I feel like it should be stickied that Nolan North is not the male MC. It's Tom Taylorson.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda - Cinematic trailer
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I feel like it should be stickied that Nolan North is not the male MC. It's Tom Taylorson.
GasProblem
Member
Hope the villain is more then just a alien big bad.
I dislike the hairdo of the blond woman.
Male Ryder looks a bit boring, but you can customize him so who cares.
Rest of the team looks cool.
Still very excited.
I dislike the hairdo of the blond woman.
Male Ryder looks a bit boring, but you can customize him so who cares.
Rest of the team looks cool.
Still very excited.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
Im in for day 1 but man this trailer was bad
elkniwcire
Member
I want to be excited for this, but for some reason I'm just... not. This seems good on a technical level, but there seems to be some of that ME magic missing.
I guess it's easy to wave away simple criticisms like this. Mass Effect 2 is one of my favourite games ever but I'm down on this because I'm bored and need something to shit on.
Posts like these are just as annoying as the messages Kai Leng kept sending you in 3.
Blargonaut
Banned
I know, but it's the capitalization that gets me
I know it's there, I can feel it in the script, waiting for its moment in the subtitles
How is it lacking? You have a short-haired blonde, you have the bulky black crewmate, an old dude(your father), brother & sister that are fully customizable by skin colour and sexual orientation, and differnt aliens.
Why does the Archon have to have the Harbinger voice? You're making an alien villain. Out of all the choices like nasally, calm, soft, screeching, why does the new villain's voice also have to be of the mega-intimidating Harbinger variety?
Why would you say "I don't need an army, I have a Krogan"? A Krogan can die from one sniper shot to the face, Hulk just gets stronger the more you hit him.
Why are the one-liners on par with Horizon's trailers? Why is male Ryder Nathan Drake? Why does the team look so uninspired, Bioware?
why are the animations still awful?
5 years in le making
Why would you say "I don't need an army, I have a Krogan"? A Krogan can die from one sniper shot to the face, Hulk just gets stronger the more you hit him.
Why are the one-liners on par with Horizon's trailers? Why is male Ryder Nathan Drake? Why does the team look so uninspired, Bioware?
why are the animations still awful?
5 years in le making
Well, from most impressions, we're the "alien invaders" to his world. We just pop up, start talking over "garden worlds", settling the areas without care or concern, and then realize "oh crap, there were people already here."
So, er, he might not be as "evil" as we think.
I'm curious if this will indeed be the case.
Obliterator
Member
I liked the trailer, and I hate to be "That Guy" but man Bioware animations are really behind the times. Like they aren't on par with what the current standard is in most AAA games. I get its a lot of work and expensive but they need to seriously redo their animation work at some point.
That said its not the end of the world, I just recently played through DAI with the DLC again and it didn't ruin the experience or anything. It does stick out like a sore thumb though
That said its not the end of the world, I just recently played through DAI with the DLC again and it didn't ruin the experience or anything. It does stick out like a sore thumb though
StereoVsn
Member
The trailer was underwhelming. Surprisingly visuals are not really better then DA:I and maybe not much better then say ME:3, especially on character facial animation and overall look.
The overall vibe was "cheesy" for the lack of better term. There was no "hook" so to speak. I dunno, just not getting excited about this game and considering other games that are out or coming out then this one can wait.
The overall vibe was "cheesy" for the lack of better term. There was no "hook" so to speak. I dunno, just not getting excited about this game and considering other games that are out or coming out then this one can wait.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
I think people wanted an alien smorgasbord but that was never going to happen with a far more human-centric story: personally, I bloody love the new crew: Drak and Vectra seem rad AF too.
That monocle alien is apparently the other teammate, he looks fab as well...the hype is building properly now, just need a really good gameplay trailer pt 3 and we're rocking.
It looks really really bad. As in visually.
The first trilogy had all this interesting lighting and texture work. Obviously there were technical limitations but there was a clear visual style and it was well-communicated.
This new game looks like a bunch of plastic action figures wearing plastic clothes on a plastic spaceship.
I don't understand how they fucked it up so badly.
The first trilogy had all this interesting lighting and texture work. Obviously there were technical limitations but there was a clear visual style and it was well-communicated.
This new game looks like a bunch of plastic action figures wearing plastic clothes on a plastic spaceship.
I don't understand how they fucked it up so badly.
In the youtube comments................
Seems like a typical republican comment to me
Humdinger
Member
I don't know. Looks too shootery, bro fist, Michael Bay in space stuff. I want the sense of discovery and exploration, not another "let's kick ass and take names" sort of vibe.
This didn't do much for me. I'm in it for the RPG and the exploration.
It was better than the last trailer, anyhow, with that dopey FemRyder animation.
This didn't do much for me. I'm in it for the RPG and the exploration.
It was better than the last trailer, anyhow, with that dopey FemRyder animation.
It would have been way cooler if the Archon spoke in a different language to you. Getting hailed by some menacing alien who's speaking to you in a language you don't understand then your character seeing all the smaller attack ships heading for them would've been a nice "oh shit" moment.
Blargonaut
Banned
IMO, monocle alien works better design-wise if it was a cyclops
I'm tentatively excited about this game simply because the basic narrative setup would seem to indicate a move towards ME1-style storytelling: exploration and contact with strange and mysterious cultures, with humans as the new kids on the block.
ME2 and 3 moved much more towards standard sci-fi action-adventure storytelling about swaggering military badasses in lieu of the semi-hard (firm?) sci-fi of the first game.
I'm basing this more on the "training room" videos than on the trailer, which is a standard incoherent mishmash of explosions, portentous dialogue, and sex, and to my eye tells us essentially nothing about the game.
I'm a little confused, in fact, at the many posters who seem to view it as some sort of window into the nature of the game, whether positive or negative - as with movies, these sorts of trailers are frequently good for bad games or bad for good ones (although I will say that people still look weird and a little waxy in the Frostbite engine for some reason).
ME2 and 3 moved much more towards standard sci-fi action-adventure storytelling about swaggering military badasses in lieu of the semi-hard (firm?) sci-fi of the first game.
I'm basing this more on the "training room" videos than on the trailer, which is a standard incoherent mishmash of explosions, portentous dialogue, and sex, and to my eye tells us essentially nothing about the game.
I'm a little confused, in fact, at the many posters who seem to view it as some sort of window into the nature of the game, whether positive or negative - as with movies, these sorts of trailers are frequently good for bad games or bad for good ones (although I will say that people still look weird and a little waxy in the Frostbite engine for some reason).
Camp Freddie
Member
It all looks 'okay'. Just not amazing or particularly different.
The new big-bad seems a little too much like Sovereign, right down to the voice.
I think it's going to be put on my ever growing RPG backlog, with Witcher 3 expansions, Tyranny, Pillars, Torment and Shadowrun. Probably going to wait for a good deal before I buy it.
The new big-bad seems a little too much like Sovereign, right down to the voice.
I think it's going to be put on my ever growing RPG backlog, with Witcher 3 expansions, Tyranny, Pillars, Torment and Shadowrun. Probably going to wait for a good deal before I buy it.
AcademicSaucer
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Samurai G0SU
Member
Or he tricks them thinking that he is protecting something on the world but in return we think that its our destiny to land there... which ends up being the ultimate trap. he needs us there as his spaceship eats everyone and can only do that if they are in the 'correct' location. aka on the planet! O_O
FrontalMonk
Banned
Oh hey, cool. A new Mass Effect trailer! Let's watch!
*hype trailer*
That was pretty cool, I'm excited for this game. I wonder what GAF thinks?
*bitching and nitpicking*
I don't know what I expected. This game looks rad as fuck you guys.
*hype trailer*
That was pretty cool, I'm excited for this game. I wonder what GAF thinks?
*bitching and nitpicking*
I don't know what I expected. This game looks rad as fuck you guys.
IAmAnAgnostic
Member
Nah. Every single thing I've seen has screamed mediocrity at best, this included. I can see the writing on the wall. (or completely incompetence by marketing, but I doubt it)
Day 1 @ PC!
That blonde girl is probably one of the most boring designs In Mass Effect. Is like Ashley and James had a fucking daughter.
Also the character variation is seriously lacking, i dont know if thats becuase of the low number of squadmates, but wow, really boring start. If they are not charismatic this game will fail on its face.
I know this are 3 games, but holy shit:
God EDI's design was soooooooo bad
Could be a cool Easter Egg, dunno. Certainly not a suggestion that she's a Cerberus agent or anything, considering she's using Harper as her name.
Inferno313
Banned
I loved the first three games, but I'm having trouble finding even an ounce of excitement for this. Maybe it's because I thought DA:I was the most bland and soulless RPG of this gen, maybe it's because it's sandwiched right between Zelda and P5, but I probably will wait on this one for a few months unless reviews are extremely glowing.
IAmAnAgnostic
Member
It absolutely looks worse than even ME 1 faces. I don't know how they managed.
sammyCYBORG
Member
Looks incredibly dull.
This franchise died after the first game pretty much. Thankfully, that's one of the best games ever made and works as a standalone experience.
This franchise died after the first game pretty much. Thankfully, that's one of the best games ever made and works as a standalone experience.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Feels like I am watching Star Trek.
Kind of hyped, ever so slightly.
Kind of hyped, ever so slightly.
So....what do we know about this?
That would be a great twist.
https://www.masseffect.com/news/meet-your-squad-with-a-new-trailer
5 + X companions. Kallo Jath is new Joker.
Edit: Vetra is Turian, right? 6th is TotallyNotTwi'lek one. More?
I don't remember the games giving IM a name.
In a game that's supposed to be a fresh start I suppose it would be kinda weird for them to not only be referencing old canon, but old supplemental canon.
Not a great twist considering her last name is Harper and that's public information
Peebee the new Sera confirmed?