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BioWare's Mass Effect franchise has been a staple of great Sci-Fi writing and RPG design. The original trilogy, released during the seventh generation of consoles, tells a cohesive story set in the far future of human civilization. With just three games, BioWare set a high benchmark for all RPGs but not all games were created equal.

Here is every Mass Effect game ranked from worst to best.

Andromeda is the black sheep of the franchise. Set in a different galaxy between the events of ME2 and 3, it follows two new protagonists and characters. The problem with Andromeda, aside from its botched launch, is that it strayed too far from the original RPG design into the territory of straightforward shooters. It doesn't help that the game's lead characters, Sara and Scott Ryder, weren't as charismatic or sassy as Commander Shepherd.

Andromeda was released when most players were getting tired of the open-world game design. Previous Mass Effect games had straddled the fine line between large explorable spaces and a fully open world, but Andromeda did away with carefully crafted levels. Its mission design also suffered, inundating players with mindless and repetitive fetch quests.