Am I the only one who actually thinks MEA will be a good game?

Of course:
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The question in the thread title is the direct opposite of the question in your poll. I hope people read the body of your post first before they vote, instead of  "Is he the only one? I NEED TO VOTE! I NEED TO CLICK! I NEED TO ANSWER! ...I NEED!"
Anyway, my answers are: no and yes, respectively.

I dont know op. I dont know.

Despite that i want to feel positive, ive got this lingering bad feeling i cant get rid off. Like a shadow hanging over me.

I mean theyve had 5 years to complete this game, even an extension of 3 months to their originally announced release of holiday 2016, and it seems like a clusterfuck of bad marketing, facial animations issues, cancelling the mp beta and hurrying to get the bugs fixed right on when its coming out.

If i were you id wait for the reviews, trusted reviews. Im not pre ordering this game this time.

It will come down to side quests, setting and characters. Combat seems to have more visual flair, options and mobility, but gunplay, hit reactions and AI are heavily behind.
Don't really expect much from the main story, honestly.

Above average game at least, BW has never done anything less, even with DA II.

Your title question and poll question are opposites! lol
Might hurt the accuracy of the results.

It will be good.I didn't wait five years for a shitty game.
But it better not be hate fest against hetero,white males.

Not my fault if people don't bother to actually read the poll question. Critical reading should be valued!

You make a lot of great points. It's why I don't generally bother with reviews from any gaming media site. Rarely are the reviews ever objective or actually useful. Horizon Zero Dawn is just one example out of many games that received way too much hype and praise only to fall short. Anybody remember Evolve? That game was E3's Best of Show in 2014 and it tanked upon release. It has now since gone F2P and Turtle Rock no longer supports it due to even the F2P model failing. Yet, the media would have you believe that game was innovative and going to change the FPS genre. I judge games for myself, not based off the opinions of "experts" or anyone else.

Part of the reason The Witcher 3 works, in my opinion, is because all of the quests in that game are tied to storytelling. There is a reason and a purpose to go to most locations in that game. That's incredibly unusual for most open world games, as they generally are just littered with collectibles and other worthless content. The thing many open world games fail to realize, Horizon Zero Dawn included, is that the open world environment is also a character that must tell a story. If you just litter that world with fluff but it doesn't actually serve any real purpose to further that experience, it comes across as static, lifeless, and tedious.

DAI also suffered that issue of poorly-used environments. The world building was absolutely stellar and many of the locations are still absolutely breath-taking. The problem is they just weren't used very well. I'm hoping BioWare has learned from that experience and that much of what we explore in MEA will have value and will be worth our time.

I'll admit I'm looking forward to Breath of the Wild. However, merely having the title "Legend of Zelda" in it will already give it over-inflated scores. Skyward Sword, in my opinion, is one of the worst main series Zelda games ever made. Yet, some of the biggest gaming media sites gave it a perfect score for no legitimate reason other than because it's a Zelda game. I'm under the impression Breath of the Wild is going to be better than Skyward Sword. But, I'm also convinced the reviews will be just as worthless as they focus more on the legacy of the franchise rather than the quality of the game.

The Witcher 3 isn't the perfect RPG. It definitely has problems of its own. That being said, I would argue it's one of the best RPGs made in a very long time. I may be a little biased considering I've been playing CDPR games since TW1 in 2007. But, TW3 legitimately did something no other RPG has been able to do: effectively combine choice-driven storytelling with a dynamic, living open world. Honestly, just for that fact alone, I hope other RPGs learn from that just so the entire genre improves as a result.

Ah, I see. I may have to consider looking him up, but I generally just fall back on my own opinions. I certainly don't mind hearing other perspectives to try and give me a more well-rounded impression of a game. But, there are so few quality critics out there. Ultimately, the only opinion you can truly rely on is your own.

I think it's going to be a good game.

However, my expectations for Bioware has always been for something incredible/great (despite the last couple games). It's the disappointment of seeing films like Good Dinosaur and Cars from Pixar. They are not bad films per se but you expect much more based on their past. 


I want to love this game as much as I enjoyed Mass Effect 2 and Witcher 3. I want it to drum up the same excitement. However from what I've seen so far, I haven't seen anything that has clicked for me as well as those games. 

If you're a fan of bioware games, it'll probably be a fun game. I've gotten several hundred hours out of every single bioware game I've played, with only one not played being Jade Empire, well, I tried, but it didn't grab me unlike kotor, NWN, or BG.

My only real concern right now is just how much animation being vintage bioware stuff will bother me, but will see about that when actually playing the game. Even after dumping at least 400 hours into DA:I and clearly having fun with the game, I still notice the bad cases quite easily whenever they happen.

I'm just going to grab some popcorn.

Do i think the game will be good yes.

From what i've seen and read the combat looks fast and fun letting players pick from all skill trees or just keeping to one is up to the player and not forced which is nice.

The companions i am fine with six ME2 had to many imo both ME1 and base game ME3 had six i think its a good balance.

Will the game have bugs,animation issues and some poor AI yes there in all games and these issues did not take away from how great the triogy was for me.

To rap this up some people on here moan,complain and nitpick everything followed up by witcher 3 did it better MEA will not be perfect even the great skyrim and witcher 3 had issues you will enjoy this game more if you don't nitpick every little thing and compare it to the witcher 3.