Mass Effect Andromeda Early Access Patch 1.05 Releases Today

Mass Effect Andromeda released a short while ago as what many have described as a work in progress.  While many parts of the game can be praised, others simply aren’t up to the typical standards that Bioware has set for its games.

Today, April 6th will see the release of Patch 1.05.  The first of what could be many patches if they’re to go in and fix all of the complaints that players have about the game.  In today’s patch, there are numerous improvements which we’ll include in the full patch notes below.  The most notable, however, are improvements to some of the major complaints that players had about the initial release with fixes to facial animations and Ryder’s odd movements that are possible by running in a zig zag pattern.

Mass Effect Andromeda Patch 1.05

• Improved tutorial placement
• Increased inventory limits
• Single player balance changes: Ammo crates, armor, weapons, nomad, profiles, attacks, and progression
• Multiplayer balance changes: Weapons, cover, and enemies (check back for detailed notes on balance changes)
• Improved matchmaking and latency in multiplayer
• Added option to skip autopilot sequences in the galaxy map
• Decreased the cost of remnant decryption keys and made them more accessible at merchants
• Improved logic, timing, and continuity for relationships and story arcs
• Improved lip-sync and facial acting during some conversations, including localized VO
• Fixed an issue with Ryder’s movements when running in a zig zag pattern
• Improved the appearance of eyes for human and asari characters
• Fixed various collision issues
• Fixed bugs where music or VO wouldn’t play or wasn’t correct
• Fixed issue where global squad mate banter sometimes wasn’t firing on UNCs
• Fixed issue where player was unable to access the Remnant Console Interface after failing decryption multiple times
• Fixed issue where fast travel is sometimes disabled after recruiting Drack until the player reloads a save
• Fixed issue where Ryder can become stuck in the start of Biotic Charge Pose
• Fixes issues related to some saves
• Fixed issue where objective sometimes becomes un-interactable for players in multiplayer
• Streaming and stability improvements

Can Bioware turn the tide of consensus for Mass Effect: Andromeda?  Critical scores of the game on Metacritic see the game ranging from 71 on PlayStation 4 to 76 on Xbox One.  While user scores on the site are largely negative, much lower, and generally unfavorable.