[Megathread] Mass Effect Andromeda

[Mirishka]

I really loved DA2 for the Hawke character, bashing of DA2 always makes me sad.

Same here. DA2 was great if you went into it without auto-measuring it against Origins.

[Cosmic Janitor]

WORST GAME EVER 0/10!!!

I'm genuinely curious, how does pouring liquids look in Witcher 3 or other games which are oh-so-much-more better than ME:A?

No one bothered to animate jello water, mostly because everyone in the industry knows that getting good looking water is pretty much the holy grail and about as real and feasible atm as finding a unicorn in your backyard.

[Mirishka]

Wait, what? The canon ending of ME3 is that they harvested us?


Releases tonight, I can't waiaiaiiaiaaiititttt

There's no canon ending that Bioware has announced, or that the Andromeda initiative would even know of, as they left well before the final war with the Reapers.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Wait, what? The canon ending of ME3 is that they harvested us?


Releases tonight, I can't waiaiaiiaiaaiititttt

I thought the ending is entirely uncertain as the expedition starts before that?

There's no canon ending that Bioware has announced, or that the Andromeda initiative would even know of, as they left well before the final war with the Reapers.

Damn beat me to it :P.

[Darkeon]

Yep. The early access + reviews have persuaded me not to get this.

Seems like the DA2 of Mass Effect.
Shame as I was a massive fan of the original trilogy.

I would link it more to DA:I than to DA2 (while ignoring DA:I's flawed combat, which is the strongest suit of ME:A).

[Edge-]

Welp, so far everything I've been seeing is firmly solidifying my desire to wait until this is on deep, deep sale way down the road. Been doing that for BW games for a while and it's paid off, glad I didn't pay full price for most of them.

I just hope to hell they fix those fucking fish lips in cutscenes. Holy shit, seen more footage of it and that problem will force me to largely skip cutscenes if it's not addressed. How shit like that could go so wrong but still make it to launch boggles my mind.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Welp, so far everything I've been seeing is firmly solidifying my desire to wait until this is on deep, deep sale way down the road. Been doing that for BW games for a while and it's paid off, glad I didn't pay full price for most of them.

I just hope to hell they fix those fucking fish lips in cutscenes. Holy shit, seen more footage of it and that problem will force me to largely skip cutscenes if it's not addressed. How shit like that could go so wrong but still make it to launch boggles my mind.

Well, buying goty editions was the best for all the dragon age games, that's for sure. All the DLC was integral to the story..

[I Push Buttons]

If you liked Dragon Age: Inquisition, you will like this game. It is pretty much more of the same (a lot more), only guns and space magic instead of swords and actual magic.

For better or worse.

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Well, buying goty editions was the best for all the dragon age games, that's for sure. All the DLC was integral to the story..

They are never going to make GOTY editions again. EA wants to milk the DLC sales 5ever.

[Cosmic Janitor]

They are never going to make GOTY editions again. EA wants to milk the DLC sales 5ever.

https://www.origin.com/deu/en-us/sto...e-year-edition
They made one for DA:I. They still bundle them all together after a while.

[MrTharne]

All Romance from the official guide : https://imgur.com/a/17jSQ#eUo4ZHc

[xerus]

Apex HQ looks like it is now globally available, at least on android. It's also been updated.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...omedacompanion

[Lahis]

No one bothered to animate jello water, mostly because everyone in the industry knows that getting good looking water is pretty much the holy grail and about as real and feasible atm as finding a unicorn in your backyard.

My point, yet people are pasting that gif around and berating Andromeda for stuff nobody in the industry does good.

[I Push Buttons]

My point, yet people are pasting that gif around and berating Andromeda for stuff nobody in the industry does good.

That one Russian game from like a decade ago where you were like trapped on a fronzen ship did water/ice good.

Argument invalidated.

/s

[Edge-]

My point, yet people are pasting that gif around and berating Andromeda for stuff nobody in the industry does good.

Sorta. It's more that even by last-gen standards that would have looked like shit. And it's simply another in a long list of issues with animations/visuals that are at best, decidedly last-gen and don't compare to what other AAA studios are putting out on the market this generation.

Kinda a, "If you can't make it look good...don't show it" type thing. Which honestly, the more I look at the game the more it looks like they probably could have cut 20% of it and tightened up its scope, instead investing that time and money into polish, and delivered a far higher quality product. It would have been smaller, sure, but I'd take a smaller but much more polished experience over a watered down massive game that's large for the sake of being large.

That one Russian game from like a decade ago where you were like trapped on a fronzen ship did water/ice good.

Argument invalidated.

/s

I REMEMBER THAT GAME! It was pretty dope.

[Jastall]

My point, yet people are pasting that gif around and berating Andromeda for stuff nobody in the industry does good.

Welcome to being Bioware lol.

Anyways, seems like Greenmangaming's British, so they get their keys near the British release, as in the 23rd. They're supposed to get them about 48 hours from actual release, but that means I probably won't be playing tonight. Bah.

[Succath]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFG9Q6ouAj4

All the benchmarks someone needs.

[Lahis]

That one Russian game from like a decade ago where you were like trapped on a fronzen ship did water/ice good.

Argument invalidated.

/s

Big amounts of water is somethign games have gotten down. So seas, lakes and rivers are usually good.

However, applying that same water simulation for the size of bottles and glasses doesn't usually work, so devs have to use different animations or avoid pouring liquids altogether.

[Deleted]

For stuff in English class ya you do. Same doesn't apply in the real word. Writers don't have some checklist they have to follow for their books to factually be good writing its all opinion based.

Actually, they do. Lets not pretend there is no "correct way of doing things", thank you very much.

[Elim Garak]

Hm, I'm playing the release version now, and facial animations seem to be better. That Addison chick especially. She blinks now, have facial animations and her lip syncing is almost perfect.

[MrTharne]

https://www.masseffect.com/news/jaal

So it seems that Jaal is our "sniper".