IGN: The First 13 Minutes of Mass Effect Andromeda Video

eh, tbh I've had my share of badass hero type video game protagonists. That's like MOST playable video game characters (especially the dudes) and I'm looking forward to playing as someone who's not a natural born leader for a change, but younger and inexperienced and still learning. That's a whole new perspective with so much more potential for character development. And who knows, maybe the Ryders will be badasses by the time their journey ends.

Rewatched it, and It felt more organic this time, with fewer uncanny valley vibes.

I think the animators were in love with Daddy Ryder, because his face is marvelous, very intense, very real, creating a starking contrast comparing with his son, and specially with the ship's captain face, that looks like plastic.

I'm not feeling Mass Effect yet. To be true, I feel they are running from Mass Effect!

I dunno, Mass Effect was really about discovery.  Not much more discovery than arriving in a new galaxy lol.

Oh yeah you're right! I didn't remember correctly. There was only one dialogue choice in that sequence that you chose a tone in.


The rest just had those arrows:

 Weird...
I guess when it comes to taking sides, they take out the tones. One could argue that the tones should be in there, depending on how the lines are being delivered and the motivations to choose the side. Maybe it's for roleplaying purposes that they did that?

Edit: As for more options yeah there should've been. Going to be difficult to roleplay a certain type of Ryder if our tone options are limited!

It's not a "bad" writing, it's a "budget" writing. I bet my game copy, the answer from Alec was made for another dialog option, which is most likely sounds like "being up here and checking for damage to the ship  sounds pretty good".  So, writers were searching for a "universal" answer to only record that answer once.
DAI is full of that "cut corners" where if you chose the "wrong" dialog option you are left forever wondering "what's up with the ton and words of the answer".

Just watched the vid (I really fought myself over the last few hours - and I lost against myself). Was the right decision. I was surprised how much I knew from other trailers. They sampled quite a lot. So I had the feeling I spoiled myself not that much as I thought.

I was positively surprised about the voice acting. It is really well executed. Liked especially the voiceover of Scott. If he is still alive in kickin' in my own playthrough I hope I can talk to him a lot about stuff that is going on.

The graphics are gorgous, though I'm pretty sure it won't be that beautiful on my old wooden pc. But I still hope xD.

The animations are kind of interesting. Sometimes they are very smooth and a big jump in the right direction if I compare it to older games like DA:I or the old Mass Effect games. But in situations like Scott standing up or sitting down I noticed a lot of rattling in the background (or was it with his character? It was like the whole scene got hiccups).

Another thing I noticed was the weird smug grin all the time, not just from Scott but other npcs as well. To a part I liked that because it helps to get a grasp of the overall character Ryder seems to have. On the other hand is a grin not suited for every scene. Sometimes it felt a bit too playfull for me. It was so much going on in the face here and there for my personal taste. But I appreciate BW for trying out new things and broaden their horizons and engine capabilities.

The shown characters look very distinct from one another. Everyone had a bit personality, even the two guys that helped Scott out of the Cryo.
I felt they are all no faceless npcs. Liked that very much.

Still creeped out that SAM will be part of my Ryder. I think I have to adjust to that even if them are looking out for me. I really ask myself if Scott knows about SAMs existence. He didn't seem that surprised in the conversation with Doc Lexi. More like "Oh, is there something broken or anything?" I would have been like "I have WHAT? Are you kidding me???" Maybe I missed some informations about SAM in that regard.

And I will go for the default names. Really like that they call you out with that name ingame

Thanks for explaining. Seems like I missed that info. I was just surprised because the whole scene had kind of a  "Oh, and here is the neural talking implant we didn't talk about with you" - vibe. But it is logical that they implemented SAM in the MW. Don't know why I was so confused about it.

That might actually be a turn on for some people.
I would be more concerned about daily activities done with the ever present friendly ghost 
Personally it doesn't bother me so much, but it depends how they implement this.

It's an AI, not sure why an AI would bother you. 

Half life 3 confirmed

Shame about you, Sara Ryder Hater!

Scott, didn't check on Sara! She almost died and he didn't even care HE'S A MONSTER!

Haha actually the IGN guy didn't check on Sara. It was spoilers they had to avoid showing.