cripterion
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If the squadmates were good that wouldn't be an issue. I want to shoot Liam Costa in the face. Can't stand the VA and his lines are god awful.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda | Review Thread
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If the squadmates were good that wouldn't be an issue. I want to shoot Liam Costa in the face. Can't stand the VA and his lines are god awful.
Son Of Sparda
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Obligatory.
Bioware will be fine.
You can play all 3 on PC and Xbox One.
Don't buy games based on nostalgia for or attachment to a series?!
I loved Mafia 1 (Mafia 2 was okay) but didn't get 3 based on the impressions. Same with Mirror's Edge or Dead Space before that, for example. Gotta reward quality. I was totally in the mood for a new ME game but instead I will invest that money into Nier Automata now. There are fantastic games out there that deserve my money.
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It probably just reduces to different studios. This is not the same group that worked on 1-3.
Holundrian
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Maybe I'm wrong but I think we're more living in a world where 8 is the average. Like for years I've felt like I was drowning in 8s.
Sorry I know it was half jokingly but still :-x
Scottish Sin
Member
So I guess at this point we're going to need this to sell pretty well for them to continue making these games?
Still looking forward to playing but this makes me worried about the future of the franchise.
Still looking forward to playing but this makes me worried about the future of the franchise.
That's the EA way.
DeadOnions
Member
Yeah I don't get this. After the thread about the abuse the EA employee recieved you'd think people would just call out Bioware or EA as a whole and not employees directly.
Japanese B team is still better than West B team.
That's quite an observation from a five year old photo... 🤔
Edit: And don't turn this into a witch hunt. Your post is already leaning towards that and it's really creepy.
Mysterious Stranger
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Dark Souls 2 was still good can't argue that!
Crankshaft
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Anybody that gives this game a 9 out of 10 has got some fan boy nostalgia goggles on. The game has legit flaws. Those flaws don't disappear just because you really really like the ip. I love Mass Effect but this game needs more time in the oven.
levyjl1988
Banned
I dedicated a week and used vacation for this game. Guess I'll use it for completing Breath of the Wild and Horizon instead.
Sleight of Jam
Banned
Welp, atleast i'll spend less money this month. Will wait for half price.
Eh, saying B-Team... I get why people say it, but at the same time, unless you're a Miyamoto, everyone starts small. The reason why I keep saying management's at fault is because, if this studio is mostly newbies to the industry, they'd need guidance, feedback and a lot of nurturing, which is all on management.
No studio sets out to create wank, and dismissing their efforts as "B-Team" helps no-one. No, they're probably not seasoned veterans, but everyone has baby steps and failures. *shrugs*
Pheace
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I still remember how menacing the Reapers felt in ME1... so sad that completely disappeared even in the sequels.
I think I have a week to cancel my Origin Andromeda preorder (from the 23rd, EU release date) assuming I don't start/play it. Going to wait it out hoping beyond hope impressions improve
CnC😢
Part of the reason this game isn't great is precisely because the designers did listen to people saying the first game was the hghpoint of the series.
Damn, I was very skeptical about the game (especially after Dragon Age: Inquisition), but I was still hoping the game might turn out great. I'm not too surprised it didn't turn out well, though. The trial impressions were mostly mixed at best, and the marketing for the game was bizarre. Moreover, every time I saw the game, something about it just felt "off" to me. From the awful animations and character models, to the seemingly uninteresting story and characters, to the poor acting and writing, it just didn't feel like ME to me. It does sound like the actual gameplay is fun, but I could care less. I've never played ME for the gameplay. So yeah, definitely skipping this one for now. 
Looks like this game could have used some extra time in the cooker, eh? Fucking end of fiscal year horse shit. I was genuinely surprised they didn't delay the game. That release date always seemed overly ambitious to me.
Well, I'm sad this game doesn't live up to it's incredible legacy, but I'll play it when it drops in price. Got my hands full playing Zelda BotW anyway.
Well, I'm sad this game doesn't live up to it's incredible legacy, but I'll play it when it drops in price. Got my hands full playing Zelda BotW anyway.
BronsonLee
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Here's my list of pre-ordered games:
Rock Band 3 - out way too early
Street Fighter V - same
Mass Effect: Andromeda - same
Persona 5 - OH NO
Rock Band 3 - out way too early
Street Fighter V - same
Mass Effect: Andromeda - same
Persona 5 - OH NO
plasmawave
Banned
What.
I hope this is just some joke I'm missing because otherwise wtf?
digoutyoursoul
Member
Same
Then they took the wrong lessons from that feedback. ME1 is still the high-point of the series as far as writing goes. Personally, I liked its vibe more than the grimdark ME2 and dudebro ME3 as well. And yeah, the Mako part was better than stupid planet scanning.
Yup, I fondly remember the days I was fascinated by ME's plot.
Audioboxer
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Objectively 75 ain't garbage, that is respectable. However, it's not a new IP and had this to contend with
God damn! They got some huge-ass people working there, the peeps in the back row is long as fuck!
And not like Halo 4's writing was a real standout job :/
funkystudent
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I really hope another developer steps up and fills the gap in the space opera sci fi setting.
Mass Effect is probably going to in the EA hole next to Burnout, Dead Space & Mirrors Edge. The only other game in the area is Halo and that peaked early and is just going to continue the slow decline.
Cyberpunk 2077 will be good sci fi but it will be grounded and gritty.
I want stories about space ships. Lasers. Purple dudes. etc.
I guess Destiny is close but Ill believe the sequel turns that ship around when I see it first hand
Mass Effect is probably going to in the EA hole next to Burnout, Dead Space & Mirrors Edge. The only other game in the area is Halo and that peaked early and is just going to continue the slow decline.
Cyberpunk 2077 will be good sci fi but it will be grounded and gritty.
I want stories about space ships. Lasers. Purple dudes. etc.
I guess Destiny is close but Ill believe the sequel turns that ship around when I see it first hand
Objectively 75 ain't garbage, that is respectable. However, it's not a new IP and had this to contend with
Just brutal when you see it all laid out like that.
General Lee
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What a shame. I was kind of worried when I wasn't feeling the characters in the previews, and with the technical mess with animations in the trial I was still hoping the rest would be good, but I guess it was just a sign of overall poor quality. Hopefully they'll put some serious effort into fixing what can be with patches and dlc, but I'm kinda afraid this was just a cash grab for EA and they won't bother. Fixing this would require a similar sort of readjustment they did with ME3 essentially redoing the end and pushing Citadel DLC. Maybe with another 6 months this could've been a 85 instead of 75.
The industry does go through whole-scale phrases - first it was zombie games. Then it was MOBAs. Then it was Survival Horror. Then it was Proc-gen. Now it's Open-World.
cripterion
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From the devs mouths it's not even an open world game. I mean I cannot take my ship and seamlessly go from Habitat 7, to the Nexus to Eos right?
The zones to explore might be larger than DA : I but I see no difference in the system at large.
Yikes.
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