The only focused Democratic message for the past 8+ years has been, "We need to stop Trump," which I agree with, but without Trump, I can't think of a single, unified message. That's not enough to get the general population fired up and excited to vote for Dems. One thing that made Obama so popular was he had specific goals and gave people hope.
Trump, in the meantime, has been feeding people all sorts of promises and hopes and dreams. They're all terrible and full of shit, but that is a more powerful message than just, "We need to stop Harris."
Looking like Mass Effect is not a bad thing. ME rules. If the gameplay is just as fun and characters/story just as interesting, then I'm absolutely down. That said, the NPCs are giving me cliche, overly-talkative, super annoying vibes. Hopefully that's just from the editing. After the utter failure of Starfield, a solid sci-fi RPG would be very welcome, even if it's a little derivative or overly reminiscent of its predecessors.