zeroeffect
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Is the day 1 patch available to all people who are seeing these weird animation glitches and things in cinematics? Just curious. Looks like they could've used a few more months to polish the game up.
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Reizo Ryuu
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MP is sooo good, I'll prolly be done with my remaining 6 hours today...
AWizardDidIt
Member
MP is sooo good, I'll prolly be done with my remaining 6 hours today...
O.O
Shit. I really need to play some more MP.
Bob Dobalina
Member
Yeah, if it turns out that the game does pick up after a slow and bland first few hours, they really fucked up with this story cap NDA for reviewers, and arguably the EA access trial in general. Doesn't seem like there's a whole lot to talk about other than how great the MP/combat is and how buggy the game is.
Yeah the day 1 patch is aparently included. And yeah, it definitely looks like EA shoves this out the door before the end of the fiscal year.
MP is sooo good, I'll prolly be done with my remaining 6 hours today...
Hopefully today I'll be able to play games without rubberbanding/timewarp. I want to love this game
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Not out yet (that I've seen), no.
Probably waiting until launch day at this point, I'd imagine?
I'm admittedly curious on this as well. IIRC some of more positive PCGamer journalists from that round-table article hinted at things being better after the cutoff point.
JeffG
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maybe it was meant to be just before the 21st????
moustascheman
Member
MP is sooo good, I'll prolly be done with my remaining 6 hours today...
Man, I could watch that gif all day. The 21st can't come soon enough.
MP is sooo good, I'll prolly be done with my remaining 6 hours today...
Playing as a krogan vanguard and it's sooo good.
<3 Headbutt
KingParappa
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I stayed up late last night playing and other than a few bugs, I'm liking what I'm playing.
therealminime
Member
I hate this trial so much. I just want to spend hours and hours reading and really digging into things. But the 10 hours is constantly ticking down. It is killing me. Hurry up and be out, full game.
Heckler456
Banned
Think I'm gonna spring for the digital deluxe edition after all. It's 20 euros more expensive than the regular physical edition, but with the little bonuses and the ability to just boot up the game without the disc, I think it'll be worth in the long run.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
I did think that this article from Forbes (contributor) was interesting, at least in terms of the 'limitations' of the press only being allowed to talk about up to Eos.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insert...eda-to-have-piecemeal-embargoes/#baebb57690ef
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insert...eda-to-have-piecemeal-embargoes/#baebb57690ef
This is good news. I like Eos well enough so far, but the Nomad is super weak at the moment and it's not as easy as I would like to traverse the planet. I definitely can't wait to upgrade it.
Also, maybe a stupid question, but how do you pick which squad mates to bring? First time I landed on Eos I automatically had Cora and Liam but I wanted to go with her and Vetra.
It's funny, in regards to the MP, two classes I outright didn't enjoy in the other games I love here (Infiltrator and Sentinel). Been playing them the most. A lot of the guns are really damn fun, and trying out different loadouts in tandem with the classes kit is still addicting as hell to me.
Heckler456
Banned
Forward station, at least. I'm sure there must be an option before you go to a planet.
Hello Gaf and shinobi, this is my first post on here actually lol. I have been lurking on gaf for the past couple years or so and I've actually had this account for a while but never wanted to post honestly because of what you mentioned with the pettiness and cynical nature. Which I can understand at times with this industry. Hell in real life I'm pretty cynical myself but its video games. I play and talk about video games to have fun and I try to see the best in games which I feel like people around here don't do very often. While I've been lurking you've always been a great poster and your positivity and the way you hope for the best is nice to read. So I hope you don't leave the community. Now back to lurking and waiting for Tuesday for me. I'm still super excited for ME:A. Animations, bugs, etc. I'm prepared to deal with all the warts because I know more likely than not I'm gonna love it regardless.
So, if we ignore the bad animations and faces, it seems like one of the major issues is that Biowarr effectively limited to the trial to the Hinterlands. Everyone is saying that the first planet doesn't really show what the game is about, which seems remarkably familiar to the 'leave the hinterlands!' Message we have everyone for DA:I.
It's curious for me, because I consider the start of Me2 to be one of the best in any roleplaying game - incredibly fast, with access to abilities and combat in minutes, and a follow/up rail roaded mission before the main game unlocked that taught you what you needed to know. Is it something to do with their shift towards more open world games that has left these poor starting zones that don't really convey how good the rest of the game is?
It's curious for me, because I consider the start of Me2 to be one of the best in any roleplaying game - incredibly fast, with access to abilities and combat in minutes, and a follow/up rail roaded mission before the main game unlocked that taught you what you needed to know. Is it something to do with their shift towards more open world games that has left these poor starting zones that don't really convey how good the rest of the game is?
Ah, I didn't try a forward station. Thanks.
Heckler456
Banned
Mass Effect is effectively an open world RPG. It also cements the "new kid on the block" thing with us literally being new to the galaxy. On top of all of that, this game is basically the length of the entire trilogy combined. I don't think it comes as much of a surprise that there's gonna be a ramp up. I think that's something that should be very evident to everyone.
MP is sooo good, I'll prolly be done with my remaining 6 hours today...
saving my fun for the Pro version......what class is this? God, I think ill play it in the story....it looks so fast and fun
Yeah, if this game is 60+ hours of story content, why condemn it based on 1/12 of its content? The Hinterlands were the worst part of Inquisition and they used it as an introductory hub.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Honestly my only major beef thus far aside from the subjective state of the eyes/animations (side note, I do think that adjusting the pupil size/eye shaders, as seen in one of the other threads, would help me overlook some other issues) is the amount of time it takes to manually 'fly' over to each point of interest on each solar system.
I don't want to take the 10-ish seconds to see myself fly over, have the camera zoom too close, and then magically reset itself....only to get 80 iron resources from a random asteroid.
And then I have to take another 10+ seconds to fly away to the next planet.
I get the transition time is probably hiding some form of loading, but I can see that getting tedious really fast.
I don't want to take the 10-ish seconds to see myself fly over, have the camera zoom too close, and then magically reset itself....only to get 80 iron resources from a random asteroid.
And then I have to take another 10+ seconds to fly away to the next planet.
I get the transition time is probably hiding some form of loading, but I can see that getting tedious really fast.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Yo asari valkyrie(sentinel), n7 paladin (sentinel) and asari huntress (infiltrator) were legit in me3mp, huntress was top tier even.
Did you not play mp in me3? Because most of andromeda mp is pretty much lifted straight from me3mp.
Heckler456
Banned
It's definitely a loading thing. I personally don't have too much of an issue with it. I liken it to riding your horse to wherever you need to go in The Witcher 3. Sure, you could fast travel or whatever, but that wasn't instant either. I personally like that sort of "immersion"or whatever you want to call it, but I can see how that would start to grate if you weren't tolerant to that sort of stuff.
I played the hell out of it. I never had any of those classes outside of paladin, my RNG is/was straight shit lol. All I wanted since launch was a Krogan soldier and I never got him either, did have vanguard and battlemaster tho). Mainly talking about the base classes and how they gelled with how I typically like to play. They could be amazing, but if I didn't enjoy playing them, I didn't stick with it.
AWizardDidIt
Member
One thing that is becoming very clear to me is that Andromeda is more like Mass Effect 1 than any other game in the series. The focus on exploration, the somewhat absurdly complex rpg mechanics and expanded item system, and most notably the *pacing* of the game is very reminiscent of that first game. It introduces a lot of complexity right off the bat that isn't explained super well and combined with the slow burn of the story and rough presentation and it's immediately apparent to me why that is turning some people off.
Vanguard looks like, with charge and nova
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Ahh that's a shame, huntress and n7 fury were up there for my favourite classes.
Huntress is in andromeda though, hopefully she's still as fun as she was and you'll get to try her this time around.
Funny enough I posted a similar post yesterday in the RPS impression thread. This is was a response to someone saying they wish MEA to fail and the whole franchise sink so they make Kotor. I don't what is it but I feel I'm outgrowing the childish arguments on gaming forums.
lucebuce12
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Vetra's a clear favourite for me.
Reizo Ryuu
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Royal_Phalanx
Member
Seems so. PCGamer posted a more positive article that Andromeda hits its stride and faster than Inquisition and supposedly Mass Effect 1.
http://www.pcgamer.com/nine-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-started-playing-mass-effect-andromeda/
Freezasaurus
Member
I'm leaning that way as well, but do we even have confirmation if she's a romance option?
SerAardvark
Member
I'm not sure if it qualifies as a spoiler but:
Datamining shows her as a romance option for both Ryders. There's a video of the Ryders flirting with different characters and she responds positively to both, as well.
As is a typical Mass Effect reaction, I am still deciding on the most important decision I'll ever make in the game...
... Who am I going to bang?
I'm leaning towards Vetra.
Humans are too boring, and Asari are too predictable.
Don't ingest.
zeroeffect
Member
I wonder why they designed Eos like this. I'm seeing this everywhere and it's giving the game negativity because a lot of previewers only saw the game for 2-3 hours. Bizarre. I think EA/Bioware need a new marketing team. It also seems like a lot of people who were hard and negative on the game early started to forget about that right after they left Eos. Not very smart on Bioware's part. Slow pacing to start off a game could immediately kill it for some people.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
While for me, at least, it's worth noting that the animations don't necessarily get better, I am interested in the notion that ME:A 'opens up' past the shadow of the trilogy when it presumably starts to get going, to the point of the animations becoming less of a drag for people once the 'good' story kicks in.
Honestly, from the way things are sounding, Eos (as far as the Early Access lets you play) is like a combination of the Hinterlands and Eden Prime.
You're thrown in, there's some exposition to set things up, but not a whole lot to really 'actively' pull you in as the player. There's no real 'payoff'.
The 'golden worlds' issue seems like the rift in DA:I - even with some minor context at first via the opening scenes, it doesn't really establish itself in the Hinterlands (on the first visit, at least), and takes until the 2nd/3rd map, where you're traveling along with your companions (especially Solas) to really get into the swing of things.
Dave_6
Member
MP is sooo good, I'll prolly be done with my remaining 6 hours today...
Hopefully I can try it out tonight. I didn't get to check the trial out till really late and then it hard froze on me so I just went to bed. That looks so good, just like ME3 was!
zeroeffect
Member
What are the side quests like guys? Please tell me they have plenty of detailed narrative side quests like TW3? I don't mind mundane stuff as I expect that in a big game but it needs to be balanced properly. That was probably the worst thing about DAI for me.
Mass Effect 1 was one of the worse paced games of all time, so hopefully it's an improvement on that... ;-).
(Completing Eden Prime and then spending the next few hours in the citedal doing fetch quests was NOT the highlight of that game for me!)
For those wondering, the Pathfinder weapons from the Deluxe and up edition are indeed unique according to this video, not reskins.
https://youtu.be/l8Xrzj-kdGI
https://youtu.be/l8Xrzj-kdGI
AWizardDidIt
Member
This is a tricky one to answer because apparently all the real sidequesting in the game is beyond what the 10 hour trial allows and reviewers are embargoed from talking about anything past that.
However reports from the youtubers that got to spend 18 hours with the game a few weeks ago have promising things to say about the sidequests. It sounds like there's a mix of meaty multi-part sidequests along with more mundane DA:I style fetch and collection quests.
Edit: One thing to add to this though that is worth considering is that even for the DA:I style tasks in the game, those seem to be more enjoyable by virtue of the fact that Andromeda is actually super fun to play. So even those filler side stuff is at least more engaging.
The Vicious BS surrounding this hobby is sad at times. Turning 31 this year and I've watched my free time diminish over time. I've fallen back to comfort food games now for the better part of a year and mass effect is definitely in that category for me.
I think the policy of not spending money on something you wont spend time on is a good one. I have a friend that has paid monthly for WoW and bought games for years and never plays them due to never having time.
Well back to to the trial to see how things go, maybe some multiplayer today.
VenomousCoffee
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Well that would be a sure-fire way to generate negative buzz.
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