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Mass Effect: Andromeda |OT| Ryders on the Storm
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They've slightly better stats than what you'll have upon first hitting Eos, but it won't be long until you find something better. Don't bother with the deluxe edition unless you also want that hoodie for running around in hubs and on the ship with.
Then I assume you only changed the first name? Because that would make sense. But what if you make the last name Harrison for example?or did you actually make a complete new name and still get called Ryder?
The name thing in Fallout 4 was a nice touch.
If you quick start they call you Scott or Sara at times otherwise if you change the first name only, you are called Ryder by everyone.
Pheace
Member
Thanks guys, if it's just early strong versions of similar weapons in game I'm not interested. I'll just save the money for something else
TheWorthyEdge
Member
Why is no one talking about the menu music?
That shit? Is great.
That shit? Is great.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Yes
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
If I get duplicate weapons I can sell/destroy without any worry right?
nope, I'm in the same boat
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
I would bet the farm on the
Quarian
KyleOnTheRun
Member
Yep. Either deconstruct for resources or sell for credits.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
This music as I'm making my character is fucking incredible.
Metacritic user scores are pretty worthless anyway since people can review games with no proof they played them. Like, how many of those negative reviews are people who haven't played the game reviewing it based off of what they've seen in videos. Past that, how many are people negatively reviewing it because "default Sara Ryder isn't hot enough", or any other number of dumb reasons that people pick to hate stuff online.
By most accounts the 75% real metacritic score seems to be a pretty fair assessment of the game.
Question for those that have played a substantial amount: I have ME:A preordered already so it's available to play when I'm ready. With life and Horizon ZD I'm in no rush, and reviews have highlighted some technical issues.
Do you recommend waiting on a patch to fix those issues? Any idea if / when a patch will be incoming?
Do you recommend waiting on a patch to fix those issues? Any idea if / when a patch will be incoming?
That Dude John
Member
Play multi with me u nerds
PSN: AeonisAlister
By play I mean carry
PSN: AeonisAlister
Future PhaZe
Member
Yes he'll be black. I think it suits more personally.
You can customize your twins appearance.
I actually prefer the look of female Ryder but while the voice acting sounds good it's just too...."young" for me. She sounds like the girl next door thrown into the role of a captain and I can't buy in. Shame because the male voice actor is just so generic.
I haven't played but I believe you can customize your sibling after customizing your main ryder, I don't know if that impacts dad at all.
KyleOnTheRun
Member
The design flaws related to fast travel, the Galaxy Map, crafting & menus, etc. affected my enjoyment more than the glitches and technical stuff. Those design flaws are far less likely to be patched, so in my case, waiting wouldn't have changed my enjoyment level.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Same boat for me. The issue is that that made every armor require so many resources and require you to have the previous version before you can get the next level version. Same for every weapon (I think)
So now the issue becomes if it's worth using the few R&D points you have to make that that helmet level 1, then actually create it, because depending on where you are you might have to develop the level 2 version.
Ultimately that's a dumb system since resources in those volumes required you don't come up with super easily.
And two weapons I created were absolute shit compared to the shotgun that I got from the pre order bomus/deluxe edition.
I am afraid to waste any points because I know at some point somebody is going to say "don't bother with 99% of the weapons, weapons X and y with z augmentation are super broken.
you can customize your sibling as well and the father will be generated based on your character and your sibling.
ScaryShark
Banned
Is there a way to see a suggested character level for missions/errands? I'm getting my ass handed to me on Insanity much more than the previous games.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
My Ryder looks fucking awesome.
Hope he looks good in game...
Hope he looks good in game...
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
You'll find enough R&D to mess around. You don't have to craft stuff right away and resources become much less of a problem as well. You can even buy them éventually.
not that I know of but the game is just much more difficult than previous entries.
Is it the
Architect
Rellik
Member
I had to restart my game to make some adjustments. But I seem to do this in every Bioware game.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Some people complained about input lag and I have it as well. Even when I use my TVs game mode which gives me a low input lag I still notice it. It's not nearly as snappy as Gears 4 for example.
Oh okay awesome, thank you. I just was curious if I was missing something because I've done about 12 missions so far and I barely have enough points to equip a team with any extras. I guess I'll get more of those points by actually playing?
Admiral Woofington
Member
For some reason Bioware titles always take forever to get many mods if any. I'm not holding my breath to play this with mods
Depends on the community. I wonder if the tools made for DA:I for Frostbite 3 can make things easier for modders.
I hope Bioware fixes the eyes though, it's usually just the same single texture that is replicated across all humans anyway. It shouldn't be hard, but then again this is Bioware so...
gbpackers25
Member
After playing a little bit of the single player the game is definitely still fun! I can't wait to jump into some multiplayer later too!
cleveridea
Member
Got my collectors edition nomad, very nice build quality and its very heavy. Love how the brake lights light up red when charging
I thought it wasnt out for like a week or so, was surprised it just turned up at the door just now
I thought it wasnt out for like a week or so, was surprised it just turned up at the door just now
Bornstellar
Member
The reason being that historically the mass effect games have been extremely difficult to mod.
To some extent maybe, but it was enough with texmod and UE3 was easier to mod values via the standard config.
mcz117chief
Member
I'm getting this game primarily for the multiplayer. The multiplayer in Mass Effect 3 is absolutely amazing and I hope that the one in Andromeda is just as good. Anyone who already played it, how does it compare to the 3rd game's multiplayer?
The DA:I tools already exist, so there is some hope that it won't take that long.
So I just played up until 2 hours after the end of the trial (
) and I can say that I LOVE this game! This is definitely a Mass Effect game, with all it's jank and bugs.
- The combat is great, although it doesn't start opening up until you're a couple hours into Eos.
- The graphics are amazing (playing on PC maxed out) with great detail and vistas, planets really look alien and finally the tech is catching up to the point that it really flushes out what the series is all about.... alien worlds with a sense of mystery and discovery.
- Sound is top notch, especially in combat, but also overall. Music is very subtle for me so far, not as great as the original trilogy so far but I'm still early in the game.
- The flow of the game is pretty good although a bit overwhelming in the first hours since there's a lot of systems thrown at you in a very short time.
Human animations are definitely rough, sometimes they can be funny but other times it can take you out of the immersion, especially when you think how great the game and conversations could be if it had animation quality like The Witcher 3, it would be mindblowing since characters can look almost like CG at times with the right lighting.
One thing that I see getting a lot of hate is the scanning mechanic, I don't see why though, it's no different than detective mode in Batman or witcher sense in Witcher 3. Actually I think witcher sense is arguably worse since you always got the same dialogue "Hmmm blood, someone was attacked here, possibly by a creature, need to follow the trail", and this is coming from someone that actually enjoyed the dialogue and the mechanic in that game, but in Andromeda scanning makes much more sense and if you take the time to read you can get some pretty interesting lore and story tid bits that you would have missed otherwise, also you get some pretty great conversations while doing it. For someone who likes the lore in this fantastic universe this is a very welcomed mechanic!
I'm definitely in love with the game, I had to force myself to put the game down only because I had to sleep to go to work, I can't wait to get back tonight and see where the adventure takes me!
Also.... this game is MASSIVE.
after settling the first outpost and talking to the people there
- The combat is great, although it doesn't start opening up until you're a couple hours into Eos.
- The graphics are amazing (playing on PC maxed out) with great detail and vistas, planets really look alien and finally the tech is catching up to the point that it really flushes out what the series is all about.... alien worlds with a sense of mystery and discovery.
- Sound is top notch, especially in combat, but also overall. Music is very subtle for me so far, not as great as the original trilogy so far but I'm still early in the game.
- The flow of the game is pretty good although a bit overwhelming in the first hours since there's a lot of systems thrown at you in a very short time.
Human animations are definitely rough, sometimes they can be funny but other times it can take you out of the immersion, especially when you think how great the game and conversations could be if it had animation quality like The Witcher 3, it would be mindblowing since characters can look almost like CG at times with the right lighting.
One thing that I see getting a lot of hate is the scanning mechanic, I don't see why though, it's no different than detective mode in Batman or witcher sense in Witcher 3. Actually I think witcher sense is arguably worse since you always got the same dialogue "Hmmm blood, someone was attacked here, possibly by a creature, need to follow the trail", and this is coming from someone that actually enjoyed the dialogue and the mechanic in that game, but in Andromeda scanning makes much more sense and if you take the time to read you can get some pretty interesting lore and story tid bits that you would have missed otherwise, also you get some pretty great conversations while doing it. For someone who likes the lore in this fantastic universe this is a very welcomed mechanic!
I'm definitely in love with the game, I had to force myself to put the game down only because I had to sleep to go to work, I can't wait to get back tonight and see where the adventure takes me!
Also.... this game is MASSIVE.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
15 hours in and I'm really enjoying it. This one of the few times that I can agree with a games criticisms and yet still have a blast playing.
Though I did just get an email referencing Jaal's actions on the Tempest despite having never met him 0_o
Man, those two boxes with X's in them are Godlike. Buying now.
EDIT: Much better lol.
Nacho Libre?I kinda love my sleazy stache Rider, even if his head is way too big for his body:
