I guess they have cinematography in Mass Effect universum. Those Jim Carrey impressions is one thing to fear but some late editions of the game could have many things fixed.
Gaming Mass Effect: Andromeda (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
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I guess they have cinematography in Mass Effect universum. Those Jim Carrey impressions is one thing to fear but some late editions of the game could have many things fixed.
We would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for those pesky SJWs!
So, dull first few hours notwithstanding, ive been loving this. Yes its janky, animations are off at times and some of the va is pants, but it gets really enjoyable.
If you loved mass effect then andromeda is a welcome return imo.
If you loved mass effect then andromeda is a welcome return imo.
^^ agreed.
Get through the boring start and it's great fun.
Combat is awesome and the planets look really good on the PS4 Pro.
Has anyone noticed that all asaris look exactly like dr lexi? Or am i being racist towards aliens? 
So I caved and got it. I'm having more fun with it than I thought I would. Exploration is fun and biotics are a blast.
I actually don't mind the animations all that much, you get used to it. Writing is disappointing at times, but I expected that going in (expected worse really). Planet scanning is somewhat annoying but having suffered through the planet scanning in ME2 I can handle anything. The UI is really bad, but whatever..
All in all I'm having a lot of fun, but the one thing that I'm most disappointed by is how lacking the sound design and music is compared to the original triology. It was probably what I liked the most about those games if I had to choose one thing.
The game is generally very quiet. The Nexus for instance is completely quiet. I want my 80's sci-fi synths damnit and the OST doesn't seem up to par from what I've heard so far. I miss music like this:
I actually don't mind the animations all that much, you get used to it. Writing is disappointing at times, but I expected that going in (expected worse really). Planet scanning is somewhat annoying but having suffered through the planet scanning in ME2 I can handle anything. The UI is really bad, but whatever..
All in all I'm having a lot of fun, but the one thing that I'm most disappointed by is how lacking the sound design and music is compared to the original triology. It was probably what I liked the most about those games if I had to choose one thing.
The game is generally very quiet. The Nexus for instance is completely quiet. I want my 80's sci-fi synths damnit and the OST doesn't seem up to par from what I've heard so far. I miss music like this:
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I've been having so much fun playing this. Literally losing myself playing it for hours. Eos is cool, Voeld is like a colder Hoth full of weird experiments.
Does the story and characters get any better as you go along? Most of the slaughtering of the game that I've read was based on the first 3-6 hours.
Pretty much word for word what I was going to say, except I adore the menu music. It follows the same themes as the original score as well which is a nice touch. It's just a shame that, like you said, it feels a little dead. Although I'm not far into the game so it kind of fits the atmosphere right now, and maybe it gets better when the Nexus gets busier (or maybe not).
I've finished Eos and should be on my way to the next mission but I'm having fun exploring and blowing up some Kett. The UI is atrocious though, I find myself squinting at the screen sometimes. And the mission selection is a bit cumbersome.
Overall the game is rough in patches but nothing that breaks the game for me. I can't believe some people watched Let's Plays of this and slated it before playing for themselves......you wouldn't catch me doing something like that
Personally I like my crew, with the exception of Addison (the voice actress is terrible and her facial animations - or rather lack of - are really off putting) and Scotty McFakeTan on my ship. They have interesting back stories and are more multidimensional than the initial one introductions suggest.
Anyone who has just landed in Voeld - I would advise not using a sniper rifle at any point on the level, this appears to bug up Cora's loyalty quest later down the line and you can't interact correctly with the object. No amount of re-loading is solving the glitch for me. Hopefully it gets patched pretty soon!
Pretty much word for word what I was going to say, except I adore the menu music. It follows the same themes as the original score as well which is a nice touch. It's just a shame that, like you said, it feels a little dead. Although I'm not far into the game so it kind of fits the atmosphere right now, and maybe it gets better when the Nexus gets busier (or maybe not).
I've finished Eos and should be on my way to the next mission but I'm having fun exploring and blowing up some Kett. The UI is atrocious though, I find myself squinting at the screen sometimes. And the mission selection is a bit cumbersome.
Overall the game is rough in patches but nothing that breaks the game for me. I can't believe some people watched Let's Plays of this and slated it before playing for themselves......you wouldn't catch me doing something like that
You sure Pigeon. Because I believe we fell out over the last bit. But glad you enjoying it. You can thank me via PM.
There was an interesting point recently (on TotalBiscuit's podcast) about how people who were watching playthroughs of a game had a different system of critique. Unlike the player, they had no direct influence over decisions in combat, conversation or progression so they are much less distracted by the constant process of making those decisions and instead have full focus only on what they can hear and see.Overall the game is rough in patches but nothing that breaks the game for me. I can't believe some people watched Let's Plays of this and slated it before playing for themselves......you wouldn't catch me doing something like that
Combined with the availability of only the starting segment of the game (Mass Effect games never have an awesome start, though Mass Effect 2 was good in the moment and hollow in hindsight imo), and it was understandable that stilted dialogue, janky animations, graphical bugs were highlighted more than they should have been -especially since all MEs have this.
Gloating makes your willy smaller.
The first few hours are definitely the worst, and filled with a lot of distracting exposition. It was a big mistake to stop the preview build just before you enter the vault because that is where everything starts to make sense. The game finds its own identity compared to the original trilogy and really highlights that you aren't a soldier; you're Indiana Jones in space. And it's awesome.
If only the game and its characters would stop repeating that like a mantra. It's so immersion breaking, annoying, and absolutely stupid.
I still stand by my earlier feelings that the game is trying to hard to say "Hey, you're just as awesome and super cool as Shepard", but at least for the moment in my playthrough it's died down a little. The start of the game is just so badly balanced that it seems a little strange now that things have settled down. Even Peebee is interesting now.
Doesn't seem like it has sold very well.
3rd best selling MA in the first week for UK so somewhere between 1 and 2. They were only available on one console as well
[Week 47, 2007] MASS EFFECT (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 45,000
[Week 04, 2010] MASS EFFECT 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 102,000
[Week 10, 2012] MASS EFFECT 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 156,000
[Week 47, 2007] 360 MASS EFFECT (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 45,000
[Week 23, 2008] PC MASS EFFECT (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 4,000
[Week 04, 2010] 360 MASS EFFECT 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 90,000
[Week 04, 2010] PC MASS EFFECT 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 12,000
[Week 03, 2011] PS3 MASS EFFECT 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - ?
[Week 10, 2012] 360 MASS EFFECT 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 114,000
[Week 10, 2012] PS3 MASS EFFECT 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 29,000
[Week 10, 2012] PC MASS EFFECT 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 13,000
[Week 23, 2008] PC MASS EFFECT (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 4,000
[Week 04, 2010] 360 MASS EFFECT 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 90,000
[Week 04, 2010] PC MASS EFFECT 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 12,000
[Week 03, 2011] PS3 MASS EFFECT 2 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - ?
[Week 10, 2012] 360 MASS EFFECT 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 114,000
[Week 10, 2012] PS3 MASS EFFECT 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 29,000
[Week 10, 2012] PC MASS EFFECT 3 (ELECTRONIC ARTS) - 13,000
Drack finally plays like a Krogan. Hes a fecking beast, running around the gaf with his war hammer just smashing cnuts.
Grunt and Wrex were quality characters but absolute cack as sqaudmates as they were constantly dying.
Grunt and Wrex were quality characters but absolute cack as sqaudmates as they were constantly dying.
I'm re-playing ME1 currently - Wrex does not die. Certainly not with the Geth Armory Battlemaster X armor, which makes him a f*cking tank on legs.
Audio has randomly stopped working. Awesome.
Bad reviews after all affected this. With some luck, it might send BioWare back to its roots.
Or, EA will think "Hmm. Maybe we've been too hands-off?"
I'm encouraged by people in the thread enjoying it though, so when I eventually buy it at least it won't be through gritted teeth.
User feedback to it has been mostly positive, so I think that'll bring back a lot of the people who were put off by the reviews.
Not on Metacritic. And I'm not talking about the rabid "0" reviews; I find the average scoring ones with more elaborate explanations the most damning.
Metacritic always operates in extremes.
Bought it, playing it hoping that it would do to me what it apparently did to others (get past the first part, ignore the crap reviews and it all gets better from there), absolutely traumatic experience. Horrendous game.
Was it the dialogue? The dialogue is killing me.
Even PewDiePie is laughing at this mess.
Never played any of them but I've been loving this. Though the facial expressions are laughably bad, it hardly changes the game for me. So much shit to do and loads of exploring. Almost an overwhelming amount of things to do. But I like it a lot so far.
I'll probably still give it a go down the line when all the dlc is released and they have an 'ultimate edition' type package with plenty of patches etc. Been watching TB's video and some of it still seems intriguing enough to be worthwhile. He gives quite a fair impression of the game I feel, he acknowledges the criticisms and points out a number of positives too.
Main criticisms I have so far with it could (and should) all be fixed in the next patch. Framerate drops, the game almost freezing at points, getting stuck while moving and having to quit and go back in the game, random missions glitching and having to quit and go back in to make people appear or make something go away, etc.. There a re a few flaws but once they're all fixed then it'll be a great game imo. Doesnt bother me too much anyway, still loads of fun and a huge amount to do.
This game is fecking shit... I'm going to go and play it for a couple more hours now......
Agreed, some of you have very low standards.
That's how I feel - I'm well aware of the criticisms and they are justified. However as a massive fan of the series I'm really enjoying it - warts and all.