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Mass Effect: Andromeda | Review Thread
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SirPinkyNose
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I won't be surprised if he got death threats.
I am still going to pick up the game despite all the mediocre reviews. Even if its half as good as Mass Effect 2 was to me its worth the €48 I payed. I just hope they wont shelve the series, learn from their mistakes and make a killer follow up.
Hopefully they will fix the derpy animations in a patch though. Either by a community patch or official.
Hopefully they will fix the derpy animations in a patch though. Either by a community patch or official.
Audioboxer
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Sounds like they've regressed to "TellTale" levels of illusion. Except, TellTale often know their limits and still write good scripts that you accept are linear and don't really have much agency.
ME has always been propped up as one of the poster boys of choices with consequences. At this rate, a David Cage game is going to excel passed it.
Agent_4Seven
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Fuck it.
Kabuki Waq
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Wasn't the first mass effect also received poorly? A lot of people claim it's the best one.
Garrett Hawke
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I feel like this is proof that people need to let-go.jpg of arbitrary numbers.
Alien Isolation gets a thread on here every week about how good it was. Not saying that's going to be the case with Andromeda, but there is much more to games than a number.
brokenbeans
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Ah I see I misread a post and the reaction was such that I feared for the mans life, that'll be a GAF review thread.
You're going to have to put this in the title because apparently people either can't read or are too stupid to move the fuck on.
Garrett Hawke
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SirPinkyNose
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The engine was not very different. Bioware used it for Dragon Age Inquisition, which is even further from a shooter as Mass Effect is.
This outcome was made from incompetency, plain and simple.
As I always say, that is just the way it goes sometimes. Which is why I just follow my gut. If I strictly went by reviews, I would have missed out on some amazing games. Same goes for movies, books and music.
breakfuss
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No lol, the original trilogy is adored
Nah, it was received extremely well. People at the time recognized that it was kind of a mess, but it was a beautiful mess.
Resident4t.
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I would give the original Mass Effect games a 7/10 as well. I enjoyed those enough so this game sounds pretty good.
The combat in particular looks amazing.
The combat in particular looks amazing.
AlexFlame116
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Thanks guys!
Well I'm just remembering what many articles and tweets forwarded to me said. There was a big focus on romance scenes in my opinion.
It has a much higher Metacritic average, it had a state-of-the-art audiovisual presentation at its time, and it had a strong plot with well-executed pacing. 360 version was more of a technical mess.
78% isn't mediocre. It's great.
Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and stop you there. Getting some criticism from people suspicious of super positive impressions on a relatively average game from a dude who is neither a journalist not industry figure who just happens to get a free copy of the game straight from Bioware is far, far from the biggest issue in gaming. Its not even the worst Andromeda related thing thanks to the people harassing devs over the animations. Let's get some perspective here.
SirPinkyNose
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I'll play this game for a day to decide if I want to keep it or not. If the bugs and animation came out to be unacceptable I'll ask for a refund.
Oof...I never would have imagined a ME title reviewing in the mid to low 70's. While that's technically not a terrible review score, it is when compared to the reception of the original ME trilogy.
The reviews that state it's more like DA:I than ME confirmed my biggest concerns.
The reviews that state it's more like DA:I than ME confirmed my biggest concerns.
It has a 91 on metacritic, so no, it wasn't received badly at all. It had a lot of fault, but the peaks outweighed the troughs and there were some genuinely amazing moments in that game (and I'm much more critical of it than most Me fans).
Also remember, ME1 was genre defining - its was the first rpg to attempt what it did. It changed the industry (look at dialogue wheels now!). But the world has now moved on - Witcher 3 and Horizon are testament to that.
No. 91 on Metacritic for the original release. It was largely praised at release, with the exception of combat (which was entirely reworked for ME2) and the empty worlds/Mako controls (which were dumped for ME2).
brickarts295
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It has an 89/91 on PC/360.
I think the sequels fan base received it poorly because of the gameplay and other things.
Soul of the Beast
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The Turains in this game seems really off to me, the proportion is alright I guess but the voice acting and personality just seems...too human.
Seems my glass is almost empty because John Walker has been drinking from it.
No, this
MegaSackman
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I agree with Shinobi, The Order should be closer to 7, MGS V should be closer to 8. FFXV also has insane flaws that were given a pass when in other games were severely criticized
Bouncing around in the Mako was surprisingly fun when I replayed ME a few years ago.
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It is an odd trend. It's just a small, but very vocal, minority, but there's still so many people who always seem jaded, negative and cynical about gaming. Which is a hobby that we're presumably into as it brings us fun and happiness. Otherwise why bother?
I wonder if a lot of these folks are older AND disenchanted with the direction of mainstream gaming. I'm 38, so it's not just age as I love gaming more than ever. But current trends match my shifting tastes to easier games that are more about the world, characters, story etc. That's not all I like by any means, but more often than not I just want to veg out, relax and escape into a virtual experience.
My thoughts turned to age as I was thinking that I don't recall people being so cynical and jaded on movie forums back when I was more into that hobby and posting a ton. But then rememebered a few older people who were super negative about current movies and really only liked classics so I thought maybe it's something similar with gaming. But that doens't make as much sense as even if that were true the rise of indies gives those types more new "retro" type games to play than at any time in gaming history. Though they could still be jaded about not getting big budget games in the genres/styles they like I guess.
In any case, just odd to be so negative and cynical about a hobby. If it's not bringing you joy, maybe step back from it and be less engaged. Though I suppose the sad truth is many are just miserable people that enjoy bringing others down online and derive some sad joy for themselves out of that...
It was pretty well praised, state of the art a decade ago.
SirPinkyNose
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The thing is Mass Effect 1 was the first of it's kind. It's pretty much one of the first game to meld rpg into a shooter and it came out great.
not to mention the graphics was ahead of it's time.
not to mention the graphics was ahead of it's time.
-tetsuo-
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What is this supposed to mean to me? Wasn't Shadow of Mordor top 10 that year? Do i even need to say anything else?
He took heat for his negative preview, so I can understand if he wants to dish some back out now.
Mass Effect
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Put it in the title. Thread's moving kind of fast.
WascallyWabbit
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dang it, pre-order cancelled, i'm not too bummed since i do think i'll still pick it up when the price drops but with me still working on Witcher 3 and Persona 5 on the horizon, I just can't justify paying full price for this one
I'll give it a fair shot later on, but it does seem like they dropped the ball on what is my favorite franchise of games...
I'll give it a fair shot later on, but it does seem like they dropped the ball on what is my favorite franchise of games...
That's a terrible excuse. Dragon Age: Inquisition was in Frostbite also, looked great. Mass Effect is a shooter.
Also, UE3... I mean, you don't get much more "shooter-engine" than that.
I wonder what post-launch support Bioware will provide besides the usual Multiplayer Event stuff? Will they do the bare minimum effort and simply patch the worst of the bugs? Will they fix the eye shaders on human characters? Will they fix some of the most egregious lines of dialogue sequences? Will they add alternative appearances for party members? Will they do a ME:A Enhanced Edition with tons of fixes like CDProjekt RED? Etc.
or will they simply ride the frontloaded sales, release some minor stability patches, release the planned DLC, and then move on?
or will they simply ride the frontloaded sales, release some minor stability patches, release the planned DLC, and then move on?
It probably means, like a lot of games shit on around here, that there's actually a pretty large fanbase that likes it, they just don't like engaging in the shit-throwing and negativity all the damned time.
Both of those are great games is what it is saying to you. You may not agree but that doesn't mean that everyone feels that way about them.
Steve Youngblood
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I'm willing to put up with a lag in acknowledgment if it means not having to enact some obnoxious title change.
SomedayTheFire
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that it was very well received.
brokenbeans
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Wow ok DAI gets shit on from a great height round here and that got #4 on GAF GOTY lmao
SuperBanana
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DA:I used the same engine. It looked fantastic.
Garrett Hawke
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have they outlined a dlc plan?
I imagine they'll do a few fixes of bigger omissions similar to the black emporium in inquisition but not much past that.
Game was great. WOuld easily be in my top 10 of that year.
Audioboxer
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lol.
There will be some salvage effort, but on that scale? Nah. EA are probably already planning to gut the team besides skeleton staff to keep the MP going for a year.
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