Mass Effect Andromeda Skepticism thread

Geralt & Co. push some buttons up in here man, fuck me sideways..... Mass Effect and The Witcher are my 2 favourite RPG franchises, never did I know until today that there was such a bitter underbelly of resentment and stabbery in the background

In other news, Rise of the Tomb Raider is bloody fantastic too, I hope BioWare took some cues from it as well for Andromeda

Way to shove your sensibility down our throats. 

Rise of the Tomb Raider is even better than the reboot. The story is extremely predictable, but it's still good and the writers did try make to villains more complex this time around but they're still nowhere near as good as any of the BioWare's villains (Saren, Loghain, TIM, Meredith, and etc) but overall it's still an enjoyable story. The crafting system is one of the best and is easily beats DA:I, Fallout 4, and Skyrim's crafting systems and this time you will have to hunt animals and find supplies to upgrade you gear and weapons and you if level your scavenging skills. The QTEs are gone or they're just a lot less noticeable and annoying, unless you count the dodge skills that you can pick and level up, There are more types of pistols, shotguns, rifles, and bows and arrows this time (the number of trick arrows Lara has in this game would make the Green Arrow and Hawkeye jealous). There optional side missions you can do or not. The tombs are much more varied and challenging this time around (some you can't get into until you get some gear) there some gear and weapons that you have to buy. The landscapes are beautiful. Solid voice acting. 

The PS4 version is a fucking awesome deal you get the game and all of the DLC, and it all on the disc (unless you buy it digitally) there is also a small art book with the disc and it's all for $60 and while I will be the first to admit that I'm not a graphics nut I think it looks slightly better on the PS4 than the Xbox One. If you have the base game you can the season pass $30 and get all of the DLC which is actually a good deal if you already have the game.

Like I said the DLC is varied.
Blood Ties is my favorite and I was a surprised by really good it is because you think it's going to be like the base game, but it more like Life is Strange or Gone Home with some really challenging puzzles, a great personal story for Lara and an ending that had me in tears because it's so beautifully touching (also the name of her uncle Atlas DeMorray is great name for a villain).
Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch is like a surreal N64 platformer.
Cold Dark Awakening is basically a series of timed stealth challenges.
Lara's Nightmare is the zombie killing mode of Blood Ties.
There is a survival mode, a co-op mode, and a ton of costumes and weapons.
When you beat the base game you get the skins from previous games and the ones from Tomb Raider III are a laugh riot to see they silly they look in modern game.


I think there was a method to Square's making this originally an Xbox One exclusive. They used the Xbox One to fix the bugs and get all the DLC out, but then they released it on PS4 for with all of the DLC and patches just in time for the 20th Anniversary because Tomb Raider was a major PlayStation series for a long time so it made sense to release Rise of the Tomb Raider in a "definitive edition" on it's home console platform (or the one that is still around). That is just my speculation and opinion though.

Still it's a damn great game, so go play it on any platform you want regardless if it's on PS4, XB1, and very likely it's on PC (I would be surprised if wasn't on PC), I mean if anything else it's a good time killer until ME:A comes out. 

I finished playing that game a few weeks ago and I can only think of one QTE which is when you deliver the final blow to the final boss which is closer to the dodge skill. 

For me, this is the first time I'm seeing the way people react to games before they come out.  I've never followed boards for games until now.  Still wouldn't had ME not been the best game series I've ever played.  (Loved FO1-2 but the depth of character wasn't present.  Also loved KOTOR, and am a huge SW fan overall, but I still think this beats it.)  

Maybe I don't get caught up in the hate because I know that no game can be all things to all people.  Any game can definitely be "better" in some way or other.  If I like aspect A from game X, I definitely want aspect A in game Y.  And if it isn't there then the game is shit and HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO ME (me?)??!!!  This is how I interpret reaction to things people don't like about the games.  And I mean the haters not the people who see the flaws and still enjoy the game anyway.

Hells nah. More variety = more better. 

Eh, it's probably just reactive backlash to those hardcore Witcher fans that take every possible opportunity to rag on an unrelated game and claim that W3 is superior in almost every way. They are annoying, and I avoid the fanbase because of them (though that means little because they like to bring up W3 everywhere...)

But the W3 is an amazing game, and certainly deserves praise. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy BioWare said they were looking at W3 side quests for inspiration. I think I'll start a new playthrough one of these days.

Well I consider really anything that if you don't do it fast enough your dead kind of thing a QTE. But they weer better placed at least and therewas less of them thank goodness in Rise. I do think it's a good game so it's not all bad and I do enjoy thast game as I thought I would when I bought it this time last year when it came to PC. But yeah I consider that one a QTE as well but then 2013 was full of them. Too full tbh but it's a good story though.

And I would agree with them, tw3 is the gold standard for the modern wrpg

I'm starting to wonder if any of them do. It was this bad on the old BSN as well before that shut down.

Hey I can't help how the facts turn out