For all the lower-level developers that worked on Andromeda.

While i echo.your sentiments whole heartedly i hope they learned to push for more time for editing and polish rather then pushing out an incomplete product because EA says now is the time.

Yeah LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!

Narr!  It's sarcasm at it's most profound.

If that article proved one thing, it's that EA wasn't really to blame for this game...well there is still frostbite... Bioware just wasted too much time experimenting and drama within the company. It seemed they lacked focus on what they really wanted to do. I don't blame the people who worked on the game, I blame the management and people who were responsible for the direction of this game.

I share OPs sentiment. But pushing for more time isn't something in todays shareholder business. This is a product tied to a business plan that has to be ready at a certain deadline to meet certain requirements. These being fiscal years, shareholder expectations and bonusses. That's they pushed Dylan back for another fiscal year is quite telling. Usually something like that doesn't happen unless it's an emergency.

If they keep everyone and dump the writers, I'd be content.

Absolutely. They sort of remind me the Ryder Jr's crew themselves. Not only they saved the day, but did it with style and panache, and did it in their own way. The guts of the game that went underappreciated, and mentioned in one-liners after endless bashing are amazing.  Andromeda made by the junior crew impressed me far more than what the veterans put together with Inquisition.

I agree and as it is, it's okay. It's still miles better than other games. What it lacked was polishing coming out of the sound booth. That's not the writer's fault. Sorry, that's on the lead and we all know how the development process went. If I'm picturing this correctly, the writers must've have written several drafts and by then, who's going to polish anything with that clock ticking? It was a bad (no, bullcrap) situation and we still got a good game by BioWare 1.0 standards. However, the new baseline for Frostbite and BioWare 2.0 is a solid 7 and with DLC to plug in holes, it's going to be an 8 or even a 9. This game should've been cancelled, but the developers made it happen. I also had some reservations about passion and soul. The developers that did all the REAL work had to have it and just did what they could to make it work. To quote Admiral Anderson, "I'm proud of you."

EA gave DA I two delays. As you said they've already given Dylan a delay...maybe. And they gave MEA no delays. Maybe one. DA I and Dylan are Edmonton...this leads me to conclude the following was likely.

1. Since Montreal is a new studio they were trying to push to please the boss because rather then know when to ask for more time. The abrupt announcement of its official launch date.

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Since Montreal is a new studio EA didn't really trust them so even when they asked ea was like 'no you've had five years to work on this get it out now' Andromeda s rough marketing campaign is evidence of that.

And under no circumstances fire the writers.

And still it was published in the same planned fiscal year. So these delays don't hurt any plan. Pushing a game back for a whole fiscal year is a different matter entirely.

This is all on the leads that left, quit or failed. EA gave them plenty of time... too much time in retrospect. It should have been: Three years and a budget of $120 million in my personal opinion. And that $120 should have their own controlled, registration-required forums. That way all the feedback can be weighed against playing time and achievements. It's a sound investment. Word of mouth still matters. The negative karma that surrounds EA and BioWare in general is mostly through word of mouth. Five years and they totally blew the time experimenting with a $40 million budget. That's hubris at the casino. However, those people are long gone. Unfortunately, so is a lot of talent and that's going to come back to bite them later. When I think on this, the people that remained are who matters right now. They're the veterans that salvaged this mess. They made a 7 using the most complicated engine that was intended for third-person shooters and is adapting it to be an RPG machine. They're doing it, but not at the pace old fans want because we're still using the old canvas (older, in-house engines or Unreal) as the baseline. If you start with Frostbite, it's Inquisition and that game earned a vanilla 7 in my opinion. After the DLC, it was a solid 9. I already stated why it got a 7, but the DLC improved on it each time and it earned GOTY in my opinion. Andromeda will be no different. It just won't get any love because the release was such a loud train wreck. It's not the lower-level guys. They deserve better than what they've been getting.