So, finish main plot = level 28

That depends entirely on how much side content you do I'd imagine. You'd barely get anywhere if all you did was the crit path in the first game. Hell with out trying to do a speed run, and only doing the crit path in ME1 I'd get through it in about 10 hours. You had to do all the side stuff and really spend your time to get to 50+.

So.. no, I don't think it's weird or to low. I think they just zipped through the game.

edit: Oh and I forgot - we have no idea how many skill points per level we get. It's possible it's literally just 1 per lvl. But it could also follow a ME2/3 style progress in total per level. They did that to compensate for the requirements of later skill levels. I mean to max out a single skill your talking 21 points. To max all of them out at 1 per level you'd need 756 levels as a general estimate (12 per tab, 21 per skill).

Soo ehh... yeah, no idea how many points we get per level and all that jazz.

You are definitely taking him out of context. I don't think he meant he actually completed the entirety of the main story. I think he was suggesting he completed the story up to the point where Peebee's loyalty mission becomes available. Apparently, her loyalty mission becomes available quite early on in the game, according to one of the devs on Twitter.

He said Main Quest, devs said Crit Path. I'm guessing there was minimal to no side content done in his playthrough.

I think he meant main quest as in he best the main story mission that unlocked PeeBee's loyalty mission.  Which is accessible early on.  I would be surprised if he had a full build right now.  If he does that means the devs are very confident.

We shouldn't be anywhere close to filling up all the skills at the end of the game, because that's long past the point where levelling is presenting any interesting choices, and would also effectively be forcing every Ryder to be a "jack of all trades".

By the end of the game I guess we should be able to have more or less finished a single class - ie Infiltrator or Adept

This. I'm guessing that that he got a save that had already beaten the game. I doubt he actually played/finished the game himself. I could be wrong, but it feels too early for reviewers to start getting review copies of the game. Also, I was under the impression that he already completed Peebee's quest before, thus showing off different combat scenarios. For the record, DAI was 27 with creature research and all that.

Not really all that low level, you can rush through both ME1 & ME2 with little to no effort without even going past lvl 20 if you want. Frankly I'm more worried about IGNs continued lack of skill for supposed gaming journalist

Also, if you look at the squadmate's names when he's on the menus, you can see they have an icon by their side which I'm guessing means level up. I think he's playing strictly to show that stuff, so much so that he doesn't even get to put the skill points they have gained.

Edit: He got the save from someone else:

Hey all. Guy playing the game here. A few notes... being handed a game in a new engine and being jumped to a mission when you've never touched the controller befor is pretty tricky. I love the original trilogy (just finished my playthrough last week actually) I know I wasn't using my incinerate correctly, but when you've failed a few times you'll throw anything at the enemies just to keep them back. I understand why it's frustrating to watch though. I would probably be raging the same way. Just know that I'm not a total noob and was relieved when I could actually get those darn shields down and use my incinerate correctly.
The next day after I had some more time with the game I was actually building some decent combos. The saves also weren't mine so I was at the mercy of a build I didn't love. (I'm a vanguard biotic player all the way) I hope you'll enjoy the rest of IGN First and that I have a better showcase for you


The save file was provided so each time it was kind of like "Okay... what was this player thinking with this build. How can I use it effectively?" Mission failed on that front I guess lol. I hope the next one is better

source:
www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/5wp8wk/mea_spoilers_17_minutes_of_mass_effect_andromeda/decae37/?context=10000

The question is whether the levelling is meaningful. Like, if it is like in Dragon age where you simply add more skills but the passive and incremental bonuses stop at, say, level 20 then by level 28 if you focused you are basically playing a fully levelled vanguard....

Besides the guy's skil was pathetic. Unless he got this build several weeks ago i really doubt that he was able to finish the game.

More likely to me is that Bioware gave him a save game up to that point for him to make that video.


edit: just saw peebee post. Good to have confirmation of my doubts.