Mass Effect Andromeda Hype thread ("Very Soon"!!)

I'm trying to get (back) to where you are. After that trailer, I finally started to get excited, after all these years. I mean, I love Bioware games. But the roller-coaster of emotions since ME3 apparently just won't stop, so naturally, I'm back down below excited after hearing about the twins' somewhat set personalities and being limited to 3 abilities at a time in combat. The latter isn't a huge issue for me - just like DA:I's 8-slot limit, I would be constantly frustrated with it to an extent but still have fun while playing the game. And I'm less concerned about combat in SP than MP since there are more important things there.

While I'm sure getting the game would be worth it, since I'm sure it'll at least be okay, the personalities thing is a huge blow to my excitement... I can only hope it doesn't interfere too much with my intended RP (though I'll still get annoyed at it messing with other people's even if I'm so lucky).

I'm in the same boat in that regard, down to nearly a quarter of my life passing since ME3. It made it a lot harder for me to get excited about games to the same degree I used to, as a defense mechanism.

It might make sense, depending on what's going on. I made a post about this before. Simply put: I don't think anyone there really wanted to get into a fight, so they're all the opposite of trigger-happy, but also fairly threaten-happy. If you think about how combat in the ME verse works, you probably wouldn't either.

Hold someone at gunpoint in real life, and you can end them in an instant. Do it in ME and at most you can damage their shields before they release their own barrage of tech or biotics at you in return. The threatener isn't very threatening anymore.

That's probably the intention.

It's just missing the furrowed brows since it isn't done.

Actually, in some ways I'd be more hyped if this wasn't an ME game. For one thing, I wouldn't have any conflicting thoughts about the Arks and Initiative and how they sort of retcon stuff, I wouldn't have conflicting thoughts about not being able to play in the Milky Way more, possibly as Shepard again. And more importantly in some ways, I would have lower expectations since it wouldn't be a Bioware game.

That's the only reason I can seem to be so critical sometimes. But I'm not just critical, I'm passionate, and I'm passionate because Bioware games are my favourite. I want them so desperately to be good, because no one else makes games like them! So if another developer was doing this, I would not only have lower expectations and could therefore be more impressed in some ways, it would also mean that other devs are finally starting to make Bioware-style RPGs, which would be amazing for me.

Something I can't stand - in really any aspect of life - is regression. While I'm not the pickiest when it comes to combat and am when it comes to roleplaying, what I really want is for both to just keep getting better or at least stay the same in terms of quality. I cannot stand them going backwards, which is why I'm so frustrated about the sibling thing.

That's just my opinion, I honestly don't want to bring anyone down who's excited. I want to be, too.

Sort of. It had tons of hype before it was even confirmed. Remember all of those "Fallout 4 confirmed!" things? The previous entries being loved did most of its hype for it. ME:A has it harder in that regard, which isn't to say there isn't love for previous games - not at all. But recent Fallout games weren't among the most infamous in recent history and that's something Bioware has to tip-toe around.