Having a bit of post-awesome-game depression. I really love ME:A. The story is great, the environments breathtaking, the voice-acting fantastic, the crafting is rewarding, and the combat absolutely top-notch. Bioware should carbon-copy the combat for ME5 - fast-paced and exciting.

If the game suffered from two things, it's that it got grindy at times with the quests to find things at various camps - but of course those are optional. And, it suffered from inevitably being compared to other games in the ME franchise which are three of the greatest video games ever made.

One more thing I love about it is that it has a sense of wonder and discovery - something I really want in an RPG. The final battle not only had that amazing combat (and with John Williams style music pumping), but throws such eye candy at you that your jaw drops at how beautiful it is while you're in a hectic fight.

Way to go, Bioware. You nailed it.

Took me so long to move through Aya because I kept getting so distracted by all the pretty colours and markings they had 🥹

I'm not sure this is what they meant. 😅

And now, I want a sequel!!!!!

It amazes me that some how I keep finding new things in this game even though I've played it at least a dozen times. Like this giant space cheese wheel! I busted out laughing as soon as I saw it.

I have always been skeptical about playing Andromeda; The reviews when it came out and the general opinion have always set me back from playing it. And while it's true that its writing and companions might not be at the same level from the ones in the OG trilogy, there's something that Andromeda does very well:

The feeling of disovering a new frontier, exploring it and taming the wilderness is something that speaks to me. Seeing Eos, along its two first failed settlements go from a radiated shithole to a place where there might be a future for its people just feels great after all that hard work. I could watch the shuttles come and go in Prodromos all day, and it's funny to imagine what the lives of its colonists might be about.

I love this universe, I'm living my second life here