Mass Effect Andromeda Skepticism thread

Reason ? I don't see any. The only letdown in the latest gameplays was the faceanimation. Everything else is 100% pure Mass Effect. :-)

Best get used to it.  Until Bioware crafts something on par or better than the TW3 you will continue to hear about it over and over and over...

From a technical and world building perspective, I don't know if Bioware is even capable of that.

I'd be fine with a better world building then DAI, which so far it seems MEA will achieve.
Andromeda will have in any case some advantages compared to DAI that will soften some of Bioware's problems in world building.

I tend to agree, if MEA comes even remotely close to TW3's world building and attention to detail I'll be doing cartwheels.  But regardless, you know the comparisons will continue even if they manage to surpass it, so it was more advice to a poster than any kind of criticism.

Agreed I'd never compare |ME to th ewitcher they're 2 seperatr storiesw in 2 differnt universes with the exception that they're both RPG's the similarities begin AND END there. Especially given the fact ME is a sci fi game not set in a medieval setting. Admittedly I was hoping for more  than what we got but I'll take what I can get was nice to see the respeccing screen though kind of reminds me a little of ME3's in a wayin that there's 6 levels of power to an ability it looks lik eand you get to choose how it goes up. Personally I don't think it will fail and while yes DAI probably did have a few too  many fetch quests it was still a solid game in general and I hope for more from this and judging by what I'm seeing I think I might just get it.

You know, I wouldn't be surprised if no world in Andromeda looks prettier than this:

As to this thread, it really depends on your criteria for "failing hard." To me that would mean something like No Man's Sky or a buggy mess that crashes every 5 minutes. Despite any misgivings I have about the game, that's a bit of a stretch. I would say at worst it ends up being another mediocre game like Inquisition, which by all accounts was a critical (weak year I know) and financial success (which we don't actually know those numbers compared to other modern AAA RPG's). My biggest fear(s) are a 30 hour story buried beneath a 100 hours of inane exploration and crafting and a combat system that ends up being a grind fest (see SWTOR and DAI) over continuous enjoyment (ME3).

30 hours of story it's a lot though,  that's as much as every ME and DA (except DAI) had, I think? My last ME3 pt, without DLC or scanning but n7 missions included, was definitely under 30 hours. So as long as we're not forced to go through the others 50-70 hours of exploration, crafting and such if we don't want to, I'd be perfectly fine with your worst scenario.

Of course, I'd still prefer that resources were spent in the main story etc, but I have to say that at least in MEA the exploration part makes sense... Also, I'm kind of optimistic about resource gathering and side-missions, I have the feeling I'm going to enjoy more completionist pts this time (maybe this is just the hype talking, I don't know )

Nope, it's not you, it's me. This is what I get for thinking maybe 1 single one of you might actually understand how business actually works in the real world. My bad. I will never make this assumption ever again. My problem is I always credit people with having knowledge that they actually don't possess.

Understood, but I see no reason exploration can't be made interesting if they incorporate a story/mystery, strategically use cutscenes throughout, provide agency to the player, and have interesting and meaningful combat engagements (which doesn't include fighting that damn "space bear" 50 times across a dozen different worlds.  Now if exploration means some kind of ME1/DAI hybrid of collectibles and minerals with an occasional merc base thrown in, it means they didn't learn or correct anything from previous mistakes...no thank you.  I'll wait for the game to drop in price or buy a used copy.  The only real power I have as a consumer is my wallet...and I reward game developers with full price purchases (and subsequent DLC support) if they make a great product.  Conversely, I see no reason to reward them if they cannot deliver a start-to-finish immersive experience.

Agreed, I'm really just kind of in a holding pattern.  I really do want to be enticed into a day 1 purchase, but I need to see much more of how the exploration mechanic will work...which probably waiting for gameplay reviews by peoples opinion I respect.