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Mass Effect: Andromeda |OT| Ryders on the Storm
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mikemandey
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The reviews are out, will try to read a lot of them after working.. Still excited to play and no preorder cancelled though..
I played a lot of Bioware games: NWN series, Baldur's Gate series, Jade Empire, KoToR, DA:O, DA2, DA:I, ME, ME2, ME3 and the 10 hours trial of Andromeda... Enjoyed all of them regardless the review scores... No doubt I'll enjoy this one too lol
I played a lot of Bioware games: NWN series, Baldur's Gate series, Jade Empire, KoToR, DA:O, DA2, DA:I, ME, ME2, ME3 and the 10 hours trial of Andromeda... Enjoyed all of them regardless the review scores... No doubt I'll enjoy this one too lol
I've got 300+ hours in Dragon Age Inquisition. I'm pretty sure I'll like ME:A just fine, considering I've seen more than one person say if you liked DA:I, you'll love ME:A.
But I'm not surprised at the scores, and I have my own gripes with decisions for the game, but I'm still excited to play it.
But I'm not surprised at the scores, and I have my own gripes with decisions for the game, but I'm still excited to play it.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
I think this was patched out today with the 500mb patch? Either that, or the host is miles away from everyone else or has bad extranet connection. Localisation needs to be a thing: hopefully that's in that patch.
I know the sound issues in MP were fixed with the one previous (was like 230mb I think).
Aretak
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Nope. I played a bit post-patch and the horrible rubberbanding is still there. I doubt that's going to be a quick and easy fix, if it can be fixed at all (ME3MP's netcode flaws never were, though they were nowhere near as bad as this).
mercenar1e
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the video was recorded after updating to the latest patch.
USA.
How the hell do I preload it? It's in my library with no download link. Just an overview page that says "check back soon!"
Well, done in this thread. The review thread basically confirmed all my fears and worries from the trial. The worst parts of Bioware writing, REALLY buggy and not even a storyline worth getting involved with.
Thanks for killing my interest in a Mass Effect game EA, you did the impossible.
Thanks for killing my interest in a Mass Effect game EA, you did the impossible.
There's been this weird thing with preloads with firmware 4.5. Search for the game in your library, then click the Mass Effect that shows up in the search results -- you'll get a download link then.
I think at this point, people need to stop pinning their ire mostly on the publisher.Well, done in this thread. The review thread basically confirmed all my fears and worries from the trial. The worst parts of Bioware writing, REALLY buggy and not even a storyline worth getting involved with.
Thanks for killing my interest in a Mass Effect game EA, you did the impossible.
I mean, Bioware had 5 years to pull it off.
(Not that this redeems EA from previous sins)
You can log into playstation.com and go to the store and go to the game page and there should be a pre-load button
okay, phew. that worked. I never woulda tried that. thanks!
Karak's review saying that there are large parts without any music whatsoever really leaves me flabbergasted. No music at all in many locations you explore.
I wonder why this is the case - if they simply just didn't have enough songs to cover the game.
I wonder why this is the case - if they simply just didn't have enough songs to cover the game.
Rellik
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It's why I avoid all review threads. Better to just stay out of it.
I'll form my own opinion of the game when I get it and play it.
Black Mantis
Member
Yeah, I noticed this during the trial and it's not a good design choice imo, especially after the previous games gave us some great tracks to explore to. Galaxy map music is pretty good though.
Ok now that reviews are out, time for some real talk
Where can I find footage of Reyes? ��
edit: Found something!
Where can I find footage of Reyes? ��
edit: Found something!
Darkstorne
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They did the same thing in Inquisition despite having a huge soundtrack to draw from. They cited artistic choice and wanting the environmental atmosphere to be the star of the game. It was a widely criticized and unpopular choice, so I'm not sure why they're making the same choice in Andromeda...
wesleyshark
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Yep, not going into that thread. Looking forward to going into this absolutely blind beyond the trial. I don't plan on even reading any reviews until I've beaten the main story.
Shinobi was mentioning the same thing in his impressions.
Overall, sad to see the review aggregate lower than anticipated, but its pretty divisive given some 9s and low as into 5s. I had fun with it, so will play gladly.
Rellik
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My copy just dispatched here in the UK from SimplyGames so I'm getting hyped now.
Wasn't this a thing in DA:I as well? You'd be walking around the Hinterlands and then you'd get a little piece of this awesome music... and then nothing.
Wasn't this a thing in DA:I as well? You'd be walking around the Hinterlands and then you'd get a little piece of this awesome music... and then nothing.
Son Of Sparda
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How did Bioware managed to mess up side quests in this game yet again, is truly beyond me. They promised that this game won't be another DA:I with tons of fetch quests, yet here we are.
I denno. I don't really care what the scores are. I love sci fi, I love space missions, and I really enjoyed playing the trial on origin access, so I bought it. The animations don't bother me and I don't care if a reviewer gave it a 7. A lot of reviewers gave the best game of 2014 a super low score, too
DA:I 'mmo quests' that people hated were things like shards and closing rifts for no reason other than completion. A quest that involves just going and talking to someone or going and murdering enemies for some story resolution isn't a 'fetch quest'
Ivory Samoan
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Cross posted this in the review thread: also thought you OT crowd would enjoy it, Gameplanet's review (an Aussie/Kiwi community of gamers, on MC). 80/100. Here's an exert that I really dig:
Such a wide and divisive score base, having said that: I know I'm going to love my time in Andromeda based on my trial alone - but I can see what some of the criticisms are about for sure: a fun and flawed space adventure, much like ME1 in many ways.
Such a wide and divisive score base, having said that: I know I'm going to love my time in Andromeda based on my trial alone - but I can see what some of the criticisms are about for sure: a fun and flawed space adventure, much like ME1 in many ways.
nelsonroyale
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Yeah, technically it does and it seems to have the bare bones of an interesting plot - just like FFXV did - but seems to have forgotten how important good writing is...A real disappointment.
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Deleted member 286591
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Exactly. Played the 10h trial mostly in MP (huge ME3 MP fan), I got fiber-optic internet and always hosted : not a single match with any problem. I played with my buddy from ME3 in vocal who's got a pretty weak broadband connection and told me he didn't have any issue.
It's your standard p2p matchmaking thing, so shitty host means shitty experience, simple as.
geordiemp
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Host has crap internet. Hopefully local searches are allowed and game picks best host, which is usually me (200 GBS)
I you have good internet 200 + and you are ethernet you will be host most of the time and game will likely run well for players in that lobby
Son Of Sparda
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You are banned so you clearly can't answer, but a lot of outlets are saying that there are many quests that just ask you to go somewhere and scan something, and then come back, rinse and repeat.
That's definitely the kind of side quests that I didn't like in DA:I, and something that I consider to be a fetch quest.
Tigersprite
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This is literally something that was a problem back in ME1 when exploring on worlds, quite shocked that they decided to do it again after knowing how important music is to this series (and to sci-fi settings in general).
But overall I'm still keen to play this game and establish my own impressions, as I'm a fan of what I've actually played so far.
SolicitorPirate
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How is the games performance on base PS4? I don't like playing on PC, but may do so if the game runs poorly on consoles
That was a huge issue in DA:I. There was no background music in any areas which really did make it feel soulless. I read about this being an issue during the trial but Shinobi said this was only the case in the Nexus...
Dandy Lyin
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It's a shame the reviews are so low. I've been hyped since it was announced, and I enjoyed my time with the trial despite some (mostly) cosmetic flaws.
DeadOnions
Member
When playing the trial I just wanted to here some classic ME themes. Music was always a major part of the atmosphere of the original three and it being lacking here is a disappointment.
Ascenion
Member
The whole OST is up on YouTube it seems. It's 18 tracks and honestly nothing to be proud of.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Just saw that as well. What a mess of a game
Ivory Samoan
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Doesn't feel like a mess when you're playing it: it actually feels quite glorious tbh.
They put more care to her naked ass than to some of the NPCs, lmao
Will there be a patch to upgrade the resolution on xbox ? I played the early access and really enjoyed it but the game seemed blurry to me ? I turned film grain off but it still looked really low res :/ ? maybe its because this is my first mass effect on console ? I played them all on a high end pc when they were coming out so they were always 1080p my pc is 9 years old now and can't run andromeda even at low setting
Rellik
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Will there be a patch to upgrade the resolution on xbox ? I played the early access and really enjoyed it but the game seemed blurry to me ? I turned film grain off but it still looked really low res :/ ? maybe its because this is my first mass effect on console ? I played them all on a high end pc when they were coming out so they were always 1080p my pc is 9 years old now and can't run andromeda even at low setting
It runs pretty much the same as all Bioware games do on the Xbox One. I don't think you'll see a resolution jump until Scorpio.
Sodding_Gamer
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Only 18 tracks in the OST. Fuck sake. That doesn't seem a lot for ME. Unless that doesn't include ambient tracks. I was really hoping this would have a good soundtrack
Ah okay ive not played any other bioware games on x1. I cant make my mind up to upgrade to scorpio or build a pc next year !!!
Either way im sure the low resolution wont take anything away from the game for me
Is the PC version unlocked in Australia/New Zealand yet?
No it doesn't Dragon Age Inquisition is the only other Bioware game on Xbox One and that game is fixed 900P with really solid 30FPS.
No it doesn't Dragon Age Inquisition is the only other Bioware game on Xbox One and that game is fixed 900P with really solid 30FPS.