#Mass Effect Andromeda spoilers

[grimwarden]

[virtualcamelselfies]

Pathfinding 🚀

[cyrraluu]

"You have bad taste in men" "The worst."

[not-a-newt]

I just finished lost but not forgotten and Jesus christ I knew that we weren't going to find him alive, but god damn that was wretched

And my dumb ass really said, "it's up to you avitus :) " thinking he'd give me a resounding yes, but god damn I had to pull out the wiki to check my answer afterwards only to realize that I made the WRONG decision, so then I had to redo the entire mission just to change my response at the end to get him to agree to becoming the pathfinder and saving him from turning into a inconsolably depressed alcoholic jesus christ

[bruxbea]

How did that meeting go...at the ME: Andromeda office... casting Alec Ryder...BioWare’s Official Professional Anime War Dad Person A: Okay the plot for Alec is done, who can we get to inflict the most nostalgic, emotional, and possibly even physical damage in say...a tutorial levels amount of time...? Person B: .... Person B: Mr. Krabs? Person A: Mr. Krabs

[birdylion]

I still haven't really grasped the timeline of all of that, but YES! It's such an interesting concept. And then we learn in the game that their histories might not be true, or at least not complete? Give me more

Mass Effect Andromeda is, of course, an imperfect game, but I remain absolutely enchanted with a couple things they did with the Angara still to this day:

1. They’re not a monoculture. Most often in sci-fi when we encounter aliens they’re all one culture. Not so, the Angara. One species, sure, but they’ve got different national identities for want of a better word.

2. Their history of having been space farers, losing that technological capability, losing the historical record of such capability, rediscovering it, and then voyaging out into the stars only to find that the people on other planets in their galactic cluster were also… them is such a meaty concept I want so much more of that

[halfd3af]

me, shooting Kalinda's hand as fast as humanly possible in that QTE:

[felassan]

Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Game Informer pages from issue 367 (the cover story from June 18th) [source, two]

Text reads: "Spotlight - Cover Story - Dragon Age: The Veilguard. It's been ten years since the last full-fledged game in the franchise, but BioWare is finally ready to pull back the curtain on what's next for the fantasy world of Thedas. We visited the studio, spoke to the game's creators, and discovered what's changed in the highly anticipated new installment."

[jack-of-ash]

Alec Ryder's entire damn life was a series of fucked-up events

So... are we gonna talk about how fucked up it was for Alec to freeze his dying wife without telling her or their children?

[legionofpotatoes]

I know the discourse well is poisoned and no one hates bioware games more than bioware fans, but I am just 🫠 having so much fun with veilguard it's unreal. It is selfishly the dragon age game I always wanted. with less emphasis on cRPG, a more focused story, curated mission based design that spotlights the high fantasy stuff, slowburn structure with companions, significantly less sidequest bloat, and a fully real-time action-oriented combat system that isn't riddled with the growing pains of previous titles. when I first played origins I imagined something almost exactly like this as my ideal version of a sequel; and it was one of those dirty, selfish thoughts that I knew was disrespectful to the then-established DNA of the thing, but I can't help but feel giddy about having it here and now. like down to the shift away from the childishly dark tone and to something more inherently flexible with a baseline aspirational quality. I hate aesthetically depressing games so much. am I not alive right here and right now already

When I say "aesthetically" there though I do mean it. I'm fully on the opposite side when it comes to tone and positions expressed in the story itself. I am just not including that in my analysis because I am not done yet - so please no spoilers! I think I am where most people consider to be the second act, and I definitely have my gripes with the narrative framework and some of the optics, but I won't put the cart before the horse and will see how it wraps things up first. Above that level, in terms of how it presents itself, of how it plays, of how it balances its core pillars - it is such a bioware-ass game and I could not be any cozier in it. So grateful it exists

[quantumghosts]

mass effect andromeda first impressions (generally positive, i'm coming in with low expectations but an open mind):

family!! TWIN!!! canon siblings!!! now that's just fun. also it's cool that even if you make ryder a different ethnicity, you can choose to make ryder sr. his default design or have him look like you. it's really cool that we can create more nuanced or interesting backstories just from that decision alone

immediately noticed and greatly appreciated the drastic improvement in diversity among humans. i've been genuinely stoked about it and no matter how the game turns out i'll always have huge respect to andromeda for this. like the easian options don't look like absolute dogshit LOL it's incredible, and all the face shapes are so unique too without being overly conventionally attractive or anything. like they're all just People and it's really great

love the exploration mechanics - mobility, the scanning, and the jetpack (FINALLY, fucked up that cerberus gets them but shepard doesnt). really love the scanning especially, immediately captures the explorer vibe that i understand why it wasn't there in the trilogy, but still wished for a bit of it anyway so this is scratching that itch for sure

wow we're really kicking things off me2 style huh LOL

really cool to fight alongside ryder sr. and seeing him kick absolute ass, i'm in insanity mode and with him around i literally didn't even need to fire a single shot. it felt like being shepard's squadmate, and after having just replayed the trilogy it felt like a great homage

FEMALE KROGAN FEMALE KROGAN FEMALE KROGANNNN

i hate that i can only pick 3 skills to use, combat mechanics are my least favourite. can't tell how much of it is because i'm on insanity more, how much is because i'm playing an entirely different class than usual (playing scrapper instead of the infiltrator equivalent), and how much is the combat mechanics actually being clumsy lol. but also it genuinely is harder to take cover in this game

idc that they're hostile, the kett are so fuckin cute with their lil monkey faces lmfao can't wait to learn what their deal is

addison and tann can eat my whole ass LOL i just played three games of the council giving me absolute shit, what is with bioware always leaning on interpersonal conflicts that revolve around NPCs completely dismissing and looking down on you in the most actual infuriating and counterproductive ways, they're legit so fucking unprofessional no wonder the nexus went to shit lmfao

WHO DESIGNED THIS FUCKING CONSOLE LMFAO THIS IS THE WORST ERGONOMICS I'VE EVER SEEN, THIS POOR FUCKING TURIAN SOMEONE GET HER A CHAIR???? A CUSHION????? LITERALLY ANYTHING AT ALL???????

[pani-artz]

Looking for moots/blogs to scream about Baldur's Gate 3

Other fandoms I like to scream about

Dragon Age

Mass Effect

Cyberpunk 2077

The Mandalorian

Bridgerton

Fourth Wing

The Witcher

and more

[cyrraluu]

"Consider me hacked."

THIS SCENE IS TOO FUCKING CUTE AND ROMANTIC

I LOVE HOW HE TURNS ON THE ROMANTIC MUSIC TOO RIGHT BEFORE HE ASKS TO DANCE

I JUST AHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

🥺😭🥰💓

I also felt it wouldn't do them justice if I just sent screenshots, so I did a video, though maybe someday when I get better at video editing, I can make them into nice gif sets! 🥰

[thanes-krios]

I'm so excited about whatever Bellara has going on (we really needed more dalish elf companions) but I really hope they've written her to be very different from Merrill and also NOT made her personality to be just a dragon age version of peebee from andromeda

[everyoneonthenormandyisgay]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I DONT FIND OUT WHO THE BENEFACTOR IS IN MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA??? ITS A MYSTERY?? WHERE IS MY SEQUEL GAME I NEED TO KNOW RN

Literally one of the most interesting things is the politics on the nexus like what is UP with director tann that man is either suspicious as hell or the most well meaning dumbass?? and KESH? she's my girl but I lost like FIVE scouts and she voted against me??? I did SO MUCH FOR YOU I'm sorry I chose to save one of the ONLY PATHFINDERS WITH ANY EXPERIENCE and CIVILIANS over some scouts?? I wasn't choosing salarians over krogan I'd have made the same call if it was human scouts don't yell at me!

[pentaghast]

hey you just spent 60 to 70 hours getting to know these characters and possibly romancing them? well lets throw in a suicide mission for them where at LEAST one of them dies! teehee this is goooood gaming folks love a shock value death