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Mass Effect Andromeda coming March 21st, 2017 (US) / March 23rd (EU)
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Kenzodielocke
Banned
Gamestop will have 9,99. Time is a bigger concern tbh.
Fallout 4 was announced in June, released in November. This is not a Fallout 4 situation.
HerroRygar
Member
Major props for going the Fallout 4 route. Wish all publishers would do this.
If they actually manage to hit their release date with no delay, I'd say this is a very good marketing/release window. Drop the bomb of a nearby release date, make everyone freak out in a good way about how that's not very far off, build up hype with just a few months of marketing, and then, when hype is at its peak, release the actual game.
This is a much better approach than heavily marketing something 5-10 years out before its release. You keep momentum.
This is a much better approach than heavily marketing something 5-10 years out before its release. You keep momentum.
Aizen.S.Kennedy
Banned
I want my unnecessarily long marketing push!! So I can pick it apart and get my expectations way too high!! How can I complain about seeing every skill/weapon/crew member before launch if they don't show em!??!
Back-In-Black
Banned
I will and thus will immediately be buying this one.
RAIDEN1
Member
Apparently new footage is soon to be released? Any updates on that? Great to see that the release of this game is not too far away..will be soon time to dust off my copy of Metal Gear 5 and trade it in for this game! I know I won't get much for it ...but this game will be (hopefully) everything that Metal Gear 5 should have been..
outunderthestars
Banned
My wallet in the first 3 months....
you know you could just wait for a few price drops if your budget is that tight.
AquaWateria
Member
I have a bad feeling it will be like DA:I.
TC McQueen
Member
It's going to be during Nvidia's CES presentation at 9PM EST/6PM PST.
It could be worse. They could have all been targeted for a November release. Spacing out games so that there's at least one high profile game per month as opposed to 10+ all in one month is decent trade off to me.
Rodney McKay
Member
Both good games which I don't recall having any major issues for on the PC release?
ME3 had the unsatisfying ending, and DA:I had a LOT of (optional) openworld filler quests, but other than that they were exactly what I expected from Bioware games.
If people don't know what to expect from Bioware games at this point then yeah, don't pre-order. But if you like nearly everything they've put out since KOTOR (except maybe DA2) then I'd say preordered is probably pretty safe.
Hell I might even suggest not pre-ordering just in case there are some bugs at launch since there's always a chance, even if Bioware is better than a lot of people at that.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Actually in this day and age for a major release like this, how the hell is there a European delay??
Hm, yeah. I should preorder 2 copies to be sure.
I'm sure there will be it just hasn't been announced yet
Aizen.S.Kennedy
Banned
Your right!! Better preorder two an say the second one is for my sister.
Omega Kirby
Member
3 WiiU games in top 3.
Big evil corporations blah blah. Happens to all AAA games.
Jawbreaker
Member
My GTX 1070 is ready.
Late Feb I think? So yeah that doesn't conflict for me.
Persona I'm going to buy but it won't get played until late April, earliest.
Nier I won't be buying, ditto for Switch.
People are literally crazy.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
How are we still stuck with this stupid archaic release pattern? What's so hard about a worldwide release? I'd be really surprised if this somehow benefits sales of anything.
So about 3 weeks. Should be enough to complete it. Thanks.
IcyRhythms
Member
My wallet in the first 3 months....
You people know that you don't have to buy and play every game that comes out the very moment it's released, right?
I'm assuming most gamers have a bit of a backlog anyway.
I'll be getting Nier, as well as Persona 5. Persona 5 is my #1 priority for the first half of the year, but I'll squeeze in some Mass Effect time before it drops. I did the same with FFXV and The Last Guardian, where I temporarily shelved FFXV once TLG came out.
I'm really looking forward to Andromeda, but... it's Persona 5. I've been waiting too long for that one.
The only EA games to have them have been DICE games. I'm sure there will be DLC but Bioware has never done a Season Pass for any of their games.
Mister Wolf
Member
Hopefully it's as good or better than Inquisition.
That is true. But if they are story games you want to finish them off fairly quickly to avoid spoilers. Especially if you lurks GAF all day long at work lol. That's my reasoning anyhow.
TC McQueen
Member
There was one for ME2, but you got it when you got the game new.
That was an online pass, not a season pass.
That was the Cerberus Network that got you some specific pieces of DLC on Day One. There was no Season Pass for the rest of the paid DLC.
MrFrankFontaine
Banned
Oh man. Too close to Persona 5 for me.
What to do. I'd hate to start ME:A just to shelf it a couple of weeks later.
Questions: will this only be in Origin for digital download and can you Steam link Origin games?
This will ultimately determine if I go PC or PS4.
What to do. I'd hate to start ME:A just to shelf it a couple of weeks later.
Questions: will this only be in Origin for digital download and can you Steam link Origin games?
This will ultimately determine if I go PC or PS4.
I hope they were watching CD Projekt closely when it came to how they handled their DLC. Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine are some of the best post-game expansions I've seen for RPGs in the last few console generations.
I'd rather see BioWare crank out something as big and meaty as that, rather than just a couple of new environments, some additional dialog and new items/weapons.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Damn...Welp Mass effect may have to be summer. I had a may date in my head locked in for some reason. Should've known better when shinobi told me nope