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

Felt the EXACT same way.  I can't stand Ryder as a character.  I don't want to agree with / go along with everything, but that's the only way to play Ryder.  Fetch quests are brutal, scanning is incredibly bad - just the amount of busywork in this game... Half the time it feels like actual work.  Go to what planet now?  All the way over there?  Cutscene... Go all the way back?? Cutscene...

I've said it before, but if the main plot was actually any good, I could play through and power on through the game, but it's not... And the awful dialogue seals the deal.

If you can get past not being able to design how Geralt looks (which seems to be the main hangup of nearly everyone who doesn't like TW3 on these boards), you'll love that game.  It's everything that Andromeda fails to be.

Well Geralt is a set, established character.  You don't change his personality (which is just superficial in Andromeda).  You do, however, get to make choices that effect the story and quests in the game.  I'd take that any day over saying "yes" 4 different ways.

Yeah, Geralt was pretty much the same as he was in the books, you could only choose options which suited his already established personality.

Same goes for Ryder unfortunately. The only difference is that you don't know who Ryder is until you see some of the cut-scenes on Tempest- you can't be anything but light-hearted, goofy paragon. Proffesional\Logical answers are kind of a "boring answer" button you can push to get a bit less one liners but you can't make this guy serious. 


 

That's not really what I meant... he has a vast variety of options at his disposal in dialogue, with hugely different outcomes - Ryder does not.  See the above poster for a more accurate analysis.

I think what can sometimes throw people off is the relatively monotone delivery of Geralt's voice actor. It actually reminds me of male Shepard to some degree.

Wow, a 6 year old game is better optimized then a game that came out a week ago... who woulda thunk.

How are those nostalgia goggles working out for ya?

Garrus, Kaiden, Ashley, Tali, Wrex, and Liara were no better in the first game. Wrex, Liara, Tali, and Garrus were basically walking encyclopedias on their respective races. Both Kaiden and Ashley were so bland that the choice on Virmire was like choosing between saving whiny cardboard and racist paper towels. The only reason you were so interested at the time is because it was ALL NEW. These were places and races you'd never seen before, and you were learning about them and their culture. Trust me, Peebee has a lot more personality than ME1 Liara, and more growth as a character.

The difference between the original trilogy and Andromeda squad mates? You had three games to get attached to them. Hundreds of hours of comraderie. You watched Tali go from a young Quarian, to a field commander to an Admiral, and were there every step of the way. You watched and helped Wrex cure his people. You watched Garrus find his own place in the world. You watched (or rather heard about) Liara becoming a badass bitch, though in ME1 she was reaaaaaally annoying, with the constant stutter, the constant "I'm so tired," etc.

I agree about the Angara. I care nothing about them, but not because they were poorly written, or poorly executed, but because there was nothing... Unique about them. They were just "another race". Plus, they're ugly as sin, but don't look badass to compensate. Which, now that I think on it, does lend some credence that they weren't a great concept.

ME1 had a lot of problems, too. Inventory? 8 billion times worse than Andromeda. Choices that really did nothing? Check. Glitches, bugs, etc? Check. I've tried to go back and play ME1, but everything from the character creator, to the inventory, to the combat just makes me go..... "Meh. I'll do the little comic DLC for ME2 instead. I want to romance Tali, anyway."

There's no point in romanticising ME1. As the start to a series, Andromeda is much better. It has a solid combat system, inventory system, etc... And a lot of room to grow. Ryder (both of them) are entertaining and don't feel like cardboard cutouts spouting "I should go" every three minutes. Most of the characters are well done, and I look forward to seeing how they progress. Hell, Liam is 10 times more interesting than Kaiden, and he's arguably the least interesting character in Andromeda.

I'm not saying that Andromeda is flawless, just pointing out that it's easily as good, if not better than ME1.

Two huge contributing factors;

1. Most of the BW people who were around for classic ME are no longer involved with ME
2. EA - they weren't involved with the original game, and they came onboard far too late in the day to ruin ME2

I'd love to have seen what ME3 would have looked like without EA dictating timescales. I'd wager that ME in general would be in a much healthier position right now without them.

Two huge contributing factors;

1. Most of the BW people who were around for classic ME are no longer involved with ME
2. EA - they weren't involved with the original game, and they came onboard far too late in the day to ruin ME2

I'd love to have seen what ME3 would have looked like without EA dictating timescales. I'd wager that ME in general would be in a much healthier position right now without them.

All of this belies the fact that this game is a dumpster fire.

If you continue bitching, it will get down to 1 or 2 points that you really want BioWare to fix. They will halfway solve these problems, meanwhile fucking you with boring ass game play.

The like/love thread is over there ->

This thread is for people that objectively think the game sucks ass.