Seijuro
Member
Because EA Bioware has lost a great deal of goodwill from the fans after it's last releases and the little of what they have shown of ME Andromeda so far didn't set the world on fire.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda has gone gold
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digoutyoursoul
Member
Hoping we finally hear about the multiplayer beta next week
DA:I combat was the main disappointment for me, so far the ME:A combat looks good so thats encouraging.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
More excited for this than Zelda, and I'm a Zelda man.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
EA/Bioware is to partly blame. A lot of the best parts of ME3 are DLC. The price of the DLC didn't go down too often it seems. ME2 had DLC too but the main game still felt complete. Whereas ME3 literally ended with "continue your adventure in downloadable content".
Also I suspect a number of folks did not play ME3 multiplayer that much, if at all.
Exploratory
Banned
You posted this minute after it went up and this thread has 5 pages.
I guess people care.
ME3 = salt about the ending and aspects of the story
DA:I = MMO style gameplay structure in a single player game
Both really are good games despite their flaws. I think a good chunk of us that still enjoy Bioware games are just tired of trying to defend those two or just no longer see the point in doing so given the vitriol some posters have for them.
Yeah the game starts really slow but after you leave the Hinterlands the game is great.
Well that'd maybe explain why I liked ME3 more than others. I played it 2 years or so after release with all the DLC and the extended ending. Leaving Javik out was the dumbest idea ever.
I hope Bioware learned from their stupid mistakes and gets DLC right this time.
actthafool
Member
I'm really excited for it, that's why I posted. I was pointing out that outside the GAF bubble, everybody I know has barely mentioned this. All their hype has been for Horizon:
This, bascislly. I only really care about the MP in this game, and that's after deriding it for months before it came out. If the story is good, then all the better.
geordiemp
Member
Please have Mass Effect 3 10 round survival....I need this and miss it so much and Geth inflitrator
Retrofluxed
Member
Yup, I've been straight up told I was wrong for enjoying DA:I.
I hope EA start feeling lazy and greedy at some point and leave the "moral high ground" to put out a Mass Effect trilogy remaster for the PS4 and Xbox One. I played the original ME on the Xbox 360, but finished up the series on the PS3, so I'd be totally down with replaying the whole thing--assuming DLC is included--with Pro tweaks if they have it.
havent heard anything from mass effect til now...might get it...
I loved ME1, 2 and 3 (minus 3's ending, that is) and I loved Dragon Age Inquisition.
I'm excited for a new Mass Effect game. But for some reason, Andromeda continues to just not really strike much of a fire for me. I'm going to get it launch day and I'll probably really enjoy it, but something just has felt off. I'm not really sure what.
I'm excited for a new Mass Effect game. But for some reason, Andromeda continues to just not really strike much of a fire for me. I'm going to get it launch day and I'll probably really enjoy it, but something just has felt off. I'm not really sure what.
Heckler456
Banned
Well, color me surprised. I was still internally tempering my excitement, thinking that it might very well still be delayed, but here we are! Can't be the 21st soon enough.
geordiemp
Member
Royal_Phalanx
Member
If they added more meaningful content to DA:I, a longer story and a less crappy villain then I would have no complaints. The Trespasser DLC seems to be well regarded in the community as a very good DLC, taking the DA franchise in a pretty interesting direction. Most of ME3 was good except for the ending. If Trespasser, the last major release from Bioware's writers is any indication, I have a reason to believe that ME:A won't be a bad game. I believe the story will be decent at least.
That's what he means.
Thanks!
Triggerhappytel
Member
ScaryShark
Banned
Congrats to the team. Very excited for this. The wait is almost over.
Yeah DAI was too detached, this I love seeing.
Pretty much this, there is so much hyperbole around Bioware games. I bought DA2 after years of hearing about "shit mountain" expecting the worst rpg ever... and ended up enjoying it quite a bit. Obviously very flawed but hardly unenjoyable and even kind of impressive given the ridiculously short dev time.
DarkChronic
Member
This and Zelda in the same month. Still can't believe it, lol
Lister
Banned
Well, it was shit mountain to people who had played DA:O and got this instead of anything remotely resembling a proper sequel.
You, coming in years later with tempered expectations, are obviously going to see it in a different light.
And yet, even in that different light, I don't think you can hand wave away the ridiculous repeating areas and caves, the poor pacing, the terrible, railroaded ending, the boring side quests, and the poorly done combat.
Heckler456
Banned
I played DA:O, and bought DA2 at launch too. It's a very flawed game, there's not contesting that. But most of those flaws can be laid squarely at EA's feet in this regard, and what is actually there is was still compelling enough for me to complete it twice.
Lister
Banned
I don't care who's to blame. EA, god, your momma
the end result is the same.I agree that there was a lot of little things that made it at-least an entertaining game at times. I played through it 1.5 times myself. Hell as a big fanboy of DA:O I was invested in getting some fun out of that game.
But I don't think it's reasonable to dismiss the people with some serious issues with that game.
Horizon, Zelda, Mass Effect and Persona all within 2 months.
Heckler456
Banned
I don't care who's to blame. EA, god, your momma
I agree that there was a lot of little things that made it at-least an entertaining game at times. I played through it 1.5 times myself. Hell as a big fanboy of DA:O I was invested in getting some fun out of that game.
But I don't think it's reasonable to dismiss the people with some serious issues with that game.
There's taking issue, and there's what the people Lt-47 was referring to do. I've played some true strinkers in my time, but I don't keep going back to threads about them to complain and whine, and I sure as hell won't ever drop my firm belief that you should judge every game on its own merits.
The sales for this could be really interesting. If it sells at a high volume which is possible for Mass Effect. I could see EA moving forward with more subdued marketing campaigns in the future choosing to wait until a few months before release to really open it up to the press.
In a span of 5 weeks to be exact. It's ridiculous lol
texhnolyze
Banned
Aww yiss !!
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FallenGrace
Member
ME3 has a lot more problems than the ending imo. Stripped down conversations (I could flirt with James or be a bitch but not just a good commander half the time...) poor side quests where just overhearing conversations was enough, don't even interact or anything, poorly implemented book characters, poor use of previous series characters, dull cast of playable characters, poor use of previous choices
(I expected something more to happen with the Rachni among other things).
Still I'm cautiously optimistic for Andromeda and do intend to pick it up near launch. I pre-ordered the side novel to go with it as well XD