Anyone w/ Early Access going to wait till the 21st?

If possible I'll try to restrict myself to the 17th or 18th rather than the 15th to play early access so I won't have to wait as long for the release on the 20th.

Oh do you have to pay for it? I thought it was a perk of pre-ordering for the PC.

Oh so if I wanted to, it was just cost me $5 for a month, then could cancel after the 10 hours?

You could cancel immediately after paying for Origin/EA Access for that month. You'll have access and then it will expire automatically once your month is up.

Ty all, I'm up to speed.

I'm still really torn As I've said, I've played the ME trilogy on my 360 over the years. I'm used to the 30fps ME look - kinda cinematic, u know?

My PC probably could handle 'high' settings at 2560x1600 - probably. But, 60fps on an ME game seems strange to me, though I have plenty of games (Witcher 3, DA:I, SWTOR, etc) that I play at 60fps. I've watched some of the new ME videos at 60fps and I'm like, "that's not Mass Effect." It's very bizarre. Also, my xbx1 is on my TV (42") and my monitor is 30". I still haven't pre-ordered cause I'm not sure how I want my first ME:A experience to go. I also have a PS4 (and new Switch) - I'm an enthusiast LOL.

Any reccomendations on how to proceed? I know the PS4 looks better than the XB1 version, but, I prefer 360 controllers to PS-style. I mean, I could use a 360-type controller on PC and limit FPS to 30 - but is that super dumb?

First world problems...

I ordered MEA with the 7 day free trial for Origin Access.  I think the discount still applies if I cancel.  Even if I don't, it's still cheaper to pay a month's sub and get the discount.

Are you a troll?  The console versions will be 30 fps, not 15.

I'm in a similar boat... I leave for 7 days on a work trip on the 26th, so that leaves only a few days to play it. And they are work days, so not much time at all... that trip is such bad timing! I have a gaming laptop I could bring, but it's not good enough according to minimum requirements. Gotta be home and play on the desktop >< Oh well, maybe they'll have patched a few bugs by the time I get back.

Yeah - I have an effing paper hand in on 23rd and I'm in the UK, so that's the day of release.  I'm going to be so bloody busy with assessment stuff after that - not pleased.  So the 10 hours is a bit of a pre-paper treat and compensation.

Oh. Hell. No.

Have the inlaws coming up the 17th. I drop them all at the airport 7am the 18th, and then I'm in Andromeda heaven for the next 7 days. 5 hours a day over the weekend, VPN Monday, then all power to the engines.

5 frames per second!? That's crazy!!!! That's false advertising too.  I'm boycotting this game for sure.