Listening to the reviews was a mistake!

One reviewer gave a 70% to Zelda, he received death threat for it. Makes you wonder why the majority of the reviewers gave it a 10/10...

I really don't care at all about what professional reviewers say. Their entire industry became obsolete once it became easy to just look at the fan reviews for games on the same screen you can choose whether or not to purchase it on.

The 6/10s this game got were ridiculous, that's around the scores given to "The Technomancer" which if you've played that game I need say no more to express how insane that is. They gave low scores to grandstand because they're obsessed with how they are perceived by their audiences. Andromeda had an internet bandwagon against it, and the reviews reflected that rather than the actual game. 

The game is a solid 8/10. Its not a masterpiece like the original trilogy games were, but I'm shocked so many outright dislike it. I thought it blew Inquisition out of the water. 

Meh, the game was buggy, unpolished, and obviously rushed.  As the game stood at release I don't think a 6.5 or 7 /10 is being unreasonable.  If they do another big patch soon and fix all the remaining important bugs and fix the CC I'd agree a 7.5 or 8 is not a bad, if somewhat generous, score for the game.  Of course this is scoring the games months after it released.

I’ll admit this right up front – listening to those early reviews was a HUGE mistake! As a massive fan of the original series, I, like many, was pretty jaded with the ending of ME:3 and so I refused to trust another BioWare game until I saw endless glowing reviews about how amazing Andromeda was. Even when friends told me the reviews were way off and the game was actually very fun and entertaining to play, I simply ignored them. After all, if someone makes a YouTube video about a game, it must be true – right?

Long story short, I went ahead and bought the game a few days ago and to my surprise, it felt just like what I’ve always come to expect from a Mass Effect game – engaging. It’s like that amazing book you’ve read where you find yourself being unable to put it down because you “must know what happens next!” Granted, the early parts of the game are a bit slow and some of the open world quests can be boring or add little to nothing to the overall story. And yes, some of the animations are fairly dismal compared to what you would expect in 2017 but overall, they don’t jump out at you as terrible like most reviewers have claimed.

That thought brings me to all the endless and mind-numbingly drool of complaints about how vanilla the characters are, how the voice acting is pathetically bad or how there isn’t any emotion to character interaction. Really? They must not be playing the same game that I’m play because those accusations couldn’t be further from reality. From what I’ve seen so far, the characters have distinct, memorable personalities, the VA is top notch (with some great one-liners) and interaction between the characters (especially squad mates) is a breath of fresh air. When considering the history of BioWare games and character development, ME:A stands right up on the top rungs of the ladder.

As for the rest of the game, the combat is amazing, the new skill combination system is exactly what most of player base was asking for and the music is very fitting for “most” of the scenes. Overall, it’s very much a Mass Effect game and well worth the history of the franchise.

All those terrible reviews I saw, read, listened to – well, I sure feel dumb believing them.

Got a Switch and Zelda a week ago, and wow - Zelda is incredible.  Nothing is off-limits - everything is interactive.  It makes MEA feel like you're playing in a small cardboard box.

I also love how Zelda's open world gets a pass on filler, bad quests, and writing but Andromeda is the devil. It is the perfect example of bias and hypocrisy. Just slap the Zelda name on a bad game and insta perfection.