Armor up, grab your rifles, prep your biotics, and lets jump-jet our way in to Mass Effect: Andromeda!

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Gameplay - Mass Effect has always been a 3rd person shooter with RPG elements, but now you're more free to move around than every before. Crafting has snuck its way into the game, requiring you to get plenty of materials (like in most games these days) in order to build the better equipment, though depending on what difficulty you're on, that might not even be required.
Exploration is better than ever with new movement options and the best vehicle in the series (It lacks weapons, but its so nice to drive around). Missions are also taken care of in typically wide-open maps that allow plenty of exploration, areas to set up for various strategies, and plenty of optional side-quests to complete.
There is still some buggy moments, a few graphical errors here and there, but I only noticed a few while doing multiple playthroughs.

Story - Sadly, here's where the game suffers from its poor handling. The main story is good with plenty of options to change things in various ways, though they feel like they lack impact due to all the DLC getting scrapped which would have contained more of the story and development aspects. The first base you set up has 2 options, and they do change the story a little, but according to when the game flopped, one of the DLCs was to involve expanding those settlement aspects... the game also ends on a cliffhanger story-wise which, again, was to be handled in the DLC.
That being said, I enjoyed the story the entire way through, even through the cliché 'bad guy has ridiculous plan that somehow works' points

Sound - The voice acting is good through most of the game (though some NPCs are obviously lack-luster) and the characters lean into their voices well. The music choices are also well placed as they deepen in the darker moments to build atmosphere and the way they build as you explore the first open world will stick with you for the rest of your playthrough.

Replay - As with the other games in this series, you'll want to try different aspects of different missions, try new romance options, maybe change how you interact with characters to see what plays out, as well as enjoying the boost your old gear gives in the early game.

Final - 8/10 - The game honestly needs a revival or sequel to continue its story. The launch was absolutely garbage, we all remember that, but the game got so much work done afterwards and was polished to at least ME2 levels, so it really feels like a good entry now. The story was good, the characters vibrant, the worlds beautiful, and it just feels like, if they'd released it in the state its in now, we'd have all loved this game... but sadly, we may never know how it was meant to end.

Thanks as always for listening, hopefully you found something here of interest, and as always my friends, until next time, happy gaming!