There was plenty of room for Game of Thrones-style power struggles on the Nexus, yet all political disagreements are merely mentioned without being explored. No one yells or cries or expresses any measurable emotion at any point, even when they explicitly talk about their feelings, and there's no Tyrion Lannister or Francis Underwood to keep things interesting. The vast majority of Andromeda's characters are just dull, and conversations rarely delve deeper than arduous 'get to know you' small talk. Truthfully, Andromeda's story problems stem more from delivery than from plot. The two stories intersect occasionally, and both pay off in the end. He's less one-dimensional than he initially seems, but the plot is largely predictable in a mindless blockbuster sort of way.

In parallel with this more broadly-focused narrative-which encompasses much of the side content-the central storyline revolves around an evil alien race and its delusional, narcissistic leader, who poses a more immediate threat than food shortages. The central storyline revolves around an evil alien race and its narcissistic leader. So when the Nexus gradually sprang to life as I started fixing problems, I felt genuinely accomplished. I understood why those characters would look to me and felt the weight of their desperation. In practice, the scenario felt more believable than typical 'you are the chosen one' cliches.

With leadership in shambles and no resources to revive the cryogenically frozen colonists, the sudden arrival of an ark immediately lands Ryder in an uncomfortable position of power. Here you discover the other three other arks have gone missing and that the Nexus, which arrived ahead of the arks, has suffered every setback imaginable, from growing food shortages to a veritable civil war. Several disasters later, Ryder inherits her dad's job, and while the moments leading to and including that scene are pretty hackneyed, the stakes really sink in once you reach the Nexus-Andromeda's version of the earlier games' Citadel. In place of the iconic Commander Shepard, we have Ryder, the daughter (or son) of a man chosen to lead one of four arks filled with intergalactic explorers looking to found colonies in a distant star cluster. To its credit, Andromeda boldly abandons the familiar.

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