Heckler456
Banned
It's funny that the press pretty much acted like there was no reason to be mad at the end of Mass Effect 3 when in reality the entire story was horrendous. You'd have to be blind to not see that the story was a huge step down from 2, which was already hugely flawed.
I think what I've seen of Andromeda so far looks like it's gonna be just as bad, but in a different way. Laughable cutscenes and characters being released. Hopefully the combat will be fun (it doesn't look more fun than 1-3 so far, especially with AI squad control and different profiles), and the graphics are good, but I'm not enthused with the direction they're going at all. It feels even more like a corporate product than the series ever did before, and the premise is completely crazy. These guys are like, 620 years old and everyone they knew is dead. lol, ok.
Regardless of my personal critique, the hype for this game could be way higher than it is, and everyone knows it.
On Neogaf? Perhaps. But then again, a very large contingent of people seem to have a genuine vested interest in shitting on anything Bioware related at every turn possible, which gives most Bioware threads a reputation as a toxic shitfest that regular people tend to stay out of.
If we look at the views on their youtube videos, they're doing fine with the mainstream public.
Also, why are you still harping on the "journey to Andromeda" thing? It's a perfectly fine premise, and within the realm of science fiction, nothing out of the ordinary. Your complaint is analogous to you hearing a preview of The Fellowship of the Ring that says "It's about a hobbit called Frodo, and he's bestowed the task to take the One ring to Mordor, the very seat of evil!" and going "That doesn't make any sense! Why would he even want to go in the first place! Couldn't he just throw the ring away, why does he have to go all the way to Mordor for that!". The marketing is not the game, and you're not really supposed to know the motivations for each individual character to undertake this trip beyond "Alec Ryder was the first through the Charon relay, so he's just that type of guy".