MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA: The Life and Death of BioWare Montreal (UPDATE: Part IV, Final Part Up)

Correction, they had five years to make the game. They spent three of those years faffing about and chasing concepts that couldn't possibly executed in a final game. Edmonton then had to sweep in and save them via Mac Walters.

When you have to bring in Mac fuckin' Walters to save something, you know you've dun goofed.

Just to provide everyone with an update, it's going to be a bit of a wait before my final Part 4 comes out. I've just been busy and haven't even really begun to finish writing the script.

The problem is the glassdoor reviews and rumors have it as more complicated than that. I don't think Edmonton helped them if anything I think Edmonton set them up for failure. We have some pretty troubling things being said about how staff were bullied, HR didn't actually help, and when there were known issues with the project leadership in Edmonton gave them poor support. That basically they lost tons of people over active conflicts with the Edmonton office. I have no doubt that leadership in Edmonton is just as much at fault as Montreal. Likely will not get any sort of consequences for it. Which is exactly why supporting bioware in the future is a poor investment. 

I enjoyed this video very much so will be looking into the previous ones. Many thanks.

The resurrection of Bioware Montreal. Might have to wait a couple years.

Talk about your salvation through destruction! 

Thought I'd give a quick update: Script has been written and recorded, I'm just editing in the video now. So, if all goes well, the final video should be up by the weekend at the latest.

So why are you here talking to the minimum wage workers?.... ....get those hands crackin'!....

Holy HELL, I've finally finished this final video regarding my breakdown of BioWare Montreal and Mass Effect Andromeda. Sorry for the wait, it turned out to take much longer than expected due to a combination of both real life issues and the overall complexity of this final video. I had no idea when I started making it that it would end up being basically 2 hours long. Jeeeez. Any way, I put a lot of work into this final video and I suspect the comments section will be "fun" giving all the topics explored. Any way, let me know what you think.

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Damn man, this is almost longer than Bladerunner.
Eh, ME II Vanguard was to me height of series combat.

Nicely done....i would say that you didn't need to insert laugh tracks or little quips like..."wtf?" The narrative alone set examples that spoke for themselves and simply showing the in-game flaws spoke volumes for itself and would have made your arguments more compelling and leaving viewers time to reflect on said subject.

Outside of that tho...i agree with just about everything mentioned here. I always noticed the camera work or cinematography of this game compared to say ME2 & 3. Cutscenes in Andromeda involve ALOT of characters standing around in static positions showing very little to no emotions at all...a complete contrast to how these scenarios was handled in past games. The sidequests which in terms of finality, was a pressing issue as well with no conclusions or anything of significance after you complete the mission...just some exp and no cutscene....just silence and on to the next.


The Krogan mission was a perfect example of how past games followed up with past missions completed in the game...as in Grunt's mission, you can have a full fledged conversation with that Krogan in the aftermath of his mission. I also agree that for this to be a mission/game about exploration, it made "0" sense for the Tempest not to have weapons.....you are traveling to an unknown galaxy and the ship you are in has no weapons? I could go on....but again overall nicely done!....