Welp, game is done at a "viral" level.
A Compilation of Hilarious Animations in Mass Effect Andromeda
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TharpDaddy
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He's incredibly influential to his audience. His opinion won't kill Mass Effect, but for smaller games he can easily make or break its success.
PandaShake
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The video was entertaining, but he seems to have a limited vocabulary.
Varjis
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Damn, that video had 420K views when I started it, now it is already over 450K in ten minutes.. sheesh
Soul of the Beast
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Maybe because English isn't his native language?
People always pull that shit when they don't like what they are hearing. It was easy to pass it as such when Walker's piece was the only one who seemed to be relaying these opinions, but then GB, Gamestop, PC Gamer, etc. started to chime in, so they just retreated to the Community Thread. Because that's not like an echo chamber at all.
Besides the fact that it skips a frame of animation, once you know the context, it becomes a ridiculous expression.
"Hey your brother's pod had a malfunction!"
*The reaction of the Doctor in charge of waking up your sibling*
Hey at least this animation even played for you guys, that doctor is froze in her T-pose whenever that part played for me. Very awkward.
"I'm a true gamer!!!"
Weren't you one of the ones trying to downplay those of us in the Origin Access thread for having negative experiences?
City of Dis
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I will continue to say this: why would anyone want to consider themselves a "gamer"? People in real life will look at you weird, and for good reason, if you use that word to describe yourself.
Arrogant Bastard
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Entire thread is embarrassing because one, maybe a few people showed a pic of their cancellation. Yah, okay.
I mean sure. Don't want to join in on another GAF hatefest, but yeah, the pride in showing their game cancellation is pretty embarrassing.
PandaShake
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I can tell that part. I was hoping in a produced video, he would have thought of more jokes to say beforehand. Still, entertaining nonetheless with hilarious editing.
UncleMeat
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Arrogant Bastard
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So you stopped by to scold us or what? The vast majority of this thread has been to have a laugh. It has only recently transformed into a more direct response by people saying that it appears that there is too much concern about the game and they are now going to hold off.
If you would actually read what people are saying you would see it isn't a hatefest, but go ahead and do you. I'll summarize what I wrote, I cannot support Bioware/EA here unless they fix their product. I'm sure the gameplay and the story is solid, but I'm going to with hold my money until they live up to the franchise. You are specifically cherry picking one person and trying to bash/lump everyone who isn't getting on board.
brokenbeans
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Oh bioware 
Soul of the Beast
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All the top comments below the video are saying how bad this game looks. The faces in this game are going to be a living meme like ACUnity.
I'm still going to hold off for a reviews and it's a game, as a massive Mass Effect fan that I will play eventually anyway but maybe not right now. It depends on reviews and if there is any sort of improvement after the first few hours. I think there should be but I can't imagine the writing or the facial animations will suddenly improve.
Captain Zyrain
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How, exactly, is it embarrassing (or prideful for that matter)?
The game is not appearing to be what was promised/expected, or at least less than hoped for.
I think the GIF's here are hilarious, but hilarious isn't what I want to pay money for (in a Mass Effect game). The subpar Xbox One performance was the final nail in the coffin, and I'm not blaming Bioware for that (Microsoft should have made a more powerful console), the fact remains that I don't want to give my hard earned (sometimes) money away for something subpar, unintentionally hilarious, and judging from my time with EA Access demo, not a lot of fun.
Reviews are out Monday right? For a Tuesday release? I didn't want to bother trying to cancel the day before, or return it. Bleh.
(S)He was one of the people trying to downplay those of us in the origin access early trial for having negative opinions on the game. It's one thing to try and downplay if people think a trailer or gif looks bad but we played the game for 10 hours... it's mediocre. :/
Edit: Mediocre, not shit but still not good and definitely shitty compared to how it should have been.
Soul of the Beast
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I don't know why fans kept defending this. (I'm a fan too for ffs)
Are we not supposed to have some expectations? Given how fucking good previous games are?
Previous games actually have pretty decent facial animations, even though it's not some Naughty Dog level shit at least the characters are very believable (and memorable).
For fuck's sake, this is the first next-gen Mass Effect, and it's not even a cross gen game.
We are not demanding MGSV or FFXV levels of facial animation quality but this is just ridiculous.
DouglasteR
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The bottom of the pit is when your game entertain more on its problems than on its qualities.
So very sad.
So very sad.
Arby 'n' the Chief
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Haha, that Team America comparison. Can't unsee:
I see no difference here other than clothing
Evil Beaver
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I'll still pick it up. Love the series and I've got to give it a chance at least. Hopefully they learn from their mistakes (EA Probably just rushing them) and improve for the next installment.
Dick Justice
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This thread became embarrassing when the likes of you decided to turn up and get all pissy because you can't seem to handle negative opinions regarding your favourite series.
It's called "fanboyism", or "I spent a bunch of money on this product, so I will be an obnoxious twat towards anyone who suggests that this investment maybe wasn't a great idea".
I believe the review embargo is set for Sunday at midnight PST (ie. 2 days and 10 hours from now).
Mysterious Stranger
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This what happens when you outsource your main franchise to the DLC team for 40 million dollars.
Same here, even if they hadn't pointed it out. I hope it doesn't hinder my overall enjoyment of the final game but it's disappointing that I can't help but notice how they've botched some of the most important aspects of the series. It's hard to believe some people aren't even noticing it.
CuNi
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You gotta be good in something, right?
Captain Zyrain
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That's the killer for me, since the gameplay is more or less fine, just the random walking around stuff is all janky. You spend a LOT of time in Mass Effect games just randomly walking around (and I like that). So when that goes so off the rails, it's hard to be immersed in the world.
You also talk to people, a LOT of people, in Mass Effect games, to have the facial stuff be so bad, I can only imagine how many hours of it you'll be looking at by the end. Can you put Helmets on 100% of the time?
Haha, that Team America comparison. Can't unsee:
God damn it.
it reeks of entitlement and lack of respect for other people when someone is offended and complains about people choosing not to blindly spend their money day one. Like it's some sort of cult or religion based on consumption and blind faith in a fucking entertainment product. That "not a gamer" streamer guy and posters who are too emotionally invested.
It tells me that the person is empathizing more with a product than the volition of other people.
It tells me that the person is empathizing more with a product than the volition of other people.
joecanada
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This will become the penultimate "wtf?" Gif it's just too perfect
That has always been my issue with fans (and fanboys) of any IP/series/etc, especially Nintendo the last two generations. I am also a very big Mass Effect fan and thus I expect the games to be good. When they are anything less than good (which Andromeda is less than good as per my 10 hours with the game) I will call them out. This is especially bad when it's a game in a series like this. I get why they want to brush away the negatives and pretend it's okay but it's just so infuriating. But it's whatever, games like Skyward Sword have shown us that in the end the "omg true faaanssss" opinions don't usually survive the test of time.
Fandom and brand fetishism is a real thing. There are people who really gets offended when 'their' product is being critisized-- like someone said something nasty about their mother.
Dick Justice
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Make sure you never visit the Gamefaqs forums. That place in particular is a toxic shithole when it comes to corporate fanatics and shills.
Plague Doctor
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The other thing to note is many people are not dancing on any graves and delighted this is not looking good.(Edit: Aside from the gifs being funny af)
I know I am frustrated and disappointed I am not excited as hell at this very moment. I am still holding out hope reviews and indepth let's play present it's redeeming features or some magical series of patches happen. I definitely want a good Mass Effect game. I really like the series (aside from my mixed feelings on the ending of 3).
But I am not shelling out cash just for name/brand recognition alone just because.
TharpDaddy
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A new Mass Effect game is a huge ask for a team that has never made a game on their own. They should have let them do a Ground Zeroes-style prelude before Andromeda. Having a new studio cut their teeth on BioWare's flagship franchise is rough. You can see the studio's strength in that the combat seems to be good to great.
Krathoon
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Some people have this mentality that your investing in the developers and not the game.
The problem with that is that there is no guarantee that all or most of the bugs in the product will be ironed out.
Offering that would leave the company open to getting sued.
I would love it if there were some kind of "Quality Control" laws on video games.
The problem with that is that there is no guarantee that all or most of the bugs in the product will be ironed out.
Offering that would leave the company open to getting sued.
I would love it if there were some kind of "Quality Control" laws on video games.
I come across Gamefaq when searching for some game related solutions now and then. Helps, sometimes, but yeah, bascially there's a reason why I stick to (a sub) reddit and NeoGAF and only one single (German) community I have joined thirteen years ago.
joecanada
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Yeah I mean sometimes all you can do is laugh rather cathartically at a bad situation. For my part I never played mass effect back in the day but people describing it made it sound kinda like my type of game. So I was pretty interested in this game but now I can only laugh and see what reviews are like. Funny to think I've probably only played bioware worst games so definitely not picking this up day 1 . I definitely wouldn't pay bioware more money at this point unless see some good feedback first .
Previously I've played dragons age series for reference*
JadedWriter
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But the Team America marionette has hair physics...
Yeah, I'm far from happy when this or Skyward Sword happened. I'm a huge fan and love when the games are good it's like you said I don't pay money for names only. That's what fools do, I spend my money on things I will (hopefully) enjoy.
Why is a frustrated Bioware marketer talking about this over the top of Horizon gameplay?
Peroroncino
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holy shit you're right.
I think it's the first time everybody else beat CrowbCat to the punch.
Maybe he's not a TRU gamer!?
TetraGenesis
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Why would anyone call you crazy when that is the entire point of the comparison? Hahaha
This made me guffaw. Congratulations
ClayKavalier
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What GIF takes the top spot?
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