wesleyshark
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Interesting... That means we'll potentially be even closer to massive spoilers being out there on a wider scale.
Batten down those hatches.
Batten down those hatches.
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The Mass Effect Community Thread
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Directly comparing to Inquisition I think is helpful to a point, but games are ultimately judged by the time they're released in. 'The Order' likely would have reviewed better at a different time, but when it was released, a lot of people were very critical of short games. In the same way, Inquitision was reviewed when the bar for open world games was still at Skyrim. That said, I'll change my previous prediction to more of a mid-80s at 83-87.
I am also a giant space nerd and that's part of the reason scanning and the way Mass Effect handled planetary scale in general bothered me. The scanner was
almost?
With the window it looks like they did just that. Can't wait to see how well it works in game and with the various locales.
xZoneHunter
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What are the rumors on length? I'm really itching for a long game. Last time i've spent 100hrs+ on a SP game was Skyrim.
wesleyshark
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Respecs skill points only. Your character's face can't be changed unless you start over (there might be a patch down the line to add this feature).
one YouTuber said 100 hours for a satisfying playthrough, 150 completionist
Oh shit. I wonder if this applies for digital as well?
xZoneHunter
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I like those numbers!
Really hoping they aren't pushing back the review embargo though, that would be concerning to me.
Poodlestrike
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You move at normal walking pace, and it's less visually obnoxious than, say, Arkham. Plus, there's an indicator for how close scannables are.
All in all it's one of the better implementations.
BTW I do have one critical flaw that I feel has to be addressed before I can be made whole again. This is the sort of thing that destroys lives.
They need to bring back the hand portion of the omnitool or I'm canceling my preorder.
Just visually distressing.
Poodlestrike
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Blue Ninja said that he's got an OT all ready to go, iirc.
I think that's supposed to be the ME:A OT?
Moving up the release date and talk of moving the embargo date/time, I suspect they're getting really worried that the narrative on the game is spinning wildly out of their control and they feel that the only thing they can do to combat it is to let people get access to everything.
I do admire them taking steps because things were getting really dire in terms of public perception.
I do admire them taking steps because things were getting really dire in terms of public perception.
I know he's doing the Andromeda OT, but if he's doing it and an OT for the community thread that's fine too. Or if they're being merged.
DeadlyParasite
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I won't complain about playing earlier, I'm already getting withdrawls.
wesleyshark
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I have 20min left and I'm saving it until Sunday or Monday haha. 😂
I feel that there definitely needs to be a Community Thread in addition to the OT.
The OT will be poisoned almost immediately and not worth discussing things in.
zeroeffect
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Here is hoping they moved it earlier. I was really eager to read the reviews from people who managed to delve deeper into the story, characters and combat systems.
I hope they're releasing them earlier. That would be awesome and shut the negativity up. They wouldn't do that unless they were confident. Here come the money gifs.
On the other hand, they could be really nervous and got wind of some reviews pushing it back. Uh oh. Has a game ever pushed their reviews up to combat negativity?
DeadlyParasite
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As long as the new community thread is just a nice simple "The Mass Effect Community Thread #2".
The short title always made finding this thread easier amid all the game OT's laced with joke and meme titles.
The short title always made finding this thread easier amid all the game OT's laced with joke and meme titles.
Freezasaurus
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My local Gamestop did this for Horizon as well. I think it may be a matter of people not going to midnight releases so much anymore. I know I don't.
wesleyshark
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The review embargo is already early Monday morning, Eastern US time right? Have any embargo ever been lifted on a weekend?
Personally I think it's a great idea to move the embargo earlier to allow for more discussion of the full game as opposed to those early snippet in the EA Access.
Personally I think it's a great idea to move the embargo earlier to allow for more discussion of the full game as opposed to those early snippet in the EA Access.
ME2's planet scanning was far more enjoyable than the equivalent in MEA for several reasons:
1. ME2's planet visiting/loading animation was far faster than the half-minute snore fest of MEA. The animation is acceptable the first time you see it, but not the third, let alone the hundredth.
2. ME2 had the great uncharted worlds music.
3. ME2 had a real sense of reward for mining, given the multiple hot spots and major upgrades. MEA has really minor rewards by comparison.
4. The planets in ME2 had interesting historical text that fleshed out the ME universe. There's nothing in the MEA descriptions that's engaging.
therealminime
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Systolique
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PC here, and haven't encountered any issues with the audio mixing?
therealminime
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Hmm. I wonder what the issue is. I've tried a bunch of different configs with my headset and game settings and it's still wacky. Voices are lost really easily if I'm any distance away from them. Mind you, Andromeda is far from the only game I've encountered this in.
JeffG
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some others have reported issues
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-...audio-all-over-the-place/m-p/5926570#U5926570
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