ME Andromeda works perfect for me, just got it today and it had a 2.5gb update ..if Elite ever lets you do the stuff you can in Mass Effect it will be one of the best games ever
I just got ME:A last week, so far I'm having a great time with it. Including the tutorial I'm on the 3rd planet. I'll reserve judgment on the story/plot until after I finish it but as for the characters, I find them just as engaging as in the first trilogy. I love Drack, he constanlty cracks me up, I was instantly in love with Cora too. The core gameplay is better than any game in the original trilogy, hands down.
Allow me to repeat that one more time for emphasis, the core gameplay is better than any game in the original trilogy, hands down. CORE GAMEPLAY should count for something right?
This is what should matter to people the most, 'should' be the operative word in that sentence. The combat is easily the most fluid, and most fun than any previous ME game. And it's being overlooked by, my guess is......jaded gamers who don't know how to have fun any more playing games. So instead of enjoying a good offering, they go make a rant vid on youtube about how they are not going to buy ME:A. because they hate the animations. I haven't seen anything worth boycotting the game over, sure there is a few awkward animations but nothing game breaking that's keeping me from enjoying the game, that's for sure.
My advice is approach the game with an open mind, I feel many of the complaints were way too overblown.