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Mass Effect: Andromeda | Review Thread
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Blue Ninja
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That's the crazy thing, though: BioWare had no idea this was coming.
I guess it's the danger of the Fallout 4-cycle. Play your cards too close to the chest for too long without any real outside input, and you sorta lose perspective. At least, that's what I think happened here.
I sincerely hope the folks in Montreal get another crack at Mass Effect. It's one of ly favorite franchises, I'd hate to see it locked in the vault.
Jimmyfenix
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Cob32
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i thought we all agreed we are using this system to aggregate review scores:
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1352524&page=1
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1352524&page=1
He said it was reviewing very well internally.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Some good scores, some weak scores. Mines already shipped so I'll find out for myself, but I won't be expecting much..
It's certainly not an AAA lol.
Oh yeah, how does this one seems to be ? I have no interest in the franchise tbh.
Justice_Bolt
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Unaha-Closp
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Well Horizon was great and Persona 5 is soon - time to hit the backlog and play something else. Nobody wanted a direct to video sequel Mass Effect. I didn't anyway. Shit I might just play ME1 again - it being the best ME game after all 
It seems to me that Bioware is simply too afraid to push the envelope and evolve and experiment. Instead they rely on the same formula they developed in KOTOR and has been adding whatever is popular at the time to the formula while having teenage romance and Chosen One narratives for the last 17 years.
Yes I would agree, I think the companions stands well compared to the rest in the series. They probably won't reach the same highs as the best of ME2's cast, but so far as a whole, I would put them above the companions we had in the first game.
Pretty gud as far as immersive sims go, in fact the Kett look like they've been blasted with the GLOO gun from Prey.
Why is Shinobi not allowed to have his own opinion? Some will still dig the game, while others will find it abhorrent. Same as it ever was.
Audioboxer
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I have faith this one will get marketed better, and word of mouth is going to be pushing it on that PS4 userbase like hot fire.
The resurgence of AA games getting critically acclaimed and selling decently is alive and well.
P5 is going to clear a few million in sales and looks to have had a decently large budget. It's AAA.
SomedayTheFire
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his face is so SMALL
Andodalf
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My impressions are the exact same as his tho? Should I just never play video games again, because I clearly have "Bad" opinions?
Why? It seems it should be actually lower. Alot of the reviews seem to have inflated scores due to nostalgia
6.5 definitely isn't good, so I don't know what you're complaining about?
Holundrian
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Don't even know what you mean with that. But sure let's burn everyone that dares to write impressions that don't mesh with the consensus for our own stupidity in giving too much stock to it, because I'm sure that creates a good forum environment.
And for your info I ain't the type of person that glosses over ME:A faults heck I'm one of the people making fun of it a lot I won't even buy the game cause I don't deem it worth my time, I'd rather go back to other games I missed in this insane season like Horizon and Gravity Rush 2. But that and throwing shade at someone for simply sharing their impressions are two different things.
suddenlyissoon
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I would honestly say that the Mass Effect trilogy (especially 2 & 3) were easily in my top 10 games I've ever played. I'm beyond disappointed about this and I'm really, really upset with Bioware that they'd shovel the project out like this with such glaring issues.
SomedayTheFire
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6.5 should be good, but the skewed scoring system keeps it from being good. that's 3/5, which also should be good.
What ? It would be good if it even manages to break a million US+EU. It's not an AAA and is far from having a huge budget. It's a PS3 game.
Cool, Bethesda seems to got it with their last projects.
Garrett Hawke
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75.
For a Mass Effect game.
For a Bioware game.
This is the company that has brought us some of the highest rated and best regarded games of all time. Baldur's Gate II, Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, etc. The last Bioware game that got this bad a score was Sonic Chronicles (that rubbish JRPG Sonic game for the DS with the 11th hour music track switch and shambolic controls/combat) so this must be a real stinker.
Just, yowza. What a fall from grace.
For a Mass Effect game.
For a Bioware game.
This is the company that has brought us some of the highest rated and best regarded games of all time. Baldur's Gate II, Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, etc. The last Bioware game that got this bad a score was Sonic Chronicles (that rubbish JRPG Sonic game for the DS with the 11th hour music track switch and shambolic controls/combat) so this must be a real stinker.
Just, yowza. What a fall from grace.
Audioboxer
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It is good, but no point in living in a bubble. What is equivalently ME4 is going to get compared to ME1~3.
If this was a new IP, and not supposedly Bioware calibre, this could be seen as a relative success. It is supposed to be Bioware calibre, and it's not a new IP.
Doesn't mean anyone can't enjoy it, but for sure it's going to polarize and/or disappoint many ME fans.
killatopak
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I guess the problem with Shinobi is that he was hyping the game and there were others on gaf or reviewers who said the opposite of shinobi's impression and when people tried to criticize the details in shinobi's impression they were gunned down and was simply told to fuck themselves.
People in that thread were just not listening to criticism and just close their ears screaming lalala.
People in that thread were just not listening to criticism and just close their ears screaming lalala.
Looks like there is a great game in there mired by technical issues, which is a huge shame. This game could have been easily 85+ had they ironed out the issues beforehand.
While I haven't played the campaign yet, I hope they will fix and update the game over the next year by the time I get around to it. For that reason I'm hanging on to my pre order.
While I haven't played the campaign yet, I hope they will fix and update the game over the next year by the time I get around to it. For that reason I'm hanging on to my pre order.
Soul of the Beast
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More like his head is too big, but hey he's an alien, let's not be racist
At least he doesn't have soulless eyes.
And in the same light maybe we shouldn't praise everyone that "dares to write impressions"
Banjo-Kazooie
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I'm enjoying myself too. Guess I should feel dirty and cheated haha
That's what happens when you use the share button on PS4 is it not? Doubt he's manually adding the store link to his tweets.
Holundrian
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That's not on shinobi though. That's on fanboys being fanboys.
Where did I ever praise him? Fucking quote me before you ramble your delusions. All I'm saying that when a dude writes impression of the first 3h of an RPG that should be absolutely fine. You can go in there and disagree with your own impressions. Nobody should catch flag for that. What I criticize are all the dumb dums taking those impressions at face value and let it influence their purchasing decision and then blaming the impressions. It wasn't a professional review, it was impressions from a person of the first 3h. Now if that was a professional review I would very much take the opposite stance given that I personally feel it glossed over stuff.
brandonh83
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What I get out of this thread so far is that shinobi is the only player alive that liked the game, all the reviews are dire and that there sure is a lot of people, without having played it themselves, are wallowing like gluttons in their own confirmation bias.
I'm sure the game is problematic but damn, it's always a drama scene with this shit.
I'm sure the game is problematic but damn, it's always a drama scene with this shit.
Me neither, never played a Prey Game. Just watched some first Gameplay Minutes on Youtube and im definetely giving this game a try. Looks cool.
GlamFM
Banned
Here, my game of the generation so far:
Now what?
This shit IS subjective and unless you are a reviewer you don´t have to put a score on it.
Shinobi enjoys it - for HIS reasons.
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JeremyEtcetera
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It was a smart move to make this a one-off title instead of calling it Mass Effect 4, in case of failure. However, I don't think of this game as a full failure. I think of it as a good attempt from a team who just wasn't quite ready yet to make a game of this magnitude. They possibly could have used more time or more help from a different developer. Not sure which.
Those of you trying to throw the original trilogy under the bus to justify your purchase/investment, that's not cool at all and does a disservice to a great set of games. Be as open minded(positively and negatively) as you are when you go buy tickets to see a movie. Not every movie you see will be an A+ work.
There are too many different Bioware teams now for this to mean something anymore.
Those of you trying to throw the original trilogy under the bus to justify your purchase/investment, that's not cool at all and does a disservice to a great set of games. Be as open minded(positively and negatively) as you are when you go buy tickets to see a movie. Not every movie you see will be an A+ work.
There are too many different Bioware teams now for this to mean something anymore.
Dirty dirty Banjo. You got robbed! 😁
Audioboxer
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Here, my game of the generation so far:
Now what?
This shit IS subjective and unless you are a reviewer you don´t have to put a score on it.
Shinobi enjoys it - for HIS reasons.
Destiny launched very light on content. It's effectively a MP MMO though and those can turn around an iffy launch in spectacular fashion. EA/Bioware are not re-writing and re-doing ME:A scripts and VA. At best we're getting jank fixed. Possibly some DLC that might be good, but that's paid content on top.
The dagger to ME:A is its backbone seems pretty woeful and in a narrative based SP game that can often be a kiss of death.
Here, my game of the generation so far:
Now what?
This shit IS subjective and unless you are a reviewer you don´t have to put a score on it.
Shinobi enjoys it - for HIS reasons.
Good for you?
I'm not mad at Shinobi for liking the game. I said as much.
I like lots of games that didn't review well.
I've not put as much time into Horizion as I would like because I can't stop playing EDF
But people also don't make a 20 page threads about our impressions. You didn't get destiny from your friends in the dev team
The Baron Count
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Can we not do this?
It's an absolutely nonsensical argument that has no business being brought up in a rational discussion about a game, and only exists because some think that people that like the game are "wrong".
Here, my game of the generation so far:
Now what?
This shit IS subjective and unless you are a reviewer you don´t have to put a score on it.
Shinobi enjoys it - for HIS reasons.
Can't wait for the "they are only trying to validate their purchase" arguments pop up when other people come out positive on the game.
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