Mass Effect Andromeda Q&A Panel at Montreal Comic Con, 8th July 2017, "Can not comment on future pro

Ah, yes, if you're talking about that 18-month stretch, then I agree it's a very short time frame and Montreal did a gargantuan job to ship the game in a state resembling functional. However, at the end of the day, BioWare had 5 years to work on the game and wasted most of it through no one's fault but their own (call it internal squabbles, politics, whatever). Can we expect future Mass Effect or Dragon Age titles to be affected by similar issues?

I think every studio at some point faces changes that affect the way their games are developed. Changes in development (I think moving to FB fits there), change in management (which BioWare and ME definitely had after ME3) and changes in creators (writers and artists moving on). Hopefully BioWare has learned how to better adapt to those after ME:A. No way to really know until the next release.

Mistakes and in this case, a consecutive mistake has knocked BioWare's reputation. I want to blame it all on EA, but mistakes were made at the higher levels in BioWare. The amount of turnover was really bad and you know it affected development. Despite all of that, I have a game that I really love. Yeah, it has cringe moments. So did the original trilogy if you ever decide to look at it objectively without rose-colored glasses on. However, it's the broken launch that hurt BioWare. Not so much the writing, the normal glitches associated with release, but the fact that it was such an easy target. EA had an embargo and YouTube already was baring its teeth. Come the Origin Access trial and everyone has a hot, new story. "BioWare is releasing a POS." That was my viewpoint. I didn't know what was going on because the forums were closed and sorry, I'm not on Reddit, Twitter, Facebook or whatever because I'm paranoid about getting in trouble with my employer. Almost a year before Andromeda, everyone on YouTube was blasting people like Sam Maggs (for no good reason, freaking cowards), Manveer Heir (for every damn good reason, that SOB), Chris Wynn leaving (because BioWare is a sinking ship) and MANY, MANY OTHER EXAMPLES. And EA's response: some stupid PR stunt here or there. That's my perspective. BioWare developers took it all on the God-dang chin. They felt the brunt of it all and it had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with their paygrade. They felt my rage... I know. I thought I was dealing with just white knights or evil trolls. Then I realized the value of these forums and it helped a lot to fill in the blanks that I had. My attitude has changed because of the patches, the toughness these guys have that I accused them of not having and I know what it's like to have done your job only to be crapped on later. Andromeda's launch is a dead horse. That's long past. The hype window for the game has passed. BioWare is holding the line and hopefully I am right that we are indeed going to get DLC and maybe even more. The game has been redeemed for the most part and it kills me that I have to wait until the new rig is built to play it here. You'll know I'll be playing it when I'm alone in the boonies doing my thing. And, by the way, off subject but still on (and I know TL;DR) I'm down with Anthem. I'm going to read the forums for about 24 hours and then get it. I'm not preordering it because BioWare still has the reputation of not delivering on time. Release dates matter and they matter even more now because the studio is under the microscope. No pressure, right? Also, I'm seeing coordinated hate to make life miserable for the development team. Maybe I'm seeing it too closely, but I have a feeling old fans and old ex-employees certainly don't want BioWare to succeed. That's my tin-foil hat conspiracy. It's just speculation, right?

Or "facts" to suit you narrative.

I'm not interested in your book Jason.

I'll sign it for you... 😋

I'm using your own words bud.


That implies you didn't even bother with the whole 10.

I still played the ten hours - my early opinions, however, did not change. Wanted to get my 5$ worth. I could see how my post could be misinterpreted though.

I'm confused too. I love the game and even I acknowledge there were development issues, the 2 years being among it.

I think Inquisition is a better game, but only because of a few technicalities. Overall, it was better produced and had fewer bugs and glitches at launch. It definitely felt bloated and I couldn't get through a second playthrough. I'm also not a fan of the open world thing Bioware is leaning into. And for those reasons, and because you had get the planets to 100% if you wanted to do your job as a Pathfinder (even though the game didn't require it) going to five planets didn't feel like a chore. Having 10 map areas open up after Haven that you didn't have to go to did feel like a chore. 

Overall, I much preferred the direction and story of Andromeda over Inquisition, and I hope that the sequel gets more attention and a tighter story, because I think there's a lot of potential.

strawman. You should know by my other posts...and if you don't here it is AGAIN....the game we know as MEA didn't have 5 years of development...it had eighteen months. Sure maybe they should be blasted for 'wasting' three years of development time...but i prefer to applaud them for their willingness to experiment. Maybe this is glass half full versus half empty but how many game companies actually experiment...see what they are doing is not working...and correct.

As far as the score is concerned it says so much about bioware and their work ethic that their worse game ever only has a seventy rating. In my book that means they have never made an unsuccessful game. Critically speaking. And they haven't made a game I've disliked.