Mass Effect: Andromeda liveblog (inactive)

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There is a 50% chance that this journal will be liveblogs and the occasional rant, going forward. I almost ranted about the all-female Lord of the Flies remake this morning, but I've lost interest in it by now.

Does anyone use Discord? Maybe want a server to chat about current events and/or fictional fandoms and/or just be dorks?

Anyway, I was blackmailed by a certain person to download the trial version of Mass Effect: Andromeda, and after a few hours of playing it, all I want to do is continue playing it, even though I only have a few hours left on the trial and by god I will not buy another game before at least finishing FFXV. But here I am...


Current progress: Arrived at the Nexus

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So you pick the gender of your main character, and in a fun turn, the male and female Ryder are both people! They are twins, traveling together on this mission, and the one you don't choose ends up in a coma during the game's prologue. So you can customize both of them, and also their father (also a person), so that they can all look alike. Adorable.

Scott Ryder and Sara Ryder are the default names. It goes without saying that I picked Sara Ryder. Also, that's my middle name!

I spent probably an hour on my first game attempting to customize her appearance, because when you choose her default appearance she's a Caucasian with brunette hair but when you choose to customize her appearance she becomes Korean or something. It became a personal challenge to me to attempt to make her non-Asian. I did not succeed.