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Post by Andrew Lucas on Mar 21, 2017 12:19:20 GMT
Yeah, because wanting something to fail is just as justified as wanting something to succeed, same level, and those 10s are from people that want to fight back the hyperbolic and nonsensical 0s, but their efforts will be overwhelmed, eventually. But sure, you clearly haven't made up your mind about the game before playing it. /s Scores shouldn't be about wanting a game to fail or succeed. If this is your mindset, you only have yourself and people like you to blame. And yes, I still haven't played ME:A, but that doesn't matter since I'm not giving out score. I merely said what my opinion is based on the footage I've seen so far. There are some good elements, chiefly gameplay that looks good for an ME title, and nice environments. Aside from these things, the quality seems all over the place. Ideally, fanaticism shouldn't be a part of this. You shouldn't give ME:A a low score because of a grudge, and you shouldn't give it a high score because you desperately need to defend BW. And they're not, but user scores are like that. I didn't ever use that site for that. People vote with their heart instead of with their mind. And it's also not about defending Bioware, but people sticking up their that the game is enjoyable since they're playing it. Who on Earth would say vote positively towards something they never touched? Can't say the same about the people that as soon as the game is released, are already giving it 0s with "reviews" with little to no logic behind them.
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Post by The Biotic Trebuchet on Mar 21, 2017 12:21:14 GMT
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Post by blueasari on Mar 21, 2017 12:22:50 GMT
Hardly baseless, there are quite more than a "few" as you call it, from the comments/reviews on metacrtic to see this. There are also quite a few tireless defenders of BW that dismiss any criticism no matter how fair and honest. My point is that in comparison to the size of the entire ME consumer base, both these groups are still the few. I have not doubt there is, but I would guarantee there are more on the other side. Might as well leave it there, agree to disagree.
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Post by zipzap2000 on Mar 21, 2017 12:31:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 12:45:04 GMT
It's looking to be the lowest rated ME game by the "critics" to this date unless a lot of high scores start rolling in... I am shocked that Mass Effect 3 is rated so high, but that doesn't take away that Andromeda is an unfinished game and has tons of issues. It doesn't deserve more than it got. I still have fun with the game, but its a guilty pleasure at this point. At least you're still having fun so far, that's something. I think I'm going to hold off.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Mar 21, 2017 12:48:24 GMT
lol @ user score
Look at these golden nuggets. I don't see an agenda here. Do you?
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SJWs manage to ruin another excellent saga, good job. Facial animations are reaaaaallly bad, like PS1 tier era or even worse. I wonder when EA will be satisfied.
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muh transexuals
muh pandering
muh F.AGS
muh progressive ideals
muh dy.kes
muh mentally ill shemales
muh **** writing
muh fetch quests
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Yet another game where the liberals ruined their game with an agenda. Bioware decided to hire transexuals, feminists and racists in the design team. Not artists or people based on skill. The animations and models where designed by a women. This is not the same team that worked on mass effect 1,2 and 3. This is a new studio that had an agenda and implemented into the game.
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not only did they ruin everything in this game, including facial animations, but the dialogues, the poor voice-acting. The constant pandering to minorities, lefties, SJW, liberals, lesbian and trans.
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Post by spikeydale on Mar 21, 2017 12:52:19 GMT
Its up to 4.3 now, but I cant take it seriously. Ive just seen a comment by a user that gave it a one...and one of the reasons is as follows
This game realistically deserves about a 6 but you have all these EA paid reviews giving it 10's so we need to balance the score out.
That has just taught me within a matter of seconds not to trust that stupid site.
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Post by zipzap2000 on Mar 21, 2017 12:53:54 GMT
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Post by degs29 on Mar 21, 2017 12:57:58 GMT
I'm thinking 80-84, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's 75-79. More difficult would be predicting the user's metascore. Probably in the 50s. Maybe 40s. At worst it'll go in the 60, if there aren't any platform specific problems. Even DAI got 70 on PS4 as used score. So, uh, we're at 38. Even my pessimistic 40s wasn't pessimistic enough. Obviously I underestimated the sheer vitriol of Bioware "fans"! lol Fucking 38, that's ridiculous.
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Post by smudgedhorizon on Mar 21, 2017 12:59:06 GMT
Fact is that it's a good game, with some imperfections. Anyone who rates it at less than a 5 or 6 is blatantly a giant troll. For all it's flaws the combat is the best in the series, and the environments are stunning. It is vast in content and scope and while some parts miss the mark, on the whole there is a lot there to praise and to enjoy.
All 0/10 reviews on metacritic should be removed for unnecessary trolling, and people who go out of their way to rate it Zero and spew hatred at it (or any game, or developer of said game for that matter!) need to take a long hard look at their lives. Pathetic. 👎🏻
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Mar 21, 2017 13:01:56 GMT
Fact is that it's a good game, with some imperfections. Anyone who rates it at less than a 5 or 6 is blatantly a giant troll. For all it's flaws the combat is the best in the series, and the environments are stunning. It is vast in content and scope and while some parts miss the mark, on the whole there is a lot there to praise and to enjoy. All 0/10 reviews on metacritic should be removed for unnecessary trolling, and people who go out of their way to rate it Zero and spew hatred at it (or any game, or developer of said game for that matter!) need to take a long hard look at their lives. Pathetic. 👎🏻 Agreed. Mixed is understandable but outright negative shows clear bias. Most of the 0's come from people who either have an "anti-SJW" agenda (seriously like 10 mention trans when they don't even exist in the game) or don't even provide a convincing reason for why they gave it a 0 (a few literally boiled down to animation quality).
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Post by warbaby2 on Mar 21, 2017 13:08:57 GMT
True, and it might be well an truly gone soon now... the new IP they are working on is no RPG, and with MEA pushed off to a secondary team, and the future of DA in the air, I don't see the BioWare name be associated with good quality, story driven RP experiences for much longer. Great... that means RPG fans only have Bethesda, CDPR, Obsidian and a couple of other, even smaller companies to look to. At least as far as western developers go. How do you know the new IP will not be an RPG? Aaryn Flynn stated it on a few occasions... my guess, it'll be a multiplayer action game/shooter or - less likely - a MOBA. www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/01/31/biowares-new-ip-isnt-an-rpg.aspx
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Mar 21, 2017 13:11:26 GMT
Fact is that it's a good game, with some imperfections. Anyone who rates it at less than a 5 or 6 is blatantly a giant troll. For all it's flaws the combat is the best in the series, and the environments are stunning. It is vast in content and scope and while some parts miss the mark, on the whole there is a lot there to praise and to enjoy. ... You are likely right about these two things (combat and environments), but ME is a franchise about more than just that, and it seems like the writing and the characters are not a particularly strong point of ME:A. "It seems". You can actually make a pretty fair conclusion regarding the combat and environment just by playing for 5 minutes because what you see is what you get but you can't make a conclusion about the narrative and characters til you finish the actual arcs.
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Post by Andrew Lucas on Mar 21, 2017 13:13:57 GMT
And they're not, but user scores are like that. I didn't ever use that site for that. People vote with their heart instead of with their mind. And it's also not about defending Bioware, but people sticking up their that the game is enjoyable since they're playing it. Who on Earth would say vote positively towards something they never touched? Can't say the same about the people that as soon as the game is released, are already giving it 0s with "reviews" with little to no logic behind them. *shrug* You are looking at user reviews entirely wrong. They are not supposed to be unbiased or entirely logical, rather it's a bias guide if you happen share your particular tastes with other reviews, and also an early warning system for various types of controversy or failings. You are not supposed to take these reviews as they are. Think of them as a mere indication in regards to the opinions "on the street". In some ways I suppose that the Steam system is better, with positive and negative rather than a a point system. Opinion on the street : SJW. Pffffffft.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Mar 21, 2017 13:17:16 GMT
Not people giving the "omg trans" reviews legitimacy because they're opinions.
Yeah there are some that give it a 10, but they're 10's are closer to a fair rating of 6-7 ( C or even D rating) than a 0 which claims the game is overall complete and utter trash undeserving of even an F because transgenders and animations.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Mar 21, 2017 13:24:39 GMT
... Yeah there are some that give it a 10, but they're 10's are closer to a fair rating of 6-7 ... No. That's not how it goes. Neither 10 nor 0 are "fair". I didn't even say that. Point is, even if you gave the game an abysmal D that's a rating of 6. At least you acknowledge that some effort was made and it was made. Combat is universally praised. Environments look good. Those constitute most of gameplay. People giving it 0 aren't even recognizing any of that. It's pathetic. Maybe not a 10 but a 0 is just downright absurd from any objective standpoint.
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Post by zipzap2000 on Mar 21, 2017 13:29:07 GMT
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Post by NUM13ER on Mar 21, 2017 13:30:42 GMT
This only demonstrates how utterly broken and petty user reviews are. They are now just another forum to vent disappointment and jump on a bandwagon. Nothing approaching an attempt to offer a score with any sense of perspective.
The games an average experience by all accounts, disappointing yes but not horrendous, however according to user reviews it's one of the worst AAA games in decades.
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Post by n7rhysj on Mar 21, 2017 13:31:03 GMT
Is that because of bugs of you don't get along with the writing I'm on xbox one and it seems like ps4 has more issues !
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Post by jimusmc on Mar 21, 2017 13:34:09 GMT
PC version is fantastic. 8.5/10
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Post by zipzap2000 on Mar 21, 2017 13:36:15 GMT
Is that because of bugs of you don't get along with the writing I'm on xbox one and it seems like ps4 has more issues ! Anything with this many 0's is being bombed by trolls. The proper score should probably be 6-7 either way. Twitters big gripe appears to be animations I see writing mentioned on the BSN. On metacritic its everything from the above, to quite literally "a women(sic) made this game." Edit: 3.8
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Post by Blackheart on Mar 21, 2017 13:41:20 GMT
No. That's not how it goes. Neither 10 nor 0 are "fair". I didn't even say that. Point is, even if you gave the game an abysmal D that's a rating of 6. At least you acknowledge that some effort was made and it was made. Combat is universally praised. Environments look good. Those constitute most of gameplay. People giving it 0 aren't even recognizing any of that. It's pathetic. Maybe not a 10 but a 0 is just downright absurd from any objective standpoint. I'm not trying to support people giving zeros, but you could look it this way: Let's say for someone, the only good thing about the game is combat, but all the rest is absolute shit. The game is such a trash, that he can't even force himself to play through it, just to enjoy the one aspect he loves about it. The cons heavily outweights the pros, thus making it impossible to even play a game and enjoy any of it. So, since the whole game is ruined for it, it deserves zero. So, it depends from what standpoint palyers are judging the game. Some may just the amount of game that is good or bad, some may judge the general and whole experience they had, so if absolute majority of game is shit, it's easy to ruin the whole thing and can even trash the few little things you liked.
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Post by simsimillia on Mar 21, 2017 13:42:15 GMT
Many of the bad User Reviews are along the lines of "SJW's ruining yet another game".
The 10s on the other hand seem to be there to spite the 0s
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