Rock, Paper, Shotgun critical Preview and Skill Up response

You know you can only play for 10 hours and the story isn't completable, right?

But... didn't this article imply the exact opposite? That the opening feels rushed and within a hour your character is the chosen one, same as in DAI? Inquisition had a TERRIBLE rushed opening. So did ME3 for that matter.

I WISH Bioware would take their time to set the mood. What I wanted for Andromeda was a 10min cutscene that shows the crew part with their old lives. See them say goodbye to loved ones. Or depart without a send-off, depending on their background. I wanted to see and FEEL what it's like embarking on a one way trip into the unknown. See how they enter into cryosleep. All done in cinematic atmospheric cutscenes. Then they wake up to a crash situation. I would have liked to spend maybe 5 hours just trying to survive this crash on a hostile planet. Tend to the wounded, trying to find food. SLOWLY Ryder could have grown into an authority figure...

I don't even understand why people would be in awe of a pathfinder. I mean, it's just a job. One they trained for, no? A pathfinder is not like a Spectre. In DAI they at least had a good narrative going with the religious theme, even if it was rushed as hell and cringe-worthy as a result. But overall it was one of the better contemplations of religion and why we all need saviors to believe in.

Both DAI and Witcher 3 took some time to get into. Say, 5-10 hours. DAI didn't grab me initially because of the poor intro. But then I had a really good time despite the dull sidequests and lack of actual cities. Witcher 3 left me a bit stranded, lacking clear focus until the Bloody Baron stuff. I was running through farmland, not really intrigued by it. I didn't even know what was main story stuff! I was under-leveled for everything. The beginning could definitely been done better. But then it got sooooo good.

I COULD be like this in MEA too. But too much looks plain terrible that I'm resigned to it being not just mediocre but embarrassingly shallow.

Seriously
A Krogan saying gotta take out the trash is considered bad writing? What? And how is that Angara quote bland?

Since we already linked a few previews here, i'll toss in the PC gamer one aswell. That one has me the most worried - www.pcgamer.com/we-have-mixed-feelings-about-the-first-few-hours-of-mass-effect-andromeda/

They pretty much all agree the first few hours are pretty bland, but the guy that played further than that likes it a lot more than the others. So we'll see.

Sounds like DAI all over again unfortunately.

It's baffling they didn't learn the first time.

From :  www.pcgamer.com/we-have-mixed-feelings-about-the-first-few-hours-of-mass-effect-andromeda/

Tim Clark:  Wait until you hear some of the writing, which is regularly straight up asinine. At one point I ran a group of Kett over in the Nomad and Ryder shouted out triumphantly: “Speedbump!” Ugh, ugh, ugh.

Huh, how's that list of shows treating you?  Well, I assume.