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[Sorc3r3r]

I've spent some time watching it on twitch, well, it's not rising my urgency to go and buy it that's for sure.

Still waiting for reviews....

 

[SoRuffShoNuff]

Seems more a vocal loud minority...but yes, they do appear more and more prevalent with mass effect release date nearing

i need this mod to happen on pc

So basically give every woman a slim model jaw line.

 

[Lister]

Heh. The article has actually stumbled on an issue with a lot of RPG writing. Where people don't actually have conversations - they basically just info dump exposition, or concepts, or factions, or character attributes that the writers have created prior to writing the dialogue.

Instead of having those things inform the characters, the characters end up endlessly informing us about them. It's bad writing. DA: I was particularly guilty of this and why it's so boring talking to a lot of the characters in that game.

I also think that's another one of the reasons Witcher 3 stood out, because in that game dialogue was actually used to help tell the game's many stories, and people had real conversations.

It's almost as if vidoe game designers were writing these characters, instead of, you know, writers.

 

[shinobi602]

Wasn't mass effect known to have relatively well received graphics and animation? What the fuck happened?

I don't think the series was ever known for supreme visuals, not to me at least. It's always looked good but never top tier. Still, I think it looks great. Some shots I took:

 

[captainnapalm]

Seems more a vocal loud minority...but yes, they do appear more and more prevalent with mass effect release date nearing

i need this mod to happen on pc

Wow.

 

[The Wart]

Seems more a vocal loud minority...but yes, they do appear more and more prevalent with mass effect release date nearing

i need this mod to happen on pc

Yes the major problem with this game is clearly female character models with squarish jawlines.

 

[thumb]

The vast majority of previews have been positive

Most video game previews are positive in general.

 

[rashbeep]

I don't think the series was ever known for supreme visuals, not to me at least. It's always looked good but never top tier. Still, I think it looks great. Some shots I took:

Yea, aside from the characters/animations I think the game looks quite good.

 

[Profanity]

Seems more a vocal loud minority...but yes, they do appear more and more prevalent with mass effect release date nearing

i need this mod to happen on pc

Good lord, here is the genesis of the ME:A equivalent of Skyrim's clean faces. Embarrassing stuff.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

A lot of people have said the game is basically Mass Effect: Inquisition, and I can't tell if that's a compliment or not. A ton of people on both sides of the fence on that game.

I enjoyed the gameplay in DA:I. The "do sidequests with no story to earn enough points to continue main quest" was what killed the enthusiasm for that game. Very hard to re-play through. Trudging through the hissing wastes just wasn't fun.

 

[Lister]

Good lord, here is the genesis of the ME:A equivalent of Skyrim's clean faces. Embarrassing stuff.

I guess I'm a horrible sexist human being for preferring the non dead-eyed fan created versions.

It helps that fan Ryder looks like a (prettier) ex of mine.

 

[prag16]

Seems more a vocal loud minority...but yes, they do appear more and more prevalent with mass effect release date nearing

i need this mod to happen on pc

What's this supposed to prove... so some dude edited them to make them look like stereotypical "beautiful" models?

Okay. Just don't try to claim both that, "It's NOT just because they're not "classically pretty" enough, honest!" and then roll out this picture.

 

[Lister]

What's this supposed to prove... so some dude edited them to make them look like stereotypical "beautiful" models?

Okay. Just don't try to claim both that, "It's NOT just because they're not "classically pretty" enough, honest!" and then roll out this picture.

With Ryder specificlaly it's those dead eyes more than anything else, well that and the plastic skin.

Can someone superimpose the eyes on the official ryder model?

 

[branny]

So basically give every woman a slim model jaw line.

And remove nasolabial folds, diminish size of noses, make features more delicate, etc.

Personally I like that the female faces aren't super idealized.

 

[mlclmtckr]

And remove nasolabial folds, diminish size of noses, make features more delicate, etc.

Personally I like that the female faces aren't super idealized.

Except for the cartoonish bug eyes?

 

[Iceternal]

I feel this game is going to be unintentional comedic gold.

Between Peebee's backwards gun and this :

https://youtu.be/ktjywYQ8QCU?t=1h35m46s

Look at the way Cora walks ... ROFL.

 

[El_Chino]

Yeah, but do you really trust those sites for something as huge as this title?

And I'm out.

 

[cyress8]

This scene made 0 sense to me. The reason these dumbasses were sucked out the side of the ship was because they weren't strapped down for planetfall. Bioware created a scene that focus on being purely a set piece and not one that is grounded in reality along with being a set piece at the same time.

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

This is the guy who hated The Witcher 3.

This didn't need its own thread.

He actually hated the game? What did he say?

 

[prag16]

He actually hated the game? What did he say?

He compared the experience to "eating cardboard".

 

[shinobi602]

This scene made 0 sense to me. The reason these dumbasses were sucked out the side of the ship was because they weren't strapped down for planetfall. Bioware created a scene that focus on being purely a set piece and not one that is grounded in reality along with being a set piece at the same time.

Eh, I thought it was awesome. Not really different than the original trilogy when people would be standing in shuttles.

 

[HK-47]

Interesting that one of the few really negative previews gets its own thread, but the positive ones dont.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

Seems more a vocal loud minority...but yes, they do appear more and more prevalent with mass effect release date nearing

i need this mod to happen on pc

I refuse to believe that only took 15 minutes... Regardless the official render looks like a parody/caricature. Now I'm even more sad.

 

[Mikeside]

oh look John Walker doesn't like a thing

 

[SirPinkyNose]

This scene made 0 sense to me. The reason these dumbasses were sucked out the side of the ship was because they weren't strapped down for planetfall. Bioware created a scene that focus on being purely a set piece and not one that is grounded in reality along with being a set piece at the same time.

People in Mass Effect never wear seat belt.

 

[GameAddict411]

The whole preview sounds so skewed and negative. It doesn't feel like he painting the whole picture. Bioware gets a lot of hate from the gaming community, but I have always felt that it was overblown. I avoided getting Dragon Age inquisition because people here said it was horrifying bad with a mod HERE even saying it's the worst game he/she ever played. Literally said that. I decided to borrow the game from a friend, and it was no where near as bad as what some people made it out to be. The quest structure was tedious and not very rewarding, but I avoided the fetch quests in each location like the plague. I enjoyed the game a lot and found the characters to be awesome. The game was top notch and the setting was excellent. I don't think Mass Effect Andromeda will be any worse than this. I am fine with the idea of Mass Effect:Inquisition if they managed to fix the quests fetch quests. I think they got a lot of feedback, and I think it would be very strange if they didn't address this issue in their future games. I am not going to panic until all reviews are out.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

i need this mod to happen on pc

Come on now. There is absolutely an argument to be made about subpar facial modeling in MEA, but this pic is literally just "I wanted to make the female characters more conventionally hot."

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Seems more a vocal loud minority...but yes, they do appear more and more prevalent with mass effect release date nearing

i need this mod to happen on pc

Original faces are on the right, the """"""fixed"""""" faces are the middle.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

You guys do know he shit on Witcher 3 as well right?

Do you have a link to the preview/review of the same writer talking about the witcher 3?

As a lover of that game I would love to know if its just his tastes are completely different than mine.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Lirik said he will be streaming the game today most likely if anyone wants to check it out.

 

[HK-47]

Do you have a link to the preview/review of the same writer talking about the witcher 3?

As a lover of that game I would love to know if its just his tastes are completely different than mine.

Reading John Walker articles is like reading about a man who barely tolerates video games yet is forced to write about them.

 

[Heckler456]

Seems more a vocal loud minority...but yes, they do appear more and more prevalent with mass effect release date nearing

i need this mod to happen on pc

Reminds me of these, just a little less offensive:

The pictures you linked aren't "fixed". They're just more conventionally attractive.

 

[jacobeid]

I was not very optimistic about this game at all considering they haven't answered the fundamental question: why do I care about these characters, this universe, or this game at all?

Reading about the poor writing just turns me off even more considering how much I dislike ME2 and 3 in comparison to 1. Peter Brown's comments on the bombcast didn't do the game any favors either.

Will wait for reviews then wait for a sale in 6 months. Maybe. None of the footage is selling me at all. Could see this becoming the first major disappointment of the year.

 

[Dick Justice]

I don't understand the hate about DA : I. As long as you left the first region before finishing the tons of side quests there, it was pretty good in my opinion.

It seems to me people tried to do every filler side quest. If you don't do that, it's a good game.

90% of Inquisition is insipid, filler side quests that belong in an MMO.

 

[rdytoroll]

I feel this game is going to be unintentional comedic gold.

Between Peebee's backwards gun and this :

https://youtu.be/ktjywYQ8QCU?t=1h35m46s

Look at the way Cora walks ... ROFL.

They all walk like this, no matter the situation lol

 

[Ralemont]

I was about to make a post asking why the fan edit didn't change PB from blue to white but Heckler got us covered.

Still the eyes do look much better on Ryder in the edit.

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

He compared the experience to "eating cardboard".

What the hell....i don't even get what would be meant with that. So i assume their review was one of the few negative ones back then?

 

[Mikey Jr.]

This is definitely a "wait for metacritic" situation for me.

Something about this game has not grabbed me in the slightest.

 

[joecanada]

I must have missed how this guy is shocked that BioWare writing is subpar, in that I only played dragons age games, so I just assumed all their writing was bad.

Dragons Age is so campy it's like a B movie, enjoyable but I don't they were going for unintentionally funny.

 

[Ombala]

Interesting that one of the few really negative previews gets its own thread, but the positive ones dont.

Did you miss Shinobis thread?

 

[firehawk12]

I trust RPS~

 

[Omega Kirby]

So basically give every woman a slim model jaw line.

I can deal with the original bioware asari, but that photoshopped female ryder is so much better and much needed

 

[soundscream]

I don't think the series was ever known for supreme visuals, not to me at least. It's always looked good but never top tier.

ME1 was amazing when it came out, ran like crap but it looked great.

 

[Schlorgan]

this year has started very well

we haven't had a good bomb to make fun of yet

looks like this one will do the trick

i don't really enjoy bioware games very much so i'd rather it's this one rather than something more interesting

Can't tell if serious.

If it is, this is not healthy.

 

[Ralemont]

Did you miss Shinobis thread?

Shinobi posted his own thread, and unless you are ok with someone making 30 new threads for each positive article, the point stands

 

[HK-47]

I trust RPS~

I'd trust RPS if it was any of the 5 other main writers.

 

[KiefbladeMaster]

It isn't what he wanted to see from the game, so he just reams it cause it doesn't line up with his view as to what a Sci-Fi setting should be. Read this last night and just disregarded it, as nearly everything else has been positive.

 

[HeeHo]

Saw an ad play for this game on youtube when I was trying to watch a video for school yesterday. I didn't skip it because I honestly don't know too much about the game, but it seemed pretty corny, couldn't quite put my finger on it. Gave me the impression that it is supposed to be campy or something.

We'll see though. Ever since that trailer where everyone complained about female Ryders weird facial animation, I haven't seen the game too positively.

 

[thumb]

What the hell....i don't even get what would be meant with that. So i assume their review was one of the few negative ones back then?

It was a random tweet with no elaboration. We don't know what he was talking about specifically, or what he would praise or criticise.

 

[True Fire]

Who could have ever predicted this?