Although little information was given during EA’s E3 conference, interviews with developers has given us a lot more information to get us excited for the release of the game.
- Same-Sex romances are still there
- Info about the collectors edition is coming this fall
- As the game runs Frostbite, the PC hardware requirements will be similar to that of Battlefront and Inquisition
- More news may be coming in weeks instead of months.
- Codex entries will be detailed and in-depth
- The trip to Andromeda has taken a really really long time (hundereds of years)
- The game draws parallels to today’s space exploration advancements/themes
- The N7 character has nothing to do with Shepard
- New species. Some old, some new, some completely mysterious
- Choices will affect the species you encounter
- Planetary exploration is essentially the same mechanic as ME1, but much MUCH bigger/better with more freedom
- There’s much more to the Tempest than meets the eye
- The ‘Ark’ is a huge part of the story, not just where Ryder wakes up
- Main character will be human, you can choose to play as a male/female Ryder
- There is a sense of continuity in the Mass Effect universe, despite starting fresh in a new Galaxy
- Mass Effect Andromeda is story/characters first, then with a large focus on seamless loading, exploration
- Frostbite has forced them to rebuild everything from the ground up, it’s a clean slate in more ways than one
- Mass Effect VR is a possibility
Sources: Twitter, Playstation Access, and Inside PlayStation