A Compilation of Hilarious Animations in Mass Effect Andromeda
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FYI: Bioware / EA marketing moved up the review embargo. This is most likely to disseminate a more updated narrative, or at least stop letting people get the (wrong?) impression of the game because of the subpar animations:
(yes I am aware that the tweet is by the hyper consumer gamer dude)
(yes I am aware that the tweet is by the hyper consumer gamer dude)
FYI: Bioware / EA marketing moved up the review embargo. This is most likely to disseminate a different narrative, or at least stop letting people get the wrong impression of the game because of the subpar animations:
Ahead as in, the embargo will end sooner?
Judging by the amount of people loading up the game to play SP all the sudden, it's lifted already
https://twitter.com/cohhcarnage/status/842868576444960769
Slackbladder
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I thought the embargo was Monday? Can it be earlier? AM instead of PM or a weekend embargo?
GameAddict411
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FYI: Bioware / EA marketing moved up the review embargo. This is most likely to disseminate a more updated narrative, or at least stop letting people get the (wrong?) impression of the game because of the subpar animations:
(yes I am aware that the tweet is by the hyper consumer gamer dude)
So they are lifting embargo early? Strange. I guess the game will still review well if there is anything to go by. I feel bad for the people who worked on this, but people just absolutely dismantle everything they have done the past few years. I get that it's sub-par and it's a justified criticism of the game, but they have feelings too
STILLethal
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I wanted this game to be good soooo bad...wanted to platnium it. loved the trilogy, but hey at least I can spend time on other things now
Peroroncino
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Money transfers from EA are probably being made as we speak. 
King Gilga
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FYI: Bioware / EA marketing moved up the review embargo. This is most likely to disseminate a more updated narrative, or at least stop letting people get the (wrong?) impression of the game because of the subpar animations:
(yes I am aware that the tweet is by the hyper consumer gamer dude)
The Power of PDP.
FYI: Bioware / EA marketing moved up the review embargo. This is most likely to disseminate a more updated narrative, or at least stop letting people get the (wrong?) impression of the game because of the subpar animations:
(yes I am aware that the tweet is by the hyper consumer gamer dude)
The game itself may review well but you never get first-impressions twice and these animations are what many people's first, and perhaps only, impressions of the game will be.
Every person I know and talked to that was considering the game moved away and those that had it preordered cancelled it.
I'm assuming at this point EA said "it can't be any worse so let's lift the embargo" because let's be honest, it can only go up from the trial debacle.
Even if game ends up decent, it's too late for me, i'll get it dirt cheap at some point.
I'm assuming at this point EA said "it can't be any worse so let's lift the embargo" because let's be honest, it can only go up from the trial debacle.
Even if game ends up decent, it's too late for me, i'll get it dirt cheap at some point.
JadedWriter
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Have they heard about our lord and savior Horizon Zero Dawn...a game where the machines are animated better than Andromeda's human's...
Evilkazzzz
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This might be a smart thing. It's what Bioware needs to change the conversation since the embargo is pretty strict about where it ends (the point the press are allowed to talk about). If it ends early people can actually start talking more about late game stuff and how the plot/relationships pan out.
FYI: Bioware / EA marketing moved up the review embargo. This is most likely to disseminate a more updated narrative, or at least stop letting people get the (wrong?) impression of the game because of the subpar animations:
(yes I am aware that the tweet is by the hyper consumer gamer dude)
Who better to stream the game early than Conh "ARKHAM KNIGHT IS RUNNING AT 60 FPS AT ALL TIMES WHILE I'M STREAMING IT ON LAUNCH DAY" Carnage.
Peroroncino
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Captain Zyrain
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Yeah, curious about this. Sucks for people who wait to the last minute to do their review.
I can't imagine they'd push it back.. an embargo after launch? Haha.
Kremzeek
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what? he said that?
JadedWriter
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fastford58
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My face is tired from laughing through this thread.
eot
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Funny that he's talking about bad animations while doing some horribly animated AssCreed style climbing. Those upward "jumps" look like poo
That's...fine? He wasn't being hyperbolic or lying there.
Ya'll are being harsh on Cohh. God forbid someone says one thing exaggerated and dumb when they're shooting the shit and chatting politely for 8+ hours a day or whatever.
Fox Mulder
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I wanted this game to be good soooo bad...wanted to platnium it. loved the trilogy, but hey at least I can spend time on other things now
I was willing to give this a shot, but only loved the first one. Two was a huge letdown and I didn't bother with three. I'll just continue not giving a shit about mass effect if this is what they put out.
I haven't bought an EA game since last generation. their stuff is just completely uninteresting to me or turns me off.
I don't judge. Someone asked a question and I knew where to find the answer.
xenorevlis
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I think your assumption is embarrassing, not people cancelling.
Guess what, I cancelled my pre-order a couple days ago as well. I'm not proud, either, but frankly disappointed and upset that this is how one of my favorite series has been treated.
shark sandwich
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Wow this actually looks pretty good!This is more like it.
tearsintherain
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to me the ironic thing is if they announced a ME remaster of the original trilogy with all DLCs included on disc, I'd buy that and spend the next 3 weeks happily replaying that over Andromeda. I just finished HZD (LOVED it), cancelled my ME:A pre order after 3 hours trial, and have gone back to my Ezio Collection play, and really enjoying that.
Why did they never release a trilogy remaster
Why did they never release a trilogy remaster
to me the ironic thing is if they announced a ME remaster of the original trilogy with all DLCs included on disc, I'd buy that and spend the next 3 weeks happily replaying that over Andromeda. I just finished HZD (LOVED it), cancelled my ME:A pre order after 3 hours trial, and have gone back to my Ezio Collection play, and really enjoying that.
Why did they never release a trilogy remaster
Maybe they will still do a trilogy remaster to cleanse people's palates / buy whatever development team they hand the series to next some time to do a proper reboot. I expect there'll be some shift in strategy after this burgeoning Andromeda debacle.
stan423321
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Aye aye, captain. I need to work on false positives of my sarcasm detector, it seems.
Your standards are just too high, you're not a gamer. Come down to my level. What's the matter; Gutter water too rich for your blood?
No true Scotsman.
This thread is officially NeoGAF legend.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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WTF LOL
JadedWriter
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So much wrong here. One dude in white right in the middle not being animated, some dudes elbow clipping through someones back, said elbow man electric sliding half out of frame, some other random dude popping up mid pan...where's the QA process?
You don't wanna know lol
Still waiting for that Crowbcat video with "I'm only human" song playing in the background.
Also where's his Andromeda version?
YES PLEASE
When this one was done for The Order: 1886 it killed me for weeks
Hyrule Warrior
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oh yes, I'm not a gamer because I don't just throw my money out to big publishers who can't do animation as well as a game 10 years ago did. It's my responsibility as a gamer to give away my money to publishing giants that spend millions of dollars wastefully on a game just to dish out a shitty product because they scared away all the real artists that used to work for the studio.
God what an asshole this guy is. It's not even JUST the animations. There is no character in the dialogue and voice acting in this game from what I've seen. This really looks like one of the most soulless games of the year so far. I've spent my money on much better experiences in the past couple years alone, that I don't need to throw it away on this shitty looking game.
Okay, here's a master post of MyFaceIsTired comparisons since someone requested it. As before, right click the play bar and select "loop" to loop the video if you wish
vs ME1
vs ME2*
vs ME3
vs Dragon Age: Inquisition**
vs Horizon Zero Dawn***
vs Stop Stop It's Already Dead
All footage pulled from 1080p yt playthroughs
*ME2 footage was 30fps, all others 60fps
**As a reminder, most sidequests in DAI were given via notes or just by walking near a place or whatever, there weren't a lot of up-close conversations with non-companion NPCs. I also feel like DAI may have been more aware of its animation limitations, the camera angles through the cutscene I pulled this from are pretty dynamic, and probably obscuring too.
***I think just two days ago I commented on how HZD's only graphic flaw was its face animations (though all the NPC face designs are FANTASTIC), little did I know what was around the corner
vs ME1
vs ME2*
vs ME3
vs Dragon Age: Inquisition**
vs Horizon Zero Dawn***
vs Stop Stop It's Already Dead
All footage pulled from 1080p yt playthroughs
*ME2 footage was 30fps, all others 60fps
**As a reminder, most sidequests in DAI were given via notes or just by walking near a place or whatever, there weren't a lot of up-close conversations with non-companion NPCs. I also feel like DAI may have been more aware of its animation limitations, the camera angles through the cutscene I pulled this from are pretty dynamic, and probably obscuring too.
***I think just two days ago I commented on how HZD's only graphic flaw was its face animations (though all the NPC face designs are FANTASTIC), little did I know what was around the corner
IdreamofHIME
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The actual fuck is this?
You never needed a shit real bad?
Baroquemantic
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Thanks for putting this together!
What's with people picking the worst example of Andromeda's animation and comparing it to the best examples from other games? The animations in Andromeda aren't good, but they're 90% of the time better than that
can tell you for a fact that ME2 footage ain't the best technical convo from ME2. It's actually pretty close to what it's being compared to. And I think it still comes out on top.
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