alexanderftw
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So they say. Where did all that money go into?
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Mass Effect: Andromeda | Review Thread
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So they say. Where did all that money go into?
Mysterious Stranger
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French to English Idioms.
Jimmyfenix
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Is this a joke?
Audioboxer
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I'd cancel and wait a few weeks. At the very least you'll probably save £10~15 (and some of the jank might be patched).
Not into hiring talented and efficient people
Holundrian
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Idk man, I have these reviewers that seem to mirror my own tastes. Why waste money like an idiot on a game that I probably wouldn't enjoy? I feel like that qualifies as my own opinion.
Because some people don't want to spend their hard earned money blindly & multiple reviews provide an overarching consensus on quality that can aid in decision making...
Lol what the fuck? This is literally a reviews thread...
Agent Gibbs
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I've cancelled my pre-order, I thought atleast this game would retain the bench mark of the original trilogy, it just needed a new location, new characters and a decent story and thus far it seems that's fallen below the mark of a trilogy of games released years ago now
It strikes me they had development/script issues and they've just shipped the game anyway, so i'll wait until its patched and possibly some redeaming DLC comes out
Until then i'll replay ME 1-3 on my PC
It strikes me they had development/script issues and they've just shipped the game anyway, so i'll wait until its patched and possibly some redeaming DLC comes out
Until then i'll replay ME 1-3 on my PC
CDP didn't do anything special, they just did the usual formula extremely well, and you can't invent talent if you don't have it (at least at those levels).
Nothing wrong with not being the best in the business, it's just how life is, play to your strengths and work with what you have doing your best, it doesn't mean anyone can just replicate something like W3 by sheer willpower tho.
So really, maybe they should've just aimed lower with this, or give it to another team that could handle it, i guess.
Captain_Wreckus
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3 million? Lol yea if there's more people like me that buy it twice. Got the nerd urge to see how it runs on my laptop as well as I still prefer keyboard & mouse after trying the trial on xbox one. So, checked on the budget (excel spreadhsheet I keep) and once I deemed it was ok, I bought it on PC as well.
Back to the reviews controversy. I gave up on Giant Bomb, Gamespot, & IGN a long time ago. Mostly stay with one or 2 editorials for my reviews (one for PC & one for consoles/handhelds (3DS).
Ryzaki009
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Yep. If this game wasn't the only place I could get what I want I wouldn't get it either.
Oh look, animation bug gif without mentioning that you have to really force that to happen. You need to tap A and D very rapidly and constantly.
How likely player encounters that bug during normal gameplay? Very unlikely.
Yeah but I already got £10 off my preorder because of Amazons thank you thing earlier in the year. I think I'll email them and see if they can switch it to my Persona 5 order.
badnewsbeers
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So.... opinions about a game should not include opinions?
Some people only acknowledge reviews when they agree with them and validate their choice of buying or not the product. That's just the way it is and will always be.
Let me revise that. That sentiment does not need to die, but that being the default assumption needs to die.
This quote sums up a lot of how I felt playing it. I'm still going to finish it and I'll probably end net positive but it's not the game I was expecting. I think it might of even scored better if it wasn't attached to ME.
Destructoid Mass Effect: Andromeda spends a lot of time not really feeling like a Mass Effect game. If anything, it feels like a spin-off -- the sort of thing created by another studio that's unsure about what direction to take it. Like in the game itself, there are problems with the atmosphere. But Andromeda is very clear that it doesn't aim to be like the other Mass Effects. New beginnings, not funerals -- for better and for worse.
Destructoid Mass Effect: Andromeda spends a lot of time not really feeling like a Mass Effect game. If anything, it feels like a spin-off -- the sort of thing created by another studio that's unsure about what direction to take it. Like in the game itself, there are problems with the atmosphere. But Andromeda is very clear that it doesn't aim to be like the other Mass Effects. New beginnings, not funerals -- for better and for worse.
A Yoko Taro game scores higher than the big, bad BioWare RPG. Welp, only one thing comes to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqvUz0HrNKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqvUz0HrNKY
astroturfing
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fuck, my fears confirmed. i felt no hype from the trailers, it all looked so.. bland. characters were not even close to as charismatic as Garrus or Tali or Thane or even Saeed (a minor DLC character that i can still remember which is a miracle). main antagonist looks and sounds dumb too.
this wouldn't hurt so much if the game came out in 2015 or something, but after 5 years of waiting... ugh. i really believed they knew what they were doing.
but wait, is the MP any good..? maybe i'll treat this like some treat COD/Battlefield etc and just go straight to the MP skipping the campaign altogether.
oh well, at least there's still RDR2 this year (unless it gets delayed which it will lol). i don't think Rockstar will put out any major game that will get any 6s, they'll polish and polish as long as it fucking takes until it's absolutely stellar in every regard, and you can bet it won't have PS2 level facial animations or cringy voice-acting, thats for sure.
this wouldn't hurt so much if the game came out in 2015 or something, but after 5 years of waiting... ugh. i really believed they knew what they were doing.
but wait, is the MP any good..? maybe i'll treat this like some treat COD/Battlefield etc and just go straight to the MP skipping the campaign altogether.
oh well, at least there's still RDR2 this year (unless it gets delayed which it will lol). i don't think Rockstar will put out any major game that will get any 6s, they'll polish and polish as long as it fucking takes until it's absolutely stellar in every regard, and you can bet it won't have PS2 level facial animations or cringy voice-acting, thats for sure.
ALL HAIL R*
John Walker wrote Rock, Paper, Shotgun's review of ME:A. He had this to say on seeing other reviews:
https://twitter.com/botherer/status/843759693524865024
https://twitter.com/botherer/status/843759693524865024
Coulomb_Barrier
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Yeah I agree with this.
I'm not sure that a few patches will be able to resolve the character animation because that would require a huge overhaul. Patches also won't fix the story and how it's told. It won't fix the sidequests either.
Spieler Eins
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I've been hoping for that day for half a decade. Meanwhile, Bloodborne is still kind of lonely on this gen's throne of best level design. Ironically, it's handholding-less structure gave me more sense of freedom than the majority of open worlds, which mostly feel like oversized hub worlds for secretly super linear games. I can also appreciate Resident Evil for making its overhaul not open world buzzwords.
Yep, I feel the same way. I'm actually not dismayed whatsoever by the scores or reviews I'm seeing, as it seems consistent with what I saw in the pre-release streams...it seems like a "good" game that often struggles with the moments that made the original trilogy great. I loved ME 1-3 so much in spite of their flaws that I am sure I can do the same for this one.
While I still look forward to playing it though, I absolutely think I can wait for a bomba-price drop on it in the next couple of months or so.
Audioboxer
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/banter
Either way, not a great idea to pretend a ton of the jank isn't seen normally. Read the reviews or watch videos on YT. Lots of wonky animations, things missing, and random unexplainable goings on. All of that is fixable, or most of it should be, but good luck fixing the writing, quests and characters :/
Hmm yeah if they won't change maybe just keep it. Amazon CS are usually quite good. Just send them a link to metacritic and say please
https://www.gameseek.co.uk/pd/Video...z46gW0axj7rnGM5gtfW_nLlrPWp7o4jXT4aAhHw8P8HAQ
Although give it another few weeks and it might be < £35.
Or
http://www.***********/video-games/...tofKZEue_lIG0H_ySEjSyYR7UabMKOLqGkaArGs8P8HAQ (shopto)
Because cheapest price from what I can see and
People from the original ME team transitioned to Montreal though. E.g. Mac Walters.
LaunchpadMcQ
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75 is still a good score for me, but the impressions about certain aspects have me torn. I think I'm just going to have to go ahead on in and see for myself.
Nostremitus
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Reading some of the reviews, it looks like it's being scored where it is because it stayed the same and didn't get better.
Are you sure you're talking about the games and not the fandom that grew around them?
The writing has never been the strong point.
Devilinthiscity
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With my back log growing substantially, there are just more games that I'm willing to play over this based on reviews alone. Just finished Zelda last week and started back up with Horizon. Neir Automata and Persona 5 are going to eat up a lot of my time as well so I'll eventually end up playing this probably when it's at a lower price. Which will most likely happen a lot sooner than expected I bet.
GlamFM
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With a development time of 5 years it´s hard to see how this could be EA´s fault.
Primethius
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Maybe I'm bringing my own scale into it too much but I do think the scores are more positive than what the text would lead me to believe in instances.
I know game has its issues with animations and character models, I have played it for 10h. I'm not denying that. GIF you posted just is facepalm worthy because it's bug that requires quite a bit timing and effort to create. Seen it going around one too many times as "Look, this is how they run normally!" shitpost so felt need to comment on it, even if that wasn't your intended message.
In hindsight did the troubled marketing campaign probably only reflect the troubled game development
As much as I usually dislike those kinds of sentiments, I can't help but think that John is on to something in this case.
LordOfChaos
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So this years hottest ~7.5/10
I'll take it. Need ME back in my blood.
I'll take it. Need ME back in my blood.
I can tolerate a certain level of jank, and even appreciate technically less impressive games, because often there is a depth of gameplay to compensate for the lack of wow-factor.
What I can not condone is a general lack of polish and technical incompetence in a game marketed as a blockbuster, AAA release. I think the key factor is expectation. Don't lie to me as a consumer with regards the experience I will be getting.
I rate the Mass Effect series highly, and will definitely pick this one up further down the line, once they have patched it up to where I feel a major release ought to be targetting in terms of performance.
What I can not condone is a general lack of polish and technical incompetence in a game marketed as a blockbuster, AAA release. I think the key factor is expectation. Don't lie to me as a consumer with regards the experience I will be getting.
I rate the Mass Effect series highly, and will definitely pick this one up further down the line, once they have patched it up to where I feel a major release ought to be targetting in terms of performance.
GlamFM
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