KyleOnTheRun
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What's your GPU? I have 8gb and a GTX 970. My CPU is kinda obscure (a 4.0ghz dual-core from last year), but I could play TW3 at 1080p60
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Mass Effect: Andromeda |OT| Ryders on the Storm
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What's your GPU? I have 8gb and a GTX 970. My CPU is kinda obscure (a 4.0ghz dual-core from last year), but I could play TW3 at 1080p60
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Yes, so far I've come across two, the first one is much bigger than Illium, it has different aesthetic though. The 2nd one I haven't explored fully as I just arrived there but it is giving me Omega vibes.
one step closer to installation
I am exactly on the same page. Neither is the voice acting for the most part. It's all par for the course Mass Effect. I feel like I must be playing a different game than the one described in some of the reviews.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Wait, what's the difference between 1.04 and the Early Access patch? And are these already available? I just went online with Origin (was offline due to VPN) and haven't received an update.
My only concern with the voice acting (other than Addisoin) is that some of the female voices sound pretty similar to one another. I took Vekla and Cora onto Eos and there were times when I couldn't tell the difference between who was talking during some of the banters.
yankeehater
Member
Why do so many people join MP and then never hit ready. Fuck they need to make it auto start after 3 people hit ready.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
I haven't seen a whole lot yet but the conversations and everything so far on the Nexus is absolutely fine. Maybe I just forgot about it because it's been a while but all this indeed seems on par with the previous games. I'm really not seeing what's so shitty about this so far.
The game so far certainly doesn't appear to me like a game that has been made by "rookie" developers or anything. Not yet at least.
There are secret caches in every planet. Have you unlocked them?
This is a very good ten things I wish I knew about Andromeda from Forbes. There's a couple of spoilers here and there but they are mostly about the game design.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insert...i-started-mass-effect-andromeda/#7b85a5dc5e68
yeehamuffins
Member
Yeah, in some ways I'm glad for all the negative buzz, in order to lower my expectations. Right now I've only gotten as far as the first few missions on Eos, but so far I've been pleasantly surprised. Did get one random NPC doing a T-pose on the Nexus, but otherwise no major animation glitches. It's definitely not enthralling me the way that the other ME games did, but I'm still early, so we'll see how it goes. But so far, I'm enjoying what I'm seeing.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Do we know who was on the writing staff for the game and how it compares to the staff from previous Bioware games? I know Mac Walters, of course, but I"m curious if any other series vets were involved.
Yeah, that was a good line
Agree with your post in general. It's hard to take the whole thing seriously with all the snark. Or perhaps it is just the delivery I have issues with from time to time. Like FemRyder just sounding a bit too young.But yeah, most of the time it's all fine. Not a big detractor.
Son Of Sparda
Member
Played up to the part where you get to Nexus. Other than the horrendous performance in base PS4 version (honestly, it felt like habitat 7 rarely hit 30 fps), everything else has been on par with my expectations.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
That is correct. I took mine right after the game starts before anything has been activated. Here are 2 more. These are from in-game cut scenes. They're not exactly 1:1 but I'm just eye balling them
I don't have any sophisticated capture equipment.And here's the same blue lit hall on Pro now.
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For the user asking for brief impressions earlier.
The game is definitely not a rock solid 30, it's either bad frame pacing or something but you can definitely feel a sense of jitter or hitching every now and then. Otherwise, I haven't encountered any notable drops in my time so far.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I'll keep an eye on that.
There's also another ME3 problem that I'm remembering - in public groups, no one is willing to use consumables. And I totally understand it - why bother using them if you don't know anyone else will? But I'm surprised they haven't fixed that problem by either making the consumables more plentiful or refunding them if you lose the match or something. It's basically a game of chicken to see who will break down and use a revive pack or grenade launcher first. lol
JSoup
Banned
Yes, thank you, I'm aware of that. Didn't make it any less funny.
Imo most of the bad stuff is quite front loaded in this game, NPCs that have poor animations and faces (Addison), shit dialogue (Addison again, and others). Then you run into stuff that's on par with previous Bioware efforts. The facial animations even are actually quite fine and I've been paying close attention to lip syncing which is working fine as well.
Same here to be honest. Andromeda seems to be fairly improved over the trilogy in some ways while it holds serve in others. I just think the main problem is, like I said before, the industry as a whole has arguably left Bioware behind a bit. In 2009 Mass Effect 2 was amazing in that it combined solid TPS mechanics with rich world you only found in RPGs. There really wasn't anything like it at the time and stood out among the sea of linear shooters. Now that damn near everything is an open world game with RPG elements, it feels a little less special.
I am busy running around doing side missions on The Nexus and it is exactly the same types of things we did on The Citadel. Be it investigating some sort of sabotage or helping prove someone's innocence or guilt. I also am finding male Ryder's voice actor to be better than Shepherd's as well. I am sure that will be controversial, but that is where I am at. He is great.
I agree as far as ME1 and 2 vs Andromeda is concerned. But IMO Meer killed it in ME3.
therealminime
Member
So... has anyone else noticed the very poorly placed """crowd""" audio on Eos? It is blatantly clear that it's just a few people speaking gibberish and the audio is just playing in the middle of empty areas of the Eos colony. It is so fucking weird and distracting and obvious.
Poodlestrike
Banned
HOLY SHIT did the Scorpion get a hell of a buff from ME3 or what? Shit is devastating.
Sooo...they changed the disarming animation. She doesn't make the derp face now after disarming anymore, also she wears casual outfit instead of armour in this location. As for the disarming action, keep in mind that most of these animations last like a split second while in gifs they can last 10-20 times longer than that making it look really slow, in actual cutscene she does it really fast and points it away from her asap.
The video for comparison.
https://youtu.be/ulPsj5HYEV8
The video for comparison.
https://youtu.be/ulPsj5HYEV8
razgriz417
Member
So this is a first, apparently the Deluxe Edition and the Steelbook are 2 separate things...Best buy shipped them separately, and now I'm sitting here with an empty steelbook waiting for Fedex to actually drop off the game lol
Captain Tuttle
Member
CrichtonKicks
Member
I honestly think that the beginning of the game must have been heavily reworked at the last minute. Everything after is so much better.
Anyone?
Yeah, I noticed it too. The sound mixing on ambient dialogue is also really poor and it can be very hard to hear over the background noise.
Blue Ninja
Member
You should get alerted when there's something scannable.
wesleyshark
Banned
The Vanquisher sniper is obscene in MP. Whew.
Apples and oranges and all that. But the bottom line is that the more I play, the more I grin because I am playing Mass Effect, which is exactly what this game is. While that may seem dated to some, it still has that unmistakable DNA and I love it. Were it instead some heavy departure, no way would it be making me feel the same way the old games did. Dat VIBE.
Ok thanks, I was just getting worried because I had like 5 planets in a row with apparently nothing. I thought I was missing some mechanic.
Shadow Broker
Banned
Sooo...they changed the disarming animation. She doesn't make the derp face now after disarming anymore, also she wears casual outfit instead of armour in this location. As for the disarming action, keep in mind that most of these animations last like a split second while in gifs they can last 10-20 times longer than that making it look really slow, in actual cutscene she does it really fast and points it away from her asap.
Edit: I'll upload the video to compare
Turian: hey Sarah mind holding this gun for me?
Sara: Sure! Now I'm pointing the gun at you. Mind holding this L for me.
Random lady: get out.
Scene ends..
Bioware: yeah, Ryder is a badass.
I was trained to do that move Sara did and the Turian just let the gun go...
Eh... it's all dumb fun.
SliChillax
Member
So disappointing that this music is not included in the soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOIzH6UcoW4
Talking about the music from the start of the video and the galaxy map part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOIzH6UcoW4
Talking about the music from the start of the video and the galaxy map part.
Trickster
Member
So is it safe to say that the stuff under the additional tasks in the journal is all the most tedious grindy stuff that you only ever do if you have nothing else to do in the game?
Like, some task where I have to gather x plants, wont lead to something resembling an actual mission, right?
Like, some task where I have to gather x plants, wont lead to something resembling an actual mission, right?
It's the first game I play that runs so poorly on my PC. The weak point may be that my 970 has only 4gb of ram (actually more like 3.5, thanks nvidia), otherwise I've got 8gb on my PC. Thing is, it runs Star Wars Battlefront and The Division on High or Ultra at 60fps without any issue. At least no issue on High. But Andromeda is a stuttering mess for me, constantly dropping below 40 fps and coming back at 55/60. I'm not even sure locking at 30fps would fix it, sometimes it almost freezes completely. What are the settings that I should lower to get better performances ?
That scene can play out 3 different ways, the first time I did it there was no hostility at all. It's just one of those press RT for "renegade action" moments. If you don't press RT she just backs away. Alternatively if you approach the conversation a different manner you just walk out without causing any fuss. People have looked too deep into this thing honestly.
SliChillax
Member
Yeah, but weirdly enough I am enough most of them. I like exploring the map now that I've upgraded the Nomad so I don't mind having something to collect while exploring a new portion of the map.
Trickster
Member
It's the same for me, on pc.
Honestly, trying to do that stuff reminds me way too much of what I hated about DA:I, so ain't gonna spend my time on that
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I'm playing as Draco Malfoy fused with Nathan Fillion
Pegasus Actual
Member
Performance on my rig is solid for the most part, though cut-scenes lag a bit when the camera changes for some reason which can be jarring. I'm not very far in the game at all (first mission) but man does the auto-save suck. Just auto-save before and after every fight please... I thought this shit got worked out a decade ago!
Wait 'til my father hears about this.
I only lost the very first guy as I didn't shoot first. I save the others. You just have to engage and kill quickly. I recommend your initial shots on the one aiming at the team member.
How's the music been? A few people have mentioned it's a bit subdued and no stand out "Vigil" type tracks