Don't disappoint me, Andromeda

Problem is reviewers are not trustworthy if the playerbase experiences bugs or glitches that are not highlighted in the report. Let's not even forget the fact that the playerbase may not remotely like the game after purchase and consider it "overrated." See all of the Call of Duty games since Modern Warfare 3 (9/10s despite mediocrity)

So the problem is that reviewers have good rigs and don't experience those issues? Or is it something else?

this is the first post where I've actively yearned for a dislike button.

Something else entirely. Review copies are always different from retail copies. Copy A may not have a bug, but B-Z may have varying levels of negative bugs (i.e. Game crashes occurring for the regular consumer regardless of platform).

Certain games will not have the full version for review copiesl. As an example, REsident Evil 6's online features are not available for review copies. As a result, no one knows how the online co-op or PVP qualities are until the game is released. Certain events like those give a red flag especially if the game's quality is objectively bad up to the point no one wants to buy the game in question. Lo and behold, that game was met with universal derision within both the fanbase and the gaming media.

In the case of ME3, that game did not deserve 9/10 scores just for screwing up on the overall story no thanks to milking out multiplayer and Casey Hudson's ego.

Because the writing and attempts at "feels" is fucking groan-inducing as often as it's well pulled off.

But that is comum sense, no? there is no perfect game. One can be disappointed with certain aspects of ME:A and still enjoy it. For example I hated Ciri design and animations with those god damn awful high-heels boots but I still love TW3.

There is no such thing as a perfect thing, so of course there will be something that people will be disappointed with. The question is, is it game breaking bad or not.

And people that claim that Bioware can't make good games are just as useless as those that claim Bioware can't make anything wrong, and for the same reason, they are both acting on such extremes that you can't have any constructive discussion with them.

The gameplay looks good. Hell it looks very good. But the question on people's minds is, will the story be good? Your mileage is gonna vary on that.

There are some people who say that whatever flaws it has, as long as it has entertaining enough scenarios, and fun and interesting characters, then that's enough for them to enjoy the story. Then there are some people who will basically settle for no less than the kind of quality writing you would find in games like The Witcher 3, Deus Ex, or Planescape Torment.

I'm someone that thoroughly enjoyed the writing in Dragon Age: Inquisition, apart from it's rushed climax. So I personally feel Bioware can still churn out good stories. The only time I've seen writing from Bioware that I would qualify as bad in the true sense of the word, was ME3, and that was one game. Everything else from them has ranged from decent to great. For ME:A, I haven't seen anything to give off red flags. I've seen unremarkable trailers, but that's not enough to lead me to believe the story will be too. It's fairly obvious they're trying to keep things more closer to the chest than they did with ME2 and ME3. So we'll see.

they're going to fuck this t up. no doubt about it