Well, not quite there yet.
But only 22 reviews counted for Andromeda so far, let's see where it goes from here.
Are we really counting this?
And it's also very close...
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Mass Effect: Andromeda | Review Thread
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Are we really counting this?
And it's also very close...
Well, not quite there yet.
But only 22 reviews counted for Andromeda so far, let's see where it goes from here.
WTF! Bioware made a Sonic game?
$36 for a game on day one with the ability to return or not pick up the item is worth the risk usually. It's $12 cheaper than on Amazon Prime.
Got the Shakes
Member
They haven't done it yet this year, but Best Buy for the past 2-3 years offered $10 in rewards for preordering most big titles. With GCU essentially made the price of new games $37.99 if you preordered.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Like, take this from the Gamespot review:
That's just....the worst.
Why would you just cut the paragon/renegade and then not come up with something great to replace it.
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Oh, goodie. Also from the GS review:
I was afraid of this....
That's just....the worst.
Why would you just cut the paragon/renegade and then not come up with something great to replace it.
edit:
Oh, goodie. Also from the GS review:
I was afraid of this....
Greatest Ever
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Smh, not like you contributed anything better than the dude with this post. If an opinion hurts you that much (lol @ "edgy," this forum will never know how to use that word), just ignore it fam.
And it seems just as good as Mass Effect Andromeda!
it's also the only sonic game with horrible music
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
So EA released another mediocre game. I'm shocked. I wouldn't blame Bioware though they probably needed more time to work on the game and they know it. I would blame EA for rushing it out before the end of their fiscal year.
Spartancarver
Member
Jesus dude calm down.
Shinobi literally praised the writing and said conversations "flow naturally" throughout the intro, which is simply not true. There were quite a few other things he said which don't really gel with what we got in the origin trial as well.
If I was someone who preordered based off of his impressions (I'm not because that's not an intelligent thing to do at all, but still), I'd be pretty salty.
The only one and people said it was decent.
Artificial incentives in order to suck gullible, hype-influenced gamers into uninformed purchasing decisions. That kind of stuff wouldn't happen if it wasn't for gamers succumbing to hype and pre-order culture as easily as they do.
That kind of behavior is a net negative for our hobby though because it doesn't reward quality work but marketing first and foremost. But unfortunately gamers are still very young on average and easily influenced.
The Greek Freak
Member
At this point I'm happy Mass Effect 3's ending put a bullet in my fandom. I would have been so excited and disappointed with this game, and then I would have been excited and disappointed when they release another stinker in 2-3 years, over and over fooling myself.
Now it's like watching an abusive ex gain more and more weight until they eat themselves to death.
Now it's like watching an abusive ex gain more and more weight until they eat themselves to death.
MAX PAYMENT
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Where are you getting new releases for 36?
Interfectum
Member
It's going to sell amazing. The bigger question is how many ME fans will this disappoint and how will ME:A 2 sell.
Check out his twitter, he's full on. He's walking that real fine line at this point.
eot
Banned
You'd think with such a focus on that area they would have at least made the character models look good. Cora looks like an averagely talented fan tried to make Jennifer Lawrence in the character creator.
Playing The Witcher 3 after DA:I and then replaying DA:I this January just reinforced my opinion on how much of a terrible game it really was. Also hell yeah I still got a boxed copy of BG, next to my Arcanum copy and a few others.
The controversial opinions are flying fast in this thread
I think the huge variety of opinions about which ME game and which DA game was the best, all for different reasons, is a good reason to still check out Andromeda though. I'm the weird creature that thinks ME2 was the worst entry in the series for being the least RPG-like entry, with the blandest over-arching story, but a solid action game with a great cast. And judging by all the reports about the gameplay being great in Andromeda but the story and writing being lacklustre... well that's the same summary Mass 2 has, and most gamers loved it more than the other two entries.
The only reason I powered through DA:I was to read journal entries in dilapidated houses :lol
I ain't liked ME since the first one, so I'm just here for the show.
Garrett Hawke
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The all-options-are-good thing shouldn't really surprise anyone anymore, it sucks but so many games do it now because the overwhelming majority of people pick the good options so it's not worth the extra work.
Well, EA gave them five years. How is that their fault?
yeah, i've been thinking about 2 games i loved this gen: mafia 3 (68) & mad max (69)...
There needs to be a bit more appreciation for what a Metacritic score actually tells us.
It isn't just a number. Metacritic color codes them for a reason. "Green", i.e. 75 and above, means that the game is generally perceived as "good".
Good doesn't mean great and good doesn't mean bad. It means "good". A good game can be a disappointment, or it can be a meaningful accomplishment.
The industry's review scale at large and Metacritic as a microcosm of that industry isn't especially inaccurate when you understand those conditions. Someone's favorite game could be a mid-50's metacritic everyone generally pans but that doesn't make their opinion wrong or invalid, it just means that the appeal of the game is very narrow or that it carries enough deficiencies to make it unattractive to the majority.
My reading of these reviews actually paints ME:A as a bit of both. It doesn't do anything to appeal to a wider audience than the existing ME fan base, but then it doesn't succeed in offering a well polished experience for that fan base to enjoy. It isn't a bad game, it just isn't going to win the franchise many new fans while pushing away some of the old ones unable or unwilling to deal with the flaws given the saturated market for great games we're currently immersed in.
Lastly, this might be surprising as a Bioware game if you were plucked straight out of 2010 but this is the same developer who made Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age: Inquisition, not to mention Dragon Age II. They haven't had a consistently upward trajectory in nearly a decade while the rest of the industry has moved on. Blame it on brain drain, blame it on EA, blame it on whatever you want but the reality is that Bioware isn't the same outfit who produced Baldur's Gate II and KOTOR. It isn't even the same as it was when it made Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins. They can rally back but if they want to be a premier developer again they'll need to because they absolutely aren't one right now.
Whoa, is that the Ps4 pro version?
Im with you. Awful game and a worrying sign of BioWare losing it for me. Reason why i couldnt take Shinobi (or anyone the liked DA:I) seriously with his ME impressions.
VincentMatts
Member
Yeah, that seems like more than enough time to release a quality game.
Screw you guys, man. God of War Ascension was dope.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Shinobi has always been a hype man, don't know why people are angry. Doesn't mean he's a shill or disingenuous, he is just very passionate about games and shares that.
To be fair, we don't know how upper management handled the production process. There may be plenty of blame to go around.
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
Well, good thing I cancelled my preorder of the collector's edition. Good job ea ya made a new dragon age 2.
The Greek Freak
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WHAT? It's the only good Banjo game and it was incredibly original.
GlamFM
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benicillin
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Dragon Age 2 was a good game though.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Hahaha true true
Been reading/watching some more positive reviews and they actually seen to like the planets and find enough reason for exploration. It's tempting to just pay those 44 euros and check it out for myself. Especially because I liked quite a bit in that trial.
Garrett Hawke
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Breath of the Wild's frame rate dips to 20 on regular occasions on the Switch. Everything is subjective.
We know next to nothing about the development ATM, as something has clearly gone wrong somewhere.
I hope we'll find out via leaks/journalism.
The Emperor
Member
LOL what is MGS4 doing there?
A highly rated successful game and neogafs 2008 GOTY both for the year and in the updated GOTY ranking.
Swap it out with Resident Evil 6
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
It was like 10 years between Sim City games and EA clearly fucked that up. Always blame EA. They're the one that are suppose to make sure shit like this doesn't happen.
Agreed.
Shinobi is a good guy and this attempted take-down of him is a dick move by people who clearly haven't read enough of his stuff. He is a massive ME fan and only posted about his first few hours.
If you feel so that's a valid reason even if I don't quite agree, but he didn't frame it like that, it was mostly just assumptions and pure dislike with very little substance.
My issue is this:
I'm playing through FFXV right now and I'm on Chapter 8.
I bought Yakuza 0 with the Target Buy 2 Get 1 Free deal and I haven't started it yet.
I bought Nier: Automata with the Target Buy 2 Get 1 Free deal and I haven't started it yet.
I got Horizon: Zero Dawn with the Target Buy 2 Get 1 Free deal and I haven't started it yet.
I'm getting a Switch and Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the next few months.
Tekken 7 is ordered and it releases June 2.
Crash Bandicoot Trilogy is ordered and it releases late June.
I've got so many amazing games in my lineup already that I don't have time to play a game like this. It'll be a game I play down the line when it becomes cheaper but right now? Shit, I'm probably set for at least later on this year.
I'm playing through FFXV right now and I'm on Chapter 8.
I bought Yakuza 0 with the Target Buy 2 Get 1 Free deal and I haven't started it yet.
I bought Nier: Automata with the Target Buy 2 Get 1 Free deal and I haven't started it yet.
I got Horizon: Zero Dawn with the Target Buy 2 Get 1 Free deal and I haven't started it yet.
I'm getting a Switch and Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the next few months.
Tekken 7 is ordered and it releases June 2.
Crash Bandicoot Trilogy is ordered and it releases late June.
I've got so many amazing games in my lineup already that I don't have time to play a game like this. It'll be a game I play down the line when it becomes cheaper but right now? Shit, I'm probably set for at least later on this year.
Holundrian
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If you preordered based on an impression of the first 3h of a game you have only yourself and your own stupidity to blame. People need to take responsibility instead our outsourcing the part of their brain that can think critically.
Best Buy ran some $25 off an $100 purchase with Visa checkout which effectively made all games $36 on day one. Several people pre-ordered then to lock in 2017 games at that price. Despite people saying "don't preorder" you could have literally saved $24 on day one if you had. You aren't obligated to keep it either so it's not like you're screwed if the game is bad. Just return it or choose not to pick it up if you chose in-store pickup and you'll get refunded.
SomedayTheFire
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Is this game really the hill some people want to die on.
god, this gif is hilarious every time. such a perfection reaction gif.
This doesn't surprise me at all. Masterminds behind Bioware top games left the company. It shows.
While Dragon Age Inquisition was OK, it already showed weak writing and forgettable characters.
Bioware games haven't ever been the most polished pieces of software. If the story and game design was good people could overlook the animation issues.
While Dragon Age Inquisition was OK, it already showed weak writing and forgettable characters.
Bioware games haven't ever been the most polished pieces of software. If the story and game design was good people could overlook the animation issues.
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