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Mass Effect: Andromeda - Game Informer Details (Combat, story, more) [Up: All Info]
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Freezasaurus
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They could have just made a Mass Effect dating sim and I would still buy it. :|
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
I'm 99.5% sure IM placed a sleeper agent aboard the Ark.
APZonerunner
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I think the thing about Garrus is that he only really stepped into his own once he was kicked off the Citadel Security and all his faith in the system which was shaky to begin with was completely shattered. That and all he then goes on to lose on Omega before Shepard reunites with him really makes the Garrus that's better known and better loved. There's plenty of character to Garrus in ME1, but he doesn't arrive as fully-formed as Wrex or Mordin do. There's nothing wrong with that, but I just can see why people would say that about Garrus.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
I remember this occurring on a low-key level, as well as the 'WHY DID YOU DO X' berating by the council and such in earlier MEs, but I'm hoping for more....mid-level branching.
Admittedly, it'd be much harder to build that big of a weave, but something along the lines of Alpha Protocol would be sick.
For example, something akin to being a mage in DA:I having you start with a lower approval rating in DA:I during the Orlais sequence was a nice touch that tied back to a more 'major' choice of your character creation, and the implications therein to the Andrastian faith.
MasterMenace
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Hype Overdrive Initiated!
Need that gameplay trailer tho.
Need that gameplay trailer tho.
Dandy Lyin
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I think I'd actually be fine if Ryder had a set first name for VA purposes. As long as I can modify my appearance, I think it would still feel like my character.
IcyRhythms
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I want to see gameplay as well. Don't care about any of this stuff. I'm assuming we won't see anything until E3.
CrichtonKicks
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That makes no sense- the PC wasn't voiced in DAO but everyone else was. So people calling you "The Warden" was every bit as common as ME and the other Bioware games.
And with DA:I while they used Herald and Inquisitor more commonly, characters would refer to your given surname too.
And with DA2, Hawke is used way, way more than "Champion".
Uh, the release date is Spring 2017.
ArchedThunder
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All sounds pretty good, though I am pretty tired of crafting systems.
I'm glad they ditched the binary "Renegade/Paragon" system.
I'm glad they ditched the binary "Renegade/Paragon" system.
SchrodingerC
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Bioware better not bring back that obnoxious organization, even if it was just a 'discover the sleeper agent' side mission.
Oh man no more red/blue dumbness. This is excellent.
EventHorizon
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I'm usually on the other side of this argument, but Mass Effect: Andromeda appears to be lacking in story. The first game was the first one where I said that I'd watch a movie with it's premise, and the game felt like I was playing that movie. As the series went on the narrative became more fractured. Instead of playing a movie, it felt like experiencing a series of novellas. Now it sounds like the story is a loose framework to hold together gameplay and smaller stories.
Maybe if I see some gameplay it'll be enough to replace what's been lost in story. Or, maybe we'll get a story trailer that returns back to that old magic. Admittedly I'm being hard on ME:A. That's because I've loved the series so much in the past, and I'm judging it against that high standard. I still think Mass Effect: Andromeda is a good game. I'm just not yet convinced that it's great.
Maybe if I see some gameplay it'll be enough to replace what's been lost in story. Or, maybe we'll get a story trailer that returns back to that old magic. Admittedly I'm being hard on ME:A. That's because I've loved the series so much in the past, and I'm judging it against that high standard. I still think Mass Effect: Andromeda is a good game. I'm just not yet convinced that it's great.
More like TGA which is next month already. Not that long of a wait.
GodlyTwins
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Fuck yeah, no class system! Day 1 for sure.
You don't care about setting or characters? :c
That'd be pretty great if they had a "Discover The Sleeper Agent" side mission that turned out to be nothing.
Ok so that trailer was a huge let down for me personally. My biggest fear is that this will be Mass Effect: Inquisition and this trailer made it look like exactly that. Also could they be more on the nose with that last line? "what makes you special", so Spectre/Warden/Inquisitor and now... Pathfinder? Why can't we just be a person.
DangerMouse
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Sounds really promising, can't wait for more.
I thought the tech demo was pretty nice showing off some of the graphics and animation/movement.
I thought the tech demo was pretty nice showing off some of the graphics and animation/movement.
Becasue you are playing as a person of some significant importance.
And all important persons carry a title. Be it a senator, a major, a president or an admiral etc .
EdibleKnife
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You ain't joking. Speaking of, I love the news about a more nuanced relationship system. The idea of some characters wanting flings and some wanting more seems like it might give way to some more relational drama rather than just picking a waifu and doing everything right for some boning. Glad that it sounds more rewarding
Freezasaurus
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Yeah, it looked like some of the straps on the player character's outfit had their own physics.
Not having clear cut Good vs Evil system shouldn't mean you can't play asshole.
Poodlestrike
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They're just trying to make it less binary, which is commendable. Not everything in DA:I was "but thou must."
Lets be honest here... there is no way, whatever dialogue system they decide to use, that people will ever be happy 100% about it...
I mean look at this from a developer standpoint. You try to get feedback and its literally all over the place... "oh god I hate Paragon/renegade system", "oh no they removed the best part of the dialogue wheel"...
Its literally a lose lose situation... or a win - win one, depending on how adaptable you are as a gamer. I have no issues with either way. I will settle with what they offer, as long as it is well made.
RPGCrazied
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The trailer looks good to me. Now if they can release it without bugs would be a miracle. Don't think I like no more paragon/renegade system. I really liked that. Sometimes you just want Shepard to be a snarky asshole. 
EatChildren
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Yeah, it does sound like Inquisition, which I prefer. The more the lines can be blurred, and less transparent in influence, more organic I guess is the term I'm going for, the better off the narrative interaction can be. I feel this is a cornerstone of good role playing; I don't need an abundance of stats, but I do feel that causality from my actions, which includes behavioral via character interaction, is essential.
The wording just makes it sound a bit like you do indeed choose how to speak and respond to people, but the weight of influence and impact is trivialized or non-existent. Hopefully not, because yeah, that's an objectively huge regression of role playing complexity that really doesn't have a lot to begin with.
Something like Inquisition is great though, and I think tonal choices plus the removal of paragon/renegade are good steps.
Dandy Lyin
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I don't think they are removing rude/snarky/asshole dialogue options... They just aren't tracking them as some sort of overall moral scale.The trailer looks good to me. Now if they can release it without bugs would be a miracle. Don't think I like no more paragon/renegade system. I really liked that. Sometimes you just want Shepard to be a snarky asshole.
The takeaway shouldn't be "Lets take away all choice and instead streamline all dialogue options to the same result just in different tones".
But thats exactly what they did in DA:I (as opposod to DA:O). So im not gonna give them the benefit of doubt.
ROUGE_BLOCK
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The dialogue system sounds much more natural, nice to see ambiguous morality being introduced instead being locked to good way extreme and aggressive get shot done asshole.
Well, they removed the ability to be racist human supremacist Shepard after ME1 where they potentially
let the council die to advance humankind.
True but all of the above is only an assumption of yours. We need to see the actual execution and then decide whether its as poorly handled as you describe.
Something tells me it cant be that bad or horrible.
Vital Tundra
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The biggest problem with no classes is having to wait till level 15 or whatever higher level before you actually feel like your playing the roll you want. Skyrim did it and not only did it make early game completely boring but it killed replay value.
600 years after.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Starts during, mostly takes place well after.
Son Of Sparda
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Ehhh, am I the only one who is worried that this might be too familiar to DA:I?!
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Wtf is that? Can't just list the options and let me choice one without showing me some sort of icon to make sure I understand what I'm saying? You know, like DA:O or Witcher series.
There are plenty of good things they can take from DA:I. And they seem to address the main problems people had with DA: I as well.
I wonder if the those 4 dialogue option tones means that paraphrasing is out and we only get to pick the tone without seeing the content, like Alpha Protocol, or if the you get to pick the line and the tone, or if every pharaprased line has a tone assigned to it.
If they remove the pharaphrasing entirely, id be pretty bummed out.
If they remove the pharaphrasing entirely, id be pretty bummed out.
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