Mass Effect Andromeda Gameplay: Scott Ryder is a Space Jerk (Let's Play Mass Effect Andromeda)

Mass Effect Andromeda Gameplay: Scott Ryder of Mass Effect Andromeda isn't just humanity's best hope in a new galaxy. As you'll find in this gameplay from the first hour of Mass Effect Andromeda, he's also a part-time space jerk. Beware early story spoilers and subscribe for more Mass Effect Andromeda gameplay on Outside Xbox: tinyurl.com/SubToOxbox
Mass Effect Andromeda does away with the original Mass Effect trilogy's "renegade" (ruthless) and "paragon" (saintly) dialogue options, replacing them with a more nuanced, less judgy system of "casual", "professional", "emotional" and "logical" options in conversation with other characters.
That said, "casual" is your best bet if you're role-playing Pathfinder Scott or Sara Ryder as an entertainingly flippant pathfinding jerk.
In the Mass Effect Andromeda gameplay above, taken from the PC version of the game supplied by Mass Effect Andromeda publisher EA, Mike and Andy zip through the first hour of the game, arriving in the exotic Andromeda galaxy after a 600-year cryosleep and landing on the unexpectedly hostile planet dubbed Habitat 7.
In this Let's Play, Scott Ryder wakes from his cryonap to say hello to his pathfinding squadmates Cora Harper and Liam Costa, his father Alec Ryder, Asari doctor Lexi T'Perro and SAM, the AI implanted in Scott's head.
Mass Effect Andromeda comes out on release date 21 March 2017 (North America) and 23 March 2017 (Europe) on PC, Xbox One and PS4.
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[@LimSiege]

First look into Mass Effect: Andromeda, and you didn't include Jane?! I'd fear for your lives, you two.

[@McMokus]

Isn't she still in space?

[@nadirbaitsaleem7270]

McMokus nah, she came back a while ago.

[@mugwump539]

Nadir Bait Saleem Or so you think!🤔

[@jamesau7853]

No, no. Jane has locked herself in a room with her Xbox and Andromeda. We won't see her in Show of the Week. Probably.

[@crickett3536]

I was going to say, how many tears is Jane crying outside the room at not being there.

[@music0in0my0head]

I take it Jane has just now gotten sick with newgamecomingoutitis and is definitely not at home playing Mass Effect Andromeda.

[@IAmBrownThunderOfficial]

music0in0my0head how odd. She had a case of the former around the time Just Cause 3 came out. Guess the NHS isn't what she used to be, eh?

[@mysocalledbrain]

"Can you spit in my mouth?" Presumably Jerk Ryder's opening pick up line. Who said romance is dead....?

[@frederickwyman1937]

I hope there's a scene where you're chatting up a squadmate and SAM is sarcastically critiquing your pick-up lines. Please tell me that sass technology isn't lost in the future!

[@GrassPokeKing]

Frederick Wyman Meanwhile, on the other side of the screen, I'm taking notes on SAM's "The Do's and Don'ts of Flirting"

[@thesussybaka7733]

Frederick Wyman I hope

[@MrDarthT]

1:59 Two minutes in and already a Tim Curry "SPACE!" joke.

[@mitchellamar3286]

mike: don't headbut the electric rock Andy: why? no idea Andy I think mike is just being over cautious

[@exquisitecorpse4917]

"We tried being nice" - Every British officer in the 19th century.

[@Napoleon637]

We tried treaties too, never understood why they'd rebel...

[@exquisitecorpse4917]

Servitude!? It's called EMPLOYMENT, sir!

[@Whightwolf]

The terms of our new arrangement were clearly explained to them, in English, and yet they still seemed to kick up a dreadful fuss when we took all their food. Still..... That's all over now.

[@jamiesmith1981]

Pretty much hahaha

[@olegkozhura]

Mike: "Oh, wildlife..." *shoots violently*

[@paigeworthington4571]

"Can you spit in my mouth?" -Mike, 2017

[@munger2k]

This is my new message alert

[@mexor5645]

Finished the game in 54 seconds . Finest speedruns from Oxbox .

[@violetsnow804]

If Ryder senior is going to die, he should've been voiced by Sean Bean.

[@jaredmandile1085]

I bet Jane fainted from excitement and Mike and Andy are playing next to her unconscious body.

[@mjchristenhusz]

Is that Asari doctor in the first few minutes voiced by Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell)?

[@BEllis247]

Renly Baratheon plays a character too

[@lucasm.3864]

Male Ryder gets Lady Garrus as an alien romance, but Fem Ryder gets Ivan Ooze. Not really a fair trade.

[@me5969]

Ivan Ooze lol. I'll never not see that now.

[@NickaLah]

Okay, Ashley.

[@felineaux2921]

Lucas M Lady Garrus?? For real? That's so fucking lame, I want male Garrus!

[@lucasm.3864]

He's busy making calibrations.

[@mplumley95]

+Felineaux He was too busy painting walls with Reaper blood back in the Milky Way to come. Hey, it's a living.

[@NathanWeeks]

"Oh no, they killed Kirkwood! Kirkson? Kirkly? They killed that Kirk-guy! REVENGE!"

[@Jonawtawn]

"His beard is almost as bad as my attempt to go beard." Awh Mike, it's okay. We all know the one that can pull that off is only Andy. Or maybe Jane, Viking style.

[@MassEffectFollowers]

It was awesome meeting you guys at the event. Was pretty cool just sitting and talking with you guys. Keep up the great content

[@outsidexbox]

+MassEffectFollower Great to meet you too!

[@imasiontist653]

MassEffectFollower you got to meet them? lucky...

[@thebaconpig8680]

I am so jealous right now

[@awholelotofbees]

your commentary is so so good, i can't wait for the next parts.

[@user-nl1kv9tq5b]

Ohmygosh the banter is quality here

[@zacharywestbrook6773]

"Can you spit in my mouth?" Now, that's a romance-able option.

[@teradanielle]

I would pay all the money to see you guys do a full let's play of this. Your commentary kills me, lol.

[@hero_in_deepblu]

I love this channel so much, I can never manage to avoid cracking a smile, let alone hold in the laughter when these guys play. Always brightens my day, keep up the good work! :)

[@matheussantosmartins7564]

Either we or the videogame developers need to work through our daddy issues. This is kind of becoming a recurring theme in all plots.

[@CaitlinRC]

I'm surprised Jane isn't holding the controls. Or is she merely the puppet master pulling the strings of her two puppets, Mike and Andy? CONSPIRACY THEORY!

[@Jonzilla-bt1yq]

2:00 Omg 😂😂😂 That was the best reference. You guys slipped it in again

[@BFedie518]

"Can you spit in my mouth?" I think you need to put some more effort into the romancing before she'll do that.

[@frostymeatpuppet2518]

loved the commentary, you guys are hilarious!

[@matheussantosmartins7564]

Also, I'm willing to bet that when his sister wakes up, the dialogue will be pretty much like this: "you're the one that should've died, not dad" "you're such a daddy's little girl, he always loved you more than me" "Oh, he loved you! he choose you over me as pathfinder, and now you suck at it and doomed us all in this spaceship!" "they all think i'm dad, but i'm not my dad!" And then they'll probably make out, Cersei/Jaime style.

[@matteobaldini9837]

oh yeah

[@SilentNinjaPtrs]

hopefully the last thing

[@Napoleon637]

Dead parent disease everybody, heroes needs angst, it's definitely on the checklist for protagonist creation.

[@SilentNinjaPtrs]

Napoleon637 angsty twincest gets ratings

[@wampyrelli]

Then you'll get the dialogue wheel where you won't have the option to say "yes" or "no", but only to choose how to have sex: emotional/logical/casual/professional.

[@ChanceDraws]

Thanks for making the final days of waiting even harder, space jerks! From the wheel to the action, I'm so glad I took the risk of pre-order. See you guys in Andromeda

[@areoan7128]

"First contact with my bullets." Maybe Mike and Andy weren't our best choice in a Path Finder. Then again I think they beat the turians record for fastest start to a war.

[@calvincaesar6182]

The foreshadowing in this video is amazing!

[@moonlightingjam]

I. Must. Resist. The. Urge. To. Watch. This. Video.

[@moonlightingjam]

Dammit.

[@Nina-my5bj]

this is the exact process i went through

[@uhobme2028]

The struggle is real

[@Nina-my5bj]

You realise there are ways to make sure games aren't shit in spoiler-free ways, right? Like... reviews?

[@Original-GKP]

Welcome to the Struggle Bus....All Aboard! We will be leaving in 6 days and 25 minutes... during this time please make sure all your carry-on baggage is stored properly in the over-head or under-seat compartments and sedative drips secured correctly to those transferring from the hype train

[@lud3re384]

I love the commentary!

[@Bobainthome]

this is an awesome video!

[@Sir_Him]

I want you to know, Andy, that your "Aliens" reference was not lost on me. Keep up the good work.

[@corbelli27]

I love Mikes little 'take it to the chorus' quip that Andy seemed to ignore. I almost spit coffee all over my screen! :D

[@Bubsterpwns]

This was great! subscribed.

[@Musikur]

This was awesome. This has got me way more excited for Andromeda than I was before.

[@annemarievanpeer120]

A Westworld reference? This channel keeps getting better and better!

[@MysteriousMrL]

"Somebody wake up Hicks." Andy, always with the Aliens references.

[@NTEP49]

this is like watching bevis and buthead do andromeda

[@0w784g]

This was hilarious. Picturing in my minds eye poor Ryder's frozen beard shattering as he steps out of his cryo pod :D :D.

[@doctorstrangepants6706]

I want to watch this, but I'm so worried about spoilers that I'm going to wait until after I've played. 3/21/17, get here quickly!!!

[@_b1ack0ut4]

Cant come fast enough, can it

[@kriskater]

haha just 4 or 5 minutes in and i remember how much i love this channel.

[@Mongward]

RIP Alec Ryder. He is the Heaven for BioWare tutorial level characters now.

[@braddalrymple8615]

I'm excited for this to continue your chemistry when just being aloud to free roam is great

[@infomorass]

I think Frank West may have worn an early prototype exosuit version of that armour in Dead Rising 4.

[@Nono-hk3is]

"Do you think Liam is... antibiotic?" I see what you did there, Andy.

[@xeno7073]

I'm new to your channel and I found a lot of this really funny. I'm gonna subscribe and stick around!

[@outsidexbox]

+Xeno707 Thanks for joining us!

[@lw3338]

Sorry I can't go be a pathfinder and explorer and "murder where no one has murdered before" with out my cup of coffee

[@MrCurbinator]

Loved it guys. Avoiding lets plays bt I'll make an exceptioon for you

[@lachlanbold8319]

So.... Can planets get cancer?

[@Kunk_Manjeroon]

When it's infected by a terraforming energy cloud used by space crusader walnuts, I mean... probably?

[@gashiavang9438]

Aquarium 7512 LMFAO XD

[@Napoleon637]

Depends, how much Filthy Frank videos can you post to the Extranet?

[@mandudepersondudeman]

It's called humans

[@AgentDearestZ]

Lachlan Bold yes.

[@vamseekrishnajayanthi2048]

Towards the end, I didn't care about the game. It was a blast watching/hearing you two play! Nicely done mate.

[@jesseclark7105]

Gotta say, the game did a much better job of "Dad dies and now you're in charge" than I expected. It was touching that he chose to die to make you Pathfinder, as opposed to, you know, his shuttle exploding for no reason.

[@latiffparkinson3411]

Wait is this out no way!!!

[@jembozaba4864]

I was waiting for the Space Cop theme song from Andy

[@nooby250]

so basically we play the badguys who invade planets and kill the inhabitants?

[@samaritan_9783]

Oh my God... IT'S A NEW MASS EFFECT! Didn't think I'd live to see the day.

[@_b1ack0ut4]

I think the mass effect Andromeda trailer said it correctly "I've been waiting 600 years for this"

[@mastercyclonia]

lol do they have a hairdresser on board

[@mastercyclonia]

***** hahaa. I don't understand why games do this lol

[@thesussybaka7733]

Nick And yet generic female Ryder is the most unattractive thing in the game I know I'm customizing the hell out of her

[@_b1ack0ut4]

Good news then, I've seen some pretty good looking custom Ryders

[@norwaypete]

looks like the outside exbox crew learned first contact by Jame T Kirk

[@deadaccount1487]

How can Scott Ryder's voice actor sound so much like Nolan North while not actually being Nolan North?

[@Yehnsei]

I really want to get this game at launch but judging by the footage I've seen so far my CPU would melt before i got to character creation...

[@W00DSTOCK02]

Can't get over the fact that your Ryder looks like Elijah Wood.

[@nadirbaitsaleem7270]

THE SPACE JERKINESS RETURNS

[@Bo0gster]

Is this recorded from Xbox One or PC with an Xbox controller? I think most of the footage they've shown has been on beastly rigs, just wondering what it looks like on Xbox. God I can't wait for this game.

[@eamk887]

I want to watch it, but I don't want to spoil myself...

[@fakjbf3129]

I really don't want the beginning spoiled for me. Could you release some gameplay footage of non-story missions, with a bit of exploration thrown in?

[@JacobBatch42]

"Don't headbutt the electric rock." Because of you guys I feel like it took me way too long to realise this is not a normal thing to say

[@Martel4]

I want this game already.

[@Tigercup9]

10:54 Well, if FTL taught me anything, ionization means systems are down. So pretty bad for a spaceship, yeah.

[@kylegray9334]

Mike is amazing at guessing what will happen. *QUICK,ask him what the next star wars story is*

[@aidancallahan4217]

"If you have red hair, you'll die immediately." Remind me not to sign up for the Pathfinder project... (may still risk it though, hehe.)

[@Personal_Chizo]

I didn't know this "spit into my mouth" part of Mike. Guess he's full of surprises.

[@jaketheplank4602]

"New earth" *screams* DOCTOR WHO REFERENCE!!!!

[@leogothisoscar271]

Is dad voiced by Clancy Brown? Also, "Can you spit in my mouth?" is my new catch phrase. Thank you, Mike.

[@howie6r]

Can anyone help me out with a situation? I'm at the very end of mission two but when I go to the beacon there is no prompt to press anything. Is anyone else experiencing this? If so what can I do. I've tried restarting my console and reloading older saves but when I get to that spot nothing happens.

[@dawil123321]

i like the red alert reference at 2:00 :D

[@Torrigans]

Was not expecting that quality Red Alert 3 reference at 2:00

[@me5969]

He's not the most... menacing looking chap is he. Ideally we should send someone like Kratos or Jason Statham in, then no one would mess with humanity. ,they'd all bow down. I know what's going to happen to my Ryder, i'll be waiting with the hair clippers. Civilizations will bend to my will

[@towelunderthedoor]

hey guys, apparently there is a hidden Easter egg relating to the US space travel company, SpaceX. somewhere in the first 10 hours of the game there is a model of the most powerful rocket produced by the company sitting on a shelf. this would be the Falcon Heavy rocket and I would love to see a screenshot of it if you can in fact find it. thanks love the channel I've been watching faithfully from the start. keep up the good work. same goes for the crew at Outside Xtra.

[@174Rembo]

Literally 2 minutes until the obligatory Command and Conquer reference. New record?

[@dakelasala1381]

Those guys are made of bone not stone

[@Fenix1o]

Seeing this gameplay, is my Ryder the only one that has a permanent smirk on his face?

[@AimlessSavant]

The puns are great.

[@The_Death_Owl]

God.... All of OX are sociopaths! I thought it was just jane before this video!

[@NallDogsCam]

I exploded that whole damn planet looking for Greer. As well as finding every building and dying a lot.

[@propolice1547]

"I'll just go offline until next week to avoid spoilers" "oh, an oxbox video" and where is Jane? training biotics?

[@MinniMaster]

Jane probably just checked the Oxbox page and realized you guys did a Mass Effect video without her. You hear that, you guys? It's her preparing her space death laser... aimed directly at you.

[@custislee7755]

Good... good. Release your anger!

[@xeagaort]

I really like how they all took the death of the father seriously.

[@OKMBVideos]

18:59 Now introducing... Chest guns!

[@inkviktus]

Can't wait for the comparison countdown of butt plates that can't muster up to Andromeda's tech.

[@eziosterling1493]

As someone named Scott, I would like to know why everyone in media named Scott is a jerk. Now even when I hear someone named Scott get introduced, I think "great, now there's this guy"

[@cesarcortez8141]

knew this was a renegade gameplay, but would've been cool to see what would have happened if Ryder holstered his weapon

[@AIWboojum]

Yes, 301 Club! Wait, am I on the right channel?

[@Loregamorl]

lol, Lexi's face when the gravity reset, big frownie face....... that face thou, when she looks at him, anybody other than me notice?

[@theDegausser]

You didn't have time to finish the sentence "It's fine I've got a shield!" Before that grenade exploded. XD

[@noheroes9479]

Brilliant. You play Mass Effect Andromeda and you leave out Jane; the ONE person with super technical space training. Rookie move, guys. Although maybe Jane is stuck exploring the universe of "fluffy wittle cuties" in Bayonetta? Sure, why not, she seemed pretty happy...I guess....

[@coffeepoweredkatie6290]

She's probably sick with new-game-coming-out-itis.

[@Warstub]

I feel like this whole game is going to be one big joke made up of many, many smaller jokes.

[@theinacircleoftheancientpu492]

Kirk and Greer, isn't this a trek reference?