FireAndBlood
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Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Mass Effect Andromeda
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Post by FireAndBlood on Mar 20, 2017 19:37:24 GMT
I got the game a day early for my PS4 Pro, I recruited Jaal and reached the ice planet but I'm not seeing any major bugs! Is it only the PC versions that are buggy or are the bugs also affecting the X1 and regular PS4 versions?
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Post by Delicieuxz on Mar 20, 2017 21:59:40 GMT
I played the game for around two hours. First thing, is that the character-creation options are lacking: - Eye-shapes are particular to a head template - Eyebrows are particular to a head template
Why can't I use the default faces, and modify them? They're the closest thing to normal faces out of all the options.
Enemies are too bullet-spongish, IMO. They don't show any visible reaction to being shot, until they're dead. It makes the combat feel a bit stiff.
There needs to be a HUD transparency setting in the options menu. The HUD is at 100% visibility, is visually noisy, and takes up a lot of space, and is too distracting. I'd like to be able to fade it out a bit, to make the world more the focus, and also be able to see the world through the HUD a bit.
The borders on the HUD elements, including the crosshair, are too strong. It makes them contrast with the world and the sense of immersion too much.
So, that's what I have to give as feedback, so far. I'm waiting for a bit before I continue playing the game. I hope that some of these things will be addressed by then, such as a HUD transparency setting, and also better character-creation options.
With some work, I think that BW can turn a lot of the negative impressions of the game around, and I hope that they are able to do the things that will accomplish that. Good luck, BW!
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 20, 2017 23:43:13 GMT
Played the game for a few hours once I saw the timer when it unlocks officially at my location; SP. I went for MP mostly during the trial. I threw sympathetic $ at Bioware because I felt sorry for them. After five years and all the jazz, they flunk at something they were well known for. A shock after the lively dialogues and expressive chars of DAI.
The MEA nav points is confusing ; they persist in floating at the top of the screen. I enabled subtitles because I want to focus my eyes on something else than marble clown faces / eyes. This is especially sad since immersion / reacting / empathy to chars always comes from visual / audio contact. Now I get text contact. Much empathy? No. I get no good vibes out of the chars; humdum, no one interesting.
So far combat is fine. Game world is wonderfully created. Those are the only good stuff I can say so far. Will see as I progress further; if I'm not put off.
MP - No biotic booms. What happened? I can't even tell if there're successful combos any more. No cover melee. They took out two fun aspects of the MP.
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Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect Andromeda
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Post by DoctorFox on Mar 21, 2017 1:53:17 GMT
My biggest gripe so far is with the Character Creator. There is no option to flick through different types of eyebrows and different types of eyes or mouths or noses. Each one of those is tied to 1 of each preset character and cannot be picked independently. Many of us want to be able to pick eyes from one preset character, a nose from another preset character and eyebrows from another preset character and lay them down on a blank canvas to form a good looking face.
Also, why do all 3 caucasian male preset characters have weird bumps or wrinkles? If i want to make a caucasian male character with unblemished skin i am forced to pick an Asian or Black preset character and make him paler. Put simply, i'm a caucasian guy with unblemished skin - i just wanna make my character look like me to add to the immersion. I did this with Mass Effect 1,2 and 3. Why did the Character Creator receive such a huge downgrade for ME:A?
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Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquistion, Mass Effect Andromeda
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Post by qunaripenis on Mar 21, 2017 5:19:00 GMT
The lack of quicksave or any other type of save during a mission is deeply and utterly frustrating. getting killed over and over again is one thing, having to do everything from the beginning again is just absolutely infuriating.
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Post by duckley on Mar 22, 2017 1:53:40 GMT
Ouch.. I have to say I am shocked at how poor the animation is. I thought people were just being hypercritical/sensitive but now that I have actually seen it I am totally gobsmacked....sorry Bioware, I love you, but I have to admit this is shocking
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Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Jade Empire, Mass Effect Andromeda
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Post by _Wolf Rider_ on Mar 22, 2017 2:20:27 GMT
I really am hating that your not able to save while on a mission, getting killed
while your half way through and restarting at the very beginning is a pain in ass.
- Wolf
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Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquistion
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Post by SilJeff on Mar 22, 2017 2:38:22 GMT
Mass Effect Archives' soundtrack download for Deluxe Editions does not work. Tried signing in and out on both the game and the site. Tried contacting EA Help for 3 hours, nothing.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Apr 1, 2017 0:00:51 GMT
The little piece of hair that was randomly left on male Ryder's otherwise shaved sides bug the hell out of me. It looks like he cut his own hair and missed a spot.
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