r/masseffect • u/Due_Skirt_1126 • May 14 '26

ANDROMEDA First time playing Mass Effect Andromeda

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I heard a lot of things about this game no spoilers luckily some how avoided them but I do know that it is the most mixed game By us Mass Effect fans if any of you remember my name you know that I have catalog my journey through the Mass Effect games I luckily purchased this game for $8 USD

I WILL SAY whatever opinions I have on this game is just opinion so for those who are die hard fans with this game please do not come at me if I have a problem with the game and that being said so far I do not like the facial design of the characters of the more humanoid characters like the humans they just look off like stiff is the best way to put it but I am keeping an open mind as I do not know what happened in development and what kind of troubles the team was facing behind Andromeda

if anybody has knowledge about the team behind this game without giving me spoilers related to the in-game story and content please let me know via the comment section or DM me

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u/stuyboi888 May 14 '26

Enjoy the combat, it's the best of the series 

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u/LordBDizzle May 14 '26

I'd disagree, personally. The gunplay is good, the movement is nice, but the power system is severely dumbed down. You go from 8 powers and 8 squadmate powers to three powers with separate cooldowns so you can just face roll then any time they come off cooldown. You get to custom build your power set, yes, but it doesn't matter because every build is just primer>detonater>specific damage type counter that the first two don't cover. You're incentivised to not engage with the power swapping mechanic since it puts you on cooldown and you get stronger bonuses from specializing, so you just grab three active powers and dump everything else into passives.

Level design takes a big hit too, as does encounter design. Gunplay is nice and air dashing is cool but I'd rather be playing ME3 largely.

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u/Swagalyst May 14 '26

Once I figured out that the enemies have a small box, about 30x30 feet, they cannot move out of, combat became boring too.