We like to use the term exploration-based game. Sometimes that happens in open spaces, but not always. You can cruise around some of these planets in the Nomad, but it's not the traditional sandbox-type game.'

* You don't have to fuel the Tempest

* Side quests will be 'more varied and interesting than ever', says BioWare

* Active abilities/powers (like Overload, etc.) have an alternate fire mode

* There is no level cap, you can keep leveling until you run out of skills to put points into

* 5 difficulty levels, including narrative (very easy, just the story)

* Nomad's top speed is 130+ km/h

* Tempest top speed is 13 light years per day

* You can upgrade the omnitool (the blade)


Info from the Play (UK) and GamesMaster magazine

Info from the PC Gamer (UK) issue

All the Game Informer info from last year

Confirmation that the story is more than just encounter the Kett and defeat the Kett is somewhat relieving, especially considering the last trailer.

Xbox: The Official Magazine (UK) also had a Mass Effect: Andromeda cover story. No new screenshots. There is some speculation in it, so I only mention what they actually bring as facts. Not much new stuff.

* There are 'several highly advanced alien races' we'll meet in Andromeda
This makes me hopefull that we will see more than Kett and Angara at the Helius cluster. (maybe even some not as technologically advanced as us species )


* After a couple of encounters with the Kett, you'll be able to craft some of their technology (they use plasma guns)
X-Com...hehehe
This makes me wonder, Milky Way races weapons use mass effect technology to help propel projectiles at high speed (similar to a railgun) and the principle is kind of similar to how our ships acquire FTL speed, and all that because we evolved along the paths paved by the Reapers to every advanced species. So it got me wondering if the Kett also uses a eezo core to achieve FTL flight or if they found another way of making interstellar travel. 


* Based upon your dialogue choices, there can be tensions in the team
Can i throw someone out of the airlock?


* You see planets and stars fly by from the Tempest's bridge, al windows on the ship give a view of your current location on the galaxy map
Windows are a structural weakeness.


* You'll be able to understand the Kett motivations, they're more nuanced as an enemy

* There's a whole seperate storyline besides the Kett
Good to know.



* The Kett were originally designed to be completely nude, but it was akward in cutscenes
Pervert Devs...



* The loyalty missions will explain the squad members' motivation for leaving the Milky Way
It may be nice, i just hope they don't take too much of game time like it happened with ME2 where more than half of the game would be spent fixing the crew problems instead of doing anything Collector related.

I don't want a level cap, because I'm limitless!

Xbox: The Official Magazine (UK) also had a Mass Effect: Andromeda cover story. No new screenshots. There is some speculation in it, so I only mention what they actually bring as facts. Not much new stuff.


* There are 'several highly advanced alien races' we'll meet in Andromeda

Though, I suppose in space you can't really make a true open world game.

Xbox: The Official Magazine (UK) also had a Mass Effect: Andromeda cover story. No new screenshots. There is some speculation in it, so I only mention what they actually bring as facts. Not much new stuff.


* All squad members have a loyalty mission (they seem to be 'a string of objectives' rather than one single mission)

Wonder how it compares to Dragon Age: Inquisition's open worldish layout.

No level cap means you can get every skill.
A bit like in ME3 being able to have all.the abilities and ammo types to choose from at once.
Therefore just like in DA:I you'll be restricted in choice about how many you can have (DA:I was far too little) - the interesting point is how many. Any less than ME3 is a real step back.