Is it really that bad?

There is tastes and there is technical skill... Wicher 3's faces might be stylized, but they undeniably well done from a technical standpoint. MEA's are not.

I have negative bias now, no way to avoid it if you read these forums or any other social media. But I will not exagerate anything, I will make my own opinion.

If anything, since I now expect something really bad, I could be easily impressed and end up liking it. It's much better this way than walking in expecting the best game ever and being dissapointed and walking out with a bad impression.

I did, I clocked more then 250 hours in TW3... and they are still reasonably well done, considering they are procedurally generated. We also aren't even talking about nameless NPCs here... those are not the issue with MEA either.

I don't think it great in every way, the characters are uninspired and honestly not that different from each other, much of the expository writing and banter is just bad

Minor NPC in TW3 vs Major PC in MEA. 


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I'm currently stunned by Bioware's 2017 technical capacity. 

I'm 4 hours into the game and I think its good. Is the CC and facial expressions bad?...maybe but IMO its not that big of a deal, but for the amount of time they had to make the game and the current tech available, bioware dropped the ball on character animations.

It's pretty obvious some people still hold a grudge towards Bioware. Don't believe the hate, the game is very good.

It's interesting that the people going on about how terrible the game is are the same posters who were pretty much bashing it and expecting it to fail back when we barely knew anything about the game. Make of that what you will.

Is the game perfect? No. The character creator is super limiting, though you can make a good looking character in very little time. That would be my one big gripe. And the lack of manual saves during the prologue. Maybe it's not so bad later? They should fix it, all the same. All my other criticisms are minor nitpicks, really. Areas where things can improve. But I have those for literally every game I've ever played, even my favorite ones. And I'm confident that with the devs being receptive to fan feedback, many of my critiques will be addressed in patches. The facial animation really isn't as bad as people are making it out to be. Some goofy faces here and there, but I can ignore it. The cut-scenes are fantastic otherwise.

That said. I love it so far, and am having a blast playing it. I swore I'd pace myself through the Access trial but am finding it a real challenge. The environments, the characters, the dialogue, the story... There's something about it that reminds me a lot of ME1. The pacing is slower than ME2 and 3, but I appreciate the fact that the plot is taking its time to unfold instead of hitting you with it immediately. There's this sense of tension and mystery. Like, I don't have all the answers, and I'm not sure what'll happen next. The story so far might not be the most original, but to me it's all about the experience. And I like it. As I said, reminds me of ME1. Except the squad and my character have a lot more to say - they feel like real people reacting to the events instead of silent bodies moving through the game.

As for the DAI comparisons - yeah, the environments, maybe? But I already feel like they're more interesting and there's more to find. And there's all that squad banter to keep you entertained as you're wandering around. And the resource gathering doesn't feel grind-y to me. Not yet anyway. Seems there's lots of avenues to get the stuff you need, so you don't have to waste your time doing that one thing you hate if you don't want to.

Mass Effect Andromeda is just as obviously and completely terrible in all respects as JJ Abrams Star Trek and Star Wars films.

Anyone who likes anything about any of them is a terrible, mindless fanboi who completely fails to understand what makes the originals perfect masterpieces.  Its utterly disgusting that completely original examples of sophisticated high art are being succeded by dumbed-down pop culture pieces aimed at seducing a mass audience with low-brow concerns like "fun" and "entertainment".

It's dumbed down yet it is deeper in RPG elements than the last two games and maybe even the first. That doesn't make much sense.

OP, it's not that bad: in fact I find it rather great.

Play it yourself, then make up your mind: don't let the naysayers mess with you, you might be like me! (aka really dig the game).




Edit: just realised you were being sarcastic *redact hate* lol.

Yet again, I have forgotten that Internet + Sarcasm is always a bad idea.

I was trying to be humorous.