After being asked about where to find the particular rifle in Mass Effect: Andromeda’s huge open-world environment, lead designer Ian Frazier announced on Twitter that the gun is only a prop for cutscenes at present.
While fans are surely looking forward to seeing what the mysterious gun has to offer, BioWare has a lot of other areas to focus on as well. There have been numerous criticisms raised at Mass Effect: Andromeda since its launch, from stiff facial animations to frustrating matchmaking, so it’s likely that adding a new weapon is lower on the totem pole of concerns. That being said, the developer has promised to discuss its plans to implement patch fixes on April 4, so fans won’t have long to wait to see what new updates will be coming the the game.
As was mentioned, one of the more pressing concerns that fans have found with Andromeda is the serious downgrade to character facial animations, which, in many places, seem worse than previous installments in the franchise. Gaming historian Liam Robertson recently spoke with several BioWare employees and revealed that the reason for the animation issues might be outsourcing, something that will be difficult to rectify now that the game has released.
So while some gamers may be happy about a new gun coming to Mass Effect, no doubt many others would like to see BioWare focus its efforts in other directions. The list of complaints seems to get longer with each day, and fan interest is waning the longer the issues go unaddressed.
Mass Effect: Andromeda is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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