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**Overall Score - 6.8/10** >Storyline - 6/10 >Dialog - 6.5/10 >Combat - 8/10 >Graphics - 7/10 (On PC) >Setting - 7.5/10 Lambasted for its buggy launch akin to that of a Bethesda Game (Looking at you, Skyrim, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76), Mass Effect: Andromeda is a game that is trying to both appeal to a new audience and the audience of the original series. While controversial, the setting that it establishes is brim with potential as the game focuses on only a single cluster in the entirety of the Andromeda galaxy. The story starts off slow like Mass Effect 1, but eventually I found myself engaged in some parts (I found myself enjoying the side quests a lot more than the main quests). Like the Original Trilogy, some of the dialogue delivery leaves a lot to be desired. Sara Ryder's acting is especially dreadful, reminding me of horrifically terrible lines from Mass Effect 1 such as "HOLD THE LINE" or "ENEMIES EVERYWHERE". However, Scott Ryder's acting reminds me of a more emotionally-responsive Shepard with the same level of camp. Given Andromeda is the first of it's ilk, it's clear that BioWare will need more time (another game) to truly reach that potential. Andromeda had many flaws at the beginning and like Mass Effect 1, those flaws are glaring...But, I'm hoping that a possible Andromeda 2 will improve upon those flaws and hopefully streamline the some of monotony. Originally I was disappointed, but I have optimism and even hope for the Mass Effect Franchise...Especially after the blunder that was Mass Effect 3 and its notorious endings. It's no Mass Effect 2, but it's at least not Mass Effect 3.

**Overall Score - 5.7/10** >Storyline - 4.5/10 >Dialog - 6/10 >Combat - 7.5/10 >Graphics - 7/10 (On PC) >Setting - 5/10 What could've been the death of the franchise if it weren't for the previous games or the material which came after. Mass Effect 3 is truly a let down, even to this very day. While Act I of the story was good and Act 2 was serviceable...Act III ruined the pay off and yet, the Extended Cut doesn't fix much. Due to ME3, we cannot get another story in the Milky Way after the events of the story since that would mean BioWare would have to canonize one of the endings which would remove player agency. Renegade Shepard was completely ruined in this game, serving as a typical mustache twirling villain. The once roguish commander who was willing to get his hands dirty was degraded into a genocidal maniac hellbent on sending an entire species extinct, completely betraying what we knew about Renegade Shepard in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 1. The Reapers were dumbed down to stupid giant space machine-squids who fire lasers while Micheal Bay explosions occur around them indiscriminately. The ending twist on 'the Catalyst' was quite juvenile and lacking any subtlety. The Sci-Fi adventure we knew and love from Mass Effect 1 or 2 was dumbed down in this game to make way for a generic schlocky action movie. J.J. Abram style light flares quite literally decorate every portion of this game only hammering down on that feeling. The dialog ranges from mediocre to great making it average, Liara holding a myriad of quite awfully delivered lines due to her generally apathetic nature. However, characters like Tali, Garrus and Joker hold a fair amount of great lines. Male Shepard's campy nature is at full throttle in this game and is almost relentless... Regardless, it is worth playing for the companions and side quests alone...Even if it has a poorly executed story...And the scary part? It was going to be worse.