I played this game right when it came out. I went in totally blind, avoided all reviews and talks and just went in with my own raw intuition. Now, my initial feelings while getting into this game was that it wasn't polished that well, the story didn't grab my attention and the characters left a lot to be desired. In essence, I wasn't enjoying the game as much as I'd thought I would.
The gameplay is fantastic though. Compared to the previous trilogy cover-based shooting, Andromeda takes the cake in action . Now story-wise: Andromeda fails big time. Then again, Bioware did write themselves in a corner with the ME trilogy, where you literally fight to save the galaxy and the enemy is this unstoppable mega machines conquering the Milky Way. I knew going in that Andromeda was going to have a story taking place on a much smaller scale. What I didn't expect was that the story would be so bland.
There is nothing remotely interesting about the Khet Vs. angarens. Their conflict was basically a gang war that took place across various star systems. Ryder & Crew were more like high schoolers working an internship. The only character I really liked was Jal. Pheebee was a waste of space, Cora & Liam were your default human cohorts and Vetra was too aloof to be interesting. Oh and Drack was just your average Krogan.
The big baddie was forgettable. I just hope the next game (if there's a next game) will tighten up on characters and story, but I doubt it.
The gameplay is fantastic though. Compared to the previous trilogy cover-based shooting, Andromeda takes the cake in action . Now story-wise: Andromeda fails big time. Then again, Bioware did write themselves in a corner with the ME trilogy, where you literally fight to save the galaxy and the enemy is this unstoppable mega machines conquering the Milky Way. I knew going in that Andromeda was going to have a story taking place on a much smaller scale. What I didn't expect was that the story would be so bland.
There is nothing remotely interesting about the Khet Vs. angarens. Their conflict was basically a gang war that took place across various star systems. Ryder & Crew were more like high schoolers working an internship. The only character I really liked was Jal. Pheebee was a waste of space, Cora & Liam were your default human cohorts and Vetra was too aloof to be interesting. Oh and Drack was just your average Krogan.
The big baddie was forgettable. I just hope the next game (if there's a next game) will tighten up on characters and story, but I doubt it.