Mass Effect Andromeda Skepticism thread

Again, I'm the opposite on this though it's not only the quality of the VA that I find subpar. It's also how they translate the script/dialogues that makes me cringe.

Pretty sure most of the points I'm gonna make have already been mentioned, but the thread is too long to go through, so here goes...

I'm mostly liking what I've seen so far, but I've got some concerns about technical issues.

I mean I'm going to buy the game on a playstation and they've haven't exactly wowed me before... back with DA II (on ps3) there was a bug with the pc's battle cries (making the character effectively mute in combat), and they failed even to acknowledge it, let alone do anything about it. EVER.

More on point, since DA:I and ME:A are using the same engine: there were some pretty major issues with sound - party banters not triggering, music dieng off and combat effects lagging way behind. Plus overall combat seemed to lack, uh, weight I guess you could say.

Hopefully the crafting isn't as excessive and horribly overpowered (before dlc) as it was in DA:I. From the looks of it, we're gonna have dozens of guns so I seriously don't wanna go grinding for upgrades/resources for each weapon and their mods. And if there's gonna be looting and limited inventory space - have the loot be meaningful (no 'angaran rebel chest piece XI' of grey quality on every other enemy) and consistent (no milky way pee shooters in a remnant vault that's been sealed forever). And hopefully the semi-open worlds will have better overarching storylines and sidemissions.

Let's end this on a positive note - I know I'm gonna buy the game at some point, since I trust that the characters/VAs will be great, the story good and the soundtrack amazing, but it just depends on the technical/mechanical matters whether I'll buy this withing the first month or a goty version somewhere down the line

What i hope is they managed to fix that when NPCs are talking with each other i go one step further and suddenly an another pair of NPCs start talking and interrupting the previous banter with theirs. It was really annoying in DAI.

"Goodbye BioWare" :'(


Context: I'm feeling sad over the recent Andromeda footage and wonder if I'll be a BioWare fan at all when I'm done with that game, so I typed "what happened to BioWare" on Youtube and rewatched this brilliant opinion-piece by MrBTongue.

...and now i wanna play NV to the finish!

At what times?

Edit: never mind, i find them

Bioware are the greatest has-beens of video game developers. IGN video just left me bored to tears.

this

The changes to gameplay and especially combat have... not enthused me, to say the least.

In fact, I'm honestly more interested in playing MP than I am ever touching the SP now and I can't believe I just typed that out.

I honestly believe I can do I much better job marketing this game. Give me a job Bioware! I'll play your game for you.

Speaking on gameplay, the person that played it did a bad job in showing the squad commands. We do know we can at least move them around the battlefield, so he should've put Peebee in cover. And you can make combos with them, although I have concerns and want to see a live gameplay/extended combat session showcasing it.

On the other issues, fair enough.

To be fair, in the official videos and previews they talk little about the romances.
While I do think they 'talk' (I'd say it's more like teasing) on twitter on romances nearly as much as other things, it's mostly because they're doing it for teasing, without actually saying much. Expecially for the story parts, they don't seem to want to reveal much this time. In terms of actual info from twitter, they replied more about gameplay mechanics then romances.

I think it's because they know a lot (not all) enjoy this type of teasing, so they do it. Even for DAI, with all the tweets about the romance, they were a pretty small part of the game.