What REALLY killed MEA was...

At the same time, it's rather unlikely you realized which one I meant.

So... don't be.

What hurt ME:A was No Man's Sky and BW trying to emulate it's procedural planet mechanic that wasted a lot of time. It's not the first time this has happened. In ME3, Shepard was supposed to become indoctrinated near the end, but BW didn't have the time or resources to pull it off, si ti became speculation for everyone.

It should be obvious why a game would get MP support over SP support, it generates steady income for not a ton of effort. Even a mediocre stream is better than putting the money into SP content in a game with a tarnished reputation and not making enough back to cover the effort you spent.

It wasn’t bad, it was awful. There’s a difference.

For me no single player DLC killed it. Why would anyone purchase an unfinished game knowing it won't likely
ever be finished ...at least not for another 5 or 6 years. Any new ME player is lost to them.

Wow you know I laugh when people say it's a bad game! I will never forget when I first stood watching the rain under the bioluminescent plant life in Havarl, first saw the inside of a vault, first ran through a snow storm shivering and scared I would die of the cold, when I first stepped out expecting snow so heavy you are blinded but instead I drove under the aurora dancing in clear skies on Voeld, first careened around H047C in the Nomad giggling at the jumps like a crazy person, ran through a volcano, bar fights in Kadara, trying to catch the Elaaden worm, when I first walked throughout Aya scared to make a wrong step but dying to explore everywhere, that feeling every time I saw an architect circling in the sky above, collecting trophies for the Tempest, standing on the bridge and the planets being right there at the window, Kai Tasira OMG wow... Andromeda gave me so many moments that were just amazing, far too many to list! I even loved going back to the Tempest to get little messages from the squad, made them feel real. Invites to meet up at bars, or in towns just to hang out with each other. Movie night!! So much detail and love went into crafting all these characters and it was amazing getting to know them all. Never thought another krogan could be as amazing as Wrex in ME1 but Drack managed it. Fire breathing thresher maws! And who can forget hugging Jaal's mum! Zero gravity Peebee! So many choices I literally sat thinking oh my god what should I do for ages, because the choices were so hard! There were a wealth of sidequests that took hours and yielded so much extra info about various aspects of Andromeda. The only disappointment this game gave me was the news that there would be no dlc. I have played hundreds of hours doing every single side quest and additional task and I had the most amazing time with it. Anyone who says it's a bad game just has no idea what thy are taking about - maybe they didn't like it but the game itself is fantastic, and everyone who didn't even give it a chance - it is definitely their loss. I truly love that there are people who never even played it sat trolling forums about how bad it is, such a joke, it's hilarious!

Many of the moments you describe are favorites of mine as well.  Since some enjoyable hours of gameplay is all I ever really expect from any game... Andromeda has delivered.

Could Bioware have improved on it?  Definitely.  This game had a LOT of potential to be one of the best games ever... but Bioware did fall short of delivering on that potential in a number of different ways. 

Did Bioware make a big mistake releasing it when they did and in the condition it was in at that time?  Definitely yes.  They also should have taken a lot more care to ensure that the preview session with the media went absolutely smoothly (some of them did report encountering bugs during that session).

Did the game deserve the insane amount of ridiculous memes and overboard criticisms that it got from some players and some of those journalists? No it certainly did not; and it illustrates the "childish" behaviors that go on just for the sake of getting "clicks" online.

Is it impossible or idiotic to enjoy this game?  No, it isn't... much to the chagrin of some of the malcontents that troll this site... and there are certainly a number of us who have indeed enjoyed it.  I've also seen several playthroughs now online where the people playing the game clearly state and show that they are enjoying it... despite being inundated with chat trolls who comment that they shouldn't be (same as here).  It's like the trolls are everywhere trying to batter anyone who dares to like this game into submission.  Would such tactics even be remotely necessary for them if the game were truly bad?  No, they wouldn't... So, IMO, their own persistence is clear evidence of the fact that the game is not near as bad as they want everyone to claim it is.

For me personally, ME:A isn't dead yet. I'm still playing it and still enjoying it and I expect I'll be putting many more enjoyable hours into it. I'm definitely getting my money's worth out of it. I would have truly liked some DLC, but not getting any still can't take away the enjoyable hours I have already spent with this game nor does it diminish the enjoyable hours I fully expect to have playing this game in the future.  I do still have hope that, some day, a sequel will be released (although I also realize that there is a possibility that there will be no sequel either) . Someone else above asked why anyone would still want to buy a story that has been left open for a continuation. My answer to that is that if Bioware doesn't provide a "canon" ending to those open plotlines, then I'm free as a bird to use my own imagination and write my own ending(s) to this game. I couldn't possibly be given more player agency in an RPG than that.

The reason MEAMP is inferior to ME3MP is because it's balanced for micro transactions.

Some of their best kits are behind a RNG paywall. Look at the Kineticist. It's ultra rare and not even as good/fun to play as the common human biotic from ME3MP.

What is your point?

If a game has been a drag for three hours... Guess what? I move on, it is very likely not going to get better.

For you, I will complete all ten, somehow. Hilarious that you think 3 hours isn't enough time to pass some judgment. Then again, you have a lot of sand in your headholes.

That's a good one, given that you just made a ludicrous comparison between entertainment media and jury duty. If entertainment doesn't grab you within an hour or so, chances are, it never will. Good for you, if it did. But that in itself does nothing for people having found the game to be a bland experience. I'm somewhere in the middle. Finished it once but have no desire for a second helping. But to say, someone has to go through hours of utter boredom to come to the conclusion, they don't like what's on offer, is ridiculous. I wouldn't waste my time on something I dislike either. Especially when it's supposed to be entertainment.

If I followed that logic I never would have gotten past Taris in KOTOR or Prague and the Citadel in KOTOR2. You can't give a game like this a brief try and decide.