I get the feeling the whole early announcement and release date was EA over exuberance more than anything else, however I am still optimistic about Andromeda since delaying a game for the correct reasons is a good thing. The Witcher 3 is the most recent example of this. There has never been a mass effect game that was anything less than great, I even liked the ME3 although slightly tweaked. First either the colors have to be representing the beginnings of indoctrination influencing Shepard or be removed completely since there is no right or wrong decision in that circumstance just two impossible choices forced by an utterly hopeless situation, and Second if the syntheses ending was thrown out all together, since i strongly believe it was a cop out due to the extremes of Shepard either destroying all AIs or becoming the galactic dictator and was the only decision that truly went against the themes that had been built up until that point..

@lilhurk1985187: ME1 had a better villian however I would say it was even with ME2 in story or at least close enough that it was negligible and ME2 had much better character growth as well as expansion of the world. Since the combat systems are so different that becomes a matter of opinion and I personally prefer the combat, powers, etc of ME2. What ME2 really nailed, for me at least, was getting the player to form an attachment to the story, companions, even npcs.