MASS EFFECT™: ANDROMEDA – Gameplay Series #1: Combat

I guess it's more that I've gotten used to 30fps just for the ME series, and taking the jump to 60 is odd.  I guess I could framlock it at 30fps if I really cared on PC.

Your avatar is awesome - CorgiDerp in space! 

Leave it at 60, you'll thank yourself once you get used to it.

Agreed, passive time dilation of the Infiltrator made me mod the game so I started with a shotgun instead of a sniper. And the weird time dilation effect on Biotic Charge ruined Vanguard in ME3 Singleplayer for me.

And we've just got the best gameplay in the series. Bravo, Bioware, just bravo.

I actually just modded the time dilation out of the game files, myself =P

I doubt that I am the only one who went back and watched at 0.25 speed.

I am glad that the Reegar Carbine, M-96 Mattock, Angaran Firaan, Remnant Sweeper, Andromedian Dhan Shotgun finally are shown in their classes.
Also no offense but maybe it is just me but this ME:A gun system looks a bit slightly like the Borderlands series... Dhan<>Dahl

I.
Like.
Infection.

One other thing that really got my attention was the mention of the favorite system.
The one at @4:59 where he is talking about being able to use more than three powers on the fly...

This reminds me of the system used in the game DC Universe Online -a game I haven't played since 2011 -so it may have changed by now.
Anyway when I played that game; you have an ability tray with 6 ability slots but a plethora of skills.
However there is the option to switch to a new ability slot tray with 6 other slots that are empty and can be filled with 6 different abilities so 12 total.
So if I understand it correctly we have three slots at four favorites a piece so a max of 12 abilities... ... ...

One thing that annoyed me:

I'm glad to see both Nova and Annihilation Field coming back, Vanguard should be fun.

I'm interested to see how Adepts will work since Warp is dead and Singularity seems to have a high CD even when fully skilled. Biotic primers on protected enemies look very limited if you're not willing to use Annihilation. Maybe Pull will work differently this time or there's something in the Adept profile to make up for it?

I suspect a lot of things work differently. As you say, Pull might work differently, having a shield penetrating evolution, for instance (Lash)? Powers like Warp and Reave might still exist, but be embedded in ways we haven't seen. They could be evolutions within other powers, now. Base powers, if Pull is any indication, might be much more substantial and "powerful".

Those cooldowns are long, but there are numerous ways to reduce them. Equipment seems to contribute. Power evolutions help substantially; and Profiles also reduce them dramatically. Once we get some levels under our belt, those cooldowns should be dramatically shorter. Plus, their individual, now, so no waiting around to use a power.

Hmm... I have the impression that my theory of "no more SMGs" may actually be true.

There's no SMG in the weapon list here:


You'll have to "create" your SMG by modding the sidearm to fire at full-auto, essentially turning it into a machine pistol. Probably not doable with every single one though.
Still, I may be wrong.

^ In DE Mankind Divided you can make a handgun into full automatic like a machine gun too. It's pretty fun actually. I already know I'll be messin' around with that crafting system for hours.

It's due to refresh rates. If you're at 60Hz it means the screen updates 60 times per second, and so a framerate 50% of that rate will be evenly divided but 45fps or anything between 30-60 or below 30 will feel annoying and flickery because it is odd and inbetween the refresh rate, you actually miss certain frames in a sense.

Well, I'm sold on the combat. That looked quite fun to play. Can't wait to see what's going on in the next videos. Main thing I want to know about is how good the AI is, both friendly AI and enemy AI.