IGN Video: Mass Effect: Andromeda - Touring the Tempest and Meeting the Crew

No doubt it will be Mass Effect: The Force Awakens spliced with Star Trek (2009).  I'm okay with that as long as the presentation is good.  My hope is that the game really captures the brief sense of wonder and mystery (and possibly morbid) story similar to what we experienced with the Protheans on Ilos in Mass Effect 1.  To me that was the most memorable moment because it captured that sense of wonder and horror.  Horizon Zero Dawn did an incredible job with this.  Wonder, Horror, discovery, and Nostalgia and I'll be happy.   


I may be in the minority, but I really like this new cast of characters possibly more than the OT at this point.    

Because Bioware?

They just arent good at this. I dont really understand why after many years and Games that they have not hired a new dedicated Facial Animation Staff.. maybe Loyalty to the Same Animators.. maybe they dont care.. who knows..

It is all perspective.. go Play Deus Ex: Mankind Devided.. after you endured that ME:A' s Animations look top notch^^ 

Facial animations were very good in Inquisition. I at least expected something close to it

I think they are on par. Inquisition had some less stellar Facial Animations as well. 

I think in ME:A it just jumps out at you much more because you always the the contrast between good to great looking Aliens and comparably not good Humans.

Only if by "previous games" you mean "ME3", which was derided for it's 2-option system after previous games had 3, usually.

That's by far the most disappointing aspect of the latest videos for me. To be honest, I'll enjoy the game even if the facial animations are a bit wonky, but lack of roleplaying options is a much more serious issue for me. Hope it's not quite as bad as it looks.

True. More than 2 Options you usually only get when meeting the Character or after your relationship entered a new stage. 

That's cherry picking. It wasn't "99% of the time" in 1 and 2; most conversations had three options, plus the additional investigate "info dumping." ME2 had less for certain companion conversations, but overall, the two option limit was a lot more prevalent in ME3.

It was the first video of ME1 I looked at on youtube. I didn't cherry pick it. I even looked for ME2, the first video I looked at was the end of Jack recruiting missions and there was only 2 dialogues options that advanced the conversation there too. I also replayed both games quite recently and you rarely have 3 options, the "neutral" one is usually a dead end.

If there are dialogues where the 3rd (or more) choices isn't an info dump for ME1 and ME2, they don't turn up at the top of Youtube search for "Mass Effect X dialogues".

Hopefully recruit a cook. One who can make calmari gumbo like the honorable Rupert Gardner. I know my Shepard liked his calamari gumbo.

Maybe recruit a walking man/woman. Be like the guy in ME3 who walked around the Normandy.

I wasn't planning on romancing anyone, but if I want the platinum trophy for the game, I have to romance someone. It might be her.

I'm pretty sure there'll be more options depending on the context of the conversation

Hopefully facial animations stop being a distraction after a couple hours in, because they're fucking terrible. You have to expect some degree of jank from Bioware, but the animations actually look worse than DA:I and ME3.

ME:A looks like it was outsourced to Bethesda.