Stuff UK — June 2017

TEST GAMES

To assist you in your galactic

exploits you have your ship, the

Tempest, and your six-wheeled

ride, the Nomad (above).

The Tempest is a lovely craft,

distinctly reminiscent of the

original series’ Normandy

in design, but better laid out

internally. The Nomad, though,

is the real star – particularly

when it comes to blasting

across sand dunes or sliding

over the ice like an intergalactic

Colin McRae.

Far less helpful are the Kett,

a race of aliens that have had

access to the Cluster for a

while now and have their own

plans for the Remnant Vaults.

It’s your interactions with

them, along with the settling

of the worlds, that act as the

main spine of the story.

The original trilogy, complete

with side missions, is a dribble

in the ocean compared to the

range of exploration available

in Andromeda. Sure, you could

knuckle down and smash

through it; but there’s so

much to see and do that if

you don’t savour it all you’re

doing yourself, and the game,

a disservice.

The worlds are

your oyster

The game’s jump mechanic

allows you to seek out

new forms of cover.

There are around 1200
non-player characters...
not all as hostile as this one.