Heres the thing:Zhukov said:That is not a fair criticism.Karadalis said:Oh look.. its garrus 2.0... and wrex 2.0...
We saw A Turian and A Krogan. There was nothing to indicate they have anything in common with previous characters beyond sharing a species.
That's not to say they definitely won't be retreads. They might be. I don't know any more than you. But let's try to keep the criticism to the things we actually have evidence for. There are plenty of other things to be worried about in that trailer.
There are dozens of other species they could have used as crew members in this "brand new stand alone mass effect game"... yet they had to take two of the same (fan favorite btw) races that where part of your crew in every single ME game so far...
Its not that at this point they have 2 galaxies full of species to pick from... and give us something new instead of retreading the same old same old.
Also why are there krogans and turians onboard? Arent those considered Rival nations to the human one? Last time i checked before the reaper attack (aparantly the mission to the andromeda galaxy started before ME3) the human and turian nations werent exactly known as working together hand in hand.. quite the contrary... and krogans? Why would you take a krogan with you on an exploration mission thats suposedly there to "save humanity"? Krogans arent exactly known for their scientific achievements and the humans have their own security forces... so why take a krogan along who could turn out to be a huge security risk (due to no ties to humanity and their mercenary nature)?
Every other race would have made more sense then those two... so for me the only explanation why they are part of the crew is to function as garrus and wrex standins...
This IS valid critisism seeing as bioware seems to be unwilling to explore new territory in leu for "brand recognition" despite this new game suposedly being all about the unexplored and alien territory of the andromeda galaxy...
"Hey guys! We put some wrex and garrus in our game.. you liked those in the other ME games right? And.. and your totaly not shephard but your character acts and talks just like shephard! Cause shephard was a badass and you liked that right? Also dont worry, you wont feel to out of place in the new galaxy because the people from the old one are allready there and in positions of power! So you will have familiar antagonists with familiar motivations! Please buy our game... pleaaaaase... or EA is going to take us behind the shed like the others!"
All in all from a story perspective rather disapointing. The action seems good and the graphics are typicall bioware.. nice explosions, but dont look to close at the "dead inside" faces of the characters.