As it stands today, how would you rate Andromeda multiplayer?

Not voting on a game that was released with issues to be fixed later on under the disguise "patch" and "update." The game came out the same way ME3 came out. Which tells me 100% absolutely it was planned and even if not planned, no one learned from the mistakes of the previous game, or just didn't give a shyt.

And for everyone who is buying it, even without any god dam knowledge of what the game is really about or any footage of non promotional gameplay, enjoy your broken Anthem. You'll surely deserve it!

Done with this BS trash video game rotation man.

Mileage varies from 5 to 7 IMO depending on the lag and glitches you get, time of day, quality of pugs, whether you sound dies on wave 1, etc, etc. So, even with all other flaws, IMHO, it is more or less solid 6 average.

Also, I hate shambling and constant stumbling, oh and bumping into things and people. Bioware peoples are constantly drunk and made of rubber and IDK who thought that shambling and uneven floors is such a good idea to simulate reality...

Let's see.

I'll start at the middle of 5 since it's Mass Effect, and I'll add or subtract points based on what is done right vs what is done wrong.

Characters:

Most are pretty fun to use and there's quite the selection to pick from, but the XX was a terrible idea. Have fun unlocking that specific UR character you wanted and not even having it at it's full potential at level 20.

+0

Maps:

The selection of maps is pretty good, minor flaw is not having a toggle for the alternative map but I won't take off a point for that.

+1

Factions:

Seriously, only 3? It's just a copy of ME3 with it's Militants, Machines and Space Zombies again.

-1

Weapons:

The added variants was a nice idea, but was executed very poorly. Now there are thousands of things to unlock now. It should have been made into an individual augmentation slot that can be bought with MF in the store and used on a weapon of your choosing with the level going up to 5.

-1

Gameplay:

I know there are limitations in games and not everything can be perfect. That being said the game could have been programmed far better. The inputs in this game are always so slow and performing certain actions are also so shaky and unresponsive that for a big name like Mass Effect, it's just disappointing. Such as unresponsive weapon swap. Shaky climbing jump/climb mechanics. Unreliable cover hopping and delayed dodge/melee after being stunned.

-1

Enemy Design and AI:

First off, enemy AI shouldn't be as accurate as they are, nor should they be able to track me down when they haven't seen where I am yet. Especially bad with Wraiths, tracking you down whlist in cloak. Unless they see with their other senses and not with their eyes, in which case I'll consider that a design feature.

Speaking of designs, why do Bererkers have Ruzad's that only shoot Flak Cannons? They should have been like how Dragoons were in ME3.

Why do Observers and Breachers phase through walls?

Ascendants and Fiends are a cool in concept, but are incredibly glitchy at times. Ascendant's get really messed up when hit with a Cobra.

-1

Consumables:

Why did Thermal Clips and Survival Packs switch places? Cobra's don't OHK anything. Thermal Clips don't increase weapon damage when consumed. Survival Packs don't give invulnerability.

But at least Survival Packs act like Medigel when consumed too late.

+0

Non-existing things:

Get into cover button, a crouch button for when you stand up in low cover. Over cover grabs, or cover hopping stun kicks. Armor Piercing/Warp Ammo. Quarians.

-1

Added existing things:

Weapon hand swapping is a really nice feature, even the enemies swap weapon hands which is impressive.

+1

Power cooldowns are now independent. This parallels the game's faster pace nicely.

+1

and the 7 Waves per mission was a great design choice as well.

+1

Unfortunately, the faster paced game included 4 more enemies to the previous 8 and those 12 enemies can spawn near your location after defeating them, and with their pinpoint accuracy, your slowish movement, unresponsive jump & grab mechanics, delayed responses due to stuns along with the slow paced Objectives like Hacks & Uploads, that don't adjust the completability rate according to how many players are on the mission like in ME3. Plus, the infinite amount of enemies on an objective wave, and all it takes is one in the circle to stop the Upload/Hack from progressing.

The flow of this so-called fast paced game is now ruined.

-1

Plus, all the cosmetic bugs that are unfortunate, such as the audio going out, the seemingly teleporting enemies which can be hilarious at times, the weapon blanks that sometimes happens because of reloading and shooting too quickly afterwards, getting stuck beneath/inside the map, etc.

-1

Total: 2

A four for just being serviceable when I'm bored.
Too stressful, frustrating, and poorly thought out in too many ways for me to sit down and enjoy playing this for hours on end like i did with ME3.
Also, no quarians.

“Just enough”

This is a “just enough” game based on the just enough principle. The visuals are very nice (characters and maps) but in every other department the game is built to give you “just enough” to sell the illusion that it is a proper game and not a money scam.

Game stability: this is a prime example, the game was buggy as hell at release, it was ready “just enough” (barely or not at all) to be released.

Maps: There is only a minimal variety, it is “just enough” to claim such variety exist. The effort is uninspiring and there is complete lack of uniqueness. I mean we are in a different galaxy but we get the standard “ice world”, “desert”, “mountain side” and “alien spaceship” maps. These maps could be anywhere (on Earth).

Enemy factions: we get a cheap copy-paste of the ME3 “militants”, “robots” and “space zombies”; “just enough” to claim that there is a “variety of factions”. The composition of these factions is utterly uninspiring: remnant has 5 units; kett has 6 (not counting the behemot) and the outlaw has 5 not counting the ME3 agents (turian, salarian, asari, krogan). Just enough, just enough. Not counting the very generic outlaw units (trooper, sniper, mech) the only unit specific to andromeda is the adhi!

Weapons: cheap watered-down copy-paste of Me3 weapons. There is not a single unique idea which has no ME3 counterpart. They even managed to f@ck up the copy-pasted ME3 weapons. The variety is “just enough” to claim that there is such and then it is artificially bloated by the “S”, siphon, bulwark and concussive versions.

Melee: it is the same just enough principle. There is the punch and the krogan headbutt, “just enough” to claim that there is more than one melee type. Absolutely zero effort to create anything unque or even to implement old ME3 system.

Powers: they purged the best powers of ME3 (warp, reave, stasis, warp bubble, lots of grenades, proxy mine) and castrated the rest (like overload). Again, there are “just enough” powers in the game and they are used highly repetitively, see next.

Kits: cheap copy-paste, “just enough”. There are three kits with throw and lance combo, why? There are other repetitions, like the throw and ED and barricade & ED combos, why? Totally uninspiring.

Overall, I have the feeling that MEAMP was just a burden for Bioware, but they were forced to do it. They put in “just enough” effort to make the game and as soon as their contractual obligations were over they moved to a different project. I just do not see the love, the care, the effort to create something unique and outstanding; it is a cheap copy-paste with jetpacks.

Score: “just enough”, 2+1 (for the visuals).

4 - I would give it a 7 if it was an early access / beta, but for a 60$ AAA game it doesn't deserve the average note.
And the progression wall (RNG, variants, etc...) is comparable to a bad F2P (and I mean some F2Ps do it better)

4

Six for lack of content in terms of maps and races & that they discontinued the cool idea which was Into the Ruins. I actually liked everything else, structure wise, even accepted the weapon pool. But with that few things, it's just to thin to play each day every day, but well, you need to for the challenges, hence the result is that of an awesome concept, very fun, but unfinished. So, yeah, they are done with it, and I am done with it.

With all the votes we have right now, it's sitting around a 6.

I still give it an 8.
I have almost 500 hours of play. I have been on a video game hiatus the last couple of years other than some VR gaming.
Yes, my group of friends probably helped boost the score some, but we still have a blast playing.
A good group makes all the difference.

As of the time of this post:
5.88 mean.
6 median.
7 mode.

The mean is skewed by a handful of people giving a very low score (1 or 2 out of ten).
The mode is skewed by the low votes being split 5 ways while the high votes are clumped into 2 slots.

You are all gonna freak when, weeks from now, the average hits exactly 6.28!