# Mass Effect - Andromeda ## Thoughts What a disappointment this game was. Talk about a fall from grace! I feel that the setting is by far the strongest part of the game. The missing/stranded arks for each of the respective races are an intriguing plot device. However, despite the story being intriguing, literally everything else about *Andromeda* is worse than its predecessors: - The crew/characters are just less interesting versions of ones from *Mass Effect* 1-3. It's hard to come up a comparison between any of the crew members that favors *Andromeda*.[^1] - The gameplay planet-side is largely a waste of the player's time — they took the weakest part of [[Mass Effect]] and doubled down on it. - It seemed like the Profiles that you can invest into would be a bigger deal based on the prologue mission, but I found them to be completely unneeded during the rest of the game. ## Progress **Main Story:** *Incomplete* >Despite my best efforts (i.e. two attempts over the years), I just can't bring myself to finish this game. [^1]: Okay, fine, maybe Jacob would be in there somewhere.