New tease for Mass Effect: Andromeda shows tiny plot details, but that’s all

Mass Effect: Andromeda cinematic trailer.

After two years of teases, teases, and more teases, fans of Bioware's Mass Effect series were hoping for a substantive amount of info on Mass Effect: Andromeda for "N7 Day" this year. Unfortunately, we instead got yet another tease: Bioware released a 1:43 cinematic trailer for the title with a "Spring 2017" release date.

We learned in past sneak-peeks that the game takes place in the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy, in a region called the Helios cluster. We already know that the game focuses on the Ryder family, who are part of a massive multi-species exploration/colonization effort called the "Andromeda Initiative." And, we learned last week that the game is likely set 600 years after the main storyline in the previous Mass Effect games. Today's trailer gives us a few dribs and drabs of additional plot details—something went wrong during the Andromeda Initiative's trip, and the "Pathfinder"—the mysterious N7 figure shown in previous trailers, rumored to be the main character's father—has been killed, incapacitated, or otherwise removed from the picture. This leaves the player as the new "Pathfinder," which jibes with dialog heard in this year's 4K tech demo video.

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