


Rather than commit yourself to one class, Andromeda lets you choose skills from combat, biotics, or tech as you see fit. You and the other colonists – 20,000 from each of the four Citadel Council races (asari, salarian, turian, human) – are looking for a new home among several potential “Golden Worlds”. As one of the Ryder twins (default Sara/Scott), you begin the game by waking up in the Andromeda galaxy after 600 years in cryo-sleep. Each game took the player to different planets, but they were all still within the Milky Way.Īs the name suggests, Andromeda is different. The original trilogy was set not too long after humans discovered the alien tech that allows them to travel across the galaxy at speed. Mild spoilers for the opening two missions lie ahead. Here are some of the key ways Andromeda has changed the Mass Effect universe, based on the first few hours of the game. This was BioWare’s opportunity to change the formula, no doubt with substantial anxiety over how fans would react. Set in the same universe as the original trilogy but in a different galaxy and 600 years later, Andromeda tells a new story with new characters in a new setting. Mass Effect: Andromeda is the first new Mass Effect game in five years and the first on the current generation of consoles.
