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Mass Effect: Andromeda |OT| Ryders on the Storm
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Lmao that's great.
Yea Drack is good, his grandpa personality is nice. It's also kind of great to see how anytime you visit Nexus he'll go see his granddaughter. Infact this is one of the things I like about the game, the shipmates will all be doing things that you would expect them to do when on shore. So Liam being the alcoholic he is will always be in a bar, Jaal will always find himself at some history place while Peebee will be around museums. Sometimes they'll go to places together and have chats, same when inside the ship...they are always moving and talking on their own instead of standing in one fixed location forever like a rock waiting for you to come and speak to them.
Don't forget EDI and SAM. It's basically Star Trek Voyager.
Even the ship is a copy of the Normandy, which is kind of funny because you're pretending this 600-year-old design is state of the art.
None of this really bothers me though. The characters are more interesting than their prior incarnations. Every member of a species acting the same at a high level somewhat comes with the genre
SolicitorPirate
Member
Oh? Does the game have multiple loyalty missions for each character?
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
So, does this support HDR on PC? If so, what setting color format and depth should I set in the nvidia control panel?
DeadlyParasite
Member
That feel when the game freezes after you beat the Trail of Hope:
fight on Insanity and you have to do it again.
cardinal
I quite like the opening, it seems to have the polish that the rest of the game lacks almost all the way up to when you get to the nexus where you start seeing "tired face" Addison and the low-production value side quests start hitting. Not sure what people are finding so off-putting in the first hour.
Conscience Falls
Member
It's a feature
The Salt Life
Banned
Is there a pro patch? Any benefits to getting this on the pro or should I just get it on x1 were I already put 10 hours into the game and mp?
Not at home right now, but when I get back I'm heading back to the Nexus to try out some of those apex/alpha strike missions.
Does the game just take you to the MP lobby and bring you back to SP after you finish a mission?
Does the game just take you to the MP lobby and bring you back to SP after you finish a mission?
I heard on the Bombcast that when you come back all you have is control of the camera? Sounds like it has issues with suspend/resume.
Frozenprince
Banned
Aaaand my save is broken.
Great.
Great.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
Despite the ugly faces and animations, I just bought this on XBL for $100 AUD. Couldnt resist the lure of the multiplayer. Hope its as good as ME3.
semiconscious
Member
completely agree. &, what with all the other of the game's shortcomings, it really didn't need this. the environment was grim & ugly, the encounters were spastic & just irritating, & it lasted longer than it needed to. the good news?: things improve immediately on completing it. the bad news?: it's hard to imagine how bad the game'd be if that wasn't so
...Slackbladder
Member
Yes. I use YCbCr420 12bpc or try YCbCr422 and 10bpc.
ROUGE_BLOCK
Member
Always make duplicate saves for these kind of games, whether BioWare or Bethesda you can't trust them.
There's quite a lot of autosaves, try loading from one of them
I suppose it is just one long loyalty mission but they have multiple steps on different planets so tomato/tomato I guess.
These both work for me on my KS8000. I am currently using YCbCr422 and 10bpc. The game really is stunning with the HDR.
How? Just won't load?
They are not pretending, it IS state of the art...for Andromeda. The Milky Way tech being 600 years newer doesn't mean anything. That's like saying nothing in Milky Way could have been state of the art since the Reapers had superior technology. For the people in Milky Way it's been 600+ years of advancements but for the people in Andromeda it's been like a few days/weeks since they left Milky Way. It's all about point of reference.
Imo it was a really clever way to make an entirely new start but have the same level of technology seen in previous game.
Frozenprince
Banned
I have tried loading all my manuel saves and only one 5 hours back is working. Gonna just sit on this loading screen for ten minutes and see if it fixes itself.
Um, from their perspective it is. They've been sleeping for 600 years, not designing ships.
The loyalty missions are specifically marked as "Loyalty Mission" in yellow text inside the Allies and Relationship list. The missions that just have the squadmate's name on it aren't loyalty missions really.
I haven't played any of the console beauties of this gen but this game is the best looking game I have ever played. Finally unlocked the full game two hours ago. Lovely looking. Also the combat is pretty great though I haven't gotten a full hang of it yet.
Below are minor spoiler for those not yet playing and want to go in pitch black/blind.
Below are minor spoiler for those not yet playing and want to go in pitch black/blind.
I get where the story complaints come from thus far, yeesh. Hope it gets better. Gamespot seemed to say that the problem wasn't the major plot but the execution.
Ahhh ok I didn't notice that before. I am playing the Vetra mission now and it says loyalty mission so I guess they maybe do not all have multiple steps.
Trickster
Member
Okay I need to get this off my chest after being about 30 hours in. So far, my main complaint is definitely the open world exploration. The worlds are beautiful and vast, but hardly anything feels exicting or rewarding to find. It's definitely got that DA:I feeling to it, which is not a good thing in any way.
The worlds are full of Kett and Remnant camps and structures. But these all are little more than places for you to fight some Kett or Remnant, gather some minerals or open random chest or two.
Even the bigger remnant structures that are actually marked on the maps as points of interest, are no different than all the small unmarked camps and structures. It's litterally the same case of "go there, kill some fodder enemies, loot a chest with some random crap in it and move on".
What's worse is that sometimes it feels like the game actively sets you up for dissapointment. What prompted me to post about this now is that I found what looked like a small abandoned structures, very small nothing you'd really expect anything from. But then Ryder goes "what's this" in this way that would normally be a clear case of "oh shit I found something". Well, what I found was a scannable container with zero kind of followup, litterally just a random fucking container.
The worlds are full of Kett and Remnant camps and structures. But these all are little more than places for you to fight some Kett or Remnant, gather some minerals or open random chest or two.
Even the bigger remnant structures that are actually marked on the maps as points of interest, are no different than all the small unmarked camps and structures. It's litterally the same case of "go there, kill some fodder enemies, loot a chest with some random crap in it and move on".
What's worse is that sometimes it feels like the game actively sets you up for dissapointment. What prompted me to post about this now is that I found what looked like a small abandoned structures, very small nothing you'd really expect anything from. But then Ryder goes "what's this" in this way that would normally be a clear case of "oh shit I found something". Well, what I found was a scannable container with zero kind of followup, litterally just a random fucking container.
ScaryShark
Banned
Everything is super abrupt. I'm supposed to embody this character and I know literally nothing about them. Since I'm not initially an authority figure it's all pretty awkward. Everyone talks to you very matter of fact-ly when there's no frame of reference. The way ME1 eases you in to that world is much better.
The big villain reveal is awful and super out of place/bad for a game that is releasing in 2017. I audibly groaned during it.
Thats what makes it so hard to swallow. The potential is clearly there for this to feel like Mass Effect without being handcuffed by what came before in Mass Effect. They basically emphasized that this was their philosophy but it doesn't seem to be showing. Again, I'm still having a good time and having fun but the squadmates and lack of new alien races leaves a lot to be desired
Believe me, i'm with you. I'm trying to add to the dogpile the game has gotten. I'm just peeved at how hard they pushed that things were going to be so new and fresh yet the squad feels like a big rehash
I'm not suggesting that they wont develop over the course of the game (I would certainly hope they do) but considering how the dev team heavily emphasized how new Andromeda was and this was going to be it's own thing, the fact that there's even that many comparables, even on a surface level is still disappointing.
Frozenprince
Banned
The only similarities I've noticed between Garrus and Vetra and Peebee and Kiara so far are their races and that PeeBee is a scientist.
That's it.
That's it.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
That feel when the game freezes after you beat the Trail of Hope:fight on Insanity and you have to do it again.cardinal
These kinds of shit is why I hesitate starting on Insanity. But I want to.
Urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
ScaryShark
Banned
Yeah good call on the opening planet. Easily the worst looking place I've been to so far. It's just so bleh. I get why it needed to be for story reasons but your first big mission with a bunch of build up is to this really dull and uninteresting area. It doesn't put its best foot forward.completely agree. &, what with all the other of the game's shortcomings, it really didn't need this. the environment was grim & ugly, the encounters were spastic & just irritating, & it lasted longer than it needed to. the good news?: things improve immediately on completing it. the bad news?: it's hard to imagine how bad the game'd be if that wasn't so
I'm sure the overall altruistic and pioneering nature of this game won't jive with everyone but I really enjoy it and the pace the game plays at makes sense for the story being told. It's nice not being Shepherd in this environment IMO as much as I love that character.
Some real surface level comparisons being made to denigrate the game. It says more about the person who can't let the OT go when playing this game more than it does about the actual game.
I'm actually surprised at how restrained and the lack of fan service this game has shown so far. It clearly wants and is its own thing.
HelloNewman
Member
New multiplayer character is releasing tomorrow. https://twitter.com/bioware/status/844659071915560961
HelloNewman
Member
I'm really enjoying the human engineer being able to trigger my own combos reminds me of the Drell back in ME3.
SolicitorPirate
Member
Look, Kallo has very specific dreams, alright?
CommandThrower
Member
Ooooh, fuck. Bring me that Krogan Warlord!
Lets say we agree to disagree, is there any less merit to anything else i pointed out? I'm even willing to concede that the aliens aren't even open for comparison being that they exhibit traits that in theory would make aliens of the same race congruous but as humans that doesn't explain why liam mirrors jacob and cora mirrors miranda.
Why would my critique of the game and the things that stood out to me need to be considered denigration? Even if you believe my argument holds no weight, what about it is unfair?
BronsonLee
Member
I just witnessed the greatest handshake of all time
Durrzerker
Banned
I find Liam entertainingly dumb, he always has something weirdly off base to say. Like a ten year old.
Cora is bore-a though. Shut the fuck up about the asari already.
Fleet_of_Foot
Member
Man I don't know about this game. I just did the whole "murder mystery" quest line which involves way too many loading screens and running around and at the very end, when I made my final decision what to do with the prisoner (exile him), the quest line just ended abruptly and I got nothing for it.
Was the story supposed to be the reward? Because it wasn't even close to being worth it.
Was the story supposed to be the reward? Because it wasn't even close to being worth it.
Sterling's_Gold
Member
So do all of the asari other than Peebee have the same face with different tattoos/facepaint? Kinda lame
therealminime
Member
Why does Jaal constantly say "One less to worry about!" like Garrus? Why Bioware? And he says it as frequently. You can make little references to the old stuff but when so much of this game feels like a straight to DVD version of the OT, why accentuate that with a character constantly saying something from the old games. Ugh.
AlexFlame116
Member
Looks like the PS4 version is already going down in price (just barely) according to Wario64. Good time to jump in at a lower price guys!