UPDATE: The Mass Effect: Andromeda 1.08 patch (opens in new tab) adds a new Male Ryder romance option for Jaal. Mass Effect: Andromeda romance lets you flirt with your crew mates and other characters, which could lead into a full-on relationship, if you play your cards right. Mass Effect: Andromeda …
Read More »“We’re definitely not done with Mass Effect” promises BioWare
With all the fuss over Anthem, and the ugly stepchild that was Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab), some of us BioWare fans were afeared we would never get the chance to save the universe – or bang a Krogan – ever again. All is not lost though, as …
Read More »Shoddy game launches can’t wholly be blamed on devs and publishers if we still buy their titles on day one
As I pointed out in my Mass Effect: Andromeda review for OPM, playing it is an experience that can be coloured by its instability. I’ve a few horror stories – a ‘favourite’ bug sees Ryder take a swig from a non-existent glass – but the biggest shame is how familiar …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda review: “Not a disaster, but definitely not the fresh start this series needed”
Andromeda should have been a smart new chapter for the Mass Effect series. As far as the story goes, it is. 634 years since setting off into deep space, a colony of ships from the Milky Way – representing most of the major species from our galaxy – arrives in …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda review: “Not a disaster, but definitely not the fresh start this series needed”
Andromeda should have been a smart new chapter for the Mass Effect series. As far as the story goes, it is. 634 years since setting off into deep space, a colony of ships from the Milky Way – representing most of the major species from our galaxy – arrives in …
Read More »Watch our new collection of Mass Effect: Andromeda glitches, from interpretive krogans to floating raptors
After spending a good amount of time playing through Mass Effect: Andromeda to get our full assessment ready to go, we can definitively state that yeah, there’s some bugs in there. But at least they’re fun to watch! We’ve assembled a compilation video of some of our favorite bugs from …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda director explains why loyalty missions are back after skipping ME3
Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab) may be leaving behind the Milky Way and Paragon / Renegade system, but not everything from the original trilogy is being tossed out the airlock. In fact, Mass Effect 2 (opens in new tab)’s loyalty missions will be making a return in the …
Read More »Bioware says Mass Effect: Andromeda on Scorpio is “something wed definitely consider looking at”
In a recent interview with Official Xbox Magazine Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab)’s creative director Mac Walters has suggested a Project Scorpio (Microsoft’s upgraded console expected later this year) version of the game could well be a possibility. When asked if Mass Effect: Andromeda could expect a similar …
Read More »Mass Effects Mako will actually be fun to drive… thanks to the Need for Speed team
EA’s press conference (opens in new tab) may not have revealed a ton of new info about Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab), but it offered a brief glimpse of the return of the Mako. That’s right, the bouncing, rubbery, ice skate with wheels is back. But don’t groan …
Read More »Is voice acting always the best option, or are some games better without it?
Making progress is a lot like making moonshine: damned difficult to see exactly what’s going to happen while you’re actually doing it. Simply, it often takes hindsight to truly appreciate progress. When it comes to video game design, few single developments have been considered quite such major shifts as that …
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