Official Thread Mass Effect: Andromeda
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Posted a video a while back in which they said this isn't the start of a planned trilogy so if it is a stand alone story then I'm fine with that.
Why should everything be a trilogy now?
Seems so. Seems all you can do is allocate their skill points.
I am fine with it , though. I am not fond of having to micromange A.I teammates.
The gamespot one is funny. They basically rip the game a new one, and then right at the end claim that even after 65 hours--of tedious quests, poor writing, dull characters, horrible UI and bigtechnical issues--that they still want play a few more missions.
Really in depth review on Ars.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017...dromeda-is-dragon-age-inquisition-in-space/6/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017...dromeda-is-dragon-age-inquisition-in-space/6/
Fairly positive review from Machinima:
I think I'm going to wait for a month or two in the hopes that future patches improve some of the most common complaints. I'm still nowhere near finishing Horizon: Zero Dawn, so it's almost a relief to not feel like I have to buy this ASAP.
I think I'm going to wait for a month or two in the hopes that future patches improve some of the most common complaints. I'm still nowhere near finishing Horizon: Zero Dawn, so it's almost a relief to not feel like I have to buy this ASAP.
I read the link and thought it was a decent review, got to the bottom of the page and realized it's page six of six. Damn. Going back to read the rest of it now.
For all the talk of metacritics, it's still got a hrudeycritic score of incomplete. Check back with me in a month or three.
I hope they'll have an emotion patch out by the time Scorpio hits. I also hope they sort out some issues before they offer story DLC missions.
I really don't care about the review scores.
I really don't care about the review scores.
That Ars review is exactly how I'm feeling with the game, Inquisition in space. Which isn't totally a bad thing but isn't necessarily a good thing either. With Breath of the wild and Horizion out before it and the specter of Witcher 3 around it, Bioware really couldn't afford a slip up. Unfortunately from what I've played there is alot of Inquisition dna in this game a la fetch quests and big empty worlds. Quite honestly the game is getting the reviews I expected Inquisition to receive.
The fetch quests were my only real issue with Dragon Age, and it is shame they have returned. However, why is it only now that it is a huge deal? Most games have them in abundace, including Witcher 3, but only now is it some. huge deal.
And seriously, how bad can the game really be if even the very negative folk still want to play after 60+ hours?
I just find it all a bit farsical.
TW3 isn't really a good comparison especially since it has raised the bar so high for side quests
I don't think anyone should come to the conclusion that its bad based on the reviews. Most reviews aren't really making that claim.
Let me rebuttal:
1. Inquistions fetch quests were universally derided at the time. It was in the words of many players MMO type fetch quest with no bearing on anything.
2. The witcher 3 was not chastised for this because their fetch quests were came with arguably better stories to go with the quest to make it not so much of a fetch quest as a full on side mission.
3. Bioware themselves said they were ditching fetch quests for this game or at least making them more meaningful, then copy and paste Inquisitions playbook.
I agree the game isn't bad by any means. But with any Bioware game comes certain expectations. Bioware has been known as IMO world class game makers and I've personally come to expect the best from them. When you have animation problems, flat uninspired dialog and a copy and paste of features that your fan base was vocally not happy with, you open yourself up to harsh criticism.
Inquisition had an almost overwhelming number of side quests of "collect/activate/kill X number of this thing." To the point where I didn't finish the game because of it.
Derided? hardly. A lot of places didn't even list them as a con--Gamespot for example-- or give much space in the review on the whole.
Things like character pop ins and other tech issues were glossed over.
And large empty worlds. barely gets mentioned.
These so called pro reviews and nothing but hypocrisy. It isn't even an opinion, as it is all there in black & white for all to see...and actual gamers are even worse.
It is agood comparison. It had its fair share of tedious missions, and it's main story wasn't great. Yes, it had some awesome side quests and certainly raised the bar in that area.
I don't care if people think it is bad or not. The issue is the flip flopping importance of specific things on a game by game basis.
Did the entire gaming world call a meeting and decide to take down Mass Effect Andromeda?
Sorry about that. I was posting the link from my phone and didn't see the page counter.
Can't recall seeing such polarising reviews before. Seems the combat and exploration is getting high praise, the writing is considered good or bad depending on who you ask and the technical problems and fetch quests are the main culprits. You know, it'd have been interesting to see what scores the game would have got if it released a few months ago. Almost feels like the bar has been raised over the past few months and that ME:A was the unlucky game to feel the impact of it.
Some scores feel particularly harsh though, 55/100, 6/10? Those are piss poor scores that 2-3 years ago would have been unheard of for all but the bottom feeding trash - and in many of those reviews they claim to have enjoyed it. Times are a-changin' I guess.
Some scores feel particularly harsh though, 55/100, 6/10? Those are piss poor scores that 2-3 years ago would have been unheard of for all but the bottom feeding trash - and in many of those reviews they claim to have enjoyed it. Times are a-changin' I guess.
By no means is this game a 55/100 or 6/10 game. But I feel like exactly what you described in your first paragraph has occurred. Again the game is not bad by any means, but it does feel tedious. I'm a Mass effect fan so I will stick it out. But there are things that should have been addressed. The fetch quests are 1 of them.