Mass Effect Andromeda: Meeting Jaal and the Angara

[@wesleybrock315]

The way Jaal says Milky Way should be the official way to say it. Demand legislation.

[@ShadowclawIV]

7:06 This is one of the aliens from the *_Meel-kee Wae._* XD

[@jinhocheong5114]

Ryder should have pulled a RickSanchez and give them the finger as a sign of peace and cooperation.

[@olisabeth5026]

LOL!!! at 04:29 thought i heard an Angara say" Its hideous, are they all like that" Just me? :'D

[@crackedhammer4612]

Olisabeth Gabrielsen I heard it too

[@boiaalexandru652]

3:30 I thought that was a mexican standoff for a moment

[@MsDaydream3r]

I think it's funny how Jaal says "Milky Way," lol. :)

[@rachymn7883]

People may hate this game but it does have its moments.

[@Lightscribe225]

rachsarn ev And this wasn't one of them.

[@nathanvosburgh718]

is it just me or does Jaal sound like a deep Javik?

[@rafaeltiburcio6624]

Right that's why I keep mixing up their voices when I try to remember what they sounded like

[@Delsanar]

That's a pretty short introduction for me.. I would have yo uknow established first contact and discussed their race, shared knowledge, had an investigation dialog... sigh EA...

[@feebleterrance]

Yeah, but in the context of these games, humanity had gone through first contact like 10 times at this point - the Turians, Krogan, Asari, Salarians, Quarians, Batarians, Hanar, Volus, Vorcha, Elcor - this is kind of 'been there, done that.' And in the context of EA, they wanted to squirt this turd out as fast as possible, because 'been there, done that,' but also because '$$$, 8==D~'

[@Delsanar]

Yeah but this was a hallmark option to really ask about the Jaal from you know their leader. Rather than second hand from your companion.

[@jaywingate187]

Plus when you talk to Jaal later on the ship, he is quite reluctant to discus their history or race right away. They expect you to earn their trust.

[@Crimson-kt7fd]

The Angara weirdly remind me of the Charigan race from Star Wars

[@hortinus]

Love how Jaal refers to Ryder as an "alien" since he is not from thier planet. Alien doesn't mean green skin, pointed ears, black eyes people.

[@Fr0st1989]

lots of krogan refer to Shepard as an alien in ME2

[@fawkes.6820]

for those who are wondering how the angara understand their language before Rydens arrival is that the exiles and the Angara had met one another way before They arrived to the planet. So the Angarans have had over a year to learn human lanaguage

[@kazuhiramiller7013]

They don't seem to give the slightest fuck that a ship full of alien explorers just showed up.

[@serrickybobby9720]

Choose Welcome Aboard, your welcome.

[@Velkorion]

Any in-lore explanation for the (very fast) translation of a former unknown language? I have only played the play-first trial so far and haven't found any indication to that. Thank you very much for sharing your playthrough :)

[@JustinJurazick]

Velkorion Protheans can learn other languages and communicate through touch Angarians?? i dont know

[@Velkorion]

Hmm, of course one possible explanation. Still - weird that it doesn't get mentioned or is one of the dialogue-options. Maybe I missed something or it gets explained afterwards :D Still hopeful. One of the best aspects of ME for me so far was its detailed explanation of almost anything. Would be a pity if that'd be missing here...

[@cxsmicking17]

Translator devices

[@bentcn8511]

For some reason the Angara specie reminds me of Hive from Agents of Shield.

[@AirshipPilot]

...Well, that clinches it. I'm definitely getting this game. Not immediately, though. Might wait to see if I can find it on sale. See if I can get a version with DLC included.

[@Assassino275]

I hope you made the right choice

[@raziel6304]

8:57 what kind of pose is the pathfinder doing, looks weird.

[@Mandalorian92]

ME STRONG MAN. ME PUFF CHEST TO SHOW STRENGTH.

[@phantommangagirl]

Oof, baby, that voice

[@jomarie9344]

They got them quarian legs

[@terranman4702]

Game needs more new races.

[@radioactivegum2298]

2:13 invisible guns.

[@omni2129]

the way he said milky way😂

[@juleswoodbury58]

i don't understand how the babelfish works in this case isn't it programmed on council species only? How do they communicate?

[@toomanyaccounts]

this is after a year after the Nexus arrived. the angara have been dealing with the exiles.

[@opsimathics]

they were not kidding, the writing on this game is attrocious

[@josephjt051194]

Damn Jaal is just like America.

[@Killgore-ip2yq]

I don't think this game is terrible but the fact their able to understand each other so easily is ridiculous. Their are translations in mass effect but this is a entirely undiscovered new language explored by a different species in a different galaxy. No machine, established aliens, or human should be able to understand these new species the Angara so easily. You think Their would be a scene where the aliens give the pathfinder something to understand them better.

[@thatweirdfriend1470]

The nexus has been there for a year,and the angara have have met the exiles

[@Naarine]

Ahem-ahem, Javik, ahem-ahem

[@sergiogcb97]

So why do they talk in human language? They are from other galaxy, they should not have any translating device for that.

[@Velkorion]

Of course - Ryder has SAM, which seems pretty capable at deciphering alien languages. But I doubt that a few sentences would be enough already to translate ANYTHING. (Especially since it's indicated that Ryder's the first human to make contact to the Angara.) I do hope this gets explained afterwards or somewhere in the codex.

[@FFGirl76]

Bioware said it was translators. So I'm assuming that the translators they came with can adapt and the more a species speaks, the more it "learns." Or, ya know, space magic translators work too. LOL

[@dibbidydoo4318]

SAM Must have "hacked" into their language database.

[@Velkorion]

Most plausible theory so far. However, I'm wondering how Ryder wouldn't pick on that and reference it somehow. I guess we'll see, maybe the devs just forgot to add some line which will be included in the final release :)

[@Samuraiedge2]

Based on Paraan's dialouge, I think there are already humans in Andromeda or at least had visited before.

[@JordanJumpin]

can we romance jaal?

[@qarcon3247]

i hope he likes human women.. welp will see tuesday

[@Astralaeyna]

Yes, Jaal is romanceable. Rumors say he's romanceable to both male and female ryders but this hasn't been confirmed through gameplay or the devs yet. But we do know people who have played female Ryder found him very responsive to her flirt attempts.

[@JordanJumpin]

I hope he is, the only romances I'm interested in r Jaal, vetra and peebee

[@Astralaeyna]

Well, here is hoping. But worst case scenerio if Jaal is only receptive to a female Ryder people will likely just have to play female Ryder. Not the same, I know. But it is what it is. On the other side of the spectrum, however, most Angara can't seem to distinguish the difference between male and female humans so it might not make a difference to Jaal. We will only find out Tuesday (Thursday for UK), if someone tries romancing Jaal as male Ryder, or if one of the devs opens their mouth.

[@Assassino275]

He's Bi apparently

[@chairmeme6231]

Aww even in a different galaxy the intergalactic language is English

[@ΑΡΗΣΚΟΡΝΑΡΑΚΗΣ]

Chair Meme actually they speak ancient Greek...

[@llanesnick2490]

What planet are they from?

[@MoreDakka545]

Can't help but feel male Ryder is played by a poor mans Troy Baker.

[@Assassino275]

Nolan North you mean, Sounds just like him. Its someone different

[@azimai]

Can he be romanced by Scott?? Things get a little concerning

[@hyoungkim262]

Now yes in the upcoming patch 1.08.

[@azimai]

yes I know! So happy that the #makejaalbi movement really worked

[@bingus9651]

why didn't the guards speak English but everyone else dose?

[@zylo999]

The explanation is that at SAM was interpreting the alien linguistics for translation at that point. On the other hand, an AI is able to understand an entire language only though a few words, I don't buy it either.

[@ovs8691]

Me neither, this should've been a much longer sequence, taking months, while we explain our history, our culture and our language visa versa

[@Kat1kafka]

I rather have the quarians and the Drells back

[@claytonsilas2999]

I just went through this sequence whilst tripping balls, 5 grams cubensis, and it was fucking awesome

[@MalcrowAlogoran]

That uniform/hoodie is TNG Star Trek right there. I just saw the Kett chase seen through the scourge too. Im loving this game already. On the downside...the architecture is simply bland and far too human to be considered alien and from another galaxy. Couches? Plant decor? railings? Little water fountain decors? Where are we Vegas?

[@ringowunderlich2241]

You should read into stuff about evolution. In an environment humans can live well, evolution result will always be a humanoid (if everything goes well) looking not too much different. That also means, similar aesthetics. They will even know the meaning of Zero as a digit and will also have the same vocal characters (a, e, i, o, u), though they might use different symbols. For that they may even have similar designs for practicality and comfort.

[@dngamergsng4361]

Your Ryder looks awful

[@espix3767]

Discount protheans nice.

[@federicomachado811]

Espix What the fuck are you talking about?

[@azariah_kyras]

@@federicomachado811 4 years later and they still haven't explained lmao

[@anthonyfanchin1144]

Better than Javik.

[@kininlil9181]

It's still baffling how they managed to waste a Prothean character.

[@garroshhellscream594]

Throw him out the airlock.

[@JackGriffin745]

Commandah

[@squeezie_b8895]

@@kininlil9181 what? Javik was great, and realistically what you would expect from a Prothean. They were imperialists.

[@CouchCit]

Wow...brand new alien race in an entirely different galaxy, lo and behold they're an advanced bipedal race that just happens to have a mastery of the English language? Sweet Christmas, is this for real? So like, do they listen to smooth Jazz or Country? Do they know what a rim job is too? I just can't with this game's writing....

[@CouchCit]

Cool story bro, but ya see waaaay back in ME1 they had interesting/non-humanoid alien races in the Milky Way like the Elcor, the Hanar, the Keepers and Volus....it's not that hard to interject a little originality and creativity. It baffles me that this is what they chose to do with such a clean slate. But I guess that's what happens when every staff meeting starts with the someone yelling "JETPACKS! WE NEED JETPACKS SO I CAN PEWPEW IN MIDAIR!" RIP ME/RIP creativity

[@CouchCit]

Oh yeah for sure, I never said that you said you didn't like em, wasn't even trying to hint at it. "...it has to do with complacency on part of the creative leads, and a desire to appeal to as broad a playerbase as possible" Precisely, you hit the nail on the head. Trust, i'm an oldie myself, born in 80. I played ME1 on the 360 as well, and I played KOTOR before all the hype while my daughter was still in her mother's womb. Those were good days, days when not every game was trying to be the Last Action Hero AND an RPG AND an open-world sandbox, at the same damn time (ugh). I was one of the 1st to point out to people that ME games ALWAYS had "the Bioware Jank" with pretty bad faces and animations, it was my primary gripe with those games. As for the writing, I'm not a sci-fi expert and i'm sure there's tons of better stuff out there, but for the sci-fi-light folks like me, ME1-3's lore combined with the mature writing was phenomenal, and critics agreed. I "fell in like" with the series the moment I 1st read about Element Zero and the mass relays (well more like listened to the narrated descriptions while that awesome ME music played in the background...yet another feature missing from ME:A). Once again, it amazes me how they took a blank slate like Andromeda and came up with such mediocrity that in many ways insults our intelligence and loyalty, but maybe [hopefully] they have something majorly impressive in the works.