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Guide How to Reset Skill Points in Mass Effect: Andromeda
How to find the re-spec station
There are a lot of skills to toy with in Mass Effect: Andromeda. From combat techniques to biotic powers to tech abilities, the numerous skill trees that are available to you right from the beginning of the game can seem incredibly daunting. As such, it's reasonably easy to pump your skill points into areas that you...
Guide How to Change Weapons and Armor in Mass Effect: Andromeda
Equip your new gear
Changing your weapons and armor in Mass Effect: Andromeda takes a little more effort than you might think. You can pick weapons and armor up from defeated enemies or find bits and pieces stored away in containers, ripe for the taking. However, unlike most other games that have some sort of loot system, you can't simply equip...
Guide Mass Effect: Andromeda Character Builds
Skill and profile recommendations
Mass Effect: Andromeda may not be BioWare's best game overall, but there is one area where it excels, and that's combat. Gunfights are punchy and full of cool abilities - and its these skills and powers that we're focusing on with this guide. Unlike Commander Shepard of the original Mass Effect trilogy, Ryder isn't...
Round Up Mass Effect: Andromeda PS4 Reviews Fail to Set the Universe Alight
Ticket to Ryder
Mass Effect: Andromeda's reviews are out, and while it's by no stretch a bad game, it's not the inspired action RPG that many fans may have been hoping for. We pointed out plenty of flaws in our hands on impressions piece – a full review will follow here on Push Square in due time – and it seems we aren't alone with our thoughts...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda's Animation Thing Has Gone Too Far Now
Fans go on the offensive and force BioWare to respond
The Internet has an unfortunate habit of taking a joke too far, and that's exactly what's happened with Mass Effect: Andromeda's goofy animations. The title's weird expressions – which have tired faster than a certain crew member's face – have been ridiculed for several days now, but the...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Performance Isn't Perfect on PS4
It's not quite a mass defect, though
Digital Foundry have got their hands on Mass Effect: Andromeda, so that can only mean one thing: plenty of performance analysis videos. In the one that we've embedded above, the publication goes over how the sci-fi title runs on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but naturally, we're only here for the former. The...
Poll Has the Mass Effect: Andromeda Backlash Put You Off the Game?
Deep space, deeper trouble?
This has really blown up, hasn't it? Arguably the biggest story of the week, Mass Effect: Andromeda has some rather terrible animations - we're talking worse than usual BioWare animations kind of terrible. Naturally, the gaming sphere is currently flooded with gifs, videos, and clips of the game's shoddy human faces and...
News No, Mass Effect: Andromeda's Questionable Animations Aren't Being Patched
At least not anytime soon
In case you haven't heard, Mass Effect: Andromeda has some rather dire animations. "Par for course as far as BioWare is concerned," you may say to yourself, but based on what we've seen, Andromeda is somehow worse than the developer's previous efforts. Some of it is just downright awful. Obviously, stuff like this isn't...
News Blast Off with 40 Minutes of Mass Effect: Andromeda PS4 Pro Gameplay
Into the void
Hey, Mass Effect: Andromeda really isn't far off now, and if you're struggling to contain your intergalactic excitement, then you may want to keep yourself busy with the 40 minute gameplay video that we've embedded above. Running on PS4 Pro, the sci-fi role-playing release looks the part - although at this point we're still struggling...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Has Some Pretty Funny Scenes
But we don't think they're intentional
We jumped on Horizon: Zero Dawn for that cut-scene pretty quickly, so in the interests of keeping things fair, this Mass Effect: Andromeda clip that's doing the rounds probably deserves a post. If nothing else it had your humble host in stitches of laughter, so maybe it'll brighten up your day:
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Teams Up with a Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer
Best buds
It's safe to assume that most people who play Mass Effect: Andromeda won't be in it for the multiplayer component - and that's totally fine - but we were fans of Mass Effect 3's co-op offering, so we're actually quite looking forward to seeing whether this new entry in the series can live up to the legacy. Fortunately, things do look...
News You Can Spend Up to £80 on One Mass Effect: Andromeda Multiplayer Microtransaction
Co-op point prices confirmed
Mass Effect: Andromeda's multiplayer offering was always going to have microtransactions. EA's box-buying system seems to have spread to almost all of its properties over the last few years, and BioWare's latest is no different. Much like in Mass Effect 3, you'll be able to purchase packs of randomised items within the...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda's Jaal Means Business in New Gameplay
What does the scouter say?
Mass Effect: Andromeda introduces a new race to BioWare's series: the Angara. Naturally, your perception of these new aliens will be shaped by a member of your squad - namely the rather serious Jaal. And, if you'd like to know a bit about this relatively strange looking ally, you may want to give IGN's new video a watch,...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Has a Crazy Amount of Dialogue
As you'd expect
Mass Effect: Andromeda will have "over 1,200" speaking characters, according to creative director Mac Walters. When you stop to think about it, that's a lot of chatty extraterrestrials. During a recent livestream, the BioWare boss said "when you look at the dialogue options, we're basically the equivalent of Mass Effect 2 and 3 put...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda's Marketing Machine Finally Kicks Into Gear with a Good Trailer
And it's the launch one
Now you see, if Mass Effect: Andromeda had been revealed with a trailer like this, we wouldn't have had to rag on the game's marketing for the past year and a half. EA and BioWare have left it late, but we finally have a great trailer to get us hyped for the upcoming release. Why the heck has it taken this long? Head shaking...
News Take a Tour of Mass Effect: Andromeda's Version of the Citadel
Home sweet home
Those lucky sods over at IGN have got another video first for Mass Effect: Andromeda, this time taking us on a tour of the Nexus, which is essentially this game's version of the Citadel from the trilogy. It's got everything you'd expect: social areas, research labs, and a commercial district, but the twist here is that the Nexus...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Will Get Free Multiplayer DLC
Just like Mass Effect 3
It seems as though BioWare has some steady plans in place for Mass Effect: Andromeda's multiplayer component, as GM Aaryn Flynn has revealed that the co-op portion of the release will be "just like Mass Effect 3". That supposedly means free downloadable content in the form of new maps, equipment, and characters, as well as...
News Here's the First 13 Minutes of Mass Effect: Andromeda
If you're into that kind of thing
IGN have uploaded another first look video, this time sharing the initial 13 minutes of Mass Effect: Andromeda. Obviously, there are early story spoilers here, so if you're looking to play the upcoming sci-fi title blind, then we'd advise against clicking that play button. For everyone else, though, you should find...
News New Mass Effect: Andromeda Trailer Is All About Exploration, the 'Heart of the Game'
The final frontier
Mass Effect: Andromeda has popped out another gameplay trailer, this time focusing on exploration and discovery - the "heart of the game", says the narrator. The video shows a load of new footage as Ryder and the team go about their business on an especially dusty planet. It looks like it'd be quite a nice place if it didn't bake...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Beta Cancellation Explained, BioWare Apologises
Space race
In case you missed the earlier news, BioWare has cancelled the Mass Effect: Andromeda multiplayer beta. Potential participants signed up for the beta a while ago, but a confirmed starting date never came. The cancellation came as a bit of a surprise, but with the full release now only a few weeks away, we suppose that it makes some degree...
News By the Way, Mass Effect: Andromeda's Mutliplayer Beta Is Never Happening
Oh
Just like some of you, we've been patiently waiting to hear about the long awaited Mass Effect: Andromeda multiplayer beta, but our hopes and dreams have just been shot to pieces by a BioWare blog post. In said post, the Canadian developer casually writes "while we will have live multiplayer at PAX East, there will no longer be a multiplayer tech...
News Here's 20 Minutes of Mass Effect: Andromeda Mission Gameplay
Space ace
Fair warning: There are obviously some optional story spoilers in the video that we've embedded below. Watch at your own risk and all that. IGN's grabbed almost 20 whole minutes of Mass Effect: Andromeda gameplay, taken directly from one of your squadmate's loyalty missions. The footage features a bit of everything, including dialogue,...
News BioWare Confirms Mass Effect: Andromeda Is Ready For Takeoff
Sci-fi RPG goes gold
Crack open a few bottles of space beer and get ready to chat up some aliens at the wrap party, because Mass Effect: Andromeda has gone gold. Developer BioWare has confirmed over on Twitter that the anticipated sci-fi role-playing release is ready to ship, meaning that the game ain't going to get delayed again. Hurrah! Andromeda...
News Mass Effect: Andomeda Details Its Deep Skill System and Squad Tactics
Now we're cooking
BioWare's released a second Mass Effect: Andromeda gameplay information trailer, this time focusing on skills, favourites, and squad tactics. As was the case in the previous video, the sci-fi title is really starting to show promise. The revamped skill system seems to have a good amount of depth to it, as you're able to pick and...
News Combat in Mass Effect: Andromeda Looks Like a Huge Step Forward For the Series
New gameplay trailer reveals all
As far as we're concerned, Mass Effect's trademark blend of third person cover shooting and unique class-based abilities has gotten better and better with each instalment. Although Mass Effect 3's combat was still a little clunky, it had enough punch to it that it felt like a solid step in the right direction - and...
News Narrative Difficulty Returns to Mass Effect: Andromeda for Those Who Just Want Story
Insanity is back as well
Much like Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect: Andromeda will feature a very easy difficulty option named 'Narrative', lead designer Ian Frazier has revealed over on Twitter. In Mass Effect 3, Narrative Mode made Shepard incredibly hard to kill - you'd essentially have to position the protagonist in front of a group of enemies and...
News Don't Call Mass Effect: Andromeda an Open World Game
Producer stresses that it isn't one
Mass Effect: Andromeda ain't no open world adventure, producer Mike Gamble has told to the Official Xbox Magazine in an interview. "I definitely wouldn't call Andromeda an open world game," Gamble states. Instead, he refers to Andromeda as "an exploration-based game", and goes on to suggest that this approach...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Beta Registration Closed, We'll Hear More Soon
Galactic readiness
BioWare's revealed that registration for the upcoming Mass Effect: Andromeda multiplayer beta has closed. There was some speculation that the beta was set to begin last month, but obviously that never happened. Given that Andromeda is out in March, we think it's safe to assume that the beta's scheduled to start sooner rather than...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Looking to The Witcher Rather than Dragon Age for Side Quests
Probably a good thing
When Dragon Age: Inquisition launched on PlayStation 4 in 2014, we were confident that it was one of the best role-playing games on the console - mostly because there wasn't much competition. In 2015, however, it more than met its match; The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt basically blew it away in almost every department. There was one...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda's Dialogue System Sounds a Lot Better for Role-Playing
Decisions, decisions
We've known for a long time that Mass Effect: Andromeda won't have the trilogy's Paragon and Renegade dialogue system - and that's probably a good thing. In the original three games, Commander Shepard's personality was shaped by either being an agent of righteous justice or a ruthless operative who got the job done no matter the...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda's Pre-Order Trailer Gives First Glimpse of Multiplayer
Blink and you'll miss it
Get hype, people - you're about to see a whole 1.5 seconds of Mass Effect: Andromeda multiplayer footage. We know, we know, we can hardly contain ourselves either. Publisher EA has released a tiny new trailer for the upcoming sci-fi sequel, showing off what you get when you pre-order the title. Early adopters will get some...
News Meet Your Human Mass Effect: Andromeda Party Members in This New Trailer
Squad goals
If you were left wondering about your squad mates following yesterday's Mass Effect: Andromeda cinematic trailer, then you're in luck, as we've stumbled across a second video which spotlights some of your crew - namely your human allies. First up is Alec Ryder - father to the Ryder siblings and the team's captain. He's missing in action...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Cinematic Trailer Shows Off a Promising Story
Home away from home
Finding a new home planet for humanity in the depths of an alien galaxy can't be an easy task. As such, we don't particularly envy the Ryder siblings in Mass Effect: Andromeda, even if they do get the opportunity to romance as many different intergalactic species as they can. The title's latest trailer gives us our best glimpse...
News We're Blasting Off with a New Mass Effect: Andromeda Trailer Tomorrow
Into the void
This industry just loves to build things up, doesn't it? Announcements of announcements, teaser trailers teasing actual trailers... The hype peddling just never stops, and BioWare's as guilty as anyone. The Canadian developer's been puffing its chest regarding Mass Effect: Andromeda for years now - long before we actually saw the game...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Multiplayer Offers Single-Player Rewards
And some fans are a little worried
Don't jump to any conclusions just yet, but it sounds like Mass Effect: Andromeda's multiplayer offering will reward you with stuff that you can use in the game's single-player campaign. At first glance, this seems absolutely fine; it's cool that the release rewards you no matter how you decide to play. However,...
News Don't Worry About Mass Effect Andromeda's Most Important Asset
The banging will be good, apparently
Let's be brutally honest here: the main appeal of the Mass Effect franchise are the bedroom scenes. BioWare's one of the few developers to actually recognise sex as a regular activity – even if the whole interspecies stuff at play is a bit, y'know, weird. And the animations are awkward. And it's all a bit...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Multiplayer Beta Sounds Like It's Launching This Month
Go team
With Mass Effect: Andromeda securing a March release date, we should be hearing a lot more about BioWare's latest over the next couple of months - and it's about bloody time, if you ask us. Anyway, one aspect that we're eager to hear more about is the title's multiplayer offering. As regular readers will know, this particular scribe was a...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Throws Possibility of Season Pass Out the Airlock
Paragon interrupt
We don't know about you, but we're a bit sick of season passes. Granted, sometimes they are worth the price of admission - just look at The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's expansion pass - but more often than not, all a season pass amounts to is the promise of future content at a set price. Content that could quite easily end up being...
Poll Are You Excited for Mass Effect: Andromeda?
Super effective?
In case you missed the news earlier this week, Mass Effect: Andromeda finally has a confirmed release date. The long awaited sci-fi sequel lands on PlayStation 4 on the 21st March in North America and the 23rd March in Europe - but are you hyped for BioWare's big release? Our problem with Andromeda is that, up to this point, it's...
News Ride the Mass Relay to More Mass Effect Andromeda Gameplay
A couple of minutes of combat
Mass Effect Andromeda's launching on 21st March, so no longer can BioWare hide behind Twitter talking about how awesome its game is – it needs to show stuff. This latest gameplay trailer which aired during NVidia's
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Lands a Confirmed Release Date
Suit up and ship out
Wow, it looks like it really is happening, then. BioWare has confirmed that Mass Effect: Andromeda will indeed be launching early 2017. The Canadian developer says that the sci-fi adventure will land in North America on the 21st March and in Europe on the 23rd March, so we don't have long to wait. With the date relatively...
News More Mass Effect: Andromeda Gameplay Teased For Tomorrow
Into the void
Mass Effect: Andromeda will be putting in an appearance at tech company Nvidia's CES press conference tomorrow, the series' official Twitter account has revealed. We're not going to be getting PlayStation 4 footage, then, but we'll still be keeping a close eye on how the game's shaping up. So, what can we expect? Well, the tweet...
News BioWare: 'Absolutely No Reason' To Be Worried About Mass Effect: Andromeda's Release Date
Give it some space
Mass Effect: Andromeda is supposedly launching in spring next year. In other words, the sci-fi sequel is apparently only a few months away from being ready. However, despite the game's most recent - and most revealing - showing at The Game Awards 2016, it still feels like we know very little about BioWare's latest, to the point...
News Mass Effect Developer Says Andromeda's Wonky Facial Animations Aren't Final
Jank be gone
In case you missed it, Mass Effect: Andromeda got its first proper gameplay trailer at The Game Awards last night. Showcasing combat, exploration, and dialogue, it's just what the doctor ordered when it comes to BioWare's latest sci-fi adventure, finally giving us a real glimpse of how the game plays. However, the video hasn't been...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda PS4 Gameplay Trailer Shows Off Combat and Exploration
Spaced
It feels like we've been waiting an eternity, but it's finally here: actual, proper gameplay of Mass Effect: Andromeda. Revealed right near the end of Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards broadcast, the five minute trailer that we've embedded above shows off a load of combat, some dialogue, and a touch space exploration. So, how does it look?...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Multiplayer Ties into Campaign, but Won't Make You 'Feel Cheated'
Co-op missions will be optional
Mass Effect: Andromeda's multiplayer offering will expand upon the concept that BioWare introduced in Mass Effect 3 - we've known that for a while now. However, there's always one big question that gets asked: will you have to dip into the multiplayer component in order to get the most out of the campaign? This was,...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Does Away with Paragon and Renegade Dialogue Choices
Plus other juicy details
Game Informer's latest issue, featuring Mass Effect: Andromeda, is now out in the wild. Naturally, this means that people all over the 'net are pulling all the information that they can from the cover story, letting us know what we can expect from the sci-fi sequel. It's probably for the best, because BioWare clearly isn't...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Looks Space Ace in New Screenshots
Out of this world
Yesterday's trailer may not have given much away with regards to Mass Effect: Andromeda's gameplay, but at least EA and BioWare have released some new screenshots for us to gawk at. As you'd expect, the sci-fi sequel looks great, with the move to the Frostbite engine giving way to some luscious looking visuals. That sandy planet is...
News Mass Effect Andromeda Wants to Flog You a Remote Control Mako
Nomad soul
Mass Effect Andromeda, the space opera from BioWare that we've seen less than five minutes of gameplay of despite it supposedly launching next spring, has an uber-expensive collector's edition available for pre-order. Chumps with too much change can stump up $199.99 to snag a copy of the game (in a steelbook case, no less) alongside a...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Finally Gets a Proper Trailer
Now we're talking
Good lord, it's about time isn't it? BioWare has finally released a proper trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda. Not a video full of concept art, not a CG teaser, not a vertical slice of alpha footage, but an actual trailer. And what do you know, it's actually pretty good - aside from the horribly cliched blackouts. Can we stop with...
