Or Kallo, the Tempest’s salarian pilot, and Gil, the tech officer of the ship, have a downright volatile working relationship from the start. Clearly, both being asari doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to be besties. For instance, Lexi, the Tempest’s onboard doctor, and Peebee, a Remnant expert you meet on Eos, have a tense relationship. Each have their own unique set of personalities and some will get along better than others on your ship. You just about meet and get all the principle crew members of the Tempest fairly early on, those who you can take with you on missions (Liam, Cora, Vetra, Peebee, Drack, and Jaal) and those you can’t (Lexi, Gil, Suvi, and Kallo). Naturally, staying on any of these planets brings their own set of dangers and hazards but it’s worth it to get the most out of playing Mass Effect. From the hot, dry sandy landscape of Eos to the beautifully lush and otherworldly jungle of Havarl, there’s plenty of strange creatures and plant life you’ll want to discover. Even if you decide not to complete every sidequest you get in the game, the new worlds are truly breathtaking to behold and distinctive enough to want to at least spend maybe a few hours on each planet to get a good feel for them. Vera Ryder with Liam and Vetra.Īndromeda may start off a bit slow, mostly to encourage exploration in all the planets you will be encountering, but I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. It’s moments like this one that really push you, as a player, to really think about what’s best for the Andromeda Initiative and the work your Ryder is trying to accomplish as a Pathfinder. Ryder has to decide, after consulting with the main governing body of the Andromeda Initiative, if it’s wise to wake up these protestors’ family members to appease them or insist they have to wait a little longer until there’s enough resources to accommodate non-vital humans, turians, and krogans. The protestors are upset that it’s taking too long to have their families get woken up from cryo-sleep, being bumped down the line of citizens to be woken up in favor of vital personnel to help with the settlement efforts. In another decision making moment that takes the form of a sidequest, Ryder has to break up a group of angry protestors demonstrating in one corner of the Nexus in the Hydroponics sector, a garden oasis that’s responsible for the food and oxygen on the ship. There are pros and cons for choosing one over the other, and you’ll hear other people’s reactions to your choice. For instance, when you successfully set up your first outpost on Eos, Ryder has to decide what that outpost should focus on––scientific research or military training. Like the previous Mass Effect games, your Ryder is presented with some tough choices, except I find the choices in this game a lot harder than the ones Shepard had to make. As Pathfinder, it’s your job to find habitable worlds for people to settle in. It sounds like a lot of pressure to live up to and it is. Alec Ryder, father to your playable Ryder, encounters strange alien tech.ĭue to some tragic circumstances that happen in the very beginning of the game, your Ryder becomes Pathfinder, the one everyone is looking up to and counting on to find everyone on the Nexus (the new Citadel in this game) a new home. I might have said it before, but I’ll say it again, BioWare games are like a fine wine for me. You can imagine how many hours I’m clocking into this game with all the additional detours I’m making. It’s one of the few games, along with Dragon Age, where I’ll actually take the time to read the new codex entries I gain. I have no intention of rushing through this game and I’ve been diligently going through all the sidequests I gather along the way. I’ve gotten much further in Andromeda since I wrote my first impressions post, but I’m still a bit behind compared to other fans who may have finished their first playthroughs of the game.
As April draws to a close this week, it’s time to start the first of many special edition video game challenge progress reports (spoiler-free unless stated otherwise) for Andromeda.
Time flies when you’re having fun and April has been a great month of video gaming ever since Mass Effect: Andromeda came out.
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