There’s a Scanning Tool
New to Andromeda is a device that you can use to scan and analyze your environments. In Mass Effect 2, players could scan planets and mine them for resources from within the Normandy. Andromeda seems to be taking things a little further, and lets players bring that scanner with them onto planets themselves. Here, players will be able to scan everything in their environment and collect elements and resources from them. The trailer featured Ryder scanning a flower on the ground, and mining an element there.
Not only that, the trailer also showed off Ryder stepping into a room, investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Krogan. Ryder was shown scanning the room, looking for evidence that they could use to prosecute a suspect. Perhaps Andromeda will feature little missions where you can choose to either use brute force to get the truth out of someone, or spend time gathering intel and do things the ‘legal’ way.
