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Listen to Episode 7 of the Waypoint UK Podcast: On Cartels, Krogans and Award Categories

Sam Loveridge and Ed Smith sit down with senior editor Mike to discuss ‘Ghost Recon Wildlands’ and ‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’, and more.

Above: Mass Effect: Andromeda screenshot courtesy of EA.

Hello, you. Did you know the Waypoint UK Podcast is on here, on Waypoint, every second Thursday? Now you do! Terrific. You can stream and download every episode on/from this very site; or subscribe to us at iTunes and any other of your preferred podcast providers.

On this episode, Mike (me, hi) is joined by Waypoint's On the Level columnist Ed Smith—also a regular writer for Edge and editor at Bullet Points Monthly—and Sam Loveridge, gaming editor at Fandom in the UK.

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Sam's been playing a decent chunk of Mass Effect: Andromeda—although, it's worth noting that this podcast was recorded before the game was released, so she's coming at it mostly from a preview perspective. Ed, meanwhile, gives us his thoughts on Ubisoft's latest open-worlder (without towers!), Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Spoiler: he didn't like it very much.

Also up for discussion: Nier: Automata, a little Breath of the Wild, Stories Untold, Night in the Woods and just a little splash of Persona 5. We also find time to have a look at the UK's forthcoming BAFTA Games Awards, and what does, or doesn't, deserve recognition at such a prestigious event; review scores and overreactions to them; and address a handful of listener/reader questions.

And one big spoiler warning for you: at 1:08, as in an hour and eight minutes in, in response to a question, we get very deep into the plot of Horizon Zero Dawn. So mute the podcast between then and 1:12 if you don't want to know about one of that game's biggest story points.

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Follow our guests on Twitter: Sam is at @apacherose3 and Ed at @mostsincerelyed. Follow Waypoint at @Waypoint.

Playing catch up? All of the previous Waypoint UK (and original VICE Gaming) Podcast episodes are archived on Soundcloud, and should be available on your preferred platform, too. Find all Waypoint podcasts on this website, right here, including the twice-a-week Waypoint Radio.

Here's what's coming up on the Waypoint UK Podcast:

Thursday April 6th: Mike and Waypoint regular Kate Gray are joined by Mode 7 Games to talk about the forthcoming Frozen Synapse 2 and Tokyo 42.

Thursday April 20th: Waypoint contributor Sayem Ahmed joins Mike and Kate to dig into Persona 5 and 2017 so far's amazing array of games from Japan.