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To those who played the ME: Andromeda trial: are you buying the full game?
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Unmoses
Member
Yep. Pre-purchased two months ago, playing the trial twice, pc & xbox.
I finally got some multiplayer in at the end of the pc trial- wow was that incredibly fun (caveat: when it wasn't rubber banding)
Looking forward to Tuesday, and it figures the wife wants to go out to dinner Tuesday night.. *shakes fist*
I finally got some multiplayer in at the end of the pc trial- wow was that incredibly fun (caveat: when it wasn't rubber banding)
Looking forward to Tuesday, and it figures the wife wants to go out to dinner Tuesday night.. *shakes fist*
IlGialloMondadori
Member
Exactly. And it's also dumb.
Agreed, as someone who has never played Mass Effect 3's multiplayer. Would you guys say that games multi is worth at least playing?
This doll like characters are most definitely not a western rpg only thing.
7DollarHagane
Banned
I am downloading the trial. I figure $5 is worth it to play some hours of multiplayer.
I've been struggling with this decision as someone who hasn't played the trial.
I should have tried the demo but figured I wanted to go in clean (I do have EA Access, but I ordered it on PS4, not XB1, so any progress wouldn't carry over... and I got it as part of a sale and can't get the same price if I were to switch platforms).
I'm not incredibly worried about the game — especially the facial animations... if they're a bit goofy, they're goofy... but they won't ruin the game for me — but I still have a ton of stuff to play and I am an EA Access member... so maybe it's worth waiting on.
I should have tried the demo but figured I wanted to go in clean (I do have EA Access, but I ordered it on PS4, not XB1, so any progress wouldn't carry over... and I got it as part of a sale and can't get the same price if I were to switch platforms).
I'm not incredibly worried about the game — especially the facial animations... if they're a bit goofy, they're goofy... but they won't ruin the game for me — but I still have a ton of stuff to play and I am an EA Access member... so maybe it's worth waiting on.
Conscience Falls
Member
I'd have tempered my expectations if they hadn't previously been somewhat tepid overall. After having played the trial my expectations are largely the same which didn't deter my interest and so I went ahead and pre-ordered it. I realize the oddity of that but I want to be in on the ground floor in the hopes that the narrative and characters improve later in the game.
And most people appropriately react that you're unproven and not special. Like, you say that people ooh and aww over you buit that's literally the opposite of what happens. Some people, like Liam, have cautious optimism because they're in a fucked situation, but plenty of people blatantly tell you they have no faith in you or only od because they have no choice but you had better make it work.
Like. you can claim it's a messiah type setup, but the game itself NEVER makes that implication.
So you haven't played it, glad your opinion on the matter is here from reading a sentence long description of the technobabble explanation. What is 'dumb' about it exactly? It's just a fucking honorific for the person that is leading the team that is physically searching planets. That's it. People don't revere it.
Welp, I reached the end of the available story stuff and I'm dangerously tempted to go ahead and get it right away, even though I'm already spinning too many plates. It's rough, but enjoyable.
That multiplayer though. I'm glad it's not important to me, because damn. Guess they're having a beta for it after all. :\
That multiplayer though. I'm glad it's not important to me, because damn. Guess they're having a beta for it after all. :\
TheSadRanger
Banned
I'll probably pick it up Friday unless the reviews are just downright awful. Expecting it to see a lot of 7/10, 3 out of 5 stars. Probably with a meta in the low 70s.
backflip10019
Member
Absolutely. I'm so in.
Shadynasty
Member
Why not just wait for the inevitable cheaper version a year from now with all the DLC? That's what I do with probably 95% of games without multiplayer.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
Customization seems pretty lacking but damn near everything else has been good. not really digging the characters yet but I am sure they will grow on me - 6 squadmates seems a bit weak especially when one if then is Liam
Best Buy $25 off $100 + GCU means my preorder was for like $34 or something so even with reservations about a couple things the game is basically half off.
Best Buy $25 off $100 + GCU means my preorder was for like $34 or something so even with reservations about a couple things the game is basically half off.
Tyraniboah
Member
Yep. I'm having fun with it. Some of the criticism is fair, but it's not hurting my enjoyment. I almost cancelled my preorder after the tutorial but I'm enjoying Eos and I have nothing negative to say about the combat.
Rellik
Member
It has multiplayer.
And Alec just
chooses his green eared son/daughter to lead humanity and the other races remnants without a say from the others because...? In any rational setup there would be a riot on the nexus and baby pf would have to step down. Instead they roll with this masked "chosen one" thing.
Mushroomer25
Member
Had it preordered. Played the prologue. Realized I had way too much left to do in Zelda and Horizon, with Nier still waiting.
that would be nice.I will, but it won't be for a long time. Even ignoring the janky animations and bugs, the script and story doesn't seem particularly compelling or even well written for that matter and if you strip the story out of a mass effect game all you're really left with is the combat, which feels like its always felt imo... A not particularly great third person cover shooter...only now it has a jet pack.
pretty much how i feel. since mp is not something i care about ... just wait till it goes to 20 bucks like their other games in the future. way to many other titles to play right now
Shadynasty
Member
Any impressions of that yet? Or is it more like the garbage tier mp of the AC and Uncharted series?
Because
he's a father and went with his heart. What an odd thing to nitpick. Literally nobody knows Sam's full capabilities, because he'd be witch hunted if they did, they're an important part of why he's so badass at the pathfinding duties. SAM is honestly a huge part of it, like SAM might as well be the pathfinder, it's just hitching a ride with a human host. If I were an illegally modified person and wanted to pass my illegal mod onto someone else without it being outed/suddenly causing an uproar, a direct relative is probably the best choice.
Plus he's giving his helmet to you as he's dying, not a lot of time to really decide what to do about it, and given biology it might even be a matter of SAM requiring more work/adjustment to work withj other people.
Literally all over the impression threads, including this one? It was in the last game too, and VERY loved there. It's awesome. If you are really unable to research a major aspect of the series post ME3, the short version is that it's a VERY good horde mode, probably the best out there. With strong RPG and loot elements as well.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
Yes, I am. Don't really understand all the hoopla over the facial animations. Sure sometimes the lip sync isn't the greatest but its far from terrible like I was expecting. Graphics are nice and the skin tones are very well done. It's the dead eyes that need better artists.
I'm a sucker for space games and this looks like it will be quite a large game. So far played about 2 hours and my computer runs it pretty well which is a shocker since I am about to upgrade to Ryzen (playing on FX 6100 and RX 480).
I'm a sucker for space games and this looks like it will be quite a large game. So far played about 2 hours and my computer runs it pretty well which is a shocker since I am about to upgrade to Ryzen (playing on FX 6100 and RX 480).
Lister
Banned
Yeah. It was fun.
I like Mass Effect, and even if the faces are a little worse this time it's not going to really hurt the experience for me. The game seems to have improved in most areas over the previous games, and Sara is a more interesting character than Shepherd.
Break that down for me cause I'm not seeing improvement in "most areas".
I do agree that the janky faces and animations aren't bothering as much as I thought. The open world areas all look pretty great and fun to explore.
But the writing is not very good, at least not in the early game, and the UI is atrocious.
Still pre-ordered it though. The characters, campy as they can be, still are at least a bit interesting, I like the combat, and I think I might like the exploration. I might end up really disliking the game, like I did DA:I, but I think I will at least get my money's worth.
And it's not like anyone else is doing Sci-Fi RPG's in this style anyway.
xZoneHunter
Member
I'm going to buy it on Thursday yes. Just a few more days!
True. But it didn't get better either. Isn't that what sequels are for? To improve things that wearn't great? Then again we are talking about the same people who shit canned the mako and replaced it with a rotating sphere...maybe i don't want to know what their idea of an "improved" UI would be afterall.