MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA - Battle for Meridian - Spaceship Fight Scenes

Mass Effect Andromeda space battle for Meridian. This is the final battle and fight for Meridian edited down to just the action/fight scenes with the Spaceships. Ryder and The Andromeda Initiative battle with the Archon over Meridian and the Human Ark, Hyperion.
Mass Effect Andromeda Meridian Battle Scenes

[@wearywanderer7018]

Imagine if just one reaper surprised everybody halfway through this battle.

[@klarnorbert]

Thank god EA decided to remaster the trilogy. Finally we can play the first 3 game without thinking about how good Andromeda looks.

[@bossshun9]

If just one Reaper made it to Andromeda, everyone would be scared or unable to stop it.

[@allistancooper1502]

@@bossshun9 isn't they an ancient race of technology advanced race called the jardaan in the Andromeda galaxy judging from They technology they are atleast as advanced if not more advanced than the reapers and They themselves have a enemy of they own asswell right? So why would one reaper be a problem even the milky way races can kill one reaper so I don't see a more technology advanced race having a problem with one reaper. And one thing that keeps bothering me why didn't the reapers go to another galaxy and do the same thing in the Andromeda galaxy why didn't they? You know what I think I think that other galaxies have races that are as ancient maby more ancient as advanced maby even more advanced than the reapers infact I don't think the reapers were that advanced at all they did see the younger races as a threat they themselves said that the younger races will surpass them which is why every fifty thousand years or so they return to purge the galaxy of the younger races so they can't advanced to the point we're the reapers can't be a actual threat. So Galaxy's that never had a reaper presence will have more advanced races in them like the jardaan which is why the reapers never went to another galaxy to purge it because they can't do it with Races like the jardaan in them.

[@rorinthelarpdad120]

He gonna show up like "surprise mother f@cka!"

[@bossshun9]

@@allistancooper1502 I am assuming that idea. Of the ones who created the Angara are highly advanced, then one Repear won't be a problem for them.

[@Alex06CoSonic]

4:05 - "Suvi? What am I looking at?" "A shield world, Chief."

[@bossshun9]

Lmao nice and pretty obvious too 🤣🤣

[@andor888]

I mean, I could criticize ME:Andromeda for longer than most, as I hate almost everything about it, but that is just ridiculous. The concept of a Dyson sphere precedes even the first thoughts about making a Halo game. This thing here and Halo's "shield world" are both based on the same thing and they are pretty common mentions in sci-fi. To suggest otherwise is either dishonest or uninformed.

[@JJJBunney001]

@@andor888 that's not it. The way they executed it and it's terrain and everything reminded me of Halo 4 too

[@red244]

@@andor888 It's the fact they're asking Suvi and the response includes "Chief" in a similar way to how Cortana would respond to John-117.

[@orleyneberk3603]

4:40 my eyes may see this, but heart only sees ME1 landing scene on Ilos...

[@ajet0452]

I'll never understand why these games never let you have space combat in which a player controls a ship, its seriously would be awesome

[@Vitan89]

Not as awesome as you may think. Forget about cutscenes where ships are in visual range of each other. Even modern navies would never get this close to their enemies if they could help it. Railguns in the original trilogy shot their projectiles at 3% light speed. That's 9000km/s. You could easily shoot enemies from hundreds of thousands of kilometers away. The "gameplay" would be about positioning your fancy ships and shooting into the void, then waiting for 10s or more for the projectiles to arrive and a second more for the light to bounce back so you can see the explosion.

[@jamecafolden]

Fearless 512 I would’ve liked to do that.

[@chrome289]

Apparently that was one of the original goals for the game(they were aiming for a no mans sky kind of game) but due to having to use frostbite it was too difficult to actually do and the devs took too long to say "Oh to hell with it we're going to make it more like the trilogy"

[@Tuberuser187]

@@Vitan89 Could have it so you flew either the ME2/3 Style Gunships in ground attack or one the closer range Trident Fighters, making Torpedo runs on Capital Ships.

[@moonlitdescent3555]

I beat this game. I made every planet 100% viable. 2 years later I remember nothing about it.

[@zachrobinson6801]

Moonlit Descent Dude I thought I was the only one who honestly didn’t remember any of this shit lol.

[@johnmcintyre4682]

Alrighty.

[@mrAZcardinal]

Same. I came here trying to remember exactly how the game ended 😂

[@drecksackblase2011]

But I can remember anything from ME1 to ME3

[@renemaximilianolopezgarcia5977]

Ben van der Riet yes:l. It’s so sad bro.

[@bossshun9]

So, that's all the Archon wants. Just to use Meridian to change everyone into a mindless drone. His story could've been way better if they really took the time to make him better. "All I want is to just destroy all of you." Me: "That's it? Have you met the Repears? They make entire galaxies shit their pants."

[@vsgfilmgroup]

The whole GAME could have been way better if they really took the time. But that didn't fly.

[@bossshun9]

@@vsgfilmgroup amen to that. I was hoping for at least 1 reaper to just show up and say, "Surprise, motherfuckers! We came here too!"

[@vsgfilmgroup]

@@bossshun9 Would've made a fine arc. Then suddenly the Archon has to work with Ryder and the rest to kick the Reapers out of Andromeda. It might get a bit cliche--then the Archon realizes that rapturing was a bad idea all along, or the Reaper battle weakens the Archon's forces just enough that he can't keep fighting the collective forces in Andromeda--but it would have been a step up.

[@gdkeen3307]

Archon’s morivations are distinct form other Kett leaders, who pursue more military or religious objectives. Archon is rogue. Contrast that with the “well-developed” Reapers, lol.

[@glowhoo9226]

bossshun9 no, we’re done with reapers. 3 games spent on them. I don’t want them milking it an more

[@PatrixBest]

The Kett are lucky the initiative didn't bring any warships to Andromeda.

[@bajszosjozsef4850]

Destiny's Ascension would tear the whole Kett fleet apart lolz.

[@EzioDeCreeper]

The nexus should yave had a support fleet.

[@PatrixBest]

They wanted to show that they had every intention of coming in peace, but yes their absolute lack of any kind of weapon that would allow them to deal with Kett cruisers in a head-on space battle worried me greatly. Tempest doesn't have any guns, the Nexus doesn't have any defense systems, all they had were shuttles and fighters and I'm very shocked that at no point in the game is this concern addressed. They have schematics for warships on the Nexus, you can see them on display in the Pathfinder hall. Coordinate with the Angarans and get some warships built already. You are going to need them. Even better now that you have all this Remnant tech, you can build Milky Way/ Angaran / Remnant Hybrid ships.

[@EzioDeCreeper]

Coming in peace is all very nice when you are not going on a one way trip into a new galaxy. It was a dumb decision.

[@kkachi95]

Yeah I wish each arks had 2 or 3 deployable cruisers attached to it. I miss the Turian & Alliance cruiser designs. Still, I'm glad we got the Alliance fighters. They look sweet.

[@CryingPanSFX]

regardless of whatever else you think about andromeda, their sound design is amazing. also, their walking and running animations are fantastic, at least when they work as intended.

[@Kairac112]

wait... what sound design? dialogue when not cutscene? the sound of dying geth as ships fly?

[@boiboiboi1419]

Gentle Pirate yup

[@hunterkiller4578]

Lel this battle is no way near to mass effect Trilogy battles . The atmosphere of battle , music , dialogues in Andromeda are boring .

[@petiertje]

The fact that I played ME1 8x, ME2 18x, ME3 4x. And MEA still to be finished. Says enough about how I think the game is ;) They dropped the ball with ME3, (game was great, ending was killing everything, even when you saved the galaxy...), but they forgot to pick it up when making MEA imo.

[@bigdawgjoker2628]

The combat gameplay is better

[@aurex8937]

Considering most of the Council races use the GARDIAN system and that most if not all of those "missiles" launched from Kett warships would be shot down easily before they reached their intended targets, I think that whole Kett "armada" would probably be easy game for an Alliance patrol fleet. A couple of cruisers, a dozen of fighters and let's say six frigates would be MORE than enough to rip them to shreds. A single dreadnought could also do the trick. Not to mention the Destiny Ascension. From what we've seen in cutscenes and gameplay through ME:A, the Kett's military technology is decades behind those of the Turians, and probably even the Alliance.

[@the_dropbear4392]

Aurex Other than the missiles which would be negated by guardian defence lasers and mass effect fields, they Kett don't have any other useful weapons for space combat. Also no shields

[@000mjd]

Archon and his fleet were only a little portion of the Kett military, and indeed he was Rogue

[@khalduras784]

@Dedal Donnager yup. Though it is worth noting that apparently the fleet we saw is nothing more than a single fleet out of many. Still think tbey are reletively weak compared to any milky way fleet tho

[@varric]

@@khalduras784 The Kett are a problem because the Iniciative didn't bring any warship to Andromeda. The Alliance fleet alone can annihilate the Archon's entire armada the second they met.

[@smiglo112]

Now imagine Normandy SR-2 in this battle, wrecking everything with her Thanix cannons xD Heck, the game would've ended the first time they met Archon xD

[@bossshun9]

Oh yes. Shepard's ship would have won the fight in moments.

[@mychaeldark1007]

That is if ever finished calibrating the guns. rofl

[@jenkinskevin]

sure

[@nico89SFX]

Well, there'd be no game if the AI had an SR-2. When the Kett block their path in Aya, they'd just tear the Archon's ship in half with a single shot and move on.

[@Chrisorr]

Say what you will about this game but the part where you're charging across the battlefield in the nomad with fighters flying over head and wreckage raining down on you. Easily an awesome scene in the game. Even if I wasn't fighting, that part of the game was a thrill right, especially on higher difficulty.

[@Whoami691]

Especially listening as each of the allies you have gathered over the game come to your aid in the final battle.

[@MartinAslaksen]

I was shouthing WHOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO during that sequence xD

[@jonweik4091]

Agreed , the game has it's issues just like any other game but moments like these help

[@jeremybk54]

the gameplay and story have a lot of issues. but i will at least give this portion a thumbs up just because it feels like people u have gathered 4 the end actually have an impact/influence on the end. kind of like ME2

[@kenjinpiniteu]

happy hoodwinker In a way, I can see your point. Then again, the trilogy had 3 games - long enough - for us to get attached to the characters. If Andromeda is turning into another series of its own, I think that might be enough for us to really resonate with 'em.

[@CommandoRickLV]

damn archon had more facial expressions in this scene then the other chars in the whole game.....not sarcasm or joking im for real

[@whatfreedom7]

ricijs2000 yeah I don't get it. Some scenes look great and good movement while others looked like they pulled scrap scenes from a older game that were never used or something.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

whatfreedom7 EA kept badgering them during the games development,that may well be the case

[@SashaNaronin]

EA also set impossible release date target for them. COnsidering the time and manpower conditions they were working in the result is really good. Especially when you consider that many many issues were fixed in a couple of patches.

[@ItsBiox]

Bruh the sex scenes in Andromeda has more facial expression that any cutscene in the game

[@Solaxe]

@@SashaNaronin Lmao this game take like, what, 6 years to make? This is an "impossible release target"???

[@mivapusa]

Pretty sure an Everest Dreadnought could have made the game a whole lot shorter. Point-and-boom

[@varric]

Pretty sure that the Normandy SR2 alone can kick Archon's ass in five minutes.

[@the_dropbear4392]

Varric Considering his ship doesn't seem to have shields, the upgrade cannon would punch straight through it

[@electrohalo8798]

what you want, is a Kilimanjaro dreadnaught, Everest is a carrier

[@Pardofelis85]

@@electrohalo8798 why would everest be a carrier, dreadnaughts are named after mountains, kilimanjaro and everest are both dreadnaughts

[@solaviryuvia8953]

@eletric halo A simple google says Everest is a dreadnaught. Intact it's the one we see most in ME3

[@defalt7023]

I'm glad Captain Dunn survived the crash. I missed her Pingu mouth.

[@victuz]

Defalt Defalt She survived because like physics, her body was levitated by Sarissa's biotic power before the crash, so her body was separated from the energy impact shock of Hyperion's ground.

[@windwind3170]

Noot Noot.

[@Xxsorafan]

You need all the pathfinders to keep her alive I think. Not like it matters she’s completely irrelevant

[@captainearth3294]

only if she her seat had a seatbelt

[@darthrevan704]

In my play through she died

[@neddhu]

I played this game twice... it s a good game...and really connected with my crew.... i love when a game makes you care about your bro's... this and dragon age inquisition...

[@skitzocrayon]

i own all of Bioware's games except Anthem. ME:A and DA:I (great looking game...have spent many hours playing) are the only 2 games i havent beaten. It is the whole sandbox, fetch, and find that throws me off. It is the reason i have never finished a Bethesda game....even though i invest 100's of hours in each game. Too much to do and lose interest in the story....and when the story is trash...well.

[@MICROKNIGHT3000]

This game may not have qualities that ME fans wanted. But I like Andromeda alot, thank you. I loved the setting of the story, I loved the ships, I love Tempest and the many cutscenes that come with it, Loved the landing scenes and places you can land onto, Loved the space battles too and Meridian

[@whyjnot420]

The Tempest felt both awesome yet out of place imo. In and of itself and as a civilian hero ship, it is awesome. The problem I have is that it is a decidedly civilian ship in a very militaristic setting. Even if it supposed to be a civilian/exploration type setting, it is heavily militarized. That is really a microcosm of how I feel about this game. Lots of things I can point at, which I really like. But are either out of place like Tempest, or simply disconnected from everything else. caveat: I spent over a thousand hours in this game with maybe 2/3-3/4 of that being mp. So overall I certainly enjoyed it as a game, yet the way I remember it can be summed up as "yeah _____ was neat BUT..."

[@martinstensvehagen9161]

Fun to see a Turian fly a alliance style fighter

[@invaderjoshua6280]

All the design of the initiative is human. It was a human centered program that later invited the other species. So ya most of the fighters and ships brought are gonna be human.

[@SwobyJ]

Yeah. Finally Avengers in everyone's hands (for the most part) makes sense.

[@Qaeta]

Yeah, I'm STRONGLY of the opinion that the benefactor was in fact The Illusive Man with a voice changer. No actual proof, but given the way TIM liked to play all the angles, and that at the time there was no guarantee the Lazarus Project was even going to be successful, I would be EXTREMELY surprised if he didn't at least have his fingers in it somewhere.

[@martinstensvehagen9161]

Strange for him to give the project such a diverse population. Would think that humans were at least a majority if cerberus are in charge. And we know there are cerberus personell in andromeda from the couple we find. I think they would keep a low profile if they had some secret function in the initiative

[@zeonthefox]

maybe it was ashly doing it in his name

[@NickMcIntyre72]

9:04 I'm not sure if Bioware meant to make this comedic, but I remember laughing my ass off when she got flung out of her chair mid-sentence.

[@DartLuke]

9:03-no safe belts. Looks like ship was created by United Federation of planets

[@caav56]

Funnily enough, the older designs of UFP ships ("Franklin", for instance) do have seat belts!

[@MikoDnst]

I laughed so hard at this :D

[@CaptainSovereign]

lmao

[@danielzaba9913]

You sir, are the funniest person I've met in the comments.

[@nautikient2151]

She got booted 🤣🤣

[@MikMoen]

7:33 Y'know, they created an actual cockpit for the Alliance Fighter for the ME3 final battle cutscene. This however is a Turian placed in a dark room hunched over a computer like he's playing a game in his apartment.

[@jonathanmartinez6380]

Actually It's the interior of the shuttles from the prologue when you land on Habitat 7

[@TheStarcraftJACKAL]

7:37 - That's one hell of a pilot!

[@coverwatch]

Direct TFA reference. I like you.

[@skydronemc9942]

Chicken Mike That's exactly what I thought of when I saw Kandros in that scene haha

[@NeoShinobi]

It is Avitus.

[@skydronemc9942]

NeoShinobi Oh sorry that's what I meant, damnit why do I keep getting the damn Turians confused XD

[@JordanJumpin]

damn turians all look alike lol

[@SuperAdventureR1301]

I know Andromeda gets allot of shit, but i fucking loved this scene. The way the ships warp in is just so badass.

[@Sanguinerose2324]

Still can't fathom why it gets so much shit. I mean, sure it's not Mass Effect 2, but ME2 is literally impossible to top.

[@Spiz103]

(Although I much preferred ME3 to ME2) I think it's because Mass Effect was trending grimmer throughout the OT - now its suddenly got lighter even than Citadel was and its a little jarring. If it beds in well in the DLC I think it will grow on people though.

[@AdeptKing]

Spiz103 It does get kind of dark when you look into the memories of Ryder's dad though, because it's literally stated they took the initiative to escape the Reapers.

[@Gamingkrabbe]

99 % of the dislikes are because of the animations :p 90 % of the 99 % havent even played the game^^

[@Sanguinerose2324]

Worst ME? Maybe. Fucking shit? Get out of my galaxy.

[@БезбашенныйЛис]

2:59 Dat face! Oh my god! LOL! :D

[@OceanBoyJj]

Really dissapointed that we could not explore meridian like Eos or the other explorable planets in this game. I mean even if you guys just let us roam the area that was open during the final mission would be nice to, instead its just Hyperion

[@MikMoen]

Story DLC will come.

[@namekman01]

i hope like i hope like i hope they dont just do a boring old dlc wave, and instead just add expansions.

[@random3857]

I doubt any DLCs will come, Mass Effect: Andromeda did not offer a season DLC pack - though it still could happen. But BioWare Montreal is no longer a game-developing company, it is now a support-studio. Even if DLCs were planned, chances are that it won't happen unless EA hands that task over tó another company.

[@Dragonmots]

Probably for the (possible) sequel. We couldn't visit earth until me3 either.

[@Praxus42]

I imagine it would have been a part of any DLC, but since they released the game in this horrendous state, it bomb shelled hard. So hard it kind of killed the studio. Playing the game this late after release, there are now patches and mods that make this game, I think, much closer to how it was intended to be. I greatly enjoyed this game. Some of the dialogue is campy and cheesy, but this isn't a sequel. The most critical reactions i've seen of this game come from people who grew up with the original trilogy. I dunno, I didn't hate it.

[@ZachBrannigan]

The end of this game is best described as "everyone being awesome" and I love it.

[@Gyratus]

That must be the most peaceful/friendly battle ever given the lack of whatever weapon on the friendly ships...

[@miura25yearsago52]

*The decision to not bring warships could have been adressed by giving the player multiple side quests and missions to allow minimal fighters, warships and cruisers to be built so that your ingame progress contributes and pays off in this scene for a greater battle sequence longer or equal to ME3.* *At least 1 or 2 warships, a few fighters (considering they are small to build) and a few cruisers.* *Any more would be unrealistic to construct in such a short time (considering how massive they are) unless the devs actually implemented construction outposts (further ingame) for these exact missions once you've allied with Angara.. Any sooner wouldn't make sense considering we were an ark not an army.* *The army would be created later on.* *Anywho, it could have shown us that relationships with Angara and other worlds will greatly benefit the construction of these ships to defend Helius and Andromeda effectively/progressively.* *More relations = more numbers = more workers.* *Specific technological advancement missions for remnant, kett, angara etc would have also shown that relations within andromeda is a priority for everyone in Andromeda to survive the Kett and eliminate the scourge.* *Imagine having Angara, Asari, Salarian Turian etc all coming together & serving together as one big family to confront the kett.* *Combining tech from multiple species later in the game could have informed you that due to your mission scouting, material findings and research datas from these "advancement missions" has greatly jump started the constructions progress to get these ships built faster.* *Not doing these missions still could give you said weapons but will come at a cost of some ships getting destroyed.* *Just like the ME2 upgrades for the Normandy that came at a cost and in ME3 if you weren't thorough ships got destroyed.* *Or they could have had your character age a bit lol due to the fact the war with the Kett could have lasted a few years therfore making these warship constructions feasible with enough time on their hands.*

[@danb4751]

Miura marley Why is it that players can think of better things to put in the game than the actual developers? Playing this game kinda felt like rinse lather and repeat for each planet. ME 1 and 2, you had no idea what was gonna happen on every planet you landed on. The listening post side mission with the rachni charging the alliance base in me1 was an awesome little addition. I never really felt something like that in this game

[@bossshun9]

Yes, you figured they all would have took at least ten or five warships with them aboard the ark or keep the design for them too. Nah, they figured nothing bad out there in an empty, new galaxy.

[@Adanu191]

Agreed. Just one of many plot holes that made Andromeda fail.

[@miura25yearsago52]

@@danb4751 *This is late and i didn't get notified idk why.* *But i was invested in the mass effect trilogy for years, before 2 came out.* *So coming up with these ideas was easy peasy.* *But also this was my way of sprinkling past mass effect nostalgia into Andromeda without changing its lone game atmosphere.* *Would've made the game much better imo... I still enjoyed it i played it for months, but its no mass effect 1 2 and 3.*

[@RevanSurik]

ME Andromeda may have had few memorable moments (if compared to ME1 at least), but this final battle was pretty cool imo. Watching all the allies you've made through the game come together against the kett, fighting in this lost world of an ancient builder race, racing across the fields with upside down mountains and those floating giant machines above, and the final fight against the archon... It's a shame Bioware dropped Andromeda so quickly; a sequel that properly developed the ideas introduced in this game could've been great.

[@trh3xa174]

You literally just described the Shepard ME Trilogy lol. You literally rallied your allies you made along the way from the first game to the last to fight against an ancient machine race. Other than the graphic improvement, Andromeda was very lackluster compared to the Trilogy, that's why BioWare dropped it.

[@joshuawillis602]

@@trh3xa174 I disagree. Andromeda was a good game.

[@trh3xa174]

@@joshuawillis602 never did I say its a bad game. I said if u put it side by side against the trilogy its lackluster.

[@joshuawillis602]

@@trh3xa174 I don’t think it’s lack luster. It has its own things that make it unique

[@khalduras784]

@@trh3xa174 regardless, andromeda still showcased the final segment far better than the trilogy did

[@TalkingAboutYooh]

ME3's fleet battle was way better.

[@theyincorporated5711]

Shane Brannon this one would've been better, if half the Milky Way races weren't missing

[@notsosmartguy6254]

bradford brevard they're coming geez

[@theyincorporated5711]

Notsosmartguy 625 I know, I'm just acknowledging that they are not here yet, you feel me?

[@invaderjoshua6280]

I liked this battle more then ME3's. The shieldworld was a nice touch and reference to Halo.

[@hazza3]

Keep in mind that ME3's battle featured millions of combatants, even billions, and it took a lot of preparation to achieve a galactic protection.

[@stepanptacnik3291]

salarian pathfinder: we will hold the line

[@Rationality4Life]

So many people who have never played this game or completed it, hate on it like crazy. Sure it has tons of flaws but it's still good. It deserves a sequel. They can set it much further in the future if they want but they really shouldn't go back to the milky way.

[@jamecafolden]

Vegan4ever Exactly. People hate on the game way to much, it has it flaws but it definitely deserves a sequel.

[@krepes8685]

NO stop saying people haven’t played the game, we have played the game and we didn’t enjoy it. Just because you don’t agree, doesn’t mean people haven’t played it.

[@METALADIX]

If they can get a better writing team, then yes a sequel could redeem the flaws. The dialogue fell flat of just failed on many occasions throughout the story though. Liam and Gil definitely need some work on their characters for sure. Game-play was really good though. I wasn't a fan of the open world though, open areas can work but it would flow better if it had a solid linear story taking you to NEW areas each mission. Felt wrong bringing a planets viability from 0-100 in what felt like just a few square miles.

[@FirewallMightyHero]

Spoiler: If the salarian pathfinder AND her potential replacement are killed before this mission, Director Tann shows up in their place, with disastrous and catastrophic results. Trust me, I learned the hard way. SAVE THOSE SALARIANS OR YOU WILL REGRET IT.

[@alainarchambault2331]

You killed the Captain? I'll make a note of it. But otherwise I'd let the Salarian Pathfinder die and it's all good.

[@glacier4286]

Now you made me curious

[@glowhoo9226]

Except that there’s always a salad Ian pathfinder no matter what you do

[@tlotpwist3417]

FirewallMightyHero what happens?

[@tonyscalze4077]

Thanks

[@chad1682]

"Pathfinder I've arranged a distraction...while I find Meridian control" Are you fucking serious? Please tell me he didn't say this over the comm....

[@Dragonmots]

What's wrong with it? The Archon knows Ryder would prioritize saving the Hyperion over chasing him. That's why he said that.

[@Spiz103]

4:40 - why can't I just do that on Kadara instead of messing around with the damn port everytime I want to go into the badlands?

[@MartinAslaksen]

because the Tempest is docked? and Kadara is not the initiatives planet xD

[@dante1346]

but we do have an outpost on Kadara, right?

[@Peatsyy]

Spiz103 I

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

I like that "It's been an honor to serve" bit.

[@vsgfilmgroup]

That's the one great thing about the entire Mass Effect series. The ending is always a little different depending on what you did, or didn't do, in the game leading up to the end.

[@rafarga1980]

This was the part when Mass Effect Andromeda started to feel like a Mass Effect game. Still hoping for a sequel 😢 Lots of questions left unanswered.

[@romanrhodes815]

Nah. A crossover in the next Mass Effect is more likely than a sequel to Andromeda. Pretty sure that is exactly what they are going for.

[@staceyhampton1595]

I don't care what people think I love mass effect Andromeda

[@alainarchambault2331]

Nice to be able to take in the scenery. I was too busy driving to look at the view.

[@reuben3811]

I don't understand why this game got so much hate. It was a great game and had great battles and story. the remenant puzzles were annoying but past that the game was legit

[@_MaZTeR_]

So, this is like the Battle of Citadel. The first part where the Tempest went to the Remnant ship was the mission to Ilos and this is the part where Shepard goes through the prototype mass relay to the Citadel to stop Saren from activating the Citadel and letting the Reapers into the Milky Way.

[@TheDementation]

It was worth playing the game just for this scene/gameplay alone. Probably the best part of any Mass Effect game.

[@justusstern9125]

What a well made game! Great storyline, great "sense of wonder" ! I would love to see this project going on in the future !

[@the_dropbear4392]

Justus Stern ha

[@andrewr3846]

I have to say. They did listen to fan feedback after mass effect 3 ending. I found things that fans complained about in the ending

[@wellmakeitworth1316]

The issue was, the things Montreal was supposedly good at, even though they did listen, became its downfall The moment i first played it, I couldn't handle looking at the character creation, next i could not bear to see were andromeda species only having 2 advanced beings, the kett and angarra. See milky way, it has a proper history of how the species (ao fucking many) entered a warring state then coexisted while we have andromeda, ugggh so ket attacked heleus and angarra were hunted nearly to extinction.

[@khymaaren]

@@wellmakeitworth1316 We only visited one cluster in Andromeda. It's much larger than the Milky Way, anyway. Also, the Kett are present elsewhere in the galaxy, too, as evidenced by the fact that the Archon had a superior who was not present in the Heleus cluster. There were the creators of the Remnant, too, who disappeared relatively shortly before the Initiative's arrival. This cluster was dominated by these three species. We'll certainly see other new aliens, if we ever get a sequel set in another part of the Andromeda galaxy. That's a big if, but still. Another reason we didn't see other new species is the same reason why the game turned out to be so lackluster: it was rushed through hell. EA at their best, I suppose.

[@tennoshenaniganizer9234]

4:45 HA, just like the Mako!

[@trivipesnipe]

Nomad is nowhere near as cool as the Mako

[@Alpharius180]

trivipesnipe but he nomad is actually drivable

[@lorgrenbenirus]

Nomad is way better then Mako, only thing missing from a complete awesomeness is cannon. Then again, Mako was military machine while Nomad is civilian, so no cannon, sadly..

[@phoenixevo87]

Ha I enjoyed that homage to the mako

[@glacier4286]

The Mako has much better shielding, the cannon, the machinegun, and immunity to environmental hazards. The only downside I can think of is a lower top speed and a lack of weight which makes it bouncy. Still, the Hammerhead was the best.

[@Myjacob99]

This is why you don’t fuck with the milky way archon

[@hydra1264]

Ryser is like Masterchief and SAM is like cortana

[@victuz]

SAM is like EDI... I hope this have a sequel, and SAM have a body created for it.

[@bioticgod4940]

ryder is shepard light

[@Minimeister317]

If only everyone could have brought their dreadnoughts with them, the Archon wouldn't dare fuck with the initative.

[@eurekadiaz3771]

I just realized every character in mass effect andromeda has buzzfeed employee looks.

[@Melinmingle]

YES

[@Melinmingle]

So well said... Thank you.. I can now peacefully delete this game

[@T0mFrame]

1:01 - I think this might be the best display of emotion I have seen this far

[@KaifongChang]

It's like Ilos all over again...

[@varric]

Except Joker did it with style.

[@irondudeful]

Oh look, a forerunner shield world! :D

[@muserweaver]

2:30 Sabotage by Beastie Boys starts playing

[@penitent2401]

they came to a new galaxy with an over abundance of personal weapons and armor, but not a single warship

[@joshuawillis602]

They weren’t exactly expecting to go to war

[@jakobfel2]

I haven't had the chance to play this yet (I need a new HDD) but MAN does it look good. I've only played the second of the original trilogy, I want to get the rest of the trilogy and Andromeda. I'm just ignoring all the hating and whining everyone gives the game. Gamers can be such whiny, entitled babies nowadays and it's just sad. Can't wait to get to this scene, man...

[@missstraw-hatawesome1898]

I'm new to the trilogy, I played Andromeda first and I loved it... I decided to play the trilogy and I loved it even more. Still, even if Andromeda is not as strong as ME2 or ME3 story and character-wise... it was very decent, and the pathfinder team was great... (I agree the face animations were crap, but still).. I don't get the exaggerated hate.... it comes from those same whiny teenagers that complained about ME3's ending...

[@sjsharp2007]

You've got a long wait then Jacob this is the last mission in the game. Or at least the last main story quest.

[@Qrzychu92]

yeah, ignore the hate, bue in ME3 there are more epic cutscenes in side missions than this finale...

[@sjsharp2007]

@@Qrzychu92 True but then ME3 ws always meant to have a big finale as it had 3 games building up to it This was always meant to be a more light hearted smaller story a bit more akin to DA2 than an epic fight. I think despite everything Bioware did at least achieve what they set out to do i the end even if it wasn't as well received as they might like. I loved the trilogy still do but I prefer to judge games on their own merits rather than compare one with another, MEA may lack the overall epicness of the trilogy but for me it's still a solid and enjoyable game which is why I still play it regardless.

[@Qrzychu92]

@@sjsharp2007 I'm buying me PC in some time, I will surely try out this game. But based on what I've seen up to this moment, I think that the story is very weak. Colony system is weak. Characters are medicore. At least gameplay and graphics seem to be superb ;)

[@CatgirlZoeUwU]

say what you will about this game. you cannot deny how fucking amazing it can look!

[@JordanJumpin]

i cant believe we didnt get to explore meridian after :(

[@adriankoch964]

It's a spin-off game, called Meridian 59 ;)

[@wilbervazquez]

Fantástic, thank You so much.

[@xKade101]

i remember that feeling more epic when i did it

[@usernamesmeh4757]

I hate how this game went down, I will love the franchise till the end of time.

[@MartinAslaksen]

I just don't get all the hate, this is amazing

[@the_dropbear4392]

Martin Aslaksen Bad story, awful animations, bad voice acting you name it

[@ChannelCODMW3]

The_Drop Bear good story, fixed animations, voice acting not that bad

[@the_dropbear4392]

Shadow Broker They have in know way fixed the animations, they have fixed a few of the ones that had been made into memes. The voice acting is awful, both ryders, most of the people at the nexus sound like they have had there souls suxked out. So lifeless. Don't get me started on some of the salarians and the female krogen. The only people who sound good are Drack, the turians and the Angara. The story is boring as hell, and a slight rehash of the previous games. The Kett/Collectors who turn the people they capture into husk/anointed. The protagonist is studying an ancient race that left behind tech that could be the key to defeating the Kett/reapers. It's the Protean/Jardaan tech that left behind. Exept the story is boring, there is no draw, the Kett aren't threating at all they just look like giant molar heads.

[@xyr3s]

The_Drop Bear cos the kett presence here afaik is not the entire fleet. Its 1 fucker who thought he can become king shit all on his own without help lol

[@blunthonesty8633]

Me as well. Pretty sure it is an annoying vocal minority hating on it, judging by user ratings online. Just a shame they have been so vocal EA seems to have listened. Which is unusual for EA.

[@luminous2105]

I notice this game course plays step by step similar to mass effect 1

[@invaderjoshua6280]

Not a bad thing. ME2 and ME3 went way to far in a different direction.

[@bubumic2971]

No matter what everybody said ... THIS GAME LOOKS AWESOME !

[@the_dropbear4392]

bubu mic Trust me it's not. It was a chore to finish, had bad voice acting, bad animations. And a boring story

[@nickyboyfromhell]

I find lightning and cgi overall impressive! I have no clue what these idiots are bitching about... people lost their objectivity long time ago...

[@jamecafolden]

I loved everyone coming to help. 😊

[@CaptainSovereign]

9:20 (Another)last happy landing!

[@markwolfe947]

I know this isn't the OG trilogy, but this did give me goose bumps, I enjoyed all of them, even ME3 with its copy-paste ending.

[@red_ashcroft]

it's looking good. But hey, why so much hate, the story is good.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

ppl love jumping on the hate train

[@smiglo112]

Not really though. The gameplay is fun and engaging but the story is boring, so are most of the crewmembers. Drack and Peebee are fun, the rest is just there. The game had very little genuinely funny moments compared to ME2 or 3 and the antagonist was just... Bland :| Much, MUCH worse than Saren and the Kett were less engaging Collectors copy-paste. Heck even the Angarans were boring. Volus and Hanar were more unique than them. The game is just mediocre, simply put. It gets hate because while not necessarily bad it's not what people were expecting. Same thing goes for many games, Fallout 4 being prime example.

[@Whoami691]

Cryhard bitches who can't get over a 10min scene in ME3 and have succeed is wrecking Mass Effect as a franchise - To the point BioWare have confirmed no story DLC for ME:A and all future ME games on hold indefinably. This is what you did cryhards. THIS is what happens when you whinge and whine and bitch.

[@smiglo112]

Uhh... The only reason EA doesn't want DLC for ME:A is because people hated ME:A... If it was due to ME3s ending, which by the way was a horrible mess storywise, then you'd have no Andromeda to begin with -.- And no, THIS is what happens when you give a huge game to a DLC studio... Had Bioware Edmonton created the game instead of Bioware Montreal, the game would be much, much better. Look up its development history, you'll see why it's a mess and despite some positives the game is just a disappointment.

[@Whoami691]

I found another cryhard guys! You can hear it bitch and whine on the other side of the planet.

[@enesutkuozdemir7335]

You wish to force my hand, So be it... The cycle continues...

[@marduk1734]

There is another planet called Meridian, I wish so much it was invaded by the Galactic Empire or the Forces of Chaos.

[@SashaNaronin]

For the Emperor!

[@dwiatas8106]

And its been an honor to serve with UgHhhH

[@passionofthecrust9173]

So, its a shield world?

[@MICROKNIGHT3000]

lmao

[@wellbangok8959]

Dyson's sphere if you want to be technical.

[@shogun2215]

It's over Anakin, I have the high ground. That ain't no Dyson Sphere.

[@tonyscalze4077]

Shogun And so thats how star trek invaded imperial space.

[@the_dropbear4392]

Leon O'Donoghue Dyson sphere, and actual concept that predates halo

[@OverLorD768]

Shall we gather for whisky and cigars tonight? 1:07

[@MXFoX408]

This is what Mass Effect 3 was missing.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

yet the ME:A hater circlejerkers will never admit it.

[@Luke_Danger]

Yeah - it's amazing what just having allies present and actively fighting does for immersion, even if they're ineffective. Just the presence adds a lot, IMO. Otherwise it feels like you're the only ones even if you hear radio chatter. Take Priority: Earth; yeah you ran into a Mako once being pounded by a Harvester, and there's a point where you can take over a gun line, but otherwise it's just your squad raising hell. I mean that's fun, but that's what you've been doing the whole time. Now, constantly having CAS coming in to help shred Brutes or suppress reinforcing husks, having Turian and Alliance Marines running and gunning or you help them push through certain sections before splitting of again, or even better see your squadmates from games past leaping in (imagine Ashley and Wrex jumping in to shred the hell out of a wave of Ravagers, or Jack and Miranda making the mother of all biotic explosions to bitch slap a Harvester into next week, so on and so forth). But then again, given how big ME3 was I'm not surprised some things got lost... still, I agree that it's what's missing from ME3, even if it's mostly just short cutscenes and background shooting going on overhead.

[@TopdeckNuII]

MX Media sorry what? Which part of this is missing from me3? Both games contained moderately lengthy space battle scenes which involved the entire milky way galaxy's species uniting against a stronger common enemy.

[@grampygrey]

I think he is talking about the appearance of every single ally you made through the story. The one thing the final Battle during Me3 was missing was the entire Geth or Quarian fleet. Sure it shows them exiting FTL but as soon as that scene ends, there is no more sign of their entire fleet.

[@StillGotShit4Brains]

Yeah...but mass effect 3 had legit fuck all development time.

[@emiliohidalgo5927]

You can tell that 80% of the animation- and rendering budget went for the aliens, as the humans seem more like talking mannequins...

[@sightsofscifireviews370]

7:18 What is this emotion bioware?

[@marcoboscarol2420]

Smuggines? XD

[@michaeledmunds1767]

SIGHTS OF SCIFI REVIEWS That's the "Yeah, I did that" emotion

[@TrustworthyGames]

What are any of these emotions? Just finished me:3 and trying to find good videos to try and work myself up to play this shit pile and its just...so bad lol.

[@Dragonmots]

Ah yes, because me3 had superior facial animations. With of course the most famous of all; the "deer in the headlights" shepard face.

[@TheTeddyGuy28]

ME3 had a few standout bad moments of animation, this seems to be all throughout lol.

[@sugaloaf9889]

Target the remnant… target everything. Somebody fire!

[@zekrom34]

Halo 4 remake looks awesome!

[@aidencampbell9120]

Halo 4 sucked worse then this, lets know kid ourselves.

[@johnparker7663]

Aiden Campbell HALO 4 86 score on metaritic and MASS EFFECT 70 score Meteritic

[@Lightscribe225]

You people realize you're comparing a shit to a turd right? Not setting the bar very high

[@cardzgamez8804]

Warden Eternal this ass wipe of a game doesn't even earn the ability to match up against any of the halo games

[@Dylamn]

Real talk, if you don't save Dunn at this part, I'm sorry, you're evil. Them's the rules.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

wanna know whats depressing? this is a longer and more rewarding spaceship fight than at the end of ME3...Bioware rlly dropped the ball on ME3. Everyone disses ME:A and yet it's still way better than that failure of an ME game. A game about getting a foothold in a new galaxy has a much more rewarding space battle than a game about a galaxy-wide war with the reapers!!

[@the_dropbear4392]

Matt Allen It's much worse than ME3. ME3 is great upuntil you meet the star brat. Also the fleet battle in ME3 is longer

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

+The_Drop Bear the fleet battle cutscenes in ME3 lasted for 5 mins at most. The Suicide Mission cutscenes in ME2 added up to about 24mins! you'd think that in a game about a war with the Reapers that thered b at least 30 mins in total of space combat cutscenes.

[@wellmakeitworth1316]

I know this is a year ago but. ME3's space battle was pretty awesome, a desperate battle where a side despite a mega alliance of species could still get owned if the MC fucks up. Compare that to this you've pretty much a lot of habitable planets that the human colony can take(they do have a thousand years more advanced technology), if Ryder fucks up, then the human colony without a leader can lay low and recover. Doesn't feel at all desperate.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

Exactly what i think, ME3 was terrible even worse than Andromeda in almost every way!! Finally we were going to fight against reapers but instead of that we fought against stupid humans in 90% of the game and killed literally thousands of them!! I just finished ME3 to finish the series other than it was really painful to play expect few smart missions..

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

@@wellmakeitworth1316 Expect that only Ryder could control those relics and make planets habitable other than that there weren't much habitable planets expect Angara planets ofc but wiping them out wouldn't be easy especially there was a third race trying to wipe everybody else so it wasn't that pointless. ME3's final battle was good but the rest of the game was terrible!! We were fighting against stupid humans in 90% of the game while finally reapers attacked the galaxy and we should have been fighting against them...

[@datemasamune2904]

It took me a while to realize why I wasn't fond of Ryder, besides the voices and plastic expressions. They're just kids. Back in the original trilogy, we were using Shepherd, who has more military background under his belt. In Andromeda, we're basically a human version of Tali.

[@SashaNaronin]

It became better with a couple of patches. Still, what's wrong with main character being green as a grass at a start of a game? And becoming more experienced as it progresses? Not Shepard-in-ME3-level, but anyways. I found it fun. Dialogue options you select also allow you to roleplay as if he or she is still green or becomes experienced. :) I really liked that.

[@timeless9820]

I like it a lot. I prefer to play as an amateur character who builds up their's reputation, character, and personality than being a super human. It let me connect with the character and actually make me believe that character can potentially be me because they are growing together.

[@daedalus-N7]

This entire scene just felt underwhelming...

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

it was a lot better than the joke of a final battle in ME3

[@therealnoodles7638]

can we just have a good space battle. that's all i'm asking

[@saquist]

I agree, I can see what they were trying to do but it was not nearly as effective as Mass Effect 3's Storming Earth

[@jos.1839]

actually 2 mini plot holes: 1. the remnant ships have no weapons? theyre not shooting. 2. with this super pathfinder tactic they brought the Scourge closer to Meridian what is remnant tech, it almost touches it. I recommend after this cool battle just move the sphere in some safe space guys :D just in case. I really miss weapon fire pls give Tempest at least 2 forward cannons! That sexy ship deserves it ;) hell yeah Avitus! Thats a pilot

[@Delsanar]

First shouldn't the Remnant ships be firing? Second I can't imagine the powerful remnant ships wouldn't be superior by far to the Kett ones. The immature insults and comments in this thread are pathetic.

[@gzer0x]

Delsanar "RECRUIT, Can you tell me what Issac Newton's first law is?"

[@Delsanar]

Except if the super advanced Remnant ships just attacked instead they'd probably win easily.

[@Delsanar]

The scourge only seems to follow them when they're close to it. They had to dive down to get it to follow so I don't agree. ME 3 fucked up their attack cinematics too when it came to the fleets so I'm not entirely surprised.

[@PatrixBest]

Oh yeah, in the ME3 Final battle, the allied galactic fleet probably blew up everything on the side of the Earth they were facing. Earth be fucked, yo.

[@alainarchambault2331]

Used the Scourge to throw a net around the Kett fleet.

[@vic-20personalcomputer80]

Even if the bridge was shielded with biotics, Dunn still got shit whipped.

[@iangratton6062]

How do you get that dialogue option with the Dad? It didn't happen in my game.

[@sans8946]

I still think the archon looks like an nonthreatening child :D

[@danielzaba9913]

And they call it a "space battle" More like fighter skirmish, ME 1 had a better space battle than this. And is no one else going to mention, just how stupid the idea of: "Oh let's send massive ships full of colonists to another galaxy to save our asses from the reapers, but let's not give them any of our military tech" is? I mean, everyone already knew how stupid exploring our own galaxy without weapons was, they learned that in the Rachini war... Just lazy story design Bioware....just why...

[@ThatGuy-tx4vm]

Maybe because all the military was needed to be safe if the reapers came...

[@lelouche25]

If the next mass effect can get its shit together. With the new gameplay? Its gonna be game of the fucking year right there.

[@SovietRussia777]

I really liked this game

[@saquist]

I'm so sorry.

[@AngelsCreed-jo5fp]

the worse part after the mission you cant explore meridian

[@Metal_Enjoyer]

If only the Tempest wasn’t a wimpy weaponless Normandy rip-off

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Do you really expect a ship built specifically to get the hell _away_ from danger to be outfitted with _COMEONYACUNTSI’LLSMASHYA’S_ class weapons?

[@Metal_Enjoyer]

@@TheCorrodedMan no but at least have some torpedoes like the SR1

[@DreamVikings]

So this is how the Andromeda unilogy ended...

[@redcoatray1784]

We can all agree that this is the weakest Mass Effect game, but it certainly has it’s moments and this final mission was still pretty cool

[@bossshun9]

Yes, it did. Although, I wish for at least five Repears to be here in this galaxy.

[@littleoffthetop3055]

This game was really good idk why people hated it so much, great design and missions

[@MadMax1945XXX2]

The game was boring , dialogue lacked depth and was shallow, most characters were forgettable . Mass effect trilogy is so much better especially the Mass effect 2 , which was a masterpiece .

[@littleoffthetop3055]

MadMax1945XXX2 for you yes, I know a lot of people loved this games

[@R4Y2k]

seems like Ryder doesn't approve of villainous monologues just like the old shep^^ btw; I fought the Reapers, does he really think I care for his threats? :D

[@sHART1780]

Funny how compared to a terrifying alien the human faces are a billion times more scary

[@joshuawillis602]

You’re overreacting

[@10Lichking]

So to keep Dunn alive you need Sarissa to stay pathfinder?

[@nvastrm1993]

Neal Schwartz Nope Dunn is still alive in playthrough without Sarissa as Pathfinder

[@xmikeyxlikesitx]

Neal Schwartz Have all 4 pathfinders. Sarissa either has to have her secret kept OR Vederia has to be made Pathfinder. Dunn dies if you don't have 4 Pathfinders. Sarissa won't help if you disgrace her publicly, yet keep her as Pathfinder.

[@PasteteDoeniel]

Reckoning I was surprised sarissa was there since I publicly shamed her for what she did.

[@PatrixBest]

You can tell the Asari what Sarissa did but then say that it was the right call and she'll still be on your side. It's probably the best choice.

[@PatrixBest]

That and, as a Pathfinder, she is an example both to and for her people, it is her duty to uphold the truth and accept responsibility for her actions.

[@jaykdos9521]

Nothing will beat the Mass Effect 3 final battle

[@Kyubii01]

better than mass effect 3 ending . not as good as mass effect 2s

[@DartLuke]

Shawn The Cyborg Andromeda-bad game, but good ending. ME3-Good game, terrible ending.

[@novazo1]

Why has this been on my recommendations for the past week? Yes I clicked KZbin, you happy!? Wish this game didn't flop so hard, had a great story (story felt half assed) and had a competent team/leader (devs).