His Majesty
Banned
I actually had some fun on the first planet yesterday. The game has already surpassed my expectations in that regard.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda |OT| Ryders on the Storm
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Why? Is it impossible to patch in a supersampling mode?
This game was one of the reasons i bought a Pro and now i learn it won't even utilize the extra power on 1080P...
Durrzerker
Banned
I really wanted to like Cora but it is not going well so far. I'm pretty sure she literally cannot make it through one conversation without talking about how awesome of a biotic she is.
After a 45 minute multiplayer co-op mission, I'm stuck at a loading screen where I can hear one of the other 3 people saying his screen is at "Waiting for 3 other people."
Will I get XP or loot for the past 45 minutes i put into the game? Doubtful. Fuck Mass Effect: Andromeda.
Will I get XP or loot for the past 45 minutes i put into the game? Doubtful. Fuck Mass Effect: Andromeda.
wesleyshark
Banned
2hrs into a brand new playthrough- trial progress purposely wiped from ye olde xbox. Really happy with how the Ryders turned out.
Having a 1080p mode has nothing to do with supersampling...
Having a 1080p mode means the game runs at 1080p and thus, has(?) perfect framerate performance.
Do get supersampling the game needs to run at higher resolution and my guess is that Andormeda's 1800p supersamples in 1080p tvs already. (although this is the rare case that I wish it doesnt and that the game runs at 1080p when it detects a 1080p tv... because the framerate apparently sucks ass.
Ah i see. So the game supersamples on 1080p screens but there is no dedicated 1080p mode for increased performance at the moment..
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Wind's Howling
Member
Despite the issues this game clearly has those screenshots do get me incredibly excited just to invest 50-60 into it. I have waited 5 years for a new space sci-fi rpg.
That long wait is probably going to make me invest money in an otherwise (good but not great) game. Damn the other developers for not creating more space rpg's.
That long wait is probably going to make me invest money in an otherwise (good but not great) game. Damn the other developers for not creating more space rpg's.
Blue Ninja
Member
I was just wondering this yesterday. I'm starting to think the animation shitstorm threw their marketing into disarray.so where did this go?
I feel like putting a bullet in addison, she is easily the most hatable character in the series.
Other then that they should have let the trial end after that mission, that mission was pretty decent and leaves you curious.
Peebee and Drake are great fun but vetra really goes well with them both too.
As for the cdkeys question a couple of you asked, cdkeys is region locked now with their keys. If your from the US you will get your key but if your in the EU regions you will get your key just before release and yes they have the EU keys already.
Other then that they should have let the trial end after that mission, that mission was pretty decent and leaves you curious.
Peebee and Drake are great fun but vetra really goes well with them both too.
As for the cdkeys question a couple of you asked, cdkeys is region locked now with their keys. If your from the US you will get your key but if your in the EU regions you will get your key just before release and yes they have the EU keys already.
I'm not so pissed off now because thankfully my progress saved but damn, that had me going hard for a bit there.
MarineMountie
Member
I find myself wondering if I'm holding even 20fps on PS4 Pro. Throw in the awful writing and jank...Why did I purchase this.
I'm looking forward to the DF breakdown now. I don't understand how the game runs so poorly on the pro.
I've come across this exact opinion enough times to make me wait. I'm not particularly interested in the gameplay, so fun dialogue and such is more or less what I want from this game, and clearly they fucked up royally there. It doesn't even have to have an interesting main plot or anything, just gimme a bunch of side stories with good narratives and I'd be happy.
I'll probably buy the game during the summer drought. To see just how bad it is lol.
oneils
Member
That's how I felt while using a controller. When I switched to mouse and keyboard it felt much better. Reminded me of me3. I always felt like the combat was designed more for mouse and keyboard rather than a controller.
Yep.
Can't be overstated enough how bad the writing is. It feels like it was made exclusively for children. Even Mass Effect 3 or Dragon Age Inquisition at their worst weren't this stripped down of edge, nuance, and thought. Like, as an example, here's a line you hear during combat
"Yeah! I bet he hated that, because I just shot him in the face!"
Sounds like it was made by children, tbh.
I'm hoping it improves AI too.
It's pretty bad on Xbox too, why I'm sticking to multiplayer until Scorpio release. Hopefully game gets updates on its issues too.
I contacted support again and just got my key.
Quick Mustard
Member
Well, one of my three simplygames orders has arrived. Wonder where the other two are...
Writing by and large in video games has gotten even worse since ME3 outside of exceptions like The Witcher 3. Maybe their standards have been lowered. Mine have only risen, so this is going to be very very hard for me to get through if the entire thing is this hollow and fake.
Studios need to stop fucking hiring these hacks who don't know or care about how people actually speak. This script shouldn't have gotten past the rough draft stage.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Alright, we've moved to the "dev-bashing" phase of discussion. That's cool guys.
Cool cool cool.
(Writing is fine. There's a few stinkers, but it's a giant-ass game. There's always a few.)
Cool cool cool.
(Writing is fine. There's a few stinkers, but it's a giant-ass game. There's always a few.)
wesleyshark
Banned
I can recall cheesy and/or bad lines in every mass effect game. This one is about par for the franchise, so far. (Haven't gotten past Eos yet as I'm replaying from the beginning, so I'm not sure how it is beyond that point).
The handwaving of some people to excuse the writing is beyond me. Go find me dialogue in any of the original three games as bad as 'my face is tired' or 'I am a pie'.
Just because you love something doesn't mean you have to ignore its faults. Mass Effect is the single best video game series I've ever played, but the new game is very clearly not up to scratch. The first few minutes of playing shows that (WTF happens to that Asaris face during the initial crash straight after waking up? Why is Cora always smiling slightly?)
Just because you love something doesn't mean you have to ignore its faults. Mass Effect is the single best video game series I've ever played, but the new game is very clearly not up to scratch. The first few minutes of playing shows that (WTF happens to that Asaris face during the initial crash straight after waking up? Why is Cora always smiling slightly?)
wesleyshark
Banned
Not ignoring its faults. It definitely has 'em. But I'm also not forgetting how imperfect the original trilogy was, despite how it was also pretty fantastic regardless. I see nothing here in Andromeda that makes me think this was written by/for children, as suggested above lol.
Playing this feels right at home within the Mass Effect franchise. The visuals. The vistas. The quirky characters. The music. The galaxy map. Scanning! It just feels right, despite the bugs.
It absolutely was nothing like this in the original trilogy. Characters had dumb lines in those games but they were dumb lines in the context of something someone would actually say. In Andromeda it's straight up first draft horseshit that sounded good in the head of whoever thought it up, so they put it down on the page and moved on. It's expository and spoken by everyone as if they're in a vacuum and they're all actually the same person. No one has any identity of their own, especially not the lead character. Shepard immediately came off as a serious military type, but Ryder? He is a vacant, empty vessel.
I want challenge, but I don't like damage sponges, especially in a game with no hit reactions. I took normal because I strongly suspect it just changes values.
He really is. I never liked listening to Shepard.
wesleyshark
Banned
Given how brutal Bronze is in multiplayer, I'm already dreading the Insanity playthrough when I get to new game+.
What are they doing to fix it do you know?
orichalcos
Member
Hm. Talking with a
Turian Ex-Spectre about Saren...
Doomshroom
Member
Im buying this for the multiplayer hope i wont regret it. I loved ME3 co-op.
texhnolyze
Banned
I usually play ME games on hard at least, but that was on PC with kb+m. But now that I'm playing the PS4 version, I'm not really sure. I'm bad at aiming with a controller.
If I can change difficulty anytime, I guess I'll start with hard and see how things go.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
In my opinion, it's a very good upgrade. Granted I've only played Arkham Knight, Firewatch and Outlast since I've got mine. Arkham showed a 100% improvement. Haven't done much back and forth testing but the place I was at, i timed it at 21 seconds on the stock 1TB of the Pro, then moved the game and reloaded the same save. SSD loaded it in 9 seconds flat.
The Samsung T3 is also probably one of the cheaper SSD's you can find, well for me at least, I bought the 250GB model and probably won't be copying more than 2, 3 games at once. I only play one game at a time anyway, so works out great for me.
Other users have reported games like Horizon, GTA V and others having either the loading times halved or drastically reduced.
Turdburger
Member
YOU ARE GOING TO REGRET IT
Anyone know?
Your not but lose achievement