So your hypothesis is that John Walker is secretly loving his time with ME:A, but he's lying about it at length for the clicks?
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Early impressions from RPS for ME:A. It's... not good
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So your hypothesis is that John Walker is secretly loving his time with ME:A, but he's lying about it at length for the clicks?
Yup, close it up boys lets go home. Mass Effect is trash. We all saw this coming.
Future PhaZe
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Is this an entirely new development team from Bioware?
from Bioware website:
http://blog.bioware.com/2014/11/07/introducing-some-dev-team-leads-for-the-next-mass-effect/
Then there is Chris Wynn who was the Gears of War Judgement producer who was for a time the senior dev director of ME:A before leaving the project in 2015?
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/28/mass-effect-andromeda-director-chris-wynn-leaves-bioware
Joel MacMillan is the art lead who has been a mainstay with Bioware for some time.
from Bioware website:
http://blog.bioware.com/2014/11/07/introducing-some-dev-team-leads-for-the-next-mass-effect/
Then there is Chris Wynn who was the Gears of War Judgement producer who was for a time the senior dev director of ME:A before leaving the project in 2015?
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/28/mass-effect-andromeda-director-chris-wynn-leaves-bioware
Joel MacMillan is the art lead who has been a mainstay with Bioware for some time.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
So he has a track record of good opinions?
JamesHolden
Banned
This was a bizarre preview. Writer seemed to have big issues with the RPG genre itself, and seemed combative about having the main character be an important person in this fantasy world, and the companion characters having some banal dialog. If I was the editor of RPS, its a weird assignment to give this writer. Then 90% of comments to this article were people of this community that felt relieved to not have to play this game, and justified for the vague feelings that something is wrong with this game. I guess I am not good fit for the RPS community.
Here is what happened to my topic linking his article about Valve:
edit: I have no issue with his articles, he probably made some good points
I don't find it distasteful at all.
I simply find him to be an untrustworthy source of information as he seems to value dragging games more for the LOLZ or OMG! than actual critical analysis.
fargofallout
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The thing that bums me out the most about this write up is Bioware sticking to their formula of your character being The One. I find that notion to be so tired and played out - why can't you just be some person doing their thing and having wacky adventures?
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Milly Osworth
Member
Isn't he a PR dude.
No, my hypothesis is he just likes to be that guy everyone points to as the hyperbolic, dissenting opinion.
JeffG
Member
Breath of the Wild deserved the 10's.
get2sammyb
Member
Can you really say that about this Mass Effect preview, though? He might be at odds with everyone else ultimately, and his write-up is uber-snarky, but he seems to articulate all of his criticisms very well.
UnluckyKate
Member
we did and it sound the same all over again
Pyroblazer
Member
It's a lot of text but when you look at the complaints? Are they really a huge thing. Combat seems to be fun, the menus or quest markers don't bother me that much to be honest. Breath of The Wild has a pretty poor menu and it doesn't change the fact at all that I love the game. I don't think he has played enough to make a judgement about the story and characters. Let's wait and see I guess, in the end it's only a opinion. The other impressions were pretty good and I liked the last videos.
So, because he likes to dissent, that means that he's not looking so much at his experience, but at other peoples experiences, and then writing the opposite? So if everyone had said they'd hated it, he would have likely written that he loved it?
Which, again, is claiming that he's lying about his actual experience with the game.
Yeah, the gameplay looks so much better that it is not even funny. But on the other side of the coin, I also think that I can handle BioWare jank, filler quests and some cheesy space drama.
After all, that is part of the deal with Mass Effect.
Are those from the vanilla game. I don't remember that Miranda/Jacob scene at all.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
As someone who like ME, really liked ME2, and adored ME3 (yeah, yeah, yeah), I have zero hype for ME:A.
KOTOR is my favorite game of all time. But Bioware's writing has just kept coming up with more new ways to disappoint with each new release. Nothing that has been teased about this game gives me confidence in the setting, plot, characters, or dialogue - the primary reasons I came to ME in the first place.
KOTOR is my favorite game of all time. But Bioware's writing has just kept coming up with more new ways to disappoint with each new release. Nothing that has been teased about this game gives me confidence in the setting, plot, characters, or dialogue - the primary reasons I came to ME in the first place.
I believe the embargo ends Monday. You can only talk about trial content until then.
He said that about Wild Hunt? Yeah, okay. That makes this article read even more jaded than at first glance.
I have disagreed with almost every single one of this guys reviews. I'm not sure if he just thinks that much differently than I do, or if the guy just writes shit to be click bait, but I no longer trust most of the reviews on RPS because of him.
I mean the guy talked shit about the Witcher 3 being boring and terrible.....and it was my GOTY along with thousands of other GAFers.
Not saying he is wrong about Anromeda, because I haven't played it, but his opinion means shit to me
all previews are these days is a means to validate your own opinions. positive or negative it's kind of irrelevant. all i know is that this guys views fit what i have seen from all the promotional material, live demo's and trailers. the shining "this is the best mass effect game ever" previews confuse me more.
Scrotum Phillips
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Really don't understand why this deserved its own thread as seemingly most other previews are positive, but whatever.
If you know this writers past, he has very controversial opinions on games. That's not a bad thing. But saying he hated Witcher 3 and Inside is kind of akin to one of your friends saying that they hate pizza. Sure, that's a completely valid opinion, but their tastes are so far in the minority that it's worth taking in to consideration next time they tell you why you shouldn't try a restaurant.
The weird amount of hate this game has received before its release is odd. The general consensus has been positive and that it is "more Mass Effect," which is exactly what I want in a series that hasn't seen a release in 5 years. On the other hand, if the original trilogy didn't work for you, you probably know already if this is something that you want.
If you know this writers past, he has very controversial opinions on games. That's not a bad thing. But saying he hated Witcher 3 and Inside is kind of akin to one of your friends saying that they hate pizza. Sure, that's a completely valid opinion, but their tastes are so far in the minority that it's worth taking in to consideration next time they tell you why you shouldn't try a restaurant.
The weird amount of hate this game has received before its release is odd. The general consensus has been positive and that it is "more Mass Effect," which is exactly what I want in a series that hasn't seen a release in 5 years. On the other hand, if the original trilogy didn't work for you, you probably know already if this is something that you want.
Embargo lifts on the 20th
Whoever made that replaced Shepard for Jacob there. Miranda might also have been a replacement too I'm not sure.
It doesn't but there are some people that want to shit on everything mass effect, they want to panic and shit on it anytime they see something regarding it they don't like. It's been like that since ME2.
RichiRamjag
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Most of Gaf thrives on negativity.
lying by embellishing sure.
Taliban Stan
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I never can tell if articles written purposefully snarky and "cool" are playing things up for entertainment value or are being like 100% serious in their love/praise.
I didn't like playing DAI but I did think that if you took all of that, made it aliens in the future and had it be ME2/3 style combat, I could enjoy this a lot more. For better or worse, this sounds like it's that.
Writing is subjective and honestly I can't really think of a RPG with a good start. The story hasn't really started yet, the game is still in tutorial (implicit or explicit) so all the systems are limited, the characters you'll think are the best might not have even been introduced. Leaving that first area is where RPGs start to get good imo. I've always thought BioWare was a little cheesy (I thought it was purposeful) and all their games have some corny moments.
I'll need more footage or personal hands on to really see if this is worse than ever or if it's more like the writer is now noticing what I always did (and still loved the games).
I didn't like playing DAI but I did think that if you took all of that, made it aliens in the future and had it be ME2/3 style combat, I could enjoy this a lot more. For better or worse, this sounds like it's that.
Writing is subjective and honestly I can't really think of a RPG with a good start. The story hasn't really started yet, the game is still in tutorial (implicit or explicit) so all the systems are limited, the characters you'll think are the best might not have even been introduced. Leaving that first area is where RPGs start to get good imo. I've always thought BioWare was a little cheesy (I thought it was purposeful) and all their games have some corny moments.
I'll need more footage or personal hands on to really see if this is worse than ever or if it's more like the writer is now noticing what I always did (and still loved the games).
Especially when EA/Bioware or Ubisoft are involved.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Yup. I'll be more concerned if it's Alec writing this
Falchion
Member
Huh, just seems weird but must mean you can't go very far in the trial.
ChemicalCutthroat
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Kotaku had a post up discussing the first five hours, and it seemed to be very positive compared to RPS' thoughts.
Seems like most Bioware games, you'll have the people that love it and the people that hate it. The circle of life continues.
I'm really looking forward to the Multiplayer, and hanging out on the couch with the wife for a playthrough to discover and explore. I'm really looking forward to it.
Seems like most Bioware games, you'll have the people that love it and the people that hate it. The circle of life continues.
I'm really looking forward to the Multiplayer, and hanging out on the couch with the wife for a playthrough to discover and explore. I'm really looking forward to it.
LOL, that is because someone removed Shepherd and put Jacob in his place. I merely used these gifs to show some of the weird glitches that very much are a part of Mass Effect.
SparkleMotion
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No video game deserves a 10.
Then why does the 10 exist then?
Stone Ocean
Member
You were supposed to learn from Inquisition, not fucking double down on it
A 10 doesn't mean a game is perfect because there is no such thing
MyNameIsRye
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Called what? That another guy didn't like it? Give me a break.
