'I like or love the game' (General feedback)

Yes I actually love having a first name for once, it's pretty cool. Not sure I will always go with the defaults but it is neat. 

Things I appreciate:

Armor that doesn't make Sara look a walking tank. Yay!! HELMETS, that you can choose to wear or not planetside. Yes and thank you. Jump jet. Planets to explore. The galaxy map is gorgeous and way immersive. 

I haven't dug far enough in the game yet to say for sure what my absolute favorite thing is.

By the same token, so far, I have many likes, despite the shortcomings.

My squad, what I know of them so far. The Tempest isn't too shabby either. Also, the noise my pyjak makes 

Scenery is beautiful.

Humor.

The feeling of playing a ME game again & discovering things/learning about new things

Dialogue options

Kallo Jath- He's my favorite non-squad crew member

Windows that let me look outside the Tempest

Running. I can turn/change direction easily now, instead of the previous running in straight line-stop-change direction-continue running lol

Despite the flaws, there are too many things to name that I enjoy about MEA.

Hey guys I know this thread leans more onto the positive side, but what do you think of this video?:

 The video is already there. I'll admit I too am tired of seeing the game endless getting a lot of undeserved criticism especially if it's from the same people.

Then you can at least understand why I don't want to see anything like that video.

The ryders feel like me and my bro lost in space

The whole game feels like it: An old friend you love that barrowed you 50 bucks and would never give them back.An honest friend that did his best but didn't shine in everything he had shown. Like your oldest buddy that messes up sometimes but always make you feel warm with a hug andd entertain you quite alot

Went in with as little expectation as possible, have been avoiding most of the press since about January.. I'm about 20 hours in just finished Havarl and I adore this game. I see a lot of time and care gone into this even if others don't, and it's upsetting to see what seems like a large chunk of the fanbase not acknowledging this. Seen a lot of picking it to pieces largely based on small things instead.

A lot of the major things have been discussed, so a few of the little things I've loved so far..

- Textures on the armours based on environment. Caught my eye right away. Particularly Havarl, you can even see the rain collecting and dripping across the armour throughout cut scenes.
- The variety in voice acting is extremely impressive. Very pleased to hear so many Aussies here as an Aussie myself.
- The movement animations. In gameplay and cut scenes, the characters move with a lot of fluidity in most cases – particularly Ryder.
- Call me crazy but scanning is basically my new hobby. I scan the shit out of anything and everything and love doing it.
- Very few loading screens.
- The galaxy map is pretty and I personally prefer Andromeda's map music. Significantly less deafening.
- Puzzles. Challenging but totally doable with patience. Sign me up.
- I’m playing Sara Ryder and I cannot describe how much I love being able to play a science nerd in this game. It really suits the lighter feel and I easily prefer Ryder’s personality to Shepard’s.
- The robot worms are awesome.

Overall I love the game and the characters are very worthy editions to the series. I don’t miss the old faces at all. Andromeda is fresh and I’m very pleased with it so far, think I'll be back in this thread once I've finished. Just wanted to share

That's the reason I kept his name!

Jet packing in combat.

Explorer class.

Cryo is even better in this game.

The characters are so much better developed.

Peebz Cora Drack Suvi love 'em.

Tom Taylorson.

Danielle Rayne.

Whoever @yolakin is in IRL. (I haven't looked for her real name yet help me out here.)

Drack is so damn funny and OP.

Tempest is better than either Normandy.

Tempest banter.

Crafting shotguns.

There are moments that I won't spoil that bring the feels....Real ones.

Most of the VA work is excellent.

If you avoid sidequests you can wind up underleveled early on because of a lack of powers but the story plays better and its reasonably enjoyable so far.

I want to complete things, the drive is there.

Atmosphere in certain locals is perfect and thats one of the biggest things for me in games.

I'll think of more after I click create post theres a lit to like.

This video bashed the release version of the game

We have plenty of story DLCs ahead of us and if they achieve quality like with Lair of The Shadow Broker or The Citadel DLCs, then we will get greatly improved ME:A.
I don't even need to mention, that they cannot bash the multiplayer, which - its current state - is already amazingly fun! I can see myself playing ME:A regularly just for the MP mode alone (which will get plenty of free stuff in DLCs too).

Overall ME:A actually IS like ME1 - it has strong highpoints and bunch of those annoying bugs/shortcomings like the first game in the overall series.
And the more I play it the more it grows on me, the second playthrough will be better simply because I won't feel "too blind" in terms of the missions and plot, I will know better what to pursue in which time of the story.

It's even worse in that there's a proper Alliance version of that armor in the game, and it's exclusively on the motherlovin' N7 Demolisher.

I have problems with this game, sure, but I do enjoy it.

the characters are very alive, very ... 'real' I guess. This doesn't necessarily go towards Lexi and your crew of course, even small NPCs like the Doctor on Kadara, I found myself empathising and caring about greatly.