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Mass Effect: Andromeda - Autism reaches outer space
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Something I forgot to mention that has really started to piss me off, not just in this game, but something that seems to have become a trend in all of these games with branching dialogue options, when the text prompt that you are given is absolutely nothing like what your character actually winds up saying. I get that you have to give a snippet or blurb to get the gyst across, but this game in particular, was so bad in multiple places with this.
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Did you guys know today is the 10th anniversary of Mass Effect, aka N7 day?
Mass Effect Andromeda - N7
Mass Effect Andromeda - N7
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goishen
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Yah, I know. I'm waiting around for their "special announcement" like a fucking moron. And it looks like they've already come out with one. Improve Your Experience • Mass Effect Archives
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Tuco
I got Tuco'd!
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With exception to Casey Hudson, listening to a lot of these guys reminds me of bad interviews with dudes who clearly road the coattails of everyone around them. In this case they rode Drew Karpyshyn's coattails.
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sukik
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So, I started playing this in the lull between game releases since it was on EA access, and it's not all bad. The good parts are the settings, vistas if you will, and the combat. If it wasn't for how much fun the combat is and how cool the settings look I wouldn't have gotten very far. The bad parts are the character animations and the writing. I'm only 3/4's the way through the game, but I think that's enough to do a decent review. Not that anyone cares at this point.
Writing:
The thing I keep asking myself is why they moved to Andromeda if these are the stories they're going to tell? It's a complete waste of the setting. Even the big bad is just a knock off of the reapers. It's like someone had a cool idea how make a new Mass Effect game that gets away from Shepherd and the Reapers, then they passed that idea off to some incompetent writers who could only copy themes from the original Mass Effect. A complete waste of the new galaxy setting. Last night I was doing quests out of a bar that's just like Afterlife, doing the same kinda quests. We're in a new galaxy, doing the same shit. Why bother with the new galaxy at all?
And The stories around the new species are a hodgepodge of nonesense. They're supposed to be a species war weary resistance fighters, on the edge, fighting a brutal war with the bad guys, but too many of the stories are generic BS that doesn't make any sense. Also, They're so ugly it's distracting.
I played as derpface and her responses to a lot the things in the game don't make any sense. And there's absolutely no nuance in the choices. For instance you have to decide on the fate of a guy who was charged with murder, but he didn't actually commit murder because the guy he was trying to kill was killed by someone else a few seconds before he could kill him. So, the guy is innocent, and your chose is to let him free because he's innocent or wrongly exlie him. These writers apparently don't know anything about attempted murder being a crime, or malicious intent in general. Everything is black and white with no grey areas. These people are supposed to be on the edge of exploration, on their own. And they're acting like it's business as usual at the Citadel. The people who wrote this game are inexperienced or just bad writers.
Characters:
The character stories have ranged from almost good to disappointing. The Turian(Vetra) and the Krogan(Drack) are the best companions by far. Cora is an asari wanna be. Liam is your generic white dudebro character, but in this game he's black, so score one for being progressive. Peebee, is actually not as annoying as the trailer made her out to be, but she's pretty obnoxious. I will say that she's much better than her Dragon Age Inquisition equivalent Sara. And finally, Jaal is just boring. The companion quests are entirely forgettable.
Character Models and Movement:
The models are pretty bad. They never fixed botox face, and talking to her is unintentionally hilarious. The worst of it is the new species, the angaran. They look like cross between a twi'lek from star wars and a goat that should have been aborted. The orignal trilogy game and unique and interesting races, and this is the freakshow they create for the new game.
Vistas:
They're amazing. It's everything I'd want from a space scifi game.
Combat:
It's the same as previous games only with a vertical and side jet pack thrust, which is really fun. Playing a biotic space wizard is as OP in this game as it is in the previous game.
Final verdict is a 3/5. The gameplay and vistas carry the game. If you're the type to skip cutscenes and story you might enjoy this game, and it's free with EA access right now.
Writing:
The thing I keep asking myself is why they moved to Andromeda if these are the stories they're going to tell? It's a complete waste of the setting. Even the big bad is just a knock off of the reapers. It's like someone had a cool idea how make a new Mass Effect game that gets away from Shepherd and the Reapers, then they passed that idea off to some incompetent writers who could only copy themes from the original Mass Effect. A complete waste of the new galaxy setting. Last night I was doing quests out of a bar that's just like Afterlife, doing the same kinda quests. We're in a new galaxy, doing the same shit. Why bother with the new galaxy at all?
And The stories around the new species are a hodgepodge of nonesense. They're supposed to be a species war weary resistance fighters, on the edge, fighting a brutal war with the bad guys, but too many of the stories are generic BS that doesn't make any sense. Also, They're so ugly it's distracting.
I played as derpface and her responses to a lot the things in the game don't make any sense. And there's absolutely no nuance in the choices. For instance you have to decide on the fate of a guy who was charged with murder, but he didn't actually commit murder because the guy he was trying to kill was killed by someone else a few seconds before he could kill him. So, the guy is innocent, and your chose is to let him free because he's innocent or wrongly exlie him. These writers apparently don't know anything about attempted murder being a crime, or malicious intent in general. Everything is black and white with no grey areas. These people are supposed to be on the edge of exploration, on their own. And they're acting like it's business as usual at the Citadel. The people who wrote this game are inexperienced or just bad writers.
Characters:
The character stories have ranged from almost good to disappointing. The Turian(Vetra) and the Krogan(Drack) are the best companions by far. Cora is an asari wanna be. Liam is your generic white dudebro character, but in this game he's black, so score one for being progressive. Peebee, is actually not as annoying as the trailer made her out to be, but she's pretty obnoxious. I will say that she's much better than her Dragon Age Inquisition equivalent Sara. And finally, Jaal is just boring. The companion quests are entirely forgettable.
Character Models and Movement:
The models are pretty bad. They never fixed botox face, and talking to her is unintentionally hilarious. The worst of it is the new species, the angaran. They look like cross between a twi'lek from star wars and a goat that should have been aborted. The orignal trilogy game and unique and interesting races, and this is the freakshow they create for the new game.
Vistas:
They're amazing. It's everything I'd want from a space scifi game.
Combat:
It's the same as previous games only with a vertical and side jet pack thrust, which is really fun. Playing a biotic space wizard is as OP in this game as it is in the previous game.
Final verdict is a 3/5. The gameplay and vistas carry the game. If you're the type to skip cutscenes and story you might enjoy this game, and it's free with EA access right now.
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Gavinmad
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This game is garbage and I hope you make an enemy of the Clinton family.
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kaid
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Yes andromeda had this issue and a lot of games are doing it as well. You just wind up riffing in some totally different direction than you wanted the conversation to go. In the previous games the renegade/paragon tracks gave you at least a bit better feel of how they would likely answer. Generally still very different but you knew renegade was always human first space jack ass type response when paragon was generally goody goody love all races type responses.
Utnayan
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Convo option: "Not sure if that is such a good idea, but I am willing to try"
Ryder: "LETS DO THIS!" (Jesus. I heard "Let's do this" about 56 times on the 1st planet alone. Right before I returned it back to gamefly)
I wouldn't even buy this on sale for 9 bucks a while back.
Or this one:
Convo option: "I don't think this is a way to go about negotiating"
Ryder: "We need to be inclusive and understand how this will be reacted to in their safe space"
Ryder: "LETS DO THIS!" (Jesus. I heard "Let's do this" about 56 times on the 1st planet alone. Right before I returned it back to gamefly)
I wouldn't even buy this on sale for 9 bucks a while back.
Or this one:
Convo option: "I don't think this is a way to go about negotiating"
Ryder: "We need to be inclusive and understand how this will be reacted to in their safe space"
Jait
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Been replaying ME2. Was surprised I had almost a thousand hours between all 3 games tho I do have a tendency to walk away with it on.
Then I saw mass effect andromeda which I thought I had refunded. 14 minutes played. It can be summed up easily: They listened very carefully to every complaint about ME3 and said “Our players are wrong”. Then they double downed.
Then I saw mass effect andromeda which I thought I had refunded. 14 minutes played. It can be summed up easily: They listened very carefully to every complaint about ME3 and said “Our players are wrong”. Then they double downed.
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Qhue
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Happy N7 day everyone...
Mass Effect Andromeda Finally Got Enhanced for Xbox One X, First Screenshots Out; Game Now Discounted
What everyone really wanted was higher resolution Andromeda on Xbox I'm sure.
Remind me again, what's the nominal time period the IP needs to lay fallow before someone new can come in and grow again?
Mass Effect Andromeda Finally Got Enhanced for Xbox One X, First Screenshots Out; Game Now Discounted
What everyone really wanted was higher resolution Andromeda on Xbox I'm sure.
Remind me again, what's the nominal time period the IP needs to lay fallow before someone new can come in and grow again?
xzi
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mass effect fans every N7 day waiting for a remaster
Mass Effect: Immortal
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