Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer

Sentinels did not need much cover if you tech armor, Infiltrators use it less as well. Then there are kits in multiplayer that rely on melee combat or running and gunning. And notice that there are no classes in MEA for Ryder, she can put points in combat, tech, or biotic skills instead and build her own combat style.

The tech combo was squad coordination, the new female turian squadmate also hit the mech. Notice also in the fight that Ryder put up a frontal biotic shield to move into position.

Game looks awesome. I haven't played any of the other games in the series but I want to give this one a try...I hope a Switch version gets released.

I'm curious how this game is going to pan out for newcomers like yourself, I would suggest playing the first three games though, they're all fantastic and something you don't want to miss.

I would equate the Mass Effect trilogy to the original Star Wars of video games.

My college roommates were obsessed with the series and I watched them play (mainly Mass Effect 2) so I have a general idea of their premise. I still have older games that I'm catching up on since I'm mainly a retro gamer (gonna pick up the Last of Us this weekend) so I'm gonna wait until it comes out. If I decide to get Andromeda, I'll have to let you know what I think of it from a newcomer's perspective.

its a quick video showing you the world, enemies, biotics and gunplay. why were you expecting tactical play on a trailer like this? shit was made to build hype and make everyone pre-order the game. its not with slow paced tactical play that you'll achieve that, especially on a show like this.

I come across quite a few UGA students and alumni on gaming sites and online in general. Usually because I am so bold with my declaration of pride in the university!

My most anticipated game!

I will get it in its first week.

Femshep 2.0 is looking kinda derpy and the animations are in uncanny valley in a very bad way.

But actually other than that this looked pretty good and FINALLY shows off some real gameplay. Now all that's left is to demo the RPG elements, I really need to see how character customization and progression are before I'm sold.

Animations look like ass, and the game appears to taking a page out of inquistions open world filled with tedious bs design. However as long as the story is solid will buy

please no

Looks awesome! Can't wait! Though I'm also super curious as to why we saw, early in the trailer, an outpost full of Humans, Krogans and Turians (perhaps even more races that we didn't see). It gave off this sensation of it being there for a loooong time before our protagonist arrives at scene. I was under the assumption our new heroes were the first beings of our galaxy being sent to Andromeda, but I could be wrong I suppose. Still curious in any case.

Glad the gameplay looks basically like Mass Effect but a lot more fluid. That always bothered me a bit about the older titles, it was too "stiff" at times. Hope they didn't completely discard the "pause and think" options completely though, they're (or were at least) crucial in the higher difficulties and thougher fights. The new powers definitely look cool! I also hope it doesn't end up turning into "Minecraft in Space" with resource gathering and building (of armour, weapons, stuff in general). While it's fun for a bit, that crap gets repetitive after a while.

I'm still interested, but I got heavy No Man's Sky mixed with Halo. Meh and ever meher... I'll wait to see more though.. those dead planets with vast expanses of absolute nothingness aren't my cup of tea, so to speak.

The gunplay feels like it was dialed down, I thought they did an excellent job in ME2 & ME3 in that regard so that's potentially disappointing. Though, I've always played as a soldier class Shepard, I'm wondering if the gameplay we've seen is strictly some biotic or tech classes or whether they'll even be an option to pick between classes with this one.

No classes.

You can now pick whatever power you want, with classes now as disciplines for bonuses.

So you can mix Biotic Charge with say, Overload, for instance. This would never have happened in the original trilogy.

Looks like mixture of Halo and Gears of war in open world. not really impressed at all. PREY looks much better.

It's not impressive enough because It's Bioware, not DICE. You really expect a company to show a game on something other than PC on an stage?

@zeeshanhaider: I'm well aware of most games running and showcased on pc but this did not look that great. You may say that's the fault of Bioware but DA:I looked great for 2014 and ME4 budget is probably huge so i expect good visuals. Visuals sell and Bioware/EA knows that.

And that is the very reason I believe they will never show the lesser version. It's not looking great because that's just how it looks. I think you are overstating the graphics of DA:I.

Looks fine but I'm bummed that you're still basically interacting with more humans and the same alien species mostly. I was hoping it'd be all new races and shit.

ZOMG the game looks to be shaping up nicely. So much awesomeness I can't hardly takes it.

:D

The combat looks a bit off, but I'm done for some Mass Effect.

Mass Effect with huuuuge exploreable worlds and now crafting too? I... I don't think it's even possible for my body to be ready for this.

Bioware, TAKE MY MONEY!!! Take my flesh! Take my soul! Take my first born!! :O

Day 1 for me.

@the_master_race said:

@mjorh said:

i was waiting for someone to post it, then i finally pulled the trigger myself only to see you've beaten me by 2 minutes :D

Yeah that was really promising, made me even more hyped, it's all what you could expect from a Mass Effect experience and more.

Day 1 for me as well

Let the butthurt flow through you, another great Mass Effect game is coming :P

@daredevils2k: Watch the video again, at the 3:00 mark when the weapon wheel pops up you can clearly see Xbox buttons. This is running on PC, with PS4 overlays, but it looks like they didn't map all of them correctly.

@Large_Soda: Dang, good catch.

Looks fantastic. Combat looked serviceable but everything else was great. Looks like there will a be a lot of new features this time around. Count me in.

@Large_Soda: Ya that looks like the only spot they had xbox controls. So either they used both systems for the trailer or conspiracy time.

@Large_Soda said:

@daredevils2k: Watch the video again, at the 3:00 mark when the weapon wheel pops up you can clearly see Xbox buttons. This is running on PC, with PS4 overlays, but it looks like they didn't map all of them correctly.

Well I stand corrected :)

@quadknight: there are xbox controls at 3:00 so pc confirmed unless ps4 controls has a Y button or some how they used two seperate version when we know the Xbox wouldn't run this at such high resolution

@silversix_: there inconsistent control overlay at 3:00 on the video so I say it's running on the pc or they used two different but we all know the Xbox can't run games past 1080p

Day 1 ultra CE for me...awwww yeahhhh

Man that trailer looks amazing! Open world Mass Effect seems too good to be true.

Any other year... this would be the hands down, early favorite for GOTY.

Looks better than any Mass Effect. Amazing, so hyped. I saw the wrong trailer that's why I was unimpressed.

That is perfect. Wow. I'm really impressed with this. Very different from the Trilogy yet so familiar.

Yeah that gameplay trailer convinced me. I'm in on ME:4

So hyped for this!

I just hope that it doesn't get too bogged down in deep crafting systems and having to gather materials etc. That's not Mass Effect.

It looks... ...like a Mass Effect game, which is a relief. There's been so little details for so long I didn't know what to put in my "Initial" decision box - until now.

I think I'll either insta-buy it and let it sit or wait till all DLCs are out. Either way, I'm inclined to mark this down as a 100% likelihood of purchase.

GOTY 2017

yes it did. it was just more limited. the sentinal class had biotic and tech powers. They just didn't have biotic charge

i do like that it gives a cue on tech bursts now. they were hard to see compared to cryo , fire, and biotic combos. The flame turret looks greatly improved too. gonna run one with biotic charge, warp, and chain overload. explosions for days

Am I the only one that thought Dragon Age Inquisition was great? Sure it had some rough edges with certain quests being nauseating repetitive but majority of those could be completely avoided..

... Really? I mean Steam just released official support for the PS4 controller..

So you can just dash to avoid attacks now looks like they made it more easier when it comes to combat. All these years and they couldn't make better animations and its coming out in a few months.

But the Sentinel was limited, you are not in MEA. You can have biotics with tactical cloak and tech with biotic charge. Also ME3 had electric bursts as well.

There are no classes in MEA, its build a character you want.

Looks pretty good... and thats all I've to say about it

When are Bioware going to hire some competent animators? This is indie game tier.

trust me. after my 1000+ hours in ME3 multiplayer, i doubt anyone knows more about the series then me here lol

I'm aware of tech bursts (not electric bursts as you call them) and how they removed all limits. all i said was that you could have tech and biotics combo'd and that they added a cue as the animation for tech bursts was hard to see in ME3 compared to cryo, fire, and biotic explosions. some powers were class specific like cloak and biotic charge, some weren't like overload, throw, warp etc.

ME3 MP added biotics and TC (asari huntress had TC and dark channel and warp)

Also the volus vanguard had shield boost (tech) and biotic charge

the ceberus had electric lash option (tech) and biotic charge

It was something they worked on in ME3's MP of giving more options and I'm glad they expanded on it for the new one

Tech bursts were so effective on geth.

In fact, on higher difficulties, tech combos and biotic bursts actually do more damage, encouraging combos for success.

And MEA's combat is an expansion of ME3's multiplayer, not the base ME3 combat.

and thats why it looks so awesome.