Zelda's reviews impacting ME:A?

Except that this NEVER HAPPENED. Bioware never replicated anything like the Fallout 4 marketing campaign and never will with 2 weeks left till Andromeda's release.

Bethesda made a half an hour demo of everything, from character creator, exploration, combat, crafting etc. 6 months before release. Half a year before Andromeda release we got 5 minute microscopic gameplay at PS4 Pro event. To this day, Bioware did not show charater creator, crafting etc. Everything they're showing is coming incredibly late, months later than Fallout 4's reveal and in tiny drips split across multiple short videos. The only long gameplay footage released was a crappy section done by outside company IGN.

This isn't comparable in any form fashion regardless what Aaryn said.

Flynn never stated BioWare would copy Bethesda's approach to the letter. He merely stated he wanted to not release a ton of information about MEA until it was almost released. That is entirely true and BioWare has followed that approach for the last six months. We'll see just how successful it was once MEA is actually released and we see the initial sales.

Do you want to know why MEA's marketing is so different? Blame DAI for this:



In case you don't know the story, BioWare showed off a version of Crestwood and the Western Approach that were not in the official launch. This resulted in a large backlash from fans because the cut content (physics were scaled back and the keep system was entirely removed) was incredibly well-received. Unfortunately, it never made it into the game and didn't do BioWare any favors. The largest reason a lot of these features were removed is because they were not possible on the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game. Really, last gen hardware killed DAI's full potential.

Thus, BioWare decided they didn't want to talk about their games a year or so in advance of their release. They didn't want to make promises about content or features they could not keep, which is why they've been radio silent for much of these last five years. Aaryn Flynn even stated that he liked how Bethesda Game Studios handled the marketing for Fallout 4. Nobody knew about the game (there were a few leaks) until E3 2015 when it was revealed by Todd Howard. The game released five months later and it paid off as Fallout 4 had some of the biggest initial sales of any game ever.

This is what BioWare is trying to replicate with Mass Effect Andromeda. It's completely deliberate and hopefully it pays off.

That doesn't make sense either because again, Bethesda showed all main gameplay mechanics right outta the gate.

i get triggered seeing this video with that wondrous wind blowing the grass physics that never made it to the final game.

zelda is lame and boring. Sorry if im not childish enough to enjoy this series.

zelda is lame and boring. Sorry if im not childish enough to enjoy this series.

It's not Zelda's reviews (which imo are highly exaggerated cos, well, it's a Zelda/Nintendo game) that are going to impact ME:A, it's the quality of the game itself. If it's a better game then ofc it's going to win awards over Andromeda. It's not going to affect ME:A's sales or ratings though, so who cares?

You should have bought BotW on your Wii U and then given me your Switch! I have the game coming tomorrow but I don't have a console to play it on! Help a Zelda fan out!