IGN Video: Mass Effect Andromeda: A Tour of the Nexus

You see.....that isn't Uncharted 4 good but that is more than acceptable. What happened in the video. Was that just a really early beta version of the game? 

Not for me. Personally, I find that facial animations help bring a character to life and visually evoke what exactly they are feeling thus adding more immersion.
What is shown above looks like absolutely no effort was put into it and makes the character look like they lack a soul (emotion, life, etc.).

Honestly at this point my main annoyance is how we get a video of the Nexus and 90% of the comments are about not liking the facial animations...which are the same comments that got made on the 13 minute intro video....and the briefings...and so on so forth. Could we maybe talk about other stuff? We get it, sub par facial animations, well done, have a cookie for noticing.

ID much rather discuss how interesting it is seeing Angara on the Nexus, learning about the Milky Way species. I cant wait to chat with them about Earth and whatnot. Im also curious as to what Angara ships look like

Sorry, internet hate is getting to me. But yeah it is interesting seeing Angara on the ship, wonder what influence they have. 

Oh come on, proper animation is very important to convey the emotional impact of a scene, and as such can be very, very important especially to a story-heavy game like Mass Effect. How can you feel emotional when the character was saying "Get out there Pathfinder, we are dying!" but her face was saying "Look at my eyes as I eat your soul to oblivion!"

Like, what is that face, come on man, don't defend it. It's bad. Even Ryder's face during that scene was also bad.

I don't know, animations don't bother me at all, but those eyes :D8: They are so lifeless and ... textureless
How come they look worse then in previous ME games? Even in DAI eyes looked so much better:

 And I think they look worse then in that old trailer with Peebee:

Seriously...... I'll admit to being a little put off by some of the facial animations, but the environments in this game look absolutely gorgeous. I thought graphics don't make the game. Which is something I often read from gamers on the internet? Some people (on other sites I've been in) are already declaring this to be a trainwreck of a game based on the animations alone! Ugh!

look I'm all for being a...critical viewer, for all that my views skew to actual content and not the look of it, but sweet godallahbuddha above, the horse is dead. the horse is nothing but pulp. actually, it's ceased to exist, fled the physical plane and become only a thought, a ghost that haunts me while I sleep, neighing and wailing and stomping on any thought or feeling or passing curiosity that isn't 'BUT THE ANIMATIONS ARE SO AWFUL'.

okay. I'm good. whatever. y'all do you.

hype. hype. I can find some. I was excited earlier.

the nexus doesn't look anywhere near that big. naw. like. 1/8 maybe? 1/6 at most? I really wouldn't go so far as 1/4.

the crafting system looks crazy complicated and huge, but heat seeking sniper rifle. that sounds fantastic and I need six of them. which I can do, god bless.

Snooping around in dadryder's room is hilarious. it's kind of boring, but he's kind of a douche, so. a douche with an interest in history? got my attention there anyhow. dadryder douche the shepcrew stan. that feels... :oki: well, it feels SOMETHING. dramatic, no doubt.

the little nods make ME smile, anyhow.

alright, I can admit -- this one wasn't QUITE as exciting as some of the others, but. interesting NPCs! that turian is shiny. super shiny. and that krogan is curious.

They look like they're locked in a thousand yard stare.

Agreed. If we can mod the game, it would be the first mod I install. Eye texture is weird.