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Post by NRieh on Mar 30, 2017 14:51:02 GMT
A side-note - it's NOT 'an open world'. It has huge locations, considerably bigger than Eden Prime or Ferros, but that alone does not make it an 'open world'. in the open world it's normally possible to climb mountains and ride through deserts without 'leaving the mission area'.
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Post by myalzalean on Mar 30, 2017 14:59:09 GMT
A side-note - it's NOT 'an open world'. It has huge locations, considerably bigger than Eden Prime or Ferros, but that alone does not make it an 'open world'. in the open world it's normally possible to climb mountains and ride through deserts without 'leaving the mission area'. Meh, semantics. It has just about every attribute of those games officially licensed and sanctioned by the Open World Gaming Council that it should qualify.
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Post by varicite on Mar 30, 2017 16:52:30 GMT
I'm having a ton of fun. Doing my second playthrough now. Beat it on Normal now I'm on Insanity. One bit of advice: Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions with such a huge game. Two hours is barely scratching the surface. The more you play, the more engaging the game gets. That's a reason the game has such mixed reviews. People play a small part of it and think they now know enough to make an accurate summation of the game...they can't. It's like reading Genesis and thinking you know everything else that's going to happen in the Bible. I am just now getting into the mid-game and things are stepping up a bit in terms of intensity, story, and sense of urgency. So your analogy about the Bible may be apropos: It's tough to get in to it from the beginning, but it seems to be getting better toward the end. Hrm, I dunno, Genesis and Exodus are widely regarded as the most well-known Books of the Bible. Outside of Revelations (which is a bit weird in both tone and content), the final books of the Bible are honestly pretty dull. And let's not even get into writing the same story from several different perspectives and putting them together in a book. Terrible editing, imo.
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Post by abedsbrother on Mar 30, 2017 18:43:07 GMT
Funny isn't it. I assume most people gave up on ME1 after two hours, because that opening is just as slow - if not slower. I did, actually. It took me three tries of ME1 before everything clicked and I was hooked. I kept hearing it was a great game, but if that third time hadn't done something, I was going to pass on it completely. (I ignored most of the Citadel side-missions and hit space as soon as possible. Nowadays, of course, I do most if not all of them. Which maybe gets at the issue with BioWare: they don't try for 1-playthrough-and-done games.)
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Post by Doctor Fumbles on Mar 30, 2017 19:48:52 GMT
I don't see how the lighthearted one liners, comments, and banter is any different than the whole Citadel DLC, especially the Archives mission where everyone in the group is cracking one liners while getting shot at. Even Glyph is getting in on the act with some unintentional comedy. If anything Bioware did the unthinkable and actually listened to the feedback of their fans and tried to make them happy by incorporating some of what made the Citadel DLC so popular into their next title. I guess the cheese is awesome sauce when it's your favorite characters from MET spreading it on thick, but if it's coming from the new kids on the block, well that's just not okay. Shame on you Bioware for ruining MEA by trying to give the fans of the franchise something you thought they wanted. You are using an example of DLC to justify an entire game? Why not use the MET example, where if it used a light tone it would be terrible. The same happens with Andromeda. It is a serious game, trying to deal with a serious issue like colonization, and it comes up like the story and the general writing has been done from us, here in the forums, between posts. I wonder how embarrassed you will be when BioWare itself, after a year or two, admit how wrong the tone was and the general misteps in the writing in MEA. You are probably so keen to stick to your opinion that you will not even accept something like that, even when it comes from BioWare. Do you know how boring always being serious is? I ran into enough people like that it worries me that they will die young because of stress. I like the light hearted dialogue and jokes because comedy is a good stress reliever. You don't have to be serious in a serious situation. I cracked jokes all the time in the military in serious situations. So basically, you need to learn to lighten up.
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Post by lyvean on Mar 30, 2017 20:17:56 GMT
You are using an example of DLC to justify an entire game? Why not use the MET example, where if it used a light tone it would be terrible. The same happens with Andromeda. It is a serious game, trying to deal with a serious issue like colonization, and it comes up like the story and the general writing has been done from us, here in the forums, between posts. I wonder how embarrassed you will be when BioWare itself, after a year or two, admit how wrong the tone was and the general misteps in the writing in MEA. You are probably so keen to stick to your opinion that you will not even accept something like that, even when it comes from BioWare. Do you know how boring always being serious is? I ran into enough people like that it worries me that they will die young because of stress. I like the light hearted dialogue and jokes because comedy is a good stress reliever. You don't have to be serious in a serious situation. I cracked jokes all the time in the military in serious situations. So basically, you need to learn to lighten up. Your answer makes me laugh actually, so good job. Next time I play a serious game or watch a serious movie, like 12 years a slave for example, I will know it sucks because they just didn't use comedy from time to time to lighten the mood. Thanks for that man.
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Post by Doctor Fumbles on Mar 30, 2017 20:23:00 GMT
Do you know how boring always being serious is? I ran into enough people like that it worries me that they will die young because of stress. I like the light hearted dialogue and jokes because comedy is a good stress reliever. You don't have to be serious in a serious situation. I cracked jokes all the time in the military in serious situations. So basically, you need to learn to lighten up. Your answer makes me laugh actually, so good job. Next time I play a serious game or watch a serious movie, like 12 years a slave for example, I will know it sucks because they just didn't use comedy from time to time to lighten the mood. Thanks for that man. Take it as you will. I was just stating my piece. If I ever have to work with you though which thank god I won't, then we will have issues.
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Post by primalrose on Mar 30, 2017 22:34:18 GMT
No. It's not. 2 hours is a long time. I've experience the gameplay. Unless a wand is suddenly waved and it gets good, then my "pronouncements" are correct bearing IT'S MY OPINION. I'll let you in on a secret: Opinions can be wrong. Or stupid. Judging a Bioware game after 2 hours is the latter. I've played for 70 hours. The guy is sadly, is not off the mark despite just 2 hours. This game is just a complete slog to get through. There is little to nothing in the way of engaging storyline, dialogue, missions or characters. Too much of the gameplay revolves around the boring filler missions. I don't even care about the animations at this point, its the least of its problems. I literally can't remember any of the side quests because they were that forgettable. The combat and armor/weapon variety and customisation is its only redeeming feature. Bioware didn't seem to learn from their mistakes from DA: Inquisition. I'm still trying to wrap my mind over how such a big long game like this is this boring all the way through. ME lost most of its soul with this game. It's a bit heartbreaking honestly.
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Post by valkyriesr2 on Mar 30, 2017 22:46:36 GMT
I'll let you in on a secret: Opinions can be wrong. Or stupid. Judging a Bioware game after 2 hours is the latter. I've played for 70 hours. The guy is sadly, is not off the mark despite just 2 hours. This game is a complete slog to get through. There is little to nothing in the way of engaging storyline, dialogue, missions or characters. Too much of the gameplay revolves around the boring filler missions. I don't even care about the animations at this point, its the least of its problems. I literally can't remember any of the side quests because they were that forgettable. The combat and armor/weapon variety and customisation is its only redeeming feature. Bioware didn't seem to learn from their mistakes from DA: Inquisition. ME lost most of its soul with this game. It's a bit heartbreaking honestly. Sadly... I sort of agree. At least to a degree. I think the main story was good - The Remnant were interesting, I really frigging hate the Kett because of what they are and what they do, some of the characters I really liked (Vetra in particular, for some reason, just works for me). A lot of what made Mass Effect really great just isn't there. At least, it's not there often enough. ME:A has it's moments of awesome Mass Effect goodness, but there's so much between those moments. A lot of the "exploring" of the new planets just feels so soulless and forgettable. I'd like to blame the open spaces, but I'm not sure that's it either to be sure. I don't even like the weapons/abilities, but it's mostly because I think the game is headed for 2-3 monobuilds that "work", while the rest are discarded as silly toys that just won't give you an enjoyable experience. Luckily this can be fixed by buffing a lot of useless abilities and weapons. ME:A is... It's kinda like they looked into the trash bin containing the stuff that got scrapped during Mass Effect 1's development and Mass Effect 2's development. They picked out all the bits they never got to work, threw out with good reason, and tried ressurecting those ideas despite their obvious flaws. It's kinda like watching the failed clones in the Aliens films. Okay maybe not that bad, because in the end I was left wanting more, but the game still feels off. I can't really point to one thing that makes the game feel off, but there's certainly something rubbing me in the wrong way.
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Post by auu on Mar 30, 2017 22:51:34 GMT
So last night i discovered alien sudoko is a thing.
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Post by goishen on Mar 30, 2017 22:53:31 GMT
Yah, I mean, I've just stopped playing it. I'll be interested in what they have to say, but unless it's, "We've got our top writers on this game to fix it, STAT!" I don't think I'm gonna start playing again.
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Post by Madflavor on Mar 30, 2017 23:05:05 GMT
I've played enough of this game to know that the team behind it is creatively bankrupt.
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Post by Doctor Fumbles on Mar 30, 2017 23:12:38 GMT
Here is a legit question. What makes Mass effect a Mass Effect game. I have a theory it is going to vary from person to person. For me, a ME game is one that allows me to customize my character, take place in space, have third person action combat with different powers/skills, and allow me to have some choice in the story since 100% choice technology isn't here yet.
MEA has all of that. To me having a good story is just a bonus, and I happen to like the Firefly vibe MEA has because the it's the end of the world serious vibe is way over done in todays games. That is my take on it, so for all of you who are saying it doesn't feel ME enough. What makes a ME game a ME game? Also, there is no one conclusive opinion on it since clearly we can't all agree.
Edit: I am serious about this because if you look at my other posts; I normally don't type this much in one post.
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Post by goishen on Mar 30, 2017 23:21:12 GMT
You stating that something is a legit question doesn't make it a legit question.
The answer is gonna be different for everybody. A good game has that. Things for everybody. This? This game has something for a select few.
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Post by Doctor Fumbles on Mar 30, 2017 23:22:23 GMT
You stating that something is a legit question doesn't make it a legit question. The answer is gonna be different for everybody. A good game has that. Things for everybody. This? This game has something for a select few. A legit question is something when I am serious about the question. I know it is going to be different for everyone.
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Post by Teddie Sage on Mar 30, 2017 23:25:47 GMT
20 hours in. The game sure has a lot of boring segments. Trying to find the gem hiding underneath it all, but to me it's starting to become slowly a disheartening experience. I'm not sure I want to continue playing this game, at its current state.
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Post by Plague Doctor on Mar 30, 2017 23:38:07 GMT
Playing it for the second time now, did 97% first time, gonna keep that up for NG+. Companions are still amazing, Ryder is still great, not bored yet. ^^ Im going to wait with playthrough 3 and 4 until the first DLC is out. I dont think the game is good for more than 4 playthroughs though, just like Inquisition. Also, i dont know how people get the idea that Andromeda only has something for a select few. I see tons of people loving the game on Reddit, for example. Oh, but i forgot, Reddit doesnt count.
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Post by n7vakarian on Mar 30, 2017 23:48:51 GMT
Be honest it sounds like the game is not for you then.
Not more I can say about it really.
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Post by RageUnderFire on Mar 31, 2017 0:04:12 GMT
I'd rather have more linear levels and missions than these big play grounds with enemies appearing far away. It's not tense enough, there's no want for me to push forward. Just keep running to target to target. I'm sooo bored of open world games. Bioware, you dun fukd it up. You could have made a more focused, non-open world game, and I guarantee you it would have been 100x better if it had the same budget of this travesty. The failed transition from ME3 to Andromeda is like Assassin Creed Ezio to AC3.
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Post by Cyan_Griffonclaw on Mar 31, 2017 0:13:14 GMT
You are using an example of DLC to justify an entire game? Why not use the MET example, where if it used a light tone it would be terrible. The same happens with Andromeda. It is a serious game, trying to deal with a serious issue like colonization, and it comes up like the story and the general writing has been done from us, here in the forums, between posts. I wonder how embarrassed you will be when BioWare itself, after a year or two, admit how wrong the tone was and the general misteps in the writing in MEA. You are probably so keen to stick to your opinion that you will not even accept something like that, even when it comes from BioWare. Do you know how boring always being serious is? I ran into enough people like that it worries me that they will die young because of stress. I like the light hearted dialogue and jokes because comedy is a good stress reliever. You don't have to be serious in a serious situation. I cracked jokes all the time in the military in serious situations. So basically, you need to learn to lighten up. I was a combat medic in the Army. The best prescription in most cases: humor or heavy sarcasm mixed in with the F bomb. And IV bags...
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Post by Doctor Fumbles on Mar 31, 2017 0:14:23 GMT
Do you know how boring always being serious is? I ran into enough people like that it worries me that they will die young because of stress. I like the light hearted dialogue and jokes because comedy is a good stress reliever. You don't have to be serious in a serious situation. I cracked jokes all the time in the military in serious situations. So basically, you need to learn to lighten up. I was a combat medic in the Army. The best prescription in most cases: humor or heavy sarcasm mixed in with the F bomb. And IV bags... I knew there was reason I like you. lolz Also ibuprofen, you guys pass that out like candy.
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Post by warrior on Mar 31, 2017 1:06:23 GMT
I thought it was boring at 2 hrs too but it picked up for me. I'm pretty addicted now at level 22. It still has some boring quests still and yeah I prefer the MET story but still--give it some time.
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Post by 10k on Mar 31, 2017 1:38:39 GMT
I agree about the squad and the open world being boring. But I like the combat, not the aspect of choosing any skills, but the flexibility and fluidity. I wish they didn't go open world. We saw with Inquisition that they're bad at open world. It just gets repetitive after awhile.
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Post by midasear on Mar 31, 2017 3:11:59 GMT
I agree about the squad and the open world being boring. But I like the combat, not the aspect of choosing any skills, but the flexibility and fluidity. I wish they didn't go open world. We saw with Inquisition that they're bad at open world. It just gets repetitive after awhile. uh huh. Dragon Age Inquisition had the best sales in its first three months of any title in Bioware history. And won numerous awards. From EAs point of view, DA:I was most AWESOME Biowear EVUH! There is a reason they rapidly announced a followup title. It is not everyone's cup of tea. Its certainly not mine. But the notion that its a terrible game is belied by its sales AND the critical response.
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