I tried giving Andromeda another shot after sinking another like 500 hours into the original trilogy. Didn't make it past the tutorial. It's fucking baffling how badly they mangled pretty much every single aspect of the gameplay.
Tbh I don't care about the movement in mass effect at all. The best parts of the original trilogy was the feeling of actually leading your squad and the more tactical aspects of the gameplay. Andromeda butchered all of those things beyond recognition.
Wtf are you talking about, you were leading your squad in Andromeda. Okay, you couldn't use their skills, but that had always been a minor feature, especially in ME3.
And tactical aspects? The games had always been action-rpgs, not something like XCOM or BG3.
Okay, you couldn't use their skills, but that had always been a minor feature, especially in ME3.
See maybe it's just me, but that's the part I disagree. In my opinion this is a huge part of the gameplay loop and essentially required on insanity. At the very least, it makes your life a lot easier. Like you'll do a lot better in 2 if you can coordinate which abilities you have on standby to deal with defenses/focus powers on one specific target over letting your guys do whatever they want. And in 3, coordinating priming/detonating abilities let's you increase your damage output significantly compared to doing everything yourself. Plus adds some more thoughts to who you bring and how you spec their abilities.
You're right that the tactical stuff is not a huge aspect of Mass Effect. But to me that crumb of tactics in the gameplay and squad/character coordination is what elevated the original trilogy to just a third person shooter, to one of the most consistently enjoyable third person shooter I've ever played. So removing even a few of those mechanics ends up having a much bigger impact on the gameplay experience.
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Man, I hate EA with a passion.
Its honestly sad that last good title BioWare made was Mass Effect 3.