Mass Effect Andromeda Hand-To-Hand Combat

While generally speaking I agree with the sentiment of 'once it's future and you have guns' the whole idea of swords gets a bit weird. Lore wise it can make more sense then I think people give it credit for, especially in more of a stealth role when it comes to Mass Effect.

Main thing I mean by that is shields. If an enemy has shields, lore wise, it takes a butt ton of shots to get through. It's not like in the games where 3-4 shots and your taking dmg. Especially when you have other forms of cover to let them keep there charge up. In a setting like that, Phantoms make some kinda weird sense... not so much in how they actually worked in ME3 though.

I mean stealth character that can get close to stab something bypassing the shields entirely? That's not as horrible idea as it sounds when they have there own shields/barriers. That is by no means a 'there should totally be swords and shit everywhere' argument though. I just think that's good justification for the whole Omniblade and melee training being an actual thing.

Takes down you see in Splinter Cell wouldn't really work that well in ME universe though armor and shielding make doing most of that with a pistol wildly pointless. Look awesome in that game, but biotic/omiblade takedowns from behind (if you can sneak up/run up when there attacking someone else) makes a lot of sense though.