MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA
If you’re following up on a trilogy as successful and beloved as the original Mass Effect games, you’ve got to be dead certain that the game you’re delivering is going to knock the ball out of the park. Andromeda didn’t ever even come close to doing that. There’s definitely plenty to like here, from the game’s much-improved combat to a genuinely intriguing story that set up some exciting things (which, sadly, may not ever get resolved), but that magic was missing. The characters weren’t as engaging, there was a disappointing lack of new alien races, and of course, at launch, the game was a technical mess. Thankfully, BioWare is at work on another new Mass Effect game, so here’s hoping that one ends up living up to the series’ pedigree.
