I completed MEA, my simple humble Review
Apr 12, 2017 2:15:34 GMT
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Post by derrame on Apr 12, 2017 2:15:34 GMT
Hi there pathfinders and apex forces 
I completed the trilogy as soon as each game came out, and then, many times, I love this series, it's very important to me
to this day, i hear the music of Vigil or suicide mission or reflections and my eyes get wet , right in the feels
after the ME3 ending, and knowing the next game won't be a squel or have anything to do with Shepard or the milky way, i was ok, it's a good start, devs want to go to Andromeda, I totally respect that, they invented the games i love, so it's perfectly fine, really.
After completing DA:I, and seeing and experiencing what is the gigantic maps with boring exploration and boring fetch quests and knowing that MEA was "focused on exploration" i waited for the game with low or no expectations, everything was new, so no idea what to expect.
a few seconds ago i completed MEA i did absolutely everything except some tasks like scanning rocks or little things like that, everything else is complete
My review:
I write this review beeing very, very very benevolent and gentle and kind.
The game it's ok,
i find more negative than positive but still...
The bad:
maps unnecesarily gigantic, and boring,
thousands of fetch quests and tasks boring, lame, dumb, repetitive, way too big, this is one of the biggest problems of the game, i think it's the worst problem, seriously, really, reaaaaallyyyyy bad too tedious
most of the not-so-bad fetch quests have no ending or just a an ending as a dialog of few sentences, no music, no emotions, nobody moves, nothing. lifeless
no emotion, nobody is injured, nobody is in danger, the enemies don't inspire fear
Dad dies, ok, it's part of the prologue, like Nihlus, ok,
th whole remnant thing, lifeless, souless, soo many puzzles inside the vaults, the remnants don't talk, don't feel, they're just dumb little machines, they created Meridian!? wtf
they are just guards ok, who the fuck created Meridian? the jaared or whatever is their name
just a group of brainless enemies and some annoying puzzles
everything is grey and dark
it's ok for one side quest, nor for sooo many time
the planets are dull and one color only
Eos is brown-sand
Elaaden brown, sand
Havarl blue-purple
Voeld blue-snow
Habitat 7 grey-yellow
that's it
the Nexus has more color
the people in nexus are statues, most of them don't move, the same asari walks before me everytime i go to nexus in the exact same spot over and over again
the krogan fighting, morda and jordal or jargol, etc, two punches and a kick, that's it? a krogan fight!? wtf
way too few cinematics and cutscenes, really, scarce, sparse, poor, short, insufficient , very very bad, seriously- this is one of the biggest problems,
too much time driving the Nomad
-animations
all asari have the same face! really bad and ridiculous
the turian ark side quest, just talk to turian, talk to A.I., that's it, wtf,
low volume music or no music
can't choose squadmate's armors or weapons, very bad design choice
very short main story
side quests with all choices lead to the same outcome
too many jump sequences, this ain't mario bros
Suvi's face was untouched by the patch 1.05, her head moves robotic and her eyes and mouth move independently. creepy
The Good:
graphics, light and shadows effects, particle effects, some landscapes
space exploration and first person view of systems and planets
some wild life designs , i wanted some friendly wild life forms
i really liked most of the Characters and interaction between them and dialogs, story, everything, like Vetra, Drack, Cora, i dont like PB but it's ok, her investigation on the remnants side quests was ok
i pesonally don't like Liam or Gil, but i respect them and the people who like them
I like Kallo and Suvi as pilots, really, great characters and i respect them as pilots
I liked Sloane Kelly and Kandros, Moshae Sjefa, Kesh, Birtank
the Salarian James Bonds
The new species Angara, and their planet aya, great design, i loved the angara, the relation with them was very good, complex, i wanted to be ally with them and work together but they were very cautios towards the humans, excelent
the combat, by far the best of the series, fast, fun, adictive, fluid, but only three powers activated, really? such a downer
some powers and skills are spectacular
some main missions are very good, like hunting the archon
the ending is great, all the space people i helped come back to help me, Sloane Kelly, Efvra, my squadmates, Kandros getting shot by a Kett battleship and he hits back and destroys three kett ships! amazing! really!
the krogans escorting me inside the meridian
the asari destroying ships with the super biotic bubble, lovely and awesome
i wanted to see more human soldiers, more asari using powers, more krogan armies, etc, but it's ok
some cinematics area really great, like those where kett ships appear
lots of weapons
decent amount of armors
interaction with characters
color in the tempest and nexus
some meaningfull choices
some side quests
Ryder's last memory, Liara talking about Shepard and the Reapers, my eyes were wet at that point
Concrete:
the game is 80% boring: driving the nomad, scanning rocks or corpses or remnants, solving puzzles, talking , walking, running, jumping, tedious fetch quests
the game is called Mass Effect, but i think and feel it does no represent ME, it's just a game that reminds you of a game called Mass Effect,
some good fights, some emotional and funny nods to the trilogy
some memorable characters, great combat. bad animations, forgettable music
the species have lost the characteristics that made them unique, the turians for example are no more fierce and accurate at shooting,badass etc all those badass turian are not in A same with krogan, they are just ok, not as violent and savage and fierce as in the trilogy, everything is like dumbed down, watered down,
After i completed ME1 or 2 i wanted to start again right away and do more side quests and explore more, read more of the codex, put more attention to dialogs, be more in that universe, after i completed MEA i don't want to start again, i feel and i think i already seen everything, maybe after some dlc's or patches i'll give it another try
Verdict:
thanks for reading
I completed the trilogy as soon as each game came out, and then, many times, I love this series, it's very important to me
to this day, i hear the music of Vigil or suicide mission or reflections and my eyes get wet , right in the feels
after the ME3 ending, and knowing the next game won't be a squel or have anything to do with Shepard or the milky way, i was ok, it's a good start, devs want to go to Andromeda, I totally respect that, they invented the games i love, so it's perfectly fine, really.
After completing DA:I, and seeing and experiencing what is the gigantic maps with boring exploration and boring fetch quests and knowing that MEA was "focused on exploration" i waited for the game with low or no expectations, everything was new, so no idea what to expect.
a few seconds ago i completed MEA i did absolutely everything except some tasks like scanning rocks or little things like that, everything else is complete
My review:
I write this review beeing very, very very benevolent and gentle and kind.
The game it's ok,
i find more negative than positive but still...
The bad:
maps unnecesarily gigantic, and boring,
thousands of fetch quests and tasks boring, lame, dumb, repetitive, way too big, this is one of the biggest problems of the game, i think it's the worst problem, seriously, really, reaaaaallyyyyy bad too tedious
most of the not-so-bad fetch quests have no ending or just a an ending as a dialog of few sentences, no music, no emotions, nobody moves, nothing. lifeless
no emotion, nobody is injured, nobody is in danger, the enemies don't inspire fear
Dad dies, ok, it's part of the prologue, like Nihlus, ok,
th whole remnant thing, lifeless, souless, soo many puzzles inside the vaults, the remnants don't talk, don't feel, they're just dumb little machines, they created Meridian!? wtf
they are just guards ok, who the fuck created Meridian? the jaared or whatever is their name
just a group of brainless enemies and some annoying puzzles
everything is grey and dark
it's ok for one side quest, nor for sooo many time
the planets are dull and one color only
Eos is brown-sand
Elaaden brown, sand
Havarl blue-purple
Voeld blue-snow
Habitat 7 grey-yellow
that's it
the Nexus has more color
the people in nexus are statues, most of them don't move, the same asari walks before me everytime i go to nexus in the exact same spot over and over again
the krogan fighting, morda and jordal or jargol, etc, two punches and a kick, that's it? a krogan fight!? wtf
way too few cinematics and cutscenes, really, scarce, sparse, poor, short, insufficient , very very bad, seriously- this is one of the biggest problems,
too much time driving the Nomad
-animations
all asari have the same face! really bad and ridiculous
the turian ark side quest, just talk to turian, talk to A.I., that's it, wtf,
low volume music or no music
can't choose squadmate's armors or weapons, very bad design choice
very short main story
side quests with all choices lead to the same outcome
too many jump sequences, this ain't mario bros
Suvi's face was untouched by the patch 1.05, her head moves robotic and her eyes and mouth move independently. creepy
The Good:
graphics, light and shadows effects, particle effects, some landscapes
space exploration and first person view of systems and planets
some wild life designs , i wanted some friendly wild life forms
i really liked most of the Characters and interaction between them and dialogs, story, everything, like Vetra, Drack, Cora, i dont like PB but it's ok, her investigation on the remnants side quests was ok
i pesonally don't like Liam or Gil, but i respect them and the people who like them
I like Kallo and Suvi as pilots, really, great characters and i respect them as pilots
I liked Sloane Kelly and Kandros, Moshae Sjefa, Kesh, Birtank
the Salarian James Bonds
The new species Angara, and their planet aya, great design, i loved the angara, the relation with them was very good, complex, i wanted to be ally with them and work together but they were very cautios towards the humans, excelent
the combat, by far the best of the series, fast, fun, adictive, fluid, but only three powers activated, really? such a downer
some powers and skills are spectacular
some main missions are very good, like hunting the archon
the ending is great, all the space people i helped come back to help me, Sloane Kelly, Efvra, my squadmates, Kandros getting shot by a Kett battleship and he hits back and destroys three kett ships! amazing! really!
the krogans escorting me inside the meridian
the asari destroying ships with the super biotic bubble, lovely and awesome
i wanted to see more human soldiers, more asari using powers, more krogan armies, etc, but it's ok
some cinematics area really great, like those where kett ships appear
lots of weapons
decent amount of armors
interaction with characters
color in the tempest and nexus
some meaningfull choices
some side quests
Ryder's last memory, Liara talking about Shepard and the Reapers, my eyes were wet at that point
Concrete:
the game is 80% boring: driving the nomad, scanning rocks or corpses or remnants, solving puzzles, talking , walking, running, jumping, tedious fetch quests
the game is called Mass Effect, but i think and feel it does no represent ME, it's just a game that reminds you of a game called Mass Effect,
some good fights, some emotional and funny nods to the trilogy
some memorable characters, great combat. bad animations, forgettable music
the species have lost the characteristics that made them unique, the turians for example are no more fierce and accurate at shooting,badass etc all those badass turian are not in A same with krogan, they are just ok, not as violent and savage and fierce as in the trilogy, everything is like dumbed down, watered down,
After i completed ME1 or 2 i wanted to start again right away and do more side quests and explore more, read more of the codex, put more attention to dialogs, be more in that universe, after i completed MEA i don't want to start again, i feel and i think i already seen everything, maybe after some dlc's or patches i'll give it another try
Verdict:
5
thanks for reading
