Tempted to switch back to ME3MP

Considering that they want all their games to run on Frostbyte, and given their track record with said engine, expect more of this in Anthem.

I've been playing MEA since it came out and I don't have as many disconnects anymore as I did when I first started playing it. I have almost none actually. With that said, MEA MP needed a lot of work. When it first came out, it was very boring. They have done good things to improve it, but it still feels weak compared to ME3. This is mainly because the game feels too easy, and the characters don't have as much personality as the ME3 characters do. Also there aren't as many fun loadouts in MEA as there are in ME3. I also hate the way the leveling system is in MEA as well. Each character has to be leveled individually. This is the worst thing ever and I don't even want to play other characters because of this.

Believe it or not, I actually never got in ME3's MP until AFTER MEA came out and I was disappointed with it. My friend recommended playing it. And good lord am I hooked to ME3's MP. I so wish I played this mode earlier.

Another thing I forgot to mention is, why are enemies so ridiculously accurate ALL the time in MEA? Not sure if anyone has played it recently, but even the standard cannon fodder enemies like the Raiders have god like accuracy from across the map on Gold and Platinum. Its funny that MEA gives you all these cool evasion tools like jet jumps, dashes and boosting. But enemies have ridiculous accuracy.

And does anyone find Remnant fun at all? The have absolutely nothing on the geth. And Observers might be the most annoying enemy in the series. I hate their tracking laser attack (I know infiltrators can evade it briefly but still) and even the Assemblers seem to never miss. Hell, even Collector Captains have issues hitting a target at times on Gold and higher.

One of the biggest gripes I have with the game is the factions. They are nowhere near as cool as the ME3 ones. The Outlaws seem interesting but they are nowhere near as cool as Cerberus. Call me weird, but I love that Cerberus has battle chatter and call outs. They feel like a cohesive unit that is trying to kill you. The Outlaws are just so quiet you never know who is on the field. In ME3, you knew when a Phantom was on the field. In MEA a giant fiend was able to sneak up on you making zero noise.

Lastly, combat is widely inferior because it doesn't have the "oomph" that ME3 has. Weapons feel strong in ME3 and you feel like you're hurting the enemies. Its pretty satisfying to put a Widow shot in a Prime's head and have it flinch in pain. Or how about making heads roll as the Shadow? Or punching someone's face clean off as a Batarian? The combat doesn't feel strong in MEA and enemies don't react to being hit in a satisfying way. Plus most ME3 characters feel unique. Outside of powers all MEA characters feel samey with the same looking melees.

Sorry for the novel. As I said, I just started ME3's MP a little over 4 months ago and I'm in love with it. I also thought an opinion of someone not influenced by nostalgia could be useful to some.

Obbie nailed it.

I think a lot of us who still play have had long breaks playing, I think mine was probably 6 months or more.
But I still get that 'oooh where am I and who am I fighting' excitement loading into an UUG. I still like trying to guess which map it is based on the soundtrack as it loads 😁

MEA just has no soul. I don't get the immersion connection of playing a map based on a location in the SP, because the SP overall was a bit boring.

I haven't been playing ME3 regularly for months, but between going back to those crappy Andromedafail turians with their dumb spindly legs, shitty plastic armor and derp looking faces and going back to the cool fat milky way turians with big bulky armor and adorable faces, well, which one do you think I'd choose.

If the voice acting is the object on the left, even the guy on the right wouldn't swallow it.


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also, 'Go us!' 

That.... that is so beautiful and heartwarming That feeling of shared commitment, comradery cannot be easly repeated. I've just imagined that scene and it's so glorious and hilarious at the same time Everytime I hear a Volus shouting "PAYDAY!" or "EARN YOUR CREDITS!" cracks me up And don't assume they only care about the next payment - "For Irune!"


Well, I'm sad to say that, but I think it's appropriate in case of Andromeda. Hear me out. ME 3 was focused on what? War with the Reapers. You played as a super human, terminator machine Shepard in SP. You had the best of the best crew you could even imagine. In multiplayer you played as a squad of incredible soldiers, capable of doing impossible things. So it was obvious they couldn't shout some silly things like "COVER YOUR BRAIN" or something. Elite doesn't do that.

Andromeda was more casual in every single way - Lore wise and gameplay wise. They sent a bunch of "teenagers" who pretend to be a military squad. Some Krogans who couldn't finish the rite of passage, criminal Turians, Salarian scientists and so on. In other words, the premise of that game is very different, so I understand what BioWare did. I'm not saying I like that, in fact I find it so boring and dumb that I still haven't bought the game. And probably never will.

Imagine Kett showing up in the Milky Way galaxy... They would be wiped inside an hour lol (using only Volus Mercenaries I may add )

You're partially right about this aspect, the devs wanted to reflect the minor expertise of the apex team also through the use of some not so serious quotes, but unfortunately the result was something, in many cases, really embarrassing (some quotes are really bad), not immersive (they don't seem they are speaking in the heat of battle, since some of them sound really calm) and not as useful for the player as they are in me3 (in me3 quotes are short and informative, "MY SOUP" "POWER", in mea sometimes they are too long "OH, NO, MY SHIELDS ARE DOWN" "WHO NEEDS SHIELDS, ANYWAY?" and so fail to promptly inform the player about the immediate danger).

And, BTW, not all chars are a bunch of "loosers", some were former members of the STG, Asari Commandos or Justicars, or mercenaries from the Terminus system. And even me3 has some criminals and unorthodox characters: Cerberus defectives, mercenaries from the Terminus system (mainly the Vorchas and Batarians), Voluses. And their quotes are not so bad.

ME:A lacks weight, period.

I couldn't agree with you more. That Inert's video made me triple facepalm... I'm speachless.

Look at this masterpiece. Do I even have to explain it?


Also notice that reload cancel! I've never seen any creature doing it faster than that... not even with Marksman or Adrenaline Rush.. The badassery level is off the charts.

Its kind of funny that both Drack and Ryder are shaking their heads almost in disgust as to how bad that fight scene was. I had to roll my eyes when I saw that scene. Morda is probably the most obnoxious krogan in MEA and this video shows why. And what's sad is that all the female krogan sound like this. I think Bioware is just so into being inclusive of everyone that they don't realize how badly characters like this come off.

If I remember right, Morda is voiced by some transexual man who has no real voice acting experience. And what annoys me more is that MEA tries too hard to be inclusive. Almost like Bioware is rubbing it in our faces as to how progressive they are. Its funny because the original trilogy was more progressive without being annoying about it. As a quick example, they put Indian characters in MEA. But they are typical tech junkies with typical accents. But in the original trilogy, an Indian man's WIFE gives her life defending Eden Prime. To me, that was more progressive than anything MEA did.


Isn't it also lore breaking that female Krogan are in places of power and leadership? As far as I remember, when they left for Andromeda, the male krogans were still dominant and females (despite being the brains) were not in any leadership roles.

Where's my Adrenaline Rush Krogan Female?