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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Jul 4, 2021 7:54:26 GMT
It did feel stretched out at times. They could have condensed things a bit in places. But I felt the game lacked heart. I'm hoping that DA4 has something to offer. I liked DAI. I liked playing my inquisitor. I only played the base DAI, but MS had a sale with all the DLC so I got it a couple years ago. I should play it again. A lot of Open World games feel stretched out at times, DAI too and at the moment AC:V feels such for me, especially if I go and OCD everything. Then again there are some back and forth missions I dont like in everyone of them.. I felt MEA had a lot of heart, but that only started to become clear after playing it twice and for me. Now playing OT LE I felt none of the heart/special feeling during ME2 playthrough, its very shallow "snacky" and cartoony type of game between the two better instances of OT. As said for me MEA brought back the heart and special magic feeling ME1 introduced and ME2 watered to almost zero, ME3 brought a bit of it back (not sure now as its next in line - lets see if its aged well or not). You definately should get all DAI DLC's and play them!
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Post by shotgunjulia on Jul 4, 2021 8:58:33 GMT
You definately should get all DAI DLC's and play them! I played DAI on the 360. I think I got DAI + all the DLC for like $5 on a sale on the XB1. I figured I'd play it again sometime. So I'll go through it after I finish with what I'm doing.
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BioWare and EA should do a Legendary Edition of MEA.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Jul 5, 2021 23:53:44 GMT
You definately should get all DAI DLC's and play them! I played DAI on the 360. I think I got DAI + all the DLC for like $5 on a sale on the XB1. I figured I'd play it again sometime. So I'll go through it after I finish with what I'm doing. Nicve wa sthinking of doing another run of DA myself again soon. Though it'll likel ybe part of a Bioware Marathon as I'm thinking of doing anothe rME run as well.
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Post by N7Pathfinder on Jul 6, 2021 4:28:45 GMT
BioWare and EA should do a Legendary Edition of MEA. Or something even more better. Continue the story a few years after andromeda on NME.
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Post by slimgrin727 on Jul 6, 2021 19:11:04 GMT
After finishing it, I really hope they carry nothing over from Andromeda story wise. Especially characters and dialog. The writing style seemed tailored to an audience that watches the WB, or spends half their day blogging on Tumblr. It was genuinely annoying the entire playthrough. Every single character was either bland or aggravating to listen to. And Ryder is easily the worst protagonist they've put in a game. She is a weak-willed, naive teenager who takes nothing seriously. There's no arc to her personality either. They obviously need to work on the open-world aspects and quest design too, as there was very little impact Ryder has on outcomes. That said, I really liked the combat and underlying RPG mechanics. I also loved that they brought loot back and that it fed into a crafting system. Combat and progression are what held my interest.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jul 6, 2021 20:17:25 GMT
BioWare and EA should do a Legendary Edition of MEA. Or something even more better. Continue the story a few years after andromeda on NME.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2021 0:44:33 GMT
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Unpopular opinion - the next Mass Effect should have as much to do with Andromeda as it does the Milky Way, and should either have Ryder as a protagonist or at least an important NPC, and absolutely no Shepard other than Codex entries and anything Liara might have to say.
If they bring back all the lost things - alien variety and abundance, facial variety for all humanoid faces (cough Asari cough), facial quality for all models (cough Turian cough), all powers from the OT, and melee variety - for me, instant GOTY, take my money, let's learn more about this new galaxy and in so doing find a bridge home.
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Post by Cyberstrike on Jul 12, 2021 21:13:30 GMT
BioWare and EA should do a Legendary Edition of MEA. Or something even more better. Continue the story a few years after andromeda on NME.
How about both? This would allow to go back and present MEA in the best possible way (run it in 4K, patch the bugs, redo asari faces, and animation) and repackage it as the way MEA was meant to be and promote like they did ME:LE and if sells well then you can do MEA2 as either a new game separate from the ME5 and then you have 2 series one set in the Milky Way and the other set in Andromeda.
My fear is that they will attempt a crossover style story in the next game that will Ryder and Shepard meet in some half assed story that makes no sense and ruins the Mass Effect Universe entirely because they're trying to course correct and IMHO getting the wrong advice from bad faith idiots thinking about their own pockets and agendas. Also I don't think Mass Effect needs a Ryder and Shepard team up story because IMHO they're not ready and haven't built up to it yet, and it will become like a disaster like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice a film made because WB tried to rush things when they need course correction sure, but crash course that DC is still trying to pick up the pieces from that mess (and Justice League) and I think BioWare is making the same mistake.
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Post by ergates on Nov 3, 2021 16:16:10 GMT
The game was killed by memes. Said it before and will say it again.
Look around and try to find any kind of balanced, constructive criticism of ME:A, and you'll soon realise that there is very, very little of it around; instead you'll almost certainly run into something along the lines of:
"What do you think of Mass Effect Andromeda?" "OMG animations! animations! animations! animations! animations! animations! animations! animations! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! animations! animations! animations! animations! animations! animations!..... " etc. etc. etc.
A single track, utterly superficial, deterministic, knee jerk, surface reaction based entirely upon rote-learned internet backlash in the form of memes.
There's a great deal about Mass Effect Andromeda to criticise, plot threads that make little sense, design and mechanical choices that lead to frustration, or leech enjoyment, poorly-constructed characters, lack of cohesion, boring side quests in the form of busywork, the list goes on...
But at the same time there's also a great deal to like about the game, including exciting combat mechanics, excellent landscapes, a main plot that's actually far better than you might think, and a likeable, relatable main character who is very different from Shepard, the list goes on...
But you'll be hard-pressed to get anyone to talk about any of that. It's usually almost impossible to get past the wall of "this game is teh suxx! animations, animations, animations, my face is tired, blah blah....."
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Post by SirSourpuss on Nov 9, 2021 17:09:31 GMT
The game was killed by memes. Said it before and will say it again. Hey, those memes are golden. Allow me to share some personal favorites from my treasured stash: [ Those memes are golden. If Andromeda did not offer content to be memed in droves, it wouldn't have been memed in the first place. Every piece of ridicule the game got, it earned it.
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Post by smilesja on Nov 11, 2021 20:08:23 GMT
Hey, those memes are golden. Allow me to share some personal favorites from my treasured stash: [ Those memes are golden. If Andromeda did not offer content to be memed in droves, it wouldn't have been memed in the first place. Every piece of ridicule the game got, it earned it. Not really, I mean there are definitely great games that have meme material as well. It's not mutually exclusive.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Nov 11, 2021 20:10:09 GMT
Not really, I mean there are definitely great games that have meme material as well. It's not mutually exclusive. Well, they weren't good natured memes, at least.
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Post by smilesja on Nov 11, 2021 20:24:02 GMT
Not really, I mean there are definitely great games that have meme material as well. It's not mutually exclusive. Well, they weren't good natured memes, at least. I dunno memes in general are in good fun but I feel it didn't detract from Andromeda.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Nov 11, 2021 20:43:20 GMT
I dunno memes in general are in good fun but I feel it didn't detract from Andromeda. Alright, maybe they didn't.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Nov 11, 2021 20:50:07 GMT
Well, they weren't good natured memes, at least. I dunno memes in general are in good fun but I feel it didn't detract from Andromeda. The memes actually helped from my perspective (meaning, my own personal impression of the game). I saw them all (or, a lot of them) well in advance of actually playing it. I think I played MEA in early-mid 2018, well after patching had finished and the commentary on the game had died down (here, and everywhere else). Those memes created lower expectations. The game exceeded my expectations. I still rank it fifth out of the five Bioware games I have played, but I enjoyed my time with it. Doubt I'll ever finish my 2nd PT, but that doesn't mean much beyond I moved on to other things. I also doubt I'll finish my 2nd PT of Assassins Creed Odyssey, and I loved that game.
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Post by Cyberstrike on Nov 12, 2021 21:12:49 GMT
I dunno memes in general are in good fun but I feel it didn't detract from Andromeda. The memes actually helped from my perspective (meaning, my own personal impression of the game). I saw them all (or, a lot of them) well in advance of actually playing it. I think I played MEA in early-mid 2018, well after patching had finished and the commentary on the game had died down (here, and everywhere else). Those memes created lower expectations. The game exceeded my expectations. I still rank it fifth out of the five Bioware games I have played, but I enjoyed my time with it. Doubt I'll ever finish my 2nd PT, but that doesn't mean much beyond I moved on to other things. I also doubt I'll finish my 2nd PT of Assassins Creed Odyssey, and I loved that game.
I don't trust memes in general because they are out of context, stupid, and because of Photoshop. Sure they're plenty of funny ones, but I wouldn't trust a meme with any media purchase. These games are time consuming I'm gearing up to finish my 3rd playthrough of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey once I get through with the current celebration in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. Playing either one is a huge time comment (150 hours and 200 hours respectfully and that includes DLC/Expansions), then I got to finish the final part of The Last of Us Part II after all that.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Nov 17, 2021 19:00:50 GMT
The memes actually helped from my perspective (meaning, my own personal impression of the game). I saw them all (or, a lot of them) well in advance of actually playing it. I think I played MEA in early-mid 2018, well after patching had finished and the commentary on the game had died down (here, and everywhere else). Those memes created lower expectations. The game exceeded my expectations. I still rank it fifth out of the five Bioware games I have played, but I enjoyed my time with it. Doubt I'll ever finish my 2nd PT, but that doesn't mean much beyond I moved on to other things. I also doubt I'll finish my 2nd PT of Assassins Creed Odyssey, and I loved that game.
I don't trust memes in general because they are out of context, stupid, and because of Photoshop. Sure they're plenty of funny ones, but I wouldn't trust a meme with any media purchase. These games are time consuming I'm gearing up to finish my 3rd playthrough of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey once I get through with the current celebration in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. Playing either one is a huge time comment (150 hours and 200 hours respectfully and that includes DLC/Expansions), then I got to finish the final part of The Last of Us Part II after all that.
I don't either I kind of expect bugs in nwe games these days especially big ones of the size MEA was so it felt like water off a ducks back to me. The onl yquestions that MEA had t oanswer for m ewas is the story good and is the gameplay good. For me the answer t oboth questions at least for me was yes s othat's an automatic win in m ybooks. Whilst I wouldn't quiet put it at the sharp end of my favourites in my game library I'd still put it high on my list in terms of how much I liked it.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Nov 17, 2021 19:03:09 GMT
The game was killed by memes. Said it before and will say it again. Look around and try to find any kind of balanced, constructive criticism of ME:A, and you'll soon realise that there is very, very little of it around; instead you'll almost certainly run into something along the lines of: "What do you think of Mass Effect Andromeda?" "OMG animations! animations! animations! animations! animations! animations! animations! animations! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! MY FACE IS TIRED! animations! animations! animations! animations! animations! animations!..... " etc. etc. etc.A single track, utterly superficial, deterministic, knee jerk, surface reaction based entirely upon rote-learned internet backlash in the form of memes. There's a great deal about Mass Effect Andromeda to criticise, plot threads that make little sense, design and mechanical choices that lead to frustration, or leech enjoyment, poorly-constructed characters, lack of cohesion, boring side quests in the form of busywork, the list goes on... But at the same time there's also a great deal to like about the game, including exciting combat mechanics, excellent landscapes, a main plot that's actually far better than you might think, and a likeable, relatable main character who is very different from Shepard, the list goes on... But you'll be hard-pressed to get anyone to talk about any of that. It's usually almost impossible to get past the wall of "this game is teh suxx! animations, animations, animations, my face is tired, blah blah....."Yeah it go tt oth e point wher it was happening s omucf hthat I jus tignored it.
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Post by Zemgus on Nov 27, 2021 4:50:51 GMT
After finishing it, I really hope they carry nothing over from Andromeda story wise. Especially characters and dialog. The writing style seemed tailored to an audience that watches the WB, or spends half their day blogging on Tumblr. It was genuinely annoying the entire playthrough. Every single character was either bland or aggravating to listen to. And Ryder is easily the worst protagonist they've put in a game. She is a weak-willed, naive teenager who takes nothing seriously. There's no arc to her personality either. They obviously need to work on the open-world aspects and quest design too, as there was very little impact Ryder has on outcomes. That said, I really liked the combat and underlying RPG mechanics. I also loved that they brought loot back and that it fed into a crafting system. Combat and progression are what held my interest. This is exactly what I hate the most about Andromeda and also the reason why I have never been able to actually complete a playthrough. I get about halfway through the game before I become too annoyed by Ryder to continue. I don't care about wonky animations, it's the awful dialogue options & the writing style that kills the game for me.
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Post by Cyberstrike on Nov 28, 2021 21:14:32 GMT
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Post by kotoreffect3 on Dec 26, 2021 18:38:58 GMT
Memes and YouTube trolls killed this game before it even had a chance. Not saying there weren't technical issues that should have been addressed before launch because there were but those were mostly addressed in patches. It is a pretty good game when given an honest chance.
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Post by burningcherry on Dec 27, 2021 22:43:11 GMT
Looks like the thread didn't say enough about multiplayer so let me put it here: it sucks ass and just a simple look at the numerical tests thread will give an idea of how ridiculously bugged and ill-designed it is. It's complete chaos from the beginning until the end, the player is being chased around instead of being the master of the battlefield, no one has ever soloed Platinum without retreating around or abusing the glitched spots that are beyond the range of melee units and I'm not even sure about Gold. The grind is insane, maxing out the shield regen stat requires spending some 200 hours on Platinum with one of the 4 kits that are average at best, it's only one of 5 stats and maxing out the weapons takes about as much as all the 5 stats combined. The class progression time increase is even worse and it takes more than an order of magnitude longer than in ME3MP. The auto-cover system and the general removal of right hand advantage completely trash the positional advantage that players could easily achieve in ME3 and the aerial movements is so much lag prone it can cause headaches, along with giving amazing targets to the enemies between the dodges. The objectives are where the design of player-enemy balance completely crashes, they are designed to not be soloable which gives problems to not only soloists but even players who land with a less than competent team. The hacks are easily the worst gameplay idea in the whole series. The races are almost completely the same and the alleged head gameplay director seething on Twitter because white people are smarter than him raises a huge red flag about the reasons behind that. The powers are less numerous and dumbed down, the combos are coded to be useless and weapon balance doesn't exist because there's just one weapon that has a chance of ever being optimal (the P.A.W.). The number of classes got cut by as much as the number of powers, the chatter and backstories are fanfic level and the balance isn't much better than the balance of weapons, Platinum is just the two perma-cloakers and the only semi-proper tank in the game for 2/3 of time because you need to somehow tackle the absolute BS of hacks. Melee gameplay is next to impossible with all classes but maybe 3 and its variety cries shame. The quality of boosters you can expect to receive is quite bad and the consumables are complete shit, all lacking key features from ME3 that made them useful in the first place. The ammo system leaves the enemy at positional advantage (no seamless piercing) and trashes sniper rifles when combined with the clearly recognized netcode issues that the devs dismissed with copes like "there's no such thing as >>netcode<< in the dictionary". The maps are of the same size as in ME3 in terms of the number of rooms but they are filled with more enemies that aim instantly, take 2–10 times as long to kill, deal enormous and frequent damage themselves (no shield/health gate saves) and cannot be controlled whatsoever for more than a few seconds. The app is bad (no checks on other players) and there's literally no comparison to ME3 in terms of immersion with the setting and the biology and culture of played races. No wonder it's semi-dead after 4 years while ME3 stays strong after 10.
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