10 Controversial Video Games You Must Play In 2022

It's a trend today for large, AAA games to launch in less than polished states, and Mass Effect Andromeda was one of the earlier indications that this practice was becoming endemic.

Fans had been a waiting for a new Mass Effect game for five years. Promising more freedom and exploration, plus thrusting you into a completely alien galaxy, Andromeda looked like a dream come true. Maybe too good to be true.

Mismanagement, lack of direction, and a burned out staff resulted in a mostly playable, but still buggy, and in a lot of places, ugly looking game. By the time developer BioWare was able to correct these issues, much of the damage had been done, resulting in publisher EA making the decision to put the whole franchise on hiatus.

Which is a shame, because while Andromeda was far from perfect, it was a solid step forward for the design of the games. It took the boring exploration elements of the original and made them engaging, all while improving on the combat of Mass Effect 2 and 3 to be faster-paced and more mobile, without sacrificng playability.

With the sky-high expectations in the past, Andromeda is easily worth at least one good play through.