Why Does Andromeda Multiplayer Look So Bad?

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Post by Gyer on Mar 28, 2017 15:50:37 GMT

So bit of background - Mass Effect is my favourite video gaming franchise, I have always fell in love with the epic story, characters, and gameplay. To show you how much of a Mass Effect fan I am, when I completed the original trilogy, I played the Multiplayer mode in ME3 solely for an ENTIRE YEAR! That's how much I loved it.

So imagine my disappointment, when I started playing multiplayer on Andromeda, only to see visuals that looked like they were from a last generation console! Maybe I am remembering ME3 with rose-tinted glasses, but I could have sworn that multiplayer in ME3 looked WAAAAAYYY nicer than in Andromeda...

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Post by Urizen on Mar 28, 2017 16:39:09 GMT

First, looks are always subjective. Second, yes, you are looking through rose-tinted glasses. :whistle:

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Why Does Andromeda Multiplayer Look So Bad? Mar 28, 2017 21:47:55 GMT andy_3_913, jmac1424, and 4 more like this

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Post by Beerfish on Mar 28, 2017 21:47:55 GMT

Graphics aren't bad per say imo but what hampers them is the level layouts which is crammed with bldgs and cover and very few open areas. Also the the fast pace of the game and making you constantly be on the move leaves little chance to look around and get a nice good look at creatures and or landscape.

I finally got a good look at the Kett bubble boy boss and he looked really cool, of course I was doing this in spectator mode laying dead at his feet.

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Mar 28, 2017 22:16:11 GMT nucleartech76 said:

Bottom line is the devs have been jacking off to too much mass effect porn which is why we have the cartoonish looking shit that they put out.

Taliwack on devs.

If I were making a game for the Bioware fanbase, I'd feel constrained to put most of my development funding into sex scenes with every combination of sex and species (and then double the number of romances to account for trans characters). Anything else I put in (like plot or gunfights or whatever) would be gravy.

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Post by Terminator Force on Mar 30, 2017 4:15:37 GMT

^^ These last two posts. They win the internet.

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Post by docsteely on Mar 30, 2017 4:50:27 GMT

Relax, OP... It's not just the multiplayer that looks bad. They left all the good-looking characters in the Milky Way.

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Why Does Andromeda Multiplayer Look So Bad? Mar 30, 2017 11:25:02 GMT docsteely, akots, and 2 more like this

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Post by Alfonsedode on Mar 30, 2017 11:25:02 GMT

Same here, OP, andromeda vids sure look like arcade games from 15 years ago. I still dont get how it s not the major setback yet.
I thought in game feeling was better though

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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 14:03:08 GMT

I've started playing ME3MP in the fall of 2016, and switched to Andromeda. I have never played consoles. I feel Andromeda is slightly brighter and prettier than ME3MP, and I like the graphics in both. I like that many Andromeda characters do not wear helmets, it makes me chose some characters for their visual appeal. :) I don't really have a clue what is it specifically that people want from graphics when they complain. As long as it has an artistic unity, and does not look too much like overly-real stuff (I don't know how to explain it; I guess, I like when it looks painted and with some emotion and fantasy/sci-fi element to it???), and the characters are attractive, I am happy with it.

Uhm, not sure what else to say. I like both, I guess, but don't see the point to play ME3MP now?

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Mar 30, 2017 14:03:08 GMT @domi said:

I've started playing ME3MP in the fall of 2016, and switched to Andromeda. I have never played consoles. I feel Andromeda is slightly brighter and prettier than ME3MP, and I like the graphics in both. I like that many Andromeda characters do not wear helmets, it makes me chose some characters for their visual appeal.

I don't really have a clue what is it specifically that people want from graphics when they complain. As long as it has an artistic unity, and does not look too much like overly-real stuff (I don't know how to explain it; I guess, I like when it looks painted and with some emotion and fantasy/sci-fi element to it???), and the characters are attractive, I am happy with it.

Uhm, not sure what else to say. I like both, I guess, but don't see the point to play ME3MP now?

sure, as long as it feels good !
MEA sure should look better with 5 more years GPU devlopment.

But when i see the player run or reload in MEA ... They look like cartoon toys at low fps.

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Mar 30, 2017 15:15:30 GMT Alfonsedode said:

Mar 30, 2017 14:03:08 GMT @domi said:

I've started playing ME3MP in the fall of 2016, and switched to Andromeda. I have never played consoles. I feel Andromeda is slightly brighter and prettier than ME3MP, and I like the graphics in both. I like that many Andromeda characters do not wear helmets, it makes me chose some characters for their visual appeal. :) I don't really have a clue what is it specifically that people want from graphics when they complain. As long as it has an artistic unity, and does not look too much like overly-real stuff (I don't know how to explain it; I guess, I like when it looks painted and with some emotion and fantasy/sci-fi element to it???), and the characters are attractive, I am happy with it.

Uhm, not sure what else to say. I like both, I guess, but don't see the point to play ME3MP now?

sure, as long as it feels good !
MEA sure should look better with 5 more years GPU devlopment.

But when i see the player run or reload in MEA ... They look like cartoon toys at low fps.

mmgh, I guess, I am not watching it too closely, but I guess, it is a cartoon after all? The games where the female avatars had a broken hip and a whore-like swinging gait in the name of sexy did irritated the hell out of me, but I don't see it in Andromeda, so I am good.

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Post by andy_3_913 on Mar 30, 2017 19:13:22 GMT

ME3, despite being a lot older, actually looks better to me.

I'm thinking MEA is overly complicated (especially with all this jumping around like fleas on crack) and the screen is messy.

Trying hard to like MEA, but having my doubts at the moment

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Post by docsteely on Mar 30, 2017 19:20:19 GMT

They say an image is worth a thousand words; I give you 2:

Now I am no art critic, but please tell me which one do you prefer? Just look at their noses. I could also cite the body proportions and a lot of other things but to sum it up: IMO somebody went through a lot of trouble to make people look worse in this new game.

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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 19:29:02 GMT

docsteely the top image looks friendlier, the bottom one angrier, the top one is fuzzier, the bottom one is sharper.... but in terms of relative attractiveness, I say both are about the same, though the second has more regular features and top one I think is pug-nosed? Both have those long oval faces the men seem to apparently love as I found out reading these forums.

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Post by Karin Davis on Mar 30, 2017 19:40:24 GMT

Must be a personal problem, as there are only 5 people viewing this forums. Rest are everywhere else. Seems like a pretty big deal, as the "pvp" community always first and loudest

I solo MP as best I can, even in a private lobby I somehow get people joining. Odd. Not once have I heard someone in game complain about anything besides being shown up "by a girl".

Want good maps, go back to CoD. Or Battlefield. Don't start ruining ME with PvP dribble and complaints.

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Mar 30, 2017 20:28:26 GMT tantumdicverbo said:

Mar 30, 2017 20:22:15 GMT @domi said:

There you have it. Gaming gals love Andromeda!

I am disgusted by your assumption of gender.

Uhm, the poster above clearly stated that she is a female :) I am aware of my own gender as well. Sorry if the joke was not funny, but I was not assuming or presuming.

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Mar 30, 2017 20:37:45 GMT @domi said:

Mar 30, 2017 20:28:26 GMT tantumdicverbo said:

I am disgusted by your assumption of gender.

Uhm, the poster above clearly stated that she is a female

I am aware of my own gender as well. Sorry if the joke was not funny, but I was not assuming or presuming.

(I'm actually making fun of the kind of people who would say something like that and mean it. I'm one of those unfashionable dinosaurs who believes that gender is much more biological than sociological and that it is nearly always settled a few weeks after conception when an SRY gene either does its thing or not. Sorry about the misunderstanding.)

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Post by Beerfish on Mar 30, 2017 21:36:59 GMT

Reminds me of the DA2 elves 'improvement'

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Mar 30, 2017 19:40:24 GMT Karin Davis said:

Must be a personal problem, as there are only 5 people viewing this forums. Rest are everywhere else. Seems like a pretty big deal, as the "pvp" community always first and loudest

I solo MP as best I can, even in a private lobby I somehow get people joining. Odd. Not once have I heard someone in game complain about anything besides being shown up "by a girl".

Want good maps, go back to CoD. Or Battlefield. Don't start ruining ME with PvP dribble and complaints.

Out. Won't come back to this forum

How does this thread have anything to do with PVP??

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Mar 30, 2017 23:05:41 GMT Mobius Y said:

Mar 30, 2017 19:40:24 GMT Karin Davis said:

Must be a personal problem, as there are only 5 people viewing this forums. Rest are everywhere else. Seems like a pretty big deal, as the "pvp" community always first and loudest

I solo MP as best I can, even in a private lobby I somehow get people joining. Odd. Not once have I heard someone in game complain about anything besides being shown up "by a girl".

Want good maps, go back to CoD. Or Battlefield. Don't start ruining ME with PvP dribble and complaints.

Out. Won't come back to this forum

How does this thread have anything to do with PVP??

Do not search for logic where obviously there is none...

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Mar 30, 2017 19:40:24 GMT Karin Davis said:

Must be a personal problem, as there are only 5 people viewing this forums. Rest are everywhere else.

Shut up, Karin.

You can't sit with us.

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