Mass Effect: Andromeda
~110 hours of playtime
Metacritic user score: 4.9/10
It's finally over! I think I've seen almost everything the game offers, except multiplayer missions. I also didn't try all the skills and weapons, but I've tested at least 2/3 of them. Combat felt fun thanks to the jetpack, but it eventually started to get a bit repetitive because of the same types of enemies everywhere. Can't say I really liked any weapons - there aren't ones that can became a favorite, and it was sad to see the ones I used in the previous games became unusable (Valkyrie, for example). Didn't like the limit of using only three skills - it's usually a combo starter, a combo finisher and some support skill, so you're doing the same combination over and over (although, you can switch the profiles with different skills, but it would cause an inconvenient cooldown). I've seen many bugs, but none of them were major (except the one when I became invisible during the most heartwarming scene of the game). None of the main or companion quests were bugged, and only one side quest was (cannot be finished for now). The story was okay, although some elements were uncomfortably similar to the Trilogy, it felt like the devs were reusing stuff from the past. There were interesting as well as tedious quests (especially the ones requiring you to bounce from planet to planet watching the same mildly annoying landing sequences). The crew wasn't as good as the original, but some of the members were great (Jaal of the new alien race, for example). It was fun to listen to Peebee, an asari who mixed some Liara parts with Inquisition's Sera's craziness (you'll never guess who her father was). Ryder was pretty funny at the moments, given the right dialogue choices. In summary, big plus to the game for all the action and the visuals (environments/effects), there's a need for a lot of patching, there are nice gameplay features, a lot of content, a bit generic (an-overlord-who-wants-to-destroy-a-galaxy), but not a bad story, a mix of fun and tiresome missions. I'd play it again one day.
| Month | Beaten | To backlog | 2017 beaten | 2017 to backlog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 |
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Congrats!
Congrats on finishing Andromeda!! It seems like a massive task :3 That PvZ plushie is SO CUTE
Nice additions to the backlog!
Apparently the invisible thing only happened AFTER the first patch -.-
I looked for certain scene on youtube, because I wanted to know what Ryder was doing. Wasn’t that good though, since my Ryder looked totally different -.-
Who did you date?
But, I must say! Impressive to have even more hours than I have one the first playthrough :D
And I hated the missions most, where you had to look for things that pop up randomly in different camps. Just sooooooooo annoying -.- Although I managed :D
And yes, I’m still not sure with which weapon I’m supposed to work. Hope I figure that out before I try the ultra hard mode thingy :)
So, what’s next? Another go at ME:A or something else?
Oh, how could they do that with that scene? T_T
By the way, the movie night reminded me of Citadel DLC - for me, it was the best part of ME3 =)
I chose Suvi =)
The only weapon I always went with was Black Widow - it’s like a tradition from the previous games. I also more or less liked P.A.W. rifle, all of the other weapons had their flaws, which is why it’s hard to choose something really effective.
No, no Andromeda for me for a year or so - it’s time to play some shorter games and recent additions from the wishlist.
Dunno sob
True, it really does! And yes, it was awesome! I think it was the part I laughed most in the game. Just great. And the appartment and hanging out with the crew…. Man, I wanna replay it (but, I could only do that, if I started a new go for the whole trilogy or at least for 2-3. Not sure I have that much time, considering the unplayed games hanging around :D).
Aaaaaaaw, me too! <3
Since I didn’t go for sniper this first go (yeah, I know, what happened here?? Normally I would totally have done so…), I didn’t carry one around. Tried to go mostly for pistol and second shotgun :]
I wanted to switch at one point to Vanguard - just great, that the skilling system is so much more flexible! - but then I sticked to being soldier, so no, I didn’t. But I used one of the familiar pistols - can’t think of the name right now. And the D something shotgun. Gosh, these names -.-
Yeah, I’ll try that too. Although I just wanted to push some games in between and then replay it once and so on. I have to see how that works out :D