The nerves of the players of Mass Effect: Andromeda are frayed. SAM is driving players to the last bit of sanity.
If you’re looking for bugs and annoying incidents in Mass Effect: Andromeda, you won’t have to search long. From wooden facial animations to missing enemies and quests that can’t be completed, the latest installment of Mass Effect has a few small problems at every turn.
However, the worst problem for the community currently is the Artificial Intelligence SAM. This very SAM is our constant companion and an integral part of Ryder, as his electronics are partly integrated into the character’s body. His job is to analyze situations at lightning speed to provide suggestions and solutions that help Ryder navigate the worlds of the Andromeda system more effectively.
If SAM would just stick to that, there wouldn’t be a problem. It becomes annoying when exploring various planets with SAM. Every little change in condition is commented on by him:
- “Warning, it’s too hot here, Pathfinder!”
- “Hey, Pathfinder, there are resources here!”
- “Warning, it’s too cold here, Pathfinder!”
It gets silly on hot worlds because SAM talks every second when driving through an area where shadows and sunlight alternate. “Hot, cold, hot, cold!” – SAM will comment on every fluctuation with precision.
Particularly frustrating is that SAM’s voice output takes priority over all other events in the game. If teammates are about to start a funny dialogue – which they will only say once throughout the entire game – then SAM can smother that dialogue with a “Pathfinder, this area can be mined for resources.”
For many players, traumatic memories of Navi from “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” return, which was permanently punished with a “Hey, Listen!” It seems that SAM is now following in those footsteps nearly 20 years later. Perhaps he will hold his tongue in one of the future patches – fans wish for an option to at least turn off the annoying AI for recurring reminders.
Cortyn says: Personally, I am most annoyed that SAM occasionally takes on the role of “Captain Obvious.” After 50 hours of gameplay, I understood that I should scan the area to investigate a murder – but it’s good that SAM reminds me of it every few seconds.
Which cryo capsules you should open first, we already revealed to you yesterday.
