Mass Effect: Andromeda was... well, let's say it wasn't particularly well received when it first hit back in March of this year. Nevertheless, BioWare put in a good amount of work to address the issues levied at it upon initial release, and now, they're hoping to entice gamers back into the ME universe by making it available to play on both EA and Origin Access sometime in the near future.
Things are a little rough out there for some shooter games that aren't PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. While the entire game itself struggled with issues since its launch, ultimately leading to an announcement that there would be no further single-player content or updates, the one shining point to Mass Effect: Andromeda was its co-op mode. Sadly, it seems that despite what was stated in that previous post, that, too, is coming to an end.
The latest update to Bioware's Mass Effect: Andromeda includes a number of fixes and tweaks to people's faces, which tended to go... awry, but more importantly (for us) it also added a new difficulty mode for the co-op mode. Along with that, a familiar alien race should be making its appearance in the mode's newest APEX right about now.
Mass Effect: Andromeda has brought back the series co-op mode, and in a big way. The new dedicated mode has more maps, more characters, and more replayability than the previous title. But what exactly is co-op in Andromeda - and just how do you play it?
Remember LittleBigPlanet 3? Yesterday's news, literally in this case, as although the game may be getting old, it was in the news recently as the PlayStation Plus game for February. This means that many new players would have picked up the game and may just be interested in the new Mass Effect: Andromeda costume pack coming to the game for free.
Mass Effect: Andromeda has built on the co-op mode of its predecessor, giving it a slightly different feel than Mass Effect 3, but retaining a lot of what made that mode a ton of fun. Combined with the new cover and movement system the action oriented nature of Andromeda's four player co-op mode is a solid, if often frustrating, shooter.
Mass Effect: Andromeda finally arrived earlier this week and the reception thus far has been... mixed. We're still checking it out ourselves and putting together our own thoughts on the co-op aspects of it, but if you've already procured it then there's a little good news for you. There's a special weekend event going on right now that adds a new co-op map to play through as well as a new character kit.
Mass Effect: Andromeda's four player co-op mode has been detailed (finally) in the latest official video from the Andromeda team at EA. By all accounts it looks very very similar to the co-op mode from Mass Effect 3, which of course, isn't a bad thing.
Even Co-Optimus was surprised when it was announced that Mass Effect 3 would have an online co-op mode, but now that it has happened we would expect the same of Mass Effect: Andromeda. Not a huge amount is known about the co-op in Andromeda, but it is coming and also any new DLC maps for the mode will be free.
Given its March 21st release date, Mass Effect: Andromeda is practically right around the corner. As such, trailers, screenshots, and interviews are about to start flooding in, and ad spaces will soon be crammed with Bioware's alien worlds and their "romance-able" citizens.
We're a month away from the next big entry in the Mass Effect series with Mass Effect: Andromeda, and for such an anticipated title, details are few and far between about some of its key features. Specifically, in our case, its co-op/multiplayer mode. A new pre-order trailer has shown a little bit of footage, which has lead to some speculation about what to expect.
While we got a little bit of info about Mass Effect: Andromeda's revamped co-op mode earlier this week, it appears that's about all we'll be getting for now. There was a new gameplay trailer shown off at The Game Awards last evening, but no mentions of the co-op or how it will tie into the single-player campaign. So, for now, we'll ...
