She reminds me a bit of Naomi Campbell.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda - EA/Origin Access trial coming March 16th - 10 hour trial
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She reminds me a bit of Naomi Campbell.
Aisha Tyler? Yeah, it does look a lot like her.
Yeah, I can see that as well. Fact is, people are definitely churning out some much better looking characters than I initially thought would be possible.
I'm talking about the mining on planet with the nomad. The probes aren't finite anymore which is good but just... annoying? I dunno, nothing about exploration in this game feels good anymore especially when coming from Breath of the Wild.
wesleyshark
Banned
The game gub will tell you how much time you've played- it updates after you've actually quit the game I think.
amiablepercy
Banned
More great looking characters that people have created:
So refreshing to see these.
Damn son! That top Ryder is awesome looking.
GenericBadGuy
Member
Any way i can change my Charakter Appearance in the game?
You mean mid-game? After you already created a character? Not currently as far as I am aware but I suspect this may be added in the future if they increase character creation options. If you are on PC you could always mod it as well - people tend to make tools for that type of thing.
If you mean just in general, then yes you can. Select custom character from the main menu instead of the default. The option to import Ryders created by other players will also open up on Tuesday over at the Mass Effect Archives.
soory, i meant if you can change it after you been longer than 10hours into the game
i thought so, maybe i have to wait for a patch then, thanks
HelloNewman
Member
Well I'm an asshole and a crybaby. I just got done playing 3 hours of MP without a single DC. It turns out all the problems at least on my end are from hosts from the other side of the world. The matchmaking sucks it prioritizes groups that are playing and groups of two so if you host a party by yourself no one joins. The workaround for that is to start a multiplayer game by yourself and it'll pull people into your game.
I don't know, I can't remember it detail but I am pretty sure I enjoyed it. You probably didn't like the timed stuff but overall I think the mission was quite fun.
The game minus the MMO stuff is quite polished. I really enjoyed it.
I think the only reason I haven't finished it yet
is because all that MMO stuff can be quite tedious.
get past some of the current collectathon/MMO minutia (something something Varric Red lyrium something) and other side things (which I strictly do HAVE to do) then I will be able to focus on meatier concerns.
Really. I didn't know it was so unpopular. Am I remembering it wrong? I thought it was fun. I have a second character not too far from that point in the game, I think. I'll give it another crack.
I don't get you use of faux-naivete even after a google. Do you mean with regards to specific character (is the same as faux-naif)?
More great looking characters that people have created:
So refreshing to see these.
Definitely a "i've seen her somewhere before face"
So after putting some time into this game I really like. That's not to say that this game doesn't have problems cause it does have some major ones like:
- The galaxy map just flat out sucks in this game
- Beards in this game don't look great
- The captain you encounter early in the game (whose name slips my mind) is a real triple threat. She's the worst looking character I've seen, the worst written character I've encountered and she gives the worst performance I've heard so far. On top of all of that she's a dick:
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The animation stuff kind of got a bit overblown (or at least it seems that way to me). Yes that previously mentioned captain looks insane then there's that scene where the captain disappears and then later in that same scene Cora does her Vince McMahon strut but outside of that stuff a lot of what I've been seeing in threads either didn't look weird to me in context or I simply didn't encounter the same animation problems most did. Not to say that there isn't bad stuff in there but I haven't really encountered any of it.
Despite these problems I'm really enjoying it so far. While I was generally more positive on ME3 than most I always felt that game's story was sloppy so while this may be a low bar the story of Andromeda has my interest in a way that ME3 never quite grabbed me.
She's fuckin' terrible. Like, this is the first ME NPC that I flat out said "Fuck off" and immediately ignored her and continued my way. Just a terrible character all around.
As for the game itself, I'm diggin it and definitely want to invest more time in it. The environments look utterly gorgeous and the more mobile combat system is more up my alley. Although, I do hope there are more interior combat sections like early MEs and not constant outdoor combat.
Major complaint is that the major enemy faction, the "Kett", look so fucking stupid, I cannot take them seriously. Like bipedal rocky looking lizard dudes with a human face slapped on top of them. And that villain... was that supposed to be threatening & foreboding? Such terrible design.
Others may well like it. I just know I hated the artificiality of it all. It's just so facile and insulated, which makes no sense considering they're supposed to be ending a fucking civil war.
What I mean is that there's an air of manufactured innocence and awe around these types of set-pieces. The game constantly tells you "be impressed by how cool/quirky/whatever this is!" It's just so artificial. The game doesn't believe in the credibility of its own design or writing.
I feel like the Landsmeet was a much more credibly written and designed set piece in that vein.
Gudji
Member
Unfortunately, yes. Played 5 games today, 4 of them were laggy as hell.
My advice to new players is to make a customized character. Forget about the default appearance of the ryder family, you can make something much better. I did a beautiful asian girl and the facial animations do seem to fit it a lot better!
Just FYI to the people interested in reviews, but marketing has changed the review embargo, presumably because of the animation complaints:
Just FYI to the people interested in reviews, but marketing has changed the review embargo, presumably because of the animation complaints:
If the game truly improves after the first ten hours, this would be a wise move.
It's insane how much these animations have blown up lol
Stantron
Member
thanks
nelsonroyale
Member
Just FYI to the people interested in reviews, but marketing has changed the review embargo, presumably because of the animation complaints:
Hopefully they don't change it much. If they put it to the day of release or before then that is a bit of a cynical move.
Yeah I think it's good that they at least will be more transparent about the game if the first 6-10 hours of the game aren't actually representative of the final game (or at least so positive things that overshadow the bad stuff like writing, animation, etc.)
Gudji
Member
And an alarming move. Hopefully it's the other way around.
Just FYI to the people interested in reviews, but marketing has changed the review embargo, presumably because of the animation complaints:
Followup tweet says they moved it up to tomorrow for streamers. Dunno if that applies to reviews, might just be streaming.
DarkChronic
Member
Cool to hear about embargo changes.
They should just unlock the game early on Origin for the rest of us....
They should just unlock the game early on Origin for the rest of us....
Dragon Age 2 had very similar launch complaints. Revenge of shit mountain, anyone? Press A for awesome? It ended up getting perfectly fine reviews.
Granted, I think DA2 is trash so I think that has more to do with BioWare's goodwill in the press than anything, but I think messing with embargoes this close to release is kind of pointless. There's a pretty high floor in terms of critical and commercial performance for ME:A, I think.
Granted, I think DA2 is trash so I think that has more to do with BioWare's goodwill in the press than anything, but I think messing with embargoes this close to release is kind of pointless. There's a pretty high floor in terms of critical and commercial performance for ME:A, I think.
Has this terrible bit of writing been discussed yet?
'To me, that's the saddest part. The Captain's heart was broken right before it exploded.'
Fucking LOL. I know 'my face is tired' is grabbing all the headlines because it's so obviously dumb but I think this is actually even funnier.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b850d...8yuHSbC9cwh4gO19QOcb8iKjdYPtkP7Ugs6Q3uCv9XtuZ
'To me, that's the saddest part. The Captain's heart was broken right before it exploded.'
Fucking LOL. I know 'my face is tired' is grabbing all the headlines because it's so obviously dumb but I think this is actually even funnier.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b850d...8yuHSbC9cwh4gO19QOcb8iKjdYPtkP7Ugs6Q3uCv9XtuZ
cleveridea
Member
Releasing embargo sooner is a good sign.
Must be a scary time for PR people there right now, well entire team really.
I know my first couple hours gave a terrible impression but once I felt like the game started for real I liked it as an RPG, especially the combat system
Must be a scary time for PR people there right now, well entire team really.
I know my first couple hours gave a terrible impression but once I felt like the game started for real I liked it as an RPG, especially the combat system
texhnolyze
Banned
Yea, those are legit criticisms. Hopefully they're exclusive to side quests.
Admiral Woofington
Member
the fuck do you mean IF
it WILL get pushed back. General audiences don't hear about this shit until reviewers bring it up, and even then they only look at the score. The internet crowd is all over this shit if they can mitigate any damage, no matter how little, you can bet jurassic park they will.
Nah man this has to be some sort of social experiment, this can't be real
More likely they're pushing it up.
nelsonroyale
Member
Florida_Man_5000
Member
They won't unlock it until 3-2-1 for us plebs. Damn marketing people.
Damn marketing people.Admiral Woofington
Member
I think I may have misunderstood what back/up means lol.
I meant pushing it further away from the current date, aka later.
cleveridea
Member
What kind of deals do reviewers have to do for sites (IGN, gamespot etc) to get early access?
Are reviewers asked to sign something saying they wont break a given embargo date, before they can receive their early copy?
Are reviewers asked to sign something saying they wont break a given embargo date, before they can receive their early copy?
Just FYI to the people interested in reviews, but marketing has changed the review embargo, presumably because of the animation complaints:
It WAS Monday if I recall... are they pushing it up so we get it sooner?
MisterShine
Member
Yeah I think they're banking on later planets/story reveals being good, and hoping that will balance out the animation/early game talk over the weekend. For people on the fence about the game, if they hear from people in the know "Yeah the early part is ehh and the animations are crap, but HOT DAMN these characters and story!" it will give them a reason to hold on until release day. Otherwise there's just 3 days of sharing gifs and general impressions ranging from "meh" to "pretty good with legit caveats" to talk about.
I don't think PR wants that, so they're going to toss a hail mary.
edit: I was being a tad mean there sorry.