Glass half full

I did acknowledged combat on multiple occasions. That, more vertical gameplay and maybe environment (which isn't that impressive or imaginative really - snow and desert planets we have all seein in star-wars, purple-jungle planet in Avatar, Aya was absolutely uninspired piece of crap that didn't even had its own rememberable architecture style... ) are the only thing that keeping Andromeda afloat at 6/10 mark (when it gets into full release state with patches at least, because we clearly playing beta right now).
The problem is that characters and writing were things that made all previous BW great, its what carried them through, even Inquisition with all its grind and fetch quests were an ok game because interesting characters carried it. All BW games had flaws like bad animations, bugs, average combat and so on, even stories were not that super imaginative either - we were always fighting some big-big-evil that threatens the world, so I would dare to say that even storywriting was never that impressive in its essence when compared to games like Planescape Torment for example. But the characters, scenes and dialogues what made the world alive and captivated player, caused emotions, made player care. Andromeda virtually has nothing of that. 

While it might come off that me being very negative and hating on the game, but in fact its more of a "I am not angry, just deeply disappointing" type of thing, except that I am not trying to be smooth on the edges in my posts. I saw and knew before release that animations were bad, there were bugs, and gamestory seemed somewhat lackluster with unimaginative new races we meet etc., but in my worst estimations I could never expected that characters, dialogue and protagonist would be so bland and lifeless as they turned out to be. That was a real hit below the belt, because as I said above - anything could be expected from BW, but certainly not that bad and empty characters and dialogue writing. Therefore I am so bitter. 

I wasn't necessarily referring to the "tension" of the final mission (it actually felt a lot less tense than the final missions of the first three games, imho). I meant that I want to see more characters involved in missions other than just the two squadmates you take with you. I want the choices you've made to influence the way things play out, even if it's only in which characters show up in each role or minor dialogue changes. I want all missions to feel like they're more than just "kill wave of bad guys, rinse, repeat" or "reach a certain threshold in X score," even if that's what it actually boils down to in terms of gameplay mechanics. BioWare has proven now that they are capable of delivering this in a single mission, but now I'd like to see them implement it on the scale of an entire game.

There are some things in ME:A I'd also like to see unchanged in future games.

- The loot system! It's optional. No need to search every corner of a room during important missions.

- The size of the Tempest. It's small and cosy, just you and your crew.

Definitely not my favorite Bioware game

...but it was still a Bioware game and I am a fan.

Things I really liked:
-Jump jet.
-Havaarl.
-Vetra. Vetra. Vetra.
-Also Drack and Jaal. I liked a lot of the squad actually but isn't as good as the trilogy squads.


-I liked the main story and side mission stories. Peebee's being my favorite.