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Andromeda

In this one post, I'm going to try and hype you all up with everything known about this upcoming game. I'm extremely excited about it, and I figured that just in case somehow it flew over your radars, i'd tell you all about it.
This post is going to be cut into a few different sections, being as follows:

1. The protagonist (Ryder)
2. A quick overview and rundown on what has happened in the past Mass Effect Titles that may be necessary to understanding what is happening in Andromeda. (Watch out for spoilers y'all.)
3. Theories about, and actual truths about what is going to take place in ME: Andromeda. Some confirmed species, ships, characters and other Mass Effect related stuff. (PLOT)
4. And of course, information pertaining to how this will compare to ME1, ME2, and ME3. (Including romance.)
5. HOW to, WHERE to buy it.

SHEPARD

1. It was stated from the start that the original trilogy's main protagonist, Commander Shepard would not be returning in ME: Andromeda. The new game will instead be focusing on a man / woman (depending on which you choose to play) named Ryder. And this time, opposed to in the past games, either gender is canon! The two Ryders are sister and brother, and both exist in the game at the same time, which leads to theories that co-op in ME: Andromeda could be campaign-based. The trailers still show Ryder wearing N7 armour, which, according to the ME3 codex is:

"N7 is a vocational code in the Systems Alliance military. The "N" designates special forces and the "7" refers to the highest level of proficiency."

So basically, Ryder is just as badass as Shepard.

What happened? (You can probably skip over this)

2. I'll try and steer away from too many spoilers just in case some of you missed out on this beautiful trilogy. However the main plot of the ME story will be spoiled. I'm just skipping passed the lesser-information. You've been warned.

Basically, the "Reapers" happened. In ME1, you were trying to warn the world of the first Reaper encounter, a dreadnought class reaper named "Sovereign", and hardly anyone listened - people died because of this. The whole game was you trying to save council space from the threat, and you did do quite a bit, but you couldn't save them all...

ME2 was different, and it seemed as though Bioware was taking a different route, steering away from the Reaper story. Nope. Reapers. They're still coming, and nobodies listening to you Shepard.

ME3 is where it got real. Reapers are coming to kill council species, and yet nobody's listening. OH! WAIT! The very first scene is everyone asking Shepard what's happening. Shepard just says: "There's reapers you tools, wtf guys?". Basically by the end of the game, you've either died, lived, killed every living advanced species, saved everyone, turned everyone into cyborgs, or taken control of the Reapers.

There's a lot of ending. In all of which Joker survives, probably to do with the fact that it's Seth Green and they couldn't afford to off him.

PEEBEE

3. (CHARACTER) Your quirky and friendly looking ASARI FRIEND. Sorry, i'm just a bit excited.
It's been stated that her companionship is acquired by adventuring, and isn't an ally right of the bat.

LIAM

3. (CHARACTER) Liam is a former police officer who arrives on the Hyperion (Human flagship - up next)

A more in-depth review of Peebee and Liam:
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/11/10/meet-your-mass-effect-squadmates-liam-and-peebee.aspx

One important, and very awesome piece of information is that LOYALTY MISSIONS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK! This probably means that there are just as many, if not MORE teammates you can have than ME2!

The four "ark ships".

3. (PLOT) This is the Hyperion, it's a beauty ain't it? There are four confirmed Ark ships. All of which are expedition ships that carry thousands of members of a certain species from the Milky way to the Andromeda galaxy in cryogenic pods. One ship carries Asari, another Salarian, another Turian, and the Hyperion Humans. I assume that these were people that decided to escape the Milky Way in hopes to colonize away from the Reaper threat.
The game is based 600 years after the events of ME3, and it seems as though these arks were built and shipped off BEFORE the Reapers had been defeated.

The "Andromeda Initiative" takes place separate from Systems Alliance, and is a privately-funded organization.

An official events timeline can be found here:
https://www.masseffect.com/andromeda-initiative

Exploration and combat

3. ME: Andromeda creators have stated that exploration will make an even larger impact on this game than any other games in the series before. It sounds as though it has many free-roam elements AND jetpacks!

Combat sounds about the same as the previous games, probably much smoother however, being as though the game runs on the FROSTBITE engine, yep, the same engine Battlefield runs on. It has been stated that the ground team is the same style, take two people into combat with you, and command them. The game is third person, but apparently driving may have first-person elements.

KETT

3. The new (assumed hostile) species in Andromeda! Lookin' good.. The Kett are supposedly an alien species that is native to the Andromeda galaxy, and it can be assumed that they don't take four massive ships coming near their space lightly.

3. A more animal-like species in the world! Well as long as they don't have Thresher Maws again...

Oh Goddamnit

Thoughts?

4. Well apparently the galaxy map is still there so there's that...
It's going to be bloody awesome. I'm someone that is usually VERY skeptical about games. I told all my friends not to buy Hardline, they didn't listened, they all cried. I told them all that No Man's Sky was going to flop. Bingo. I told them all that Donald Trump was in Home Alone 2. Bingo.

Anyways, it just flat-out looks dope. Graphics look dope. Bioware is known for amazing stories and games. Loyalty missions are returning. There's more exploring. Yet at the end of the day, it's still Mass Effect. There's going to be hard choices, people might jump off a cliff, and you'll be helpless to save them because you're not Paragon enough- Oh wait, no they won't, because there isn't going to be a reputation system. HALLELUJAH!

I'm excited. If Mass Effect 3 wasn't your cup of tea for some reason, don't turn your back on Andromeda. Oh, and never be one of those dicks that say ME is bad because there isn't enough combat, because there is. Especially now.

ROMANCE

4. Yeah it's still a thing. You'll still be given plenty of chances to talk and converse with people, and of course, seduce.

"Romance Is Here To Stay"

Yep. For the more interested, SAUCE!:

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/11/18/mass-effect-andromeda-39-s-new-approach-to-romance.aspx

Most Viral Edit: I will be posting more Mass Effect related news and such up until the game's release. I realize after re-reading this post that I missed some very awesome information, so i'll maybe make a part 2 someday! Hopefully you enjoyed this post, though! All hail the greatest game series ever!