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Holy fuck, ME was so bad it made Jeff come around to Wildlands.
As someone who's 90 minutes into that game, it's pretty chill. I'm playing solo with podcasts in the background, and it's fulfilling that Ubisoft Trance craving I get every so often. The shooting actually feels solid.
As someone who's 90 minutes into that game, it's pretty chill. I'm playing solo with podcasts in the background, and it's fulfilling that Ubisoft Trance craving I get every so often. The shooting actually feels solid.
therealminime
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"You scanned me pretty hard."
what does that even mean, Ryder?! Christ ME:A is such a fascinating mess. The bugs are so frequent and I've talked to several people who have had all of the same bugs with the same regularity as me. It's fucking INSANE. Add on all of the baffling design decisions, it's just fascinating. The combat is great though, I'm really liking it. And a few memebers of the Tempest crew are doing it for me but as a whole, holy shit what a bummer.
Edit: want the fuck, I just met some Salarian who works for The Collective which is lead by The Charlatan, a mysterious information broker who is never seen in person and no one knows who he/she is. Why is EVERYTHIG in this game just some knock off of a thing from the main game some? They have a goddamn shadow broker equivalent. Oh boy.
what does that even mean, Ryder?! Christ ME:A is such a fascinating mess. The bugs are so frequent and I've talked to several people who have had all of the same bugs with the same regularity as me. It's fucking INSANE. Add on all of the baffling design decisions, it's just fascinating. The combat is great though, I'm really liking it. And a few memebers of the Tempest crew are doing it for me but as a whole, holy shit what a bummer.
Edit: want the fuck, I just met some Salarian who works for The Collective which is lead by The Charlatan, a mysterious information broker who is never seen in person and no one knows who he/she is. Why is EVERYTHIG in this game just some knock off of a thing from the main game some? They have a goddamn shadow broker equivalent. Oh boy.
Sleeping Lesson
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I really like how those look. If you do ever get them, please let me know how they sound!
darkwing-buck
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Get Nier.
LurkerPrime
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ME:A really does seem like a masterclass of bad writing. My face can't get over some of the stuff the characters say--it's either anachronistic or downright insane.
Also, I'd criticise the VO more, but I'm thinking now that the actors were thrown under the bus just like every other part of the game was. So I'll bear with them. Bad direction can really ruin VO work, I think.
I dunno if it's the same underlying tech or anything, but the effect seems similar. In Overwatch's case it just makes it easier to tell the location of sounds, especially useful when there's a lot going on.
Overwatch has really good sound design, with footsteps, hero callouts, gunfire, ability effects, and quips that let you know what's going on, so having locational audio like that is sogood.jpg.
Also, I'd criticise the VO more, but I'm thinking now that the actors were thrown under the bus just like every other part of the game was. So I'll bear with them. Bad direction can really ruin VO work, I think.
I dunno if it's the same underlying tech or anything, but the effect seems similar. In Overwatch's case it just makes it easier to tell the location of sounds, especially useful when there's a lot going on.
Overwatch has really good sound design, with footsteps, hero callouts, gunfire, ability effects, and quips that let you know what's going on, so having locational audio like that is sogood.jpg.
AcademicSaucer
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The problem with Mass Effect is that nothing about the game is great and people only have so much money and so much time and there are way better games out there.
therealminime
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Oh I'm going to for sure. But I am going to play all of Andromeda first. I have got to see this all through. Nier seems so great.
Twin Tails
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Which is an indication that swat 4 will never appear on the site.
Piston Hyundai
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Fun fact: There are seven episodes of the Old Games Show and Ranking of Fighters each.
Less fun fact: Both features started in 2015.
Less fun fact: Both features started in 2015.
darkwing-buck
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Couldn't stop playing Swat 4 when it came out on GOG. That game is really immersive.
Especially since he's leaving.
Especially since he's leaving.
LurkerPrime
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TOGS will return. I have faith.
If Alex were a cat and not a wolf he would understand. Cats are comfortable being uncomfortable.
If Alex were a cat and not a wolf he would understand. Cats are comfortable being uncomfortable.
Amidst all this Andromeda talk, I became nostalgic for a better Bioware game, Dragon Age. While searching for the quick look, I came across this: QOTW: 11/08/09.
This is some playstation underground type shit. I never knew they used to showcase user-created content since I didn't star following Giant Bomb until 2011. Some of these QOTWs are gold.
This is some playstation underground type shit. I never knew they used to showcase user-created content since I didn't star following Giant Bomb until 2011. Some of these QOTWs are gold.
Can't rush geniuses friendo
Antiwhippy
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Ninja Scooter
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Calling ME:Andromeda a "Direct to video sequel" seems so damn appropriate.
therealminime
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maybe Andromeda will be OK after several more patches...?
i'm struggling to reach the acceptance stage of a Mass Effect game being trash
I love Mass Effect so much and am about 20 hours into Andromeda and patches aren't going to fix the fundamentals of this game. Yes, it is undeniably a buggy mess but even if it was perfectly polished the writing is still pretty uninteresting (there's some ok stuff here and there), the main plot is a mix of confusing and rote, the main character is straight up terrible, there is no sense of exploration or wonder or mystery to the planets since they are all littered with terrible fetch quests and repetition. The only thing I think is genuinely great about it is the combat. I am having a hoot with it. And it's kind of the thing I look forward to most while playing it. And most of the environments are really beautiful, but all of the charm and personality that made the original trilogy, especially ME1 and ME2, so great is gone, evaporated. Like it never existed in the first place.
LurkerPrime
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this sounds worse than i could've possibly imagined
and now it just just hit me that the Infinite Warfare campaign might be a better Mass Effect game than Andromeda
Brad's singing voice. <3
broncobuster
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Has Bioware made any commitment to directly following up Andromeda? Because of sales aren't there, I wouldn't be surprised if they revisit The Shepard for the next entry.
Don't feel bad for liking it. I feel like no one has said it's a horrible game; it's mostly just disappointment because it could've been a lot better. You can say that about most games.
Yeah but the problem is the 24h window for the refund lol. I need to decide what to do.
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
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Switch movement from Auto to Manual control, pass the ball around so errbody gets EXP, get Tidus as close to the opposing goal as possible, Jecht Shot the fuck outta that fucker. Repeat.
Was I supposed to put manual before the game?
therealminime
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Might I present to you the single most baffling thing I have seen in Mass Effect: Andromeda (or rather, heard).
what the fuck is happening with this "crowd" audio and why is it playing when there are no crowds. I am just... WTF. It is so obviously gibberish and it is so loud and noticeable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zBoypj_egs
what the fuck is happening with this "crowd" audio and why is it playing when there are no crowds. I am just... WTF. It is so obviously gibberish and it is so loud and noticeable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zBoypj_egs
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
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Ah crap, I can't answer this off the top of my head.
Yeah, it's probably before the game, and if there's halftime then during halftime as well.
anotherdoof
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Blitzball is terrible. If you manage to score a goal and are leading in the 2nd half, grab the ball and hide behind your net. The AI won't chase you and you can run the clock out.
You change to manual pushing triangle or square during the match. It's a formation. Blitzball's actually really easy once you're able to recruit players. There're three people in Luca you can hire right away that makes things so much simpler; Jumal, Wedge and Zalitz. If you're having trouble with the story match, it's really not a big deal. All you get for winning is a Luck sphere I think.
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
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No, his return to the field is scripted, but if you have the Jecht Shot then you can get a point in at a better chance than the Jecht-Shot-less Wakka.
And the satisfaction that the Goers, the worst name for a sports team ever in FF, didn't win.
Only if you want to unlock all of Wakka's Overdrive reels and get an item to unlock his Ultimate weapon. You don't need either, but I would suggest you play enough to get his Attack Reels. It's his best overdrive and it's the first one you can win.
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
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Probably breaks up the repetition of Capturing Monsters.
Eh, it's not so bad. Only have to win like 25 matches.
I recently played the game again for the first time since it was new on the PS2 and accidentally beat it when I was just two monsters short of getting 10 of every monster in the game.
I recently played the game again for the first time since it was new on the PS2 and accidentally beat it when I was just two monsters short of getting 10 of every monster in the game.
And dodging 200 lightning strikes.
I did that. I think I got all the ultimate weapons for everyone on the PS2. Including the lightning one, which wasn't that bad. The one that was probably the worst without the guide was Auron's, as his was a random spot on the map, meaning hunting X:Y coordinates till you found the right spot.
Yeah it's not too bad once you figure out you can keep resetting your data when a League comes up with no Reels or Sigil prize.
It's especially easy when you're at the point where you can just recruit Brother immediately after every reset. He makes the game ezmode.