All players: Give your own score!

While I don't like numerical scores, I'll give it a 75... I retract points for the quality/tone of the writing (so far), the animations, the clunky UI and unwieldy space travel/scanning. I like the art style, world/armor designs, atmosphere/sound, crafting and combat - although the controls can be a bit jerky. If the story and writing doesn't pick up later, the score could go down...

...and no, floating rocks don't make an alien world creative, no matter how often you mention them.

I hope day one patch will fix most of awkward animations..

Just early access? It does not have to close before the 21st, and will give more people a chance to rate for themselves once we all get to play it :)

Just wondering if you think there will be topless dancers in the bar? Heard a rumour a while back.


So far I enjoy the game, besides some weird framerate issues that I assume will be fixed on day 1, I haven't had any major issues.

Hmm those that rate it much higher than 80% are in the lead but the only commentators here are those that score well below that. Odd that.

Not really. Negative opinions are always grossly over-represented in discussions, just because people who are upset are more likely to comment.

Also, hi Dutch.

This. It's not odd at all. That's why I made the poll in the first place.

I happy to write my initial review and give it 95%. I really like the story so far it feels like a classic sc fi story. It has a very 2009-star trek vibe which I love. So far, the human characters have been very interesting, Cora has been a surprise if I’m honest I assumed she would be an Ash clone but she more like Jack in many respects. The combat is fantastic and challenging, Playing a vanguard style I feel like you have to be clever and pick your chances or you will die. Even on insanity in the OT I don’t feel exposed as I do now. As a premise the game is doing what it said an ME 1 style soft reboot with excellent combat. Now there are negatives as well I cannot comment on the villains or the other species as I’ve not met them yet. Out of the other squad mates Vetra is the one who intrigues me Drack feels like wrex on steriods and I’m not fussed on Peebe at this point this may change. My main problem but is the visual bugs and CC although they have improved the scanning tech and all the presets you can make a decet looking Ryder but this can be addressed. Over all I feel the story has promise and I love the mechanics as a hardcore Mass effect fan I feel I’m home. A side note from preview impressions the opening hours are the weakest if this is the case well the game may live up to ME2.

Absolute awesome. I've played 8 hours so far and I think these harsh, prickly, pretentious previews lately are WAY off base. It's just clickbait nonsense. Some of these complaints, jesus christ who would be a game developer. If you don't like planet scanning or scanning in general there are plenty of other ways of earning upgrades and credits and spending your time.

For me I'd say this is easily the strongest opening in the series since Mass Effect 2, the influence of ME1 is very apparent. There's serious tension and intrigue in the air on the Nexus, the atmosphere and pacing is fantastic, the characters are all likeable and well written, the dialogue and voice acting is top notch despite the wonky facial animation issues. 

I really like how the motivations of the Khett are completely ambiguous and mysterious, much like the reapers in the opening of ME1. Arkon already feels like the best Antagonist since Saren and he hasn't said a word yet. The opening encounter with the Khett is very well done. I really did try my best commander Shepard but they are just not interested in peace - and that is exactly how it should have been imo. What more could you want from that scene?

The soundtrack is as excellent, the environments and the visuals are stunning, the gameplay is markedly improved, the Nomad feels fantastic, the companion dialogue is brilliant so far. The DAI dialogue system is a drastic improvement over ME3 and the voice acting is as good as it's ever been in general. I'm honestly struggling to find fault with apart from the wonky facial animations. I think this has the potential to be the best in the series.

Multiplayer is very different. Plays, looks and feels more like Warframe than ME3MP. It's is definitely a lot harder on bronze and silver than before and it takes much longer to unlock characters, weapons and gear. It feels very well thought out and I can see it having a longer staying power and longevity despite only 5 maps at release partly because the AI is much tougher, and the maps are much bigger and more interesting to explore.

I've been playing Male Adept for several hours and I quite like the new biotic explosion combos and the non global cooldown system. Biotic combos look a lot more 'subtle' this time and biotics are a lot less spam-able than ME3. Characters move with much more weight and the camera is quite different to the single-player. Loving the frantic pace and the unpredictability of AI flanking and teamwork.

In terms of performance I'm really impressed. I'm getting a solid 4k/60fps on high settings (gtx 1070) in multiplayer which I did not expect from this card, but single player framerates of around 35-45 at 4k, 50-55ps at 1440p/ultra. So not bad at all before the first patches and new drivers.

All in all very impressed so far BioWare. I'll be shocked it this gets below 80 on metacritic based on my first 10 hours.

95%. With a small asterisk that I'd expect some of the bugs to be cleared up on launch.
A lot of the criticism about animations, dialogue choices etc is valid but nowhere near game-breaking.

Liking the story and characters.
Visually fantastic (odd bugs aside).
Sounds stunning.

It's a solid 85.

The CC and no manual saves kinda still piss me off but I love the setup so far. When they show you around the Tempest, I was grinning like an idiot.

Remember when 5/10 was average, as in it doesn't suck, but its nothing special either. Now 7 is the new average, and 8 is ok. Yeah i hate rating systems, but its a nice way to measure things. I prefer Eurogamer's reviews, they just give recommended and not recommended, seems like the best thing to do. That also forces people to read the actual review to figure out how they got there, not just latch on to a grade and go all rogue with it.