They probably heard Todd Howard's positive attitude towards dropping karma and infamy.
http://www.gamespot.com/videos/gs-news-mass-effect-andromeda-drops-paragonrenegad/2300-6437085/

Holy shit that was an obnoxious intro

I do prefer a less binary system, though. We'll see how it's actually implemented.

More and more reasons to completely ignore this game.

Good, now maybe I can play how I want without being funneled down a moral path

This fam

I don't like how I was locked out of certain things entirely in the trilogy because I wasn't entirely paragon or entirely renegade like the jack/ miranda argument. You can't gain both of their trust if you're a middle ground person.

i was under the impression that the morality system wasn't popular with fans anyway?

or popular in general

i was under the impression that the morality system wasn't popular with fans anyway?

or popular in general

I had issues with application, not the concept. This smells like the same reason for design changes between ME1 and ME2; laziness. Instead of putting in the effort to fix it, they just remove it.

Well, it was a dumb system.

So basically you will still have bad or good choices, just no blue or red to track them.
K.

i was under the impression that the morality system wasn't popular with fans anyway?

or popular in general

My only problem with this is, to me, it still feels like we're just going to get 'the good' 'the bad' and the 'not so bad' routes regardless so there wont be that much 'freedom'. Its Bioware.

Just now, we dont have red or blue

From Xbox Magazine

* There are 'several highly advanced alien races' we'll meet in Andromeda

* Barrier can now deflect projectiles at foes

* Powers have individual cooldowns

* Blades confirmed as a craftable melee weapon (we already knew hammers)

* After a couple of encounters with the Kett, you'll be able to craft some of their technology (they use plasma guns)

* Crafting is entirely optional, not important to the story

* Based upon your dialogue choices, there can be tensions in the team

* You see planets and stars fly by from the Tempest's bridge, all windows on the ship give a view of your current location on the galaxy map

* 'Interrupts' are not paragon/renegade, but 'disarm' for example (it's a strategic choice, not a moral)

* You'll be able to understand the Kett motivations, they're more nuanced as an enemy

* There's a whole separate storyline besides the Kett

* The Kett were originally designed to be completely nude, but it was awkward in cutscenes

* All squad members have a loyalty mission (they seem to be 'a string of objectives' rather than one single mission)

* The loyalty missions will explain the squad members' motivation for leaving the Milky Way

* Michael Gamble: 'I definitely wouldn't call Andromeda an open-world game.We like to use the term exploration-based game. Sometimes that happens in open spaces, but not always. You can cruise around some of these planets in the Nomad, but it's not the traditional sandbox-type game.'

* You don't have to fuel the Tempest

* Side quests will be 'more varied and interesting than ever', says BioWare

* Active abilities/powers (like Overload, etc.) have an alternate fire mode

* There is no level cap, you can keep leveling until you run out of skills to put points into

* 5 difficulty levels, including narrative (very easy, just the story)

* Nomad's top speed is 130+ km/h

* Tempest top speed is 13 light years per day

* You can upgrade the omnitool (the blade)

"Side quests will be 'more varied and interesting than ever', says BioWare"

So, not just go to a planet, press a button and get some credits for the fourth time?


Good

Binary morality dropped AND individual power cool downs like in the first game? Sounds good to me.