As was mentioned in the tweets it's actually something that comes last in the polishing stage. You've said you're working on it but I wondered how much more you can do there in the engine?įabrice Condominas: We are absolutely working on it. One piece of feedback you guys got from the trailer and responded to very quickly via Twitter to is the quality of the facial animations and lip-syncing. It's more of a partner than EDI was - you're way closer emotionally to SAM. There's a very specific relationship there. It is connected to you permanently and was connected to - and knew - your father, Alec. SAM handles a number of things as well as your vessel. But it's way broader than EDI - the relationship is way different. Yes, in the sense that SAM is ultimately not a living being - its more of an AI or robot. Ryder speaks to a character named Sam, or SAM, and I was wondering whether this is your version of EDI on the Tempest ?įabrice Condominas: Yes and no. Not on all planets: there are certain criteria you have to fulfill but you will be able to establish them as a player. You will be able to build them as well on the planets you encounter. That settlement - was that set up by the Milky Way races?įabrice Condominas: Yes - that outpost is something those species set up. The first is named Nexus Uprising - I guess that's the one you're referring to? Nexus Uprising, the first of several planned Andromeda novels. You may have seen we just announced some Mass Effect novels - I encourage you to look at their titles. You don't know what happened to the other arks. obviously this is central to the story of how things didn't go as planned. What happened there, and how long afterwards are we seeing?įabrice Condominas: What you see in the trailer is a tease of what happens to the different arks. And yet, on the Andromeda Initiative website we can see she was once a leader on the Nexus, the Citadel-esque flagship used to spearhead exploration into Andromeda. In it we see a character named Sloane Kelly - she looks like the leader of the pirate settlement we're introduced to. Hey guys - let's start by dissecting the latest trailer a bit. Read on to hear about your new AI helper SAM, the salarian squad member we may never see, and even a mention of that long-lost Mass Effect movie.
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Last night we spoke with Mass Effect Andromeda's creative director Mac Walters and producer Fabrice Condominas on the phone from BioWare Edmonton to find out answers to those questions. How many will there be, and what's that we hear that one was cut? How much has changed? What has happened to the Milky Way races not included in the game (quarians! geth!) and could they still appear? Then there's your squad members - essentially your family in Andromeda. We still don't know a firm release date, other than Mass Effect Andromeda's vague "spring 2017" launch window - why is that? Should fans be worried the game might slip?
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Just a few months from release, and despite a round of recent reveals we still know surprisingly little about Mass Effect Andromeda - despite it sounding like the biggest and most ambitious game in BioWare's beloved series to date.