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Mass Effect: Andromeda - EA/Origin Access trial coming March 16th - 10 hour trial
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Dre_G_Writer
Member
shit, the game downloaded and about to play, and I get a error message saying i need to update my driver.
I guess i finally ran into a game that forces me to finally update my graphics drivers. i got a founder edition GTX 1080, never updated the drivers, EVER.
I guess i finally ran into a game that forces me to finally update my graphics drivers. i got a founder edition GTX 1080, never updated the drivers, EVER.
Andodalf
Banned
soft visuals, at least in multi
Is there a reason not to? The drivers lately have been increasing performance a lot.
tamaster92
Member
Is it just me or is the audio on dialogue really... weird? Some of it is very echoey or over processed
Dre_G_Writer
Member
if it isn't broke, why bother it, right??? Never needed a reason to, until now.
Yappadappadu
Member
HDR10 support is in, Dolby Vision not. I expected neither at launch, so call me positively surprised.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQZUGo68AgU for a B6 OLED owner playing the game in 4K HDR10 on PC.
Very dissapointed by this. Was hoping me would be the first hdr game using dynamic metadata...hdr10 is not as good looking.
MotherFUCK. That did the trick.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Played about 30 minutes of it on Xbox One. In another thread someone said X1 version looked blurry or something, it sure as hell doesn't look blurry here. Of course seeing this on a OLED helps, that is for damn sure. I'd call it very crisp and i can only imagine 1080p or....4K, holy shit.
30 minutes is not a whole lot, but i did enjoy these 30 minutes quite a bit. The starting planet so far is fun to explore, i like the platforming additions, i guess that's what they are. Had to use the jump boost to get to a area i didn't necessarily had to get to, i like that. Combat was awesome and fast. Really liking the forward and side dash moves and so far i don't mind the auto-cover system. It's of course way too early, but Sarah might look derpy in some cutscenes i definitely think i am going to like the character itself. The chatting between her an crew member are interesting too, i liked it from what i've heard so far.
Faces can look decent at times in certain cutscenes (maybe it's the lighting) and later on just bad, like they came from a 360 game or something, jesus. Same can be said about the expressions. At times ok'ish i guess, other times bad. Not that this was ever amazing in ME, but still.
Gonna play a lot of this tomorrow, it's time to call it quits for today.
30 minutes is not a whole lot, but i did enjoy these 30 minutes quite a bit. The starting planet so far is fun to explore, i like the platforming additions, i guess that's what they are. Had to use the jump boost to get to a area i didn't necessarily had to get to, i like that. Combat was awesome and fast. Really liking the forward and side dash moves and so far i don't mind the auto-cover system. It's of course way too early, but Sarah might look derpy in some cutscenes i definitely think i am going to like the character itself. The chatting between her an crew member are interesting too, i liked it from what i've heard so far.
Faces can look decent at times in certain cutscenes (maybe it's the lighting) and later on just bad, like they came from a 360 game or something, jesus. Same can be said about the expressions. At times ok'ish i guess, other times bad. Not that this was ever amazing in ME, but still.
Gonna play a lot of this tomorrow, it's time to call it quits for today.
Blue Ninja
Member
Game looks great on Xbone. Runs fine too. Only issue I have is that the mission text on top of the screen is way too tiny, can barely read it.
The Salt Life
Banned
45% downloaded but it says ready to play, hmm I guess I can waste an hour in create a Shep, I'm just going to try to make him look like dude Shep as much as possible
Dre_G_Writer
Member
anyone else playing with a controller on PC???
Blue Ninja
Member
You can start playing the game itself, too, just don't be surprised if it stutters a bit while installing. :lol
I am. Using a DS4, need to emulate it to get it to work, but works flawlessly, can even use the touchpad to aim.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Runs fine except for some framedrops that momentarily took me out of the experience. I am hoping this will get better later on in the game and if not, hope they patch it. Maybe you played a lot more than me though. I'm not a good judge now.
using xbox pad works fine
Slackbladder
Member
I get Direct X errors saying I don't have enough vram (I have a 1080). Crashed so bad the first time I had to re-install the game.
Performance is not good from the 5 minutes I've so far played (ram usage at 8GB@1440p) and cpu usage was 100% on all cores for the first minute or so. Also when going from 4K (my desktop) to 1440p the game was boxed with a border all round. Had to try in borderless windowed (before second crash). Hopefully Nvidia will bring out a driver that'll fix this mess.
Performance is not good from the 5 minutes I've so far played (ram usage at 8GB@1440p) and cpu usage was 100% on all cores for the first minute or so. Also when going from 4K (my desktop) to 1440p the game was boxed with a border all round. Had to try in borderless windowed (before second crash). Hopefully Nvidia will bring out a driver that'll fix this mess.
Yappadappadu
Member
So no PS4 button prompts?
That is like driving a Race Car and putting regular gas in it.
Blue Ninja
Member
I finished the Habitat 7 mission. Had some drops and stutters at first, but those cleared up once the game finished installing. Haven't noticed any big ones after that.Runs fine except for some framedrops that momentarily took me out of the experience. I am hoping this will get better later on in the game and if not, hope they patch it. Maybe you played a lot more than me though. I'm not a good judge now.
... Every other month they bust your machine/half of your games?
There are times it can add a LOT to performance.
The latest driver seems fine and stable so go for it.
The Salt Life
Banned
I'm wondering if I should get a pro for this game.
Between this and Horizon it maybe time.
For now I'll enjoy it on xb1
Between this and Horizon it maybe time.
For now I'll enjoy it on xb1
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Good to hear. Yeah i am still in that mission, i thought it looked really quite damn good there. Good to know beforehand that the X1 version is looking fine because it's the version i am getting.
How are you liking it so far?
By the way it's probably best to fully quit/close the game on Xbox One when i turn the console off, right? I am using instant on, don't want to risk seeing a message tomorrow that my trial is over. Instant on is still fine though, as long as i fully quite the game, right?
Dre_G_Writer
Member
I wanted to ask you guys, are yall getting input lag when aiming???
Like when you move the analog, do you notice the aim cursor is slightly late??? Like I notice it's not 1:1 and its making playing the game feel really weird, like im having a hard time aiming with the input lag.
I need to know if its me only, or if anyone else to experiencing this.
SlasherJPC
Banned
So I got EA access but Andromeda isn't showing. Anyone else have this issue?
Wow, the first hour of the game feels shit.
The graphics and sound are superb but the rest...?
Oh boy oh boy
Picked hard difficulty and Biotics as training.
Combat feels kinda wonky, you can not change shoulders while ads (or I haven't found it) which makes some engagements weird. I don't like the new passive cover system.
Sometimes I just... die?But I guess this is part of getting used to what enemies can and can not do.
Powers feel okay, have unlocked several at level 2.
There's also a really cheap horde engagement close to the beginning of the game so that's already really off putting.
Why the hell are the aliens humanoid AGAIN? Is this Stargate all over again?
Controls on mouse+kb are okay.
The graphics and sound are superb but the rest...?
Oh boy oh boy
Picked hard difficulty and Biotics as training.
Combat feels kinda wonky, you can not change shoulders while ads (or I haven't found it) which makes some engagements weird. I don't like the new passive cover system.
Sometimes I just... die?But I guess this is part of getting used to what enemies can and can not do.
Powers feel okay, have unlocked several at level 2.
There's also a really cheap horde engagement close to the beginning of the game so that's already really off putting.
Why the hell are the aliens humanoid AGAIN? Is this Stargate all over again?
Controls on mouse+kb are okay.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
Have to go to the store page, link is there.
Blue Ninja
Member
I always quit and use energy saving mode, but I'd definitely quit the app.
It takes a while to get used to the controls, but I'm starting to get the hang of it. Really liked what I've played so far.
Faces aren't all that good, though, especially for human characters. But that's my only real gripe, game's a damn looker otherwise.
Is it terrible? I read that on Neo GAF dot com
SlasherJPC
Banned
Got it. Thanks!
After a couple hours on X1 my hype is dead, it looks bad on the X1, muddy with poor resolution. Janky animations and bugs are rife already. The writing and voice acting is meh so far, such a bad opening for the start of a new chapter in Mass Effect. The creator is bad also which is annoying.
MP is fun though despite the visuals, although they seem to have overcomplicated a few things.
Going to restart on PC tomorrow and give it another shot. I love Mass Effect and Dragon Age so I can't imagine skipping this but as it stands I'm thinking I don't want to suffer though it if it doesn't get better.
MP is fun though despite the visuals, although they seem to have overcomplicated a few things.
Going to restart on PC tomorrow and give it another shot. I love Mass Effect and Dragon Age so I can't imagine skipping this but as it stands I'm thinking I don't want to suffer though it if it doesn't get better.
GinoFelino
Member
Thanks Origin Access for saving me 40 eurobucks
I might be in the same boat, but for 80 AUD.
Going to play out the 10 hour trial, but 2 hours in I'm not feeling it, this is stuff on the critical path and yet it still seems like almost no care was taken to ensure they were putting their best foot forward.
You have to have something that impersonates the Xbox controller and no DS4 prompts.
xZoneHunter
Member
Played for two hours. So far my quick impressions are solid gameplay, interesting setup but horrendous faces. It's literally not possible to not laugh whenever there is a dialogue scene going on.
Also tried to get into a mp session once, but got kicked out as soon as it started. Will try that again tomorrow!
Prompts are for xbox, ds4 works fine.
Also tried to get into a mp session once, but got kicked out as soon as it started. Will try that again tomorrow!
Prompts are for xbox, ds4 works fine.
I've been PC gaming for over a decade now and have NEVER had a driver break anything. I'm not saying it is impossible, but it's nowhere near that prevalent to be scared of updating or even say it breaks half your games every other month rofl
Are you still downloading by any chance? People are reporting better performance as well as no stutter after the download finishes.
Game considers menu to be level, can be found in levels folder. Most likely running without FPS cap.