Freezasaurus
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I did that at first too, but you can usually pick out things with your eyes that might be worth scanning.
There's a terminal for that in your quarters once you get the Tempest.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda |OT| Ryders on the Storm
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I did that at first too, but you can usually pick out things with your eyes that might be worth scanning.
There's a terminal for that in your quarters once you get the Tempest.
It's very generic. Not particularly bad or anything just nothing that stands out. It's disappointing coming off the original trilogy that was full of such memorable and evocative music.
Micromegas
Member
I'm trying very hard to like this. The writing, acting, voices, audio, generic music (where is the cool vibey electronic score?), mediocre combat, dead-eyed animation, bad lighting, glitchiness, awful pacing and bobbing frame-rate...
The list goes on and this is not the feeling of a Triple-A marquis game. It just very mediocre. If you're on the fence and can wait, wait for a couple performance patches at the very least. I'm going to shelve it until then. Very disappointed. It's like whoever developed this game had never played any of the previous ME games.
The list goes on and this is not the feeling of a Triple-A marquis game. It just very mediocre. If you're on the fence and can wait, wait for a couple performance patches at the very least. I'm going to shelve it until then. Very disappointed. It's like whoever developed this game had never played any of the previous ME games.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
Sara Ryder sure likes to make stupid grins does she?
BizzyBum
Member
Some very early impressions:
I just left Eos after setting up Prodromos. It's still very early but I can already tell this won't be as great as the original trilogy.
I think my main issues so far is with the narrative and the writing, which are pretty much the main reasons I play games like this. Nothing really gets set up. We enter Andromeda, the scourge damages our ship and golden planet, we're immediately fighting hostile aliens that look like the Locust from Gears of War, and the main character's father dies without any investment into the character so it's no big deal to any player. It goes from 0 to 100 within the first hour of play. There's no build up to anything.
The writing is just not as sharp, either. I'll use a quick early example but as FemRyder I was flirting with Suvi (the girl with the accent across from the Salarian on the Tempest) and dear lord was it cringe worthy. Awful VO with even worse writing. I feel kinda bad for the voice actor's here. There's also lots of weird quirks and camera views during conversations. The "dead face and eyes" are exacerbated when the camera has a super zoom on your face for long stretches of dialogue for no reason. Characters are stiff and lifeless when conversing.
I will say playing maxed out on PC at 1440p the game does looks great even with the downgrades. The combat is pretty good, too. I love the jumpboost and thrust mechanic when on foot. Reminds me of Halo 5.
I think my main issues so far is with the narrative and the writing, which are pretty much the main reasons I play games like this. Nothing really gets set up. We enter Andromeda, the scourge damages our ship and golden planet, we're immediately fighting hostile aliens that look like the Locust from Gears of War, and the main character's father dies without any investment into the character so it's no big deal to any player. It goes from 0 to 100 within the first hour of play. There's no build up to anything.
The writing is just not as sharp, either. I'll use a quick early example but as FemRyder I was flirting with Suvi (the girl with the accent across from the Salarian on the Tempest) and dear lord was it cringe worthy. Awful VO with even worse writing. I feel kinda bad for the voice actor's here. There's also lots of weird quirks and camera views during conversations. The "dead face and eyes" are exacerbated when the camera has a super zoom on your face for long stretches of dialogue for no reason. Characters are stiff and lifeless when conversing.
I will say playing maxed out on PC at 1440p the game does looks great even with the downgrades. The combat is pretty good, too. I love the jumpboost and thrust mechanic when on foot. Reminds me of Halo 5.
Pretty much how I'm feeling at the moment. Just a terminal case of the blands.
I disagree with many people in that to me it just doesn't feel like a Mass Effect game at all.
Still only nine hours in so I hope it improves.
VincentMatts
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MosquitoSmasher
Member
Ok now that sounds odd as hell. You would think that the quests that are truly worthwhile wouldn't be put there where most of the not so worthwhile quests are. Hope they change this because I am not planning on doing every single little annoying fetch quest. At the same time I don't wanna miss out on some cool shit.
Inceptional
Member
Haha, I thought the eyelid thing was just my guy, homeboy looks like Forest Whitaker with the lazy eye.
The mechanics are fine but the enemies and encounter design are nothing to write home about. Every battle just ends up feeling like a free-for-all with little regard for strategy or pacing.
Vic_Viper
Member
Thank you!
BronsonLee
Member
Mass Effect: You've been sleeping for 600 years
Me:
Me:
Micromegas
Member
Very much so in my opinion. The bland gunplay is not satisfying in any way, the cover system never seems to work when or how I think it will. The enemy AI feels like 2000-2001-era AI. Your teammate AI is okay - their autopilot stuff - but when you try to place them somewhere, it feels very imprecise.
The powers are okay so far, but that's the only standout in an otherwise pretty bland & uninspired combat arena IMO.
I was surprised by this because i was hearing in the previews how solid the combat was, but this doesn't even feel as solid or smart as the previous ME entries, and this is a whole gen later.
Frozenprince
Banned
I fully expect it to be just like Dragon Age Inquisition is. Most people look back on that fondly now.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
not on gaf
Frozenprince
Banned
GAF hates everything tho
yankeehater
Member
It was the only gun I used in me3 and it is great I'm this game as well.
Thanks!
Frozenprince
Banned
Now I'm saddened I don't get a power rangers armor.
BizzyBum
Member
>side quest to put dying brother's pendent on Eos.
>find spot and place pendent by holding Y
>no pendent model shown on ground when done
Rodney McKay
Member
This is what my glitched eyelid looks like:
It only seems to be on one eye, and it's more noticeable when he blinks. Not a deal breaker, but not the best thing to see all the time either. It almost seems like a lighting issue, but it's always there no matter what the lighting is like.
Other than that I'm pretty happy with how he looks. I based it on a similar preset someone tweaked on here. He came out looking a little older than I thought and I accidentally left some face scars that I didn't want, but I think I'll keep it for my first playthrough.
>side quest to put dying brother's pendent on Eos.
>find spot and place pendent by holding Y
>no pendent model shown on ground when done
That is the moment where I started to dislike the game.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
truer words were never spoken
I am bummed the hot red head ain't romanceable. Everyone else I'm "eh" on, but I'm liking the characters for the most part. Especially your last squad member addition. Pure excellence.
We're not that fortunate.
"Okay what's with the gun show?"
In context, best line in the game yet.
Alright, this game's starting to feel more and more like ME to me. But now, I can't get naked Jaal ass out of my head.
Yeah, alot of them are this. There are more than handful that have more meat on them tough. And not main quests, but side ones and tasks.
In context, best line in the game yet.
Alright, this game's starting to feel more and more like ME to me. But now, I can't get naked Jaal ass out of my head.
Arcteryx said:
Yeah, alot of them are this. There are more than handful that have more meat on them tough. And not main quests, but side ones and tasks.
BronsonLee
Member
Yo I'm all in on this opening
really diggin it
really diggin it
Actually not true at all. Go into threads for Zelda or Horizon or Nier or Nioh or Yakuza or Gravity Rush and you'll see.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
obviously theres outliers to the rule, sony and nintendo exclusives are always loved on here
For real?
Saying that GAF hates everything is fucking idiotic. Now stop.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Man, we're in 2017 .. I can't believe games are still blocking PS4's screenshot feature :-/
For the interested, the game apparently blocks screenshots when you go to the Nexus. I want to take some snapshots, the view from the main deck with all the blue haze is gorgeous. Stupid.
For the interested, the game apparently blocks screenshots when you go to the Nexus. I want to take some snapshots, the view from the main deck with all the blue haze is gorgeous. Stupid.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Inviusx
Member
>side quest to put dying brother's pendent on Eos.
>find spot and place pendent by holding Y
>no pendent model shown on ground when done
That's some mid 2000's MMO quest design right there.
If that was in the Witcher 3 not only would the pendant appear but if you visited it a few hours later the brothers ghost would appear, have some unique dialogue and maybe another side quest.
BronsonLee
Member
Ya, I like stuff that starts with a bit of a kick to it like Titanfall 2's did
I also liked that when I stowed my weapon on the first encounter there was a VO line to note it
RAIDEN1
Member
How often does the game crash??? Is it fair to say in certain instances you can't complete a side-quest even though you have completed the objectives for it?
I will be getting the game, but these performance issues need to be addressed! Surely Bioware can't be that blind to it that a game people have paid with their hard-earned cash are getting something that isn't in a satisfactory state from a playable point of view??
I will be getting the game, but these performance issues need to be addressed! Surely Bioware can't be that blind to it that a game people have paid with their hard-earned cash are getting something that isn't in a satisfactory state from a playable point of view??
BizzyBum
Member
There's not even any indication that that's where you would place the pendant accept for the fact that the air above the empty sand is glowing for some mysterious reason.
Absolutely not.
We hate shit games. We love great games.
Witcher 3, Bloodborne, Nioh, Yakuza 0, Zelda, DOOM, all were basically universally praised for good reason.