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Post by Fen'Harel Faceman on Apr 21, 2017 9:52:36 GMT
Redeemed?
Sorry, can't fix bad writing. This thing is T for teeny. Console game writing at it's worst.
You can turn Goonies into Silence of the Lambs.
All they can do is keep catering to the streamlined-loving simpletons of the world. They'll eat this stuff up. No matter what the DLC is.
It's important to note, though. On the other side of the spectrum, people don't run around saying that Witcher 3 needs redeeming. But that game is highly overrated.
People that rave about Witcher III are your typical Generation Z gamers (Born: 1995-2012). They grew up on this planet with very little gaming experience. They were born with tablets in their hands. They have no patience for hardcore PC games. Or true RPG's like Lotro or D&D.
They set aside their sippy cups and drool over Witcher III as if it's the bees knees of RPG's. But that game is just another bouncy castle, console RPG.
It's a joke to even hear people talk about 'builds' in these types of games. There are no builds in console RPG's. You become a god in a couple of levels and you blow everything up. That's it. It's really that simple. Yet all the kids talk like they have skill and strategy to offer. Pro-tipping their way into oblivion and self-embarrassment over this garbage.
The only thing this game needs is an mature, intelligent writer and better cut scene direction.
But that can't be done now. It's too late for that.
So from there, the only thing you can really do with this game is give these kids more enemy variety, and more cheesy content.
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Post by Conquer Your Dreams on Apr 21, 2017 10:01:16 GMT
Yep, i'am sure that a really good DLC, a real ENDING can save the day. At the moment there are just way too may open plots. I didn't feel I've accomplished anything when the game decide to tell me "story finished". Seriously, this story need some closure. I will be happy if they will leave Jaardan stuff for next game, but Andromeda needs minimum 2 quite big DLC's: 1) Quarian Ark and all missing races from Milky Way - and I hope that with DLC we will get some new companions; 2) A real closure to the Kett plot, not Archon only. They came hundreds years ago, they will not abandon Helius just because we kill one of their leaders.
If I will get those, I will be quite happy.
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Post by cotheer on Apr 21, 2017 10:05:34 GMT
I don't think so. I liked the Trespasser, but it didn't suddenly make the rest of the game turn into a majestic swan. Quarian Ark DLC (ie.) could be amazing for all i know, but to get to it on a new character, i would need to force myself through the base game again. Meaty patch on the other hand, sure.
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Post by feuerrabe on Apr 21, 2017 10:47:02 GMT
I don't think it needs redemption - I for one enjoyed playing it.
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Post by danaxe on Apr 21, 2017 10:57:14 GMT
Dont know exactly what they need to redeem about, but judging by DA Inquisition's final DLC: The Trespasser, its very likely the last DLC for Andromeda will be a game changer for many people.
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Post by RakiaTime on Apr 21, 2017 11:04:49 GMT
Game doesnt need redeeming, it does need DLC tho, I WANT MOAR ANDROMEDA
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Post by Babar Guy on Apr 21, 2017 11:09:08 GMT
I disagree with your framing of Andromeda being some horrible game that needs to be redeemed.
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Post by piratesnugglecakes on Apr 21, 2017 17:13:38 GMT
Redeem it? No. The writing staff got paid to write a half baked boring story and create by and large boring companions. The voice talent staff got paid to stumble through their lines like a drunk heading for a power vomit in a nearby trash can. And the animators..well, I guess they should be happy they got paid for whatever it is they did that didn't suck. This game isn't great. I keep seeing that and it irritates me. If you're enjoying it, fine. I loved my first car but it was a bare bones hot rod that no one but me wanted to ride in. It was great for me but that didn't make it great period and deal with it. Am I being harsh? Yes. I'm harsh because I'm pissed. And I'm pissed because I'm disappointed. I have seen Bioware do better than this. Do I hate this game? No. I love the Mass Effect universe. I wanted to be excited and explore planets and meet new aliens and either run in terror or beat the crap out of them. The things that bug me about this game are unlikely to be resolved in a DLC because they will still have the same voice actor and lackadaisical writing team. If the DLC actually makes the Andromeda Initiative a serious prospect and my dipsh*t character actually starts acting like his job means something beyond perambulating through the galaxy in his party bus, it might actually make the game fun for me beyond prospecting for more materials to craft with and doing ice donuts in the Nomad.
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Post by canuckgamer on Apr 24, 2017 15:44:06 GMT
Where is the option for, DLC will be great but game doesn't need to be saved option? All 3 options are pretty negative in general.
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Post by lurkinganon on Apr 24, 2017 23:09:32 GMT
It's already a 7/10 but I suppose a good DLC episode could bump it up to 8/10.
Maybe even 9/10 if you make some great dlc and address some issues that are already present in the game.
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Post by Kabraxal on Apr 25, 2017 3:01:52 GMT
It doesn't need redemption. Great DLC will just make a great game better.
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Post by kuba on Apr 25, 2017 6:17:47 GMT
No, game is spoiled beyond any patch or DLC repair. Game have no interesting plot, no exploration, no characters we/I would like. It is just another trivial shooter with Sudoku riddles. It is just booooring with pointless expotarion. It is done to grab money on preorders and run. OFC there will be Quarians DLC but who cares. If BioWare will act this way Mass Effect universum is over
Of course there is one thing that would make it right- get new writers, mesh designers, animators, and do what you have promised in advertisements. But that is not going to happen. I will not buy MEA2 until it will get positive reviews - no preorder for me from BioWare ever.
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Post by Serza on Apr 25, 2017 8:54:04 GMT
...no characters we/I would like... Oh, yes please. Do tell me how your opinion is the only one that is correct, and how I will realize this once you do something. Please. But be careful. There's no telling whether I'm really a psychopath.
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Post by SwobyJ on Apr 25, 2017 9:45:25 GMT
It's already a 7/10 but I suppose a good DLC episode could bump it up to 8/10. Maybe even 9/10 if you make some great dlc and address some issues that are already present in the game. Yeah I doubt the 9/10 part but I open myself to being (somewhat) surprised a year from now.
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Post by Fogg on Apr 25, 2017 11:18:18 GMT
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Post by kuba on Apr 25, 2017 18:56:29 GMT
...no characters we/I would like... Oh, yes please. Do tell me how your opinion is the only one that is correct, and how I will realize this once you do something. Please. But be careful. There's no telling whether I'm really a psychopath. OK maybe I shouldn't use "we". Personally I do not fell any emotion towards any character that is in that game ... and this is supposed to be RPG. I want answer - "Go search for your lost pills for yourself, we want to settle new civilization in Helios Cluster" > How it can be done when main character have to babysit all adults in a quadrant? Who was writing that whole dialogue lines... they cannot be fixed with any patch/DLC?
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Post by Serza on Apr 25, 2017 19:03:33 GMT
Good. You realized.
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Post by General Aetius on Apr 25, 2017 19:04:34 GMT
Nah. They thought they'd written themselves out of the dead end they put themselves in by skipping so far ahead in time & space that nothing from the original trilogy would matter.
But one thing they could not escape is the blandness that has seeped into the entire Bioware team. They'd have to rewrite a whole lot of shit to make any future DLC worth something.
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Post by mmoblitz on Apr 25, 2017 19:41:47 GMT
Not for me.
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Post by DarkBeaver on Apr 26, 2017 0:47:58 GMT
Not for me, personnally. In my poinion, ME:A was a mildly fun 3rd person shooter, but after trying out the different tech/biotic/combat combos, I'm done for a while. The story was very poorly written, and none of the companions are compelling (in fact, I wish I could kick two of them off my ship). A DLC would just be a new map.
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Post by KaiserShep on Apr 26, 2017 1:20:11 GMT
Game have no interesting plot, no exploration, no characters we/I would like. It's so weird to see people still using the royal "we" in this day and age.
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Post by dmc1001 on Apr 26, 2017 1:39:02 GMT
I think that the poll is already slanted in the direction of "we all clearly dislike this, so can DLC make it better"? Since I like MEA, I can't answer the poll unless it's reworded to not think for me.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Apr 26, 2017 1:40:47 GMT
A truly amazing story driven atmospheric DLC that contains ME-esque soundtrack in combination with a big patch that deals with the bad character creator could totally save the game for me.
Not holding my breath - but stranger things have happened.-
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Post by Subtle on Apr 26, 2017 2:33:43 GMT
I've been an ardent Bioware and Mass Effect fan for years. Like ME1 was a building block that established the trilogy, I expected this game to do likewise (but even better) with an engrossing storyline and many memorable moments. The storyline is minimal being padded with a myriad of inconsequential side quests. I tweeted this early in my first playthrough "#MassEffectAndromeda game with no 🔚ing is how it seems after 14 hrs make settlements ad infinitum, No defeat Saren Collectors or save earth"
One of the major aspects being promoted during development was "exploration", I thought ok, lots of "Skyrim" type dungeon delving. But alas, in these huge open worlds there is just miles and miles of nothing to explore.
A good crafting system spoiled by the lack of the role-playing aspect of being able to loadout your companions.
So can DLC "save" this game, well the story has been told, so that aspect can't be saved. However, there are huge open worlds devoid of content, so a dlc that actually makes these worlds worth exploring, perhaps? A patch that addresses the role-playing aspects of the game, character creation, animations, companion loadouts, perhaps? What I really think will possibly save this game is the community, release a Creation Kit.
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Post by majorkong on Apr 26, 2017 3:27:52 GMT
I didn't vote because the right answer is not listed.
The game is released. DLC is not going to fix what is already wrong. Normally each additional DLC just brings it's own problems to the game.
What they need is another 2-3 passes through QA. Then recompile/rerelease the game.
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