Then literally every game needing to be patched is an Early Access game. So pretty much every game, ever.
Never played a game that was perfect at launch, ever.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda gets major patches after launch
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Then literally every game needing to be patched is an Early Access game. So pretty much every game, ever.
Never played a game that was perfect at launch, ever.
Not all of them chummy.
The game has issues but the title is BS. Have you ever genuinely enjoyed a 7/10? It's ok.
BioWare isn't even drastically altering the game, they are fixing animations where they can and squashing bugs and adding QOL improvements. How does that equate Early Access? The hyperbole surrounding this game is something truly special to see.
BioWare isn't even drastically altering the game, they are fixing animations where they can and squashing bugs and adding QOL improvements. How does that equate Early Access? The hyperbole surrounding this game is something truly special to see.
HelloNewman
Member
The multiplayer is trash in a third person cover based shooter with space magic everyone just melees like it's Destiny the day swords came out. And only I think 4 classes out of 26 or 27 are supposed to melee the only good weapons are sniper rifles and one grenade launcher everything else tickles.
Supposedly they are rebalancing it, but the details won't be revealed till the patch hits tomorrow. Agreed though, probably the least fun combat mechanic (the melee) is also by far the most powerful weapon in the multiplayer. It's not a huge problem that melee is a viable build, but so many other builds feel super weak at the higher difficulties and it's not fun at all using a power that takes off 1/20th of the lowest enemy's health followed by unloading a full clip into them and they still don't go down.
That said, calling the game "early access" or a "$60 beta test" is pretty ridiculous. The game is pretty feature complete, it needs a lot of QoL improvements and bug fixes but this isn't like a KotOR 2 situation where the game literally isn't even finished. It needs polish, and the devs are giving it that. They're even going so far as to rewrite some of the conversations in the game, which is surprising and is something I hope they do more of going forward.
Did the MP in that game ever end up working?
It works now. Though there are still bugs in the game, it's a night and day difirence from when the game first launched and 343i wouldn't have received most of the backlash they have gotten if it was released in the condition it is in now.
ScientificPizza
Banned
That's a terrible, terrible title
As I play Horizon, and marvel at how rock solid it is and super-polished, and how that is getting even more support and tweaking, I acknowledge my standards might be pretty damn high following it.
... And, thankfully, I imagine I can still be enjoying Horizon until Andromeda gets patched up.
... And, thankfully, I imagine I can still be enjoying Horizon until Andromeda gets patched up.
Indeed. Mass Effect was my favorite franchise last generation, and Mass Effect 2 was my favorite title. I haven't bought ME: Andromeda, and don't plan to anytime soon. Might as well let them iron out what they can. I got Zelda, I can wait.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
A vast majority of my issues with Andromeda have strictly nothing to do with production and technical faults. Sometimes I have no idea what experience others are having to associate the game with Early Access.
This reminds me so much of Mass Effect 3 in that vocal portions of the press and community and vehemently complaining about X, which for me seems trivial when we could be discussing the faults of Y.
This reminds me so much of Mass Effect 3 in that vocal portions of the press and community and vehemently complaining about X, which for me seems trivial when we could be discussing the faults of Y.
VenomousCoffee
Member
Criticize the game for launching with so many bugs? Absolutely.
Criticize the developers for listening to the fans about how to improve the game? Fucking what.
Criticize the developers for listening to the fans about how to improve the game? Fucking what.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
Just when I thought the hyperbole surrounding ME:A couldnt get any worse this thread appears. I guess Witcher 3 was early access as well, and essentially every game released in recent years.
Yes, this so much. ME:A is a flawed game, but its significant flaws - certainly, its interesting flaws - are in my opinion in its narrative choices, quest design, and writing, and have little to do with the game being unfinished. There are a lot of fair criticisms of the game, but I really don't think "unfinished" is one of them.
I suppose you could argue that the conversations animations feel "unfinished," with some significant impact on the feel of the game, but mostly they're just bad. Unless a few more months in the oven would give them enough time to totally redo them (I'm guessing it wouldn't), this game was always going to struggle there. Certainly, I would be shocked if their post hoc tweaks make big strides there.
The Greek Freak
Member
Sadly no realistic patch can redo all the horrendous writing.
Dre_G_Writer
Member
The only thing I ccare about is the fucking crashes. The game crashed 4 times in a 2 hour span. Lost so much progress so these crashes. Got me saving every five minutes, and worried about continuing playing multiplayer and the game crashes in the middle of a match.
Gamer @ Heart
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You need to play more EA games if you honestly believe this. This game is a technical mess at times, but comparing this game to some of the shit that's out there on EA right now is insane to me.
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Lionel Richie
Member
That's way too harsh, makes no sense and it undermines his points fucking up the article essentially. Why some journalists still do this?
Plumpbiscuit
Member
I'm all for praising a developer for adding on new content to an experience or improving on something after release. However, I will not praise a developer or publisher for improving on something that was completely broken at launch. I paid $60 for Mass Effect Andromeda and expected a base quality level. Why should I praise better animations in a future patch?
PlayALLtheGames
Banned
Great excuse.
"We're improving it!"
That's like selling someone a lemon and claiming every trip to the garage is improving it.
If you got 70 hours of enjoyment from the game you got your 60 dollars worth wtf.