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[kennyamr]

ok I didn't want to post but I have to, thank you for this.

I haven't laughed this much quite a while.

 

[Lime]

Based on some comments from insiders i'm thinking this game had really troubled development and we're now seeing the results of it come to light. Some of this animation is blatantly unfinished whether it's that gif that Lime posted or stuff like really bad motion capture cleanup that looks like the guys barely had anytime to even get this remotely cleaned up to what I assume an animator would deem ideal:

The joints are popping and jittering all over the place, they have the mocap sausage arm thing going on, like...whoever did this scene certainly did not have enough time for it.

Maybe they bit off more than they can chew in the time allotted for development?

Hmm, maybe. It seems uneven at least and in some parts worse than Dragon Age Inquisition.

 

[Eolz]

This game looks like pure quality.

Pretty cool magic trick

 

[Darth Pinche]

Good lord this is so bad. I think I will wait on a price drop and some patches to come out first.

 

[Servbot24]

It still looks like Bioware has no clue how Humans look like, at least they got their Aliens right.

I still don't get why every alien is humanoid.

 

[B.O.O.M]

This game looks like pure quality.

oh sweet this game has ninjas too!

 

[i-Lo]

Meanwhile in Inquisition....



Hmm. It's deffo a step back. The eyes in Inquisition looked a lot better too.

My god... look at them eyes. They don't look anything like painted ping pong balls in ME:A.

This game looks like pure quality.

A bit too efficient.

 

[Cyriades]

This game looks like pure quality.

8 GB patch at launch confirmed.

 

[Charcoal]

Her face is just so horrible

 

[Soul of the Beast]

Based on some comments from insiders i'm thinking this game had really troubled development and we're now seeing the results of it come to light. Some of this animation is blatantly unfinished whether it's that gif that Lime posted or stuff like really bad motion capture cleanup that looks like the guys barely had anytime to even get this remotely cleaned up to what I assume an animator would deem ideal:

The joints are popping and jittering all over the place, they have the mocap sausage arm thing going on, like...whoever did this scene certainly did not have enough time for it.

Maybe they bit off more than they can chew in the time allotted for development?

The game definitely felt rushed, It's painfully obvious.
ME fans deserve better.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

This game looks like pure quality.

Truly awful lol

If this is a glitch, it's a little too convenient she goes mostly out of view before glitching out of existence lol

 

[lastplayed]

The game definitely felt rushed, It's painfully obvious.
ME fans deserve better.

Maybe it's their revenge for the ME3 backlash.

 

[Vire]

The game definitely felt rushed, It's painfully obvious.
ME fans deserve better.

It looks rushed, but I don't understand how it could be given such a long development time period.

Inexperience of the staff for this project seems like a serious problem. For all the faults of Inquisition, even that had superior models and animation was better all around. Definitely seems like the "A" team is elsewhere, which is strange considering Mass Effect used to be their baby.

 

[Pyramid head]

New screenshot of the crew assembled:

 

[MikeDown]

The hell happened?

Why do I keep seeing Pepe

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Inquisition had the problem of everyone looking like they were made of wax. Also the custom characters looked so similar no matter how many hours of work you out into the character creator.

But the CC still has more options than Andromeda's. I thought they'd use Inquisition's version with major upgrades but nope.

 

[MeisterLeder]

It looks rushed, but I don't understand how it could be given such a long development time period.

Inexperience of the staff for this project seems like a serious problem. For all the faults of Inquisition, even that had superior models and animation was better all around. Definitely seems like the "A" team is elsewhere, which is strange considering Mass Effect used to be their baby.

Maybe the A team is working on the new IP that we will see soon i guess

 

[Asd202]

LOL.

 

[DemWalls]

Based on some comments from insiders i'm thinking this game had really troubled development and we're now seeing the results of it come to light. Some of this animation is blatantly unfinished whether it's that gif that Lime posted or stuff like really bad motion capture cleanup that looks like the guys barely had anytime to even get this remotely cleaned up to what I assume an animator would deem ideal:

The joints are popping and jittering all over the place, they have the mocap sausage arm thing going on, like...whoever did this scene certainly did not have enough time for it.

Maybe they bit off more than they can chew in the time allotted for development?

Yeah, if I had to guess I'd say that after Inquisition came out they had to rethink quite a few things.

 

[Amey]

Cora's idle pose is also super weird

Everyone in this game stands like old he-man action figures

 

[Deleted member 286591]

Jeez, now all I see is the goofyness of it all... Even the way he's walking with his hands all stiff, and shaking hands like that, like they didn't even bother to do some hand closing stance or something, I just... I can't. I don't get it, really. After all this time, in 2017, why is it so bad ? :|

 

[napata]

It looks rushed, but I don't understand how it could be given such a long development time period.

Inexperience of the staff for this project seems like a serious problem. For all the faults of Inquisition, even that had superior models and animation was better all around. Definitely seems like the "A" team is elsewhere, which is strange considering Mass Effect used to be their baby.

Wasn't the rumour that stuff got rebooted during development? Destiny also had a long development cycle with experienced developers but was still rushed because of reboots.

 

[Lime]

Maybe the A team is working on the new IP that we will see soon i guess

Different studio, most likely. Andromeda was led and headed by the newer established Montreal studio. The new IP is headed by Edmonton as far as I'm aware.

 

[Darth Pinche]

This game looks like pure quality.

Is it me or does that krogan look way too small? Young krogan?

 

[Taker34]

Everyone in this game stands like old he-man action figures

And they look like action figures. Is it me or does everyone look kinda short. As if they didn't want to scale the characters to the world, so everything looks a bit more massive. It's weird.

 

[Nev]

Honestly this looks beyond amateur. I've seen parody Source videos made by one or two people with animation that looks like Pixar compared to this.

It's embarrassing and worse than the previous games, which is saying a lot because the animation in these games is downright awful.

Look at her face when she stands up holy shit. If the absolutely horrible close-up of the beginning isn't indicative enough for you, that is.

 

[Soul of the Beast]

This game looks like pure quality.

At first I was like: The animation doen't look too bad here, I don't know what the problem is?

And then I was like: .....you have got to be kidding me....

 

[DarkLordMalik]

This game looks like pure quality.

 

[Stranya]

Lol, though I'd honestly prefer that then them just walking around aimlessly in the background.

Also, were Krogan's always that small? My head canon had them at like 7ft tall at least.

It's perspective trickery - Krogan is actually 50ft away.

 

[thenexus6]

I've kinda gone totally limp over this game, man.. I've had an off feeling about for game for ages, but definitely not getting it at launch anymore.

 

[chromatic9]

This is so jarring and creepy. Different lighting in these two shots and the eyes resemble stickers.

I'm sure all the characters and mocap are based off Ed Miliband.

 

[LiK]

Where's shinobi, I need first hand impressions.

 

[neoglow]

The Monster Factory episode on this game is going to be DELICIOUS.

My sides hurt right now from laughing.

 

[Floody]

Is it me or does that krogan look way too small? Young krogan?

I'm like 99% sure Krogan's on average are like 7ft tall, so either I'm misremembering or he's a tiny Krogan. Even Grunt who was a young Krogan was like over 7ft.

 

[MeisterLeder]

Where's shinobi, I need first hand impressions.

Sry to say this but i wouldnt take his honeymoon impressions as very valid...

We will find out pretty soon enough

 

[True Fire]

This game looks like pure quality.

Looks like Space Sims

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

This game looks like pure quality.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

I really don't get why they're releasing it like this. Should have been delayed. Considering the ME3 backlash this game needed to be great. Stuff like this will only further damage the brand.

And I don't care about downgrades. Just that animation and the general look of the characters is abysmal.

 

[Andodalf]

I'm like 99% sure Krogan's on average are like 7ft tall, so either I'm misremembering or he's a tiny Krogan. Even Grunt who was a young Krogan was like over 7ft.

They've always been shirt in game. Grunt is about Shepherds size in game

 

[LowParry]

There's gotta be some sort of Day 1 patch...right?

 

[Bisnic]

For those asking about the krogan size, i'm pretty sure that's a female. I don't remember from ME3, maybe they always were smaller in size than males?

Also I sure hope every patch notes will have this:

Patch Notes 1.xx
-Updated animations in various scenes.

 

[Gator86]

Holy shit, I'm dying.

Also, goddamn Sara Ryder still looks absolutely dumb as hell in every picture. I'm gonna have to make a character when I get my rental copy.

 

[Ryu]

:/

 

[Crossing Eden]

Yeah, if I had to guess I'd say that after Inquisition came out they had to rethink quite a few things.

DA:I worked out super well as a first attempt with Frostbite, so wondering what happened between that and this. That day one patch better be substantial because some of the issues in these animations genuinely look like leftovers from the layout stage. :|

 

[Floody]

They've always been shirt in game. Grunt is about Shepherds size in game

Ah, yeah I think that's the case actually, I vaguely remember Grunt's intro cutscene showing him being huge, but then cutting to him in game being way less impressive.

Could be female too, though I can't remember how big they were in-game.

 

[jelly]

Maybe the A team is working on the new IP that we will see soon i guess

Original Mass Effect trilogy remaster 😄

 

[Metroidvania]

DA:I worked out super well as a first attempt with Frostbite, so wondering what happened between that and this. That day one patch better be substantial because some of the issues in these animations genuinely look like leftovers from the layout stage. :|

Wait, isn't the 'day one' patch already included in the EA Access trial?

Could have sworn I remember someone from Bioware saying that.

 

[Bubba_Sparks]

Haha, this looks like crap. The Giant Bomb stream is just destroying my interest in this game. It seems horrible in every aspect. Not just the visuals.

 

[Slaythe]

Wait, isn't the 'day one' patch already included in the EA Access trial?

Could have sworn I remember someone from Bioware saying that.

Let's all migrate the hope towards Day 2 patch.

 

[hwy_61]

Haha, this looks like crap. The Giant Bomb stream is just destroying my interest in this game. It seems horrible in every aspect. Not just the visuals.

Ditto.

This is so disappointing man.