$13 wouldn't stop me from buying just about any game OP, including this one. As others have said at that point its a matter of is the game worth your time. My vote is no. I put about 20 hours into Andromeda and it felt like I was putting in work to get to the fun almost immediately. I thought I'd return to it after I got my new PC build up and running and while I've returned to a few games to see that 4K goodness in action I cannot stomach the idea of more Andromeda.
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[US] Mass Effect: Andromeda is $13.25 on Amazon
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Bruce Springsteen
Member
I love ME 1-3, it pains me to say I still wouldn't bite at this price
maximum360
Member
NeoZeedeater
Member
I liked it enough to play through once. It's not worth it for the story but if you like third-person shooters with a bit of exploration, I say go for it.
MugiwaraCole
Member
Still a hard pass.
RyanHardy101
Banned
It's going to be on EA Access before the end of the year, and I'll subscribe then.
Son Of Sparda
Member
I second this. Well, not exactly one of my favs from this gen, but it's definitely one of the most enjoyable ones from this year.
Huntersknoll
Member
It's a good game and all the patches are out. For $15 it is a steal
J
JeremyEtcetera
Unconfirmed Member
*Presses 'Switch Platform' button and changes to PS4*
*Checks Price*
Oh well.
*Checks Price*
Oh well.
Yeah I'm waiting for it to go in the Vault. Access is the best.
I paid full price for it when it came out, I don't even hate it as much as some people, and even I have to agree that it's hard to recommend at any price. If you really love the series there's some fun to be had, but it's largely a gigantic misstep in almost every way. It gets boring incredibly quickly, and basically everything is a swap of stuff you've already seen.
That said, at that price it's hard to say don't try it out if you're interested
autoduelist
Member
Man. I bought this earlier in the thread, but even the mention of Inquisition in this post made me race over to Amazon to cancel. I still have collectible/crafting material PSTD, and I only made it through like the first town.
It was in the preparing for shipment process.... so I won't know if the cancellation worked for a bit.
Arghhh. I'm sure I'll enjoy the combat [i hope?] but I can wait for sub $10 for this.
nelo_inc
Member
I agree and C'mon $15 isn't that expensive also there's not many games in this genre.
Alexander DeLarge
Member
The content is worth $15, if you like the content but I don't think it respects my time so I stopped 10 hours in.
did you look at the ps4 deluxe edition price? $16 too much for you?
I am debating it but I am more wondering if I really want to commit time to something I don't really want to play
It isn't price man. It could be free and still be a shit game to play. I have over 100+ hours into it. It is a solid 6.5 to 7. You will slog through hours of crap. A good 10 hours just to start. A good 30+ hours to get into thr meat of the game and story. The animation outcry was a red herring for how shittily designed the quests and game actually was.
The question is, do you eant to spend 50+ hours bored, slogging or forcing your way to play. If so buy it, play it and move on.
Infinite Justice
Member
Still 10 dollars too much
grosvenor_92
Member
I enjoyed the trail and am tempted at this price yet know it would sit on my shelf for awhile until I finished a few other games
Baraka Obama
Banned
Not worth it
SavoyPrime
Member
I say it's worth the price. I'm currently playing through it and it's not that bad. It ain't Mass Effect 1 and 2, but I'm definitely enjoying it more than 3. Thank goodness for those patches tho.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Exploratory
Banned
This game gets more underserved hate than probably anything I have ever seen in my 25 years on this planet. I'm not even just talking about video games or media. I mean anything.
They should do studies on this game. So much to learn about human behavior, marketing, social media, the gaming industry, etc.
They should do studies on this game. So much to learn about human behavior, marketing, social media, the gaming industry, etc.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Eh... still not worth it to me. Even knowing there are mods on PC to eliminate some of the time sink, excess material, I just have such a backlog of other, probably better games I could be playing instead. I play BioWare games for the characters and the stories and by most accounts, even getting rid of all the timesink garbage, the story and characters in MEA seem just kind of "ok" but nothing to really write home about.
Kayo Police
Member
I paid 60 bucks for this.
1-3 are great. ME3, especially with the DLC (get it), is fantastic until the last mission or so. Don't let the stank of Andromeda make you miss one of the best trilogies out there. A different team did it and it's mercifully separate from the original trilogy's storyline.
You're tunnel visioned. Even now Marvel Infinite is the butt of every joke. Lots of games get undue amounts of flack, and Marvel is merely ugly while Andromeda was a legitimate $60 beta at launch.
That said, Andromeda is easily worth ~$15. There's plenty of content and if you like the themes, locales, and interactions of past Mass Effects then this game hits all the major points. Just not the finer points.
Ploid 3.0
Member
wow that's a lot of mods, does the PC version still have Denuvo?
Darnit, I was just about to check.
Crazy Diamond
Member
Man this game gets lower and lower every month on offer and I still say "ehhh, still seems a bit steep." Hearing it's not worth the time is what stopped me from playing this. Maybe one day when I get mistakenly overhype for Anthem, I'll impulse buy this.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
loooolI paid 60 bucks for this.
Phoenix RISING
Banned
Not all heroes wear capes. Thanks for saving me hours.
joecanada
Member
Lol welcome to the new bioware... I'll be waiting till next decade for their next good game I suppose. On the upside 2020 is only like 2 years away !
prag16
Banned
Every time, the "lol it's a piece of shit not worth $0" brigade descends on these topics. Wonder how many of them have played more than the free trial.
It's a flawed game that I paid full price (well minus Prime discount) for and got more than my money's worth. The key is not to play it as a 60-100 hour game. Play it like a 30-40 hour game like the rest of the Mass Effect games and you're in much better shape.
-Main missions
-Loyalty missions (and most of the rest of "allies and relationships" category)
-Heleus missions enough to get planets viable
-DO NOT do any "additional tasks"
...
-Profit
A lot of things get a ton of undeserved hate, to be fair. A LOT of things. But this is definitely up there. Got some deserved hate too, but the undeserved hate almost completely drowned out and trivialized that. Still my GOTY for now. Thought PUBG might surpass it, but now I'm not so sure since I can only play that game more if I rebuy it on a new Steam account (my dumb ass didn't have two factor authentication enabled, and my account was compromised for 17 hours during which the asshole thief got me banned from PUBG for cheating... guess he was mad that I didn't have any trading cards or any such shit of value on my account, and did it for spite...).
It's a flawed game that I paid full price (well minus Prime discount) for and got more than my money's worth. The key is not to play it as a 60-100 hour game. Play it like a 30-40 hour game like the rest of the Mass Effect games and you're in much better shape.
-Main missions
-Loyalty missions (and most of the rest of "allies and relationships" category)
-Heleus missions enough to get planets viable
-DO NOT do any "additional tasks"
...
-Profit
A lot of things get a ton of undeserved hate, to be fair. A LOT of things. But this is definitely up there. Got some deserved hate too, but the undeserved hate almost completely drowned out and trivialized that. Still my GOTY for now. Thought PUBG might surpass it, but now I'm not so sure since I can only play that game more if I rebuy it on a new Steam account (my dumb ass didn't have two factor authentication enabled, and my account was compromised for 17 hours during which the asshole thief got me banned from PUBG for cheating... guess he was mad that I didn't have any trading cards or any such shit of value on my account, and did it for spite...).
comshoplesce
Member
16.63 $ for DELUXE PS4 is excellent price, stop whining USA.
Buy this game, play it sell it on Ebay for 10$ easily...where is the problem?
Buy this game, play it sell it on Ebay for 10$ easily...where is the problem?
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Meh, even the main missions are meh (though the last part was rather good, I admit--although "good" is probably not the right term, "better than the rest" is the one that I should use), and the loyalty missions were also nothing to write about. It's amazing (ly awful) just how little you have as a player to make decisions that influence the game, even if the game touted so proudly on the loading screen about how much world-changing Ryder's decision going to be (meh).
Also, Angara was lame as fuck, especially when you compare it to say, Geth.
Also, coming from a 1000 hours or so of ME3 MP, the MP for this game also IMO awful on several kinds of levels.
I wouldn't call this overall a "terrible" game, but I would call it terrible in the sense that it disappoints my expectations of a follow up game to a franchise I loved so dearly.
I'll probably keep this bookmarked if I ever decide to buy this game.
Plague Doctor
Member
For a burrito at this price I better be getting a drink, chips, and gauc.