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Post by shechinah on Mar 24, 2017 15:38:59 GMT
I love Backlash It's such an awesome ability and oh my, there should have been an achivement connected to it called Stop Hitting Yourself! because that's basically what the ability is and it's hilarious at times especially when the mooks screw each other up this way. Amusingly, I also found myself trying to shield my squadmates from harm with it. I think it's my ol' healer instincts kickin' back in! I wonder if squadmates can shoot through it? I think I saw one do so but I'm not sure. It didn't look like it was ricochetted back at him. It's a bit hard to tell because he's a sniper and Cora keeps charging so maybe I should try see with Vetra.
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Post by majesticjazz on Mar 24, 2017 17:09:23 GMT
So has anyone visited the Cultural Center yet for a brush-up on Milky Way history? Is this a joke or an actual in game location?
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Post by shechinah on Mar 24, 2017 17:15:10 GMT
So has anyone visited the Cultural Center yet for a brush-up on Milky Way history? Is this a joke or an actual in game location? It's honestly a bit of both but it's hard to explain the joke for fear of ruining the punchline. You can find the Cultural Center at the docking bay on the Nexus. There's a door to it near the customs where Vetra is looking at the Tempest.
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Post by smilesja on Mar 24, 2017 18:50:17 GMT
Man I've played the game last night and so far I'm just blown away so far! It feels like I'm back in Mass Effect!
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Post by Bann Duncan on Mar 24, 2017 19:29:53 GMT
It's fantastic. I decided to get it as an audiobook to try during my commute and I've been loving the narration (by FemRyder's VA I believe). Better still, I've had some more admin type work to do this week so I've been listening while catching up on that. Anyone who's interested, I can send a free gift copy to through Audible. (It's a new promotion they've been doing the past year or so.) I ordered it as a 'kindle' book an when it 'delivered' I was offered an audiobook upgrade for £3.74 so took advantage of that and I agree Fryda is fantastic at the narration !! I'm just over halfway through and I'm really liking it. I really hope there's some way we can meet/side with Sloane Kelly in the game. I'm not very far into the game, but from first impressions in early access I loathed Addison and Tann. From reading the book, I loathe them even more.
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Post by si_r84 on Mar 24, 2017 19:31:00 GMT
I have had a good 6 hour stint in Andromeda today (with some more planned this evening) and I am absolutely loving it. I have just finished the second planet from the main quest.
I love how all the side missions feel like they have a purpose and some of them are genuinely interesting.
I really don't get all the negativity about the facial animation. For me personally it really isn't that bad at all. Yes the eyes do at times seem a bit glazed but the way some people are going on about it is so over the top.
There has been some major bandwagon jumping going on.
On a side not I might have just seen a spoiler in game for the book. But the book has spoilers for the game. So if what I saw in game is a spoiler to the book it is a really confusing situation they have put themselves in.
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Post by AllyCatAttack on Mar 24, 2017 20:17:18 GMT
I'm hopeful to get a good amount of gaming in tonight after my daughter goes to bed. I have a few minor issues with the game but overall I'm enjoying it. I did want to check if anyone has had this issue, or if it's a possible bug? Is there ambient background music playing for everyone here? I had music playing during character creator and then during cut scenes but nothing in between,not even during combat. I thought the first patch was supposed to fix that issue, so I'm not what's going on. I hope that it changes soon because the music in ME1 is still one of my favorite things to listen to. I haven't experienced any issues with squad mates talking, so that's a plus at least. In fact, PeeBee doesn't seem to stop talking :lmfao:
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Post by SilentK on Mar 24, 2017 21:44:29 GMT
Oh my. It got to be too late again. But it was fun!
I'm decided to clean up on one planet before moving on to the next, I agree that sidequests feel much more rewarding now. Have you read all the e-mails in the forward stations. I always do that, little things like that really make me happy.
shechinah I swung by the cultural center, I completely missed it my first couple of times on the Nexus. It was fun to see it.
AllyCatAttack I don't have music all the time, ambient sounds depends on planet if I am not completely mistaken.
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Post by Garo on Mar 25, 2017 2:07:01 GMT
Can't...stop...playing...
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Post by SofaJockey on Mar 25, 2017 10:18:36 GMT
BSN Chill Zone it is. I'll tidy up the OP and title when I have a little time...
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Post by SilentK on Mar 25, 2017 10:19:53 GMT
Ohh... I am about to start a big new story-mission tonight. Currently running around doing adult boring things, cleaning and stuff. However I am really looking forward to playing tonight
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Post by shechinah on Mar 25, 2017 10:41:28 GMT
Ryder's hit some character development last night. Good. Flows with the story. New batch of companion conversations. Also good. Really like 'em a lot. Interesting bunch. Gotten attached. Build a helmet. Called it SAM's Cozy Little Home. Also, knife and sniper rifle. Haven't been field tested yet.
Had first death ever after 17 hours of play. Recklessness caught up with me. Also, nicknaming my Ryder 'little duck' from now on.
Today, got a whole planet's worth of quest to do. Don't mind. Choose to pick 'em up. Two loyalty missions also.
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Post by shechinah on Mar 25, 2017 10:43:20 GMT
Heh, I don't know if it was a bug but on Voeld, one of the black loading screens just had the sound of Ryder freezing running during it. It was honestly kind of hilarious. Also, surprise, surprise, PB didn't like the cold.
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Post by shechinah on Mar 25, 2017 10:54:17 GMT
I recommend doing the Making An Impression mission on Eeos. It takes a little bit but once you're done and turn it in again, it opens up something interesting. It's easy to miss especially if you don't like to do that kind of quest so I thought I'd mention it. The quest giver is Hainly Abrams.
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Post by shechinah on Mar 25, 2017 11:05:39 GMT
Honestly don't see how the animations look bad or broken. At worst, I've found facial animation lacking a bit of expressiveness at times and body animation being a bit stiff but nothing as bad as has been said, in my opinion. It's definitely something that could use improvement but it's nothing that breaks my enjoyment of the game and certainly nothing I'd put as an anchor for the game but that's just me. It's not like the game never have any expressive body language or facial animation at all. Yesterday, Jaal had well-done ones. It's just something the game needed more of and hopefully something the next one will be consistent with through improvements.
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Post by shechinah on Mar 25, 2017 11:48:22 GMT
I really like how the player is able to decide about Ryder feels about her family. I wasn't keen on the protagonist having a mandatory family but the game brought it around for me. My little duck was distant from both her parents and while she still loved them, it did mean they weren't close. It was nice to be able to roleplay that and it was something I wanted: to decide how Ryder felt in regards to her family. I also liked how Ryder didn't make a big deal of it and never seemed to envy other families. It wasn't a cause of woe for her: it was a fact of her life. There was a bit with Liam with this.
There was another nice bit during a converation with Gill where he felt Ryder was a bit harsh on her father given that he gave his life for her but where Ryder calmly pointed out that saving her life didn't retroactively repair their relationship and make them closer. He was still absent during her life. He was still a stranger. There was also a bit with Jaal where Ryder basically says that the crew is like a family to her which was very sweet.
It's nice to be able to roleplay a nuanced relationship like that: Ryder is distant with her family but still loves her family, present and departed. As someone who developed a distant relationship to members of my own family and is in process of bridging one, I thought the Mass Effect team had handled this very well. Note: contains spoilers to squadmate conversations about family but only about Ryder's family.
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Post by melbella on Mar 25, 2017 17:33:47 GMT
I was disappointed an achievement unlocks for a "major" decision regardless of which option you pick. I was hoping there would be one for each choice (to encourage replay) like in DAO with the anvil or the werewolves. Oh well, next time I'll pick the other option anyway.....maybe. I guess it follows the ME pattern though - there weren't separate achievements for picking geth or quarians or saving both - just the one for finishing the mission.
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Post by SilentK on Mar 25, 2017 19:08:18 GMT
I am finally going to start gaming now. Have done loads of good adult things. A new planet today, and perhaps it will unlock some special missions for companions. Looks like it at least so I am hopeful SpiritVanguard I have been turned down so so many times in BioWare games. If I hadn't know in advance who my intended LI was in this game, got that one thanks to Twitter I know two ladies who would have said "no" to me. To me the most interesting this is if I will be dumped again. DAO - Alistair, I wanted to be queen and try to help the mages but noo. DAII - Fenris, never knew he would have come back if I had stayed true to him. Instead FemHawke had a rebound with Merrill and spent the rest of the game trying to irritate Fenris. ME3 - Jacob, well. That one hurt the most. We will see what I happen to mess up this time. It is always one PT that goes straight south. Ha ha, at least my FemShep who got dumped by Jacob had Aria and her sofa for company.
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Post by melbella on Mar 25, 2017 19:41:00 GMT
DAO - Alistair, I wanted to be queen and try to help the mages but noo. DAII - Fenris, never knew he would have come back if I had stayed true to him. Instead FemHawke had a rebound with Merrill and spent the rest of the game trying to irritate Fenris. ME3 - Jacob, well. That one hurt the most.
My first romances were:
DAO: Alistair. I re-did the Landsmeet several times to get the outcome I wanted. Ugh, that was a chore. DAII: Fenris. I didn't trigger the Act 2 romance scene until Act 3, so everything referencing a 3 year gap made no sense to me. DAI: Solas. Enough said. Next game was fuzzy bunnies with Cullen.
ME 1: Kaidan. He was there, and kinda cute. But Horizon in ME2 was a big turnoff. ME 2/3: Garrus. Finally got a good one the first time out. He's still my favorite, but I like Thane and Kaidan also. For male Shepard, I like Tali's romance the best, even if half the game passes you by (in both 2 and 3) before getting her on the squad.
So far in Andromeda, everyone is MEH but I'm at least attempting to pursue a romance just because it's there.
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Post by aumka on Mar 25, 2017 19:57:05 GMT
Okay.
I loved all three entries of the Mass Effect Trilogy. I enjoyed Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age 2. I enjoyed Baldurs Gate 1 and 2. I was not a fan of Bioware's Sonic game.
Is it likely that I would enjoy Mass Effect Andromeda?
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Post by SpiritVanguard on Mar 25, 2017 20:24:29 GMT
SpiritVanguard I have been turned down so so many times in BioWare games. If I hadn't know in advance who my intended LI was in this game, got that one thanks to Twitter I know two ladies who would have said "no" to me. To me the most interesting this is if I will be dumped again. DAO - Alistair, I wanted to be queen and try to help the mages but noo. DAII - Fenris, never knew he would have come back if I had stayed true to him. Instead FemHawke had a rebound with Merrill and spent the rest of the game trying to irritate Fenris. ME3 - Jacob, well. That one hurt the most. We will see what I happen to mess up this time. It is always one PT that goes straight south. Ha ha, at least my FemShep who got dumped by Jacob had Aria and her sofa for company. I'm not heart-broken, I just thought it was funny that the majority of those I chose to flirt with turned Ryder down. :dumb: I think I've settled on my LI for this run and I'm not disappointed -- but I do have my eye on one character that just might be perfect for my next Ryder. :amirite: I've never been dumped in a Bio game, fortunately, and I stayed with the same LI each game because I don't jump ship just because seas get rocky. ME: Loved Kaidan, thought Horizon was bullshit and couldn't wait to be with him again, continued in 3. DAO: Alistair stayed a Warden with my Warden. DA2: Anders, all the way. DAI: Solas, and Lavellan hasn't given up on him yet. Overall I think I've been lucky in my first-runs. So far so good in Andromeda. :heh:
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Post by SpiritVanguard on Mar 25, 2017 20:33:26 GMT
I like the alien Sudoku puzzles, by the way. Also loving the crew interactions. The more time I spend with this group the more I like them.
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Post by SilentK on Mar 25, 2017 21:53:34 GMT
Okay. I loved all three entries of the Mass Effect Trilogy. I enjoyed Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age 2. I enjoyed Baldurs Gate 1 and 2. I was not a fan of Bioware's Sonic game. Is it likely that I would enjoy Mass Effect Andromeda? If you loved the Mass Effect Trilogy and enjoyed DA:O and DAII then I would say that the odds are in your favor. I am having a really good time with it at least Still, that doesn't mean that it is guaranteed that you will have fun with the game. Play the 10 hr trial or buy it and try it if you feel like it.
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Post by SilentK on Mar 25, 2017 22:01:41 GMT
I like the alien Sudoku puzzles, by the way. Also loving the crew interactions. The more time I spend with this group the more I like them. Ha ha, I am having the problem of wanting to romance two at once. It would probably end in disaster so I am saving that experience for a specific Try-Some-Stuff-Ryder. Planed on one specific LI for the current Ryder but then another one swooped in and that was that. I'm sure that the first LI will forget about that awkward first flirt we shared. Or at least I hope so, otherwise I'll be getting my love-triangle a little bit sooner than planned. Love my little crew, just want to keep them happy and talking. Every few missions I go back up and go around to listen to banter and talk with them. Before I quit playing I prefer to go back to the ship. If I could I would do what I always did i WoW. Let my Ryder go to sleep in the bed when I logg off. It was just so nice to leave my little nelf sleeping until the next adventure. If they could go to sleep next to their LI that would be a plus!
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Post by shechinah on Mar 25, 2017 22:40:27 GMT
Gun's good but got short range. Prefer long ranged. Knife's perfect.
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