Mass Effect: Andromeda is a game that a lot of PC gamers are looking forward to. And while DICE did not reveal a proper trailer for it, we are pretty sure that you want to know more about it. Below you can find everything that has been unveiled during E3 2016 (via various interviews). Kudos to Reddit’s member ‘Audemus77‘ for collecting all this information!
Mass Effect: Andromeda – E3 2016 Information
EA Play Trailer
-The new ship is called the Tempest. It’s small enough to land on planets
-Asari, Salarians, Krogan etc are all in Andromeda
-The Mako has a boost feature
-Biotics are back
-You can switch shoulders during combat
-Facial animations are smoother/more detailed
-There is more than one Ark
-Before leaving, the Arks were located above Earth
-Passengers on the Ark have been kept in some kind of stasis during the journey. Female character is first to wake upMac Walters (YouTube Live at E3)
-Characters are a huge focus, Frostbite allows them to create more detailed characters
-The dialogue system will be familiar but they want to push the envelope with new mechanics
-There will be an ‘evolution’ of the morality system
-The protagonist’s name is Ryder
-The woman at the end of the EA Play video is a FemRyder
-The goal of this game is to move forward. There will be callbacks to the trilogy however
-Ryder has a family. This family ties into the storyline (Maybe siblings, parents etc)
-ME3 multiplayer was a surprising success but they understand that fans didn’t like how it tied into the single player, aims to improve this
-Development in the game is in the final stretch, they only want to show stuff that’s totally finished and polished
-The Mako is the only vehicle in the gamePolygon and IGN interviews with Mac Walters/Aaryn Flynn
-Mass Effect 3’s ending and your decisions won’t affect Andromeda
-Relationships and romances will be more realistic
-Friendships and romances will take into account character temperaments. Some may be harder to talk to.
-Romance won’t be limited to checking in a few times, then getting a romance scene.
-Mass Effect Andromeda is a story about becoming a hero
-The characters will be much younger and untested, drawing from themes of feeling out of depth or like an outcast
-Humanity are the aliens this time, it’s the story of a stranger in a strange land
-BioWare are aiming for a character that is more than just a typical space marine, someone who recognises the impact their presence is having
-Instead of your character already knowing a lot about the Galaxy like Shepard, you’re going to be discovering all of this stuff with them
-You won’t have the kind of support Shepard would have. You’re not exactly a Spectre this time
-The story of the game will be more personal this time, even though the scale is still grand
-The trilogy will act as a foundational background, but won’t be a focus. There will be explainations for new players on what Krogans are, what mass effect field are etc.
-The trilogy was about a cinematic, grand, space opera with a titular character. With Andromeda they want to move away from this
-Instead of saying “You are this person” it’s about saying “This is your role and this is the way you can play it”
-Andromeda will still be a human centric story, as it gives the player a foothold in the alien narrative
-In ME1, humans found themselves to be the underdogs in a larger galaxy, and this is ultimately a core theme of Mass Effect, not just the trilogy
-BioWare kept trying to solve the vehicle problem in the trilogy, but this time they’ve made it a core focus and tried to fix it early in development
-The online component will have no impact on the main story this time. There will be more positive ties between the singleplayer and multiplayer
-The core elements of branching dialogue, relationship building, exploration etc will remain intact
-Andromeda will feel like you’re playing Mass Effect for the first time, as the setting/characters are new and unfamiliar, yet nostalgic to returning fansYanick Roy (Studio Director)
-RPG elements are of course still there, allowing the player to control the story their way
-BioWare aren’t worried about moving on from Shepard, they believe that as long as all the core elements of Mass Effect are there, people will play it
-There will be companions with ‘loyalty’ missions and new ways to get to know them
-The multiplayer will be similar to ME3’s but with more freedom, dynamic gameplay and ‘chaos’
-There will be more customisation than we’ve seen before. We can “own” our environments
-Andromeda is their biggest game ever. Exploration is a major factor, similar to what they tried to achieve in ME1
-Planets will have essentially one biome, inspired by planets from things like Star Wars
-There will be different ways to communicate with the races of Andromeda. Diplomacy, aggressiveness, combat etc
-The order in which you do quests/talk to people may also influence opinion of you and humanity
-We will be able to choose male/female, but they want to go a little bit further with this. More details to come soon
-The female Ryder isn’t exactly the default face. There is a bit of a twist this time around but they can’t say more yet
-The protagonist’s role will be vast, their goal is to find a new home for humanity and the other races accompanying them, requiring a character of many qualities
-There will be references to the trilogy, but not so much as to flood new players with information
-The way the translators will understand the languages of the Andromeda species will be explained
Aaryn Flynn (PlayStation Access and Inside Playstation)
-The trip to Andromeda has taken a really really long time (hundereds of years)
-The game draws parallels to today’s space exploration advancements/themes
-The N7 character has nothing to do with Shepard
-New species. Some old, some new, some completely mysterious
-Choices will affect the species you encounter
-Planetary exploration is essentially the same mechanic as ME1, but much MUCH bigger/better with more freedom
-There’s much more to the Tempest than meets the eye
-The ‘Ark’ is a huge part of the story, not just where Ryder wakes up
-Main character will be human, you can choose to play as a male/female Ryder
-There is a sense of continuity in the Mass Effect universe, despite starting fresh in a new Galaxy
-Mass Effect Andromeda is story/characters first, then with a large focus on seamless loading, exploration
-Frostbite has forced them to rebuild everything from the ground up, it’s a clean slate in more ways than one
-Mass Effect VR is a possibilityEDIT: New Info (Various Sources such as Twitter and news websites) -Same-Sex romances are still there
-Info about the collectors edition is coming this fall
-As the game runs Frostbite, the PC hardware requirements will be similar to that of Battlefront and Inquisition
-More news may be coming in weeks instead of months.
-Codex entries will be detailed and in-depth as usual
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someone sat and wrote all this down, dang! and here I thought I’m a fan..
Thanks this is very helpful indeed.
‘-RPG elements are of course still there, allowing the player to control the story their way’
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
man i read all that just to find if this is a open world shooter so i can play it like that, i have completely thrown away the idea of “rpg” from bioware. They say it will focus more on dialogues, ok, but how much of the freeplay is filler without dialogue? I want to know that in order to find out if it is a open world game or a blah blah blah bioware game.
Did you ever praised anything in your life ? or sarcasm is the only thing you’re good at, can’t imagine how terrible you will be in real life.
You mean if I like games? Sure, I like plenty of games! It’s just hard not to poke fun at stupid statements like that and people who actually believe those.
Hey, play nice! Let him defend something lol
Yeah and you think that being negative all the time makes you look cool no it makes you look pathetic. You really like games ? I don’t think so, I saw you criticizing Witcher 3 for whatever reasons, this game, GTA V and a whole lot of other games for small reasons, make a AAA game yourself and then we’ll talk how good you’re at it. Barking all the time in the name of criticism won’t make you look practical.
And If I am talking neutrally does that mean I work for Bioware ? get your head out of your a$$.
Woah, blast from the past…
Ok, first you have to understand something very very simple: criticizing something does not mean being ‘negative’, at all.
So you say that I criticized Witcher 3, GTA V, etc, for ‘reasons’… and? What exactly is the problem with that?
Oh, the typical 8 year old argument ‘if u doent liek X, make X urself lol’ Yep, very in-depth, constructive and mature.
The truth is you happily slurp anything flashy the AAA industry puts out regardless of quality.
Lol I wasn’t active on Disqus from sometime but when I saw your stupid reply I felt obliged to answer.
So you also have to understand something very basic. Criticizing all the time is not constructive criticism, it’s either stupidity or negativity.
I have no problem if you criticize something and I don’t care really, I just find it funny that every time you speak, you say something negative in the name of so called “Criticism”.
An eight year old argument that you cannot answer directly lol, really try working in a video game industry and make something yourself before you go all out with your negativity. If you buy something and don’t like it then maybe I can understand you but here you’re talking about a game that’s not even released so yeah that’s stupid negativity.
The truth is you keep whining about everything like a whimper without actually buying or trying it. Both Steam and Origin offer reasonable refund system so let the game release and try it before you vomit your crap.
Heh, you do a really lousy job at ‘not caring’ about what I post.
Andromeda may be the greatest Mass Effect yet. You expand upon the customization and exploration aspects of the gameplay, not remove it all and call it “refinement.” Only too much DLC can ruin this game.
No, SJW BS will ruin this game….
Man, why you guys all so hung up on ‘SJW’ stuff? It’s almost like you’re…
Offended?
TRIGGERED, EVEN????
Like seriously, chill out, the game hasn’t even been properly demoed yet and all you guys are getting yourselves in a tizzy about gender politics.
Mass Effect was always one of the few games that achieved the balance. So WTF are you talking about?! :
That was then this is now…pay attention
Quit your whining. You’re worse than a faux feminist.
Check your cis privilege, this is bioware.
Tranny space marines…. wow. Best gaym evar!!
So attack helicopters confirmed?
HOW DARE YOU I IDENTIFY AS APACHE AND I AM OFFENDED.
“And while DICE did not reveal a proper trailer for it,”
You might want check that out, because unless EA has decided to really jump the shark and make the next Mass Effect into a straight up fps I’m pretty sure it’s BioWare that failed to show the trailer
So glad Denuvo will prevent me from being indocrinated in their tranny agenda.
i like what you did there *indoctrinated* 🙂
“We will be able to choose male/female, but they want to go a little bit further with this. More details to come soon”
Can’t wait to see how they inject regressive gender identity politics into the game. I for one hope to play as a panromantic, demisexual, otherkin who identifies as a submarine.
This thing still goes on? I thought the sjws were defeated.
I wish.
Correction: we wish.
>.<
EA/Bioware is SJW headquarters
I identify as Commander Shepard. Better add him to the game!
#TRIGGERED
You forgot to add one:
-We will have fugly female characters, so as not to offend ugly feminists. Just like in Dragon Age Inquisition.
They better be accurate representations:
If you’re talking about Sera… we… she kinda grew on me. And this is coming from a guy who has been repeatedly told that only thinks model/actress-type woman as attractive.
That’s a long list and yet I still feel like we nothing about this game.
Exactly.
TL:DR – “You know nothing, Jon Snow.”
Hell Yeah! I’m gonna be an otherkin keyboard!
On a serious note, so long as they don’t shove their “message” too hard, it should be fine. Certainly won’t catch me playing as anything other than an average character though.
that ugly asari.. whoever designed her should be shot to death
And how many premium boxes ? or you know like injustice 2 random common/rare/legendary one time use Gears which can be bought as a pack or booster packs or races that removed from the game and sold as DLCs or one time use cards and stuff ?
Story and gameplay and stuff, and all I see people bringing up is gender “issues”.
Video games really got stupid.
“The story of the game will be more personal this time, even though the scale is still grand”
THIS is exactly what I hoped for. I like.
I’m sure if Krogan, Salarian, Turian, etc are real things, people will say that they are racists because you can only play as a human.
No. Nope. Never. I’ve actually decided I’m just not going to play BioWare games any longer.
Haha, good one, but i’m pretty sure you’ll play this one if you’re a real fan.
I’m not a “real fan” no. Not big on any BioWare stuff really. But I’ve played through most of it until now. Not really big on most things where I control the story. I make horrid decisions.
haha, at least you’re honest from what I can tell.
I certainly do try.