Code Green: a more positive look at the previews

Only the one you mentioned.

A few others said that the game was runing smothly on average computers, which is good since most PC players will fall under this and i also doubt a lot of people will upgrade to Playstation Pro to test the 4k features.

I think the heavy emphasis on cinema makes it wholly unimpressive. If you can't live up to the scale of the project you've got going, it's time to scale back down. I wouldn't want to play a next-next-gen game on PS4 that has low-res settings for tech features that are too advanced because they need a generation of a hardware leap to work properly.

BioWare tried to grow since ME1 but they kinda hit a wall with ME3 in terms of how they probably had the same budget, but started scaling down things to get more stuff in. They need to stop trying to squeeze in so much and try to make a more focused and perhaps shorter experience like ME1 again where all face animations are at least polished. Regardless of whether it's unrealistic to expect Uncharted 4 animations in a fully choice-driven RPG with hundreds of cinematic scenes, this just doesn't look good enough:

Compared to Mass Effect 3, DA:I's overall facial animations were better.  Just compare Sera's facial animations in most circumstances to Anderson or Ashley's wooden faced plastic doll thing.

Please note, I never said DA:I's facial animations were great.  But, by and large, with obvious exceptions, they were adequate.  I don't necessarily need perfection or even very good facial animations to enjoy a game.  I just want them to be at least adequate, and the better they are, the happier I'll be.

Most of the critics seems to be around unpolished things, bugs and glitches which are of course bad but it's something fixable with patches and updates. So I'm not worried about that if it needs to be I'll just wait for a couple of patches before gaming.
So far I have heard only positive things about the characters, the combat and the exploration which is something they can't fix as they are core game mechanics. All in all the overall impression I got from reviews was that the game needed extra time (two or three months), for polishing and bug-fixing. While I'm positive about the game I'm considering postponing my gameplay for a more polished experience later on. We shall see.

See that actually looks good to me.

Exactly! There's been praise for the characters, the combat, the customization, the environments, exploration, the ship, and sound design. They also said they haven't seen enough of the game to judge the story, but the consensus is it shows promise.

So what is with the doom and gloom?

Well at least he looks good lol
But why his eyes (iris) do not move at all? Now I know what mods I will install first.. ''Better/Realistic Eyes'' and ''deshine mods'' lol

I predict a Code Blue thread incoming. Because overplayed memes are overplayed.

An insult to mass effect?? Actually many previewers are saying it totally feels like mass effect. But even if they didnt, the game isnt out yet, how can you even say something like that with a straight face?

Also remember the responsability on the shoulders of the previewers. Even if they loved what they played (which is still subjective since they only played a couple hours of a huge game) they cant really come out and say it cause then they will be held accountable for hyping a game that many people might dislike when it comes out and everybody will say Bioware bought them.

I see these previews as a way of seeing more content of MEA, not as an indicator of the quality of the game. Hence, the lets stay positive about it and wait till its out to actually form an opinion. Either way, im still gonna play the heck out of it and im sure i'll enjoy it for the most part. The best part of mass effect to me has always been characters and interactions with them, and so far it seems the game got that covered. And banter seems to have been insanely upped for andromeda. One of the previewers said that the main characters, each, have as much lines as sheppard himself in ME3. That sounds impressive to me.

People are entitled to be both optimistic and cynical.
At this stage, these reactions say more about their world view as individuals than about the game itself, in my opinion.

The other thing to bear in mind is that game media were royally criticized at the time of the ME3 launch for being so sucky and happy about the game '50 perfect scores' etc.

Gamer sites have had a 're-adjustment' to the ratings creep of past years, so most if not all the media outlets will be keenly cautious about calling out a 'perfect experience' on only 3 hours of a buggy build.

Translation: "AAAAAGGGHH HOW WILL I BE ABLE TO LIKE SOMETHING IF EVEN A SINGLE PERSON EXPRESSES NEGATIVE OPINIONS ABOUT THE THING I LIKE?!?"

This is a discussion forum, not an echo chamber.

While i agree with the sentiment in this post, there does seem to be a fairly vocal set of posters on here who are calling the game utter rubbish without even seeing the finished product.  I can certainly understand someone disliking what they've seen so far, even if I may not agree with them entirely.  However, some people are making a (seemingly) absolute decision about the game without all of the facts.

Admittedly, there are surely people who are on the opposite end, claiming this will be the best game ever (or whatever), so the same could be said for them.  I just can't, personally, understand overtly hostile negativity about a product we haven't even seen more than a snippet of.  Skepticism, cynicism, yes.  Overt, almost diehard negativity is just a bit OTT, in my opinion, however.  

That being said, if you (in the general sense, not you specifically) feel like you won't like the game, that's your opinion and won't affect mine.  I just would rather see more reasoned discussion, instead of outright toxic rhetoric, from either side.