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Post by alanc9 on Mar 4, 2017 1:05:57 GMT
$80 for a case of beer???? Good God. Yeah I know, like I said "exceptional." I've spent $80 on a case maybe 4 times. It's a lot of money to spend on a beer. But it is a hell of a lot less than just throwing $80 away. I don't think that I will feel like MEA was throwing my money away but if the reason for the TT cancel was because of network issues that is going to be shitty. Going way OT, but what beers were those?
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Post by TaliWhacker on Mar 4, 2017 1:15:59 GMT
Yeah I know, like I said "exceptional." I've spent $80 on a case maybe 4 times. It's a lot of money to spend on a beer. But it is a hell of a lot less than just throwing $80 away. I don't think that I will feel like MEA was throwing my money away but if the reason for the TT cancel was because of network issues that is going to be shitty. Going way OT, but what beers were those? Brooklyn Black Ops, Glazen Toren Saison D'Erpe-Mere, Ballast Point Victory at Sea, and Maredsous 10. I believe.
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Post by SalMasRac on Mar 4, 2017 2:33:57 GMT
Most of these MP-focused people though also play SP. I like to think of MP as an addition to the experience, but not the experience in and of itself. About half the people I played ME3MP with on console and about half on PC both haven't touched the SP campaign passed Palaven. I met a guy at a potluck, weirdly enough, who said him and his friends bought the game solely for the MP. I think there are more people that fall into that category than people realize. Representation on the forums is not indicative of the general audience. I'd even go so far as to say its actually counter it at times. Between Xbox and PC accounts, I've racked up around 2600 hours in ME3. I've played through the SP campaign 1.5 times. I just couldn't do it again.
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Post by ATR16 on Mar 4, 2017 9:32:06 GMT
About half the people I played ME3MP with on console and about half on PC both haven't touched the SP campaign passed Palaven. I met a guy at a potluck, weirdly enough, who said him and his friends bought the game solely for the MP. I think there are more people that fall into that category than people realize. Representation on the forums is not indicative of the general audience. I'd even go so far as to say its actually counter it at times. Between Xbox and PC accounts, I've racked up around 2600 hours in ME3. I've played through the SP campaign 1.5 times. I just couldn't do it again. I'm at about 1.5 too. One one console, half a one on PC. I'm on one of the Quarian missions and I just decided to not keep going. On console I must have put up 450 hours across the first year and a half, maybe even less. Didn't play for ages, but on PC I must be over 30 in the last 10 days to 2 weeks since I've started playing again. I was watching a streamer the other day play ME3MP while I was working, and someone in the chat asked if he was gonna do a run through of the SP and the guy said "Doubt it. I barely managed to make it through the first time." This streamer probably had at least 1000 hours into the MP
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Post by SalMasRac on Mar 4, 2017 9:48:36 GMT
Hey, No Man's Sky just won an award:
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Post by SofaJockey on Mar 4, 2017 9:58:16 GMT
Hey, No Man's Sky just won an award: Which they missed receiving because they had gone off to eat thinking they had zero chance...
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Post by helios969 on Mar 4, 2017 10:43:40 GMT
Do you really think $80 is worth agonizing over? You've bought it. You've played it for 5 min. You hated it. You went on the net and ranted your soul out for a couple of days. Done. It's 80$. You can afford tossing it into trash once a year. Man I wish I could treat $80 that casually... While I don't agree with that guy, if people were really to evaluate their spending habits over a year they'd probably realize they've "wasted" quite a bit. Hell, if you take your gal (or guy) out to a nice dinner and a movie, you'll spend more than that. --- I've gone the opposite direction from OP, becoming more comfortable with a day 1 purchase. Even if many peoples' fears come to light and it ends up being space DAI, at a minimum I'll get one enjoyable playthrough. But I think it'll be better if for no other reason than ME combat trumps DA combat...by a long margin. And reusing some gameplay mechanics from previous installments isn't necessarily a bad thing provided they make improvements to each iteration. There was a lot in DAI that was good in theory but executed terribly. If they take their customer feedback seriously, it should be better.
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Post by Muddy Boots on Mar 4, 2017 11:01:54 GMT
what i want is a phenomenal single player game. My primary goal. Totally agree. I might, might, dabble in multiplayer with the other "I suck at multiplayer" players. But I'm still on the fence about it. So SP and story are the most important things about the game to me, and I think we'll be just fine there.
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Post by Muddy Boots on Mar 4, 2017 11:06:36 GMT
That is where I ended in my OP. It sucks because I was yesterday before this confident enough to pre-order and now... I don't know. Do I really cancel it? Do what you want. Not what others think. Everyone has an opinion. Anyone can write a reasonable argument supporting that opinion. Only you know what you want out of a game and where you're willing to spend your time and money. Decide for yourself instead of following others.
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Post by Iakus on Mar 4, 2017 15:40:04 GMT
Man I wish I could treat $80 that casually... While I don't agree with that guy, if people were really to evaluate their spending habits over a year they'd probably realize they've "wasted" quite a bit. Hell, if you take your gal (or guy) out to a nice dinner and a movie, you'll spend more than that. Yeah, but on a date, I would hope that one would take their gal or guy to a place that doesn't serve cr*p for dinner (and call it "art"), or take them to a movie that isn't Batman vs Superman 2. I would want that date to go WELL, and make sure we both enjoyed ourselves. In other words, I wouldn't spend money that casually
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Post by alanc9 on Mar 4, 2017 16:46:25 GMT
Going way OT, but what beers were those? Brooklyn Black Ops, Glazen Toren Saison D'Erpe-Mere, Ballast Point Victory at Sea, and Maredsous 10. I believe. Thanks. Nice choices. The only one I've ever drunk is the Maredsous 10, though I used to drink the Black Ops predecessor back when I hung out at the brewery.
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Post by fade9wayz on Mar 4, 2017 18:19:01 GMT
It's all good know, no worries. I got concerned because multiplayer was my safety net. That even if the story sucks (unlikely) that I will still have multiplayer. I hadn't had to consider if this game was worth the risk in pre-ordering because of my belief in that. I want to get my hands on this game and the fact that my safety net was showing fraying caused concern. A completely reasonable reaction. I'm getting early access and will use it almost exclusively for MP. Myself and others will upload lots of gameplay footage and you'll be able to judge for yourself. Since I'm a kraut, if my games with any of the burgers turn out to be total lag fests, then you'll know there's a problem. Enough time to cancel your preorder, fly to Montreal and take a shit on Bioware's doorstep. I sunk over 1000 hours into ME3 and that game had lots of issues. The only other game I spent that much time on is Mountain Blade. I definitely got more than my money's worth with those games and if Andromeda multiplayer is just nearly as good as ME3 multiplayer, then I'll be a smug alien pepe. I thought it was 10 hours of single-player only. Is it confirmed we'll have access to MP too? That might make me re-evaluate my position on that early access thingy.
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Post by Cirvante on Mar 4, 2017 18:52:34 GMT
I thought it was 10 hours of single-player only. Is it confirmed we'll have access to MP too? That might make me re-evaluate my position on that early access thingy. Early access is for both SP and MP.
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Post by SalMasRac on Mar 4, 2017 19:11:40 GMT
what i want is a phenomenal single player game. My primary goal. Totally agree. I might, might, dabble in multiplayer with the other "I suck at multiplayer" players. But I'm still on the fence about it. So SP and story are the most important things about the game to me, and I think we'll be just fine there. If you've got around 2600 hours with nothing better to do, look me up sometime
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Post by SalMasRac on Mar 4, 2017 19:12:46 GMT
While I don't agree with that guy, if people were really to evaluate their spending habits over a year they'd probably realize they've "wasted" quite a bit. Hell, if you take your gal (or guy) out to a nice dinner and a movie, you'll spend more than that. Yeah, but on a date, I would hope that one would take their gal or guy to a place that doesn't serve cr*p for dinner (and call it "art"), or take them to a movie that isn't Batman vs Superman 2. I would want that date to go WELL, and make sure we both enjoyed ourselves. In other words, I wouldn't spend money that casually If I was going to take someone on a date now, it would probably be Lego Batman
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Post by Rivercurse on Mar 4, 2017 20:27:48 GMT
Does anyone even know for sure that you're going to be able to load up the early access and start playing MP? I just assumed that you'd have to reach point X in the story before that even became an option.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 20:37:35 GMT
Does anyone even know for sure that you're going to be able to load up the early access and start playing MP? I just assumed that you'd have to reach point X in the story before that even became an option. Pretty confident Multiplayer will be accessible from the Main Menu. I'll tweet them to confirm it for ya.
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Post by pantherdane on Mar 4, 2017 20:41:23 GMT
I look at this with the assumption that ME3 worked out all the bugs with its MP. If this game runs like ME3 multiplayer, then why would you even think there will be a problem with their network? New engine doesn't mean extreme changes in its MP footprint. If the data flow to and from your gaming rig (PC or console) is not insanely higher than ME3 MP, then there will be no problem.
Yes, this is a chicken little thread and too many people are panicking and running around scared. OMFG, just play it for 10 free hours as of the 16th and see.
I am gonna play it on the 16th and let my progress roll over into my preordered Super Deluxe Edition. I will play SP and MP. Yay for me. I aint scared. Ready to roll out.
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Post by Rivercurse on Mar 4, 2017 20:42:39 GMT
Does anyone even know for sure that you're going to be able to load up the early access and start playing MP? I just assumed that you'd have to reach point X in the story before that even became an option. Pretty confident Multiplayer will be accessible from the Main Menu. I'll tweet them to confirm it for ya. Thanks, but if you're gonna do that, to confirm; I'm asking if it's accessible from the main menu straight from initial install. Not straight from the main menu when you already have a SP campaign in progress.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 20:46:49 GMT
Pretty confident Multiplayer will be accessible from the Main Menu. I'll tweet them to confirm it for ya. Thanks, but if you're gonna do that, to confirm; I'm asking if it's accessible from the main menu stright from initial install. Not straight from the main menu when you already have a SP campaign in progress. corrected. will post here if he answers
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Post by SalMasRac on Mar 4, 2017 20:51:33 GMT
I look at this with the assumption that ME3 worked out all the bugs with its MP.
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Post by BadgerladDK on Mar 4, 2017 21:15:46 GMT
Thanks, but if you're gonna do that, to confirm; I'm asking if it's accessible from the main menu stright from initial install. Not straight from the main menu when you already have a SP campaign in progress. corrected. will post here if he answers Asked and answered before (but I can't be bothered to source it). You can go straight to mp.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 21:24:39 GMT
corrected. will post here if he answers Asked and answered before (but I can't be bothered to source it). You can go straight to mp. Good. I'll delete the tweets and ask him something else since I got another question request.
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Post by pantherdane on Mar 4, 2017 22:11:49 GMT
I look at this with the assumption that ME3 worked out all the bugs with its MP. lol, okay at least the worst of em
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Post by Muddy Boots on Mar 5, 2017 1:44:34 GMT
Totally agree. I might, might, dabble in multiplayer with the other "I suck at multiplayer" players. But I'm still on the fence about it. So SP and story are the most important things about the game to me, and I think we'll be just fine there. If you've got around 2600 hours with nothing better to do, look me up sometime I'll do that. I've been saying that some time after launch I'm going to start an MP thread for those of us who are a little wary of doing MP because of lack of skill, fear of ridicule, or just shyness. I'm hoping we get a few people to try it together in a non judgmental zone. I think our motto will be something like: "We may fail, but we'll fail together." I and others may never try it again, but we could at least say why we don't want to do it again and know what we're missing.
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