The Art of Mass Effect: Andromeda
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Summary
The award-winning Mass Effect series captured the renegade hearts and paragon souls of gamers everywhere with it's memorable characters， stunning visuals， and visceral combat！ Now， journey to a new galaxy with Dark Horse's The Art of Mass Effect Andromeda- featuring never-before-seen art of the hotly anticipated game's characters， arsenal， locations， vehicles， and more！ This deluxe hardcover is an essential addition to any gamer's collection！
Exclusive never before seen concept art from the making of Mass Effect Andromeda！
The comprehensive companion to the wildly anticipated Mass Effect Andromeda！
Exclusive never before seen concept art from the making of Mass Effect Andromeda！
The comprehensive companion to the wildly anticipated Mass Effect Andromeda！
Reviews
Michelle （In Libris Veritas）
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I always love seeing early concept art and sketches for the games I enjoy， and this was no exception。 Plus they added notes for most of the pieces from some of the artists who had a hand in creating them， and we get a better understanding of some of the processes they had to go through to get the images to work within the video game setting。 I really wish I had some of the concept paintings for my walls， all of them are stunning but there are a few that are just over the top breathtaking。
Elwin Kline
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This was a fun and different "read"， as this is essentially a collection of concept art and some rough draft Computer Generated Imagery （CGI） works for the Mass Effect Andromeda videogame by the digital artists who sculpted the game。 Very beautiful art。 Makes me appreciate the game and the universe even more。 One of my closest friends actually works with one of these artists and I was able to give her positive feedback through him as a proxy， which I think is pretty cool！Mass Effect is an amazin This was a fun and different "read"， as this is essentially a collection of concept art and some rough draft Computer Generated Imagery （CGI） works for the Mass Effect Andromeda videogame by the digital artists who sculpted the game。 Very beautiful art。 Makes me appreciate the game and the universe even more。 One of my closest friends actually works with one of these artists and I was able to give her positive feedback through him as a proxy， which I think is pretty cool！Mass Effect is an amazing universe and if you are a fan （or sci-fi in general） you will really enjoy this。 。。。more
Alexander Pyles
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Pretty thorough， but I wanted to have a bit more on the overall Remnant design， which was terribly lacking。 Great art overall。
Trike
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After the genuinely terrible Mass Effect 3 and the tedious Star Wars: The Old Republic， BioWare games are dead to me。 But the one thing I’ve liked regardless of the games themselves is the art。 The designs are always interesting， blending classic sci-fi movies into new designs。 （I love the robot Legion， which is a brilliant melding of the xenomorphs from Aliens and the cyborgs of Terminator。）So I was never interested in playing this addition to the ME franchise， but I did want to see the new con After the genuinely terrible Mass Effect 3 and the tedious Star Wars: The Old Republic， BioWare games are dead to me。 But the one thing I’ve liked regardless of the games themselves is the art。 The designs are always interesting， blending classic sci-fi movies into new designs。 （I love the robot Legion， which is a brilliant melding of the xenomorphs from Aliens and the cyborgs of Terminator。）So I was never interested in playing this addition to the ME franchise， but I did want to see the new concepts they came up with。 This book mostly scratches that itch， with lots of cool new iterations on classic ME designs and brand-new stuff。Unfortunately it’s fairly skimpy compared to similar books。 I don’t know if that means the game is smaller than previous installments， but that seems to be the case based on this。 It’s now about 2 years after release and all I recall about it was that it was a sales disappointment and very buggy。 Maybe due to being so limited in scope？ Anyway， some very cool landscapes and character designs here， with only a few pieces spanning two pages to lose art in the valley。 There’s very little behind-the-scenes info given other than a couple lines about each overall design。 。。。more
Kyle
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Beautiful book。 My only negative （and this really isn't the book's fault） is that I felt like a majority of the early designs were better than the final designs that were used in the game。 Beautiful book。 My only negative （and this really isn't the book's fault） is that I felt like a majority of the early designs were better than the final designs that were used in the game。 。。。more
Reeter
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I think I'm one of the very， VERY few that legitimately liked Mass Effect: Andromeda。 Yes， I'm aware of it's flaws and the tedious vaults you had to go through， but as a whole I enjoyed the hell out of the game。 Know what else I enjoyed the hell out of？ This book。 Obviously。 It was great to see the different designs of the angara and kett before they settled on a final look， as well as the different types of armor tried out。 I would've liked to see more text explaining the designs， especially an I think I'm one of the very， VERY few that legitimately liked Mass Effect: Andromeda。 Yes， I'm aware of it's flaws and the tedious vaults you had to go through， but as a whole I enjoyed the hell out of the game。 Know what else I enjoyed the hell out of？ This book。 Obviously。 It was great to see the different designs of the angara and kett before they settled on a final look， as well as the different types of armor tried out。 I would've liked to see more text explaining the designs， especially any influences on those looks。 For example， I wanted to know how and why they settled on the final look for the angara。 They are some of the most unique character designs I've seen。 Other than that， I really enjoyed this book！ 。。。more
Cloak88
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New galaxy， equally good artwork。The Mass Effect artbooks are generally of good quality and so is this one。 The ME Andromeda artbook hits all the highlights from architecture， creature design and armour ascetics。 In addition small blurbs of info give extra context information or just a fun anecdote of the design face of the game。 In all an enjoyable read with stunning artwork and good contextual information。
Kirsten Simkiss
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The art is gorgeous， but I wish there were more interesting information about the various sketches。 They briefly explained pretty much everything， but I wish they had gone into more detail about inspirations or angles they took to design things。 I love the layout and the concepts。
Robert
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Fantastic。 Exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for from The Art of the Mass Effect Universe。 Tons of cool concept art， lots of up-close details on the armor， beautiful concept paintings for the various planets。 Good stuff。As with all good concept art books， it's very interesting to see some of the ideas they never really went with。 （Aspects of Havarl， for instance， were reappropriated for Habitat 7， something the book doesn't actually make note of。）Unless you absolutely hated the game， if you Fantastic。 Exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for from The Art of the Mass Effect Universe。 Tons of cool concept art， lots of up-close details on the armor， beautiful concept paintings for the various planets。 Good stuff。As with all good concept art books， it's very interesting to see some of the ideas they never really went with。 （Aspects of Havarl， for instance， were reappropriated for Habitat 7， something the book doesn't actually make note of。）Unless you absolutely hated the game， if you're a Mass Effect fan or a fan of sci-fi art， this book is really great。 。。。more
Alpacapanache
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You can read my full review here。Overall， I really enjoyed reading this book， and gazing wistfully at the gorgeous alien landscapes created by the team at BioWare。 I wished for a little bit more info in the descriptions about the various choices， thematic approaches they were working to achieve etc。， but I have no complaints about the art itself。My review copy was a pdf， but this definitely deserves to be a hardcover so you can glance through it often。 You can read my full review here。Overall， I really enjoyed reading this book， and gazing wistfully at the gorgeous alien landscapes created by the team at BioWare。 I wished for a little bit more info in the descriptions about the various choices， thematic approaches they were working to achieve etc。， but I have no complaints about the art itself。My review copy was a pdf， but this definitely deserves to be a hardcover so you can glance through it often。 。。。more
jade
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“With this project we have endeavoured to create something as original and alien as possible， and as I look back at what we’ve created I feel a great swell of pride at the sprawling landscapes and the stunning depths of the Andromeda Galaxy。” This artbook covers a lot of ground from the Mass Effect series newest installment， Andromeda。 Divided into four chapters， artists from the creative team take us from character designs of the crew and various aliens through to equipment， the species nati “With this project we have endeavoured to create something as original and alien as possible， and as I look back at what we’ve created I feel a great swell of pride at the sprawling landscapes and the stunning depths of the Andromeda Galaxy。” This artbook covers a lot of ground from the Mass Effect series newest installment， Andromeda。 Divided into four chapters， artists from the creative team take us from character designs of the crew and various aliens through to equipment， the species native to the Andromeda galaxy， and finally an entire chapter on the various worlds and installations on them that were designed for the player of the game to explore。The final chapter easily covers more than half of the entire book， which was a good choice in my opinion。 If anything， Mass Effect: Andromeda was still visually stunning as a game， and this gorgeous artbook shows where all those impressive views and planets actually came from。 I also felt that some of the art in this section was the most interesting and impressive out of the entire collection。The art itself varies from initial sketches to digital landscape paintings and 3D models of environments， giving you plenty of angles and different mediums to enjoy all Andromeda’s sights with。 With solid printing and high-quality paper， it looks like a dream。So why only three stars？Well， to be quite honest， I had simply expected more content; both art and text。At 183 pages， it remains pretty meager as an artbook for a game the size of Mass Effect: Andromeda， not to mention that there’s barely any text in it considering the development and/or thoughts of the people on the creative team。 The latter might be more easily dismissed; sometimes all an artbook really needs is art rather than people talking about said art。But I can’t help but look at my bookshelves and notice my well-worn copy of The Art of Dragon Age: Inquisition， which is about the same size and width as this one and yet stands at a solid 264 pages， not to mention that it contains a lot more text on the creative process of building up the various aspects of the game。In that sense， it felt like something was missing; the book could have spent more time on the almost literal worldbuilding that occurred， showing different sketches and artpieces that illustrated the creative design behind it。 Don’t get me wrong， it’s a beautiful collection of gorgeous pictures， and perhaps I’m wrong to compare it to other books in my artbooks collection – but I still expected more art from this one than it currently holds。That said， it is still a recommendation for fans of the game who wish to have a peek into the design behind it。 。。。more
King Haddock
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This art book does not have significant text given; you receive small blurbs and anecdotes rather than deep information。 It also does not show many sketches and has a lot of hyper-realistic digital paintings， especially in the sections dedicated to planets and locations。 Personally I do prefer art books with more text， and do understand from an artistic perspective that a wider variety of artwork is interesting and beneficial （not to mention early concepts excite me！）， but I am content with what This art book does not have significant text given; you receive small blurbs and anecdotes rather than deep information。 It also does not show many sketches and has a lot of hyper-realistic digital paintings， especially in the sections dedicated to planets and locations。 Personally I do prefer art books with more text， and do understand from an artistic perspective that a wider variety of artwork is interesting and beneficial （not to mention early concepts excite me！）， but I am content with what The Art of Mass Effect: Andromeda delivers。 The digital paints are rather intriguing to look at， and I would say that this art book is fairly similar and what I would expect compared to what the other Mass Effect art books have delivered。 If you liked The Art of the Mass Effect Universe， then this is of similar caliber and interest。 。。。more
The Sapphic Nerd
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It's great at showing the various character designs and environmental art。 The only thing I would have liked is more detail on how they came up with the default Ryders' appearances。 Some beautiful artwork in this。 It's great at showing the various character designs and environmental art。 The only thing I would have liked is more detail on how they came up with the default Ryders' appearances。 Some beautiful artwork in this。 。。。more
Jordan
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I love seeing all the different designs that could have been for the characters and places。 It's interesting to see what got rejected， since I think a lot of the designs that didn't get used were pretty cool。 I love seeing all the different designs that could have been for the characters and places。 It's interesting to see what got rejected， since I think a lot of the designs that didn't get used were pretty cool。 。。。more
Jena
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