LyleLanley
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So is the dialogue as bad as that one YouTube clip I saw of the main character trying to hit on the pilot or whoever that was?
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Mass Effect: Andromeda | Review Thread
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This seems about right if you watched or played through the trial portion. I'll probably still get it because the combat and multiplayer is quite fun and there is so little competition in terms of space rpgs, but I hope EA takes this as a wakeup call for what is a very important franchise to them.
Agent_4Seven
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Which in regards to Inquisition means absolutely nothing. This game does not deserve GOTY awards it was given.
You're missing my point.
This is a space opera which was focused on storytelling.
GRW is a coop shooter which caters very much to the market.
Disregarding GAF and the arbitrary score, one is obviously more catered towards the masses than the other?
Thus more sales. And it won't help this game is surrounded by negativity and poor writing.
FlutterPuffs
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Yeah I understand. Why I wanted Mass Effect Andromeda to be good as well. Right now I'll just be waiting for a sale and even then, if they managed to improve it before.
I've heard they're good, so might give it another try in the future when I don't remember much of it anymore, just hard for me to push through the grind when I know what's coming next. I do really like all the companions for the most part though, only really Sera I wasn't too fond of, the rest I thought were mostly good-great and I enjoyed the story.
psychotron
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Even if the game ends up just being decent, as many reviews are implying, I'm still really sad to see the series not elevated back to greatness.
Ocarina_117
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Not surprised it's been so poorly received.
I have a serious lack of time to play all the games i want and there are so many stellar games on the market this will be a miss.
ME1-ME3 were my teenage obsessions. It's sad that a huge franchise was handed to a B-studio and the main Bioware studio didn't handle what is arguably the biggest sci-fi franchise in gaming.
I have a serious lack of time to play all the games i want and there are so many stellar games on the market this will be a miss.
ME1-ME3 were my teenage obsessions. It's sad that a huge franchise was handed to a B-studio and the main Bioware studio didn't handle what is arguably the biggest sci-fi franchise in gaming.
StrongBlackVine
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Nah this was the streak buster for sure.
Should be a very low score.I'm actually damn curious what he's going to give this game. His tolerance for game tedium is non-existent. Pretty sure we're going to get exactly what we're expecting: a panning following by a 4 or a 5.
Watch me be totally wrong about this
But last I checked he is behind on review backlog so it might be awhile before we see it.
I'll be honest, I am not sure what your point is.
You responded to my point that reviews won't necessarily drive sales (for an established franchise), is that point moot?
Well, this is your opinion. Many many gaffers voted it goty. Seems arrogant to disregard them so.
It wasn't mine, btw.
Most people don't read reviews or anything, those are the majority. We are the minority when it comes to score and fights for it.
All surrounding this game have been how bad everything is, how buggy and so on it is.
GRW was always promoted as the next coop with your friend dudebro shooter thing in a GTA style fashion.
It's clear that one already hit the right notes more than the other regardless of its critic score.
I'm not saying this can't sell well, but I think the comparison only based on score don't exactly work either.
SolicitorPirate
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My interpretation is that s/he is saying GRW more naturally skews towards casual audiences who are less influenced by reviews. Conversely, MEA targets a more dedicated core market who are more likely to pay attention to reviews.
Personally I don't agree with the statement, but I don't think it's particularly obtuse or impossible to argue in good faith
Son Of Sparda
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Yes, they explicitly mentioned DA:I and said that the side quests in this game won't be like that. I don't know how you can say this and then go and do the exact opposite.
Wow. I'd forgotten about that. Smh, Bioware.
MrCookiepants
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Well, this is so disappointing. I love Bioware RPG's but there are too many high quality games out at the moment. I can't justify spending money on this.
Agreed
Yes, there has been a fair bit of pre-release anti-hype, I'll give you that, but, as with point 1, we are in the minority
I don't agree, but I guess we'll see in due time!
Audioboxer
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Damn, that is a painful blurb from destructoid.
FallenGrace
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ACG does. He says he really likes the soundtrack though it's the weakest of the series but the main problem is half the time it never plays so you're traveling around on planets in silence....
Meh. The scores still don't scare me away from the game. I am more sceptical against a game who receives 10s all across the board. I was kinda expecting this when reading the first impressions. I kinda feel pity for the animations team which has received way too much crap over the last week, and especially shit kids targeting female animators on the team. Yeah the animations are bad at times, but it doesn't stand out as the worst AAA animations ever... still they are hilarious at times.
Playing ME3 now, and especially the running animations doesn't seem to have changed much.
6-7/10 is still not a BAD score...well at least it shouldn't be considered as a bad score.
Playing ME3 now, and especially the running animations doesn't seem to have changed much.
6-7/10 is still not a BAD score...well at least it shouldn't be considered as a bad score.
It's not the minority when the accumulated views of all the videos trashing the game reach over 5 millions.......
No, it's not. The bad writing is in minority but there's more of it then you'd like, granted.
xenorevlis
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My post took seconds to write because I think your claim that the writing and characters were just as bad in the previous entries was hilarious. Didn't attack you or say anything super serious.
It's a forum. We can discuss and debate about games and when you get called out you don't have to freak out.
I'll probably end up eating crow, but I don't think it will impact sales (that) much.
But question is if that's true in this matter. When people like Pewd with millions of followers of all types starts bashing it like that it's bound to spread more than it otherwise would.
Even people I know who usually I am the one to tell about games is sending me gifs of how broken the game is laughing. Those are what I call casuals.
I think this games brokenness breached our bubble long ago, for better or for worse.
SolicitorPirate
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I realise this reflects poorly on my maturity, but I kinda want MEA to be BioWare's biggest launch just to see the reactions that would produce
His Majesty
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Without context, you are right.
But a 6-7 for a franchise that used to get 9s and 10s is pretty worrying. Imagine the meltdown if BoTW would have gotten a score of 7.
You may be right, I guess we'll find out when we know some sales figures.
The problem is AAA studios thinking they can still get away with last gen game design.
Bethesda did it with Fallout 4. Ubisoft did it with Assassin's Creed and Far Cry. The industry has moved on from cookie cutter western games.
Ivory Samoan
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The bro Matt's review on Gameplanet - 80
Really great read, good laughs too (not at the expense of the game, just in general).
Really great read, good laughs too (not at the expense of the game, just in general).
SolicitorPirate
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Can't burn what's already on fire
Karak's review on ACG mentions that there is a gaping lack of music. It seems to me that either Bioware didn't contract enough tracks to fill out the game or they didn't have enough time to implement the music into the game.
Booooyooooo😂
That Zelda game sure gotta be worse than Andromeda.
Thanks I'll check both of those.
Edit: NVM lol guess it's the same review.
Always-honest
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I kinda did... even lower. But i was hoping for a high score. Maybe everything i've seen was just the worst tiny bits of an otherwise amazing game.
I might still like it for the gameplay mechanics though..
Still they were the very odd one out with that Horizon score.
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