Origin is a very competent platform, in 2017.
You can get a free copy of Mass Effect 2 right now, as well. You should install it just for that.
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MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA Gameplay Series #1: Combat
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You can get a free copy of Mass Effect 2 right now, as well. You should install it just for that.
texhnolyze
Banned
They've just started and it's only a few weeks left until release.
Yeah, it's kinda tight, so I think they need to at least release one video every week.
Yeah I thought the same
I'm really going to enjoy taking screenshots of this game.
*rubs hands together gleefully*
She looks way better here. Far less cartoony and out of place than past instances. Still don't care for her hair much, but what can you do.
Darryl M R
Member
Cara looks like someone I would trust to spot me in the gym.
John Petrucci
Member
She doesn't skip shoulders day, does she? I like that. People had complained in the past that Femshep didn't have the proper physique for a galaxy owning soldier. Cora is really looking amazing IMO.
Bruce Springsteen
Member
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrWgLMH8yRU
Went through trailer and screencapped relevant data out of it. Weapons, skills, hazard system...
- Combat: http://imgur.com/a/uqJG4
- Biotics: http://imgur.com/a/BZJ19
- Tech: http://imgur.com/a/6VMyD
- Profiles: http://imgur.com/a/VkwSo
- Weapons: http://imgur.com/a/5xz8D
- Enemies: http://imgur.com/a/3hPPe
- Hazard system: http://imgur.com/a/w8DjV
- Misc: http://imgur.com/a/TzCk6
https://twitter.com/GambleMike/status/833433469023768576
amazing, much better than I thought it would turn out
lucebuce12
Member
Yes, it was discussed in this very thread I believe.
Hum alright, I'll buy this game blind I guess. It might sound like a silly requirement but you have no idea how much it annoyed me in ME 3.
I got burnt hard by DA:I so that's the last time I give Bioware a chance.
Just have to decide PC or PS4 now =) . More towards PC at the moment.
Rodney McKay
Member
I just hope my PC is up to par to play this decently well.
My aging GTX 660ti still plays most games to my satisfaction, but this will probably push it harder than anything I've played in a long time. Dragon Age Inquisition ran pretty well after I bumped some of the settings down, so I'm hoping ME:A will work similarly well.
My aging GTX 660ti still plays most games to my satisfaction, but this will probably push it harder than anything I've played in a long time. Dragon Age Inquisition ran pretty well after I bumped some of the settings down, so I'm hoping ME:A will work similarly well.
texhnolyze
Banned
It depends on what framerates you're aiming for. I bet it'll be fine at 30fps cap.
It's still on the same engine as DA Inquisition anyway.
Looks like a straight-up action title now, but I like what they showed in the trailer. Hoping the dialogue and storyline are up to snuff.
I'm personally looking forward to Adventures of UglyRyder.
I'm personally looking forward to Adventures of UglyRyder.
GavinUK86
Member
It was until the recent UI revamp, now it's a slow piece of shit. I stuck up for it for years but they had to go and ruin it.
What the fuck?
Yeah... This sucks.
AgentOtaku
Member
Yeah, as someone who's beat ME1, started n' stopped ME2 numerous times and has never played 3, I'm just jumping straight ahead to this.
I have no desire anymore to revisit the original trilogy.... unless they do a legit remaster someday.
ughkingdom
Member
My Ryder will have the pick of the ladies just like Shepard did....
mybrand.exe appears to be working as intended
I can see why other people won't like this, but I'm cool with this. Makes combat more strictly 3rd-person shooter and takes out one more layer of RPG from the series, but I think it's the direction the series should go anyway for combat interaction.
AgentOtaku
Member
Also, holy shit, this runs at 60fps!?
DAT Frostbite!
DAT Frostbite!
ughkingdom
Member
Can you still run game .exe's without the need for Origin? Because that's what made it perfectly acceptable for me, the fact that after you got the games installed you didn't need to even open Origin to access them.
MeisterLeder
Banned
AgentOtaku
Member
Yeah, that was weird then
Because it was captured on PC.
Always-honest
Banned
Dandy Lyin
Member
My Ryder will have the pick of the ladies just like Shepard did....
Every time I see this, I hear the sound effect from the Matrix movies of an Agent taking over someone's body.
Really, really dislike this design. Looks like the station wagon driving soccer mom picking up her bratty kids at school while trying to stay hip, fashionable and relevant.
Hope her personality makes up for it! Disliked Garrus' design at first too, but he's one of my favourites now.
I hate the hair but that's about it. She's fine otherwise for me personally.
TC McQueen
Member
IIRC, they didn't think anyone wanted to play the PC version with the console UI and controller instead of mouse and keyboard at the time. That's actually been a recent major shift in PC gamer habits.hold on a second, they actively blocked it? I hadn't heard about that
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Royal_Phalanx
Member
Hot. I don't mind her hair. I've seen girls with her hairstyle before and it can look really good.
What's the deal with carrying over save files from previous games?
I'm seeing conflicting things when I search online.
If there is carrying over of save files, will there be a way to do it from the PS3 to PS4? If there is, i'm tempted to grab the trilogy collection, and go through another time before Andromeda.
I'm seeing conflicting things when I search online.
If there is carrying over of save files, will there be a way to do it from the PS3 to PS4? If there is, i'm tempted to grab the trilogy collection, and go through another time before Andromeda.
lucebuce12
Member
No carrying over of saves.
Thanks.
jediyoshi
Member
hold on a second, they actively blocked it? I hadn't heard about that
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It was never there. There were fragments of controller related code like UI that's a hold over from the console versions, but it's not the case that it was ever implemented and then stripped after release or something.
Back-In-Black
Banned
There wouldn't be a point, it takes place in another galaxy 600 years later.
The hair is exactly what's so off-putting to me. The rest is indeed your standard Arc clothing.
Oh, sure it can! There's plenty of chicks that can pull this off.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Not being able to delegate power commands to squadmates is pretty damn disappointing. It's a big shift from a lot of the attraction to picking your team. I guess they feel that with a greater spectrum of character builds available, and a ton of points, you can fill the gaps yourself. But still, it's not the same, and won't be especially early game. Delegating commands to your squad to fill gaps you can't was so satisfying in the trilogy; powers and abilities stacking on top of your own. The AI better be really up to scratch.
BioWare hasn't said anything about save file transfers, and is very much using Andromeda as a clean break for the series so even if you could transfer the significance would be exceedingly trivial.
BioWare hasn't said anything about save file transfers, and is very much using Andromeda as a clean break for the series so even if you could transfer the significance would be exceedingly trivial.
Summer Haze
Banned
Yeah...I loved this in the past games. Bummer.
Peroroncino
Member
Don't like that jumping and hovering mechanics, feels like playing 3rd person Call of Duty game...
Glad tho for the face sharing, default male and female Ryder [ugh, not a fan of the name] look really bad, so by the time I buy it (better games for me in march) I hope there already will be a broad selection.
Fuck... I loved doing combos with my teammates, order somebody to use that 'levitate' or 'black hole' [don't remember exactly what they were called] and then hit them hard with a concussive grenade or some push.
Glad tho for the face sharing, default male and female Ryder [ugh, not a fan of the name] look really bad, so by the time I buy it (better games for me in march) I hope there already will be a broad selection.
Fuck... I loved doing combos with my teammates, order somebody to use that 'levitate' or 'black hole' [don't remember exactly what they were called] and then hit them hard with a concussive grenade or some push.
I doubt it will feel anything like CoD when we actually play it. ME combat has a very distinct feel to it, and this seems like an evolution of what we had in 3.
Combat in 3 was superb, and this looks like 3++.
Although the lack of teammate power use is a concern... power combos are still in? I wonder how they'll work in SP.
CoD? I was thinking more 3rd person Destiny. Warlock even has ability to freeze into mid-air for a moment.
So we can romance Claire Underwood. Great
RedlineRonin
Member
Super curious what this week's video will be. Hopefully it'll be the one discussion squad mechanics, especially with the reveal that there won't be direct control of squadmates any longer, it'll be interesting to see what they've got in mind as a replacement.
She looks ~25 years younger than Claire Underwood
She looks ~25 years younger than Claire Underwood
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Power/biotic combos are still in.
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