An absolute disaster, genuinely.
Why would you want to play this. It has nothing, and I mean nothing, from the original games that you love. It doesn't do enough to stand on it own. The characters are dull and forgettable, the story is dull and forgettable, the gameplay is dull and forgettable. The game tries so hard to take itself seriously and sell its player on its world and its characters and its charm but it completely falls flat at every single turn.
An astonishingly bad game.
Why would you want to play this. It has nothing, and I mean nothing, from the original games that you love. It doesn't do enough to stand on it own. The characters are dull and forgettable, the story is dull and forgettable, the gameplay is dull and forgettable. The game tries so hard to take itself seriously and sell its player on its world and its characters and its charm but it completely falls flat at every single turn.
An astonishingly bad game.
Look, Mass Effect: Andromeda isn't terrible, but it's a major letdown after the original trilogy. Exploring new planets is cool, and the combat system is actually a lot of fun. But the facial animations are wonky, the writing is weak compared to those first three games, and it's pretty buggy, even after all these years. If you're desperate for more Mass Effect, it'll scratch that itch. But if you expect the same level of quality and emotional storytelling as the Shepard era, you'll be disappointed.
Gave this a couple of hours today, I'm mixed on it. Maybe I'm blinded by how much I love the series, but I'm objectively pretty bored so far. The best part is the combat, which I didn't really care much about in the original trilogy. I cared about the world and it's characters. So far they haven't shown up in this. Very dry.