Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. Skyrant
    Mar 29, 2017
    4
    It is not the very limited character Editor, not the uncanny looks of the characters faces. it's not the amateur animations, not the horrible AI of your companions. It is not the many bugs or the repetitive and boring scanning mechanic.

    It is all the above combine with some of the worst, cringe worthy, worse than fan-fiction writing that makes this 4th incarnation of Mass Effect the    It is not the very limited character Editor, not the uncanny looks of the characters faces. it's not the amateur animations, not the horrible AI of your companions. It is not the many bugs or the repetitive and boring scanning mechanic.

    It is all the above combine with some of the worst, cringe worthy, worse than fan-fiction writing that makes this 4th incarnation of Mass Effect the worst and possible the last of the series.

    If we consider that a 1 means unplayable, 5 would be an average game and 10 a game of the century classic, i think a 4 is well deserved and probably too nice still.

    #BelowAverage #BargainBin #DonNotBuy    … Expand
  2. gimus
    Apr 22, 2017
    0
    Thanks to a bug (one of millions) I can not end the game and load it from last save point, I must play again from the beginning, frustrating! And no response from Origin or EA. Thank you, very big pitty of money. I love ME 1-3, but this is not mass effect, this is **** Be carefull on your wallets.
  3. Noalan
    Apr 1, 2017
    0
    As it stands now this game should not have been released. It's buggy and ugly. Bioware has promised to update it, I'll revisit this score after that happens. For now, do not buy, wait for a big price drop (Maybe even humble bundle), patches, and/or for the modding community to fix it.
  4. icedog
    Apr 21, 2017
    1
    I loved the other Mass Effect games in the series but this one has been poorly made .Story line has been done before and the fighting mechanics is slow and difficult . Graphic is average but there are odd times when your legs dont move but you are walking around .The game was should be properly fixed before releasing the game with all these bugs .
  5. ShaneHido
    Jun 11, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Andromeda is another reminder why not to pre-order games. I have lost all faith in Bioware after this title. Just such a shame, it could have been so great! The god-awful characters/dialogue/storyline make this a waste of time. The story was remarkably annoying and lets just say the wrong character dies at the start of the game.… Expand
  6. lokk
    May 5, 2017
    4
    Mass Effect Andromeda is not a bad game. It's good game with many good positive things, but it is not enough to be the awesome, great game like Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for example.

    MEA has strong connection with previous games in ME universe. And this is a main reason why so many people hate MEA and why this game has been forgotten so fast. The trilogy had a really strong characters,    Mass Effect Andromeda is not a bad game. It's good game with many good positive things, but it is not enough to be the awesome, great game like Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for example.

    MEA has strong connection with previous games in ME universe. And this is a main reason why so many people hate MEA and why this game has been forgotten so fast.

    The trilogy had a really strong characters, excellent story, interesting gameplay things like dialogue system, paragon/renegad system and more. All these things made Mass Effect a super action-rpg.

    Unfortunately MEA mostly has bad things like bad animations, bugs, poor story, bad characters including main character which you are playing. Scott/Sara Ryder is nothing more than son/daughter of Alliance hero Alek Ryder without SAM. Without SAM you can't solve about 80% of problems in Andromeda, you just a body who can shooting and killing. On other side shooting part in this game is really cool, nice combinations of skills, jet-pack, profiles which allow you to play so many different roles in combat.

    As a ME fan i am really dissapointed in this game and wouldn't reccomend to buy it to someone.    … Expand
  7. Tecco
    Apr 16, 2017
    4
    Why does everything have to be openworld nowadays, it just waters down everything.
    ME:A is no different.
    They spent so much time making "Open World" and so little making a what made the ME games truly special and lovable. We dont want a billion cubicmeters of coal Bioware! We want a flawless gem!, The size is irellevant!!! Quantity is worthless without quality. To be honest it feels    Why does everything have to be openworld nowadays, it just waters down everything.
    ME:A is no different.
    They spent so much time making "Open World" and so little making a what made the ME games truly special and lovable.
    We dont want a billion cubicmeters of coal Bioware! We want a flawless gem!, The size is irellevant!!!
    Quantity is worthless without quality.
    To be honest it feels like it is made by completely different people. People who dont understand the universe, and just dont really care.    … Expand
  8. Hitmanforrent
    Mar 30, 2017
    4
    It's pretty bad. The combat feels okay, but the story and characters are lifeless. The main character is painfully boring. Technical issues don't help the story.
  9. Deliverance91
    Apr 1, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its like bioware is really trying hard to make their games **** on every iteration. Like inquisition, andromeda lacks soul. Its just an insane timesink, walking through emtpy worlds killing of enemies that will respawn 2 moments later. Companions are stereotypes and boring. No plottwists, no interesting stories to them. Main story line is just another version of biowares 'evil race comes from nowhere and mutates other races' as already seen with the darkspawn and the reapers. The combat is entertaining for some time but thats all this game has. Biowares trademark was in developing sophisticated characters and after this mess im inclined to say, they have lost the people who could create them.… Expand
  10. MaxShine
    Apr 2, 2017
    4
    The review is only concerned with the single player. I liked this game better than DA:I because at least the combat is quite fun. Maybe this is the new Bioware style where there is a quasi open world with huge areas where you can collect stuff that you don't need (really you don't need all this stuff) in a single player MMO fashion.
    Bioware's Mass Effect was known for being a story-driven    The review is only concerned with the single player. I liked this game better than DA:I because at least the combat is quite fun. Maybe this is the new Bioware style where there is a quasi open world with huge areas where you can collect stuff that you don't need (really you don't need all this stuff) in a single player MMO fashion.
    Bioware's Mass Effect was known for being a story-driven action RPG. In this game only the main quest is truly story-driven. Even the companion quests have very few cutscenes and are not nearly as intense and connected to the main quest as in ME2, they are really shallow and I did not even do some of them which seemed to have no consequences.
    This is really a game where I would have wished for less content and smaller worlds, but then let the side or companion quests be more intense and not fetch X from A and bring it to B.
    You can get easily sidetracked by such quests and then get bored to death. I really recommend not doing these quests if you want to enjoy the little parts of this game that are enjoyable.
    If this quasi open world type of game is the new Bioware style, I have to say I don't like it at all. I don't buy Bioware games for fetch quests and grinding. I would really like to see Bioware returning to making less quests and smaller game worlds, but better and more polished quests and places.
    Couple that with the ridiculous SJW agenda, creepy animations and a lot of the humans being some kind of grotesque ethnomix you get a game of which one wants to avoid a lot of the content to not get bored, enraged or repulsed. In previous Mass Effect games the soundtrack contributed a great deal to the epic gaming moments these games delivered. While the main quest of this game has some good moments it never reaches the level of epicness, immersion and intensity of its predecessors.    … Expand
  11. Bigtrav
    Apr 2, 2017
    3
    This game would rate at an 8 or 9 if it wasn't for all the game breaking bugs. These bugs where reported weeks ago with hundreds of other people having the same problems and nothing has been done not even an acknowledgment that they are working on a fix.
  12. pescyn
    Apr 5, 2017
    3
    welcome to ME:A glitch simulator, You will be amazed by some sh*t You will see here .... oh and one more thing - we don't have attractive female protagonist because it's 2017.
  13. sirArterius
    May 12, 2017
    0
    PEOPLE DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. IT IS NOT WORTH EVEN A HALF OF THE PRICE.
    IT IS NOT MASS EFFECT AT ALL
    I am a big Mass Effect fan. I played M1, M2, M3 more than 2k hours in total. I've completed ME2 10 times. I played 300 hours in ME3 Multiplayer. I've preordered Mass Effect Andromeda ... I knew the single player could be a total disaster and it is a TOTAL DISASTER. Even worse than I    PEOPLE DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. IT IS NOT WORTH EVEN A HALF OF THE PRICE.
    IT IS NOT MASS EFFECT AT ALL
    I am a big Mass Effect fan. I played M1, M2, M3 more than 2k hours in total. I've completed ME2 10 times. I played 300 hours in ME3 Multiplayer.
    I've preordered Mass Effect Andromeda ... I knew the single player could be a total disaster and it is a TOTAL DISASTER. Even worse than I expected.
    But at least I hoped for a decent Multiplayer ... it's not. I tried, I really tried hard to like it. I returned back to Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer now.
    Don't repeat my mistake. Don't buy it.    … Expand
  14. Aeon_Amadi
    Apr 2, 2017
    1
    TL;DR - There's a lot wrong with it, but all you need to know from me is this: FPS drops like crazy, hard-freezing galore, rubber-banding in multiplayer, etc. Game will lock down your entire PC and EA Support will just tell you to turn off Origin Overlay over and over again instead of actually helping you. Only game I have in my library (out of over $2,500 worth of games on Steam/Origin)TL;DR - There's a lot wrong with it, but all you need to know from me is this: FPS drops like crazy, hard-freezing galore, rubber-banding in multiplayer, etc. Game will lock down your entire PC and EA Support will just tell you to turn off Origin Overlay over and over again instead of actually helping you. Only game I have in my library (out of over $2,500 worth of games on Steam/Origin) that does this. I'd play the story mode if it was worth a **** but this un-optimized trash might melt my rig.… Expand
  15. TEJR
    Mar 31, 2017
    3
    Exactly those animations who everyone talks about, are the main reason I just couldn't take this game seriously nor get into the story properly.
    When Liam's head just turns around 20 times while I was talking with him... just no.
    Stop trying to protect those who did this, give them hell people, when you will keep your **** pink glasses on they won't stop making **** like this. Fire that    Exactly those animations who everyone talks about, are the main reason I just couldn't take this game seriously nor get into the story properly.
    When Liam's head just turns around 20 times while I was talking with him... just no.
    Stop trying to protect those who did this, give them hell people, when you will keep your **** pink glasses on they won't stop making **** like this.
    Fire that **** who was a leader of the animation team, hire someone who knows what's up.
    You would be fired in any other job for doing your job miserable so I don't know why it can't be the same here. On the other hand space itself looks awesome, until you wanna travel somewhere and watch that stupid animation 50 times.    … Expand
  16. Spiritwalker13
    Mar 31, 2017
    3
    Game is choppy, and crashes. The Characters have the jitters while talking to them, seem to be paranoid with rapid eye movements, and wide eyed frightened stares. Some choices are made before the player gets to decide. I had an issue with deluxe items for the single player campaign failing to load (Armors and weapons only), and was told by EA Help it was unsolvable, I had to wait and seeGame is choppy, and crashes. The Characters have the jitters while talking to them, seem to be paranoid with rapid eye movements, and wide eyed frightened stares. Some choices are made before the player gets to decide. I had an issue with deluxe items for the single player campaign failing to load (Armors and weapons only), and was told by EA Help it was unsolvable, I had to wait and see if the next update would might fix it. Overall it is a prime example of the poor judgement Bioware used in allowing EA the entangle them in a massive, uncaring, money only mentality.… Expand
  17. iznano
    Apr 20, 2017
    2
    Здравствуйте дорогие игроки. Я играл во все предыдущие части ME. Однако андромеда это плохая игра. Про анимацию и диалоги сказано много. Хочется отметить плохую боевку. ИИ напарников очень плох, бросают гранаты в стены, не атакуют противника - не выполняют команды. Развитие планет должно было быть как в классических песочницах, сначала орбитальный модуль, потом космопорт, потом строения,Здравствуйте дорогие игроки. Я играл во все предыдущие части ME. Однако андромеда это плохая игра. Про анимацию и диалоги сказано много. Хочется отметить плохую боевку. ИИ напарников очень плох, бросают гранаты в стены, не атакуют противника - не выполняют команды. Развитие планет должно было быть как в классических песочницах, сначала орбитальный модуль, потом космопорт, потом строения, все это улучшать, добывать ресы и т.п. Однако этого нет. Есть маяк - черный экран (даже эпичной заставки под 2 spers from helll нету, сэкономили) - готовая колония на 10 домов. И все. Особенно бредово выглядит внутреннее убранство корабля которое больше чем корпус. Вообщем игру оцениваю на 3 из 10. Какая-то плохая смесь borderlands и трешачкового космосима.… Expand
  18. Calders
    Apr 1, 2017
    2
    Very meh in every way... maybe some nice looking environments but ultimately it leaves you feeling unfulfilled. Just like DAI it proves that open worlds and exploration are the enemy of well paced and well constructed story telling. As for the look of all the female characters in the game I have no words... put it this way, we know how the Asari selected their recruits for the missionn.Very meh in every way... maybe some nice looking environments but ultimately it leaves you feeling unfulfilled. Just like DAI it proves that open worlds and exploration are the enemy of well paced and well constructed story telling. As for the look of all the female characters in the game I have no words... put it this way, we know how the Asari selected their recruits for the missionn. This is an own goal for Bioware because it makes the game feel uninspiring and ugly. It seems clear that Bioware are more interested in pleasing feminists than they are interested in pleasing gamers.… Expand
  19. Sbiritou
    Jul 15, 2017
    0
    I finally understood why Andromeda didn't include Quarians: It's because Tali have better facial animations than this garbage of a "game". No amount of Garrus calibrations can save this trainwreck. For once EA made a good decision by dropping the ball on the current hacks. Bioware is in urgent need for a reboot., yet some diehard biodrones fail to see how low the company sunk and all theyI finally understood why Andromeda didn't include Quarians: It's because Tali have better facial animations than this garbage of a "game". No amount of Garrus calibrations can save this trainwreck. For once EA made a good decision by dropping the ball on the current hacks. Bioware is in urgent need for a reboot., yet some diehard biodrones fail to see how low the company sunk and all they care about is their alien sex fix. Animations are crap but so is the story, ui and dialogues. i expected nothing and still I was disappointed.… Expand
  20. eyalbentancur
    May 16, 2017
    0
    I'll keep it short. IMO, only graphics and combat is _ok_. The rest is just a painful experience - from **** interface, through characters, most of which i, mildly speaking, don't like, to not interesting story, to tv soap opera like dialogs and personal stories. I don't remember skipping one dialog line in previous ME games, but here i couldn't force myself to endure it all for more theI'll keep it short. IMO, only graphics and combat is _ok_. The rest is just a painful experience - from **** interface, through characters, most of which i, mildly speaking, don't like, to not interesting story, to tv soap opera like dialogs and personal stories. I don't remember skipping one dialog line in previous ME games, but here i couldn't force myself to endure it all for more the two hours straight, even while i skipped like 50% of lines, just quickly scanning them in case i'll miss something valuable, which there weren't. I wont mention ridiculous animations and bugs, couse there is a ton of videos on YT showing it… Expand
  21. meskus123
    Mar 30, 2017
    4
    This just isn't a good Mas effect or game in general. As with Dragon Age developer went wrong way and lost it. Technical problems it has are something that AAA game shouldn't have on release, even indie games usually don't have so much of them in early access. So for price they charge those are offending for buyers. I see many people say that bugs and glitches will be correctedThis just isn't a good Mas effect or game in general. As with Dragon Age developer went wrong way and lost it. Technical problems it has are something that AAA game shouldn't have on release, even indie games usually don't have so much of them in early access. So for price they charge those are offending for buyers. I see many people say that bugs and glitches will be corrected later, sure, but right now they are still there and influence what you get out of it so much that it must be shown in scoring. Therefore score of 10 is just impossible, pure fantasy if you played game at all. I really don't think graphics are or should be most important in this kind of games, few glitches or bad animations don't make me hate a game, but also just good graph. doesn't make me love it. There must be at least some level of standard in place. Below standard story, characters and experience sadly can not be fixed so easily. Like in last Dragon Age they made a single player MMORPG 'open world game' with lot of fetch or go there missions and lost a core of Mass Effect universe and feeling. If you wanted to make ME online it would probably be right way to go but even then more would be needed. To be honest its not so bad as to get 0 score outright, that also is mistake. It has good points, some very good even, combat, driving, free exploring, arcade jumping and puzzle solving, but that's not what ME game should be. I mean if you like those things Myst, Truck simulator, Call of duty, Far cry, Horison ND or Tomb rider does it better respectfully. I understand that, maybe, someone wanted to go in new direction, try something new and its OK. Look at original ME or Witcher, every game something new, some better some not. But then you must do much better job and preparations . For me this game go in same basket with likes of X-com and C &C shooters, D&D fighting games Minecraft adventures etc., nice try, fresh ideas and so, but not good enough. It can be done, Star Wars proved it by having good and great games in wide range of genres. When it isn't up to the level better to scrap it or redo it like Blizzard did few times . Of course EA is in it for cash and all other be damned so they will continue to ship half finished, bad games for full AAA price. They tricked me with Dragon Age Inq. , for this game I had my doubts but choose to put my faith in Bioware and reviews saying that its not so bad, my bad as it happens. This game has lots of good ideas, some even work, others don't. I used to respect and trust Bioware , sadly not anymore. EA killed Bioware we loved and left a Zombie in its place moaning "we will improve, just give cash, more cash". Not for me. CD Red proved that you can make evolution/ revolution in a series and genre with Witcher and Gwent even, inXile that you can make good games with old formula and little creativity. EA and Bioware of today have shown us how not to do it and how to kill good ideas and series with bad work and conviction that anything sells with good enough marketing. Funs will by for old glory sake and others will by if you make it simple and just a little more LGBT and creationist "correct". Go with a time man, who needs story, characters and immersion, funny faces, jumping and dirt racing is a must. Next one will probably be ME Andromeda Farmville… Expand
  22. Amoren
    Apr 2, 2017
    2
    A complete disappointment on every level. The only aspect of the game that's remotely descent is combat. But its a bugged experience, with every minute finding a new way to betray the setting's established lore. Combat quickly becomes easy and generic with few enemies that all use the same tactics and an AI that is so bad that it'll not properly use cover and focus on enemies on the otherA complete disappointment on every level. The only aspect of the game that's remotely descent is combat. But its a bugged experience, with every minute finding a new way to betray the setting's established lore. Combat quickly becomes easy and generic with few enemies that all use the same tactics and an AI that is so bad that it'll not properly use cover and focus on enemies on the other side of the room over you being right next to them. What there is of a story is paper thin and still feels stretched over a short game, the side content feels more tedious than interesting or engaging, and nothing you do feels like it has an impact on the world. Made all the worse that the ending doesn't care what actions you've taken, and in fact makes all the efforts of the character up to that point pointless.

    If anything, the story and execution of this game probably proves you should take professional writers that will research and write for a game/universe that they're not interested in, than a bunch of fans that are more suited to writing fan fiction for live journal and don't bother to make sure what they're writing works with the feel of the world and what's established. I could easily write several pages of every contradiction and pot hole introduced.    … Expand
  23. dadovan
    Apr 5, 2017
    3
    I love the Mass Effect series, but the current state of this game is unfortunately quite buggy. I don't mean perf issues or crashes, I mean simple, obvious bugs:

    * NPCs have triggers so they say important things at important times which is great, except every time I walk over the trigger spot I hear "Watch out - Kett!" even long after I've dispatched that batch of enemies. * I get    I love the Mass Effect series, but the current state of this game is unfortunately quite buggy. I don't mean perf issues or crashes, I mean simple, obvious bugs:

    * NPCs have triggers so they say important things at important times which is great, except every time I walk over the trigger spot I hear "Watch out - Kett!" even long after I've dispatched that batch of enemies.
    * I get lost easy (my fault; not the game's) so I am a heavy user of the overlay map. I find myself always having to zoom in on the overlap map and getting frustrated by the very slow zoom speed.
    * Like everyone else mentions, there are issues with some of the voice acting and animations. (Technically, these may not be classified as bugs but since they break my suspension of disbelief, I'm lumping them in here)
    * Lots of times when I'm talking with NPCs, they completely disappear from view (usually hidden behind some in-world object, sometimes by my own avatar).

    I pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition on Origin and now regret that decision. I've stopped playing and uninstalled the game (hoping EA is watching the uninstall count Origin reports). Like I said, I love the series and the story so far is interesting. My current plan is to give EA time to fix the annoyances I've found (and the ones I hadn't yet encountered after only 8 hours of gameplay). I'll revisit at the end of the year.    … Expand
  24. teufelsdroch
    May 24, 2017
    0
    Oh no! It's a poorly written Bioware game! I bought it because I thought the criticism was about the graphics, which have changed little since the original ME...it's not that, it's that the writing & universe are wooden and unthinking...not because the project was too big but because EA has at last killed off/ignored all the creative individuals associated with this project...I'm sureOh no! It's a poorly written Bioware game! I bought it because I thought the criticism was about the graphics, which have changed little since the original ME...it's not that, it's that the writing & universe are wooden and unthinking...not because the project was too big but because EA has at last killed off/ignored all the creative individuals associated with this project...I'm sure they're there but no one creative was in charge of this thing. I am joining the rest of the mass effect fans saying this is awful, it's a replay of Dragon's Age 2 sucking the life out of a Bioware property...stay away, even if you like the series. May be the end of mass effect probably the last one I'll buy....EA put a writer in charge not MANY writers A writer!… Expand
  25. Tempis
    Jul 6, 2017
    0
    Honestly this game is a massive disappointment. I was fortunate enough to not pre-order it like I did with Fallout 4 and I played my friend's copy for days at his house and after the first night my friend started to worry about me because I looked emotionless. I could easily go ahead and rage and bash MEA and I truly want to throw a fit and get petty, however keeping things relaxed I wouldHonestly this game is a massive disappointment. I was fortunate enough to not pre-order it like I did with Fallout 4 and I played my friend's copy for days at his house and after the first night my friend started to worry about me because I looked emotionless. I could easily go ahead and rage and bash MEA and I truly want to throw a fit and get petty, however keeping things relaxed I would say that Andromeda failed, simple as that. I was emotionally attached to the original ME trilogy so when I witnessed the new Mass Effect I was almost offended, I felt as if I watched a parent give up on life quit their job and just start letting them self go. If you adored the ME trilogy please do yourself a favor and avoid this game. If you have never played mass effect before I recommend playing mass effect 2 first as the first one is very clunky and unplayable for some, but honestly any mass effect will do. Bottom line do not buy this game unless you have never played a video game in your life.… Expand
  26. TheFrog
    Jun 30, 2017
    4
    This is the first ME that I don't complete. I had great expectations, and just before it was released, I replayed through ME3 to get in the right mood. Andromeda started off good, I was impressed by the improved graphics and awed by the number of unlockable skills. Then the very first mission crams really too much up together, and the story only gets worse from there. Where is thatThis is the first ME that I don't complete. I had great expectations, and just before it was released, I replayed through ME3 to get in the right mood. Andromeda started off good, I was impressed by the improved graphics and awed by the number of unlockable skills. Then the very first mission crams really too much up together, and the story only gets worse from there. Where is that "Explore the unknown" feeling, if anywhere you travel, someone already lives there? The characters are so bland and shallow that I can't even say I really disliked them. I just did not care.
    Combat could have been a major improvement, fixing the flaws of the previous chapters, instead it was not realized to its full potential and ended up being worse. I loved the idea to have different power combinations to quickly adapt to different situations, but very quickly realized that everything is so uniform that you have exactly zero incentive to use the feature. Terrible, terrible ammo system. Meh weapons. Bad AI squadmates. And much more, but you get the vibe.
    Last preorder from Bioware from me.    … Expand
  27. EugeneRider
    Oct 25, 2017
    4
    An utter disgrace to Mass Effect series. This, is an unfinished project that is hurried to the market.

    Into it 5 or 6 hours, quit it indefinitely. After the patches, it's still impeccably bad. The facial expressions, animations, weird control. It doesn't feel ME. And do I need to clarify how bad a client Origin is? No screenshot function, awful transactions. And the game itself,    An utter disgrace to Mass Effect series. This, is an unfinished project that is hurried to the market.

    Into it 5 or 6 hours, quit it indefinitely.

    After the patches, it's still impeccably bad. The facial expressions, animations, weird control. It doesn't feel ME. And do I need to clarify how bad a client Origin is? No screenshot function, awful transactions. And the game itself, sucks so bad gets into Origin Access just 3 or 4 months later. I appreciate the efforts from devs, this game, looks like Mass Effect but doesn't feel like it. The plot is inconsistent, and un-mesmerizing. Side missions are just as pointless as what Dragon Age Inquisition did. They are so pointless that you don't want to accept at all. Gladly they have that "no" option, unlike Fallout 4. The jokes are real, the roasts from Internet.

    I would just like them to have a ME3 game. With the same engine, same structure, new plot new maps. Nothing big has to change, just details.

    This game is so bad in so many levels. I quit the game after 5 or 6 hours. It's unfinished, so obvious. And they dropped the support for this unfinished game. Really? After the Araga encounter, I can feel the utter disrespect from devs, how they delivered this unfinished project. Boom. money grabbed and gone. Ranges from inconsistent plot, weird control, and animations. I'm done with this game.    … Expand
  28. AbeMC
    Sep 16, 2017
    4
    Mass Effect Andromeda disappoints in almost every major aspect, from lore to story. And the combat, while generally excellent, suffers from repetitive enemies and an annoying “profile” system that restricts how you play instead of providing the freedom that was promised. There are a few good moments (most in the loyalty missions), but they can’t make up for the failures.
    Total size on my    Mass Effect Andromeda disappoints in almost every major aspect, from lore to story. And the combat, while generally excellent, suffers from repetitive enemies and an annoying “profile” system that restricts how you play instead of providing the freedom that was promised. There are a few good moments (most in the loyalty missions), but they can’t make up for the failures.
    Total size on my hard-drive (after Patch 1.10): 47.3 GB

    + Nomad is great. Handles and drives well.
    + The planets’ design is fantastic. Great fun to explore.
    + Some of the most beautiful landscapes you’ll see.
    + Great sound design.
    + The Angara are an interesting new species.
    + The new ship, the Tempest, is filled with atmospheric lighting and cool views of space through the many windows (it’s a recon ship, not a warship like the Normandy).
    + Squad-mate banter while exploring in the Nomad. Funny, a lot of it, and it triggers quickly.
    + Jump jets! The levels make good use of them, adding a verticality to exploration and combat that simply wasn’t there in previous Mass Effect games, and is a welcome addition.

    +/- Enemy AI is quick to flank. Otherwise, dumb as a rock.
    +/- Characters are a mixed bag. Scott / Sara are betas who take make sure everyone is comfortable, and rarely get the chance tell someone to go to hell. Peebee, Vetra, Lexi and Jaal feel genuinely different, and are fun to talk to. Drack is a (mostly) funny old krogan, who was angry that I chose to save the salarian pathfinder instead of saving three krogan scouts (it’s not like the Pathfinder is an avatar of the species or anything). Liam’s annoying but is clearly meant to be funny. And Cora… well, Cora trained with asari commandos. That’s all you need to know.

    - In a game about building colonies and creating a new home, I hoped for a little more than, “Do side missions to accumulate randomly assigned ‘viability’ points, go to a location, hold E to settle.”
    - I have logged over 1k hours in Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer. Andromeda’s is built on many of the same principles, but now with jump-jets! It’d be great if the maps weren’t so small and confined. While jump-jetting, am always worried about running into walls, pipes, boxes, other players... Lack of enemy variety was an issue in the single-player campaign, and multi-player highlights the issue even more. In addition to all of this, the netcode is a buggy, laggy mess.
    - Glitches abound, even after the final patch.
    - Corrupted saves.
    - Frequent crashing on loading.
    - Crafting. Cumbersome number of components, poor interface.
    - Combat “profiles.” You can create and choose from up to 4 “profiles,” each of which contains only three skills (from any skill tree). Switch between profiles to access the different skills. But switching to a different profile immediately puts all your skills on cooldown, largely defeating the purpose of switching profiles in combat. Obvious console-itis.
    - The same enemies on every planet. Kett, human pirates, anti-human angara, and a few monsters / animals. Some have extra health to make them bosses. That’s it.
    - Cannot customize squad-mates’ loadout.
    - No pause screen in combat; no tactical interface.
    - The Paragon / Renegade character system is gone with nothing to take its place. It’s hard to meaningfully role-play – which means there’s little reason to replay.
    - SAM (the AI) never shuts up, and frequently cuts off / interrupts squadmate dialogue.
    - All asari have the same face (except squad-mate Peebee).
    - No quarians. There are turians, asari, humans and salarians on the Nexus, irrespective of the status of their Arks. Krogan are present too. Why no quarians?
    - Awful male turian designs.
    - Facial animations are still bad.
    - Generally sub-par voice acting, with a few exceptions.
    - The music soundtrack is nearly invisible.
    - Childish conversation writing.
    - The story works, but never surprises. Perhaps because so much of it is borrowed or rehashed from the previous Mass Effect games. The Kett threat is a retread of the Reaper threat (exaltation = ascension, conversion = indoctrination). The Archon even sounds like the Reapers when he states, “We have exalted countless species.”
    - The outrage over the lack of Quarian DLC isn’t just fan-manufactured. A story involving the Quarian Ark is teased in the final moments of the main story. **** you, BioWare.
    - Poor treatment of Mass Effect lore. Numerous retcons and alterations for no reason.

    There are more issues that I could bring up, but I’m limited by space. Worth a purchase at $10, because there are a lot of things to do, the planets are vast, and the combat is fun. But don’t expect a Mass Effect game. I was prepared to give it an 8 or a 9, I was pumped and ready to explore a new galaxy with new characters. 4/10 because instead BioWare gave us a plethora of poor design choices coupled with the boring leftovers of last night’s feast - served cold.    … Expand
  29. Phazid
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    Bad. So, very, very bad. Now I can go into the absolutely atrocious animation like just about everyone else has, but let me tell you that what makes this game so terrible in comparison to it's predecessors. The writing is absolutely terrible, I'm talking full-on Cringe Express with this **** You can't really take anything a lot of these characters are saying seriously and when coupled withBad. So, very, very bad. Now I can go into the absolutely atrocious animation like just about everyone else has, but let me tell you that what makes this game so terrible in comparison to it's predecessors. The writing is absolutely terrible, I'm talking full-on Cringe Express with this **** You can't really take anything a lot of these characters are saying seriously and when coupled with the aforementioned god-awful animation, it's made that much worse. The story by extension of this tripe and predictable. Then there's the host of glitches that would make even Todd Howard shake his head in disgust. Though I will give credit where credit is due, the out of place combat is showing of some potential.
    Ever play a cover based shooter like Gears of War? That's not too different from what this is. It's not exactly terrible and could likely be made fun if the enemies weren't all bullet sponges who take an entire clip to the face. The entire game just reeks of laziness and with a five year development time and 40 million dollar budget, there's just no excuse.
    As a quick warning - Be wary of the people who give this game tens, as I can promise you they are only doing so out of their love of the franchise and little else. I can't say I blame them, it must be hard to see a series you love tank this hard, but think with your wallet. This game just isn't worth it.    … Expand
  30. wtf_did_I_buy
    Mar 26, 2017
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. wow, congratulations ea/bioware, this is the first game I have ever returned and Ive had games never left the box. I love RPGs and have bought every deluxe /special edition of anything bioware put out (regetting a few of those purchases like DA:I DA:A). Not sure if its a spoiler but seriously when I play RPGs I dont expect to be transformed into a barely out of puberty kid. At first I thought I downloaded the wrong thing :( I tried to model my character with my looks - somehow the fair skinned option is missing and my toon looked like someone from the middle east (this was with the lightest skin tone). After meeting the companions you have a very quick idea of who the romantic interests will be....total turnoff for me personally. So basically you have a game that has horrid models, very very bad writing, and a college age school toon who is supposed to be a hero. I'm all for diversity, and gender equality with females and males, but it is supposed to be a RGP which means in theory you want to play and romance someone who looks better than you do in real life :D

    Lucky I am in the EU so I used that great game guarantee to get a refund after 5 hours, but that was the last straw from me. I instead bought skyrim, never moved from bioware but after this disaster never again.

    Its like a disney version of ME. I get that EA wants a younger audience, which is fine, but I think after this many mature gamers will be ditching this.    … Expand
  31. Flarin
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Really bad games happens when you put up a team not by their competence, but by ...other reasons.

    This is not Mass Effect. This is not even a decent game by itself. The developers should be really ashamed for making this.
  32. Kravok
    Apr 1, 2017
    3
    One of the worst games in recent memory.
    The gameplay is mind numbingly booring and the story is full with contradictions and cliches.
    The dialogue options do nothing and there is 1 ending.
    The game ends without anything being explained a bad 30 second cinematic and a sequel bait,
  33. tyroneReviews
    Jul 15, 2017
    4
    Would give it a 6/10 but that would raise the average rating and I want to join the protest against BioWare who have been declining recently. In the Mass Effect series you always had great characters who were memorable like Garrus or Tali, even Mordin but in this one I can't even remember the names of the new characters let alone the races they added. Wish I had the time to rant butWould give it a 6/10 but that would raise the average rating and I want to join the protest against BioWare who have been declining recently. In the Mass Effect series you always had great characters who were memorable like Garrus or Tali, even Mordin but in this one I can't even remember the names of the new characters let alone the races they added. Wish I had the time to rant but basically just watch any review and they will tell you how bad BioWare messed up, also DA Inquisition was a bit disappointing to so it just shows how much BioWare has declined since Mass Effect 3.

    I would recommend you buy it if you are a huge ME fan but if you are expecting nothing you will still be disappointed, try expecting a steaming hot pile of garbage that used to be something you loved and you might get through this one.    … Expand
  34. Gor1945
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    Биовар и ее хозяева из ЕА вслед за ДА загубили и Масс Эффект - вот наглядный пример того, что будет, когда сотрудников в компанию набираешь не за профессиональные качества, а по принадлежности к якобы угнетаемым группам - расисты, геи и феминисты ничего путного сделать ожидаемо не смогли. Бесполезно говорить о недостатках - проще о достоинствах сказать - данная игра окончательноБиовар и ее хозяева из ЕА вслед за ДА загубили и Масс Эффект - вот наглядный пример того, что будет, когда сотрудников в компанию набираешь не за профессиональные качества, а по принадлежности к якобы угнетаемым группам - расисты, геи и феминисты ничего путного сделать ожидаемо не смогли. Бесполезно говорить о недостатках - проще о достоинствах сказать - данная игра окончательно утверждает в мысли, что платить за поделки от Биовар деньги - больше не стоит.… Expand
  35. Nemo888
    Apr 29, 2017
    4
    It's boring. Don't bother if you liked earlier ME games. Story is on rails and your decisions are irrelevant. Open exploration is gone. So is character development. They don't refund your wasted time.
  36. Electrogasm
    Jun 2, 2017
    0
    Saw it in a bargain bin, thought I couldn't go wrong at 40% off...

    I was wrong. Absolute console control garbage. If I wanted to fight with retarded camera controls via analog stick for 100+ hours I would have purchased the console version. Unfortunately the EA marketing dept. is spending a fortune on paid positive reviews otherwise this would be a unanimous 2-point user score.    Saw it in a bargain bin, thought I couldn't go wrong at 40% off...

    I was wrong. Absolute console control garbage. If I wanted to fight with retarded camera controls via analog stick for 100+ hours I would have purchased the console version.

    Unfortunately the EA marketing dept. is spending a fortune on paid positive reviews otherwise this would be a unanimous 2-point user score.

    Here's to hoping I can return this pile of crap to the retail store :/    … Expand
  37. AVProducer
    Apr 3, 2017
    4
    As a Mass Effect lover, I had hundreds of hours spent throughout the initial trilogy. I would always go back to ME:1 and roll a new character with a new alignment over and over again. Then I’d go for as much completion as possible and follow as much diverse choice plans as I could.

    The first Mass Effect had a soul. A strength of characters, dialog and the mystery of the unknown threat.    As a Mass Effect lover, I had hundreds of hours spent throughout the initial trilogy. I would always go back to ME:1 and roll a new character with a new alignment over and over again. Then I’d go for as much completion as possible and follow as much diverse choice plans as I could.

    The first Mass Effect had a soul. A strength of characters, dialog and the mystery of the unknown threat. The second Mass Effect was more tactical, but it tied in the characters a lot better. One would get to really care for them. The third, despite the criticism, which I do accept, build a great emotional atmosphere on how it all ends. Especially with the Citadel DLC.

    I’ve only laid down less than 26 hours on Mass Effect Andromeda (as opposed to over 220 on ME:2 for example). My hardware was not up to par, so I upgraded it. I am happy I did, but not for ME:A.

    As an action, third person shooter, it’s a great game. With very appealing visuals, audio and game-play. However, the ugliness of the female characters especially, the bad dialog, lack of emotion brought in by the really bad facial animations in several key scenes, deters the title from living up to its predecessors. The story is basically Collectors-meet-the-Borg. At least that’s how it is portrayed.

    The female characters are straight out ugly. The dialogues are cheap, cheesy and at times, outright forced. With the first report of a tragic event, Ryder reported it (as it was directly connected with her/him), it was like nothing happened (almost smiled). Then, during another tragic event, Sara was almost laughing and her brother had an expression that revolved somewhere between “why the heck should I care” and “seriously? Can we get this over with?”. Tragic in its execution. Bioware, please study Witcher 3. Gerald, despite his condition, showed a lot more emotion when he saw Ciri after his long journey. Images without words that are heart wrenching. ME:A is not even remotely close. And that’s bad for a story-driven game.

    Bioware, it’s OK to have main characters that look ugly. Just give us the creator option to make something to our liking. Right now, all we have is ugly, uglier and “call the police” types.

    After I upgraded my PC above the recommended settings, I realized that my character looked uglier with the high settings and Bioware left no way for remodeling.

    Conclusively, this is not a bad game. Its just far from what I expected from a Mass Effect title on the story/dialog/immersion part. With so many of the previous team gone, it’s to be expected. Given my work experience, I believe it was not rushed on the art/creation level, but at the executive one. When politics enter the gaming culture, they do serious damage. And for those who noticed, Sara Ryder looked very decent in the pre-release version. After day one patch, her face changed for the worse. That’s an outright deception by whoever enforced this. Without giving us an option.

    If you want a sci-fi third person shooter, that’s a game for you. If you’re looking for a Mass Effect title that stands up to its predecessors, you will be disappointed.

    I would recommend to gamers to not purchase ME:A just yet. Wait for the fixes. Updated and especially non-paid reviews (yes, there are those as well, it’s part of the P&A in the audiovisual industry). Otherwise, we -as consumers- are justifying this kind of behavior from the corporations and we can expect nothing different and no improvement in the future.

    With that being said, Mass Effect Andromeda did not last long on my hard drive. When the initial trilogy has been on my systems (across several PCs) for years (with ME:1 being present for ~10 years) with all DLC, you can get the picture of the game’s shortcomings. Bioware created a beautiful 3rd person shooter. And I would have given it a higher score if it was simply called “Andromeda” and not “Mass Effect”.

    Pros:
    Great shooter
    Beautiful worlds
    Lots to do

    Cons:
    Ugly characters
    Problematic & emotionless facial animations
    Bad and lazy-writing dialog
    An overload of unconnected quest lines
    Lots of reported hiccups and bugs    … Expand
  38. nailheart
    Mar 24, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. EA destroy every single game and every developers studio they buy.Now they destroyed mass effect.Boring story line, ugly characters,lots of bugs all this you can find in ME andromeda.I think developers need to give back the money to every player for that сrap.Its looks like alpha test game of indie developer(but some indies better than that game) . SW battlefront 2 (2006) by free radical design(crytec)was masterpiece - in 2015 by EA its a crap with 6 maps to play(without dlc).Dragon age first was masterpiece - when EA releases inquisiton ive even cant get to the end of the game its so boring.And now they destroy mass effect.Great!When you playing this you feel really sorry for every single сent you spent.Boring quests,the same bosses - 5 or six architects and final boss is the same as all architects.Stupid dialogue system,but now we got gays and lesbians!I came to see some interesting stories,look at pleasant graphics not to listen gay revelations.No offence to such type of people but this in favorite game its awful.I will never buy again EA game because it pumps out money from fans and gives us piece of crap under mark of good games in the past. For example CD project red - this is best studio for now.Compare crap effect andromeda with witcher 3 and feel the difference.… Expand
  39. Froginaswoon
    Apr 26, 2017
    3
    I am like Bioware games because of atmosphere and relations between characters. But forget about this in Andromeda.
    It's sense like developers doesn't understand their audience. For new gamers are easy lost in the game from first minutes. TOO MUCH information just spill on you every time, mostly in codex and you need to read it unclearly understanding what is happens and why. And bad    I am like Bioware games because of atmosphere and relations between characters. But forget about this in Andromeda.
    It's sense like developers doesn't understand their audience. For new gamers are easy lost in the game from first minutes. TOO MUCH information just spill on you every time, mostly in codex and you need to read it unclearly understanding what is happens and why. And bad entrance to the game. And, so, what is reason to play? Fans don't understand what is happens too because of all things below.
    Hard turbulence beginning of the game. Strange speeches and behavior of everybody, from you father to last NPC. "WHY?" "STOP DOING THIS!" you will be shout it from start to end. Irrelevant emotions and speeches with gala music. It's like watching low budget trash horror film. And this is not what I'm expected from Mass Effect and Bioware.
    Game have a really big problem with dialogs and plot. This problem can't be unfixing. I don’t understand how game can be develop without any good script.
    And, you know, stupid speech with horrible "my first try" animation is really JOKE. Bad.
    All things in game are parody on ME 1,2,3. My ship, my friends (hate most of them), my enemies, old inscrutable race, their ancients useful ruins etc. Nobody should spent money on this stupid comedy show.
    Maybe this all should attract new gamers never known ME before. But I don't think that annoying team, dull enemies, unreadable dialogs, boring warm and cold planets (first places we can go. Why people wants to living here, in deserts? Because gamers should runs around boring landscapes? ) can be fun.
    What's else:
    Uncreative new aliens
    Unfriendly journal and crafting system
    Enemy can shooting in your back, but you hardly understand whence.

    This all just big slap in the face from Bioware. This is sci-fi game. You shouldn't apologize only to LGBT for flat transgender, but for the space trash game with dull characters, bugs, stupid story and other sins. This game is uncover developers attitude to gamers, believed in company even after DA2 and DAI. But this is enough.    … Expand
  40. Renovatia
    Apr 25, 2017
    0
    Well what can I say. Bioware, the producer, used had some street cred (or maybe they still do but to a lesser extent) for not pulling the same dirty tricks as many other major producers do. But things are changing lately and it begins with politics. Yes, Bioware actually has engaged in politics and as usual it's the Social Justice Warrior kind, because that's the latest thing. MovieWell what can I say. Bioware, the producer, used had some street cred (or maybe they still do but to a lesser extent) for not pulling the same dirty tricks as many other major producers do. But things are changing lately and it begins with politics. Yes, Bioware actually has engaged in politics and as usual it's the Social Justice Warrior kind, because that's the latest thing. Movie companies are pushing their societal engineering agendas and now computer game producers do the same. The techniques which are used are the same too: their political views are incorporated into their game (or movies) but they won't tell you that (sometimes they do, but almost never); you have to find out for yourself after you have paid for the product.

    And this is what happened to Andromeda too. I haven't even started yet about the bugs and other unwelcome anomalies which are directly the cause of a long development cycle rushed into a sellable state. It's more catering to the will of the feminist lobby, beating you over your head with political messages, diversity and you name it. It happens in more and sometimes less subtle ways but that's how it always works.

    As it comes to actual gameplay, I have nothing to add relative to what others have to say about it and that's not good news either. It really is that bad. Bad voice acting, ugly characters where some say it is on purpose for Social Justice reasons, repetitive anti-climatic missions and you name it.

    I have to rate this game zero stars out of ten. Nothing is memorable other than the technical and artistic failures. On top of that this game, and producer too, have become another weapon of indoctrination for the young and the gullible.    … Expand
  41. Teresa28
    Mar 27, 2017
    1
    i am speechless but not in a good way.i LOVED the first triology but Mass effect Andromeda is the worst performances from Bioware i ve EVER seen.
    Bioware has no plan anymore.They just do this open world **** but they are totally clueless about designing an interesting open world.Even the elder scrolls online has by far better quests than Andromeda.And ESO is an online game.It seems    i am speechless but not in a good way.i LOVED the first triology but Mass effect Andromeda is the worst performances from Bioware i ve EVER seen.
    Bioware has no plan anymore.They just do this open world **** but they are totally clueless about designing an interesting open world.Even the elder scrolls online has by far better quests than Andromeda.And ESO is an online game.It seems Bioware is outbattled by other studios these days.it is so sad.
    the best thing in Andromeda are the better romances and better sex scenes.oh and the combat is better than ever but there are too many enemies so eveb the combat gets boring at the end of the game.Where are the darker quests like the Morinth quest in Mass effect 2??where is the dark mainstory we all loved so much?
    But the companions are sooo boring.never met such boring companions..
    it is so sad that no companion can die like in the previous triology because i wouldnt cry one tear about any of them.    … Expand
  42. Pepsi349
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    53 hours in.
    It's a disgrace.
    Good: - Combat feels better than ever. - Jumping is the best thing they added. - Background and map design is gorgeous. Bad: - Everything you know about mass effect is dumbed down. (Solarian Biologie, Genophage, dark energy) - ending contains DLC teaser - Animations are a good 2004 standard. - bugs everywhere - fetch quests - the most    53 hours in.
    It's a disgrace.

    Good:
    - Combat feels better than ever.
    - Jumping is the best thing they added.
    - Background and map design is gorgeous.

    Bad:
    - Everything you know about mass effect is dumbed down. (Solarian Biologie, Genophage, dark energy)
    - ending contains DLC teaser
    - Animations are a good 2004 standard.
    - bugs everywhere
    - fetch quests
    - the most disappointing bad writing. (The romance feels sloppy, the story doesn't immerse you)
    - voice acting is bad.
    - loading times are way too long.
    - shallow companions
    -no multiple endings / choices that matter

    It would be a good 6-7/10 for me if it wasn't an AAA title and a Bioware game.
    I can understand problems with bug fixes when you are an indie studio that doesn't have thousands of employees to fix them. But Bioware does have the capability to do so.
    I can overlook sloppy writing when it's your first experience making a game, but I can't understand it from the studio that made Baldurs Gate or Dragon Age origins.
    After the false advertisement from Mass Effect 3's ending. Or the feedback from Dragon age Inquisition i thought that they would have learned.

    I don't support the overall hate of the game, but i don't like the way its presented.

    -------------------------------------------------------
    I really tried to use proper English grammar I may have failed. I'm sorry for that. It's hard learning a new language.    … Expand
  43. rodericrinehart
    Jun 24, 2017
    3
    Loved the first 3, would put the trilogy in my top 10 series ever. Mass Effect Andromeda is BORING and POORLY DESIGNED above all else. Poor animations, empty areas, pointless fetch quests, and just no respect for the time of the player. Finished it despite really not liking it. Probably done with the series now. Lost a loyal fan and customer Bioware/EA.
  44. Fireantus
    Jul 9, 2017
    4
    I wanted to write a huge rant, but this game is so tiring I just can't. So, TL;DR - This game is work. Boring, crummy, soul-draining and mind-numbing work. It's the most tedious RPG I ever player and it feels outdated on release... As in I didn't expect an AAA game released in this age to have such a terrible approach to a player time. The game is ENDLESS backtracking. In a quest thatI wanted to write a huge rant, but this game is so tiring I just can't. So, TL;DR - This game is work. Boring, crummy, soul-draining and mind-numbing work. It's the most tedious RPG I ever player and it feels outdated on release... As in I didn't expect an AAA game released in this age to have such a terrible approach to a player time. The game is ENDLESS backtracking. In a quest that takes an hour to finish you will literally spend 40 minutes on flying through same planets and watching same 3 cutscenes over and over again only to spend 5 minutes in actual conversations in the quest.

    See this is it. I don't care about enforced SJW agenda. I don't care about uggo-female characters. I don't even care that the graphics and animations are sometimes pretty wonky. What maked me hate this game with a mild passion is how terribly, utterly boring it is. I did ALL the planets and invested quite a lot of time in this barrell of tar just to see if it picks up at any time, but it doesn't. This game hates you and wants you to be bored to death so when something slightly more exciting happens, you say your prayers and thank the gods...

    Avoid this RPG with quests taken from 2001 MMO's.    … Expand
  45. C4Grey
    Jun 15, 2017
    1
    Fake Mass Effect, made just to squeeze more money from the franchise. Foolish and linear story, boring and stupid characters, tons of bugs, no QA. It is total regress in comparision to previous games in the Mass Effect series.
  46. Yosa
    May 22, 2017
    0
    There is some issue with getting a black screen on load; thats what I get. 2patches later, and the issue persists, My pc meets the minimum requirements and twice the ram. I read it uses level scailing as well, possibly the most asinine thing to hit games period, if I cant play it and there is no explaination or work around it gets a zero regardless. These companies need to spend more timeThere is some issue with getting a black screen on load; thats what I get. 2patches later, and the issue persists, My pc meets the minimum requirements and twice the ram. I read it uses level scailing as well, possibly the most asinine thing to hit games period, if I cant play it and there is no explaination or work around it gets a zero regardless. These companies need to spend more time on testing.… Expand
  47. DaedricLord
    Apr 25, 2017
    1
    I am an absolutely HUGE fan of the original trilogy (minus the ME3 endings), but I still gave this game a chance despite all the bad reviews, yes I was that desperate for new Mass Effect content, however I quickly found out the bad reviews are mostly correct. This game was not made by the original team and it shows EVERYWHERE.

    The Bad: -SJW propaganda and militant feminism all over    I am an absolutely HUGE fan of the original trilogy (minus the ME3 endings), but I still gave this game a chance despite all the bad reviews, yes I was that desperate for new Mass Effect content, however I quickly found out the bad reviews are mostly correct. This game was not made by the original team and it shows EVERYWHERE.

    The Bad:

    -SJW propaganda and militant feminism all over the place. It is a fantasy world, keep your personal world views personal and away from games, I have no problems with non white people and homosexual people in games, but propaganda in this game went way too far, especially militant feminism that is ALL over the game, nearly every major/important/powerful character is female, game also has racist overtones as white people tend to have white names, white faces and dark skin. Imagine the outrage if someone made NPCs with black names, black faces but white skin.

    -Shoestring budget level voice acting, FAR worse than original trilogy that excelled in voice acting.

    -Atrociously ugly potato heads, hairstyles and animations, even worse than Dragon Age Inquisition.

    -Childish dialogue and poor attempts at humor.

    -Uninteresting characters and squadmates with no soul, I couldnt care less if they all died.

    -Weak main story full of cliches and recycled elements from the original trilogy.

    -Main antagonist looks like a monkey and is not threatening at all, he looks pathetic.

    -Bad alien design, out of so few new alien races none of them are well designed, Angara especially look like slightly modified Twilek clones.

    -Unnecessarily complicated crafting which doesnt really influence the game that much anyway, I didnt bother to craft nearly anything and yet had no problems finishing the game.

    -Too many grinding quests similar to those in Dragon Age Inquisition, slightly better written though, but only slightly. Thank God they are not mandatory like in DAI where you couldnt progress further without Power Points.

    -Combat is worse than in ME2 and ME3, not terrible, but definitely worse, cover doesnt work as well as in previous games, you are limited to three powers in combat, there is no power wheel so you have to use 1/2/3 keys, combat has obviously been dumbed down and catered to console players, lack of power wheel and limit to only three powers proves it, now it is more like a classic shooter than an action RPG like in the original trilogy where I could build power oriented characters and barely fire any weapon once, in Mass Effect Andromeda that is no longer possible.

    -Buggy and with performance drops in cutscenes that often stutter even though the game itself has mostly stable framerate.

    -Terrible music that is nowhere near the soundtrack masterpieces of the original trilogy. Music was always a big boost to Mass Effect atmosphere, but that is completely absent in Mass Effect Andromeda because music is terrible, it is so bad you dont even notice it is there.

    -You cant play Ryder as a Renegade and there arent even Renegade dialogue choices, game forces you to play as Paragon, all your dialogue options are basically various shades of Paragon answers.

    -Your choices matter very little in the end, again same as in Dragon Age Inquisition, no wonder some people call this game Inquisition in space.

    The good:

    -Some environments look nice like the Nexus, Tempest and some planets.

    -Some quests are somewhat decent, not too many though.

    -SAM is a clever way of making certain things in the game happen while being somewhat consistent with the lore.

    Overall it is a game that is Mass Effect in title only, it has none of the quality and spirit of the original trilogy, lacks atmosphere, depth, writing and a whole lot of other things. It is also created in a way that they will certainly attempt to milk the franchise further because the story leaves way too many loose ends so I am expecting Mass Effect Andromeda to continue, unless sales flunk and EA decides to end the franchise. It is an empty shell of what Mass Effect once was, a brilliant masterpiece of scifi and RPG in general, but EA managed to ruin even that with ME3 endings, some elements of ME3 and its endings and especially Dragon Age Inquisition showed the steep decline in quality of Bioware games and now with original team mostly leaving there is no more Bioware at all, only name survives, nothing else.

    If you are that desperate to play this game wait until there is a ultimate edition for 10-20 euros, I wasted 60 euros on this crap because I was too needy for new Mass Effect content, dont waste money like I did, wait until all DLCs come out and there is cheap ultimate edition available, then buy it if you want to play. Mass Effect is dead and Bioware with it, DA2 and ME3 were the first signs of a continuous decline and Inquisition and Andromeda are merely the last nails in their coffin.    … Expand
  48. rheia
    Mar 27, 2017
    2
    Andromeda is not worthy of being called a Mass Effect game. It does the series a disservice by being mediocre and 'just passable' in every single aspect. This game is not something one would expect from the pioneers and innovators of the cinematic storytelling genre who used to set the bar. It fails to live up to Bioware's previous releases, let alone surpass them.

    -Story is weak and    Andromeda is not worthy of being called a Mass Effect game. It does the series a disservice by being mediocre and 'just passable' in every single aspect. This game is not something one would expect from the pioneers and innovators of the cinematic storytelling genre who used to set the bar. It fails to live up to Bioware's previous releases, let alone surpass them.

    -Story is weak and generic, with badly spaced, disjointed narrative. Big chunks of the Mass effect lore has been conveniently swept under the rug, and retcons are everywhere.

    -Protagonist portrayal: they tried to borrow the 'personality' concept from Dragon Age 2 where your character could be diplomatic, aggressive or sarcastic. Only this time around the character can be 'casual', 'professional', 'logical' or 'emotional'. Big problem with that? They all amount to same thing, with a very slight variation. Your character won't tell anyone to 'shove off', even if the situation truly warrants it. He/She will put up with anyone's **** politely, no matter the personality path you choosing. There is no confrontational options, neither with npc, quest givers, nor with your companions.

    -Characters (usually the studio's strength) are bland and uninspired. That they unload their whole story upfront, instead of developing over time just highlights the problem. You don't get to learn anything nuanced about their character, there simply isn't anything they won't tell you the first couple times you talk to them.

    -Combat is horrible. They went from real time with pause and full squad control to controlling your own character only with super minimal ability load out (3 abilities at a time with convoluted profile switching is a crime). Your squad are just bots who tag along and do their own thing. You can't even make them switch a weapon.

    -Exploration: the vistas are the only positive thing about this game. The quest that tied to the exploration however can be summed up by scan, scan, scan some more and fetch ad naseum. Oh, and repeat exactly same thing on the next planet. If you thought Dragon Age inquisition had it bad with filler quests, prepare for something even worse.

    -Music score: minimalistic where present, absent in most of the scenes. A big let down compared to epic scores of their previous games.

    -Graphics: planetary visuals are the only good thing about it. Character detailing suffered a MAJOR step back from ME2 and ME3. There is one SINGLE asari head that's shared across the whole asari population, same with Salarians. Turians look like someone forgot to give them facial texture, nevermind the colony markings. I guess the Krogan look the least offensive out of the bunch, and that's not saying much. They looked better in ME2 and 3, just as did all other alien species. Humans took a beating too, btw. It's not just the aliens.

    Game Issues: Inability to save during priority missions. Horrendous animations. Gamebreaking bugs. Recycled alien life, bosses and puzzles from planet to planet. Characters referencing events that have not happened yet, often spoiling the story. Banter glitches where the whole party is silent for the duration of 2 planets and then exploding with banter only to go mute again the next planet around.

    I cannot recommend this game to anyone. This is the first bioware game I will not finish.    … Expand
  49. Coderhgg
    Apr 1, 2017
    1
    Bad game optimization, worst facial expressions ever. It's a fantasy / science fiction game and I want to play with a PRETTY GOOD ANIMATED CHARACTER. BIOWARE please stop embracing social ideologies and start acting like PROFESSIONALS and give your public what they want, 'cause we are the market.
  50. decastros
    May 4, 2017
    4
    Part 3 of the review:

    If you don't deal with something like that, you are going to react against it! Bioware created a game that was a huge escape from their previous game! Exactly so they didn't have to deal with it! They could have made things right back then! They could have at least acknowledged their mistake and promised to make things right! But they chose the cardboard PR speech:    Part 3 of the review:

    If you don't deal with something like that, you are going to react against it! Bioware created a game that was a huge escape from their previous game! Exactly so they didn't have to deal with it! They could have made things right back then! They could have at least acknowledged their mistake and promised to make things right! But they chose the cardboard PR speech: "we are very proud of what we achieved blablabla". Clearly, they couldn't deal with the cupcakes and the fact that they screwed up, so they went to another galaxy, 600 years in the future, and MORE IMPORTANTLY, they changed the way they make games! They don't deal with dialogue, interactions, relationships like they did! It really feels like Bioware is avoiding that, so in making a less personal experience we (not them) will not ask for meaningful relationships, great dialogue etc. Hey, it's all about "exploration" (scan and gardening) now! Big boring maps (emphasis on the boring), banter, no story whatsoever etc. But... the great part is: they don't have to face what they faced after ME3's ending again! Phew! What a relief! We get boring games, but they can hide on their "safe space" of political correctness and big showy maps and realistic visuals and avoid all that "trauma" of colored cupcakes and criticism. On that front, I'm not sure it worked. They can certainly not care about these criticism, since no one will care that much about these characters to actually criticize. You must care before you criticize, and by disinfecting their games of what is meaningful, people don't care, and they don't get criticized. It's "safe space" in the form of a videogame!

    Now, it's not nice to write a critique and not offer some possible solutions. But "who said they need it?", you will ask! Well, I can only speak for myself, of course, but I think those reviews and scores speak for themselves. And much louder than I possibly can. In terms of a Bioware release, one that follows on the footsteps of the first ME series (at least in the title), the word 'fiasco' comes to mind. Necessarily! And it would be very arrogant to believe that the problem is with us, and not them. It would be, once again, not dealing with a problem. User score (on some 3000 reviews) is around 4 or 5. And critics, who never gave anything less than 9, is around 6 or 7. I would give it a generous 4 for the hundred hours lost running around scanning crap. Very hard not to talk about a fiasco!

    So, what do I think it would be a good future for Bioware and their games. I speak as someone who don't play so many games, and all my life considered myself a Bioware gamer, and not a gamer. I speak as someone who relies on my dose of Bioware to relax. But not this version of Bioware!

    Bioware should OWN THEIR LEGACY! First, own your mistakes, and then your legacy! Go back to the model that made you the Bioware that fans love!

    Go back to 50 hours games that we can't wait to begin again! DAI and MEA? I couldn't wait to finish and delete them from my PC! The KoTOR, Neverwinter Nights, and the first ME trilogy? I played them hundreds of times!

    Go back to dialogues, and not just banter.

    Go back to great meaningful areas, and not stupid huge maps that I have to go 300 times during the same game to scan stuff back and forth.

    Go back to MISSION DRIVEN, STORY DRIVEN games! Not "exploration" and crafting (especially not with that lousy craft system)!

    I know that's a sore spot, but go back to ME3! Besides the ending, that was the perfect blend of gaming, the culmination of all that you did before; the evolution of that action RPG style that everybody loved (and still do)! Just freaking plan ahead a story to avoid that ending (ripping off other game's ending to finish a saga that millions waited for years)! Of course you all can do that! Yes, that was traumatic. But running away (to millions of light-years away) is not the answer!

    Maybe do like the Marvel Universe and make two separate sagas: one back in the Milky Way, and other in Andromeda! But both Bioware games, and not these 'no personality' things you've been releasing since DAI.

    I still love Bioware and your games. I just hope you can deal with what happened and go back to the style that we all love and care about.

    My best wishes and thanks for the decades old run. But I'm done with this kind of game (DAI and MEA) if that's what you will insist on doing.

    Cheers!    … Expand
  51. TwiTu
    Feb 4, 2018
    4
    I loved the trilogy. Sure those games had their flaws too, but all in all I enjoyed them still.

    But this game is not worth a full price. Not by a long shot. It has a MASSIVE SJW undertone, where humans are mostly black or brown, and even the white ones look like black with white skin. That they tried to put SJW propaganda in it becomes very evident when you go into a museum of some    I loved the trilogy. Sure those games had their flaws too, but all in all I enjoyed them still.

    But this game is not worth a full price. Not by a long shot.

    It has a MASSIVE SJW undertone, where humans are mostly black or brown, and even the white ones look like black with white skin.
    That they tried to put SJW propaganda in it becomes very evident when you go into a museum of some sorts where all the species from the Milky Way introduce themselves through VIs. We all know that all the other species have different colors, skin patterns, or even horns, etc. And they dont talk about it in their VIs. But humans do. They proudly say that there are many colors and religions and that they all worked together and overcame their differences. I have never seen a more pathetic and disgusting virtue signalling in a game before.

    Add to that the childish dialogue, often completely irrelevant, which sometimes left me standing there with an open mouth and 3 question marks over my head, bland characters (which often are actually annoying) and the mandatory character with a Scottish accent, bad quality assurance (lots of ridiculous bugs, even with the newest version), bad graphics that stutter a lot and seem to come from the first 2 ME parts, planets that seem to come straight from some MMO RPG (one planet reminded me very much of a zone in Guild Wars 2 for example), bad console controls that are extremely frustrating, a boring character and weapon/armor/equipment advancement system, boring and super easy encounters with enemies (incl. very weak AI), a story that doesnt seem to know what it wants or where to go and MMO-like side quests and you have this disgrace of a game.

    Dont get me wrong, I still played through it, but I often was extremely annoyed by it, so that I often asked myself why I even play this game, for example having to read and listen to all these stupid conversations and dialogue (which is a huge part of the game). Its worth it for $10 to $15. But not a dime more.

    Please, BioWare, dont destroy this IP by continuing like this in the next part. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE replace the development team, especially those who did the story, the characters, the dialogue, the SJW propaganda with people who know what makes good games and the gameplay design. People like those can work at Buzzfeed or CNN and write their propaganda there, but that has no place in a game. Not even Star Trek (except the new series) ever was that audacious with their morality, and I loved Star Trek because of its morality. But it was normal. Nobody ever talked about skin color, because it was normal to have aliens and colored humans around. NOBODY CARED ABOUT THAT! Why do you care all of the sudden???    … Expand
  52. gna149
    Jan 30, 2019
    4
    Bought the game late as it was on sale. Loved the story and premise as it expands on the game's universe, but HATE the gameplay. Jetpack/dodge concept seemed like a good idea until you realize how poorly it incorporates due to buggy controls + glitchy edge-grabs (that can kill you).

    I read up on the story behind its development and it kinda made sense. Some good ideas + bad dead-line    Bought the game late as it was on sale. Loved the story and premise as it expands on the game's universe, but HATE the gameplay. Jetpack/dodge concept seemed like a good idea until you realize how poorly it incorporates due to buggy controls + glitchy edge-grabs (that can kill you).

    I read up on the story behind its development and it kinda made sense. Some good ideas + bad dead-line schedules + team quitting on you + bringing in whoever and whatever can help you deliver = awkward product.

    All in all, quit a disappointment for the brand, and one of the few games I'd not consider worth completing.    … Expand
  53. RGiggslegend
    Apr 18, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros:
    - huge new galaxy with generally improved graphics;
    - enhanced combat (best of the four games thus far in action)

    Cons:
    - bland protagonist with basically no angle or trait in character (particularly comparing to Shepard);
    - stale facial expressions (subpar even comparing to the very first game--which is 11 years old);
    - too much filler content for quests (like a few fellow reviewers said, DAI in space, which basically takes up 2/3 of the actual playtime, and that's with guide. Without guide...it may take up to 4/5 of the playtime)
    - political correctness all over the place (many decisions are forced with compromises, and quite a number of them don't even make sense)
    - lack of choice (it is understandable that the Pathfinder needs to be diplomatic and this half is written well, but there is basically no counterpart...no choice of showing even the slightest bit of aggression)

    Basically, the combat deserves a score of 85+ as it is entertaining and exciting, although the auto cover system makes the control lacking at times, but it is definitely better than the OT.

    The story, however, deserves no more than 40, and that's being generous.

    For a space opera, conflicts need to be present all over the place, particularly given that the original trilogy has established that the Milky Way Council species have internal conflicts themselves. While it is possible to explain that the selection process of the Initiative eliminates most of that, it is logically highly unlikely for the Initiative to truly devoid them of their individuality, which in ME Andromeda appears all but eliminated. So, the Asari are no longer diplomatic, the Turians are not disciplined, the Salarians not hyperactive and pressing, and the Krogans no longer rough around the edges. That's already failing the OT world view.

    And there's the problem with conflicts. The exiles are established "right out of the gate" with almost minimal background stories to how and why they are expunged. The story provided by the Nexus doesn't cover enough, and there's basically no polarity displayed between the two. Decisions are mostly middle-ground, and they differentiate little even if displayed as polarized. The decisions, while they can be understood to have long term influences, the Initiative is set up over the course of around a year, and some decisions should have effects by the end of the game, such as setting up the outpost for military purposes, or having the exiles ruled by different leaders, yet none of them has any impact whatsoever in game.

    Then there's the problem with the protagonist and his crew. The Ryders are established to be competitive and good-humoured, and not much else is present up to the point when Alec dies. The side of competition, however, is never displayed properly. With competitiveness usually comes with a natural display of discipline and authority, particularly given that the twins are military in background, yet both Ryders displayed a complete lack of assertion when it comes to both. Liam and Peebee falling out of order in both of their loyalty missions, yet they get to stick around due to a lack of choice, and the Ryders are written too accepting to realise that there is a line never to be crossed, and the choice of displaying anger at both companions---just gets Ryder condescended in reverse. Basically, every companion gets to act like a Spectre while the Ryders are less condescending than the Council. There is no accountability in the Pathfinder team and the leader doesn't act like one.

    In general, if you've played the original trilogy, ME Andromeda just feels wrong. There's almost no complexity, no friction, no conflict, no moral dilemma, no consequences.

    There is a possible way to save this game however, which is for ME Andromeda to have a sequel on part with Mass Effect 2, since a lot of the plot holes and personality absences can be filled and explained in its sequel. For instance, building up a background for Jaardan, Angaran, Kett and Remnant, giving more choice over team selection, linking decisions with consequences reflected in MEA 2, et cetera. After all, the background in Andromeda is roughly set, and the world is definitely expandable.

    Basically:
    If you want to hitch a joyride of action, this game is playable and rightly so, and even replayable.
    If you want to see a space opera BioWare delivered with SWKOTOR and Mass Effect 1-3, this game is a bare pass.
    If you want to enjoy an odyssey-style story like Mass Effect 2 exploded (which this game actually sets its main storyline in similar fashion), this game fails pathetically both in the countdown and in the climax.

    It succeeds to deliver in action, but fails pathetically in story, particularly by RPG standards, even more so by BioWare RPG standards.    … Expand
  54. laszlo1337
    Apr 9, 2017
    0
    That game is sad story about overly sensitive snowflakes ruining the game industry even more than it was already ruined. The same with Dragon Age Inquisition and the transgender **** Why does it matter? No one know, besides those people. The people that don't even play games, they're just trying to use them as their medium of their propaganda.
  55. bsevenk
    Apr 19, 2017
    2
    imagine a game with pretty character, exciting space exploration, intense battle with alien monster and a story that makes you drown in emotions .... ya this game has none of those.
  56. Prommy
    Apr 30, 2017
    1
    An open racist, cosplayer and a bunch of other incompetent people walks into a room. Thats not a start of a bad joke, thats developing team of ME: Andromeda. Result is not suprising. Its stinky when you cant see many gameplay videos (same what happended to fallout 4)
  57. SilverShield
    May 19, 2017
    0
    -Boring repetitive missions
    -Boring bland planets
    -Sh-tty dialogue and p-ssy main character. -Terrible NPC development and UGLY AS F-CK faces. Complete SJW trash and propaganda, created by white hating cucks. They don't allow you to have evil playthroughs like the bad-ass sheperd of Me3. No...in this game you're a p-ssywhipped manlet who is nice all the time and tells aliens not to    -Boring repetitive missions
    -Boring bland planets
    -Sh-tty dialogue and p-ssy main character.
    -Terrible NPC development and UGLY AS F-CK faces.

    Complete SJW trash and propaganda, created by white hating cucks. They don't allow you to have evil playthroughs like the bad-ass sheperd of Me3. No...in this game you're a p-ssywhipped manlet who is nice all the time and tells aliens not to be bigots. YAY! No space Racism!

    80% of the people you meet are gay too, so be prepared to always have a flirt option with dudes. This game is literally garbage/10. Don't waste your money like i did, take it from my 100$ worth of pain that I paid, taking faith in the name...    … Expand
  58. Mystic_Quest
    Apr 1, 2017
    0
    This is an example of how stupid gamer reviews are. The game isn't perfect guyz, get over it, ok? Nothing is perfect in this world.

    The animations are just a little off, but don't worry, maybe they will be fixed someday. Besides, if they didn't release it now, how could EA executives cash-in to buy a yacht for their kids in time for Easter? You guys are heartless sometimes, I swear. As    This is an example of how stupid gamer reviews are. The game isn't perfect guyz, get over it, ok? Nothing is perfect in this world.

    The animations are just a little off, but don't worry, maybe they will be fixed someday. Besides, if they didn't release it now, how could EA executives cash-in to buy a yacht for their kids in time for Easter? You guys are heartless sometimes, I swear.
    As for the bioware devs I excuse them - they just watched too much "gamer's poop" and got carried away with the animations. We have to thank them instead, because they integrated gamer's poop into the main game, so that manslayer doesn't have to.

    Besides, the game was nothing less than I expected. I am get used to being milked by companies and there's nothing wrong with that. The game is clearly AAA quality, like other AAA games I have played in the past, e.g. Angry Birds. Nothing to complain about. So haters gonna hate, I am going to buy their next game as well and be proud about it and I think I have proven why user score is so, so stupid. We'll bang ok?    … Expand
  59. Almostdead
    Apr 2, 2017
    0
    i have to admit this game is worth at least 7. However the shortcomings of this game are so obvious. i have no idea how did this game pass quality test. so i gave 0 as a warning to Bioware.
  60. Jose_Gomes
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    this is whant happens when they try to appeal to political correct/feminazis crowd like feminist frequency, game goes total ****, trying to make a game so its does not offend the easy offended, you get MEA, a stupid boring game that does nothing other them waste your time.
  61. tectonicx
    Mar 23, 2017
    2
    I was going to give it a high rating but the biodrones giving it 10/10 are just deluded. We need to level out the playing field or these people will never learn their lesson. This is not a good game, probably the worst in the series. Repetitive fetch quests, very bad cringe worthy writing (don't expect a tali/garrus type of crewmate), laughable animations, empty worlds and recycledI was going to give it a high rating but the biodrones giving it 10/10 are just deluded. We need to level out the playing field or these people will never learn their lesson. This is not a good game, probably the worst in the series. Repetitive fetch quests, very bad cringe worthy writing (don't expect a tali/garrus type of crewmate), laughable animations, empty worlds and recycled building/structure galore, no sense of urgency at all, cliche 'bad alien' villain plot, forgettable story, forgettable characters and a forgettable game.… Expand
  62. Shad0w
    Mar 24, 2017
    4
    I loved Mass Effect 1 through 3, and my hopes for this one were high. I avoided all spoilers/news/advertising for Andromeda and immediately downloaded the trial. From the beginning things felt off, sort of cheap, lacking the quality and the immersion of the previous games. I was surprised that I couldn't create a character to resemble my Commander Shepard from games past, much lessI loved Mass Effect 1 through 3, and my hopes for this one were high. I avoided all spoilers/news/advertising for Andromeda and immediately downloaded the trial. From the beginning things felt off, sort of cheap, lacking the quality and the immersion of the previous games. I was surprised that I couldn't create a character to resemble my Commander Shepard from games past, much less anything that resembled me. Ryder lacks any sense of presence. He isn't a soldier, he isn't much of anything. Pathfinder? Ryder has no business being a protagonist. At best he is a tutorial npc that hands you a fetch quest. The dialogue is terrible. The decision wheel actually has better responses than what the voice actor elaborates with. Bad writing, bad casting, bad choice of characters for the npcs... apparently there was a cascade failure during development. The entire game and its menus stink of a lazy console port. EA is remaining faithful to its legacy of eventually ruining everything it gets its hands on. I really appreciate that they chose to give us a 10 hour trial instead of having to deal with all the refund requests/extra flak. If this is going to be your first mass effect game, stop. Don't even think about it. Go play through the first through third plus DLC's. You can get them all for cheaper than this steaming pile of mediocre pandering. I truly feel bad for what I'm sure were many people who worked hard on this only to see it turn out so poorly. There were definitely some terrible decisions made, and the people who made them have no business working in the gaming industry. People are comparing the writing to fan-fiction, and it truly is. Possibly not even Mass Effect fan-fiction though, more like EA executives and a bunch of annoying lobbyists had an idea and hired a 15 year old SJW to write it down for them.… Expand
  63. Vicol
    Mar 24, 2017
    1
    I loved ME 1 -3 have hundreds of hours into just one Game alone. This game is so linear its depressing. I give it a one because the combat is somewhat entertaining. That's about it. This is no mass effect game. If you played even one of the other Mass Effects you know its not. I have to also add this, who ever thought adding so many Sudoku puzzles in this was a great idea should just beI loved ME 1 -3 have hundreds of hours into just one Game alone. This game is so linear its depressing. I give it a one because the combat is somewhat entertaining. That's about it. This is no mass effect game. If you played even one of the other Mass Effects you know its not. I have to also add this, who ever thought adding so many Sudoku puzzles in this was a great idea should just be fired and leave the gaming industry like many many others who were involved in making this. Goodbye Bioware. :(… Expand
  64. sikfuk
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    BW needs to hire competent people to make their games in the future. this is not good. i miss the good old games like Kotor, Jade Empire, Dragon Age: Origins. back then the company had a passion for making great games with a fantastic story. now the company has been infested with sick people who focus more on pushing their twisted political and social agenda rather than making good games.
  65. Luizard
    Apr 15, 2017
    3
    I gave this game many chances, but the crazy amount of bugs and bland story made me turn on one of my favorite franchises ever. I just did a mission twice and the Kett boss vanished both times leaving me without a way to complete the objective. The badly designed save system prevents me from loading closer to the boss, so I have to do the whole thing again. What a huge waste of time, justI gave this game many chances, but the crazy amount of bugs and bland story made me turn on one of my favorite franchises ever. I just did a mission twice and the Kett boss vanished both times leaving me without a way to complete the objective. The badly designed save system prevents me from loading closer to the boss, so I have to do the whole thing again. What a huge waste of time, just like this game. Hey Bioware, if you're not going to deliver on the story and characters because of your SJW agenda, at least make sure the game works. This garbage doesn't compare to the real Mass Effect we know and love, let alone Witcher 3. Try harder next time and maybe I'll buy the sequel to Andromeda with all the DLC for $1!

    The multiplayer can be fun with friends though. :)    … Expand
  66. PartidoPopular
    Mar 30, 2017
    4
    I only came here willing to write "Who the hell has written this, a 15yo teenage?!". Saw the first negative posts and felt a sense of hive-mind kicking in.

    Cons. This game is bad, really bad. I don't care much about the animations (which btw are really horrendous) or graphics. I was just looking for a nice fresh softcore sci-fi story. Instead, what I found is an actually simplistic    I only came here willing to write "Who the hell has written this, a 15yo teenage?!". Saw the first negative posts and felt a sense of hive-mind kicking in.

    Cons.
    This game is bad, really bad. I don't care much about the animations (which btw are really horrendous) or graphics. I was just looking for a nice fresh softcore sci-fi story. Instead, what I found is an actually simplistic plot, with ATROCIOUS dialogues, incoherent situations, plain characters, senseless events... summarizing: a stupid, superfluous and bad made childish story.

    Pros.
    The worlds and graphics are alright, nice ambientation there (although the local fauna only experienced a funny chromatic variation depending on the planet). The gameplay is nice and fluid but in my opinion the encounters and fights in me2 & 3 where much more epic.

    Anyway, I just made this metacritic account to complain about wasting money in this precise game.
    Not that I care for paying 50€ for this load of crap but what I regret mostly is contributing to make these kind of "sub"products viable.    … Expand
  67. Baleratz
    Apr 2, 2017
    3
    A quantity over quality mess around a poor story. Brilliant worlds and tons of dialogues without a hint of Mass Effect unique intensity.

    Anyway, I thought this game was about saving humanity and kind civilizations from previous trilogy, maybe because destroying the mass relays ruined our galaxy and made us escape to Andromeda in a one way, only chance mission for survival. Something    A quantity over quality mess around a poor story. Brilliant worlds and tons of dialogues without a hint of Mass Effect unique intensity.

    Anyway, I thought this game was about saving humanity and kind civilizations from previous trilogy, maybe because destroying the mass relays ruined our galaxy and made us escape to Andromeda in a one way, only chance mission for survival. Something like that, something dramatic at the state of Shepard. But no. Spoiler: I wake from a cryo pod to find out I am a tourist guide, called pathfinder, meant to promote random planets. What if I never woke from that pod? Nothing. My twin or anyone with a decent IA would have done the job. End of the drama.

    Not a 0 game, but a painfully successor.    … Expand
  68. Elco32
    Apr 9, 2017
    0
    When your entire development strategy is affirmative action and social justice, this is the kind of less than worthless garbage that results. Avoid like the plague.
  69. SweDavid
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    Just like DA... Bioware is dead. Another "Copy-paste" game that feels just like an MMO with no respect for the fans or the franchisee.

    EA is killing the gaming industri and i hope people have higher standards then this.... The animations is bad but it isn't the worst bit, whats worse is the lack of effort that goes into everything from graphics, characters, game play,    Just like DA... Bioware is dead. Another "Copy-paste" game that feels just like an MMO with no respect for the fans or the franchisee.

    EA is killing the gaming industri and i hope people have higher standards then this....
    The animations is bad but it isn't the worst bit, whats worse is the lack of effort that goes into everything from graphics, characters, game play, conversations/dialogs, story .... rather play MS mine sweep.

    Don't support these piece of sh?!t developers    … Expand
  70. JediMosEisley
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    Too much narration and not enough explanations of features. I hit a dead end scenario and no one on social media could help me with it. So I deleted the game. Perhaps there will be a substantial update to it but as of now it is not worth your time.
  71. Neng-
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    I've played for about 8 hours now and my experience is nothing but a feeling of dizzines from playing it, the main part is there, but everything that should help get the game going is just not at today's standards at all.
    Animations, lipsyncing, voice acting, timing, puzzles, just don't work, and it kills all the fun for me,
    I'm not saying this is a bad game, but everything that    I've played for about 8 hours now and my experience is nothing but a feeling of dizzines from playing it, the main part is there, but everything that should help get the game going is just not at today's standards at all.
    Animations, lipsyncing, voice acting, timing, puzzles, just don't work, and it kills all the fun for me,

    I'm not saying this is a bad game, but everything that revolves around it just doesn't make me even slightly eager to keep playing it, and i find that incredibly frustrating coming from a franchise i loved back in the day.    … Expand
  72. Kakaloto
    May 10, 2017
    0
    Journey into a new lifeless galaxy with millions of 2 new sentient races to encounter. Figure out sudoku puzzles left by generic cardboard "ancients" to find out secrets that somehow manage to make Andromeda even less diverse. Trigger static romances with static characters that feel like they were made with plastic moulds. Come and experience the death of one of the best videogameJourney into a new lifeless galaxy with millions of 2 new sentient races to encounter. Figure out sudoku puzzles left by generic cardboard "ancients" to find out secrets that somehow manage to make Andromeda even less diverse. Trigger static romances with static characters that feel like they were made with plastic moulds. Come and experience the death of one of the best videogame franchises first hand!

    Colourful language aside:
    - Extremely dull story with *very* predictable twists.
    - Horrible writing in comparison to all other Mass Effect games.
    - The combat has taken three steps backwards and feels like a cheap fps, tps hybrid.
    - Despite everything that is this steaming pile of game it has many good critic reviews that will lull hardcore ME fans like myself into a state of thinking the game is okay to purchase- it isn't. I have played ME 1-3 with every DLC and gotten some serious enjoyment out of them, whereas Andromeda felt like a chore. A cheap ripoff following a hollow ME game template.

    In conclusion: There's a reason Bioware Montreal is getting axed. There's a reason why every positive user review has to include the phrase "I don't know why people are hating on this game", and there's a reason that bioware is having fire their employees and lie to protect them from getting harassed.

    This game is an insult to Mass Effect and anyone involved with any major aspect of its production should be ashamed of themselves.    … Expand
  73. TrollYourEnemey
    Mar 28, 2017
    4
    Mess Effect : First of all let me state that I am a huge fan of the Mass Effect Franchise. Mass Effect 2 for me was the pinnacle of the trilogy! Here we are now in 2017 with a new game to kick start a new trilogy..... and i'm absolutely shocked at the quality of this game. There will be no personal attacks towards the employees of BioWare here because I know they are a very hard workingMess Effect : First of all let me state that I am a huge fan of the Mass Effect Franchise. Mass Effect 2 for me was the pinnacle of the trilogy! Here we are now in 2017 with a new game to kick start a new trilogy..... and i'm absolutely shocked at the quality of this game. There will be no personal attacks towards the employees of BioWare here because I know they are a very hard working company. I am not sure wtf happened here tho... First of all Andromeda looks like it had a significant downgrade in the graphical department. Also animations are clearly not up to par with today's standards.. this is rather confusing as this is a huge team of developers with the resources, money and the staff to make this game the AAA title it should have been. There are countless bugs and glitches, poorly written dialogue, frame rate drops, texture problems, lighting problems, shadow problems, even just simply running around looks terrible. Animations: WTF is with the ugly character models? this isn't 2007 anymore... heck The first Mass Effect game actually looks better than this!! This is completely unacceptable at full retail price! here in Canada where the game was made this costs ove $80.. and even $120!!! To put the nail in the coffin the multiplayer is just Horde mode... endless waves of horde mode. Incredibly boring. Oh there is also microtransactions for horde mode.... can you believe it ? I bet you can't.. but stupid people will still buy into it. Gotta get that 10 dollar gun! Anyways I am now just ranting. Hows the story of this game? well its completely forgettable, You really don't care for these characters at all. The sex scenes are extremely awkward and will probably make you burst out laughing. This just doesn't feel like a BioWare game. Lets not forget that in the dialogue options.. It does let you choose but they never say what you want them to say... Its like its on PG mode all the time. Gotta be nice I guess. All in all I'm deeply disappointed in this and I know BioWare tried there damn best to give us a great game, Unfortunately it feels more like they are trying to copy what the first 3 games did ... but the execution of it is sub par. The combat however is tight and fluid when it does not glitch out. There is allot of content in this game, but most of it is rather tedious and boring. It hurts my Mass heart to give this a dislike but it is what it is. In loving memory of Sheppard. This is below Average. 4/10… Expand
  74. Snikur
    Apr 2, 2017
    3
    I wanted to like this game, but the voice acting / animations was just destroying the experience for me. The game is ok besides the bad voice acting and bad charterer animations.
  75. gnomercy
    Jun 14, 2017
    1
    It could get a better score if EA made any effort to fix bugs in their games. 3 planets in and every save becomes corrupt and won't load. At least I waited until it had been out long enough to be half price, but still, by now there shouldn't be any bugs let alone the same ones they had at launch!
  76. Sirus
    Mar 28, 2017
    2
    This is not the Mass Effect we were promised in E3. This is a hot mess full of bugs, awful voice acting, and terrible face animation. You can't emotionally connect with any character as their facial expressions seem like they're oblivious to their situation and surroundings. I often found bugs during combat, and the story is not as significant as the original Mass Effect series was. ThisThis is not the Mass Effect we were promised in E3. This is a hot mess full of bugs, awful voice acting, and terrible face animation. You can't emotionally connect with any character as their facial expressions seem like they're oblivious to their situation and surroundings. I often found bugs during combat, and the story is not as significant as the original Mass Effect series was. This game seemed to be made just as a cash cow by using the ME name instead of an actual entry into the ME series.… Expand
  77. thekeeblerelf
    Apr 18, 2017
    0
    I was talked into this game because the previous games were supposedly amazing, but if those previous games are even twice as good as this I won't be buying another mass effect game.
  78. lippmannk1
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    I'm 100 hours into this game. 100 hours of fetch quests, terrible animation glitches, and trying to find a reason to actually care about the "Andromeda Initiative"...

    It is so boring I want to get high on something. Anything. THAT is how bad this game is.
  79. ScienceAdvisor
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    Thank you EA for finally killing Bioware off. Especially for having the temerity to offer this on a test basis. You openly advertise how bad it is, with issues in graphical optimization, animation, story (or lack thereof), lobotimized AI, and downgraded customization (from prior games made on same engine), while expecting something other than a flogging? Time to check yourselves into rehab.
  80. DrunkWisdom
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Ass Defect: Govnomeda looks like a Hillary Clinton and plays as your grandma on steroids. Somewhat cool, but too much mental to not sound kindergardenish.
  81. b1gdeano
    Jul 11, 2017
    4
    Now I dont normally write reviews unless its so amazing as I cant help but gush about it, or in the case of Andromeda, so mediocre I just feel the need to vent.

    First - Its so BORING! I literally had to force myself through the game towards the end. Some parts are done very well, and the game could have had so much potential had they just stuck with being more like the original trilogy    Now I dont normally write reviews unless its so amazing as I cant help but gush about it, or in the case of Andromeda, so mediocre I just feel the need to vent.

    First - Its so BORING! I literally had to force myself through the game towards the end. Some parts are done very well, and the game could have had so much potential had they just stuck with being more like the original trilogy than this hash up and awful DA:I inspired game.

    Its not that it was bad per se - just very very mediocre and boring. Full of filler.    … Expand
  82. Piercey
    Jun 5, 2017
    4
    I started playing this at patch 1.06, giving time for the game to have some of the on release bugs ironed out. I didn't wait long enough...the game is a disappointing mess as far as performance goes. I love the series, and the game has promise, but 10 hours in I just can't bear to persevere, the glitches, bugs, frame-drops, crashes, hangs, just make it unbearable. Heartbreaking :/ I mightI started playing this at patch 1.06, giving time for the game to have some of the on release bugs ironed out. I didn't wait long enough...the game is a disappointing mess as far as performance goes. I love the series, and the game has promise, but 10 hours in I just can't bear to persevere, the glitches, bugs, frame-drops, crashes, hangs, just make it unbearable. Heartbreaking :/ I might give it another go in a few months of I hear word of any other patches to improve it, but otherwise this game is a waste of time. Such a shame.… Expand
  83. SOLIDSNAKEN64
    May 5, 2017
    4
    I played the first 3 ME games so I am a fan, and I wanted to like this game but just kept getting frustrated with it! I put about 12 hours into this game and I could not find it in me to finish it. The biggest problem I had with MEA was the damn aiming controls were so bad I was shooting everything except the enemies! The character animations are terrible, the team members areI played the first 3 ME games so I am a fan, and I wanted to like this game but just kept getting frustrated with it! I put about 12 hours into this game and I could not find it in me to finish it. The biggest problem I had with MEA was the damn aiming controls were so bad I was shooting everything except the enemies! The character animations are terrible, the team members are uninteresting, and the story was just ok. I did enjoy colonizing the planets and driving the Nomad around, and the environments look nice. In a new universe you would expect to find new alien races not the same old races from milky way. If I were you I would skip this game or wait until all the patches come out and its on sale for $10.… Expand
  84. DanielKing
    Jun 12, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I enjoyed every other Mass Effect games, even ME3. But Andromeda it's not good at all. I mean, I enjoyed it until the Hunting the Archon mission: I did every sidequest I could, delaying what I thougth will be the best part, and I was very dissapointed. The story it's bland, and bad delivered. My interest faded away almost inmediatly. I finished the game just to see how bad the end story was.… Expand
  85. LegionOne
    Apr 15, 2017
    4
    I like previous Mass Effect games and completed each multiple times, its one of the best sci-fi shooters out there and i was expecting this title to deliver, until the first gameplay trailer was released, this moment i realised it was going to be DAI in space, but i never thought it could be much worse.
    First off, i completed this game and almost every single quest in it, so my opinion is    I like previous Mass Effect games and completed each multiple times, its one of the best sci-fi shooters out there and i was expecting this title to deliver, until the first gameplay trailer was released, this moment i realised it was going to be DAI in space, but i never thought it could be much worse.
    First off, i completed this game and almost every single quest in it, so my opinion is based on actual game experience, not a haters reviews or other cancer. Sorry for my grammar, im not an english native speaker.
    Story itself isn't really terrible how people making it to be, but it's not a good one either, main questions still remains unanswered after 70 hours of the game and means of the story delivery sucks - most of the cutscenes are badly written, terribly animated and making no sence. This game have its moments, where you can almost see the ray of hope but its vanishes as soon as it appears (near the end of the game and some of loyalty missions)
    I won't tell you about facial animations, since you can find all you need to know about them on the internet, they're terrible as people making them to be.
    Combat is the only enjoyable part of this game, its feels much less restricted in comparison to previous games but it still needs some polishing.
    Quests is one of the biggest problems of this game - like 95% of them are fetch quests (i.e go to one point shoot/take/scan something then come back) this already tells a lot about how much devs wanted us to enjoy their game, stuffing it with a bad, low-quality content,
    Things i did not mention would probably will be fixed with patches (maybe), but it still wont fix bad design and writing. I dont even know why i wasted so much time on this game, its really sad seeing developer like this falling so low.    … Expand
  86. Juan31
    May 1, 2017
    4
    Si este juego se llamase "Aventuras espaciales X", le daría quizá un 6. Pero siendo un Mass Effect, con lo que ese título conlleva, le doy un suspenso. Las expectativas eran altas, y la decepción, también.

    En realidad, la decepción empezó mucho antes de que el juego saliese al mercado, cuando se supo que de la gente que había hecho los ME originales no quedaba nadie en este ME:A. Por    Si este juego se llamase "Aventuras espaciales X", le daría quizá un 6. Pero siendo un Mass Effect, con lo que ese título conlleva, le doy un suspenso. Las expectativas eran altas, y la decepción, también.

    En realidad, la decepción empezó mucho antes de que el juego saliese al mercado, cuando se supo que de la gente que había hecho los ME originales no quedaba nadie en este ME:A. Por supuesto, Drew Karpyshyn ya no estaba en ME3, y se nota para mal, pero es que entre el 2015 y el 16 también fueron desertando, entre otros, sucesivos directores del proyecto y el guionista principal. Y también se nota para mal. Da la impresión de que el juego fue terminado de cualquier manera por gente con mucho menos talento que los que los empezaron, que a su vez tenían menos talento que los que hicieron ME1 y ME2.

    Lo bueno:
    - Las naves y los paisajes de los planetas son bonitos.
    - Los escenarios de los combates en algunas misiones están bien diseñados.
    - Los combates no están mal, aunque se echa de menos un botón para cubrirse.

    Lo malo:
    - El argumento es un refrito de elementos de los ME originales, como el niño que copia la redacción de su amigo y cambia los nombres para que el maestro no lo note. Una extinta raza extraterrestre deja una tecnología avanzadísima que es encontrada y usada por humanos y aliens, pero aparece un enemigo poderosísimo que pretende destruirlo todo y captura a la gente para transformarla en una especie de zombies. La única esperanza es un héroe que al principio del juego recibe en el cerebro una descarga tecnológica... No es el argumento de ME1, sino de ME:A. Solo cambian nombres y localizaciones.
    - Personaje principal sin carisma, ni como hombre ni como mujer. Que lleve casi todo el juego una IA con la voz y la personalidad de loquendo llevándolo de la manita y haciéndole todo el trabajo de pensar, tampoco ayuda.
    - Personajes secundarios con menos carisma todavía. Algunos son francamente irritantes. Muchas conversaciones, pero ninguna interesante. Muchas posibilidades de romance (incluyendo parafilias bizarras como la de enrollarse con extraterrestres simiescos o con aspecto de monstruos prehistóricos), pero ninguna atractiva.
    - Muchísimas misiones de relleno. Las que si tienen argumento, siempre la fastidian con un final de película mala, o demasiado apresurado y facilón, o los dialogos terribles, o lo que sea.
    - Bugs, bugs everywhere, incluyendo el parche 1.05.
    - La tiranía de la corrección política giliprogre no solo se ha extendido por la Via Láctea sino que ha infectado Andrómeda. Los tópicos del pensamiento único están por todas partes, vengan a cuento o no. Más les valdría haber dedicado a hacer un buen argumento el esfuerzo que han dedicado a que el juego les guste a la bloguera feminista X, el activista Y o el colectivo Z. El juego parece escrito a duo por Bibiana Aido y Leire Pajín. Una de las razones por las que los personajes son tan ramplones, las conversaciones son tan genéricas y tópicas y el argumento, un bodrio. Personalmente, no me gusta que un juego de ordenador me suelte mítines sobre unos valores o una visión de la vida con la que quizá no esté de acuerdo.
    - Personajes diseñados feos adrede "para no sexualizarlos". Parece que en los humanos la condición para ir a Andromeda era tener nariz de boniato y el pelo como la peluca de un payaso. Para las asari solo hay dos caras: Pibi, AKA la Shrek asari, y el resto. Ni siquiera se han molestado en hacerle una cara específica a la otra asari de la tripulación, así que tiene la misma cara genérica de Sra. Potato que el resto de las asari. Y encima, están las animaciones faciales terribles.
    - El escalado de dificultad en las misiones no está bien hecho. En nivel "locura", al principio con nivel 1 te matan constantemente, pero al final cuando tienes un nivel 50 el juego se vuelve facilísimo.
    - Sensación general de chapuza. Por ejemplo, los "triggers" de las conversaciones ligadas a misiones se siguen activando aunque la misión ya esté hecha, de modo que cada vez que pasa por el mismo sitio, escuchas la misma conversación ligada a una misión que quizá hiciste hace diez horas.

    En resumen: un juego que no está al nivel de la saga original. Para comprar en alguna rebaja por diez euros máximo si se tiene curiosidad. Para pasar un buen rato con juegos con alma y fundamento está la saga original o, más moderno, The Witcher 3. Por cierto, eso de que se habían inspirado en TW3 para el diseño de las misiones es una burda mentira. En cualquier mision, escena o personaje de TW3 hay más talento, dedicación y amor al producto que en todo el juego de Mass Effect: Andromeda.    … Expand
  87. braindamage
    Apr 24, 2017
    4
    a first time comer to mass effect I I was worried the game maybe be reminacant of Dragon age inqustion.. it is. I like the game more then that one but since the structure of the game is reminicent of dragon age inquitions except space porn with some shooting elements, wigth some cool cutscenes and world graphics as bad as something from 2012
  88. cptnlunch
    Apr 14, 2017
    3
    People have already said what needs to be said about this game, so I will not review in-depth. It suffices to say that this is probably an acceptable game but it is not acceptable as a Mass Effect game.
    The writing is too awful in being cliche, junior-high level, and, more generally, poorly conceived. The technical issues are acceptable, but the dead, staring eyes are too much. I'm sad    People have already said what needs to be said about this game, so I will not review in-depth. It suffices to say that this is probably an acceptable game but it is not acceptable as a Mass Effect game.
    The writing is too awful in being cliche, junior-high level, and, more generally, poorly conceived. The technical issues are acceptable, but the dead, staring eyes are too much. I'm sad that this will be the first Mass Effect game (galaxy) I do not fully explore. I'm sure there would have been good moments, but the writing was too much to bear.    … Expand
  89. Draco_Arcane
    May 21, 2017
    0
    If it was a complete not broken game I would give this at least some good review. Having to restart the whole game, over because of all the broken quests and bug issues.
  90. Silverqt
    Apr 15, 2017
    3
    Horrible! Incredibly bad! What the hell? This is not a Bioware game, more like **** that game lame in every aspect except visuals and action, which is ok for some fps about 4-5h long, but for 60$ rpg with MASS EFFECT in the title, are you f...... kidding me?
    1. The dialogs are worst that ever can be, its childish even for 13 old year kid.
    2. Protagonist and antagonist - just no words.    Horrible! Incredibly bad! What the hell? This is not a Bioware game, more like **** that game lame in every aspect except visuals and action, which is ok for some fps about 4-5h long, but for 60$ rpg with MASS EFFECT in the title, are you f...... kidding me?
    1. The dialogs are worst that ever can be, its childish even for 13 old year kid.
    2. Protagonist and antagonist - just no words. Suck! Like every character in the game, except, raider father, that guess what? He dies in the first hour.
    3. Story - there is no story. There is rubbish.
    4. Even music. The credit card of ME completely destroyed. Its souds the same unemotional crap like in inqusition crap.
    5.Another topic are bugs and glitches that infected the game, they are in every corner, everywhere you look at.
    WHYYYYY are you did this? WHYYYY?!?    … Expand
  91. ArgusLVI
    Apr 10, 2017
    4
    Horrible. Absolutely horrible game. Such a amazing concept of heading to a new galaxy and it turns out to be a uncreative piece of waste. Two entirely humanoid races that are completely black and white in morality, no nuance. 4 boring, wild alien species that are spread across 6 planets? WTF???
    Characters are garbage stereotypes and the combat is hit or miss at best (three skill slots?    Horrible. Absolutely horrible game. Such a amazing concept of heading to a new galaxy and it turns out to be a uncreative piece of waste. Two entirely humanoid races that are completely black and white in morality, no nuance. 4 boring, wild alien species that are spread across 6 planets? WTF???
    Characters are garbage stereotypes and the combat is hit or miss at best (three skill slots? Wtf is this?) Facial animations are still horrible despite the patch and the whole mess is still buggy as hell. Unfinished game pushed out to meet a deadline, both the fault of this numale new bioware and EA    … Expand
  92. AresP
    Apr 15, 2017
    0
    Mass Effect Andromeda was just another waste of 60 EU/USD, terrible game didn't enjoy it at all, honestly can't find something good to say about it. Another waste by EA ... just skip it. 0/10.
  93. fehish
    Mar 24, 2017
    4
    It seems that Bioware didn't want to acknowledge the horrible aspects of their latest installment of Dragon Age and decided to implement all of them into this game. Besides the horrible animations there's plenty of things wrong with this game. There's a plethora of forgettable quests and just time wasting activities. Many of the characters try to come off as likable, but are insanelyIt seems that Bioware didn't want to acknowledge the horrible aspects of their latest installment of Dragon Age and decided to implement all of them into this game. Besides the horrible animations there's plenty of things wrong with this game. There's a plethora of forgettable quests and just time wasting activities. Many of the characters try to come off as likable, but are insanely obnoxious. All of the playable areas in this game are very dead. There are several things to do such as, mining... over and over and over again, playing logic puzzles over and over again, and then quests that you won't remember by the time you finish the game. The story and open world become tiresome very fast.
    The combat on the other hand feels very fluid and fun. With the ease of access to switch a load out/power set makes combat feel engaging and intense. Enemies can be repetitive, but just making those dumb alien dudes blow up is amazing. The combat is the only saving grace of this game in my opinion. Hopefully Bioware will learn after seeing how this game and Dragon Age Inquisition had done. This game's concept was good, but was just executed awfully.    … Expand
  94. knazig123
    Apr 14, 2017
    0
    This is what you get when tumblr feminists make a game.

    It's a **** shame to see them use such a great series of game to merely sell their nasty agenda.

    Would'nt even reccommend to someone if it was free.
  95. Zelloswar
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    Let me begin by saying that i'm a huge fan of the entire Mass Effect franchise, i've re-played the original 3 games more than 50 times combined.
    And let me tell you, i never-mind the bugs and glitches and what not, just don't care.
    Now here is my problem with the Andromeda - the rubber faces, it's like a bunch of sex dolls talking to each other. I've played Mass Effect for incredible    Let me begin by saying that i'm a huge fan of the entire Mass Effect franchise, i've re-played the original 3 games more than 50 times combined.
    And let me tell you, i never-mind the bugs and glitches and what not, just don't care.

    Now here is my problem with the Andromeda - the rubber faces, it's like a bunch of sex dolls talking to each other. I've played Mass Effect for incredible story AND incredible emotions that it brought up, now i look at facial expression of the characters (especially non-human) and i don't see any emotions.
    The wife of a man that pleads for his life shows 0 emotions, the Officer of the Initiative that is supposedly angry and annoyed with the situation shows even less.
    WHAT HAPPENED SINCE ME3 ???
    I used to cry over deaths and suffering, i used to care for every single character, now i just play the game to know the story, because i played other 3.

    Screw that.    … Expand
  96. KTLeander
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    Just dont know where to start! So many things wrong with this game. Technology is at best on ME1 level. Politcal correctness shining trought with killing off people of European descent and why the hell they didnt invent some lore reason for aliens in ANOTHER GOD DAMN GALAXY speaking English!?! I really want to like this game, but it just starts to wear me down. Maybe I increase the points if
  97. Possemaster2
    Mar 23, 2017
    2
    That they dared to release this game. Bioware was pioneer in animation and story telling. What happened? Mass Effect 2 was a brilliant piece of entertainment. Perfect narratives, perfect cut scenes. That is all gone. The animation are really bad. Story is inconsistent. Side quests are dull. The world feels empty. If you get the the first planet and establish the first outpost and it getThat they dared to release this game. Bioware was pioneer in animation and story telling. What happened? Mass Effect 2 was a brilliant piece of entertainment. Perfect narratives, perfect cut scenes. That is all gone. The animation are really bad. Story is inconsistent. Side quests are dull. The world feels empty. If you get the the first planet and establish the first outpost and it get filled with useless props you will see what i mean. Just take some time and take a look at the characters that are placed in this setting. They are doing nothing . Animation do not fit in the place they are put, a lot of copied characters that you can even see three times in the same place. Just standing there staring in the sky or distance doing absolutely nothing. These animations are the ones you can buy for 2 euro at a 3D online store made by a beginner 3D artist. This shows again that EA can destroy a good company into delivering **** software to the mass public that will buy it anyway. Shame on the Bioware developers that you let your die hard fans down, and that you have made your jewel into a piece of **** moneygrabbing EA software.… Expand
  98. Mitchicon
    Mar 22, 2017
    4
    Pros:
    - combat is more intense
    - easier to switch combat styles through the game - significantly better weapon building and customization - open world format allows for a wider variety of possibilities and replayability value - ship internals on The Tempest are beautiful and well crafted Cons: - Mediocre to terrible voice acting - Face animations that are unforgivably bad -    Pros:
    - combat is more intense
    - easier to switch combat styles through the game
    - significantly better weapon building and customization
    - open world format allows for a wider variety of possibilities and replayability value
    - ship internals on The Tempest are beautiful and well crafted

    Cons:
    - Mediocre to terrible voice acting
    - Face animations that are unforgivably bad
    - Conversations that are awkward and make no sense
    - cover issues in combat
    - Does not feel like an RPG. Can completely reclass and your decisions feel like they carry no weight
    - I found I had no interest in my party characters and I had to force myself to stay pay attention to the storyline

    Neutral:
    - some people may dislike the smaller number of active abilities, despite the lack of a universal cooldown    … Expand
  99. KingofallHeroes
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    game is garbage. tumblr fest cringe worthy writing. bugs that would make bethseda blush. facial animations that look worse than ME1. this is one huge rushed mess. Ui interface still bad. Not much to do on the worlds but grind.
  100. AdmiralPrawn
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Generic popamole combat, bland characters, dialogue and story that seemed to be written by a 13 year old fan-fic-writer. Not even the jetpack can save this.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 37
  3. Negative: 1 out of 37
  1. Riot Pixels
    Jun 5, 2017
    55
    Postcard-pretty landscapes is pretty much all that there is good about Andromeda. They serve as backdrops for a boring, cliche-ridden, somewhat demented story with forgettable characters and even more forgettable missions.
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  2. PC PowerPlay
    May 11, 2017
    80
    Enough of the classic Mass Effect, with enough new mechanics to keep the game fresh. [Hollingworth; Issue#261, p.55]
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Apr 27, 2017
    70
    An earnest attempt has been made to create a new identity for a series here, but the question of how to best frame Mass Effect's narrative strengths is, once again, left open. [June 2017, p.90]
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