Move system is chronic and really holding the game back

I love third person. First person gaming feels like tunnel vision to me with no area awareness.

I also like the cover system in ME:A. I thought I'd hate it because other games have done it poorly in the past, but Bioware did a good job with their snap-to-cover system imo.

I've never played a 1st person, and don't intend to. It' like looking out of a box, and you never see your character look super-cool when fighting :)

Are you implying they make mass effect into a FPS game? That doesn't fix the game from being "outdated" as you put it as there is no such thing when it comes to a developers design choice. Mechanics don't just get outdated, especially if devs continue on improving said mechanic game by game. You'll find a lot of people will disagree on mass effect dropping third person as that is what mass effect is and you're only sacrificing one thing for another. The only benefit of first person is a straight up view in front of you and getting to see more detail on your hands and weapon since it's at a view in front of your face. Third person lets you see your environment all around you without forcing you to turn around constantly to look at them and it's beneficial for combat awareness being how you can see multiple enemies spread out apart. My next issue is what dies a fps mass effect offer that other fps don't? What will going to first person do that will make mass effect "better" than the others? Going to first person dies more harm than good and it's better they stick to what is a core part to mass effect. If you want a fps mass effect, they need to get someone separately to do it and keeping it away from the mainline games and then they can test what a fps mass effect can be/do, but ultimately I think it'd be a failure as I wouldn't see it doing better than other fps games. Just cuz you played destiny and that destiny makes it work, doesn't mean it would for mass effect.

Secondly is the combat/cover system. The gunplay itself is at its best of the series, however you'll find I personally dislike the overall combat and cover system itself. The cover system automatically sticking bothers me and they removed the ability to slide from cover to cover at the press of a bottom, I liked being able to slide over from right side if a door to left side, or crate to crate. It's not a huge issue and I can tolerate it, it's merely a preference issue for me. The power system is a downgrade to me however. We used to be able to use 7? 8 powers with the power wheel, now we're restricted to 3 and they're also weaker and less effective damage wise. I see that limiting biotic/tech users more than it should be and having more powers to use might've given more if a pass on the powers being weaker in terms of damage. I don't see how going to fps fixes this though nor did I see you even elaborate why or how it needs improved, plus destiny doesn't even have a cover system (I've spent 2k hours on that game).

It's called third person, not third party.

I think Andromeda's cover system is lightyears beyond what was in Mass Effect 3 and with the amount of usable buttons on a controller I rather have Andromeda's system then running by a wall and automatically snapping to it because I was pressing the run button.

The debate over FPS and TPS is going to be a personal choice, for me I prefer the third person view for I find FPS really narrows my field of view.

I like being able to see all the cool animations, armor, and appearance of my character in game. Immersion can still be achieved without me having to view it literally through the characters eyes.

There's plenty of movies that are immersive without being in first person.


Also while it's not a problem I have, apparently a lot of players get motion sickness from first person POV what with the headbobbing and narrow FOV. They usually flat out avoid those games, and it would suck to have a franchise that you've been able to enjoy and reliably play suddenly become physically unplayable for you.

1st Person, 3rd Person are the same. They both have advantages and disadvantages. OP prefers 1st Person and hence feels that 3rd Person is holding him back. Well.. it is not. In reality, only your preference is holding you back.

I play 1st Person shooters actually more than 3rd Person but I dont have any issue with either. Just need like 30min to get oriented say when I switch from playing DOOM to Mass Effect or Mass Effect to DOOM.

Do I think 1st person will make it easier for me to shoot enemies? Yes. Is it more epic to perform areal melee and see how enemies twitch and burn in 3rd person? Yes.

Unless Mass Effect allows me to say... tear Demons apart like DOOM and rip Pilots from their Titans like Titanfall - nope, no reason for 1st person.

Yup. It's a deal breaker for me if I'm considering buying a game and it's strictly first person view.

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Not sure this word makes sense in context of your statement. Unless you mean the third person perspective is consistent? Last the entire game? In which case...yes, obviously it does. It wouldnt randomly change perspective mid game, that would be jarring and make zero sense.

Why do I feel like this thread is a troll thread?