PC Gamer @pcgamer Mass Effect: Andromeda's planet scanning system makes space travel boring bit.ly/2neYnlK
I always find it weird when someone use arguments to say that they don't like something that also applies to the system they think is superior. ME2 planet scanning doesn't have risk: no enemy encounters in that game and running out of fuel just means getting brought back to the nearest system with a mass relay free of charge (which means you make sure to run out at the farthest system to get a free return). It also takes a lot more than 15 seconds to mine one planet, especially when you run out of probes all the time without the upgrade (we are talking minutes here).
Also, very interesting that ME1 isn't mentioned, considering that MEA system map is clearly based on that game. Except that you have an arrow that tells you were anomalies are instead of having to check every millimeters of the system with your cursor (which looks a lot less annoying to move might I add) and there is more details to the system. Moving is animated instead of basically instant, which does looks a bit annoying to me, but I might actually like it, seen things in a video and playing are two different things.
Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon Hey folks, the live support team just confirmed for me: the day 1 patch IS included in the early access build on both Xbox and PC.
So it actually is bugged to hell and back? That's not great then is it - what was it like pre-patch?
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That comment is disingenuous for a game that is pre-production / pre-launch. After you pays the money, then fire away. Early Access doesn't count.
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I've decided that since my early access is about to run out I'm helping Hrungr with tweets until release.
Mike Thor @0thorarinson0 All these CC fixes that are potentially coming via patch, what does that mean for people that have already started playing? Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon I'm hoping we can do something black-emporium-esque. We'll see!
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Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon Aaaaand here's a direct link to the Archives, a site where you can share the custom appearances for your Ryders. masseffectarchives.com/en_US/
ThisKory99 @thiskory99 Cool... a website that doesn't even work and let me share anything. Why not finish your products before releasing them?
Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon The game (and site) doesn't launch until Tuesday.
Brent - JarraxQ @jarraxq I love how this game looks, but PLEASE can the multiplayer sound positioning be fixed asap? I love the mode, (minus the sound).
Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon It's been reported, under investigation now!
Charling @johncharling So no improvements to animations/making the characters look more natural while talking? Other than that I like the game.
Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon At day 1? No, that ship has sailed. We'll have more patches later on, but exactly what goes into them is still in discussion.
Not sure where to ask this but hell. As someone who's trying to avoid as much footage as possible, are conversations with minor npcs done primarily with cinematic cut scenes, or do we have the DAI overhead shit camera?
I've decided that since my early access is about to run out I'm helping Hrungr with tweets until release.
Mike Thor @0thorarinson0 All these CC fixes that are potentially coming via patch, what does that mean for people that have already started playing? Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon I'm hoping we can do something black-emporium-esque. We'll see!
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Encouraging.
Morpheus: "know what happened happened and that it could not have happened in any other way".
Lyonel @lyonel11943634 Hello, quick question about ME:A romances! (Not asking for names/species/gender/orientation btw). Will the ME team be- 1/? Lyonel @lyonel11943634 releasing a list/chart of all characters that you can have a romance/fling/etc with on the release date?- 2/? Lyonel @lyonel11943634 Also, I honestly don't know if I should be asking you or someone else this question? Asking for all of us OCD pre-planners. 3/3 Ian Soon Frazier@tibermoon The team isn't releasing that, no. But it's in the strategy guide, and I'm sure fans will create it online too.
Lyonel @lyonel11943634 It'll be in the strategy guide? Very cool! Thank you for the response!
Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon Yeah, they have a whole section that's the "Relationship Guide."
Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon There are a few characters that needed a bit more tuning time. Expect more later. Conrad Drahenhart @odahviingn7 also, wait how long for them to arrive? I never play MP without a Turian with no helmet XD Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon You won't have to wait for a helmet-less turian at all: The Turian Havoc is in the game at launch, and he wears no helmet! Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon He is also, for the record, one of my favorite kits. You can spec him into jetpack glory.
Conrad Drahenhart @odahviingn7 can you at least say what class the Turian was XD? My love for Turians is eating my brains from the mystery!!! Ian Soon Frazier @tibermoon I'm not sure which guy you say, so I don't know. But we DO have a helmet-less turian who's in the game at launch: the Havoc
PC Gamer @pcgamer Mass Effect: Andromeda's planet scanning system makes space travel boring bit.ly/2neYnlK
I always find it weird when someone use arguments to say that they don't like something that also applies to the system they think is superior. ME2 planet scanning doesn't have risk: no enemy encounters in that game and running out of fuel just means getting brought back to the nearest system with a mass relay free of charge (which means you make sure to run out at the farthest system to get a free return). It also takes a lot more than 15 seconds to mine one planet, especially when you run out of probes all the time without the upgrade (we are talking minutes here).
Also, very interesting that ME1 isn't mentioned, considering that MEA system map is clearly based on that game. Except that you have an arrow that tells you were anomalies are instead of having to check every millimeters of the system with your cursor (which looks a lot less annoying to move might I add) and there is more details to the system. Moving is animated instead of basically instant, which does looks a bit annoying to me, but I might actually like it, seen things in a video and playing are two different things.
,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸-(_MEA_)-,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸
I never likes any of the planet scanning mechanics in ME1-3. For the touted ME advanced tech, planetary scan design was primitive and soon became boring. Looks like Bio copied the trilogy pages. As a completionist, the constant cinematics will bore me to tears. I 'm the freaking Pathfinder. Resource gathering is for the people working for me.
Morpheus: "know what happened happened and that it could not have happened in any other way".
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Not sure where to ask this but hell. As someone who's trying to avoid as much footage as possible, are conversations with minor npcs done primarily with cinematic cut scenes, or do we have the DAI overhead shit camera?
Something in the middle: the camera is nearer to the one who you speak
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The level of scrutiny the animations get in MEA is pretty much unprecedented. At least i can't remember the last time a game got so much shit for it, not even Bethesda. I've tried like the first half hour and it's really not that bad and on the level with many other games, even some that are not huge sprawling RPGs, yet they are acting like it's the worst thing ever. Ugh, it's just awful, that mob mentality and pettiness.
Hay biodrone, you just don't know what totally objective and unbiased academic criticism is! Blahblah SJW biower echochamber
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