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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 20, 2017 21:24:14 GMT
And as far as the 'it wouldn't make sense' argument...it doesn't make sense THAT HE'S STRAIGHT. From all we know of Angaran culture and Jaal himself, he was the perfect candidate for a pansexual squadmate. He comes from an entirely progressive, free love culture and is up for banging a woman of another species from another galaxy but won't stretch to her dude counterpart?
OMG Bioware SJW pandering to red pillers and gamergaters and shit y did u make Jaal straight when he's obvs bi?
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 20, 2017 21:14:14 GMT
Wait. So straight guys, straight girls and gay girls all have at LEAST two squadmates with unique faces as romance options and gay men have zero? Wow. Bioware is fucking pathetic these days. I was already very on the fence over the game (or falling off the fence) after playing the trial and if my only real romance option is Gil the sex pest then I'll wait until Andromeda is in the bargain bin.
If this is true there is no excuse for it and it comes across REALLY badly.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 20, 2017 21:05:48 GMT
Just heard about Jaal Huh? I thought Jaal was all but confirmed bi. What have I missed?
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 20, 2017 18:14:42 GMT
Some further thoughts after nearly finishing my ten hours:
Some quality of life patches adding in autoloot and a way to alter looks post CC would be greatly appreciated.
I'm struggling to get into the story primarily because I don't feel connected to Ryder due to him being so predetermined. He doesn't feel like 'my' character. This is really a matter of preference, but for me it reduces my personal interest in the story significantly. I'm happy to see that there are some serious/darker tones than what previews had led me to believe, however. It's not all a big quip fest.
The Nomad feels as awkward to manoeuvre as the Mako to me. They feel almost exactly the same. I'm flying all over the place and getting stuck on rocks just as much in the Nomad as I did the Mako. With my struggles with the Nomad and the issue with combat feeling so chaotic in these open areas I'm really missing the more linear design of ME2 and 3.
The main strength of Bioware games is the characters and story, so from a ten hour trial it's really hard to measure the games worth without having experienced those to the fullest, but so far my impression is that the game took a lot of the worst habits of Inquisition while leaving out the things that it excelled at. It's reinvented things that didn't need touching and neglected things that did. My impressions may change entirely after a full playthrough but for the moment I feel like it's a mis-step.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 20, 2017 13:31:40 GMT
Ok, so I've now put a few hours into the trial and here are some of my initial impressions. Honestly, this might be the first Bioware game I'm struggling to enjoy for several reasons. 1. It's been said a lot, but the CC is REALLY restrictive and a massive step down from DA:I. This is the first thing you encounter in the game and it really leaves a sour taste throughout the rest of the playthrough when I can't even come close to creating a character I'm happy with. 2. The environments are incredibly busy visually. My eye does not know where to focus and this is only compounded by combat leading to... 3. Combat. Enemies constantly flank you and rush you while in cover which, with the camera so close to the character, feels chaotic and out of nowhere. Combine that with the lack of any tactical pause for powers and the cluttered environments and I end up kind of just flailing about not even bothering to use my powers. It's really chaotic and, frankly, stressful. 4. Lots of autodialogue and somewhat limited player dialogue choices. It's about on par with the rest of the Mass Effect series, which is fair enough, but after the expansive roleplay dialogue options of DA:I (about three options minimum, plus race specific, class specific, four speech perks in historic, political, underworld, magic) it feels like a shame that this big strength of DA:I didn't get carried over when it was such an opportune time to reinvent Mass Effect as not only a great cinematic action-RPG game, but a truly solid RPG series. On a positive note, however, dialogues seem very reactive to minute optional things I've done, at least at this early stage, with Alec commenting on what I had done throughout habitat 7. Small touches like this make a good game great. Another positive is how reactive the companions are in banters. They're constantly talking and feel very alive. It's just a shame that this doesn't extend to their interacts with Ryder one on one which, again, feel restricted compared to DA:I. The amount of elf/mage specific dialogues I had with, for example, Solas, really made me feel like the story was accommodating my personal perception of my protagonist and this is something I hope to see embraced in any future Mass Effect games. (TOTALLY PERSONAL CRITICISM DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL TASTE) - So far Gil's M/M romance flirting is very offputting to me in it's overt sexuality. This is not a politically charged complaint, that's fine if it's in character, but it spreads to the tone of the player character and in future it would be nice if the player could have two flirt options with one being more sexual and one revolving around concern/emotional closeness/a genuine desire to get to know the character more. It would even be ok (and a cool reactive element) if, for some characters, they were gated depending on their preference of tone and how you flirt with them. I realise that putting in a ton of romances to fit peoples niche tastes is just not feasible, so having at least one extra tone for flirting seems like a good way to expand the options to suit more people and simultaneously expand RP and make your characters seem more alive.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 19, 2017 13:29:33 GMT
I really wish this hadn't been turned into a witchhunt, but he actually is right about her position. Her twitter bio literally said "Lead Facial Animator for Mass Effect: Andromeda". Was she around long enough to be responsible for the animations we see in the game? Who knows. If she deserves any crap than it should come from her employers, not the internet at large. Now all the complaints about facial animation are going to be ruined by gamergate tier garbage.It already has been ruined. Go to any youtube video that talks about it, and the comments (yeah, I know, I know) inevitably seem to include numerous suggestions that this is what you get when you hire minorities. I'm not even joking. These assholes are vile. A few days ago I saw a comment in a thread about making custom portraits for Torment: Tides of Numenera that stated that it was SJW culture that was to blame for the bad default portraits and the commenter was sick of this 'agenda' being forced on him. K.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 19, 2017 13:26:48 GMT
While this seems like an obvious statement, it bears repeating that some people desperately need to get off the internet and get a fucking grip on real life. Or have their keyboard taken away and be punished by having to go and interact with actual humans in person.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 16, 2017 15:45:41 GMT
+ one more ‘light’ romance Her facial features look just like Lexi's.... This is why it's worth investing time in a really sound character creator.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 16, 2017 15:22:57 GMT
I don't have the trial but from the footage I've seen most dialogue interactions consist of only two options per selection, which for me is a huge failing of an RPG and not a complaint that seems to be coming up at all from others, so. I'm aware that different TYPES of personality options appear, but there tends to be only two to choose from at any one time. DA:I frequently had more than this (taking into account different personality types, race background, knowledge perks, class background) and that had two voices actors per gender for the Inquisitor. Also, it bears repeating that the character creator is a big step down from DA:I. I'd say around 20% of the time we get four options (rough estimate), which is more than we got from ME3. ME3 was also terrible in this regard (as well as auto-dialogue), which is why I'm comparing it to DA:I; their latest release which was really good in this regard and something I hoped would be relayed over to the ME series.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 16, 2017 15:09:48 GMT
I don't have the trial but from the footage I've seen most dialogue interactions consist of only two options per selection, which for me is a huge failing of an RPG and not a complaint that seems to be coming up at all from others, so. I'm aware that different TYPES of personality options appear, but there tends to be only two to choose from at any one time. DA:I frequently had more than this (taking into account different personality types, race background, knowledge perks, class background) and that had two voices actors per gender for the Inquisitor.
Also, it bears repeating that the character creator is a big step down from DA:I.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 16, 2017 14:48:17 GMT
indeed, is he the one who says hi when we first meet him? that could be a (vague) clue at least. i'm really disappointed no one seems to like gil would any of you care to elaborate in more detail what you find wrong? Other than Dana, it's people who disliked Gil as soon as they found out he didn't have a face model. Don't stress yourself out about it. Besides, every character gets on somebody's nerves even if they're generally considered great. I mean look at how much complaining about Dorian there is in Gil's thread. That's not entirely true. I dislike him because, from what I've seen, the tone of the Gil/Scott flirting is immediately sexually charged and something I'd find very creepy and off-putting in real life.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 16, 2017 1:04:08 GMT
Alright, this isn't really about romance but is any one else concerned over the moment of autodialogue in this game? So far the reviews I've read have all complained about cheesy autodialogue that poppped up, with stuff like Ryder screaming "roadbump" when they run over an enemy with the Mako 2.0. All the clips I've watched have had a large amount of auto dialogue and when we do have dialogue options it's mostly limited to two choices. Throw in the limited CC and I'm really just keeping an eye on the game because Bioware.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 16, 2017 0:44:05 GMT
....America is a socialist society?
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 16, 2017 0:03:49 GMT
...Are you American? Is it maybe an American thing? Because if someone told me here that I was being derogatory by using the term 'female' I would side eye the fuck out of them. I'm not trying to be a dick, I've just never encountered this in the UK. I suspect women in the UK don't appreciate it either. Honestly, do you really think "I suspect females in the UK don't appreciate it" sounds exactly the same? It doesn't; it's not a normal usage; the term "female" is being selected on purpose. If I had to guess at the etymology of the term as a noun I'd trace it back to American hip-hop 10-15 years ago. Rappers referred to women as "females," and this was done in a derogatory/possessive sense, as if they were "lesser than" men. Men also had pseudo-ownership over them, as if they were pets. When I see the use in a student's paper today it is ALWAYS in a male student's paper, and always from a student who is from a rural area. Similarly, only rural students (both genders) use "homosexual" instead of "gay." Well as I don't know anyone who speaks in bizarre formalities like that, I suppose it's an issue I've never encountered or heard of before.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 23:54:22 GMT
We do? I'm a native English speaker and have never noticed anyone take issue with the use of 'female' before/use 'female' as some kind of derogatory term. Personally, I've only ever heard the term used in a derogatory sense, unless they were referring to animals (like in a nature documentary). Most women I know irl get annoyed with anyone who uses "female" as a noun. ...Are you American? Is it maybe an American thing? Because if someone told me here that I was being derogatory by using the term 'female' I would side eye the fuck out of them. I'm not trying to be a dick, I've just never encountered this in the UK.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 23:47:31 GMT
I don't know what you mean. I'm not a native speaker and I can't spot anything wrong in my use of female, unless I was supposed to use women instead? I thought female would work too. Sorry, we usually associate the usage of "female" as a noun with guys objectify women. Like how some conservatives call gay people "homosexuals" or "the gays" rather than gay people. We do? I'm a native English speaker and have never noticed anyone take issue with the use of 'female' before/use 'female' as some kind of derogatory term.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 23:38:52 GMT
CC live stream with a guy working on a preset that Gil clearly came from.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 23:01:59 GMT
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 21:19:18 GMT
Better Character Creator (facial features) Tools - 22 Mirror in Ryder cabin for change of hair and beard style - 14 Ability to use CC on NPCs - 8 Introduce Photo-Mode - 11 No Backward Pistols - 10 Change Squadmates' Weapons - 10 Alternate outfits/armors for squadmates - 16 Nomad entry animation on an options toggle - 10 Add Console Field of View Slider - 8 Fix the Eyes - 20 Add mini-map marking enemy/ally locations/compass to HUD - 10 Braces for default Sara Ryder - 10
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 21:00:15 GMT
Yes. The custom option just saves your current edited preset, basically. No extra options.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 18:41:22 GMT
How in any known universe is that not a lie?! you do a lot of the same things in both CCs and DAIs consisted largely of picking a pre set and molding that pre set to your whim. Yes the one from DA I was more complicated but that dosent mean that they didn't take from it and learn from it. The right v lessons imo. So you're saying that these two character creation systems both involve the basics of a character creator system (namely taking a preset and creating a character from it) and thus they are similar.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 18:33:25 GMT
While that tweet is wrapped up in 'that's just my opinion, man' deniability, those are straight up lies. There is no way he thought that Andromeda's CC is similar or comparable in quality to Inquisition's and it clearly IS reinventing the wheel. So the question becomes; why did they change a functioning system to something they have so little confidence in that they feel the need to lie about it pre-release? considering what you could do in DA I and considering what you could do in ME A that's not a lie. It's missing the majority of functionality of the DA:I CC. It's a lie. It's far closer to the original trilogy CC, but without the ability to mix and match facial features.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 18:18:16 GMT
I don't think they did. They expecially stated there'll be differences because it'll be based on the same type of face customization the trilogy and DAO/DA2 had, instead of the one used in DAI. They did at least imply there'll be tons of options, which is untrue. I remember a tweet, from Aaryn I think it was, saying that it will be similar to Inquisition, and that they weren't trying to reinvent the wheel. I'll have to go look for it. Edit: Here you go: While that tweet is wrapped up in 'that's just my opinion, man' deniability, those are straight up lies. There is no way he thought that Andromeda's CC is similar or comparable in quality to Inquisition's and it clearly IS reinventing the wheel. So the question becomes; why did they change a functioning system to something they have so little confidence in that they feel the need to lie about it pre-release?
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 11:58:07 GMT
What kind of men do you hang around with lol. I do think it's a little offputting, I DESPISED Dorian's incapability to be honest, say what he feels and not deflect all the fucking goddamn time with humor. It's not a pretty sight, and it's a defensive mechanism that can really get annoying. But, Gil isn't a self-centered snob and seems to really be down-to-earth, and isn't snarky, so he won't be as bad as Dorian even if I am turned off by humor as a defensive mechanism after Dorian completely went overboard with it. And like already said, I hope it's not sex -> relationship but relationship -> sex. My father, like four of my uncles, a couple of my friends from high school, a few co-workers... they're all like that. Maybe it's a straight male American thing...? I once dated an American. It's not a straight male 'Murican thing. It's just a male 'Murican thing.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 15, 2017 9:19:20 GMT
If he's a fling to romance and we have to fuck him to initiate his actual romance I'm gonna be pretty pissed.
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