[Megathread] Mass Effect Andromeda

[Mifuyne]

Glad I bought Nier instead of this.

[Mirishka]

Maybe compared to previous games, but I played a Reaver in DA:I. And you don't care about your companions when you're playing a Reaver.

Reaver was SO badass. You utterly annihilate stuff.

[Trollhammer]

Stop complaining about the facial animations you sexists!

[pateuvasiliu]

The AI was ALWAYS terrible at using tactics in Dragon Age and previous ME games.

In Dragon AGe Origins I had no problem using Tactics to tailor my party's combat style.

[Deleted]

The best thing to do now is to not buy Andromeda so that this new team will fail under Overlord EAs eyes and they will finally lay BioWare to rest.

[Deleted]

In Dragon AGe Origins I had no problem using Tactics to tailor my party's combat style.

Exactly. I replayed Origins and Awakening last year, and the tactics screen allows for so much customizability that you could really tailor your party AI to how you want to play the game.

Don't take the bait from these few guys in here that are ignoring obvious issues with Andromeda, because they somehow attach their self-worth to this game. We had the same issue with No Man's Sky where people were telling that everything was alright even after it was obvious that the game lacked both depth and did not deliver on multiple fundamental key design promises.

The best thing you can do is to wait and see what is going to happen. I'll gladly wait for a review from someone who experienced it all to see if it's worth it, but until then I won't purchase it and keep a close eye on all the information coming out.

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Does anyone actually know if the game will be good? animation errors can be fixed and I dont give a shit about the models.

It's not as easy as patching something on day 1. Going back to reanimate things costs time and resources that they very likely won't spend unless they think it will sell them a significant amount of additional copies (it won't).

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Anecdotal evidence. Played 10h, never happened. Not saying it cant happens, but bug is bug. They cover, call the flank, use their abilities. Its AI, it will never be perfect. But they are smart enough.

You're dismissing anecdotal evidence by citing anecdotal evidence. Come on.

[Acidbaron]

The best thing to do now is to not buy Andromeda so that this new team will fail under Overlord EAs eyes and they will finally lay BioWare to rest.

Like most products from certain companies these days, i wouldn't say to not buy it but i would recommend letting the hype train pass you by let others take the leap of faith and buy it later, preferably even on a sale. It's not like there is a shortage of things to play these days.

[Deleted]

Like most products from certain companies these days, i wouldn't say to not buy it but i would recommend letting the hype train pass you by let others take the leap of faith and buy it later, preferably even on a sale. It's not like there is a shortage of things to play these days.

They clearly cut corners to make the most money so the only proper response is to give them none.

[Aeula]

Why... are there no white female presets in Andromeda? Besides the default one which you can't customise from the looks of things.

[Deleted]

I'll buy this for the combat alone tbh.
Pretty much everything else is somewhat awkward though. Especially the roleplaying part.

[Darkeon]

Why... are there no white female presets in Andromeda? Besides the default one which you can't customise from the looks of things.

Probably not the reason, but what is the Internet good for if not for a little jest!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7ELHgiWcAI-std.jpg

[Acidbaron]

They clearly cut corners to make the most money so the only proper response is to give them none.

I only just bought DA:I to check it out since it was below 10 euros and i can agree that the quality has fallen drastically. I still think it's worth checking out however only moments in entering the game i was faced with oddities. I had to turn off my 5.1 sound and change it to stereo since otherwise i could not hear the voice dialogue in cut scenes. I had armor changing randomly in cut scenes and back, objects loading is also really off ball. And i find the controls for m/k a bit iffy.

So i can relate but as i said pick it up during a sale unless it gets raging good reviews from users and critics a like.

[Darkeon]

So i can relate but as i said pick it up during a sale unless it gets raging good reviews from users and critics a like.

My stance too. While it falls short towards my original expectations, I believe that it's worth being experienced at some point.

[Elim Garak]

Probably not the reason, but what is the Internet good for if not for a little jest!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7ELHgiWcAI-std.jpg

Not the reason.

If you read the ME Revelation you would know that the reason is LORE.

"most citizens in the multicultural society of the late twenty-second century, were a mix of several different racial characteristics"

[Aeula]

Not the reason.

If you read the ME Revelation you would know that the reason is LORE.

"most citizens in the multicultural society of the late twenty-second century, were a mix of several different racial characteristics"

You could make and see plenty of white people in previous games. Now all of a sudden they've changed it because 'lore'?
If so why do the other presets look so black, Asian etc...?

[Deleted]

Not the reason.

If you read the ME Revelation you would know that the reason is LORE.

"most citizens in the multicultural society of the late twenty-second century, were a mix of several different racial characteristics"

What the hell are you on about? Most humans we encountered in the Mass Effect universe were largely, and clearly, Caucasian:

Shepard
FemShep
Miranda
Ashley
Kaidan
Joker
Chakwas
Bailey
Jack (though I'll argue Mongoloid influences on that one)
Illusive Man
Hackett
Even Zaeed is clearly more Caucasian than any other racial mix.

Then we had a few Negroid (don't lose your shit snowflake, it's the biological term): Udina, Jacob and Anderson.

Now all of a sudden there aren't any clearly Caucasian people because of lore reasons? Fuck off with this identity politics bullshit, it's pissing me off. Bioware clearly went on a politically correct SJW trip, wouldn't surprise me if there are a few transgenders in there as well.

I'm totally fine with racially diverse NPC's or characters/companions. I'm not fine with clear deviations from previous design based on identity politics, and people on the forums twisting themselves this and that way trying to explain it's not because they try too hard to foster their leftist politically correct image. At least be honest.

[Archon14]

Presets are bad (like in any games), what you can do with them isn't if you put some efforts and don't want to make a clown or hideous character on purpose.

Well said. I've spent plenty of time in the creator (as I always do) and made a really cool looking dude. Had no problem with animations on Ryder, because he looked great. Best thing is, if you make a cool character, your dad will also look really nice.

Reaver was SO badass. You utterly annihilate stuff.

If you want to solo dragons, that's the way to go.

[Snorri]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgFHIR7lLC0

Awkward indeed.

[dope_danny]

Well its looking like EA/Bioware let a bunch of the Andromeda team go right after going gold which is usually a sign the publisher is not expecting numbers to recommend a sequel be made.

And of course since one of them was "im not racist, but kill all white people" Manveerhier this normal practice for a game not expected to do as well as its previous release is now another dark conspiracy by gamergate, or something, according to the usual suspects in the journo ring and the clickbait wheel keeps spinning around.

This is the shitstorm that keeps on giving. It would have been nice just to have a good Mass Effect game, but i guess those folks left in 2012 so this is what we get.

[zealo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgFHIR7lLC0

Awkward indeed.

Kill me now

That salarian said all that really needs to be said about that scene.