Reviews that compare ME:A to the OT?

The first vid is how I feel.

Personally I value Angry Joes opinion the highest. Not because he's unbiased but he seems to like similar aspects in gaming as I do.

These videos are really good. They pinpoint what is wrong with this game.

Joe gave it a 6, maybe a 7. That's about the range I would give this game also in it's current state. I have fun playing it, but I'm missing a lot of stuff that should be resolved without having to buy DLCs or expansions.

I would give it a 7 too. At it's current state. There's lots of potential, but it fails to deliver in certain aspects. I like the game, and I like the exploration elements, but the shameless cliffhangers, probably gearing up for DLC or something, are really a nuisance as well as other things.

I wish it had been released without the myriad technical issues, and with the 3rd party facial animations, lighting, and such. Those fixes made a big impact; and removing the bugs would obviously do wonders. I think the reception would've been mostly positive, though maybe a bit lukewarm. When someone is lukewarm, though, and playing through horrific bugs... that's when you start seeing 6/10 scores.

Exactly. Most people aren't as devoted as the fans here, either. Most gamers don't finish the majority of games they play, much to my eternal amazement. The less devoted would simply turn off MEA, as it was released, and likely never get around to playing it again.

That first, bad impression will be what's in their mind if a "MEA2" is released. We could end up with a Watch Dogs 2 situation, where the first game ruined the higher quality second game's sales via tarnished image and apathy. I'm already afraid that MEA could be a Deus Ex situation. I said as much in the weeks before release, as complaints emerged, and many here got pissy with me for "overreacting and blowing things out of proportion". Now, though, I think more people are concerned.

I really enjoy MEA, and know that the worst bugs will be expunged. That means I'll be really happy with it. I'm not blind, though. I can see that a huge portion of the online fan base are less than thrilled.

Personally I don't see anything wrong with a rating between 6 and 8. Not everything is a 9 or a 10, since that would hint at a near perfect game. Works the other way round also. Rating something a zero or 1 would imply a total train wreck. Which this certainly isn't. Not even at release and before the patch.

Yeah, but that's the industry being dishonest for quite some time now. There's kind of a reflex to automatically hand a 9 or 10 to any given AAA title. But there's a reason why the scale has ten digits. At release and having played MEA for quite some time, it's the first time I actually agree with the professional reviewers. I would rate the game somewhere between 7 and 8. One can have a lot of fun playing it, but there's oh so much wasted potential. Apart from the glitches, bugs and outright cringeworthy moments before they started doctoring the facial animations. At release, before being patched, I agree with the ones handing it a 6.

Thanks for posting this. I had been following Minius GC's videos prior to launch and had always found his videos informative. This one also makes some really great points about all the unanswered questions in the story---which left the player unsatisfied rather than wanting more.

"An interesting premise is one thing, a well told story is another" - 1st video.

Yep. I think this is why there have been comments likening this game to fan fiction. It does scratch an itch...that itch for more Mass Effect. But it is quantity over quality, imo.

I'll stick with it, and give it another chance if they make another game, release DLC, etc. But as much as I like some stuff in the game (and I really did enjoy a few moments in the game here and there), it was pretty disappointing.

OP, there are some very good (ie, thoughtful) reviews in the review thread. It is a shame that this is an "unofficial" forum, and that Bioware now seems to mostly get feedback from Twitter and Facebook. Despite the occasional bouts of vitriol and emo-driven despair, there are many articulate and intelligent fans in this forum that have keen insight into the good/bad of these games.

I loved developing and solving problems for the colonies. Hated a lot of the silly fetch quests not related to the colony.

I like most of my companions, I suspect with time and additional DLC and sequels I could come to like them as much as I liked the originals. I hated Garrus in ME1 and he became my absolute favorite companion in ME2 and ME3. Cora I get the feeling has a lot more in her history then has been shared. Liam may seem lame now, but could evolve nicely.

I would ultimately like a blending of open world (one or two large Eos/Eladaan size maps) and more linear quest maps like Omega, the Kett base, the exaltation facility etc. Maybe more open areas in the Nexus. Would like to explore worlds like we did in the OT and come across a pirate base, Kett base, remanent facilty which is rather linear but adds some depth to the exploration of the planets.

I have said all along I felt like Andromeda had to do a lot of heavy lifting to bridge the original series and this new universe. The original ME1 was the weakest to me of the 3 games, but without it 2 and 3 wouldn't have worked. I remain hopeful MEA2 will deliver in a big way. Learning from what did and didn't work. The first patch already worked wonders for the technical issues with more to come. Bioware has a solid history of learning and evolving.

One thing I honestly felt they did well in this game is lay down choices both large and small which could pay off in really satisfying ways in DLC and sequels if done right. The Remanent core being a big one, but the decision of whether to teach milky way history in schools as a small but interesting one.