Update January 12, 2017: The new Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer has arrived. Watch it above.
“She’s light, stealthy, and the fastest ship in her class.” The newly released trailer gives us our first good look at the Tempest, Andromeda’s Normandy replacement, and it looks gorgeous.
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Inside, the Tempest is a similar deal to the Normandy, with weapons benches, a research room, engineering, medical bay, crew quarters, a war room, and even a vehicle bay for the Nomad, your land vehicle.
The Pathfinder’s room is huge, has a bay window looking out to space, and a roomy bed for some inter-species fun times.
On planet surfaces, the Nomad is pretty much functionally identical to the Mako, but there’s definitely a sense of speed and weight that was missing from that cumbersome moon buggy. You can even give it a paint job.
Original Story January 11, 2017: BioWare and EA are continuing their long tease of Mass Effect: Andromeda, milking the buzz for all it’s worth. This time they’re announcing another trailer, and this one will apparently walk us through your spaceship and land vehicle.
The Tempest and Nomad will be replacing the Normandy and the Mako respectively, and BioWare have promised major improvements for both.
For example, the Tempest won’t feature any loading screens, while the Nomad will be not terrible. Excellent news.
Here’s the tweet announcement:
Stay ready, recruit. A new Andromeda Initiative brief on the Tempest and Nomad will be coming in tomorrow: https://t.co/gV3QgYasNs pic.twitter.com/1rfv3wu7QY
— Mass Effect (@masseffect) January 11, 2017
We’ll update when the trailer lands.