LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
It should be underneath the Pre-order button on the store page.
Mass Effect: Andromeda - EA/Origin Access trial coming March 16th - 10 hour trial
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It should be underneath the Pre-order button on the store page.
HarryDemeanor
Member
10 hours of actual play time. So if you end up spending 9 hours and 30 minutes in character creation then you can only play 30 minutes of the actual game.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
The former.
Go to the trial access section, and under ME:A, look at the different purchasing options for standard, deluxe, super deluxe, etc.... one of those 3 should show the download now option under them.
I can see it.
AbsolutBro
Member
Huh, tried that but I click and nothing happens. I'm updating Origin to see if that helps. Does it matter if I already preordered the game?
edit: nevermind, updating Origin seems to have done the trick, although it keeps telling me to sign up for Origin Access even though I already have.
Glad to see he liked it.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Hm....I think for that part to work, you'd have to have pre-ordered.
Otherwise, yeah, restarting Origin might be your best bet.
arhra
Member
The helmet stuff is all configurable in the options - you can set helmets to be as-equipped (ie, always on unless you actually unequip it), off during conversations, always off, and I think there's one other option (but I cant quite remember what exactly it was and I ran out of trial time so I can't check), separately for both Ryder and your squadmates.
Also I'm pretty sure the atmosphere on Eos is supposed to be breathable - it was being colonised, after all. The hazardous environment there is the radiation stuff.
The impression I'm getting from even the positive comments is that the game is uninspired. One of the commentators on the Kotaku podcast nailed it in that they seem to be following what was expected of them and nothing more.
Jeffolation
Banned
Going to buy this regardless as I love the series but you guys have tempered by expectations a bit. Probably not a bad thing.
ROUGE_BLOCK
Member
When do the reviews go up, Tuesday?
Hmm. Perhaps. I wouldn't disagree with that assessment. It's not revolutionary, at least not in terms of gameplay. It seems to refine the mechanics of ME3. But I'm of the mind, if it ain't broke . . .
That said, it's really hard to assess the story at this point.
It's just that Casey Hudson had a clear vision for each of the games in that of what type of stories he wanted to tell and what type of game he wanted to make. That sort of strong direction permeated throughout the game and he tried to make every game in the OT unique and a noticeable improvement over the predecessor. I don't see that sort of drive from Andromeda in that they're trying to refine per say rather than making a huge jump.
wesleyshark
Banned
This game sure does look pretty, planetside.
It's interesting. In anticipation of Andromeda, I bought the Trespasser DLC for Dragon Age Inquisition. The presentation is pretty amazing in this game. Great graphics, even on Xbox, the music, the atmosphere. Good stuff. I was kind of taken aback at how good everything looked.
Sigh. Sorry if there were spoilers. It's not the full game, so I figured it was fine.
As much as I want to be wrong, I don't see how it's good writing.
If something's illegal and has to be kept under wraps, it's a mighty fine convenient miracle that the person leading the entire human side of the initiative has this top-secret advantage nobody knows about while at the same time is being openly worshiped for said advantage. Whether or not the AI is supposed to exist, Alec Ryder could've recruited others to be the same as him. If you can develop one sentient AI, you can develop others. And if it makes people into super soldiers...why not just...you know...spread it around to give us a fighting chance. It's not like people are opposed to being enhanced by all sorts of implants. This is Mass Effect. Unless the Council cut funding or something before he could get around to that and let him off the hook because he was N7. You're right. I probably missed something.
Regardless, it doesn't matter if the entire Andromeda Initiative knew about Alec Ryder's super secret AI and were collectively on the run as outlaws. The point I was trying to make is that the Pathfinder as a concept is a joke that makes no sense, especially with how it relates to being magically able to decipher alien tech in a completely separate galaxy. With this kind of space magic available, any sort of lingering historical questions in the original trilogy would've been answered immediately with one scan of a Prothean artifact.
Regardless, it doesn't matter if the entire Andromeda Initiative knew about Alec Ryder's super secret AI and were collectively on the run as outlaws. The point I was trying to make is that the Pathfinder as a concept is a joke that makes no sense, especially with how it relates to being magically able to decipher alien tech in a completely separate galaxy. With this kind of space magic available, any sort of lingering historical questions in the original trilogy would've been answered immediately with one scan of a Prothean artifact.
SoRuffShoNuff
Member
Is that a bad thing? For people who simply wanted MORE Mass Effect it seems right up our alley. They didn't need to reinvent the wheel here, the wheel worked well enough as is.
Monday.
Again, we've barely scratched the surface of the story so let's wait and see before we start criticizing it.
wesleyshark
Banned
The combat is sublime. Truly.
I'm currently working on a fully biotic build and it feels just like Mass Effect should. Pulling and Throwing is as satisfying as ever.
One thing I am officially starting to get worried about are the male same-sex romance options.
So I'm really hoping that the second option is someone who isn't part of the crew/squad but I'm not sure how big the chances of that happening are. And sure, it's only a small part of a large game but it's something that greatly enriched my experience in both ME3 and DAI, not to mention that I love reading Mass Effect slash fan fiction and if M!Ryder/
becomes the main slash pairing in the MEA fandom, I'll have far less new reading material than I'd been hoping for 
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Gil is one of them but I don't find him attractive at all. And I tried flirting with Liam but he told me that guys weren't his thing. So the big question is who's going to be the second male same-sex option (assuming that there'll be a second one). The only other options aboard the Tempest (AFAIK) would be the Salarian pilot (whose name escapes me), Jaal or the Krogan who becomes a squad mate at some later point and neither Salarians nor Krogans, nor that new species Jaal belongs to do it for me. (The only alien species in Mass Effect I've ever found somewhat attractive were the drell.)
Gil
.easterislandhead
Member
Are you guys able to access your pre order/special edition stuff in the trial? I Dont see the special delivery thing in the bedroom.
amiablepercy
Banned
Some of these moments during the trial makes me wonder why people think it isn't a pretty game. This is a shot I took personally today and not one of those unreliable promotional bullshots.
This is the final Ryder customizations I chose to play through the game with and I think he looks good, both still and in motion. I've found you have to be careful with the jaws and cheeks or talking will always look janky and odd. I tweaked it A LOT as well as his twin but the final result looks far and away better than my original Trilogy Shepard.
Finally here is Alec Ryder inheriting features from my custom Ryder and I think he looks great too. That was a nice feature.
This is the final Ryder customizations I chose to play through the game with and I think he looks good, both still and in motion. I've found you have to be careful with the jaws and cheeks or talking will always look janky and odd. I tweaked it A LOT as well as his twin but the final result looks far and away better than my original Trilogy Shepard.
Finally here is Alec Ryder inheriting features from my custom Ryder and I think he looks great too. That was a nice feature.
Eljoacosupreme
Member
This might interest y'all. Apparently the guy that leaked those 4 tracks of the Prey OST (which were featured in this thread http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1352872) has uploaded at least 18 tracks of the Andromeda OST. I don't know how legit all are, but i am pretty sure the first one (at least part of it) was played in one of the trailers.
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEfXISsZDT8&list=PL2VMCxkqVDj8-3Biu0UcYl2RSFKZixpM9&index=5
So I know it doesn't have anything to do with the EA acces trial, but i did not know in which thread to put it.
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEfXISsZDT8&list=PL2VMCxkqVDj8-3Biu0UcYl2RSFKZixpM9&index=5
So I know it doesn't have anything to do with the EA acces trial, but i did not know in which thread to put it.
wesleyshark
Banned
I can't access the deluxe stuff either. I don't think it goes live until Tuesday. 🙃
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Supposedly, once you reach a certain point in the story
become the pathfinder and get access to the Tempest, you can access them in your cabin in a container.
wesleyshark
Banned
I've done all of the main story stuff in the early access build and I think all of the available side missions too, and it's still not there in my cabin.
Sigh. Sorry if there were spoilers. It's not the full game, so I figured it was fine.
As much as I want to be wrong, I don't see how it's good writing.
If something's illegal and has to be kept under wraps, it's a mighty fine convenient miracle that the person leading the entire human side of the initiative has this top-secret advantage nobody knows about while at the same time is being openly worshiped for said advantage. Whether or not the AI is supposed to exist, Alec Ryder could've recruited others to be the same as him. If you can develop one sentient AI, you can develop others. And if it makes people into super soldiers...why not just...you know...spread it around to give us a fighting chance. It's not like people are opposed to being enhanced by all sorts of implants. This is Mass Effect. Unless the Council cut funding or something before he could get around to that and let him off the hook because he was N7. You're right. I probably missed something.
Regardless, it doesn't matter if the entire Andromeda Initiative knew about Alec Ryder's super secret AI and were collectively on the run as outlaws. The point I was trying to make is that the Pathfinder as a concept is a joke that makes no sense, especially with how it relates to being magically able to decipher alien tech in a completely separate galaxy. With this kind of space magic available, any sort of lingering historical questions in the original trilogy would've been answered immediately with one scan of a Prothean artifact.
Again, that's not the case though.
They don't innately know ANYTHING about alient technology. Sam didn't magically decipher anything, it learned a BIT because it's literally a sentient AI, but it didn't learn the entire language or how to operate anything at all beyond figuring out how to flick a switch. Like you can look at a japanese computer and figure out 'hey here's a thing to press that might control the power' for example, t's odd you call this out as it's present in literally every bit of science fiction around. The entire trilogy is based on the notion that we found Prothean technology and managed to figure out how to make Mass Drives from it for god's sake. Yes, he can probably develop more, but he's only got one prototype, Sam, who is growing like a real person from the experience. I mean Shepard was literally Jesus and you find THIS unbelievable? It really strikes me as the most overly nitpicky kind of complaint seeing as it is completely addressed within the story and is a trope that exists in nearly every 'hero' tale like this (the notion that you're special, it tells the reason why, it tells why everyone doesn't have this ability).
Regarding the Pathfinder itself....what is unbelievable about that? This is a civilian operation. The Pathfinder squad represents the smaller private military that is important in being able to handle the unknown. Alec is the pathfinder because he was a freaking N7, he's qualified as fuck. That's it. That's what is special. They even address the doubt over "Why are you the pathfinder if you don't find anything" several times in the demo. Alec is the equivilent of having ex Seal Team Six as the muscle of your expedition accross the sea to unknown land. It's a pretty important role.
Ryzaki009
Member
wesleyshark
Banned
Hmmm. Interesting. I'll check again tomorrow and see if they showed up.
Unity2012
Member
https://youtu.be/5LWel-BMO4s
I think this is a really fair and good impressions of both, the good things and flawed aspects of the initial 10hrs of the game.
I am enjoying this early phase of the game and cannot wait to play & to learn more.
I think this is a really fair and good impressions of both, the good things and flawed aspects of the initial 10hrs of the game.
I am enjoying this early phase of the game and cannot wait to play & to learn more.
amiablepercy
Banned
The Origin customer service person said it unlocks on launch day. but it is found in your cabin.
wesleyshark
Banned
Cheers! Wasn't too worried just thought maybe I was an idiot and didn't see it lol
Ah, I think you read my post before the edit. I remembered Jaal and added that his species was about as unappealing to me as the Krogans or Salarians .
.Tranqueris
Banned
Yep, I'm trying to convince myself to buy the game for the multiplayer alone but I still wanna wait for a bit and see if the single player can be fixed some.
I don't think it's being unfairly nitpicky, but I will admit that the way the game starts rubbed me the wrong way for a lot of reasons, especially how serious events happen with such little fanfare. Maybe I'm blaming the story setup a little too much for my overall opinion of things.
Also, ME1 is the only Mass Effect game I truly love--I have a lot of similar complaints with ME2 and ME3, so trust me they are not above ME:A in terms of eye-rolling power fantasy and ridiculous space magic, either. =\
Thanks for playing devil's advocate.
Isn't the reason that most Frostbite games run so well that they tend to be optimised to run at 60FPS on consoles (Battlefront, Battlefield 1, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst)? Cause Andromeda targets 30FPS on consoles so I'm not sure if that "Frostbite should run great" rule applies here.
I thought the earliest portion of the game was fine (although the dialog and characterization are both weak), but it just goes downhill from the Nexus. So much walking between map markers for no good reason. Then you get to the Tempest and Eos and it's even worse, plus there's mining crap, junk loot (which you can't even pick up with one button press, but requires going through a menu -- just like flipping switches in this game), and crafting shit. And on top of that, the Nomad takes damage over time (and requires switching between modes to go up inclines) in this absolutely massive, largely empty area (much worse than DA:I's Hinterlands). I suppose I should have known from the PR hyping up the size of the worlds that ME:A wouldn't deliver the tightly crafted experience I was craving, like ME2 or ME1's main planets.
Single player feels like a F2P grind, but I'm buying a premium product. Well, preorder canceled.
Single player feels like a F2P grind, but I'm buying a premium product. Well, preorder canceled.
Ryzaki009
Member
So that'd be two male same-sex options down. If they stick to how they did it in ME3/DAI, that's all there is. Man, that would be a pretty big disappointment.Ah, I think you read my post before the edit. I remembered Jaal and added that his species was about as unappealing to me as the Krogans or Salarians
Rip
Yeah I think that's it. I'm okay with alien D tho so I'm good with him and Liam 
Rip
Yeah I think that's it. I'm okay with alien D tho so I'm good with him and Liam
I have no objections to alien dick in general (would've loved to bang Thane in ME2 and I found the Bull in DAI hot, too - not strictly speaking an alien but a different species, nonetheless) but most of the Mass Effect species just don't look appealing to me whatsoever, unfortunately.
When you say Liam, do you mean on a Sara Ryder playthrough? Or was that a typo ?
?Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I was looking at the map thinking "good first zone now that I explored all of it, wait what's that icon over there outside the map, oh, oh, oooh". Eos is big, driving around is fun, game is great. Can't romance
as Sara
You're at the wrong Monolith, you need to go do the one nearest to the camp first. Won't spoil why. Same thing happened to me when I was just doing rounds exploring things.
Lexi or Cora
Sändersson;232211879 said:
You're at the wrong Monolith, you need to go do the one nearest to the camp first. Won't spoil why. Same thing happened to me when I was just doing rounds exploring things.
The part I don't like is THEY'VE TAKEN AWAY THE ABILITY TO CONTROL PARTY MEMBERS' SUPERS. I loved that about the previous games because you could stack supers to amazing effect.