No wonder Casey Hudson left. This game is missing them sc-fi feels.

I don't know as I would say it lacked a sci-fi setting, but it did have one that didn't grab me like the original trilogy did.

Honestly if we're talking about writing, pretty much every time that topic comes up I note that I think that Mass Effect's main story has never really made much sense, even while Drew was in charge of things.

Despite that the OT still managed to pull me in with excellent world building and characters. With Andromeda's cast, I didn't find myself to be as interesting to head back to the Tempest after every major mission to see what kind of comments they would have about what happened or to learn more about the characters. Drack and Vetra were probably the best characters to me.

It's a shame because I did like that it started out feeling more natural rather than them being walking backstory dispensers like they could get in previous games, but it just didn't deliver for me later in the game.

It was also a game that was trying to set itself apart from the trilogy and needed to make things feel fresh and interesting with the setting seeing as how we went to an entirely new galaxy. However among the 3 new factions that we run into we have 2(Remnant and Kett) that exist purely to be nameless baddies which would normally be fine(ME2 did this with Collectors) but that leaves the Angara to carry it.

Which they didn't really do. I would have loved to see more of the first contact other than what I can only assume is our universal translators managing to figure out the language in like 30 seconds before the cliche "We don't trust you but I'm sure over the course of the next couple of missions we'll learn how wrong we were and think of you as close allies" plays out.

So while I wouldn't say it doesn't feel sci-fi, I guess generic is the word I'm going for in how a lot of the sci-fi setting feels in this game.

it does not matter if he's not the writer. The more I go on with this debate makes me wonder if you know how games are made. The lead designer oversees everthung with the product of the game.from game play to writing. They don’t do it themselves but the help plan and unite the project together.that means it matters not who head writer is. They don't write what they want. The leaf designer is the last say to what goes in or not. You don’t need to br a writer to know a part of a plot is bad.the fact that Casey saw the original plot of the ending and saw nothing wrong with it speaks volumes.

So what you're saying Casey Hudson wrote all of Mass Effect Trilogy? Wow, then it's even more of a shame that no one respects him.

it does not matter if he's not the writer. The more I go on with this debate makes me wonder if you know how games are made. The lead designer oversees everthung with the product of the game.from game play to writing. They don’t do it themselves but the help plan and unite the project together.that means it matters not who head writer is. They don't write what they want. The leaf designer is the last say to what goes in or not. You don’t need to br a writer to know a part of a plot is bad.the fact that Casey saw the original plot of the ending and saw nothing wrong with it speaks volumes.

did you not read what I just wrote? You're getting to the stage that you are reading what you want to read and not reading what's there.
No Casey did not write all of ME but he over sees, plans, and organized all ME 1-3. He's the last people any detail of ME goes through. He's the one that makes sure everything works from story to gameplay. Saying Mac is the issue misses the fact that Mac does not have the freedom to put anything in ME that he likes and Casey is the one who has to ok it. Blaming mac for me ending is like blaming the exact worker who made a part of the car that is disfunction al and causes an accident and looking over the fact the qa department did not do its job to make sure the part worked correctly and the executives let that faulty part go out knowin it was faulty.

You learn a lot more but these are all people who left a galaxy 600 years behind for a brand new beginning. I would rather the characters be "human" with small talk mostly just trying to start fresh rather engage in boring, forces political talk.

None of the characters are conventional for their respective races either so it wouldn't make sense for vetra to talk about military. Liam also talks about home a good bit. And Cora gives you the full run down of asari commando culture.

I don't really see your point. You would rather want to boring stuff dialogue of ME1? No thank you

They do?? That's insane!

don't try that. ME1 charaters are the weakest character out of the trilogy. MEA character are better. It's not about what culture they represent l, it's about how they are individually and how they grow. ME2 and 3 character are interesting and they don't go over a lock about the culture of their races much at all. If you need help understanding takes some time to remember the character personality in me1 outside then talking about their cultures. You're going to see there is little to no development. Mean while in mea we are walking in on a conversation about shoots and ladders. The characters in m e a have alot of growth and development while me1 character are mostly trapped in talks about there culture. Example ,Liara in me1 is boring if you don't romance her. She just becomes a very shy fan girl of shepard. She is only interesting if you romance her.

I really like this post.

it's not about lack or respect. It's about not ignoring fault. I'm not ignoring all the good stuff he did for ME but I'm sure as hell not going to forget all the bad stuff he did as well. I'm not going to gloss over all the bad stuff done just to give hero worship. I'm glad he started ME but I'm still angry over how he ended it. Not as mad as I was before or mad at the same things as others but I'm not going to sing his praises without stating his flaws.

You should learn how to deal with people who have a different opinion than you. That'll happen a lot in this world as you grow up. Attacking people right away just makes you look childish.

I agree OP. I didn't get a sci-fi vibe either - just a very watered down feeling. This game could have been a fantasy RPG without the space suits and tempest.

So then you're in agreement with me that Casey Hudson's love for sci-fi touch is missed in Andromeda?