Post by zallister on Apr 5, 2017 15:12:41 GMT
Like the Topic said, the Story is good, but the storytelling is not. I am playing the german Vision of the game and my english is limited. If I miss something, please correct me.
Start Situation:
You are in Andromeda, far away from home in distance and of course in time. Everyone you left behind in the milky way is already dead, with the exeption of some Asari and Krogans.
Everything you have is on the Nexus or the Ark. You have to protect them or you will die.
Can someone explain me, why the writers move the arks in dangerous situations with no need?
Where to go as you arrive in Andromeda! You need a secure area to start look around and to proof, that your target planets are not dangerous. A good safe zone would be a star without planets. No planets or debries you can crush into and nothing why an Alien should visit such a star System.
Communication:
At the beginning they say on the Bridge, that they haven´t any contact to the Nexus or the other arks. How can that be? It is impossible to disturb a Quantum Communicator. If I calculate right, you Need 10 pairs of Quantum Communicators to esteblish a quantum com net between the Arks and the Nexus. Quantum Communicators are expensive!
The only Explanation for a malfunction is: They try to save Money and only install 4 pair of Communicators between every ark and the Nexus. The com System on the Nexus could lead a call from one ark to another ark. If the Quantum Communicators on the Nexus are destroyed by the scourge, there would be no save communication. It would also explain, why you couldn´t call the milky way.
If I remember correct, no one says, that the Quantum Communicators on the Nexus are destroyed. So ist only speculation.
The beginning:
Why is the Hyperion move to Habitat seven? You don´t know anything about the Situation in that star System and you take the risk to loose your ark? Stupid! The accident with the scourge could also happen at the Meeting Point, the "safe zone" like I wrote above. The People on the ark repair the damage and the Pathfinder use the time for a jump with the shuttle to Habitat seven. Story goes on.
The Nexus:
I missed the Point were the explain, how they find the Nexus after ryder awakes.
But, the same as above: You have no contact to the Nexus. No one answers your calls and your best idea is, "lets dock the ark at the Nexus?" Alien invaders could take over the Nexus, a disease could have killed the People on the Nexus. Maneating Monsters could wait for fresh meat and the best idea they have is "feed them with our People?"
Best choice would be to send the pathfinder with a shuttle to the Nexus to take a look. A missunderstanding, no, we are not exilants, we are from the Hyperion. everything is fine. Story goes on.
The Kett:
Does anybody remember Mass effect 2? The Point of the stary as you enter the collector ship? My first thought was: "Where is the nuke?" You enter an enemy ship who has kidnapped thousands of colonists and you don´t try to stop them? You only do Sightseeing?
In Andromeda they do the same, but not once, nooo, they do it twice!
The Kett battleship at the salarian ark was a surprise. The Tempest is a civil ship and you don´t have nukes or other big bombs laying around. But what is with small bombs? What is with your AI SAM? If ryder had done what I am wanted, than I would try to get to the rector of the battleship to shut down the weapons and, of course, try to overload the rector to destroy the ship. Even if I fail to do so, I would blow up every Computer I see on the ship, every energy node. I would try to Access every Computer I see and let SAM Sabotage it, deleting the harddrives or create malfunction. After I leave the ship, the Kett would have to do a lot of repairs.
The second time is absolutley not understandeble. Steal Information from the enemy flagg ship? If we almost there, we could also blow the ship up and try to kill the enemy leader, the Archon. Do they have nukes at the Nexus for terraforming? Blow a mountain away if it is in the way? If not, you have scientists who can build a nuke or ysou ask Evfra if he has a nice bomb laying arround.
But ryder does nothing! Only Sightseeing. And such a Person call himself/herself a soldier.
The Hyperion:
How does the Archon get his Hands on the Hyperion? The Ark is docked at the Nexus. He could sneak with a Team in, catch the ryder sibling and take the SAM core and go away, but that without the Ark.
The Archon can also start a full scale attack with his fleet and take over the whole Nexus. Problem here is: "Why should the Archon only take the Ark!" The Kett are religious fanatics. Everyone on the Nexus and the other arks would die or turned into Kett. Game over.
A good explarnation would be, if the ark was no longer docked at the Nexus. Maybe they Need so much material and personal at Eos, that they decide, to send the Hyperion to Eos. The Kett could catch the Ark there.
As for the sibling: "only 2 Kett and you surrender after rescuing the pathfinder?" A stun grenade would make the Situation more believeble.
So, that is my Impression of the holes in the Story. Maybe I missed something, maybe someone has better explanations than me.
