Kotaku: The Story Behind ME:A's Troubled Five-Year Development

For a story and character-focused game like Mass Effect is, THOSE should be started on first in development. Changing writers at the end stretch really does make an impact - albeit not a good one.

Man, this thread is sad. We have salty Bioware loyalists getting worked out over the article, dismissing the troubling reality the franchise lives right now just because they enjoyed the game just like I did, and the people who think this is literally the end of times because they're also butthurt over something Bioware did to their lives some time ago.

The fact is, Mass Effect ANDROMEDA is far away from the reception they wished to receive, and it will be remembered as a disappointment of a messy game in the long run, tarnishing even more what once was one of gaming's finest franchises, but if DA2 got a sequel, this can too, people are too worried thinking their doomsday prophecy actually matters to anyone, as if they're some executive at EA, but that's the internet for you, a bunch of hyperbolic grown​ ass people having a dick measure contest over the most trivial stuff you can find here.

As for the article, it seems pretty spot on, it makes even more sense with early leaks of the game, delay, and short marketing.

I enjoyed the game very much, it's not my favorite, but it's good. Am I disappointed with the reception? Hell yes. Does it make sense? Yes. Should I care that much? A bit, but I have the game with me, it's there. Nobody's taking it away.

It's done now. It is what it is, unfortunately.

Hopefully the new IP can blow everyone's mind again.

Ordeal of unfairness? Well that right there says a great deal about you and your life experiences. Nothing about this game has been any kind of ordeal of unfairness to me or many of the game fans. We all found the game enjoyable to very enjoyable. Simply put, we find  things we like in stuff and focus on that. If we find something not to our liking we move on. Generally we don't find fun in dwelling on stuff that didn't feel good because it didn't feel good.

Mock me and others like me all you wish, but really it's all about half glass full or half glass empty perspectives. You have a choice to focus on what you do like or what you don't like. You have a choice to focus on things that feel good or things that don't feel good. What it boils down to is whether or not you want to feel good and whether or not you are willing  to do what it takes to feel good. Frankly, I'll take ray of sunshine people any day over the people who spend their time hating and being miserable and complaining about things. The ray of sunshine people are more fun to be around, they have better experiences and are far more pleasant to deal with. The complainers? Been there, done that. Lots of angry, hostile folk there who are more than willing  to drag you into their misery without realizing that you might not want to be miserable yourself. 

It's not about rationalization. It's about choosing to be happy and focus on what makes you happy and having more happy experiences for it. Glass half full perspectives are not a bad thing. But it's funny how many people  are more than happy to treat it as if those who find the good in stuff are stupid or foolish or naive in some way. Ironically, we're the ones having a great time. None of us are the victim of anything. We're here having a grand old time playing a game we love. So who is the real winner with their kind of rationalization? The complainers or the ray of sunshine folks?

Okay, let me fine tune my comment so it's clearly understood: You get what you focus on. 

How does  that translate to life? Well if you want to enjoy the game, stop focusing on all the things in the game that are mediocre or not fun for you and focus on the things that are fun. If you cannot find anything in the game that is fun, move on to another game or do something else.

The simple truth is that WE define our experiences far more than BW or MEA does. It's not the game that causes you to not have fun or experience it as mediocre. It's your focusing on all the things  that you find mediocre in it. I'm sure people will disagree with that, but it is truth. And the more you focus on the mediocrity of  things then the more mediocrity you find because you get what you focus on. I don't find the game mediocre. I find it highly enjoyable. Are there some things in it I don't care for? Yes. Do I spend an inordinate amount of time on them? I aim not to. In fact, I generally ignore them but every now and then they catch my attention. Meanwhile, I've had more fun playing this game than I did with the others (exception being ME1 because truly that gave me a great feeling and especially so as I played it during a rough time in my life). Ironically, I do see how I view ME2 as objectively better in many ways, but I have come to love this game more simply because I focus on all the things in it that I absolutely love and thus my experience of this game is far better than my ME2 experience ever was. And that's a recipe for life. 

You say  True! but then you focus on mediocrity. Guess what? You just assured mediocrity is what you will be getting. If I were you I would rush off and find something wonderful to focus on else you'll find yourself with the same complaint about mediocrity for a very long time until you change your focus. I personally hope you do find things you love and enjoy immensely. I hope that for everyone, even or maybe especially the MEA haters. We all should have joy in our lives. Sadly, those that are focused on MEA with all their hate are not even allowing themselves to find joy because you cannot find joy if you are focused in hate.

You kinda explain "law of attraction" to a person who understands it better then you. Btw, it should not be called "law of attraction" because you never attract anything. You allow yourself to experience, so it should be called "law of allowance", but that name is not cool enough for some people.

To me this game is mediocre, but i don't focus much on that and i don't take it too seriously. And that's the key. In fact i don't play majority of todays games because they are mediocre, simplified, dumbed-down, etc. I ignore them.
One can talk about mediocrity or negativity, but the key is not to attach yourself to these concepts which are illusion anyway, especially not to attach emotionally. 

Certain rules and qualities should be followed in the world of video games. That's what i focus on. 
     

It's their own software. So cheaper than buying a third party product. The engine doesn't seem the problem with this game. At least for me. Combat is more fluid than in the OT and the animations have been largely fixed. The problem lies in content and what it offers. Story, characters, planets.