I hate how the vaults don't seem to do enough most of the time. You would only know changes often by Sam telling you "you made the planet's temperature decrease" and because you no longer get irradiated in certain zones or whatever. Except for Voeld, that sky is fire.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda |OT| Ryders on the Storm
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I hate how the vaults don't seem to do enough most of the time. You would only know changes often by Sam telling you "you made the planet's temperature decrease" and because you no longer get irradiated in certain zones or whatever. Except for Voeld, that sky is fire.
prag16
Banned
Yeah I was hoping that over time if you came back to Eos or Voeld that you'd see some more dramatic changes. Would have been a cool touch, though possibly kind of resource intensive.
Same. Was hoping for progression. Got really excited the first time you come back to the Nexus and all that space opened up thinking this is how it'll work the more arks you save or outposts you establish.
Fingers crossed for the DLC to completely be something new, big and inmersive.
Hell, I mean you would think completing tasks on Eos and the passage of time you would see things like at least roads be built, buildings, make the area around Prodromos change slightly.
Fingers crossed for the DLC to completely be something new, big and inmersive.
Hell, I mean you would think completing tasks on Eos and the passage of time you would see things like at least roads be built, buildings, make the area around Prodromos change slightly.
Progression on the Nexus and in outposts would have been great. Also more on the Tempest.
I also wish the game had adopted something like No Man Sky's language system for learning the Remnant language. Each piece of data you scan unlocks some words, etc. Instead you just hit a certain point in the game and
SAM suddenly notices the language is super similar to Angaran, which was dumb on several levels.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
I loved it but as far as Mass Effect goes I only recently played about half of ME1(which I also loved)
Bugs were common but easily ignored.
Cornbread78
Member
Despite the constant piling on from many, it's still been a good experience so far... for me anyway.
Beat the game, 100% viability across the board, 95% complete.
Couple good hooks for DLC revealed are there at the end, with the
and whatever the
.
I enjoyed the game, overall. The only real annoyance was the traversal, from system to system. Why not let us skip those transitions too?
The highlight was experimenting with guns. Bioware knocked it out of the park, as it comes to having so many guns, and giving them unique feels.
Couple good hooks for DLC revealed are there at the end, with the
the Quarian ark's signal
Primus has planned if you did that sidequest where they betray the Archon
I enjoyed the game, overall. The only real annoyance was the traversal, from system to system. Why not let us skip those transitions too?
The highlight was experimenting with guns. Bioware knocked it out of the park, as it comes to having so many guns, and giving them unique feels.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
LOL,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZyscK-c1iI
Man I love these so much.
God having Cora for so long was a waste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZyscK-c1iI
Man I love these so much.
God having Cora for so long was a waste.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Very sparse sadly.
Lionheart1827
Member
Bland and forgettable. It's prob the part of the game I dislike most. The galaxy map theme is rendition of the original and that's pretty good.
H-047C was an awesome spot. So pretty and peaceful, it gave me major ME1 vibes. The loyalty mission there was good too.
The loyalty missions succeed because they're bringing completely new scenarios that you can't find anywhere else in the game (at least for the two I've played). Instead on relying on multiple tasks in the open-world, they should have focused on tighter and more innovative missions like the loyalty ones.
I still have Elaaden to do (all of it), and I'm not looking forward to it at all, knowing the kind of stuff I'll have to do, and the time it'll take.
The loyalty missions succeed because they're bringing completely new scenarios that you can't find anywhere else in the game (at least for the two I've played). Instead on relying on multiple tasks in the open-world, they should have focused on tighter and more innovative missions like the loyalty ones.
I still have Elaaden to do (all of it), and I'm not looking forward to it at all, knowing the kind of stuff I'll have to do, and the time it'll take.
It's all worth it for Mrs. Cora Ryder. I would go to the ends of Heleus for her lol.
whassupbun
Member
Yeah man, I don't think we even see the other arks around the Nexus after you rescued them?
Seeing more structures being built around settlements over time would be cool. But realistically I don't know. They always emphasize how low resources are, I guess stuff takes time to build. How much time passed between the start and the end of the game anyway? (counting from the day the Hyperion arrived at the Nexus) I feel like everything happened within a month or something, maybe not enough time for any significant city development.
You do see the arks connect at the central point of the Nexus, but that's the only change. Otherwise you'd have no idea the other arks arrived.
You can see the arks on the nexus' map model (incidentally you can tell them apart by their color scheme) and loading screen cinematic, but it is disappointing that they don't hook into the nexus' tram system like the Hyperion does. I'm not sure what the arks could possibly contain/add to the nexus features to make extra maps worthwhile, especially since they are largely optional, but at least then they'd have presence.
Oh and speaking of visible progression, (end game spoilers)
Oh and speaking of visible progression, (end game spoilers)
the cinematic after Meridien seemed to imply environmental change e.g. plants growing in Prodomos, but I wasn't sure if that actually happened
TheUnsunghero26
Member
This is a weird nitpick, but is anyone else really disappointed in the bars/clubs in this game? Maybe it's just me, but they've always been a staple of the series.
One of the very first things we saw of ME1 was Flux, and it looked incredible. ME2 had Afterlife on Omega, and even ME3's Purgatory was pretty good. The ones in Andromeda lack any of the atmosphere of the old ones. The bar in Kadara slums feels like something out of a generic MMO.
One of the very first things we saw of ME1 was Flux, and it looked incredible. ME2 had Afterlife on Omega, and even ME3's Purgatory was pretty good. The ones in Andromeda lack any of the atmosphere of the old ones. The bar in Kadara slums feels like something out of a generic MMO.
How the fu
I just wanted to talk with her and entered the dark dimension
How are these so good, what.
Today I decided to take Cora and Liam along because I typically have ignored them this far and God, they are the worst.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
How is it not? It fits a goofy flirty character.
Obviously would be too much it the OT but it works here.
At least tell me you think these are okay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCaZn2tdpW4
3:08, 6:03, 6:36, 2:38, 1:58
Man I thought Liam was bad before I had him in the Nomad....
Alpha Phoenix
Member
No, not since the one they released on the 6th. Which was more like a hotfix than a proper patch.
I'm waiting on (at least) one more patch before I can justify starting. I imagine it will be out within the next two weeks.
AgentOtaku
Member
k, thanks!
dreamer3kx
Member
Whole game feels like a mmo, the dragon age Inquisition structure sucks to be honest, previous games were much better.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Whelp, Andromeda has entered Mankind Divided territory, where it sits unfinished and I don't really feel a draw to go back.
I will eventually, when I've finished some other games. But yeah. That's my review.
I will eventually, when I've finished some other games. But yeah. That's my review.
Mister_Bubbles
Member
For what it's worth, the last couple of missions and the epilogue are probably the best part f the game. It's worth blasting through to get to the end.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
DXMD by miles and miles better than MEA in terms of side content, but characters and story in MEA is better than in DXMD. Hell, DXMD doesn't even have a story, only some shitty plot about bombing in metro.
P.S. Any news about 1.06?
I took Liam and Drack out and was laughing at how much of a bastard Drack is every time Liam tries to say something nice.
Orochinagis
Member
I forgot I cant open the PVE loot boxes from multiplayer if I am in multiplayer, forcing me to go to the main menu, load the campaign, go to the tempest, open the boxes, one by one, go to multiplayer whichs send me to the main menu, then multiplayer menu...
If you get into MP from the SP you should be able to jump back into SP.
lucius
Member
I am at 62% at about 64 hours at level 45, did all the loyalty missions and have one main mission left. I like the game more than ME3 overall, the combat is great. I bought the game weeks after launch so I saw all the complaints. The best advice from here I got is to do all the loyalty missions and stick to main game and Helenus missions then you won't be so annoyed about the MMO type fetch/scan this type quests with backtracking. Also I read that article, Ten Things I Wish I Knew When I Started 'Mass Effect: Andromeda' on Forbes helped. There are definitely some bizarre designs choices and annoying bugs, but not game breaking like Fallout PS3 or Just Cause 3 Xbox unplayable ones. Loading bugs have been maybe the worst for me once I hit the 40+ hour mark, not saving in Nomad helps that one, but I can't seem to avoid the stuck on death screen bug.
prag16
Banned
I don't think they ever actually said. Unless there was a tweet that I missed.
I went back to Horizon in the meantime before I start my NG+ run figuring I'll wait for patches. But the pull to go back is strong. I may be in the minority here, but fuck it. I like Horizon. But Horizon feels boring by comparison. -_-
They said there would be patches over the next "two months" some time at the end of march/early april when 1.05 was announced.
edit: The week of April 4th:
Domcorleone
Member
How is the game on the PS4 Pro? Is the framerate smooth? 40 bucks for this game is compelling.
prag16
Banned
Right but they never said "May" for the second one. Though now that April is just about over it's a safe bet. (Many were hoping it would have already come.)
Ouch. Sorry to hear it, EC.
Not smooth according to other GAF Pro owners.
I think the price will be discounted further in June summer sales, after the promised 2 months worth of patches are in.
IMO, save thy cash for now.
As of today the game now flickers constantly if I'm full screen and is unplayable outside of windowed mode
I don't know why, but it was working fine before
thought it didn't really matter. I finished it win a few hours after that.
Overall, i like the game. The game game, where you do story missions, and save worlds. The stuff that matters. Everything around it is a bit patchy though. the collection quests are in general, largely a bust. The loading screens are really long and numerous, and tedious. The characters could have used a little more time and the dialogue overall wasn't great. There wasn't the sense of wonder as often as i liked and everything Remnant just looked really samey after a while, like bootleg necron wannabe stuff.
But still, I liked it. 7.5/10 i suppose.
I don't know why, but it was working fine before
thought it didn't really matter. I finished it win a few hours after that.
Overall, i like the game. The game game, where you do story missions, and save worlds. The stuff that matters. Everything around it is a bit patchy though. the collection quests are in general, largely a bust. The loading screens are really long and numerous, and tedious. The characters could have used a little more time and the dialogue overall wasn't great. There wasn't the sense of wonder as often as i liked and everything Remnant just looked really samey after a while, like bootleg necron wannabe stuff.
But still, I liked it. 7.5/10 i suppose.