Are the fans going to treat the ME series like Star Wars? (Prequel VS Original)

Folks can whine and complain all day about how Mass Effect is "ruined." I'll just sit back and enjoy the games like I always do.

I am seriously considering doing a Plinkett style deconstruction of ME:A so... maybe?

I suppose that depends on BW and the writers doesn't it?

I'd say MEA is off to a lot better start than the SW Prequels.  Though that isn't exactly a high bar to clear.

Who s Ryder?

Yes, of course. I knew that even before I played Andromeda's Early Access. There was always going to be people like that.

While I don't think ME:A meets the high marks of ME2 and ME3, it's not deserving of all the crap that has been chucked its way. Them releasing too early was the fault of the publisher, not Bioware. Though Bioware is not without blame for other items. Regardless, too much criticism is being leveled, and that is absolutely analogous with the Star Wars prequels. While not up to the originals' standards, they weren't terrible movies. The third was actually quite good, and has some of the best moments in the entire series!

I never understood most complaints about 'We want Shepard, and Wrex, and the Normandy, and Joker, and..!'

I think a great universe can have multiple stories, I wish for example that Telltale would make a spin off etc.

So I was happy this kind of criticsm isn't out there that much. The criticism that is around, is justified. The game is not good enough, unfortunately.

Very well put. I agree.

Easiest "Yes" of all time.

I voted "who cares it's Mass Effect" because I could say the same about the Star Wars prequels. Yes they were terrible but they were still Star Wars.

I would rank Andromeda closer to "The Force Awakens" than "The Phantom Menace" though (if the Force Awakens film reel breaks halfway through)

I'm not Star Wars fan at all, haven't seen one in so long and I watched 1-6. So can't really anwser that, however comparing Andromeda to the original mass effects:

I think we can in terms of quality, which has more details? Which expands on plots better than the others? Which uses more assets and such. Which gives more meaning to choices? Etc etc. I don't think we can really argue characters as people will look at them differently and have their own preferences, plus Andromeda doesn't have two extra games to it to back up it's characters like the originals. I'm a ME1 fan through and through(it's my favorite) and I'd give Andromeda the nod on first impression on characters, ME1 they were essentially walking codexes(doesn't mean you don't learn anything personal about them) it wasn't until ME2+3 that I saw bioware actually expanding on their characters, especially with the inclusion of loyalty missions. I could also compare the lore/science of both, and in the end both are huge contradictions to that philosophy.

In the end I try to not compare the two as they're completely different series (set in the same universe, hence why it still retains the mass effect name) and Andromeda is a spin-off with no direct ties to the original. That in itself let's the devs experiment with different mechanics and how they want to progress this series. I also understand Andromeda doesn't have the backing of two other games like the OT did but ultimately one can't stop others from comparing the two.

MEA is more like TFA. The Star Wars prequel trilogy took the setting to a different direction and some fans were upset by it. Where as TFA was full of fan-service and just recycled everything from A New Hope. MEA sometimes feels like that too from the main plot to the characters and everything else. That's not it's biggest problem however (unlike with TFA), not even close, so in that way it's not really relevant, just wanted to point that out.

I voted who cares, but I have seen it already. This is just like the D1 and D2 people droning on about how they hated D3. Saddest part about those hypocrites is that they complain and compare all day while putting in thousands of hours in a game they swear they hate. I see that already with this game.