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Mass Effect: Andromeda - Cinematic trailer
- Thread starter Tovarisc
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We're one step closer to my dream Justin Lin-directed Mass Effect movie.
Your acting stupid, and nobody like stupid.
Please tell me you aren't serious yeah?
brokenbeans
Banned
Day one
I can find bad pictures too. This is ME1 Shepard on PC. Back in 2008.
I mean, obviously it's showing it's age as it's nearly a decade old, but the face still has more apparent detail in it than the current male Ryder. It's kind of odd.
Not generic at all, unless you want to be ultra-reductionalist and go "white bald spacemarine hurr durr".
(google his actor Vanderloo as well)
orthodoxy1095
Banned
As a minor complaint, the male main character still looks uninspired to me. Shep actually wasn't that unique of a design either, but I guess it just looked better to me. The rest of the visuals actually look pretty good at this point, but I'm still not really feeling the rest yet.
I guess the problem is that my vision of science fiction is probably something that Bioware is never going to deliver on. This almost seems like a standard storyline against a generic big bad, just set in space. And what's the idea here exactly? The colonizers are so stupid that they colonized worlds without checking to see if they were welcome or if there were other people on the planet? Or the big bad is just a generic baddie who is trying to kill everyone? I dunno. It's hard for me to express exactly what I wanted, but I guess I was dreaming of something that erred more towards the grand adventure of sci-fi than that. I've said this before, but the feeling I wanted from the game was a sense of wonderment (I mean we're in a new galaxy right?), and I just don't feel it yet.
I guess the problem is that my vision of science fiction is probably something that Bioware is never going to deliver on. This almost seems like a standard storyline against a generic big bad, just set in space. And what's the idea here exactly? The colonizers are so stupid that they colonized worlds without checking to see if they were welcome or if there were other people on the planet? Or the big bad is just a generic baddie who is trying to kill everyone? I dunno. It's hard for me to express exactly what I wanted, but I guess I was dreaming of something that erred more towards the grand adventure of sci-fi than that. I've said this before, but the feeling I wanted from the game was a sense of wonderment (I mean we're in a new galaxy right?), and I just don't feel it yet.
Sanctuary
Member
The generic space marine look is what I was talking about. You might call it being reductionist, but the game was released during a period of "MOAR BADASS MARINE!" type games. His actual face though looked better to me than the male (or female) Ryder, and that was almost a decade ago.
RinBestFate
Banned
What? Sera is the worst thing Bioware has ever shat out
Jellycrackers
Member
The fact that it reminds me of Star Trek: Beyond is a good thing to me.
Looks like lots of cool scifi stuff to see, a cast of hopefully likeable characters (will be determined upon playing), and action. Just what I signed up for! This is the next game I will be buying for sure.
Also, let's wait to see what the bad guy is actually like before we start calling him a "generic big bad" or whatever we're going with here. We know almost nothing at this point other than he has a cool booming voice.
Looks like lots of cool scifi stuff to see, a cast of hopefully likeable characters (will be determined upon playing), and action. Just what I signed up for! This is the next game I will be buying for sure.
Also, let's wait to see what the bad guy is actually like before we start calling him a "generic big bad" or whatever we're going with here. We know almost nothing at this point other than he has a cool booming voice.
royox
Member
Do you want BW to spoil the whole game?
lucebuce12
Member
I think he/she was posting Sera or Sera-esque dialogue.
Orochinagis
Member
For ah moment I thought I was seeing a Star Trek episode.
Dat EVA helmet
Dat EVA helmet
That's stupid. It can't be real!
😂
read what I have said in her voice. You'll get it
DeadlyParasite
Member
I mean, unless you're being deliberately obtuse you clearly get two new races in the trailer. The Kett and the Angarans.
Garrett Hawke
Member
This looked very meh. :/
Also the mc is like the most generic design ever, and the animation was still really rough.
Also the mc is like the most generic design ever, and the animation was still really rough.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
All the male humans are hilariously ripped for their sex scenes.
I was expecting the same amount as I saw in ME1 for the first time, interesting and varied. Pains me to not feel excited for this, everything so far feels off.
Sanctuary
Member
Guess I actually now have a reason to bother with the face creator. Default Shepard always looked good to me, and I was playing as Shepard, not as some other random character that I created, so his own face was fine. Ryder however actually looks like one of the goofy alternates you can cycle through with the other premade faces. It's just bad.
Actually, his model isn't terrible though.
Actually, his model isn't terrible though.
Spiritwalker
Member
Meh, still not feeling it. Something's off about this one.
SliChillax
Member
You're judging from a compressed YouTube trailer? When will you people learn to wait for the game to come out before making these claims?I can find bad pictures too. This is ME1 Shepard on PC. Back in 2008.
I mean, obviously it's showing it's age as it's nearly a decade old, but the face still has more apparent detail in it than the current male Ryder. It's kind of odd.
TC McQueen
Member
Nah, the Andromeda Initiative isn't stupid. They just have no FTL sensors, so all their readings saying the planet was uninhabited were outdated when they got there.
That said, I don't think you could ever get that kind of open-ended scifi grand adventure with current technology. No Man's Sky tried, but failed because if you go for that huge experience, the quality of each individual planet drops drastically. Having a smaller scope helps not only make the planets better, because more time and effort can be spent creating them, but could help the story maintain a tighter focus.
Also, smaller scope hopefully means Bioware won't be dumb enough to make another threat that could destroy the entire setting as we know it.
Looks too "soft" in my opinion. Think I will also potentially use the character creator for the first time, assuming it doesn't spit out abominations like previous ME editors.
CoolNumber9
Member
This nitpicking is just so funny. Espically when people complain how bad it looks graphically, which is completely wrong unless your using a 720p tv or something. But Zelda and I like Zelda but it is coming out on the newest hardware running at 900p with flat ass textures, barren open world and people are just falling all over themselves about how beautiful it is. Lol. Art direction is a big component but from the art I'm seeing with ME:A it looks incredible. It's all just funny.
I would argue the fact they need eyes checked since there's far more improvements than their rosetinted glasses are able to see
The initial comparison was cherry-picked and based off Youtube videos, so i'm just putting in a reference here for what Shepard's face looked like nearly ten years ago.
Bioware really has to be the worst AAA dev out there when it comes to creating faces
orthodoxy1095
Banned
This is why it's hard for me to explain what I'm looking for. I don't necessarily want something truly open-ended. We've had NMS and someday Star Citizen for attempts at something like this. Like I said I think my biggest interest was a sense of wonder and exploration. You don't necessarily need a lot of planets or procedural generation to do that. Basic open world games and even some linear games have inspired that wonder. As of yet, with this game the problem is that I feel just ho-hum. I'm definitely in wait and see mode.
sammyCYBORG
Member
A lot of people are disappointed with how graphically underwhelming Zelda is in places.
Bioware really has to be the worst AAA dev out there when it comes to creating faces
MaleRyder is close, but FemRyder isn't even in same zipcode.
matrixman92
Member
if anyones interested, Funko announced the whole line of Andromeda pop figures. I think there should have been at least one Scott. There are 3 variants of Sara
https://funko.com/blogs/news/coming-soon-mass-effect-andromeda-pop-s
https://funko.com/blogs/news/coming-soon-mass-effect-andromeda-pop-s
NoPiece
Member
Not to mention the whole Cerberus plot was one of the weakest parts of the series.
I think most people don't know what they actually want from this game.
Sanctuary
Member
Bioware really has to be the worst AAA dev out there when it comes to creating faces
Maybe they were going for a Jayde that was 10-15 years older look?
Inquisitor/Sera sex scene showed tons of nipple.
Man, not sure what it is, but this game just isn't clicking with me. The first three games had me insanely hyped and I was there on day 1. With this game, I'm not sure. It's bummin' me out since Mass Effect is one of my all time favorite game series. I'll still pick this up, but I'm not in any real hurry to play it. This trailer didn't help, either.
sammyCYBORG
Member
After a car crash that left her disfigured.
Was about to say. Her face in that pic looks kinda swollen and made out of wax/plastic at the same time.
Zelda is going for a painterly cel-shaded (lol 'flat textures') look and nailing it. Mass Effect is going for a realistic look and failing at it, even compared to older Mass Effect games.
Boy oh boy was that a surprise.
Also funny commentary about shaving something crude hehe
Looks like some devs from sims3 were involved with creating her faceBioware really has to be the worst AAA dev out there when it comes to creating faces
