'I dislike or hate the game' (General feedback)

To be truthful, the only reason I really remember ME1 is because of my most recent play through getting ready for MEA. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't remember it very well because it's a meh game for me. It is ranked last on my list. Hell, I hardly remember much about the MET besides my bromance with Garrus, romance with Tali, and Mordins death. Over all, I say MEA is on the same level as the trilogy for the most part. Only reason I remember ME3 better is because of the awesome citadel scene and Mordins note when you wake up. Also the MP.

This is what you get when you hand the IP over to the B team.

Is that really an excuse though? Especially when dev groups grow and expand? Not to mention they could pay for a B team to be just as good as their A team.  I find blaming it being a "B team" thing is just as bad as people saying "what do you expect when this isn't old bioware". It's simple, if your top notch writer leaves, look for the next best thing rather than finding someone off the street.

to be honest for Montreal being so new and inexperienced this game isn't necessarily that bad if you take that into consideration. Doesn't change the fact that it's a mediocre game, but given time I think they could be the new bioware.

I can (and do) still go back and play ME1 today and have a blast. So the insinuation that 'nostalgia' is the only reason people like ME1 is, well, silly.

Is MEA a good game? Yeah, its good. The combat is the best part of it, its smooth and refined. Thing is, that isn't really what I am looking for in a BW game. I can get that just about anywhere done much better by shooter games designed to be nothing but a shooter. What really gets me into a BW games is the story. MEA's story is, adequate. It is a pretty typical beat the bad guys scenario. It just didn't grip me the way ME1's does.

As far as liking ME1 only because the rest of the OT built upon it? Well I hated ME2 because it was basically 'Michael Bay in space' and barely followed on any the foundations established by ME1 at all and that cut pretty much all my emotional attachment for ME3 which was only good because of the Citadel DLC. So no, I can make a pretty decent apples to apples comparison between ME1 and MEA.

Lots of good posts in this thread explaining it better than I. MEA is good, and maybe if the next game follows up on it better than ME2 did for ME1 I'll even grow to like the Andromeda series more than the OT overall. On a game by game basis though ME1 is still the best for me.

I think that if this were a new and inexperienced studio we'd be going "Yeah it has flaws, but it's a pretty decent start for them" with the expectation that they're going to get much better the second time around now that they know what they're doing.

However they put BioWare's name on it and used the Mass Effect franchise. That carries certain expectations with it, regardless of which team you're using.

So I think in this particular case saying "It's the b team" isn't much of an excuse.

This really annoyed me about the Kett. It's probably the most memorable thing about them, to be honest. How almost every significant Kett figure uses the exact same enemy model and attack pattern in combat.

After being frustrated with the lackluster gameplay boggled down with an excess of silly features, I took a 1 week break.

I still don't miss the game after being away from it.  There's no urge to insert the disc and start playing again.  IT feels like the Mass Effect version of Assassin's Creed 3 & Unity.

For those people who got rid of their MEA what path did you take?

Sell it for cash?

Trade it in?

Give it to someone IRL?

Give it to someone on this forum?

Break it out of anger?

Yeah, this thread will go someplace good.

Yawn

OP do you want some cheese to go with your whine?

Try reading it.

You'll learn something.