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Post by KaiserShep on May 4, 2021 12:10:45 GMT
Come now, my tadpole. Cracking the same joke twice in a row loses its luster- and begins to bore. That being Andromeda is better than ME1. But surely. On the off chance you're serious, (  ) then know that games which have any combination of those things being passed off as "good" by todays standards will be rewarded with a DLC a year after its release at least... and yet here we are still waiting. Our tea has long gotten cold. tut tut You do realize that the Game of the Year of 2020 (The Last of Us 2) didn’t get and isn’t getting DLC right? Then of course other games that were by all accounts successes such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The argument that “Good = DLC” has been debunked. Eh, Player’s Voice seems like the more important one to take home, since most awards these days are largely committee-driven. I do enjoy how Druckmann’s petty posts on Twitter kind of backfired when Ghost of Tsushima took the crown. That being said, I think it’s safe to say that if Andromeda had been more warmly received, and sold better, it would either have gotten DLC, or BioWare would have quickly announced plans for a follow-up title to continue the threads left open in the first game. Any comparisons to TLOU2 or Fallen Order kind of fall flat in that Andromeda leaves quite a lot open-ended, and a book is in no way an adequate follow-up for game content (I doubt even half of the people who complete Andromeda even bought the book). In announcing a new Milky Way game, BioWare itself has admitted to the game’s failure, falling back on nostalgia rather than committing to a new setting they presumably took some time in developing. We would not be seeing a Liara-centric teaser otherwise. The bottom line is that it no longer matters if any of us considers Andromeda to be good, because from BioWare’s perspective, it doesn’t seem to be good enough.
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Post by mikaelnovasun on May 4, 2021 12:28:11 GMT
MEA has a better story, combat, exploration and characters. Good enough for me to rank it above!  Better than the trilogy for me, of course I love ME1 still as it started it all, but 2 and 3 do not get much play from me anymore. Especially 3 because of its broken alpha release of multiplayer... and 2 being derailed to work with terrorists that were done in 1 already... 2 and 3 went to wrong direction completely for me thats why I only play ME1 and continue to MEA then these days. Sorry I got nothing on that one. You lost me at multiplayer....It did get me to look at your signature though. DAI>DAO, well Morrigan did look her best there so I could see that argument. To bad we got Tali instead of "Morrigan Admiral" Xen. I never had Tali die in ME2, just how much does Xen take her place in ME3?
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Post by Spectr61 on May 4, 2021 12:42:31 GMT
"I doubt even half of the people who complete Andromeda even bought the book."
Egads! Did Biower manage to sell more than 3?
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Post by KaiserShep on May 4, 2021 12:45:42 GMT
"I doubt even half of the people who complete Andromeda even bought the book." Egads! Did Biower manage to sell more than 3? Hey, well I was trying to be generous.
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Post by twalicious on May 4, 2021 13:25:38 GMT
Come now, my tadpole. Cracking the same joke twice in a row loses its luster- and begins to bore. That being Andromeda is better than ME1. But surely. On the off chance you're serious, ( ) then know that games which have any combination of those things being passed off as "good" by todays standards will be rewarded with a DLC a year after its release at least... and yet here we are still waiting. Our tea has long gotten cold. tut tut You do realize that the Game of the Year of 2020 (The Last of Us 2) didn’t get and isn’t getting DLC right? Then of course other games that were by all accounts successes such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The argument that “Good = DLC” has been debunked. It still got game of the year award. There's literally something there to recognize it was successful in some form. Unlike Andromeda. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has had multiple real attempts for paid DLC (there has been a few free DLCs) because the demand is there, and it's only been a year unlike Andromeda going past four with nothing. Andromeda being "good" has also been debunked. Approx. a few weeks after its release.
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Post by Son of Dorn on May 4, 2021 13:30:33 GMT
You do realize that the Game of the Year of 2020 (The Last of Us 2) didn’t get and isn’t getting DLC right? Then of course other games that were by all accounts successes such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The argument that “Good = DLC” has been debunked. It still got game of the year award. There's literally something there to recognize it was successful in some form. Unlike Andromeda. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has had multiple real attempts for paid DLC (there has been a few free DLCs) because the demand is there, and it's only been a year unlike Andromeda going past four with nothing. Andromeda being "good" has also been debunked. Approx. a few weeks after its release. If I remember rightly, MEA wasn't even a contender for Game of the Year on the year that it came out. In fact, I don't remember it even winning any rewards from that year. |
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Post by gothpunkboy89 on May 4, 2021 13:34:03 GMT
Words have meanings and the choice of words used to express those meanings tells more about a person then anything else. Actions speak louder than words. Words are only words. They are powerful only because they have the capability to inspire action. Without action words are meaningless. Actions are more revealing of one's true character since it is easy to say things or make promises, but it takes effort to do things and follow through. Without words there is no context, no meaning to the action. It is simply a random event. Actions can also be done while not holding any serenity or truth behind them. You can lie in both word and action.
We see this all the time and it is a philosophical questions if an action taken for completely selfish reasons but it helps others is it the same as someone who takes an action for completely selfless reasons and helps people? For example some random person donating $30 a week to a local animal shelter to help because they genuinely care. Compared to a large multi million dollar company who donates a one time payment to a local animal shelter for $10,000 but is only doing it for free PR points and for the tax write off.
Both actions help but only one was done for selfless reasons while the other was done for selfish reasons.
Another great example is retail and restaurant workers. I've never had a retail job where we were not mandated to be nice and friendly and all smiles. Or restaurant work were your tip is at the whims of the customers so you purposefully suck up to them a bit in hopes they don't cut your needed tips short. But the second you walk away the smiles fade from our faces. We question why we do this and simply remember that it beats being homeless on the street. So when the next customer shows up the mask comes back on and the act starts all over again.
Other great examples are people like John Wayne Gacy. By all accounts he was a swell person and very active in the community. He was able to kill 30 people because of his actions building trust in his soon to be victims which allowed him to rape, torture and kill them. In fact if he had simply stopped at a couple of victims he would have lived his whole natural life without anyone suspecting anything. Until someone bought the house after his death and found a very horrifying surprise when they try to renovate it.
"Actions are more revealing of one's true character since it is easy to say things or make promises, but it takes effort to do things and follow through." Only really works with simple things like trying to stop smoking or exercising more. In the full complexities of human interaction however it becomes hilariously silly and irrelevant. People's actions can be used for so many reasons as they say to do one thing but do another when no one is looking. A politician can say they are going to crack down on crime. Pass laws that create stricter interpretation of said laws and parade the increase in arrests and jail as proof it is working. While at the same time they were getting kick backs from private prison business and the increased incarceration increased their profit margin so they rewarded the politician with more "donations".
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Post by The Elder King on May 4, 2021 13:37:49 GMT
You do realize that the Game of the Year of 2020 (The Last of Us 2) didn’t get and isn’t getting DLC right? Then of course other games that were by all accounts successes such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The argument that “Good = DLC” has been debunked. Eh, Player’s Voice seems like the more important one to take home, since most awards these days are largely committee-driven. I do enjoy how Druckmann’s petty posts on Twitter kind of backfired when Ghost of Tsushima took the crown. That being said, I think it’s safe to say that if Andromeda had been more warmly received, and sold better, it would either have gotten DLC, or BioWare would have quickly announced plans for a follow-up title to continue the threads left open in the first game. Any comparisons to TLOU2 or Fallen Order kind of fall flat in that Andromeda leaves quite a lot open-ended, and a book is in no way an adequate follow-up for game content (I doubt even half of the people who complete Andromeda even bought the book). In announcing a new Milky Way game, BioWare itself has admitted to the game’s failure, falling back on nostalgia rather than committing to a new setting they presumably took some time in developing. We would not be seeing a Liara-centric teaser otherwise. The bottom line is that it no longer matters if any of us considers Andromeda to be good, because from BioWare’s perspective, it doesn’t seem to be good enough. While I do agree with you that the return of MW elements are due to MEA not be as successful as BioWare thought it’d be, we don’t know if the game is set in the MW. I think it’s better to not hold any expectations on where exactly NME is going for its setting. While the teaser gave a clear indication at first glance, there are hidden details pointing at Andromeda, and Gamble’s tweets in response of people mentioning those seem to mean that it was intentional. Liara’s presence doesn’t mean that the game won’t be set in Andromeda, or that the MEA setting won’t be present with the MW. What I think is (probably) sure is that they’re trying to have elements of both the OT and MEA in NME, but I’m not going to jump on any conclusion about the ratio of those.
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Post by KaiserShep on May 4, 2021 13:38:55 GMT
Better than the trilogy for me, of course I love ME1 still as it started it all, but 2 and 3 do not get much play from me anymore. Especially 3 because of its broken alpha release of multiplayer... and 2 being derailed to work with terrorists that were done in 1 already... 2 and 3 went to wrong direction completely for me thats why I only play ME1 and continue to MEA then these days. Sorry I got nothing on that one. You lost me at multiplayer....It did get me to look at your signature though. DAI>DAO, well Morrigan did look her best there so I could see that argument. To bad we got Tali instead of "Morrigan Admiral" Xen. I never had Tali die in ME2, just how much does Xen take her place in ME3? Admiral Shala’Raan takes Tali’s place in ME3, not Xen.
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Post by mikaelnovasun on May 4, 2021 13:42:58 GMT
Sorry I got nothing on that one. You lost me at multiplayer....It did get me to look at your signature though. DAI>DAO, well Morrigan did look her best there so I could see that argument. To bad we got Tali instead of "Morrigan Admiral" Xen. I never had Tali die in ME2, just how much does Xen take her place in ME3? Admiral Shala’Raan takes Tali’s place in ME3, not Xen. BAH!! This world needs more Morrigan.
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Post by KaiserShep on May 4, 2021 13:45:08 GMT
Eh, Player’s Voice seems like the more important one to take home, since most awards these days are largely committee-driven. I do enjoy how Druckmann’s petty posts on Twitter kind of backfired when Ghost of Tsushima took the crown. That being said, I think it’s safe to say that if Andromeda had been more warmly received, and sold better, it would either have gotten DLC, or BioWare would have quickly announced plans for a follow-up title to continue the threads left open in the first game. Any comparisons to TLOU2 or Fallen Order kind of fall flat in that Andromeda leaves quite a lot open-ended, and a book is in no way an adequate follow-up for game content (I doubt even half of the people who complete Andromeda even bought the book). In announcing a new Milky Way game, BioWare itself has admitted to the game’s failure, falling back on nostalgia rather than committing to a new setting they presumably took some time in developing. We would not be seeing a Liara-centric teaser otherwise. The bottom line is that it no longer matters if any of us considers Andromeda to be good, because from BioWare’s perspective, it doesn’t seem to be good enough. While I do agree with you that the return of MW elements are due to MEA not be as successful as BioWare thought it’d be, we don’t know if the game is set in the MW. I think it’s better to not hold any expectations on where exactly NME is going for its setting. While the teaser gave a clear indication at first glance, there are hidden details pointing at Andromeda, and Gamble’s tweets in response of people mentioning those seem to mean that it was intentional. Liara’s presence doesn’t mean that the game won’t be set in Andromeda, or that the MEA setting won’t be present with the MW. What I think is (probably) sure is that they’re trying to have elements of both the OT and MEA in NME, but I’m not going to jump on any conclusion about the ratio of those. Liara’s mere existence begs a lot of nagging logistics questions on how this future setting is supposed to operate. Frankly, I think they’re setting themselves up for failure if they’re attempting to tie them both together. I feel they need to commit to one or the other.
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Post by twalicious on May 4, 2021 13:54:34 GMT
While I do agree with you that the return of MW elements are due to MEA not be as successful as BioWare thought it’d be, we don’t know if the game is set in the MW. I think it’s better to not hold any expectations on where exactly NME is going for its setting. While the teaser gave a clear indication at first glance, there are hidden details pointing at Andromeda, and Gamble’s tweets in response of people mentioning those seem to mean that it was intentional. Liara’s presence doesn’t mean that the game won’t be set in Andromeda, or that the MEA setting won’t be present with the MW. What I think is (probably) sure is that they’re trying to have elements of both the OT and MEA in NME, but I’m not going to jump on any conclusion about the ratio of those. Liara’s mere existence begs a lot of nagging logistics questions on how this future setting is supposed to operate. Frankly, I think they’re setting themselves up for failure if they’re attempting to tie them both together. I feel they need to commit to one or the other. Yeah this whole merger mumbo jumbo is the vomit flavored jelly bean of the brainstorming pack. We want raspberry cheesecake, BioWare. Aka MW.
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Post by Radec on May 4, 2021 13:58:20 GMT
Better than the trilogy for me, of course I love ME1 still as it started it all, but 2 and 3 do not get much play from me anymore. Especially 3 because of its broken alpha release of multiplayer... and 2 being derailed to work with terrorists that were done in 1 already... 2 and 3 went to wrong direction completely for me thats why I only play ME1 and continue to MEA then these days. Sorry I got nothing on that one. You lost me at multiplayer....It did get me to look at your signature though. DAI>DAO, well Morrigan did look her best there so I could see that argument. To bad we got Tali instead of "Morrigan Admiral" Xen. I never had Tali die in ME2, just how much does Xen take her place in ME3? She replaces Tali's role as the tech expert on the Geth Dreadnought. Beyond that she's unchanged. Admiral Raan replaces Tali in cutscenes on Priority Rannoch.
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Post by mikaelnovasun on May 4, 2021 14:02:47 GMT
Actions speak louder than words. Words are only words. They are powerful only because they have the capability to inspire action. Without action words are meaningless. Actions are more revealing of one's true character since it is easy to say things or make promises, but it takes effort to do things and follow through. Without words there is no context, no meaning to the action. It is simply a random event. Actions can also be done while not holding any serenity or truth behind them. You can lie in both word and action.
We see this all the time and it is a philosophical questions if an action taken for completely selfish reasons but it helps others is it the same as someone who takes an action for completely selfless reasons and helps people? For example some random person donating $30 a week to a local animal shelter to help because they genuinely care. Compared to a large multi million dollar company who donates a one time payment to a local animal shelter for $10,000 but is only doing it for free PR points and for the tax write off.
Both actions help but only one was done for selfless reasons while the other was done for selfish reasons.
Another great example is retail and restaurant workers. I've never had a retail job where we were not mandated to be nice and friendly and all smiles. Or restaurant work were your tip is at the whims of the customers so you purposefully suck up to them a bit in hopes they don't cut your needed tips short. But the second you walk away the smiles fade from our faces. We question why we do this and simply remember that it beats being homeless on the street. So when the next customer shows up the mask comes back on and the act starts all over again.
Other great examples are people like John Wayne Gacy. By all accounts he was a swell person and very active in the community. He was able to kill 30 people because of his actions building trust in his soon to be victims which allowed him to rape, torture and kill them. In fact if he had simply stopped at a couple of victims he would have lived his whole natural life without anyone suspecting anything. Until someone bought the house after his death and found a very horrifying surprise when they try to renovate it.
"Actions are more revealing of one's true character since it is easy to say things or make promises, but it takes effort to do things and follow through." Only really works with simple things like trying to stop smoking or exercising more. In the full complexities of human interaction however it becomes hilariously silly and irrelevant. People's actions can be used for so many reasons as they say to do one thing but do another when no one is looking. A politician can say they are going to crack down on crime. Pass laws that create stricter interpretation of said laws and parade the increase in arrests and jail as proof it is working. While at the same time they were getting kick backs from private prison business and the increased incarceration increased their profit margin so they rewarded the politician with more "donations".
Thanks for making my point for me. Lets look at your last example: your politician started up with words. Followed through with an action that re-enforced his words, only to follow that by a second action that re-defines the context/intent his words. So if we go with your original point(paraphrasing here), that words a person expresses define that person more than anything else, neither of those actions matter and the politician is a person who expresses intent to crack down on crime so the politician is a good person. I like this one from Tupac Shakur: “Measure a man by his actions fully from the beginning to the end. Don't take a piece out of my life or a song out of my music and say this is what I'm about because you know better than that.”
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Post by Radec on May 4, 2021 14:13:30 GMT
Come now, my tadpole. Cracking the same joke twice in a row loses its luster- and begins to bore. That being Andromeda is better than ME1. But surely. On the off chance you're serious, ( ) then know that games which have any combination of those things being passed off as "good" by todays standards will be rewarded with a DLC a year after its release at least... and yet here we are still waiting. Our tea has long gotten cold. tut tut You do realize that the Game of the Year of 2020 (The Last of Us 2) didn’t get and isn’t getting DLC right? Then of course other games that were by all accounts successes such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The argument that “Good = DLC” has been debunked. So If i'm following this logic, TLoU 2 is "good" because it got Game of the Year awards by some industry publications (despite obviously mixed reception among general audiences) So that means that Mass Effect 2 is also "good", since it received the same from multiple publications (the only Mass Effect game to do so, in fact). www.imdb.com/title/tt1540125/awardsWhich must also mean MEA is not "good", since it didn't get any GOTY awards or even nominations www.imdb.com/title/tt4876864/awards
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Post by The Elder King on May 4, 2021 14:26:26 GMT
While I do agree with you that the return of MW elements are due to MEA not be as successful as BioWare thought it’d be, we don’t know if the game is set in the MW. I think it’s better to not hold any expectations on where exactly NME is going for its setting. While the teaser gave a clear indication at first glance, there are hidden details pointing at Andromeda, and Gamble’s tweets in response of people mentioning those seem to mean that it was intentional. Liara’s presence doesn’t mean that the game won’t be set in Andromeda, or that the MEA setting won’t be present with the MW. What I think is (probably) sure is that they’re trying to have elements of both the OT and MEA in NME, but I’m not going to jump on any conclusion about the ratio of those. Liara’s mere existence begs a lot of nagging logistics questions on how this future setting is supposed to operate. Frankly, I think they’re setting themselves up for failure if they’re attempting to tie them both together. I feel they need to commit to one or the other. I’d agree that by trying to tie the settings they’re over complicating things for them, and that it’d have been better, either way, to pick one. But it seems they didn’t do that. Unless Gamble was trolling people mentioning the hidden Andromeda references in the trailer. All I’m saying is that it’s better to wait and see and not have too many expectations, expecially in regards of the setting.
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Post by themikefest on May 4, 2021 14:28:07 GMT
ME1 got dlc. MEA didn't ME1 has the power wheel. MEA doesn't ME1 has the choice to recruit all squadmates or not. MEA doesn't have that choice ME1 can have a squadmate kill another squadmate. MEA doesn't have that. ME1 has a quarian. MEA doesn't have any. MEA has a better story, combat, exploration and characters. Good enough for me to rank it above!  Story? It starts with a rich woman who wants to do some sightseeing in another galaxy. Unfortunately she isn't smart enough to know she didn't have enough resources to complete her project. In steps a helpful whoever. The rich woman doesn't question whoever because her brain turned to crap when seeing the credit sign. It's just as she's leaving she starts having doubts. She gets images from a geth telescope....hold up, I need to take a moment to laugh at that crap......ok...to use to attract people to go with her on her silly trip. Once there, they encounter the kett who exalt other species. So we go from reapers harvesting to kett exalting. How is that different from what we got? Same story just told slightly different. Combat? The combat was smooth, good, but it lacked the power wheel and being able to control squadmates. Exploration? There's the nice looking sports car to drive around, but before that can happen, the characters have to use a shrink ray to get inside it. It doesn't have any weapons. The Mako, big and clunky, does have weapons that can take out the enemy from range without having to exit the vehicle. It's also large enough to fit characters without shrinking them plus carry another character as seen on Feros. Yes the landscape looks nice and all, but I would take the Mako on the scenic route instead of having the sports car. Characters? One of the top complaints I've read/heard is the characters were dull, boring. The player plays as little Ryder who has the I don't care attitude as seen in the game by allowing squadmates do stupid crap without any punishment. Then there is the voice-in-the-head thing that the little one can't tell it to shutup. Even though Ryder is main character, he/she is controlled by the voice by saying BY YOUR COMMAND. You have the stowaway and traitor, or lets call them beavis and Butthead. I agree what one poster saying shortly after the game was released, the characters are like a bunch of school kids on spring break. What I wil find interesting is the people who played MEA without playing the trilogy who will get the remaster to hear/read their thoughts compared to their thoughts about MEA. MEA has a better story, combat, exploration and characters. Good enough for me to rank it above!    
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on May 4, 2021 14:41:37 GMT
All I’m saying is that it’s better to wait and see and not have too many expectations, expecially in regards of the setting.But we are YOUNG, and RESTLESS here on BSN forums. (Or at least restless, I've not been young for a long time.) So expectations run high and nobody can wait anyway... they come like waves. 
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2021 14:55:54 GMT
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Post by The Elder King on May 4, 2021 15:32:23 GMT
All I’m saying is that it’s better to wait and see and not have too many expectations, expecially in regards of the setting.But we are YOUNG, and RESTLESS here on BSN forums. (Or at least restless, I've not been young for a long time.) So expectations run high and nobody can wait anyway... they come like waves. The problem with expectations, is that they’re followed with disappointment if things don’t go your way. Which is partially Bioware’s fault, given how the teaser clearly pointed in one direction. But given the details found in the teaser and the responses to those by Gamble, I think it’s best to remain calm, expecially given that we’ll wait for a long time for clearer informations.
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Post by smilesja on May 4, 2021 16:17:17 GMT
The fact that I'm getting all this attention means that I gave the spiciest take of them all! You can all call me: The spicelord!  Or MEA is an easy target. As a great man once said, "You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view". Nah, if there's anything that Mass Effect fans hate are Andromeda fans.
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Post by smilesja on May 4, 2021 16:17:51 GMT
Oh no a Youtube video, whatever shall I do?
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Post by smilesja on May 4, 2021 16:18:48 GMT
You do realize that the Game of the Year of 2020 (The Last of Us 2) didn’t get and isn’t getting DLC right? Then of course other games that were by all accounts successes such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The argument that “Good = DLC” has been debunked. Andromeda being "good" has also been debunked. Approx. a few weeks after its release. I don't know, there's people who looked upon favorably now and then.
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Post by SirSourpuss on May 4, 2021 16:19:18 GMT
All I’m saying is that it’s better to wait and see and not have too many expectations, expecially in regards of the setting. I'd be thoroughly disappointed, if Will Continue doesn't provide us with a surplus of memes like Andromeda did. That's the height of my expectations from Bioware today. Delivering an actual title I want to play is beyond the current realm of possibilities for me. |
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Post by smilesja on May 4, 2021 16:23:18 GMT
Liara’s mere existence begs a lot of nagging logistics questions on how this future setting is supposed to operate. Frankly, I think they’re setting themselves up for failure if they’re attempting to tie them both together. I feel they need to commit to one or the other. Yeah this whole merger mumbo jumbo is the vomit flavored jelly bean of the brainstorming pack. We want raspberry cheesecake, BioWare. Aka MW. You know this "we" stuff has been debunked based on my spicy hottake. Come on you can't just ignore Andromeda fans like that. 
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) then know that games which have any combination of those things being passed off as "good" by todays standards will be rewarded with a DLC a year after its release at least... and yet here we are still waiting. Our tea has long gotten cold. 
