EA Boss Says Mass Effect: Andromeda Got Too Much Criticism, Franchise Could Return

All things considered I think the devs in the trenches put in an admirable effort since they were fighting an uphill battle dealing with the lack of direction they were given and let's not forget the lack of experience a good number of them had.  It's too bad they weren't given a chance to put some of the experience they gained to work with making a couple of DLC.  Regardless of what people thought of the main game the DLC would have shown what they learned and what they would have been capable of in the future.  I've always criticized handing the franchise over to the bench players but it's a pity now that these bench players won't be given a chance to evolve into starters.  If I was EA I would have at least given the Montreal studio a chance to finish up the DLC and see how the DLC was received before deciding what to do with the Montreal studio.  Look at the DA team they have had their share of bruises over the years but they always bounced back from them.  DA 2 was crapped on pretty hard by a lot of people but most people seemed to respond well to it's DLCs.  DAI was generally received pretty well but it had notable flaws it's DLC were considered an overall improvement over the base game and it's last DLC is arguably one of the best DLCs bioware has had to date.   The Montreal team should have at least been given the opportunity to show that they can learn and improve.

EA/BioWare charged 60 dollars for a game with the same spit and polish of a 2nd rate steam greenlight game.

It got the right amount of criticism.

All things considered I think the devs in the trenches put in an admirable effort since they were fighting an uphill battle dealing with the lack of direction they were given and let's not forget the lack of experience a good number of them had.  It's too bad they weren't given a chance to put some of the experience they gained to work with making a couple of DLC.  Regardless of what people thought of the main game the DLC would have shown what they learned and what they would have been capable of in the future.  I've always criticized handing the franchise over to the bench players but it's a pity now that these bench players won't be given a chance to evolve into starters.  If I was EA I would have at least given the Montreal studio a chance to finish up the DLC and see how the DLC was received before deciding what to do with the Montreal studio.  Look at the DA team they have had their share of bruises over the years but they always bounced back from them.  DA 2 was crapped on pretty hard by a lot of people but most people seemed to respond well to it's DLCs.  DAI was generally received pretty well but it had notable flaws it's DLC were considered an overall improvement over the base game and it's last DLC is arguably one of the best DLCs bioware has had to date.   The Montreal team should have at least been given the opportunity to show that they can learn and improve.

And interesting read. So maybe there is still a chance ?



www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-boss-says-mass-effect-andromeda-got-too-much-cr/1100-6452822/


""I usually don't do this, but this is one of those places where I feel like the game got criticised a little bit more than it deserved," Soderlund told GameReactor. "I think the game is actually a great game. Yes, we have to acknowledge the fact that there were some things that maybe we could have done better, absolutely, but as a whole, if you go in and you buy the game today with everything that's in it today, I believe that that's a game worth buying, personally.""

But kind of skeptical and apprehensive of this comment...

"Hudson returned to BioWare earlier this year to lead the team at BioWare Edmonton. That studio is working on Anthem, BioWare's new IP that Hudson believes "will redefine interactive entertainment."