Will mods save this game?

To be fair, that's what I would have done no matter what - I hate helmets popping on and off on a moments notice, doesn't make much sense to me.

Who plays FO for the dialogue anyway?

Maybe we need a helmet ALWAYS on mod then (even in the bedroom). Roleplaying Ryder as The Mask in Space.

One of my best friends in high school was a somewhat ugly-ish girl. Never occurred to me to mod her into something more pleasing.

The problem (in my view) isn't that characters are ugly, but that they are unnatural, especially the eyes. At least with regards to Andromeda.

Nothing to "save". Most of the actual gamers who've played it enjoyed it.

I'm one...I really enjoyed the 10 hour trial.  There are also multiple polls where overwhelming amounts of actual gamers enjoyed it.  Here are a few:

bsn.boards.net/thread/5598/light-mixed-reviews-order-cancelled
bsn.boards.net/thread/5410/love-hours-mea-early-access
bsn.boards.net/thread/5189/all-players-give-own-score
bsn.boards.net/thread/5459/buying-mass-effect-andromeda

Reviewers want to get views and likes.  They often say what's popular and the internet eats it up.  Right now, it's popular to hate on Andromeda.  Actual gamers though, have nothing to gain from repeating popular opinions.  And actual gamers seem to like the game.

Short version: no

Long version: noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Or maybe those giving it unfavorable reviews just didn't like it?

Opinions from fans who got early access to the game are just as mixed as the reviewers. I doubt most, regardless of where they fall on discussion of the game's quality, are giving anything other than honest feedback.

Who are these "actual gamers?" What exactly constitutes a true gamer? Again, that's the No True Scotsman fallacy.

Based on the polls I've seen and listed, and based on my personal opinion of the trial, gamers seem to enjoy it a lot more than not.  But seeing as how you didn't include the polls when you quoted me, maybe you didn't bother looking at them?

I've also already covered what I think about reviewers vs. actual gamers: reviewers are out to get clicks and likes.  Yes, there may be some honesty to their reviews, but they get paid when people look at their reviews...it's beneficial for them to say controversial yet popular things.  Gamers however, have nothing to gain by saying one thing or another...therefore I typically prefer reviews from actual gamers, not paid reviewers.

Now I'm not saying the game is not without flaws, I'm just saying I feel a lot of the complaints are being blown way out of proportion.  There's also the problem of self-fulfilling prophecies: the popular thing to say right now is Andromeda sucks...people see that and start believing Andromeda sucks before they've even tried it...they try it, and focus on all the negative stuff they've read in reviews and decide that Andromeda does indeed suck.

That's why I'll be happy when the game finally releases so people can stop all the speculating and try the game for themselves before they read too many negative reviews, making them unable to give the game an honest chance.

Here are those polls again btw.  Try looking at them this time.  Seems like gamers, for the most part, like the game:

bsn.boards.net/thread/5598/light-mixed-reviews-order-cancelled
bsn.boards.net/thread/5410/love-hours-mea-early-access
bsn.boards.net/thread/5189/all-players-give-own-score
bsn.boards.net/thread/5459/buying-mass-effect-andromeda

i hope so, but bioware won't release mod tools as good as bethesda's the modding f this game will be very limited and basic

no that you mention faces

sthe male Ryder is xact the same face as the face model but female Ryder is more ugly than the face model, it's not th same face



why would bioware want ugly females?

Ottemis already showed how simple texture edits can improve the eyes. Mods always make a game more enjoyable.

answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NPC-eye-problems-diffuse-and-specular-requiring-fixes/m-p/5934251