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BioWare to announce how they're going to address ME: Andromeda on April 4th
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Free copy of Persona 5 to all MEA owners is the proper solution.
I'm not expecting anything significant to be announced.
It's certainly buggier than ME3 was, but it doesn't really have any "WHAT THE SHIT" story moments. Just general blandness, some open-world design flaws and animation issues that get propagated faster than ever in the age of the internet.
I'm wondering if the impetus is that they don't want the announcement in this fiscal year but also don't want people to trade it in.
Could an announcement cause problems with the fiscal year?
Heckler456
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Only need to look at how this thread is starting off to see that even if they knocked it out of the park with this game, it simply wouldn't have been enough for some people. Anything Bioware does or says, you've got people ready and willing to jump down their throats over it.
I'll put playing the game on hold to see what they've got coming.
I'll put playing the game on hold to see what they've got coming.
Writing is par, honestly. It wasn't so bad that it crushed the experience, but the glitches are what keep it from shining for me tbh.
Also, with regard to voice acting. Why is like the entire game voiced by no-names? Was it because of the strike. Coming off of the OG trilogy's stellar cast it was hella surprising.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Its not an easy fix, but the animation issues do seem like they could be adressed. Some of it is just man hours spent on bug fixing, while the rest is man hours on single animation improvement. Im guessing within 3 months there should be palpable improvement.
Hours Left
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Hopefully a large part of this will be addressing the poor implementation of romantic m/m relationships in the game.
ME3 was a low point for the series with how it ended, and along with Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition Bioware wasn't really in GAF's good graces. If Andromeda was better than 3 we wouldn't be having this conversation.
That definitely needs to be fixed but I hope that would be after save corruption, falling through the world, and animations on the list of priorities.
Keep on hoping.
OfficerCrunk
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You can't even compare the 2. ME3 was fucking amazing, Andromeda is a pile of trash. I dove in headfirst into this game and really, really regret the purchase especially with Persona 5 around the corner. I really don't understand how they seriously thought Andromeda was ready for release. I get deadlines and blah blah but man, this is not good.
Here's hoping they can actually fix this game because I need Mass Effect in my life.
Did GAF not really dig Inquisition?
Look, I'm just glad they're taking feedback and hopefully can tackle the worst of the game's problems.
The animation issues are beyond distracting and the glitches are obviously immediately noticeable, so I'm sure those are front-and-center on the things they hope to fix and address...
... But I would absolutely not be averse to a few more passes on the writing, voice acting, and editing as well. Unlike many, I don't think the characters and story are unsalvageable, but the way they're executed really hamstrung a lot of passable scenes and made them come off as far worse than they would have otherwise.
It's not ideal (and this does remind me a tad of ME3's backlash), but I'm at least glad they're going to support the game and not just drop it like a hot rock like some companies might on a bad first impression. A lot of great games this gen started off very rocky (Destiny, Diveclub, Final Fantasy XIV, etc.) and turned into something much better.
The animation issues are beyond distracting and the glitches are obviously immediately noticeable, so I'm sure those are front-and-center on the things they hope to fix and address...
... But I would absolutely not be averse to a few more passes on the writing, voice acting, and editing as well. Unlike many, I don't think the characters and story are unsalvageable, but the way they're executed really hamstrung a lot of passable scenes and made them come off as far worse than they would have otherwise.
It's not ideal (and this does remind me a tad of ME3's backlash), but I'm at least glad they're going to support the game and not just drop it like a hot rock like some companies might on a bad first impression. A lot of great games this gen started off very rocky (Destiny, Diveclub, Final Fantasy XIV, etc.) and turned into something much better.
AlexFlame116
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I liked it a lot. But then again I also liked DmC and Final Fantasy XV so my opinion usually is wrong heh heh.
HueyFreeman
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I'm not sure I get how a developer communicating with its players that it is acknowledging and working on a games problems is something to criticize. But i'm sure you were the same posters criticizing Hello games' silence on their games problems, because hey, you gotta shit on something right?
bonchooski
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I'll be happy with them just fixing the animation and graphical bugs.
The Silver
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man, they needed to come back swinging after the ME3 fiasco and they stumble out of the gate again....damn Bioware
I liked the Extended Cut DLC. Granted I've only played ME3 with the extended cut DLC patched in so I don't know how bare-bones the ending was before the patch came in.
I guess they'll mostly be focusing on smoothing out the bugs? They can't really 'fix' the animations or the lacklustre writing.
I guess they'll mostly be focusing on smoothing out the bugs? They can't really 'fix' the animations or the lacklustre writing.
Haha I liked those too. And I'm about to finish the last mission in MEA and it wasn't a totally terrible experience. The bugs were rough to push through, but the game itself made me about as interested as ME1 did.
Cool characters, great setup, solid lore, but a sequel will be able to come out guns blazing.
GAF had a honeymoon period with that game for a few months before people realized that the overall design was garbage in the grand scheme of things.
Zombie James
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I don't think they'd be announcing an announcement if it was just bug fixes.
The Salt Life
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Hours Left
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They can work on all these things concurrently. If this is supposed to be an olive branch to disgruntled players, addressing the shoddy treatment of the gay male relationships has to be part of it.
At the very least, it has to be enough that the team at Bioware cares enough to address this stuff head-on.
Compare it to the radio silence from games like No Man's Sky and Mighty No. 9. Sure, BW has more resources, but they also care more than the average dev when it comes to fans.
Evil Monkey DTT
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Best you can do is fix a bad game, but outside of the animations the game would still be a mess just in subtle ways.
FFXV was in gaf's top 10 games of 2016.
I'd rather have a rewrite of the script than animation fix.
newtypepilot
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$50 Damage Control Season Pass incoming
Hope they fix up the game! I've been too busy to actually...well, play the game so it would be great if they got to a couple issues before I got around to it.
That said, I'm sure I'll enjoy my time with the game even if it sucks.
I long ago committed to playing as Zack Ryder and roleplaying like he just really, really wants to win the WWE universal championship and literally went to space for it. As long as the protagonist is still called Ryder, I'm good.
That said, I'm sure I'll enjoy my time with the game even if it sucks.
I long ago committed to playing as Zack Ryder and roleplaying like he just really, really wants to win the WWE universal championship and literally went to space for it. As long as the protagonist is still called Ryder, I'm good.
semiconscious
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...Jangowuzhere
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Mass Effect Andromeda...Enhanced Edition?
CD projeckt did it for the first Witcher. They re-recoreded tons of voice acting and fixed a lot of the general animation jank.
Not sure how feasible such an undertaking would be for a much bigger project like Mass Effect.
CD projeckt did it for the first Witcher. They re-recoreded tons of voice acting and fixed a lot of the general animation jank.
Not sure how feasible such an undertaking would be for a much bigger project like Mass Effect.
firehawk12
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Deja vu all over again. This feels like what happened right after ME3. lol
lmao this will be hilarious if there isn't actually a patch on April 4th
If they patch at least some shit on the 4th and then talk about fixing all of the animation problems in the near future, I'll give them some credit.
Either way this is looking like a FFXV situation where it's better to wait to start playing depending on what they say next week.
If they patch at least some shit on the 4th and then talk about fixing all of the animation problems in the near future, I'll give them some credit.
Either way this is looking like a FFXV situation where it's better to wait to start playing depending on what they say next week.
Holundrian
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Hope they do a good job. I would love looking forward to playing it when the GOTY edition hits with all the dlc and everything. Like when I bought inquisition on launch but in a moment of introspection I think I would have been way happier just waiting it out.
ElMexiMerican
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If they announce that they'll let me romance Suvi as my male Ryder character, I'll jump back in.
Undead Fantasy
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Too little too late.
Should have addressed it before release.
Should have addressed it before release.
Doctoglethorpe
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"Some" of it critical. Mhm. Considering how much effort they put into it the last time they tried fixing mass effect, I'd wager the most were gonna get here is a new eye texture and maybe a handful of improved character faces. I would be incredibly surprised if anything was ever done about animations even on a small scale.
Going by the way remasters tend to go nowadays... I'm inclined to believe they'll just fuck that up in grand fashion too.
WhateverItTakes
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I'm looking forward to the eventually E3 where there are no new games, just bugfixes for existing ones.
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