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Why were all the fan questions....already stuff we knew was answered.
These fans should head to BSN. We could've asked more pressing questions

I'm a bit concerned even the major moments will be like that though. I thought the door opening to a turret was... kinda lame tbh, and it screams "this is a comedy" because why would there be a turret or remnant or what that was in the door opening elsewhere?

Oh well, it's gonna be good nonetheless. I just want some intrigue more than anything else though.

It's guardians of the Galaxy.

Space doesn't kill you THAT quickly.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I get your concern, although i'm pretty confident that there will be plenty of moments in the main arc when the tone is somewhat more serious (and dare I say depressing). I'd hazard a guess that this kind of light hearted missions will be more prevalent in non-critical path missions, such as this Liam one.

My only concern is that although the mission looked fantastic the premise for a loyalty mission was a bit... underwhelming? I mean, the sum of Liam's loyalty is essentially "let's go raid some pirates" means that he doesn't overly strike me as an interesting character at the moment. Hopefully i'm wrong.

I feel that the Launch trailer already set up a pretty grim premise. So having mission's like that one with Liam where you can ease the tension of a tough situation with humor is a good choice. Which also why i think most of the loyalty missions can be completed even after the critical path. Still for all we know that Loyalty mission may take a dark turn. It sure had it in the writing towards the end.

Ok some parts of this are worrying: I'll just quickly list them:

Facial animations are still bad, I mean amateurishly so. Consider games like HZD or even TW3 which is now 2 years old, Andromeda's animations are terrible. Almost everyone has this blank glassy eyed look and that's really damning in a video game where interaction with its characters are paramount. Some other animations like Ryder walking unarmored on the ship look awkward too.

Bugs. Lots of strange clipping textures and such. Also that particularly bad moment where Liam took about 5 seconds to load in whilst in the middle of a cutscene. How did that even get past QA?

The script. I've been in theatre for 10 years. I've seen all sorts and bioware's script is...bland, saturday morning cartoon fare. I mean there is some comedy in there which aspires to be Guardians of the Galaxy (though that's a problem when you are trying to have a serious scene where Liam doubts himself but the mood gets uneven because of the levity in it. The only really engaging scene was when they kept cutting the pirate captain off) but tbh, from what I've seen I won't rank it above functional at best. Characters seem to be stock stereotypes in poorly thought out or contrived situations, like who just jumps into a random cargo container like that. No tracker, no backup plan? Really doesn't make sense. Another thing I noticed, and this worries me even more, is the overwhelming presence of simply 2 dialogue options in so many conversations. And most of them even say what amounts to the same thing, just in slightly different tones. That's really worrying from a role playing perspective if it means that Ryder is stuck with a single general attitude.

And finally the team just doesn't really inspire confidence. Like they talk about things like having to now texture the tops of objects as challenges. I mean at this point, Bioware is playing catchup from a gameplay standpoint and other companies have been texturing entire objects for years. The most mundane things seem to be difficult and cutting edge, where's the innovation, the inspiration. Also I really hate how Mac Walters suggests that allowing the play to agree/disagree is the epitome of role playing games. What happened to good systems design and nuance? I mean compare their presentation with a Q&A with someone like Josh Sawyer or Chris Avellone, you trust these guys because from their passion and the way they carefully discuss game and rpg systems with precision you know that they have thought through things. Mac Walters seems to be winging it in contrast.

Sigh, to end on a positive note, Cora's combat AI seems pretty competent, which is nice after 3 games of ineffective shotgun users. I remember having to equip all shotgun companions with the GPS or Crusader simply because they would fire shotguns from miles away. Also Liam's animations are passable I suppose, or at least better than the others. Also Suvi looks hot if you discount the empty thousand yard stare, kinda like a poor man's Kelly Chambers.

" I just want some intrigue more than anything else though."

Its Mac Walters, I wouldnt hold my breath.

Also why would they name the pirates "talons"?

Like the omega gang in Omega DLC? Is that supposed to be a throwback or could you really not figure out any other name for a gang of pirates? Whats next, are the angara going to have a merc gang called "eclipse"?

The air isn't just instantly sucked out.  The fact they were still flapping around means there was still air in the room.

I'll take that.

For the record, this isn't a complaint. More like a curiosity. Just wanted to know if what transpired made sense.

I was highly considering changing my helmet settings for that 1 cutscene. 😅