We Streamed Some Mass Effect: Andromeda

I really hope the rest of the game doesn't devolve into ancient alien threat like the prior games. The setup seems cool, the animations are very videogamey, and the combat... well I think I need to experience it for myself before passing judgement. It didn't look all that engaging, but I'm sure some of the abilities you get as you level that stuff up will provide some more diversity in the combat.

At this point, I don't know how I feel about the game. This'll probably be a wait and see sort of thing for me.

Reviews don't look great, but it seemed fine with the trial. Fingers crossed.

It feels likes they tried being more cinematic with the dialogue moments and it ended up making everything worse. You don't need that many camera cuts.

Explanation for SAM (the computer in your "head"): Everyone can still communicate with him, it's just that the Pathfinder has a private channel that let's him communicate with you alone. You don't start the game as Pathfinder and only find out about this private channel once you become one.

How Brad could've gotten that really simple explanation so wrong is weird. Probably ate a banana before playing and got sleepy.

Holy crap. That is some dismal voice acting and direction. Even without the weird animation quality, the performances are awful. It seems like bad voice-over is inevitable when a game is developed in Montreal. One of the Salarians even has a Montrealer accent! As the Turian slips in and out of that Quebec French accent.

After seeing that UPF clip Brad showed, I had to look over to see where this stream ended. Man, if only they went live for another 60 seconds.