Expectations for ME A

Eh. None of these really fit me, I don't have expectations. I'll go in blind (or as much as possible) like I normally would with any game, and judge it as I play through it. I'm sure even if I feel it turned out to be a bit of a dud I'll enjoy it on some level anyway. Hopefully its much better than that tho.

yep it was yours. And all of these options are a bit on the subjective side. And i also agree these options don't have a lot of nuance. For instance i loved dai. Tier 1 game. But it's a game which also had a lot of flaws to it and some of them quite major. I was just trying to go for the essence of what each tier means.

meh i was just, for my own kicks, trying to come up with quantitative data on how well the game is doing so far. And threads like yours or Dutchs don't do that they are very black and white imo. I was not comparing yours in a negative fashion just this one thread is here that one thread is there, this is a thread where you can hopefully find and vote on a spectrum.

I went with Tier 1/2, personally.

But then I actually liked the ME3 endings (moreso after the Extended Cut) and a lot of what they were doing in DA2 (it has flaws, sure, but a lot of those were the result of the rushed timetable, the story and characters were still fantastic), so clearly I'm a BioWare shill who only parrots the company line and cannot think for himself.

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yeah it does to me as well to an extent but I actually enjoy DA2 so it's not that much of a concern to me.  The only thing I am concerned with in terms of things with MEA is the powers and not being able to pause and aim kind of thing and how that all works. Other than that I'm pretty sure I'll like it.

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I'm excited about ME:A but I'm worried that the stakes of the story will be so meh compared to the Reaper threat, I won't care about characters or anything as much. Also I hope it doesn't repeat a lot of gripes I had with DA:I (such as annoying fetch quests and such.) And, changing classes on the fly has me a bit worried. I enjoyed having an Engineer or Adept - which made for more unique playthroughs - if I can access all class powers l at once, that seems less interesting to me for subsequent characters.

Still a lot of questions and uknowns - I'm cautiously optimistic but right now feel it can't match the epicness of ME1.

If they're really going to go back to a more Mass Effect 1-ish style i have high hopes. ME1 was the only Tier 1 game of the series to me, so im actually kinda hyped.

No option for "don't give a damn?"

Honestly, trying to measure what the game will be like is a foolish exercise in my book. For shits and giggles i'll vote for the two extremes, the hot garbage and the instant classic.

Both votes are ultimately meaningless.

They say that they are.

And this is from Ian Frazier, a lead designer.

Voted for tier one, but only because tier two has already a negative "but" in the description. What is "awesome, but lacks a wow factor"? Doesn't make sense to me. It's either awesome or it lacks a wow factor, but can't be both.

I have high expectations because lots of the stuff we have seen indeed looks awesome. Also in the interviews (and the gameinformer story) there was a lot of talk about taking the best out of all three games:
a) A focus on exploration (and the return of an improved Mako), so the ability to discover the most important story parts in game from ME1.
Focus on characters (including the return of loyalty missions) and presumably the effect that choices made during the game have on the ending from ME2.
c) The fluid combat from ME3.
Add to that beautiful looking worlds, a new ship, a new crew, new aliens, a new citadel-like hub etc. and I'm hyped about more Mass Effect.


I have minor gripes so far with:
a) Why are we going there? Shouldn't that be the first thing the Andromeda Initiative tells us in one of their recruiting vids? Shouldn't be a problem for the story in Andromeda itself though, just for the context in ME lore. Though as an Andromedan I would ask "who are you and what are you doing here?"
Super bosses that are not main story related and might not be beatable at the first encounter. That's not very "mass effecty".
c) Infighting among the Initiative. Can't we at least initially all be on the same page?
d) Not being the first to encounter certain species in Andromeda because we are late to the party.

Because of the gripes I would vote for tier two if it was a purely optimistic one.

So far I still don't feel like buying MEA...
I don't think it's going to be a terrible game, you can expect at the very least 100 hours+ of a vaguely amusing game with some highlights.( and way way more than 100+ with multiplayer).

Still I was excited for 5 scd and I would like to thank Johnny Cash for that one...but since then MEA made me feel like a sour old fart.


From the "iconic" looks and names of Peebee the Racoon Asari, The Krogan who wears bones, the dad who looks like psycho dad and has Clancy Brown voice (extra alpha) YAY Darth Daddy, I'm so thrilled Mass Effect may explore the realms of daddy issues.
I also saw two female humans , the female Ryder and a raider chick.Both still had their baby fat and looked around 17.

We're going into a new galaxy, but mostly not really because the milky way species are already settled there.
And there's some Not!Prothean and Not! Reapers.
Also beyond the daddy issues and the no good reasons to go to Andromeda with such an expedition , let's not forget the pathos and drama of "peace" being broken and people *gasping*
Because everybody knows when you go conquer a new galaxy , the locals are always overjoyed to see you there with a bunch of squatters.Or not.
Luckily the family drama goes beyond crazy dad , you have a twin who will suffer too for the sake of the story.



There's a very good chance the multiplayer is going to be super fun, I do like the fact that the devs want to have more humor etc...But it really feel like a Mass Effect reboot for a younger audience.
I wasn't the biggest fan of ME to begin with and I feel like this game aims at the 20 years old + new generation of gamers.