Mass Effect Andromeda Skepticism thread

Never saw this.  How on Earth did this get leaked?!?! I still liked the ride up until the ending.  And I'm better about it now anyway.  

For me, Halo 4 was the most emotionally-raw and poetic, as it was somewhat of a tragic love story between Chief and Cortana. I always found the depth of the challenges and the struggles both Chief and Cortana had to overcome in that game to save the Earth one last time was really remarkably well-executed. I certainly enjoyed it more than a lot of the nonsense Bungie called "writing" with the first three Halo games.

If it helps, Chris Schlerf did not leave BioWare Montreal until the actual main story was finished. The writing team always finishes their job before the rest of the teams in the studio, so once his duties were done is when he packed his bags.

It wasn't leaked. "Game journalist" Geoff Keighley made a "journalistic" app called Final Hours of ME3 which is basically a long, interactive article about ME3's development, with in-depth interviews with Casey Hudson, Mac Walters and a couple of other BioWare employees. This image is one of those featured in the app/article/blatant corporate PR.

The biggest issue for me in the OT is Master Chief had no personality, and that was intentional. He was a blank slate that barely said anything. Halo 4 was the first time they were actually giving his character depth, and also showing he wasn't the perfect super human. He had issues and Cortana was oftentimes his compass that would guide him in times of peril. It was just a more personal and intimate story compared to the first three, which were more about the galactic scale of the Covenant invasion and trying to stop Earth's destruction.

I figure Mac Walters and a few of the other leadership probably brought Chris Schlerf in because they may have been fans with what he did on Halo 4. Hopefully it's not a direct copy/paste. Obviously, Master Chief and Cortana aren't the two main protagonists in this game. That being said, there will likely be some similarities and parallels that can be drawn between the two. Until you mentioned it, I didn't even realize the similarities between the Archon and the Didact. I'm still getting a major Star Trek reboot vibe from this game though, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

We'll find out soon enough just how good (or bad) the story is! I'm cautiously optimistic!

I think no other major game can come even close to the amount of scrutiny Bioware gets when they screw things up and no other major game has so many hype dampeners as MEA.

I agree with others that it's not going to top the trilogy in terms of scope and a sense of urgency, but i think it will be a solid outing to start off the series in a new direction. I also liked the Dead Space series,...and that series started off strong with the mystery of the markers, but that big reveal in prt3?.... ....yeah....the game was still a blast to play and it still gave you tight dark corridors to explore, but if i could survive that hokey and laughable plot-piece, i know i will be able to handle whatever Andromeda has in store for us.

Possibly!  In the Star Trek reboot, the captain gets captured by the main antagonist and Kirk isn't even second in command.  Far from it.  

Yes but does it matter in the long run tough for the popular opinions, i mean ME2 barely had any story and people seem to love that game.

I'm worried about the story because it focuses on "saving humanity" all over again it's getting pretty tiresome. And you won't get a chance to play different races on a single player campaign but instead they just want to laze around and not coming up with different stories on a grand setting such as a galaxy. Bunch of lazy ass motherfuckers I swear to God.

Multiple previews mention a myriad of technical and animation issues. Additionally, the video that was just uploaded about how Natalie Dormer is voicing Dr. Lexi has some genuinely appalling animations considering the game is releasing in less than four weeks.

Now I'm starting to get concerned again. On one hand, pre-release builds are always going to have problems that will be fixed by the time the product is officially launched, but on the other the release is so close I can't imagine that the press played something that was less than near-final.

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Stupid question, where is Mass Effect in Mass Effect Andromeda?

I mean there were the Relays named Mass Effect, in the new game there is a new base in a different galaxy without relays.

Mass NoManQuistion?
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Yeah. I've read of few reviews (a have more to read) and so far they've all talked about the animations and how awkward they are. So I'm definitely worried about that.