Was pretty good from what I played in the 10 hour trial
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Mass Effect: Andromeda | Review Thread (READ MOD POST)
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Was pretty good from what I played in the 10 hour trial
rogue_nine82
Member
What games has Bioware Montreal developed?
dragonelite
Member
Same here the 10 hour trial was over before i knew it.
Still its a shame open world games have such a hard time to keep fps at 30.
Recently the only open world game i know that did was Horizon for most of the time.
Average seems to be the case. Unmemorable characters too.
TatteredHat
Member
Damn, given the games that have come out in the recent months this isn't a good look at all. I have a ton of other games to play, a 75 isn't going to make me go out and add this one onto the pile.
So it looks like all of that awkward and bad dialogue that was leaked in the preceding weeks turned out to be just as bad in context based on what I'm seeing.
That's really unfortunate, I didn't expect this to be quite so polarizing, but even some of the most positive reviews have things that give me pause to purchase in terms of how they described it.
Probably going to give this a pass, because if the story and the writing are as mediocre, inconsistent or straight up bad as they are, there's really not a lot for me to be interested in here right now. It's kind of nice to hear the gameplay is generally good though.
That's really unfortunate, I didn't expect this to be quite so polarizing, but even some of the most positive reviews have things that give me pause to purchase in terms of how they described it.
Probably going to give this a pass, because if the story and the writing are as mediocre, inconsistent or straight up bad as they are, there's really not a lot for me to be interested in here right now. It's kind of nice to hear the gameplay is generally good though.
Umm.. Mass Effect had great story and characters. Iconic even, some might say.
Spartancarver
Member
Expecting the price on this to drop fairly quickly. Will keep an eye out for the Digital Foundry article to see if the PS4 Pro version is worth getting used after a few patches drop
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
Thanks. I guess I will pass for now at 60 dollars. Meh.
MidnightHour
Member
The reviews are disappointing. I think I'll pick the game up later in the year after I'm finished with Horizon, Nier and Persona 5.
SmackAttack
Member
I was really hoping they'd knock it out of the park with this one after ME3 left me incredibly disappointed. Although, maybe some average fun is what I need from this series right now.
Some reviews say the story and characters are good though. Too each their own but stuff like this is generally subjective.
I'm playing and I'll see for myself how I feel.
socksfelloff
Member
I'm sure ME:A isn't the disaster it's being made out to be but launching in a year where every game is a 9 or a 10 isn't going to help it any.
rogue_nine82
Member
So basically EA gave an unproven studio the keys to the Ferrari? Gutsy. Which Bioware studios developed the original mass effect and dragon age games
StarlordDial
Member
Well ... I can "try" to at least experience it since I got it 20% off out of gmg anyway.
Kinda sad though that I just did a mass effect playthrough of all three games and it was my first time playing 1.
Hopefully they can revamped something with an expansion or dlc at least .
Kinda sad though that I just did a mass effect playthrough of all three games and it was my first time playing 1.
Hopefully they can revamped something with an expansion or dlc at least .
Freeman76
Member
The Machinima review is a pretty good watch.
I never listen to IGN or Gamespot, but Eurogamer usually seem pretty accurate to me and they were far from glowing on it. Like I said earlier in the thread my Preorder is cancelled but I so wanted this game to be good. Guess I'm looking for reasons to take the plunge anyway lol.
I never listen to IGN or Gamespot, but Eurogamer usually seem pretty accurate to me and they were far from glowing on it. Like I said earlier in the thread my Preorder is cancelled but I so wanted this game to be good. Guess I'm looking for reasons to take the plunge anyway lol.
Resident Guru
Member
I feel the exact same way. I'm loving the gameplay and it looks incredible on ultra PC settings. I have never really cared about stories in video games so some shoddy writing doesn't bother me.
Three studios of hundreds of people over 5 years made this? That's kinda sad looking at the result of this series.I didn't know that three studios worked on it, i thought only montreal is doing the major work
Montreal
Edmonton
Austin
Wait a min.... you know guys they really are ME:A
I'm 15 hours in and to be honest if it wasn't for some dodgy animations and glitches and some bad writing here and there (it's mostly good), the game would be easily scoring in the 90's across the board IMO.
The issues with the animations are BLOWN out of proportion. Now the game is WAY buggier than a game with this time and budget should ever be, and it SHOULD be getting crap from reviewers for that (and it is).
But under the glitches and odd crappy animation, the game is FANTASTIC. Maybe not ME 1-3 levels of good but I am loving the hell out of the combat, exploration and story concept. I loved the Mako in ME1 so the Nomad is super fun now the plants actually have things to explore for. The multiplayer is really fun too from the few hours I have put in so far.
Looks like this game really needed another 6 months to fix bugs and improve animations. Will be a damn shame if this game gets massively overlooked because of this.
But hey, I have thought the Bioware hate has been out of control for years now. Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition are two of my all time favorite games. And Mass Effect 3 was not only my favourite in the series but is my favourite game of all time! (See my site www.MassEffectIndoctrination.com).
Do not understand the hate at all, it seems like people were angry at EA for buying Bioware and have been looking to hate on the games ever since. Also there is a disturbing organized campaign of far-right wing anti-"SJW" hate against Bioware I have observed. Not suggesting that is effecting review scores at all though.
The issues with the animations are BLOWN out of proportion. Now the game is WAY buggier than a game with this time and budget should ever be, and it SHOULD be getting crap from reviewers for that (and it is).
But under the glitches and odd crappy animation, the game is FANTASTIC. Maybe not ME 1-3 levels of good but I am loving the hell out of the combat, exploration and story concept. I loved the Mako in ME1 so the Nomad is super fun now the plants actually have things to explore for. The multiplayer is really fun too from the few hours I have put in so far.
Looks like this game really needed another 6 months to fix bugs and improve animations. Will be a damn shame if this game gets massively overlooked because of this.
But hey, I have thought the Bioware hate has been out of control for years now. Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition are two of my all time favorite games. And Mass Effect 3 was not only my favourite in the series but is my favourite game of all time! (See my site www.MassEffectIndoctrination.com).
Do not understand the hate at all, it seems like people were angry at EA for buying Bioware and have been looking to hate on the games ever since. Also there is a disturbing organized campaign of far-right wing anti-"SJW" hate against Bioware I have observed. Not suggesting that is effecting review scores at all though.
Wait, what? Why?
Gudji
Member
I didn't know that three studios worked on it, i thought only montreal is doing the major work
Montreal
Edmonton
Austin
Wait a min.... you know guys they really are ME:A
Meanwhile at Amsterdam a studio that never made a RPG before makes a GOTY contender with the same budget (or lower). If you told someone 6 months ago that Horizon would be reviewing better than ME:Andromeda everyone would make fun of it.
Can't wait to people to get their hands on this thing, it's going to be a shit show once people find all flaws.
And yes, I'm fucking pissed at everyone at EA/Bioware that thought this game was good enough for the franchise.
Ascenion
Member
So from what I'm reading consensus doesn't really exist, but what I've gleaned is Andromeda is possibly the most poorly developed game BioWare has made in the past decade (Dragon Age 2 had polish it just cut every corner possible to end up being the circle of recycled environments that it was) and is in general a regression from the trilogy aside from combat. Schreier, buddy we need you. There has to be more to this. This can't be the culmination of 5 years work.
Montreal did the majority of the work, they had the lead on this project. Edmonton and Austin were there for support, they always worked like that
That makes you cringe? Wut?
I didn't know that three studios worked on it, i thought only montreal is doing the major work
Montreal
Edmonton
Austin
Wait a min.... you know guys they really are ME:A
Looks like everyone gets to take the L this time.
No shoveling it off to "it was the C team" anymore...
Spartancarver
Member
Dammit I was wondering why my dudes face was so sweaty in his helmet lmfao
3 studios and 5 years my god
They did put alot of work into it. It's been 5 years bro.
Freeman76
Member
Man, you cant be serious? Fair enough it has issues but to suggest they didnt put a lot of work in is pretty ridiculous.
Wow, 3 studios and 5 year and this is the turd they put out. This is more telling of internal struggles than anything else IMO
As many have said you can't really patch over bad storyline and writing. Even the weird mocap may not be fixable. :S
As many have said you can't really patch over bad storyline and writing. Even the weird mocap may not be fixable. :S
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
O this is so lame
I didn't know that three studios worked on it, i thought only montreal is doing the major work
Montreal
Edmonton
Austin
Wait a min.... you know guys they really are ME:A
Oh so everybody gets to hold the L.
Just because you don't like the game doesn't mean others shouldn't. Either way, was just pointing out your weird cringe post. Get over yourself.
No, varying levels of involvement dependent on at what phase in development the project was in.
Freeman76
Member
I was thinking the same thing. DA2 took place in about 2 areas that looked the same, had a shit story, boring sidequests and poor combat (mostly). I dont see how this cant at least score better than that....it's almost like the whole controversy over these games subconciously affects the mass image or something (not saying thats the case but it doesnt make a lot of sense).
I think they have every right to be proud of , still there will be thousand of players which will enjoy ME:A, lets not get into NMS style bashing, for you its not something to be proud of fine, it is for them and they have every right to do so.
Did you just learn the word cringe last night or something?
Gamezone
Gold Member
Yeah it's ridiculous. How did they approve that?
Freeman76
Member
Wind your neck in, this sort of post is just destined to wind people up. Did you even read the mod post?
In my opinion a big part of that was it being an exciting introduction to the world of ME, a vast new Bioware universe to explore for the first time. It was the first game introduce us to the wonderful setting and all the alien species, planets, politics, cultures etc. etc. were completely fresh.
The Dark Shape
Neo Member
It's better than Dragon Age II. That game - and I like that game - was obviously compromised by the short development time.
Andromeda is buggy, but it's a complete experience, and there don't seem to be any compromises.
Andromeda is buggy, but it's a complete experience, and there don't seem to be any compromises.