The original leads are on the game EA teased that sounds like Destiny.
That one will have had a ~6 year development cycle by the time it's out, and is unveiling soon.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda | Review Thread
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The original leads are on the game EA teased that sounds like Destiny.
That one will have had a ~6 year development cycle by the time it's out, and is unveiling soon.
Space Opera is the perfect word imho. And we don't have enough space opera rpgs in this world.
AlexFlame116
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What did PewdiePie do???
All depends on the sales I guess, I don't think review scores alone will decide the series fate but if it sells poorly then probably.
NooooooooOOOOoOooOOoooOo its not on Steam? Damn you EA. Well Origin isn't an awful service, I've seen them put shit on sale once in awhile. Maybe I'll have to get it on ps4
dude it's been on Origin since ME3
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
yeeeeah see, to me, only ME2 is worthy of those 9+ scores. ME1 and 3 though? I just can't agree with that. Mid to high 8s? For sure. Great fucking games.
This. This is my major worry. Bioware excels at effortlessly snappy, witty party banter. That's one the main reasons why I enjoy their games so much. And if Andromeda fails to deliver on something that's a classic staple of Bioware games...then, that's really disheartening to see.
SatoAilDarko
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Xenoblade Chronicles X has an 84% metacritic.
It's super Sci-Fi. They acrylic explain quite a bit of the technology they use. The starting premise with ark ships exploring a new world is actually very close to Andromeda.
It's my GOTG so far.
Well for anyone who bought this on PC through Origin, you have 24 hours from the time you first launch it to get a refund, regardless of time played - https://help.ea.com/en/refund/
I'm going to put in some time with it tomorrow and see how I feel. It might be a good idea to just wait 6 months or so for it to hit EA/Origin Access and play it once it's had a few patches.
I'm going to put in some time with it tomorrow and see how I feel. It might be a good idea to just wait 6 months or so for it to hit EA/Origin Access and play it once it's had a few patches.
How?
You're seriously on point whenever you post a gif it's almost ridiculous.
FlutterPuffs
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Mass Effect 3 still had rave reviews though, this didn't.
On who will be in charge of it, I dont know. Still EA has the financial power to just employ a new team to work on it, with influential people helming it.
ooooh excitement abounds.
Shame this looks so half baked, perhaps the game showing up empty handed to two E3's gives credence to a theory that maybe they haven't been working on this for 5+ years.
ME1 was amazing back in 2007 and deserves a 9 imo. ME2 indeed deserves that 9½ and it was one of the greatest games of last gen. ME3 is more like 8½. Surprising that it got as high as 93 average.
Darkstorne
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I'm worried they may have deliberately kept the writing level low grade to "appeal to a wider audience". I just can't fathom that professional writers are really this bad at dialogue.So its good, but probably not great, and definitely doesn't reach the brilliance of the first two games. Sounds like a solid $25-30 purchase when steam sale rolls around. I'm excited to play it, just not at full price I don't think.
I've gotta say I'm really disappointed this isn't a better game. I hope they get another shot at this with a sequel, sounds like they really nailed the combat, just gotta find some better writers. Might want to try to poach some of those Witcher fellas like Guerrilla Games did
DA2 wasn't the end of that series, so I'm sure Mass Effect will live on. They just need to remember that a lot of their players are far more educated than they think, and may actually enjoy some science in their sci fi games.
Omg that bad lmaoYou telling me this game actually is motion-captured?
Who the fuck walks like that?
DR2K
Banned
Currently playing it. Doesn't scratch the same itch, still a great game
Oh sweet summer child.....
A 3 millions+ views video where he basically shits all over Andromeda for 10 minutes. And very competently doing it too.
ScaryShark
Banned
Casey Hudson? Preston Watamaniuk? Derek Watts? Mac Walters?
Most key pieces were there the entire trilogy. Some got moved within the studio. Some left.
Dialogue's one of the first things to fuck up. It's fuckin' hard.
Jim Sterling hasnt posted his review yet though.[/IMG]
we green yall
Eurogamer's review is absolutely savage. It takes all the bad elements from Inquisition and adds nothing good.
noooooooooooooooooooo.
ME2 suffers so much from only existing because they said it would be a trilogy though, you know what I mean? Like nothing really happens with the core story that was set up in ME1. We just kill time with some collectors and cerberus while waiting for the reapers to get closer. ME2 does a lot right with gameplay and characters, but man the overall main story of that game bums me out too much, I think I actually prefered 1 in the end.
AlexFlame116
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Looks like the score is raising higher now.
Really? Dang I gotta take a look! Thanks winter grandpa.
Ivory Samoan
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As someone who also owns the comics and the novels and has played the game extensively, I urge you to try it for yourself: plenty of fans are loving it (just as many are hating it too though) so up to you
If nothing else, the MP is a blast, even if you don't like the campaign for some reason.
Drillary Clinton
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To be fair, Horizon and Nier's side quests are pretty shit "busywork chores" but those games also do a lot of other things well.
SolicitorPirate
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I don't see why not. Edmonton houses the two A-teams, working on New IP and Dragon Age respectively and Austin is working on Knights of the Old Republic. I can't see either of those studios dropping their current projects to work on another full game.
And Montreal now has a full AAA game under their belt, experience with the Frost Bite engine, and what seems to be a whole lot of feedback on what worked and what didn't. The only two options I see are to give Montreal another game hoping they've learned from the experience, or return them to being a support studio.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
He makes fun of Andromeda's awful animations and faces.
I was speaking more towards writing. Drew Karpyshyn's impact on ME2 was definitely missing from the writing on ME3.
SOME of their sidequests, they also have great sidequests. That's the key, they have a mixture of busywork and compelling stories being told.
Same for Zelda. Zelda felt more rewarding though despite less "story" per say.
In case anyone was curious, gif of one of the T-pose glitches.
Is he dabbing?
Heckler456
Banned
I mean, it probably hasn't right? This game's development must have coincided with at least 1 other game's production, if not 2 at some point or another. Bioware is a very large studio, but still, talent is talent, and you can't have your best working on everything.
I feel like they did the BG2 approach with ME2's story telling. BG2's main story isn't that great either but it's all the side stories and character stories that make it amazing. I see it the same way for ME2.
I'm not sure how much it makes sense for EA to continue making 'traditional' games like this. If the game isn't selling crazy out of the gates it's just not going to work out. All the big publishers are either doing online service games or if there is a single player packaged type of deal, it's such a big seller that justifies doing it. I'm not sure the type of games Bioware used to make in general are worthwhile going forward for EA. They never got even close to selling Fallout/Skyrim numbers. 5 years in development, maybe selling 4-5m copies isn't good enough for EA to keep investing I think. Whatever Bioware is making right now for new IP, I expect is online and always connected type of deal. We'll see. I think EA is mostly done with sp games in general like almost everyone else. Battlefield, sports games and Star Wars. Maybe Star Wars sees some sp game but that's it...
scoobs
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dude it's been on Origin since ME3
I've been replaying 1 and 2 on Steam, so I just kind of figured (never played 3, heard too much horrible shit about it from people I trust on the series). Maybe I'll give it a go now that Andromeda is apparently even worse, I'm really craving some mass effect in my life.
Haven't posted this in a while but man these scores are polarizing: http://imgur.com/a/zRBMT
Seems like your enjoyment will depend on...
- Fan-factor of Mass Effect
- Tolerance of busywork
- Ability to look past bugs
Seems like your enjoyment will depend on...
- Fan-factor of Mass Effect
- Tolerance of busywork
- Ability to look past bugs
Honestly, the damage control and denial the last year or so were pretty damning in retrospect:
"employees are just leaving the project because their work is finished and they aren't needed any longer"
"they're only showing conceptual trailers with employee interviews because they're waiting for the big unveil!"
"ME:A is no longer restricted by last-gen consoles, it'll be even better than DA:I"
"they are just doing Fallout 4 marketing, you'll see"
"they'll do a final pass on animation bugs, don't worry"
"everything we didn't like about DA:I is not going to be in there despite the signs pointing to it."
"it gets much better after the first 10 hours, you'll see"
etc. You even had a bunch of posters attacking other posters for finding the indications of the trial access to be subpar and underwhelming last week.
"employees are just leaving the project because their work is finished and they aren't needed any longer"
"they're only showing conceptual trailers with employee interviews because they're waiting for the big unveil!"
"ME:A is no longer restricted by last-gen consoles, it'll be even better than DA:I"
"they are just doing Fallout 4 marketing, you'll see"
"they'll do a final pass on animation bugs, don't worry"
"everything we didn't like about DA:I is not going to be in there despite the signs pointing to it."
"it gets much better after the first 10 hours, you'll see"
etc. You even had a bunch of posters attacking other posters for finding the indications of the trial access to be subpar and underwhelming last week.
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