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Mass Effect Andromeda for PC is an action adventure game in which the player takes control of a third person figure – either male or female depending on their gender choices in the setting up and introduction phase. About the Game The premise of the game is that a mission was sent out into deep space. Alex Ryder has gone along and has taken his two twin children with him, a man, Scott, or a woman, Sara. You play as Scot or Sara, customising your appearance to suit yourself, and watching as your sibling and father change slightly to maintain the family resemblance. Alex Ryder is the Pathfinder for the spaceship he and his children are on, and when they awaken after six hundred years, it quickly becomes clear that something has gone very wrong. There are hostile aliens (Kett) and immense machines that are both ancient and intensely powerful, called the Remnant. The opening of the game plays out with little input from yourself, and once the action dies away, you find yourself a Pathfinder in your own right, in charge of a small ship and a crew of aliens heading off to solve mysteries, complete quests and find some answers about what is going on, precisely. Once you have played through the whole game, a new game+ tab appears which allows you to play through all over again, with additional power-ups and extras, and opting to play as the other gender for this second play-through. Gorgeous graphics, Seamless Gameplay The worlds that you explore are beautifully depicted, with immense spaces making you feel as though you are actually in space as you explore dusty moons, sunlit landscapes and immense, seemingly endless rooms, all without any lagging or the need for new screens to load in between movements. You must colonise planets by gathering resources, terraforming and buildin