MP is completely unlocked.
Mass Effect: Andromeda - EA/Origin Access trial coming March 16th - 10 hour trial
- Thread starter Theorry
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MP is completely unlocked.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
Wait, what? I thought it goes live on the 16th?
The Salt Life
Banned
Fuuuuuck yes
I'm going to zip through this 10 hours so quick though.
Going to play me3 mp while it downloads
You need to get the trial in your library. There should be two separate entries for the game, one for the trial, another for the pre-order.
Vincent4756
Member
Sorry for the very noobish question, but how does the 10 hours work?
10 hours alloted or is a 10 hour timer from when you first start the game?
10 hours alloted or is a 10 hour timer from when you first start the game?
It's the 16th in Australia right now.
To solve the problem of time zones, the universal unlock time is 30 minutes from now.
It's a timer that ticks down when running the game in any mode, even the menu.
Dusktildawn48
Member
If the game is open it's counting time. Close it and it stops counting.
The Salt Life
Banned
Just be sure to "quit" out the game when done with a game session so your not using up your time when you power off your Xbox.
Damn download not up for NA I guess, says coming soob
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Oh damn, that's awesome. I expected to be playing tomorrow. Yeah it's one planet but hopefully big enough and enough to see and do as well. I'll take my time. I hope I get a good impression of the game and can decide whether to buy or not.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
10 hours when you start. It counts playtime and standby time too. So make sure to exit the game fully.
First one. You have a cumulative 10 hours of playtime over single player and multi player and don't forget that if you leave the game open in the background it'll still count down, so when not playing close it.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
Oh my god I thought this was tomorrow at 2:30pm
I'm gonna rush home on my lunch to start the download! Holy shit
I'm gonna rush home on my lunch to start the download! Holy shit
Alpha Phoenix
Member
The entire game is unlocked. You're just limited to 10 hours of playtime. How you spend them is up to you.
SP in the trial is limited to the prologue and first planet, MP is unlimited, up until 10 hours anyways.
Apparently the single player is locked after the first few main story missions. I think the Nexus is 100% free to explore.
The Salt Life
Banned
Says coming soon for me (NY) should I do a hard reset or do I need to wait until tomorrow? I'm assuming it's already tomorrow wherever you future people are playing from.
Absoludacrous
Member
Do we know if the multiplayer unlocks are cross platform? I vaguely remember that they were in ME3
The store should update and let you install it automatically in half an hour, but I'll probably log out / in just to be sure.
Vincent4756
Member
Yo thanks for all the answers guys! I appreciate it.
Im ready to give this a try on my old ass pc.
Im ready to give this a try on my old ass pc.
Alpha Phoenix
Member
That's not what I heard, but it's such a dick move if true.
Bioware dev tweeted it out, I reckon there's probably 2ish hours of 'story' to try before it halts the main progression.
I doubt 2h is enough to hit the wall even if you rush and 100% ignore everything else. There is shit ton to explore.
Bustanen
Member
Well that sucks. Is this the first game that does this on EA access?
Alpha Phoenix
Member
Then I guess they're doing it to tone down the spoilers.
ME3's trial was only multiplayer IIRC.
Dragon Age was completely unlocked from what I remember.
BF1 did it, only had the first 2 main missions available.
I guess they don't want end-game spoilers out before launch.
GinoFelino
Member
Hrmph. That's a waste.
GavinUK86
Member
As far as I know, it's a good chunk of the first planet that's playable. That includes a couple main missions, on top of the prologue, and a few side missions. That's what I heard from people who had access to this trial yesterday.
10 hours though. This is PC gaming. I'll be spending 9 of those in the graphics menu trying to hit that 60fps sweet spot lol.
Dragon Age only had the Hinterlands unlocked
It wasn't. You were limited to initial base and Hinterlands.
Some people never left the Hinterlands, so for some people everything was unlocked
Conscience Falls
Member
I was on set last April and I definitely got some really interesting Mass Effect vibes from the architecture. Have only seen a few episodes of the show proper but it was pretty neat to see in person.
Alpha Phoenix
Member
I stand corrected.
Maybe it's normal then. I don't know. Really thought it was the whole game.
You couldn't go past the Hinterlands in DAI early access.
And beaten thanks to being on mobile. 😅
wesleyshark
Banned
Well, I'm jealous. That's awesome
You'd have people speed-running the campaign for $5 then cancelling.
GavinUK86
Member
Ever. I hear some are still there.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
Just started watching this the other day, finished season 1 and the first episode of season 2, can confirm it is a good show.
The Salt Life
Banned
Under game trials in EA access
CaptainSmirnov
Member
This. Makes no sense to give people the whole thing for $5
STILLethal
Member
So the 10hour download starts soon? I'm in USA, and when I go to the ME:A page on origin I don't see nothing that says to download, except pre-order, and under it "Origin Acccess Try this game before it releases on March 16th"
Same for all of us, apparently that will change in just over 10 minutes.
Nyteshade517
Member
supposedly starts in about 10 mins
We'll see, I hope.
Getting tired of people being quick to take money and slow as fuck to deliver.
STILLethal
Member
oh ok gotcha, just hope it isn't as bad as so many people here on GAF have been saying it is. I loved the original trilogy
GAF tends to hate anything BioWare so take it at your own speed and judge for yourself.
GavinUK86
Member
Because you're too early. Be patient.