How many hours in are you?
Guaranteed she will as long as she went full media blackout.I have a friend so excited for the release she's on media blackout for this, including review scores. She's got it preordered and shut me down when I tried to at least draw her attention to checking out a review first, oh well. Hopefully she'll enjoy it anyway.
From the ACG review, they said there were a few tracks that were remixed from the original trilogy. Other than that, it's pretty mediocre.Since none of the reviews seem to mention it much, anyone know how good the soundtrack is?
Karak's review said that it was very sparse, minimalistic, and occasionally drops out when you're exploring.Since none of the reviews seem to mention it much, anyone know how good the soundtrack is?
I have a friend so excited for the release she's on media blackout for this, including review scores. She's got it preordered and shut me down when I tried to at least draw her attention to checking out a review first, oh well. Hopefully she'll enjoy it anyway.
Saw this on twitter
So basically FFXV?I've had a vision and here is what I think is going to happen.
The majority of people that wind up getting this now or in the future are going to play it. They are going to have fun. And then they are going to agree with the score. Loving the game and the time they had with it while at the same time wanting things to get better in the future.
Going after gangs, solving mysteries and helping people around the Citadel (Mass Effect) and Taris (KOTOR) were some of my favorite moments in Bioware games. When they first announced Mass Effect 4 and hinted that they'd abandon the lone hero/savior of the galaxy trope I was hoping they'd go in this direction...
Oh well, at least we have Cyberpunk 2077.
If the new IP takes off, will there be a future? Don't know if they'll go back to Mass Effect if the new IP takes off and they shut down Montreal.
Sure those people can be proud of their work on the game. That's not the same thing as being proud of the game itself. I've worked on bad projects that were mismanaged from the top and doomed to fail. Poorly defined goals. Constantly changing specs. Management not listening to the tech guys, and telling us "Just make it work". I was still proud of my work and what I was able to do despite the problems, but in no way was I going to say I was proud of the project. I'd complain about that just like everybody else.One person is not responsible for this game. The comparison is crazy. Studying for a test is straightforward. Getting hundreds of people to work together over the course of years of bad management and grueling work? Not so straightforward. The people who worked in an environment like that, put in the hours, and produced a game that millions of people are going to enjoy have every right to be proud, lowish Metascore or not.
Karak's review said that it was very sparse, minimalistic, and occasionally drops out when you're exploring.
awwww boooo. I was expecting more from the series that brought us the godliness that is suicide mission.From the ACG review, they said there were a few tracks that were remixed from the original trilogy. Other than that, it's pretty mediocre.
Next Mass Effect (assuming they ever make one) should focus on you running around the Citadel solving crimes and shit. Space P.I. with a lower budget and more contained/focused story.
I just want Prey 2
Going after gangs, solving mysteries and helping people around the Citadel (Mass Effect) and Taris (KOTOR) were some of my favorite moments in Bioware games. When they first announced Mass Effect 4 and hinted that they'd abandon the lone hero/savior of the galaxy trope I was hoping they'd go in this direction...
Oh well, at least we have Cyberpunk 2077.
The animations have been discussed to death, rebirth, and then death again so I won't bother with them. Until I eventually play the game proper I just can't hide my disappointment at how such an amazing premise was ruined.
Essentially, Andromeda's basic elevator pitch is "you are head of a group colonizing a far-flung galaxy." That sounds amazing and practically writes itself. Internal politics, mutinies, harsh alien environments, natives you need to negotiate with and understand or kill and conquer. Instead, the game decides to focus on the most generic "chosen one must fight big bad" storyline out there and, as I've explained in other threads, doesn't even accomplish it all that well. Playing through the opening I got no sense of things being alien, or new, I was fighting a race of identical-looking dudes with an evil leader, I was still fighting the Reapers/Geth/Cerberus. Then when I got back to the not-Citadel I just became Shepherd: Slightly Awkward Edition, a guy/girl who has to defeat a faceless alien threat in order to save everyone, I wanted to be Picard: Slightly Awkward Edition instead. The game even sets up a potential power struggle in Cora yet brushes it aside almost immediately.
That its gameplay seems to be so in line with DA:I in terms of overall structure just further adds to my disappointment, but the main thing I dislike is how such a unique subject matter for a story has been completely mishandled.
This sounds a little disappointing in that it doesn't innovate enough, and is kinda janky, but I'm sure I'll still have a good time. It's still a Mass Effect game. The real question is if I want to pay $60 or wait a few months until it's $40.
I'm told the game actually comes together in the ways you described, plotwise, by the second and third acts. I'm mostly bummed about the general consensus regarding the new conversation system being a dud and not allowing much player agency, but we'll see how it goes.I've finished the Prologue and (was blocked by installation) before the first proper mission on Eos. I know that the things I mentioned will likely come up in side quests but the game doesn't seem that it has the writing chops to make up for its "ancient evil" main plot. There's also the fact that, as rashbeep said before, there's only 2 new alien races; one of which is a generic race of war-fighting identical men that look like they're straight out of bloody Saints Row IV.
Dude, have you seen the new Amazon pilot for OASIS? I want a game like that! Why can't I have a game like that?!
Something slow and les focused on combat. Something intimate where you really get to know people. And a mystery that you are trying to solve while not set on a large stage.
Moreover, the environment in OASIS is very simplistic with the desert landscape and the futuristic concrete habitats and definitely something that could be very well and more easily done that most complex stages set in other game worlds.
Fuck, more series to watchDude, have you seen the new Amazon pilot for OASIS? I want a game like that! Why can't I have a game like that?!
Something slow and less focused on combat. Something intimate where you really get to know people. And a mystery that you are trying to solve while not set on a large stage.
Moreover, the environment in OASIS is very simplistic with the desert landscape and the futuristic concrete habitats and definitely something that could be very well and more easily done that most complex stages set in other game worlds.
The ship has sailedWell... Bioware is officially out of my safe studios list now...
Damn I used to stay awake at night the days before release of their older games because of the hype
Don't understand this?
Why? Caveat emptor, baby. It's not like the game is fundamentally broken in the same way that some steam greenlight and early access titles are. Why should a retail chain be expected to tell a prospective customer not to purchase a decent if not amazing entry in a long running franchise? What would they even say? "You shouldn't buy it. It's only got a 75 on metacritic, so you definitely won't enjoy it," or something?Omg. I hope all the GameStop clerks around the country at least TRY to warn people before they cash them out for this game.
Omg. I hope all the GameStop clerks around the country at least TRY to warn people before they cash them out for this game.
Oh, thought there was a deeper meaning behind this.Its a social media post listing of the metacritic (review aggregate website) scores of all the games in the Mass Effect franchise, meant to compare and contrast Andromeda's relatively low score in the 70s with the original 3 games which were all 90s.
Are you telling us you like Paul BlartWhy? Caveat emptor, baby. It's not like the game is fundamentally broken in the same way that some steam greenlight and early access titles are. Why should a retail chain be expected to tell a prospective customer not to purchase a decent if not amazing entry in a long running franchise? What would they even say? "You shouldn't buy it. It's only got a 75 on metacritic, so you definitely won't enjoy it," or something?
Name one sphere of entertainment where this would be expected. I can just picture it at the cinema:
"Two tickets to Paul Blart: Fart Mart, please."
"Uh... Sir, that movie is shit, with a 4 on Rotten Tomatoes. You should probably see 'Depressing Indie Drama' instead, as it's Certified Fresh."
Nah. The buyer should be responsible for making informed decisions about their purchases.
I would have thought that the subtitle I gave the fictional sequel would be indication enough of how I view those films lolAre you telling us you like Paul Blart
Why? Caveat emptor, baby. It's not like the game is fundamentally broken in the same way that some steam greenlight and early access titles are. Why should a retail chain be expected to tell a prospective customer not to purchase a decent if not amazing entry in a long running franchise? What would they even say? "You shouldn't buy it. It's only got a 75 on metacritic, so you definitely won't enjoy it," or something?
Name one sphere of entertainment where this would be expected. I can just picture it at the cinema:
"Two tickets to Paul Blart: Fart Mart, please."
"Uh... Sir, that movie is shit, with a 4 on Rotten Tomatoes. You should probably see 'Depressing Indie Drama' instead, as it's Certified Fresh."
Nah. The buyer should be responsible for making informed decisions about their purchases.
Good thing you've played through the game like they haveGamespot was pretty mean by giving the game a 6, this is insane, I don't believe it is that bad, from what I've seen it's probably an 8 but nothing less. Sure the animations are wonky and the missions generic but that doesn't justify a 6...
I really hate that they made an open world game out of mass effect, they should have just stuck with the ME3 concept and create a great compelling game with the same engine.
Idk fart mart sounds like a good timeI would have thought that the subtitle I gave the fictional sequel would be indication enough of how I view those films lol
Good thing you've played through the game like they have
Kinda unreal to see so many write Bioware off after one lukewarm product. Especially when GG just went from Shadowfall to Horizon.
Playing the game doesn't matter if you wanna give it a score?It doesn't matter, I've played No Man's Sky and that got a 7 from GameSpot, I can't imagine a world where this crap is better than Mass Effect, even if it has problems.
It's honestly a damn shame what happened here.
I saw someone in the last thread compare it to Destiny ending up in the 70-range on Metacritic but that's just not a fair comparison. Destiny is an MMO-lite. It constantly changes over time and it was nearly undeniably a mess in its first few months.
Mass Effect: Andromeda is going to stay Mass Effect: Andromeda. They might fix some things here and there but it's incredibly unlikely that it makes the jump Destiny did with House of Wolves and then The Taken King.
Like I said before, I think Bioware absolutely needed this to be 90+ on Metacritic due to the backlash against ME3 and the wait between games. This has to be an incredible disappointment for them.
Omg. I hope all the GameStop clerks around the country at least TRY to warn people before they cash them out for this game.
She probably will. As would most people who are free to come to their own conclusions rather than the rampant negativity of the internet.
I enjoyed so many more games back in the ps2/GC/Xbox era before I became a forum junkee.
This happened to me with Red Steel
Omg. I hope all the GameStop clerks around the country at least TRY to warn people before they cash them out for this game.
i'm... perplexed..
with all the shit this game is getting on gaf and on other forums, i'd expect a lot of review under the 7... either people are wrong, or there's some serious moneyhatting ongoing...
ME1 was always the weakest of the original trilogy for me (unpopular opinion I know), so as soon as they seemed to be heavily basing it off ME1 I was disappointed.
ME2 was sublime. One of the best games I've ever played. The combination of solid gameplay, roleplaying and the epic story really felt amazing to me. That suicide mission music & you leading the squad you'd built carefully... nothing has come close in terms of story for me since.
I'll wait until this drops to a reasonable price at Christmas... I'd say I'd buy a decent sequel, but something tells me if this does poorly EA are more likely to fund that Remastered Trilogy they've been denying for years.