MEA vs Other Games of 2017/2018 Hype, reviews, mechanics, story, marketing, personal ranking

MEA is probably the only 2017 release I'll play this year so... that's an easy one.

I'm tempted by HZD and BotW but I'm not buying a console for one frickin game.

Never laughed so hard before........

Andromeda has sold ok based on the use of the Mass Effect name. Both Zelda and Persona 5 both sold well on the name and game play.

Not saying that MEA didn't hit their projected goals. Because EA definitely seems to feel they have. But the future installments in the Mass Effect franchise will be under heavy flak from MEA. Especially how much MEA has copped from it's writing and less than sub par setup to the poor launch.

I am a huge Mass Effect fan from books, comics , animated movie and the games. Honestly though never have i been more disappointed in a game than with MEA.

Although i have finished two plays i still have a few missions left and they have not fixed to this day the crash bug with contagion. Meaning if DLC drops i can't use my 2nd play Ryder because i can't leave the nexus without an error.

I am still holding my last hope that the DLC will still happen. As well as them sorting out the unanswered questions. I still have high hope that they could fix the game.

Just praise where praise is deserved and not blindy given because Bioware can and should be doing much better for a 2017 AAA title within a franchise just under 10 years old and a massive fan base.

I admit that I bought my PS3 specifically to play the original Mass Effect, and ultimately the trilogy. 

Next game I will buy pre-launch is Cyberpunk 2077.

All others, including and MEA dlc or sequels, I will wait until after people have a chance to play/review to see if its worth it.

Here's a vid you might find interesting:

Well, given the evidence and the fact that the ME franchise was put on ice: I'd say he's close to the mark.

We're all not privy to what goes on behind the curtains. But one thing's for sure, sales numbers alone can't be compared to each other to call any given product a success. It's also the production costs and time of development featuring into the calculation. ME3 had conserably less budget and was finished a mere two years after ME2. The development of MEA kept a whole studio busy for five years.

The statement by EA, or rather filtered trough their PR department, which is usual for large corporations, doesn't deny or confirm the rumors of the studio being downsized. But it's as close as they come to saying that there will be meetings to see where all of this is going and they put everything on hold until they decided on what to do. That is not to say, they didn't make a profit, but it says, the sales and the reception didn't meet their expectations.

Because they have an preference that threatens you?

Because they are bland husk-like dlc platforms masquerading as video games.

There aren't as many new games interesting me in the first place. I'm not a shooter guy, which may seem peculiar when playing ME, but I play Bioware games rather for the companion interactions than for anything else. I'm also a PC guy, so platform games don't interest me in the first place. I have my select few companies that I'm interested in. Bethesda for their moddability, Bioware for their companions, Activision for their Total War series, Obsidian for their old school RPGs and Larian for their indie character. I helped kickstart Divinity Original Sin II. Hope, the final version is due for release soon.

Other than that, I only play hardcore realism racers from days gone by. Meaning, 15 to 20 years old, when they weren't Arcade but based on real life physics. Also heavily modded, of course.

Can't really speak for the general.public...but then the general public seems to rely on memes-as-fact...

But for my own tastes MEA is like one of only three games I am interested in. Thev others being ghost recon and HZD...and i am dubious about HZD.