After a whole weekend with Andromeda...

Seeing how Alec Ryder can change depending on how you customize your Ryders is really cool. While my Sara Ryder was made based on my personal preference, I did make Scott African American (at least I think I did, I just darkened the skin tone to the max). The result was an Alec Ryder that looked a lot like James Earl Jones. Side note: Bioware needs to get James Earl Jones in a Mass Effect game!

In my whole weekend, I was able to colonize three planets. Eos, Voeld, and Havarl. My personal favorite is Havarl so far. Sure the lush jungles means I can't drive on the Nomad, its a much more smaller map, and there are enemies everywhere you turn, but still, from the bioluminescent plants, the Remnant style architecture, and even seeing a massive gas giant in the sky with dragon creatures in the air...man, that is gorgeous!

Probably my proudest moment in my whole weekend was crafting a full set of N7 Armor.

Jaal is a really...interesting character to say the least. It was a little frustrating trying to talk to him at first due to his distrust of me, but eventually I realized he had quite a lot to say. The fact that Angara are taught not to hide their emotions is pretty fascinating, and I was kind of amazed to see reincarnated memory transfers actually work! He also has some funny interactions with the other squadmates, and even this heartfelt one with Vetra. I'm not sure I'll romance him though. Side note: I always noticed that even when I'm playing as a female character, I still go for female romance option. I think its because a.) I like to see main characters who are homosexual and main characters that are female, so two birds with one stone I guess, and b.) as a straight guy, I can't really form romantic connections with guys, real or fictional.

I think I encountered my absolute favorite squadmate interaction on Voeld. While driving on the icy hills with Peebee and Jaal, I heard this:

Peebee: Hey Jaal. Jaal? (suddenly panicking) JAAL? Are you alive?

Jaal (snorts awake): Huh? What?

Peebee: The way Ryder's driving you fall asleep?

Jaal: This is a very comforting ride.

This is later followed by:

Peebee: Hey Ryder, can you do a sharp turn or a bump? I think Jaal's about to doze off again.

Ryder: Ah, let him sleep.

Peebee (frustrated sigh)

The First Murderer sidequest had a pretty darn interesting twist! Sure, technically he didn't do it, but he did have intent, so what do you do? I ended up having him freed, though a nasty case of karma caused the suspect's wife to leave him, resulting in him going back to stasis until it blows over.

The vaults and remnant monoliths are a lot of fun! There's this thrill I feel when I'm trying to decipher these Remnant puzzles (and I was not a good Sudoku player before this) and an equal thrill of trying to navigate these. Then I have to escape the vault, and boy is it thrilling!

I had my first encounter with a Remnant architect, and that was probably the single-handed most scariest experience ever! Sure, I was able to take it down, but I nearly died twice trying to find cover!

I'm intrigued by this mysterious "benefactor" and the fact that Jien Garson was murdered? Now there's a mystery I HAVE to solve!

I only encountered two of those big time glitches that alot of people online bitch about, and while they did distract a bit, I honestly wasn't bothered by them.

I am disappointed that Quarians aren't officially in the game and based on the description of why they aren't here, they probably left a year or two later, so we should probably see them, the drell, hanar and others in a sequel. Hopefully.