Mass Effect Legendary Edition has certainly done the trick: it’s rekindled a love of BioWare’s original trilogy years after the games came out. But it’s not just Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3 that are being judged once again. Fans are reappraising Mass Effect Andromeda, too.
2017’s Mass Effect Andromeda endured a torrid time upon release, with clips of dialogue scenes descending into meme status. There were other areas of the game that came under fire, including its limited character creator, bugs and animation quirks.
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Beyond that, though, Andromeda’s missions, storyline and characters failed to set the world on fire. Without Commander Shepard, the Normandy and the original trilogy’s cast of much-loved characters, Andromeda set out for a new galaxy, a new premise and new party members. I think it’s fair to say it didn’t stick the landing. Some thought the game was just okay, others considered it outright awful. Either way, Andromeda flopped and BioWare soon moved on, leaving it sequel-less.
Now? With the Legendary Edition over a month old, some have rinsed through all three games and, suitably pumped for what’s next for the franchise, dipped back into Andromeda.
“Just finished Andromeda after playing the trilogy and I have to say while the trilogy is better, the first few hours of Andromeda wasn’t really getting me hooked but the more I played I enjoyed it and by the end of it I was actually keen on seeing what’s next,” danish0o74 said in a thread posted to the Mass Effect subreddit this week.
“I think it’s a good ME game.”
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“It’s not perfect no game is,” said VolatileElmo, “but the one thing I absolutely loved was the exploration. Some of the planets in Andromeda were simply beautiful. The story as a whole I think is pretty cool, just the writing isn’t the best.”