What Did You Do Today in Andromeda

This is probably the best idea. I’d have to sideline my obsessive, completionist habits, but I could do that. 4 out of 19 (15 + 4 unfinished) is over a 20% bug-rate. Waiting would be smart.

dazk, I can’t truly watch at the moment, but it looks like footage from the November 2016 gameplay demo video. Some minor things changed, but most is recognizable as being present in the released game.

Listening to Youtube clickabait? Dazk I'm shocked!

LOL is it? I thought it was a fair assessment in terms of it not always being "EA's" fault but there were a few gaps in it. 

I did the Alpha testing and the VIP Demo for Anthem and decided then I wasn't going to buy it, you could see the issues in terms of repetitiveness of missions, crap loot, lack of variety of enemies and a very empty world. That's not to mention the over hyping of story, etc. And that's not to mention the tech issues and lack of functionality needed in a co-op game in particular comm's wise.

It's a shame because you can see the potential and for a game that was in development for 6 years it really is a poor indictment that they haven't delivered a completed game and that is has so many issue. Don't get me wrong I am a huge Bioware fan and wanted Anthem to be a success and to play it, but I have said before in that six years and with the extra resources not making Anthem would have made available can you imagine how good MEA could have been? Also we'd probably be looking at DA4 being finished soon.

So from a strategic perspective I think Bioware may have made a bad decision to try and make a game in a different genre. I hope they get  the support they need to make Anthem great but EA's track record on games that don't sell well at release is pretty consistent, unfortunately. 

That's good, am yet to see figures. Has someone released actual numbers of physical sales, last I heard in the UK in its first week it sold half of what MEA did in terms of physical sales. 

Not all criticism is clickbait, even with a thumbnail like that one. If it’s the guy I think it is, his videos are always pretty solid, if a little overly verbose.

So today I finally finished the last bits of this completionist Mass Effect playthrough.

Yesterdy I already did some small bits at Kadara.
Ryder almost found Pebee's last bit of remtech. They had to buy that stuff from a krogan later on. Then they climbed onto some rock with Vetra, and after that arrested Dr. Aden -the salarian traitor. He also got into a barfight with Drack while poc got stolen from the ship.

Today the tempest crew finally had their movie night. Ryder also got to play 'Fire breathing Thresher Maws of Doom' with Drack, Kesh, and Vorn. Both are just fun (though the latter would be better one could actually see some of it, and not just hear Drack's description).
Ryder then went back to Elaaden, to find Poc. In search for some remnant manufacturing piece, Pebee later ejected the Tempest's escape pod with Ryder and Vetra on it. After hopping around the Volcano they landed on for some time, Kalinda showed up and actually beat them racing into the remnant structure. Ryder and team (mostly Vetra) gunned dozens of Kalinda's minions, and some remnant bots, on their own way into the remnant manufacturing facility.
You'd think that some of these outlaws would know better than to attack the pathfinder team, after that already taking out several heavily fortified Kett-facilities on their own.
After most of Kalinda's people were defeated, she and Pebee tried to actually grap the piece of remtech located on another platform swimming on the lava. However the platform began to rock and pitch, almost throwing Kalinda into the lava. She managed to hold onto the edge of the platform though. Pebee meanwhile had gotten to the remtech ball-thingy. The rocking swept her off her feet, and she lost it again. The ball thingy began rolling into the lava, while Pebee rushed to saved Kalinda's life.
It turned out to be kind kind of lucky for the team that Kalinda showed up, as they barely escaped the erupting volcano in Kalinda's shuttles.

This playthrough of the trilogy and andromeada was the one that took the longest time-span to complete. I know I ended the ME1 campaing in end May 2018, so I started it likely in April. That's almost 11 months needed for around 260 hours of gameplay!

It’s always interesting to read/hear how others play. I always do 100% completionist PTs. Maybe it’s a character flaw or a mental condition. 😖

ME1 generally takes me about 27 hours. That includes BDtS.
ME2 generally takes about 34 hours, every DLC included.
ME3 generally takes about 36 hours, if I recall correctly. Again, all DLC included.
MEA generally takes me about 55 hours in NG+. It’s slightly longer for a new game. My first PT was over 100 hours, which now seems insane.

I’ve played these games so many times that I can just fly through the content. (Especially the trilogy.) I never skip dialogue, always talk to my crew, etc... I sure hope we haven’t seen the last of Mass Effect.

So this is the last couple of days including today. Finished most of Eos, eliminated Kett Outpost, Killed the Architect got most sidequests knocked out. Then went to Havarl, found Turian survivors, saved some scientists, found a reincarnated Angara and saved the planet improving relations with the Angara. Helped some scientists on Havarl with mutations and gave an inspired message to Addison.
Did meetups on Tempest and back to Havarl for trying to find Akksul. Next will be back to Podromos to find out about Asari Ark.

I certainly hope not as well.