Yeah it was bad. I'm playing on PC now and I wonder how I used to put up with these loading times...
And to think that it was even worse for KotOR on Xbox. Oh my god the hours spent on the loading screens ;__;
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Mass Effect: Andromeda "Tempest & Nomad" briefing shows ship interior and Nomad stuff
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Yeah it was bad. I'm playing on PC now and I wonder how I used to put up with these loading times...
And to think that it was even worse for KotOR on Xbox. Oh my god the hours spent on the loading screens ;__;
Minty_Freshness
Neo Member
It's the little things for me. For some reason I got all giddy seeing how the landing gear retracted into the wing frames at the end there. Love the Tempest design!
And yes, the Pathfinder's room is uh.....roomy compared to the barracks. Now we know why everyone is PC-sexual, they want the better bed.
And yes, the Pathfinder's room is uh.....roomy compared to the barracks. Now we know why everyone is PC-sexual, they want the better bed.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I loved how in Dragon Age Inquisition your fortress would change over time. Being more populated and in better shape. I hope they do similar for the Nomad.
That will be the Nexus function I think.
It was confirmed in one of the Game Informer pieces: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...ow-the-tempest-mass-effects-new-normandy.aspx
I must have missed that, but that is awesome. I hated the Elevator Loading Screens on consoles so much. Playing ME2 on PC with a SSD is a huge difference.
DevilDog
Member
Even without it, it's nearly instantaneous.
AWizardDidIt
Member
I feel like these videos do better marketing for the game than the "action" gameplay demos they've done so far. They really invoke the spirit of exploration and mystery that Andromeda is supposed to be about in a way that the more front facing marketing hasn't.
magwizsorc
Member
So I'm caught up with 3/6 right?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Oh, I'm definitely interested.
gotcha
digoutyoursoul
Member
That music. I need it
Chills
Chills
John Kowalski
Banned
Excite as fuck
I completely dislike that they're using the same med kit and gas-tank-explosive-thing design from the previous games, as seen in pictures #3 and 4. I want everything to look new even if it makes less logical sense.
Can't believe they are using the same tired art from the first trilogy. Lazy bioware!
HeisenbergWW62
Banned
Oh man I can't wait. Looks great
What would be the point of redesigning existing object exactly ? It would only make the game feel less like a continuity of the trilogy in my opinion.
They said multiple time that it smaller than the SR-2 (which was twice the size of the SR-1). It still feel much bigger than I expected, there may be less rooms but some of them look quite big
It looks much more responsive in the video. It seems to actually drive like a car instead of whatever the Mako was supposed to be.
prag16
Banned
That was my first thought. The size of the captain's quarters on the Normandy seemed reasonable. Much larger than the areas assigned to crew members, but not too absurd.
But this looks like something Emperor Palpatine would give himself. She ship ain't that big. It's supposedly smaller than the Normandy SR2, isn't it?
DevilDog
Member
I feel like this is Mako hate and not a real question.
Still, it obviously will control better.
Do you really think it could drive as bad as it did 10 years old? I mean, really... Even the Hammerhead in ME2 controlled better.
I'm just interpreting it as the Normandy being more for military purposes so more tech and shielding was taking up space in comparison to the Nomad which is more for pioneering stuff.
Complistic
Member
For real. I'm now at least paying attention to this game again.
I'm pretty sure going from the Mako to the Hammerhead was strictly a lateral movement on the shit scale unless you and I played with VERY different Hammerheads from each other. There were actually parts of driving the Mako that I genuinely enjoyed, at least on my first playthrough. There were zero parts of the Hammerhead that I can say I actually found to be better than tolerable at best.
Back-In-Black
Banned
This is not a military vessel, it's a civilian designed exploration craft. Hell, the Normandy SR-2 was designed by Cerberus, civilians, which was why it increased the Captain's Cabin and gave it a fish tank. What I find most interesting about the Tempest is the fact that it has no weapons itself. Could this be a hint about the direction and/or tone of the story in this game? The Normandy was a military ship capable of engaging in combat and while we never controlled it, we did participate in a space fight in every game. Thus, either we'll add weapons later or this story is less interested in some sort of space war.
shinobi602
Member
Huh. That's interesting to me. The Hammerhead felt super smooth and simple to control to me.
Stilton Disco
Member
I do not like the interior design of that ship.
Way too much empty, dead space, a virtually empty cargo bay of actual cargo and supplies, no consideration for practicality or utility, an incredibly inefficient layout for a working environment... I mean forget this not being a military vessel, it wouldn't function as the spaceship equivalent of a billionaire's luxury yacht, let alone an exploration vessel meant to operate independently in the frontiers of uncharted space.
Way too much empty, dead space, a virtually empty cargo bay of actual cargo and supplies, no consideration for practicality or utility, an incredibly inefficient layout for a working environment... I mean forget this not being a military vessel, it wouldn't function as the spaceship equivalent of a billionaire's luxury yacht, let alone an exploration vessel meant to operate independently in the frontiers of uncharted space.
At least turning left on the Hammerhead actually makes it go left(and you could fly to avoid any obstacles).
With the Mako, you never know unless it's a perfectly flat ground. I doubt you enjoyed going in every directions when trying to climb a mountain filled with bumps and pits.
FrontalMonk
Banned
The hammerhead was a joy to control! The problem was its armor was made of paper mâché.
My problem with the Mako was that I didn't realize there was a main gun until my second playthrough, I used the machine gun for everything.
DeadlyParasite
Member
I agree with him. The hammerhead is a wet fart compared to the Mako. Better hop around like a maniac spamming out missiles hoping to kill something because if you get hit more than twice you blow up.
What possibly compelled BioWare to make the thing as armoured as tissue paper is beyond me.
Even Cortez in Mass Effect 3 acknowledges the fact.
We're talking controls here, not endurance.
No one is saying the Hammerhead was stronger than the Mako.Dandy Lyin
Member
I've been doing a trilogy replay, and I am on ME2 at the moment. The Hammerhead is so much easier to control than the Mako. I actually died on Noveria on my ME1 run because I was driving on the flat road and was suddenly launched sideways off a cliff for no apparent reason. I also skipped all of the planet sidequests because of how annoying the Mako was.
DevilDog
Member
Same, the only thing you could do with the hammerhead is ADADAD around corners and wait for repairs, again, and again.
Just let me run over things
You probably hit a bump or a wall. But overall the Hammerhead is simpler to control and the level design enhances that. It's just surface after surface with some platforming here and there,
Mine was constantly twitching and wigging out all over the place in several sections, particularly in regards to platforming across lava. It felt a bit like trying to drive a paper airplane across ice with a mild crossbreeze. I know it's supposed to wiggle around when you're doing node searches, but it would oversteer in a heartbeat if it felt like it. The extremely thin armor didn't help matters, I blew up several times just because I couldn't figure out what all was shooting at me and you're not given much time to figure that out before you go up in flames.
Alpha Phoenix
Member
Looks amazing. This is like the first video that actually got me excited.
shinobi602
Member
Sure it could've used better armor but to be honest I rarely got hit lol. I was just talking movement and control, which I found pretty easy, nowhere near the original Mako.
Oh wow, that must've been a major pita. I can't even imagine.
DeadlyParasite
Member
We're talking controls here, not endurance.
I'm talking about enjoyment to use, as was he (Verilligo). There's nothing fun about spending more time worrying about whether I'll die or not.
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