Mass Effect: Andromeda Is Better With Mods

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Published 2020-06-08

A journey across the stars always sounds fun, but even more so when you haven’t seen the sun in weeks. Stuck in my small apartment during a global pandemic, I recently became so desperate for an escape that I booted up Mass Effect Andromeda.

The deeply flawed sci-fi role-playing game was received poorly in 2017, and it remains to be frowned upon by many in the gaming community.

But it turns out that just a few mods can go a long way, as you’ll see in the video above.

Mods featured:
-Peebee Tweak (No Mask)
www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/291

-Addison Tweak:
www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/457

-Young Sloane
www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/343

-Balanced Weapons
www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/410

-Better Squad
www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/359

Alan Torres is a freelance Video Producer, and Kotaku is his favorite games site on the Citadel. Follow him here: twitter.com/@alan7615

All Comments (21)

@DobieMeltfire 4 years ago

I wouldn't mind a "Better With Mods" series
@stingymcduck5450 4 years ago

"Let's fix the female pathfinder looking weird" [changes the character completely]
@moonknightish 4 years ago

I found fixes for "odd character design": shows an Asari with eyebrows
@ATinyWaffle 4 years ago

"I fixed the look of the Pathfinder." Makes Amanda Bynes E-Girl
@RaptureRocker 4 years ago

I'm still pissed I never got closure on the Quarian Ark.
@Major_Zephyr 4 years ago

In other words: Better when it's actually polished and a finished product
@galacticcannibl1966 4 years ago

"Mass Effect 2 is quite possibly my favorite game of all time." Definitely same
@gnoclaude7945 2 years ago

ME1-3 felt like star wars, fighting to save a galaxy. Andromeda feels like star trek, exploring the unknown. It really is phenomenal and deserves a trilogy of it's own. The game only bombed due to being a buggy unfinished mess. If they delayed it a few months it would've been received better. But greedy EA needs their money.
@Peizxcv 3 years ago

Pretty sure making the protagonist Jennifer Lawrence helped a lot
@a.m9657 3 years ago

Flying ambulances do exist. They are called air ambulances, helicopters with ambulance equipment.
@govsecret536 3 years ago

makes pathfinder walk around in a sports bra guys i fixed the game's protagonist lol
@Divinicus1er 3 years ago

The one big issue with Andromeda can't be fixed with mods: You're a pathfinder, but on every planet you land there's already a town established. And NPCs treat you like their pizza delivery guy.
@kaharakahara 4 years ago

humanity was on the brink of progress and enlightenment but then some dude invented tik tok
@Moanski3 3 years ago

Starting a "One More Try" or "Better with Mods" series would be awesome.
@fry863 3 years ago

Writing and character development were what killed this for me, not graphics, animation, or combat. If something fixes the depth and feel of the npc's I'd be all for trying it again
@GuardianChipO 3 years ago

modding begins at 3:55. Save those near four minutes and skip to the mods
@hadleyepstein2249 4 years ago

Now if only these mods were available for the ps4 version...
@TheChrisLouis 4 years ago

This video was very well made. Wow. More of this please.
@QuintaEtSexta 4 years ago

"I found myself comparing it to the first Mass Effect" Finally someone realized it. I really liked Andromeda, 5 playthroughs, with and without mods. Still bummed about the Quarian Arc and the Benefactor...
@charlesfarnsworth3712 3 years ago

This was one of the first games I got for my PS4. I never played Mass Effect 1-3 so I didn’t have any comparison but I loved it because all the hyped games were FPS (I actually don’t really like Call of Duty). But Andromeda scratched a particular gaming itch I had and I spent DAYS playing it. I’ve sense built a pretty big PS4 game collection but Andromeda still holds a place in my heart.