DevilDog
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You can definitely make some great ones. Depends on how much you put into it.
She is supposed to be smirking here.
Man the character creation screws up the animations huh?
Unless I'm remembering incorrectly.
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She is supposed to be smirking here.
Man the character creation screws up the animations huh?
Unless I'm remembering incorrectly.
TC McQueen
Member
Has EA ever done a GotY version? I know they sure as fuck haven't done it for the Mass Effect games, and I doubt they'll do it for MEA.
Foxhound286
Member
They did one for Inquisition.
Dragon Age Inquistion had one.
Some of the flirting dialogue options
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G5p35RopZw&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G5p35RopZw&feature=youtu.be
AWizardDidIt
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Yes, that expression seems perfectly natural to me given the context of the scene.
Freezasaurus
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Hm. My Andromeda PS4 preload just started. :3
Cross-Section
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RPS's John Walker with an scathing impression on the first few hours.
Worth noting that he hasn't played Inquisition, by the looks of it.
Worth noting that he hasn't played Inquisition, by the looks of it.
Dandy Lyin
Member
At first I was like, "Oh look. John Walker is cranky again."
But some of the stuff he mentions is legitimately worrisome... Like, the example of Gil's dialogue is baaaad. "I tend to live the way I work: kinda ”feel it, do it." Not a lot of close ties, no real sense of purpose."
Cross-Section
Member
It's an awkward line on paper, that's for sure. Maybe sounds better in-game, but yeeeaah, I don't know.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Refreshingly different perspective after the almost universally positive previews. If we see a few more like this Andromeda could prove to be divisive.
SliChillax
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So I bought Origin Access and pre ordered the game a few days ago but the game says it will pre load on the 17th. Some people on Reddit have screenshots of the game unlocking on the 15th, I'm confused.
Haha when female Ryder try to hit on the gay guy. Her weird facial animation doesn't help,
This from John's Walker preview worry me:
Systolique
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Do we have an ETA on when does the pre-load start for the PC early access?
StereoVsn
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Oh, damn, that sounds quite awful. So DAI x MMO quest design is back, writing is terrible and the interface is plain bad.
SerAardvark
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The conversation's awkward in general. The dialogue has been pretty hit or miss for me, though - like I thought they were trying a bit too hard with the comedy in Liam's loyalty mission too.
People complained about it when they showed PeeBee's loyalty mission and Bioware said there wouldn't be much handholding...so I'm hoping it might just be due to it being at the start of the game? It's definitely a concern, though.
Systolique
Member
The segment from John Walker about quests is puzzling as Bioware made a specific marketing point as to say they took inspirations from The Witcher 3's sidequests after looking at what didn't work in DA:I
shinobi602
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Honestly after reading it, it seems totally left field from everything I've read today from other outlets.
StereoVsn
Member
Well, there is marketing and there is reality I guess especially if this isn't their A-team. Most of the dialogue in the streams/videos did look pretty suspect.
Retrofluxed
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There are sidequests and there are lesser involved "tasks". Perhaps that is what he was complaining about.
Facial animation is really mediocre sometimes. Like they got them halfway and said fuck it for finishing them properly.
I don't know why it wasn't that distracting in the original trilogy for me(I mean, they weren't great there either). Maybe because of the overall graphical upgrade, I'm expecting good animations too? I dunno.
Hopefully i'll get used to it, or some patches will improve them. The rest look fantastic at least.
Blue Ninja
Member
By the way, people, just an FYI: the OT isn't going up until the 20th. I still have some work on it and I'm waiting for some final input from my collaborators. Someone can make a discussion thread for the EA access trial if they want, not sure if anyone claimed that yet.
DeadlyParasite
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Won't be much longer before we need a new Community Thread either.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/07/07/inside-review-pc/
He described INSIDE as "an empty, procedural, albeit often beautiful platform game with not a single original idea in its belt" and called the ending "utterly dreadful."
Yeah I don't gel with this dude's views at all lol
He described INSIDE as "an empty, procedural, albeit often beautiful platform game with not a single original idea in its belt" and called the ending "utterly dreadful."
Yeah I don't gel with this dude's views at all lol
Retrofluxed
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It is John Walker. Sometimes he comes off as contrarian just to be contrarian. But, his preview fits Neogaf's narrative so expect to see it quoted a bunch with either "uh oh" or dead.jpg
Yeah it seems like hes trying to dislike it
Royal_Phalanx
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A lot of this reviewer's story 'criticisms' are needless bullshit nitpicking. Only real concerning things are his notes on the quests. Hopefully he's just been doing the Horizon style "tasks" mostly. Is contrarian to all other reviews so I'm looking at this with a very skeptical eye. Something is wrong if he diverges so far from everyone else's impressions.
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Lmao
shinobi602
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It's also suspect because real sidequests don't open up until you clear Eos, of which the content after Eos aren't a part of the previews.
Ok I was getting worried but that put thing into perspective. Inside was one of the best game I played last year... I don't think I'll care about that guy opinion anymore
If you don't have them already, PM me for the ME-GAF Discord logo and link if you're inclined to include it in the OP.
shinobi602
Member
What the fuck lol...that was Liam and the scene was perfectly fine...Jesus.
DeadlyParasite
Member
Bunch of people are starting to stream the game on twitch, which means I now have to sacrifice a big source of daily entertainment to avoid spoilers. This last week is going to be miserable outside the 10 trial hours lol.
Yeah, I watched a stream that had that scene and the Liam scene seemed fitting to me. Walker and I will just have to disagree about that.
lucebuce12
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my friend would like to know too.
Also, is anyone having trouble getting the pre-load started? Can't seem to find an option for it. When I open the menu on my purchased list, it doesn't give me an option to download the game when I select it, only the option to download the pre-order bonus DLC.
Freezasaurus
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Mine just started automatically. I was surprised because preloads don't usually start until the Sunday before release.
Foxhound286
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The same thing happened to me on PS4. I decided to restart the console, then it started downloading automatically.
Retrofluxed
Member
For those wondering, looks like Suvi swings to the female persuasion.
lucebuce12
Member
Well the PS4 I'm logged in on isn't my primary, that's why it's not downloading automatically. Since I'm not getting the option to download it manually, I'll just try making it the primary until it starts downloading.
Thanks!
prag16
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Maaan that Gamespot impression thread is absolutely brutal. People are absolutely trashing the game, possibly worse than I've seen yet. Complete circle jerk of hate and/or concern trolling.
The RPS piece, yikes. "Refreshing" is how EatChildren described it. Barf. But reading through it, the only thing that may be a concern is the DA:I style questing. But he seems to be nearly on an island with that one among previewers, and with most of the rest of his criticisms too for that matter.
Not saying he's necessarily doing this, but if I wanted to be a cynical concern troll, I could spin Horizon to sound just about this bad too.
As for the "unrevealed character" tweet, sounds like that's just Jaal. He doesn't show up until after the unembargoed portion.
The RPS piece, yikes. "Refreshing" is how EatChildren described it. Barf. But reading through it, the only thing that may be a concern is the DA:I style questing. But he seems to be nearly on an island with that one among previewers, and with most of the rest of his criticisms too for that matter.
Not saying he's necessarily doing this, but if I wanted to be a cynical concern troll, I could spin Horizon to sound just about this bad too.
As for the "unrevealed character" tweet, sounds like that's just Jaal. He doesn't show up until after the unembargoed portion.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Makes sense that he can't say anything about him if you get him after you finish up Eos.
shinobi602
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I have no problems following or navigating the UI. YMMV.
lucebuce12
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The only thing really souring me on my pre-order is the reports of the performance on base PS4 
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I find alternate viewpoints in general refreshing as I think it's important to erode echochamber discussion regardless of positivity or negativity. Like Stirling's review of Zelda is one I appreciate due to its articulation and perspective, knowing it's coming from an honest place, even if I disagree with a number of his criticism.
Similarly my view on most of Naughty Dog's games; I tend to be in a general minority, but that wouldn't stop me from penning a review with those thoughts.
I only have an issue with positive and negative critique when it's poorly articulated and lacking substance in reasoning. In those cases the written work is just boring and uninteresting to me.
Similarly my view on most of Naughty Dog's games; I tend to be in a general minority, but that wouldn't stop me from penning a review with those thoughts.
I only have an issue with positive and negative critique when it's poorly articulated and lacking substance in reasoning. In those cases the written work is just boring and uninteresting to me.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Hmm.
Fun stuff, but I was kind of hoping from the pre-release 'Scott and Sara have different personalities' talk leading to actual somewhat different dialogue.
Both in the opening missions and here, it's been, if not the exact same, so minute that I haven't noticed anything different.
Understandable, sure, but aside from gender-exclusive romances, it's also another knock against replayability. Sure, there's different approaches re: Logic, passionate, etc...but I don't know if that's gonna be enough, save for maybe one 'optimal' playthrough down the line if I don't use the equivalent of the DA tapestry site.
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