Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. MaxTheMax
    Apr 12, 2017
    1
    *** updated review post patch
    The 1.5 patch included some ok animation/NPC interaction improvements and allows you to skip some very annoying repeat animation sequences in the galaxy map. Unfortunately the game still sucks pretty bad in terms of ugly characters, bad writing, bad voice acting, and eminently boring story line, tedious "adventures". I'm not sure how much future patches    *** updated review post patch
    The 1.5 patch included some ok animation/NPC interaction improvements and allows you to skip some very annoying repeat animation sequences in the galaxy map. Unfortunately the game still sucks pretty bad in terms of ugly characters, bad writing, bad voice acting, and eminently boring story line, tedious "adventures". I'm not sure how much future patches will fix what's really wrong with this game (animation issues are minor in comparison).

    *** Original review
    This is not Mass Effect, not even close.

    The story, dialog writing, and voice acting are very weak unlike the prior games. All you have to do is YouTube ME1-3 to a dialog scene and what you see is night and day. In ME1-3 the models look realistic delivering the lines, the writing/story is captivating, and the voice actors convey strong emotion making you the player feel like you're the main character in a blockbuster movie.

    ME A however makes you feel like you are in an bad B- movie. After several hours I found myself skipping dialog it was so painful. I use subtitles so I'd quickly read ahead, get the gist and skip. But WTF skipping dialog in an RPG!!! Dialog, characters, and story are the bedrock of an RPG. We have to conclude ME is now just a shadow of a role playing game now.

    I suspect people rating this game 9-10 are employees of BioWare as there is simply no way to see this game as perfect or anywhere near it, unless you like lots Fed Ex quests and pointless combat and don't care about characters or story. It's got to be an EA program to swarm sites like this to put in bogus raving reviews of something so bad.

    I hate to bring up politics. I've been a liberal democrat my whole life so I'm not sure who they are pandering to, but shoving political issues from TODAY into a game that supposed to take place several hundred years in the FUTURE in another galaxy is NOT art, it's immersion busting anti-art. If there is a good interesting story to weave that includes a gay or trans character that's totally fine but including them as a part of some perverse check-list item is just bad formulaic form. But not only that, they are hypocritical even on these issues where they fall all over themselves to show how PC they are. The male/male relationships/romance scenes are few and truncated, we get embarrassing insensitive fumbling like with the Hanly character, or the stupid setup line "we don't tolerate bigots" with Jaal. Or ever worse, tired stereotypes like the bubbly, flamboyant, handle bar mustache Dorian from DA I (because you know all gay men are like that!).

    I don't even need to touch the much memed animations and horrific character models, there's plenty of that on the internet. And sadly its all true.

    I'm not sure how this game got out the door. Nobody at BioWare must have played it or any of the prior games. It's lackluster, boring, and pales in compare to anything that went before it.

    I'll borrow from ME3: "Critical Mission Failure"    … Expand
  2. josen
    Apr 12, 2017
    0
    sry, but this game is a shame.

    graphics: -cant get a solid 60fps framerate on high settings @ 1080, despite a decent system (i7 6700k @ 4,5, 32gb ddr4 @ 3000, gtx 980 @ 1500), fps drops down to 40 -> immersion breaking -reshade doesnt work without problems(mouse pionter), so you have to play it grayish, colorless and without contrast ->also called vanilla. -what is screen    sry, but this game is a shame.

    graphics:
    -cant get a solid 60fps framerate on high settings @ 1080, despite a decent system
    (i7 6700k @ 4,5, 32gb ddr4 @ 3000, gtx 980 @ 1500), fps drops down to 40
    -> immersion breaking

    -reshade doesnt work without problems(mouse pionter), so you have to play it grayish,
    colorless and without contrast
    ->also called vanilla.

    -what is screen calibration? seems to be brightness!? how about gamma?
    -> had to change the gamma settings for me:a in the nvidia settings.

    controls:
    -like always: everyone that owns a mouse with more than 1000dpi has to check if the lowest in
    game sensivity setting is nearly ok and then go to find out where the ini file is
    (thought that a 2017 game learned a lesson)

    -menus/ui:
    -on pc you have to press space to confirm something, return does not work. why?
    you really want to **** up the gamers in the main menu?
    ->here i have the code for you bioware:
    if (e.KeyChar == Convert.ToChar(Keys.Space) || e.KeyChar == Convert.ToChar(Keys.Return))
    {
    DragonAgeIInSpace.Start("astfu");
    }
    -the menus feel like s**t
    ->back to the roots of me:1, know i know what you meant

    story:
    -you (Bioware) "learnd from witcher 3"? sry i dont think so.
    cdpr sniffs your writing skills from b**** a****
    before breakfast on a work day (the Polish way)
    -mainquest line so boring i forgot what to say about it
    -but have to say, the sidequest are really as good as the mainquests (so respect for that)

    combat/gameplay:
    -ok, but if youre far right/left of an object you have to change the cam for yourself (down step!)
    -jetpack boosting and gunplay is ok.
    -nomad driving is only ok. (no weapons wtf, is the wheels fps capped to 30?, handling pfffff)

    model recycling:
    -asari, kroganes, turians, salarians, weapons (1/3)

    characters:
    -as mentioned, the facial animation are not from 1999, the are just extrem bad/wrong.
    smiling when you talk about a death of s.o. is just an example.
    -> that is an insult to all custumers. an a+++ 40mil dollar 2017 game looks **** in compare
    to its unreal engine predecessor from years ago thx bioware.
    -why always the same: bad ass krogan, research asari etc. -no person in the squad is at least interesting -hate my own character for being such a pu**y (and nobody respects him) -why is it possilbe to date(f***) almost any male chars? -why do all female characters look like the ugly sister of them self? (oh,...know i got the answer to my former question) -i think the aliens look boring and ugly, especialy the ... dont know the name this says everything. wait those without ears. exploration/"open world": -open world is absolute **** -there are 5 or 6 planets you can explore (adrometastic) ->thats "a whole galaxy to explore" (5 levels, **** you bioware) and 100 liveless planets where you can not land on ->is this a joke technical probs: -animation bugs -clipping probs -bsod bugs -btd bugs feelings: -miss fearing the reapers -miss fearing the geth -miss a normal guy like shepard -mass effect andromeda is the watch dogs 2 of its kind -disappointed update: search and replace bioware to EA    … Expand
  3. 21grams
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    Based on public reactions I was not gonna buy the game and I still wouldn't. I only got to play the game because a friend who pre-ordered is on delegation and he gave access to his account.

    I knew a lot of what to expect form the game already, but still I was trying to explore basically everything, until the issues got me and I was rushing the main story more and more and more just to    Based on public reactions I was not gonna buy the game and I still wouldn't. I only got to play the game because a friend who pre-ordered is on delegation and he gave access to his account.

    I knew a lot of what to expect form the game already, but still I was trying to explore basically everything, until the issues got me and I was rushing the main story more and more and more just to be done with it. So here we go:

    Pros:
    - Environmental graphics - although there are some issues at times, for the most part it's absolutely stunning. This is the best looking space game to date, and tho there are not that many spaces games out there, believe me, some views will leave your jaw open, it can be really breath taking.
    - Combat - it's just great and dynamic, you have a lot of stuff (guns, powers, skills) to play with and customize your build, I think this is more fun than most shooter games out there. The small criticism I have here is dumb AI of your squad and lack of option to control them better
    - Main story - I wasn't intending to put it under the pros, but the story itself isn't bad all. It's nothing amazing, but it's perfectly alright. I wan't gonna list it under the pros, but I decided to split it from general writing, as such, understand "main story" as the events that happen in the game without its delivery.

    Cons:
    - Facial animations and character looks - this one is obvious one, it sucks, it feels dated, it feels unfinished and unpolished. It's worse than ME1. Facial animations are weird, disturbing and can make you feel uncomfortable. Character looks also has a lot to be desired. The worst part are the eyes - a cold, oversized eyeballs staring at you like the characters wouldn't have eyelids. It can look really scary and awkward. To quickly sum up, human characters (alien ones are much better done) feel more like androids or zombies than people. Character creation is also terrible - it feels like retard factory more than actual character creator.
    - writing - I will split it in few sections here. First, the character writing. I was not expecting this from Bioware, because the absolutely majority of them are basically puddle shallow generic, dull, emotion less characters with boring backgrounds. One the most boring character writing I've seen in video games (especially RPG) in past decade (not counting garbage like steam green light trash). Next is dialogue writing, which also has negative impact on main story delivery, which as already mentioned - is not that bad. To be perfectly honest, at times I would think the dialogues are written by a 10 year old. There are so many overly cheesy and pointless lines for an AAA game. Some of the lines are have even bad sentence structure and for such you would get F (or lowest equivalent degree) even in elementary school. This feels more like initial draft than final writing.
    - voice acting - not all of it is that bad, but overall a lot of voice actors just read the text without any intonation and emotion, just like a student reading of the powerpoint slides show during some presentation nobody has interest in.
    - User Interface (UI) - absolutely disgusting. I feel like it's done on purpose to waste my time with multi-layer sub-menus and overall awkward design.
    - Music - it's just lazy and boring and for most of the time there is no background music. The one is there - doesn't build the moment up at all.
    - Side missions - absolute most of it is boring fetch that has no real effect on your game progression. It's very repetitive structure kill the immersion and I'd rather just free-roam instead of going from point A to B to C and pressing a button, or picking up some irrelevant item.
    - Bug and glitches - there is quite a lot of them, it's various clipping issues, terrible graphical+physics glitches, like falling down thru floors, NPC standing in the air, or sinking in the ground and many more.

    So, it's pretty bad and no doubt a huge disappointment in ME franchise. At this point I strongly recommend not to buy it if you have at least some self-respect. Sure environments look cool and combat is really fun, story itself is also not that bad, but for me these are secondary aspects and the primary aspects (characters, writing, voice acting and overall presentation) are from bad to terrible. So the absolute maximum I can give is 4 out 10 and even with that I kinda feel merciful.    … Expand
  4. EerieDemonble
    Mar 26, 2017
    3
    My first review here. I won't touch horrible, immersion breaking animations, everybody know about them.
    I love Mass Effect series, I played each game 3-4 times but latest entry is absolutely uninspired and lazy.
    Gameplay is subpar and filled with meaningless activities, any resemblance of rpg is gone now, NPCs is ugly, lifeless and boring, UI wasn't designed for humans and that character    My first review here. I won't touch horrible, immersion breaking animations, everybody know about them.
    I love Mass Effect series, I played each game 3-4 times but latest entry is absolutely uninspired and lazy.
    Gameplay is subpar and filled with meaningless activities, any resemblance of rpg is gone now, NPCs is ugly, lifeless and boring, UI wasn't designed for humans and that character creation....what were they thinking. Story and companions, THE most important part of previous Mass Effect games is "meh" at best.
    The only rays of light is beautiful landscapes and combat, it's best in the series, the only downside is that you can't control your companions like in previous games.
    I think the only redeeming part of this game will be Multiplayer. I know it's a horde-mode but it's a damn good one with decent progression system.
    So, don't believe all those 10/10 or 0/10 reviews - they lie. But the truth is it's a mediocre, overhyped and buggy game but you can still get some legit fun in multiplayer.    … Expand
  5. Eazycj5698
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    Extremely disappointed in this game. What is with all the social agendas? Keep politics out of the game please. This ruined the Mass Effect games series. Fount this game very boring and repetitive. The developer is just looking for more money here so he can go on my whitey bashing twitter rants instead of putting time into good gameplay programming. Never again.
  6. dreadd65
    Mar 30, 2017
    1
    I really was enjoying the game till this happened... I was on Eos and in dialog and then all of a sudden a Kett drop ship comers in with troops. I was then stuck in the dialog and died. I was then able to finish the dialog and when i finished it, I went to a load screen and have been stuck there ever since. I am huge fan of the Mass effect series but this is a total boner killer. I couldI really was enjoying the game till this happened... I was on Eos and in dialog and then all of a sudden a Kett drop ship comers in with troops. I was then stuck in the dialog and died. I was then able to finish the dialog and when i finished it, I went to a load screen and have been stuck there ever since. I am huge fan of the Mass effect series but this is a total boner killer. I could care less about weird character faces or mouth movements. EA is refusing to refund the game when i am within the 90 days purchase/download because i can "start a new game". F*** that man… Expand
  7. Xelluse
    Jun 13, 2017
    0
    Graphics - "I want to be a Doom!!! But sorry, can't"
    Performance - "hello from ARK:SE with Skype and Chrome open in background"
    AI - "I'm sorry, but I'm Autist as my developer" Gamaplay - "What the hell is it ?" Characters - "I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world... After Barbie Zombie-apocalypse" Story - "Better go watch Indian movies" Bugs - "ripoff Bethesda developed games"    Graphics - "I want to be a Doom!!! But sorry, can't"
    Performance - "hello from ARK:SE with Skype and Chrome open in background"
    AI - "I'm sorry, but I'm Autist as my developer"
    Gamaplay - "What the hell is it ?"
    Characters - "I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world... After Barbie Zombie-apocalypse"
    Story - "Better go watch Indian movies"
    Bugs - "ripoff Bethesda developed games"

    Overall - "Do you love Mass Effect ? Do you want start hating it ? Here you are!!! Just for €39.99, you will get best offer to start hate gaming just in some minutes!!!"
    "Don't miss that offer, just for €39.99"    … Expand
  8. Mement0
    Apr 13, 2017
    2
    Worst in the series. It doesn't even deserve the title of being a 'Mass Effect' entry. It was contrived characterization with lazy writing and weak dialogue. There's no strong characters like Garrus and interesting ones like Thane.. Just bland writing with awful animations and awkwardly shoe horned SJW themes.

    What a terrible let down. BioWare should be ashamed of themselves,    Worst in the series. It doesn't even deserve the title of being a 'Mass Effect' entry. It was contrived characterization with lazy writing and weak dialogue. There's no strong characters like Garrus and interesting ones like Thane.. Just bland writing with awful animations and awkwardly shoe horned SJW themes.

    What a terrible let down. BioWare should be ashamed of themselves, particularly forcing agendas on their own fan base.

    I gave it a 2 because sometimes the combat is fun.    … Expand
  9. thefinalepic
    Apr 10, 2017
    0
    An empty lifeless world. Case of quantity of quality. Tons of things to do, nothing of it is interesting.

    Bioware games are great for their story, their world and their characters and how they all connect to each other. This game is all about exploring and doing boring stuff with boring characters in a boring galaxy. It looks pretty. But boring.
  10. tar73
    May 27, 2017
    2
    The characters, the story and the gameplay can't compare to earlier games in the series. The game is also negatively influenced by the racist Manveer Heir, and I personally will boycott Bioware for hiring such a jackass.
  11. tremault
    Jun 3, 2017
    2
    I had previously given this game a 5, but I'm revising it.
    I just completed a mission and in the cutscene, a character mentioned a character by name that I've never heard of and mentioned things that I had no idea what they were talking about. literally. BECAUSE IT HADN'T @&$%ING HAPPENED YET. I was so confused, I did a search for the named character and discovered that this character    I had previously given this game a 5, but I'm revising it.
    I just completed a mission and in the cutscene, a character mentioned a character by name that I've never heard of and mentioned things that I had no idea what they were talking about. literally. BECAUSE IT HADN'T @&$%ING HAPPENED YET. I was so confused, I did a search for the named character and discovered that this character was supposed to be introduced mid way through a quest I had pretty much just picked up. after just sitting and staring at the screen for a minute or so, and thinking "WTF"... just totally incredulous, I had no recourse but to just ALT+F4 because the game has made me so angry. I honestly am not sure if I can continue with this trash. I knew this game was a mess but at least it was playable. at least the stories were somewhat entertaining. but when things are accidentally put in the WRONG ORDER, how am I supposed to enjoy that??    … Expand
  12. kuon
    Apr 15, 2017
    1
    I tried really hard to like this game, but it's an horrible failure.

    The story has no interest, is totally predictable and lack imagination. The whole world is a big empty bucket lacking depth. Imagine playing mass effect 1 in the macko the whole time, but without the awesome story of the first game. The planet environments lack creativity except for a few places. On the good    I tried really hard to like this game, but it's an horrible failure.

    The story has no interest, is totally predictable and lack imagination. The whole world is a big empty bucket lacking depth. Imagine playing mass effect 1 in the macko the whole time, but without the awesome story of the first game.

    The planet environments lack creativity except for a few places.

    On the good side, the combat system and general gameplay is pleasant, except for a few boring bosses. Also the game can be really beautiful.    … Expand
  13. Schockboy
    May 5, 2017
    1
    So this is what we have been waiting for long 5 years? Guys from Bioware...Guys from EA Montreal,we don't care about new worlds,new graphics or new weapons. The original trilogy always had interesting story and charismatic characters. This Andromeda have only nice combat system. Dialogs are boring,no interesting story,lots of bugs and similar quests,lots of scanning,which is annoying andSo this is what we have been waiting for long 5 years? Guys from Bioware...Guys from EA Montreal,we don't care about new worlds,new graphics or new weapons. The original trilogy always had interesting story and charismatic characters. This Andromeda have only nice combat system. Dialogs are boring,no interesting story,lots of bugs and similar quests,lots of scanning,which is annoying and as the result we have MASS CONTENT ANDROMEDA.… Expand
  14. Leijonamieli
    May 22, 2017
    2
    I am just so incredibly pissed off how this release was treated and the lack of updates for 2 months for legion of gamebreaking bugs that prevented people to play the story, do loyalty missions, colonize planets, or play multiplayer properly not to mention all the broken stuff with sidequests and game and gun balancing that sucked the fun out of game. This was last mass effect game for me.
  15. jamesdanton
    Jul 19, 2017
    2
    Sloppy, unfinished, mess that, if it was play tested (as all games have to be) and it was released in this state as a finished product, I can only say that a fraud has been perpetrated upon the gamers of the world. Terrible dialogue, poor voice acting, buggy, with game breaking game play glitches, replete with SJW non-sense and some of the worst facial animations I have ever seen. $80Sloppy, unfinished, mess that, if it was play tested (as all games have to be) and it was released in this state as a finished product, I can only say that a fraud has been perpetrated upon the gamers of the world. Terrible dialogue, poor voice acting, buggy, with game breaking game play glitches, replete with SJW non-sense and some of the worst facial animations I have ever seen. $80 million for this second rate garbage? Don't waste your money...and don't pre-order ANYTHING, game companies are not to be trusted anymore.… Expand
  16. DrScamp
    Aug 16, 2017
    2
    At the begining ( if u ignore totaly failed char animations and absurdly ugly womens ) i thought maybe this game will be cool. But with the progress of the story all what i was thinking was " omg its getting worse and worse ". Before last mission i had to do a break coz i was close to fall asleep. Im a big fan of ME games, but this one? Its a huge fail. Boring quests, scanning planets forAt the begining ( if u ignore totaly failed char animations and absurdly ugly womens ) i thought maybe this game will be cool. But with the progress of the story all what i was thinking was " omg its getting worse and worse ". Before last mission i had to do a break coz i was close to fall asleep. Im a big fan of ME games, but this one? Its a huge fail. Boring quests, scanning planets for nothing ( literally scaning whole cluster giving u 80 iron is some kind of a joke ) the only good thing in this game is graphic, planets look beautiful imho, but... if u want to look on beautiful pictures i can search in google... Oh and u face 20 kinds of opponents in total... mixed colors but same animals on every planet.. da **** 20?? So as a summary: u fly over galactic, face same enemys, same boring quests, on every planet u have to do same things to settle it, this is best recipe to crate horrible game, and they made it, for me this game is total fail and have nothing interesting to offer.. 95% is trash content not even worht mention, and 5 % is something good.. So answere yourselves do u want to buy a game for this 5% and be bored to death for the rest of the time.… Expand
  17. StevenD
    May 29, 2017
    3
    The single player is a dud, it's boring with an uninteresting story and buggy system. The thing that put the nail in the coffin for me was when I completed some quests in the wrong order and the main quest got bugged as a result. You couldn't pay me to go through the grind of the first hours of the game after that.
    The multiplayer is there to pick up some of the slack, but I didn't really    The single player is a dud, it's boring with an uninteresting story and buggy system. The thing that put the nail in the coffin for me was when I completed some quests in the wrong order and the main quest got bugged as a result. You couldn't pay me to go through the grind of the first hours of the game after that.
    The multiplayer is there to pick up some of the slack, but I didn't really buy a ME game for the MP experience. Went in hoping for a return to the quality of the original 2 games, instead I got a competent shooter with a truly disappointing spiel.    … Expand
  18. philb74
    Jun 18, 2017
    3
    Even after the nonsensical lacklustre ending of ME3, I was excited about the release of this game. I had watched some gameplay videos and I liked what I saw. Now, having owned the game since it's release I have to say it was a big disappointment. First of all it is massively resource heavy even at 1080p. I had played many games with better graphics at this resolution on my old PC andEven after the nonsensical lacklustre ending of ME3, I was excited about the release of this game. I had watched some gameplay videos and I liked what I saw. Now, having owned the game since it's release I have to say it was a big disappointment. First of all it is massively resource heavy even at 1080p. I had played many games with better graphics at this resolution on my old PC and never experienced any lag until this game. I ended up investing in a new PC for this game.

    The gameplay is decent and the universe is massive. The graphics are decent but not outstanding especially given the size of the installation. The story is a huge let down. I would rather they made a game half the size of this with an engaging plot and some interesting characters and better quests. If gameplay and multiplayer is all you want then this game will keep you occupied for a while but if you want a story that will draw you in and keep you coming back you won't find it here.

    I didn't play the game for a few weeks and then tried it last night only to find that the patch prevented the game from launching successfully. Thanks Bioware!    … Expand
  19. Pink_iFinger
    May 26, 2017
    3
    I don't recommend this game. I got halfway through bored and had no motivation to continue. The levels are the same crap and so are the enemies. Combat is good all i can say about it. The faces look bad like any game that tried to have realistic characters has had better faces. Mission are boring. The game can sometimes have fun moments but after them they are the same old crap. Don't buyI don't recommend this game. I got halfway through bored and had no motivation to continue. The levels are the same crap and so are the enemies. Combat is good all i can say about it. The faces look bad like any game that tried to have realistic characters has had better faces. Mission are boring. The game can sometimes have fun moments but after them they are the same old crap. Don't buy this game PERIOD.… Expand
  20. a20012322
    May 26, 2017
    1
    Plot goes nowhere and EA has put the series on hiatus so don't expect and sequels any time soon. Given that they are much more likely to just reboot it again this entry is basically a soft-reboot that never happened. Probably for the best given the writing is horrible.
  21. Zerox_Undead
    Jun 25, 2017
    1
    This is honestly what surmounts to letting Bioware' D-team work on the storied title that is Mass Effect. I really can't fathom how anybody let's EA and Bioware trick them into buying this 60$ middle finger.

    So in essence all I'm saying is that, there is not enough Garrus 1/10 worst game. ET on the Atari is better than this dumpster fire
  22. ravenblade
    Feb 18, 2018
    4
    Brothers and sisters, it is with heavy heart that I must share this ancient message with you. Bear witness to a horrific truth that only has been spawned recently from the depths of the abyss from whence an old comrade has returned and who has left it to me on old charred parchment that I had to rip of his blood-clad hands with an inhumane force that was granted to me eons ago byBrothers and sisters, it is with heavy heart that I must share this ancient message with you. Bear witness to a horrific truth that only has been spawned recently from the depths of the abyss from whence an old comrade has returned and who has left it to me on old charred parchment that I had to rip of his blood-clad hands with an inhumane force that was granted to me eons ago by beautifully sinister forces. However as we all are striving to perfect ourselves and we always see when one of our fails and when that happens we all mourn for eternity. It is therefore with great sorrow that the knowledge of Star Wars: The Old Republic having enjoyed a greater depth and passion in its story than that of Mass Effect: Andromeda must pass onto our next generation and with it our hope that such abomination might never repeat itself for otherwise we might as well be doomed for eternity.… Expand
  23. Chatterjee123
    Jun 28, 2017
    3
    Good Part
    Combat
    Graphics Most of the time I wanted to Explore Bad Part The Writing The Animation You are in outer space in a Space ship But you cant pilot or fight other Alien ships There are only two new Aliens in a new galaxy. You have to be this PERFECT Hero The Game was unfinished The political agenda and SJW Propaganda "1.8 percent of men self-identify as gay and 0.4    Good Part
    Combat
    Graphics
    Most of the time I wanted to Explore
    Bad Part
    The Writing
    The Animation
    You are in outer space in a Space ship But you cant pilot or fight other Alien ships
    There are only two new Aliens in a new galaxy.
    You have to be this PERFECT Hero
    The Game was unfinished

    The political agenda and SJW Propaganda
    "1.8 percent of men self-identify as gay and 0.4 percent as bisexual, and 1.5 percent of women self-identify as lesbian and 0.9 percent as bisexual" ( What percentage of the U.S. population is gay, lesbian or bisexual?, washingtonpost

    But according to This Game 50% are LGBTQ    … Expand
  24. Zareli
    Sep 18, 2017
    4
    Andromeda is the way to kill a good franchise. Everything that was enjoyable from the ME trilogy was destroyed in this sequel. The graphics are not much better but the animation, models and overall aesthetic design are notably worse. The story is not particularly bad but the forced SJW PC culture characters make it feel less realistic and more like a "we want to be politically correct"Andromeda is the way to kill a good franchise. Everything that was enjoyable from the ME trilogy was destroyed in this sequel. The graphics are not much better but the animation, models and overall aesthetic design are notably worse. The story is not particularly bad but the forced SJW PC culture characters make it feel less realistic and more like a "we want to be politically correct" manifesto. The gameplay is where they really destroyed the game. You don't control teammates, the battles are basically a cover whack-a-mole from easy to hard and the only difference is how many hits the enemies take and how many there are, this makes fights more tedious but not more difficult as you go from easy to hard. There's some stupid additions like platforming segments with unresponsive big clunky 3D characters are just dreadful, the sudoku puzzle mechanic is not terrible but very unoriginal and the vehicle driving through the open world wastelands with nothing of interest in miles and miles are the guidelines on how NOT to make open world games. Instead of embracing what makes Mass Effect good this sequel tried to add more elements with poor taste leaving behind the gameplay elements that made ME an enjoyable game.… Expand
  25. gypsygib
    Oct 20, 2017
    4
    Starts off pretty interesting but the acting is juvenile and the mission structure and missions are incredibly boring after you get the second planet. Can't believe this is a Mass Effect game, it's so boring. No structure, no pacing, missions are scan-a-thons/collect-a-thons, etc. Haven't found an interesting character yet. Also, main character is like playing as a 15 year kid and theStarts off pretty interesting but the acting is juvenile and the mission structure and missions are incredibly boring after you get the second planet. Can't believe this is a Mass Effect game, it's so boring. No structure, no pacing, missions are scan-a-thons/collect-a-thons, etc. Haven't found an interesting character yet. Also, main character is like playing as a 15 year kid and the plot, oh wait, is there a plot? I've played over 10 hours and there's not a story to be found. Shame when the story writers, gameplay developers, and designers all drop the ball. Additionally, for some reason all the female characters are kinda unattractive both physically and personality wise. Not sure why, but something is very off with them. I don' t really care if they're superhero comic hot but to make them all unappealing is weird.

    It saddens me to give this game a 4/10 but even free, it's not worth your time.

    PROS:

    Graphics are nice at times. But nothing special given the pretty bad character/environment design.    … Expand
  26. chronoT
    Nov 27, 2017
    4
    I've tried several times over the past few months to like Mass Effect Andromeda but have now fully realized this will not happen, and unlike Mass Effect 3 I refuse to stand up for Bioware on this one. I am a slow learner because the Mass Effect series is near and dear to me, but the latest installment is an utter disappointment and I believe a true testament to where we stand in the videoI've tried several times over the past few months to like Mass Effect Andromeda but have now fully realized this will not happen, and unlike Mass Effect 3 I refuse to stand up for Bioware on this one. I am a slow learner because the Mass Effect series is near and dear to me, but the latest installment is an utter disappointment and I believe a true testament to where we stand in the video game industry. There are only a handful of games that I've purchased that I truly regret spending my money on because I tend to do my research and form a usually informative decision but in this case I am painstakingly upset. I feel Andromeda was a complete waste of money and I really don't want to state this but releasing games of this quality actually encourages pirating and I think EA should be ultimately ashamed. Just about every aspect of ME:A is a complete downgrade and a move in the opposite direction. The combat, dialogue, story, characters, and overall RPG elements are lacking tremendously and it shows in every category. The story and questing get boring so fast and almost the entire galaxy feels empty and pointless. We all know how bad the facial animations are even after corrections, but how sad is the directionless plot and meaningless quests? The core game ends rather fast and you are left with about 5 empty planets that are left 90% unexplored because they are left out of this core game. On top of all this is the dreadful galaxy map and travel system that even after a tab skip was implemented the entire system is tedious and a real bore. The final icing on the cake is the less than mediocre multiplayer and in the end you are left with a steaming pile of crap. I think it is also important and humorous to mention that I have a very good rig with an overclocked GTX 1080 and the game with all current updates runs horribly, constantly lagging and stuttering in 4K, which does not occur with any other PC title I run. It is hard to say these things and this is tough love because I have old attachments to the Mass Effect series and Bioware, but the direction their moving in and EA in general feels very easy to criticize. If things continue in this direction I will be forced as a gamer to completely severe my support of EA and never purchase a title again that has their name anywhere near it.… Expand
  27. ValeraLenin
    Feb 18, 2019
    1
    -boring
    -repetitive
    -ugly characters
    -bad animations
    -fetch quests
    -MMO style world
    -awkward writing
  28. Ealgerino
    Mar 21, 2019
    0
    This game says some Asari are male. If that's not enough to make you steer clear then nothing will be
  29. zidane_x
    Jun 19, 2018
    0
    Holly crap, I was going to buy ME Andromeda because i liked the first trilogy. After what I saw what the female character looks like in youtube, I completely lost my appetite to play the game. I rather play 2d games with nice looking character than this rubbish.
  30. Rockemup
    Jul 31, 2019
    3
    I never bothered to review this game. Seeing as how most people shared the same opinion as me. But I just read about The Glaad game nominees. While reading i thought. "surely they Will nominate andromeda" considering that EA chose to sacrifice The ME IP story in favor of pandering to the smalledt gamling minority. The all inclusive andso diverse snowflake lgbtqhdmi feminist community. ButI never bothered to review this game. Seeing as how most people shared the same opinion as me. But I just read about The Glaad game nominees. While reading i thought. "surely they Will nominate andromeda" considering that EA chose to sacrifice The ME IP story in favor of pandering to the smalledt gamling minority. The all inclusive andso diverse snowflake lgbtqhdmi feminist community. But no. Glaad, The biggest snowflake advocates didnt give 2 **** about andromeda. And its realy funny now to see that their gamble is still not paying off. TLDR not even The ones EA panders to even considered this game for a progressive award. Hope it was worth it EA.… Expand
  31. houndman350
    Oct 15, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To think that this was going to be my game of the year. But it ended up being the last 15 minutes of mass effect 3. Where do I begin. The npcs were as fake as chik fil a employees. The pacing was as slow as their drive thru. This games budget was about the price of 2 car loans, or if you are a true American, a whole year of college. Overall, this game was definitely not my pleasure.… Expand
  32. Domjcok
    Jan 27, 2018
    0
    **** you EA **** you EA **** you EA **** you EA **** you EA **** you EA **** you EA
  33. iStayGreek
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    This isn't a Mass Effect game, it's an utter disappointment. Years of world building and character development completely wasted, it's like they completely forgot their roots when making this game.
  34. theSectClown
    Feb 19, 2021
    2
    Я так и не понял, как можно было сделать таких внешне отталкивающих персонажей. Как будто в редакторе онлайн игрушки школьники лепили их. Даже ни с кем романтических отношений заводить не хочется. Если ты мужчина гетеро.Я так и не понял, как можно было сделать таких внешне отталкивающих персонажей. Как будто в редакторе онлайн игрушки школьники лепили их. Даже ни с кем романтических отношений заводить не хочется. Если ты мужчина гетеро.
  35. Majel007
    Sep 29, 2018
    3
    Hru jsem koupil, dal jí šanci i když jsem věděl že to prostě není mass effect a snažil jsem se tak k ní přistoupit... I tak jsem se nedokázal překousat animace a bugy k tomu co by mě donutilo mít hru rád. Příběh pokulhává na vícero místech. A netřeba zmiňovat když musíte vybít základnu nepřátel a poslední nepřítel se sekne ve stěně... Neskutečné utrpení bylo pro mě obrážet slunečníHru jsem koupil, dal jí šanci i když jsem věděl že to prostě není mass effect a snažil jsem se tak k ní přistoupit... I tak jsem se nedokázal překousat animace a bugy k tomu co by mě donutilo mít hru rád. Příběh pokulhává na vícero místech. A netřeba zmiňovat když musíte vybít základnu nepřátel a poslední nepřítel se sekne ve stěně... Neskutečné utrpení bylo pro mě obrážet sluneční soustavy, naprosto nechápu uvažování tvůrců, přelety mezi planetami se daly přeskočit jen z pola, přelety mezi slunečními soustavami pak přeskočit nešli vůbec, 2-3 si řeknete že je to pěkné, ale po 20? 30? Je to otravné, nudné a zbytečně tím člověk zabíjí čas. Jediné plus shledávám v novém typu boje a pohybu, je dynamičtější a zajímavější. Planety jsou taky velice pěkně udělány, jen není využit jejich potenciál.

    Takže dohrál jsem hru i s vedlejšími questy. multiplayer jsem ani nezapnul a ke hře se s velkou pravděpodobností už nikdy nevrátím. EA si může nechat jak placené DLC tak případné pokračování.    … Expand
  36. sabonete
    Jan 11, 2018
    0
    This game is ridiculous, it's and offence to all gamers that enjoyed and loved the franchise, the characters are all ugly and badly desingned (if i want to see ugly or "normal people" i just go to the street), also all the "badassness" of the main character got stripped out, so you are stuck with a moron as protagonist. i cannot streess enough that REAL GAMERS do NOT WANT SJW Bullsh** andThis game is ridiculous, it's and offence to all gamers that enjoyed and loved the franchise, the characters are all ugly and badly desingned (if i want to see ugly or "normal people" i just go to the street), also all the "badassness" of the main character got stripped out, so you are stuck with a moron as protagonist. i cannot streess enough that REAL GAMERS do NOT WANT SJW Bullsh** and will not buy it. Most of gamers like to feel as "themselves" when playing and RPG games and MASS EFFECT Andromeda does exactly the opposit, it puts the player in the skin of a "ship" when we all want to be the "wolf".

    if you compare this "new commander" to Shephard (god forgive me), all you have is an imbecile unable to "talk back" when people say he/she is wrong, most of decisions you have to make try to acommodate "everyone's" wants and needs and that is BAD, you cannot favor or criticise races in the game and everything revolves around a very weak storyline. Scre* this game, do NOT waste your money on SJW propaganda.    … Expand
  37. JavierTaco
    Jan 17, 2018
    1
    This game is awful. Nothing works here. Everything that was good about the previous Mass Effect games has been downgraded. Characters are a joke, combat is a joke, presentation is a joke, story is a joke... This is the only game I have played where I began groaning in frustration while playing. The only thing saving this game from getting a 0 is that the production value is somewhat high,This game is awful. Nothing works here. Everything that was good about the previous Mass Effect games has been downgraded. Characters are a joke, combat is a joke, presentation is a joke, story is a joke... This is the only game I have played where I began groaning in frustration while playing. The only thing saving this game from getting a 0 is that the production value is somewhat high, and you can tell that the developers wanted to make a good game. A shame that they actually didn't.… Expand
  38. Andizzzzy
    Aug 25, 2021
    4
    Positives:
    - Pretty
    - Open world (kinda)
    - combat is ok

    Negatives:
    - scaled down rpg (sadly)
    - awful characters
    - awful voice acting
    - awful voice lines
    - boring story
  39. random123games
    Jan 30, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mass Effect Andromeda had so much potential and they screw it up. The facial animations is crap, the engine they used is crap for this kind of game, the quests feel repetitive and boring. The world design is boring and feels empty of anything actually interesting. I somehow forced myself to finish this game. I did enjoy the game play somewhat... when it doesn't glitch me into something. I especially love it when the characters just start T-Posing. I had hoped that many things would be rectified in patches and in the quarian ark DLC that was hinted at the end of the game (which was scrapped), but no. I would not buy this, as support for single player has ended a long time ago and it is still trash.

    In summary the game is big, some characters are interesting, and I love the combat system. The new species were also interesting. the combat, i love. However, there are too many cons for me to recommend this game.    … Expand
  40. levitan17
    Oct 14, 2020
    4
    Mass Effect Andromeda was a complete disgrace... The compelling superb story and lovable squad mates from the trilogy were long gone in this instalment... You feel completely detached from the major characters... Bioware is dead.... RIP... (and to think they killed Mass Effect because of Anthem?? is even worse) they killed my most favorite game franchise...
  41. FrankieLowNRG
    Apr 26, 2017
    1
    This game is pure marketing operation, worsens many characteristic aspects of the series as the dialogue and characterization of the characters, even the added elements are not excellent, the story is banal and lacking the standards of the series, the atmosphere is totally missing epic, the characters are insignificant, the combat system is frenetic and fun but the automatic cover systemThis game is pure marketing operation, worsens many characteristic aspects of the series as the dialogue and characterization of the characters, even the added elements are not excellent, the story is banal and lacking the standards of the series, the atmosphere is totally missing epic, the characters are insignificant, the combat system is frenetic and fun but the automatic cover system is inconvenient. Even improving the technical aspect of the result in the arts remains disastrous.… Expand
  42. Tweete
    May 6, 2017
    2
    Fire everyone involved in making this game. Hire a whole new staff based on talent. Don't release the game until obvious bugs are fixed. Ensure that they are making a game that doesn't pander to certain groups and excludes the larger customer base. You're selling entertainment...I don't want or need a class on sjw views/politics/environment in a product I paid for. I can turn on the news for that.
  43. Turulo
    May 24, 2017
    4
    Having completed the previous titles with every class mostly as paragon male and as renegade girl, I don't think I can finish this game. The main issue is that the story is boring and the main character dialogs are too dumb to immerse in game.

    Pros: - Frostbite engine is a very good, is efficient, I like it. It has improved a lot since DA:I. - All that is not a character looks    Having completed the previous titles with every class mostly as paragon male and as renegade girl, I don't think I can finish this game. The main issue is that the story is boring and the main character dialogs are too dumb to immerse in game.

    Pros:

    - Frostbite engine is a very good, is efficient, I like it. It has improved a lot since DA:I.

    - All that is not a character looks very good.

    - It can be played without being installed an SSD, which is great since it eats a lot of space.

    - Combat mechanics are good, not spectacular, but good.

    - Open world(s) gameplay is a nice change, it has flaws but not because it's open world.

    - Nice weapon building mechanics.

    - Love that the mako is back (even without guns).

    Cons:

    1 - You can only use 3 abilities.

    2 - The story world building does not have the quality of the previous titles.

    3 - The dialogs are childish, they look focused for teenager kids. They don't curse for instance. You will be hitting SPACE a lot even the first time you read the lines.

    4 - No renegade options, the main character cannot be a douche, no matter which option you choose.

    5 - The main character script does not change whether your character is male or female, making it weird because the female character feels like a boy and the male like a sissy.

    6 - The space activities are simplified yet again, no fuel, the scan is even simpler. Basically they removed this part of the game. Pretty similar to ME3.

    7 - Character models are really bad, ME1 was a lot better, in fact is the worst I've seen.

    7a - My Face is Tired syndrome. **Thunderbirds TV series had better face animations**. Eyebrows and eyes are not animated at all, they don't move, never. After a while I developed a constant SPACE hitting rampage because it really annoys a lot.

    7b - The character face editor has very few options to tweak but what is worst is that the face presets are really bad.

    7c - The default male character looks like if it had all the sliders in the middle, it does not have a personality. The Sheppard face comes from a real person and you can feel it or like the Geralt in the Witcher 3. The female has some personality but they didn't do it right and the face proportions are all wrong.

    8 - Some bugs, for instance if you save when enemies are near, the enemies will disappear when you load the game back. You can skip a lot of content that way. Also if you can kill one enemy with a single shot with the sniper rifle the others will not aggro, no matter how close they are.    … Expand
  44. benigames
    May 11, 2017
    4
    Excellent: graphic (really impressive surroundings & landscapes)

    Very good: story (+similar to earlier games but it sustains;begins to be really interesting after 50% game completion;-so many social problematics and politics involved;boring at the beginning ) Good: gameplay (+many fighting styles, solid difficulty of the enemies, -fluid action ruined by bugs & fps drop;NOMAD can't    Excellent: graphic (really impressive surroundings & landscapes)

    Very good: story (+similar to earlier games but it sustains;begins to be really interesting after 50% game completion;-so many social problematics and politics involved;boring at the beginning )

    Good: gameplay (+many fighting styles, solid difficulty of the enemies, -fluid action ruined by bugs & fps drop;NOMAD can't fire)

    Bad: characters (+Drack's humour -better animations since game was updated but still emotionless; plain characters)

    Terrible: glitches, bugs, fps drops (even on good configuration)

    Undecided: Multiplayer (tried but uninterested)

    Overview: Buy it on sale & after some updates if you want. For fans score will be 2. For others give it 5 or 6 after several updates.    … Expand
  45. Kadirov
    Mar 10, 2020
    0
    There is no difference if this game exists or doesn't. No one considers this game to be mass effect.
    The game has no defined plot, no defined characters and is a pure failure.
    We expected continuation of Shepard's story. And what we got was some generic third person game with no point. The only outstanding thing in this game is amount of political propaganda. Don't get me wrong - I am    There is no difference if this game exists or doesn't. No one considers this game to be mass effect.
    The game has no defined plot, no defined characters and is a pure failure.
    We expected continuation of Shepard's story.
    And what we got was some generic third person game with no point.
    The only outstanding thing in this game is amount of political propaganda. Don't get me wrong - I am a liberal. But I want to play a damn game, not a propagandist product    … Expand
  46. Yallmae
    May 5, 2017
    0
    An absolut Desaster. Iam not gonna lie to you Mass Effect Andromeda is a train wreck. its one of the worse games ive ever played and it has so many bugs. bioware should be ashamed of themself.
  47. Stinkleberg
    Apr 10, 2017
    3
    This is the last Bioware game I will buy.

    Extremely disappointed in this game. Even aside from all of the animation issues, this is not a good game. The dialogue is cringy, the story is bland, and the characters are uninteresting. I never found myself caring about any of them and I was halfway through the game before I realized I hadn't even tried to romance anyone. Worst of all this    This is the last Bioware game I will buy.

    Extremely disappointed in this game. Even aside from all of the animation issues, this is not a good game. The dialogue is cringy, the story is bland, and the characters are uninteresting. I never found myself caring about any of them and I was halfway through the game before I realized I hadn't even tried to romance anyone. Worst of all this game is not really an RPG. Ryder, unlike Shepard, is a set character with a set personality. Ryder is a nice person who can either be emotional, intelligent, jovial or snarky. You can only affect their attitude in certain situations, not their personality. Don't even get me started on how ugly everybody (especially the females) look. The combat is alright but not enough to salvage this game. I bought this game on the Bioware/Mass effect name, I will not make that mistake again.    … Expand
  48. Vasot
    Apr 10, 2017
    4
    1) Stupid story feels like it was written by college kids trying to get a job
    2) Shallow and boring characters
    3) More Denuvo anti-consumer DRM trash
    4) Glitches and bugs
    5) User interface is badly designed
    6) Combat and exploration is good
    6) Nice graphics at High/Ultra settings
  49. jameshowlett89
    Mar 23, 2017
    2
    Lotta bad things, from the story, and the animation, and the character design, and the awkward dialogue and horrible voice acting, what else...hmmm, oh and **** fetch quests, and going to an entire new galaxy only to be greeted with just two new humanoid looking races and an entire mainly empty galaxy to explore...probably a lot more problems if I think about them all but I just don'tLotta bad things, from the story, and the animation, and the character design, and the awkward dialogue and horrible voice acting, what else...hmmm, oh and **** fetch quests, and going to an entire new galaxy only to be greeted with just two new humanoid looking races and an entire mainly empty galaxy to explore...probably a lot more problems if I think about them all but I just don't wanna be bothered by this game anymore.… Expand
  50. Wermand
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    I can understand everything: bland plot, poor dialogue wheel, bland characters (protagonist as well, even Inquisitor was a better written character), **** optimization. But Jesus Christ... I am horrified by thought of all asari in this game having the same face model. Each and everyone of them. Sometimes there are cutscenes in which several asari standing one next to another - it is anI can understand everything: bland plot, poor dialogue wheel, bland characters (protagonist as well, even Inquisitor was a better written character), **** optimization. But Jesus Christ... I am horrified by thought of all asari in this game having the same face model. Each and everyone of them. Sometimes there are cutscenes in which several asari standing one next to another - it is an attack of the clones, god damn it. Not to mention ugly human mugs and facial animations - those are simply abysmal. And i have waited five years for this game. What a shame.
    I liked Vetra though - she is the only reason i am going to rate ME:A with 4.    … Expand
  51. kurnubego
    Mar 26, 2017
    3
    Bland, predictable and frankly childish story. Other that combat mechanics which fits for generic 3rd person action shooters this game doesn't have anything. You had a theme of colonialism. Such potential. So much ethical considerations player could have been forced to deal with. None of that. Game creators took safe boring route.

    If mass effect was a Drama of cosmic scale which kept    Bland, predictable and frankly childish story. Other that combat mechanics which fits for generic 3rd person action shooters this game doesn't have anything. You had a theme of colonialism. Such potential. So much ethical considerations player could have been forced to deal with. None of that. Game creators took safe boring route.

    If mass effect was a Drama of cosmic scale which kept player emotionally invested through it's run, this is a casual weekday sitcom full of unfunny jokes where the crowd laughs so that you don't have to.

    Game is supposedly full of content, but that content is a joke. Side mini-games which simply extend the hours spent in-game but adds nothing to the over-arching narrative or world building. Only mildly interesting concept I've came across was Angara race. And I could argue this was poorly done.

    No EDI trying to find out what it is to be human.
    No Rannoch
    No imposing villains like Soverign
    No badass characters like illusive man.

    Nothing. Just .. action sequences which I frankly don't care really, with some made up narrative to justify it. And when everything is done in plastic looking graphics, there is nothing else to pick on or criticize other than animations. Because game doesn't have anything else in it.

    Disappointment.    … Expand
  52. rokkzie
    Sep 5, 2017
    0
    Kill it with fire before i lays eggs! Seriously buggy, shallowly written, animations that makes 90s 3D games look decent enough and sloppy work in general. I love the scanning and the premises but that's where it ends.

    Had to restart the campaign 3 times due to game breaking bugs and scripted doors not triggering or putting my vehicle in the ocean, or just randomly flinging it away, or    Kill it with fire before i lays eggs! Seriously buggy, shallowly written, animations that makes 90s 3D games look decent enough and sloppy work in general. I love the scanning and the premises but that's where it ends.

    Had to restart the campaign 3 times due to game breaking bugs and scripted doors not triggering or putting my vehicle in the ocean, or just randomly flinging it away, or when you die in a firefight with 10+ enemies at an outpost and you respawn in the outpost... and all enemies are randomly dead.

    Just no, no patching in the world can fix this wreck short of starting over.    … Expand
  53. Srfrogg23
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    I don't recommend this for PC. My PC uses an i5-4690 cpu and a GTX 970 with 8GB of RAM and 4GB of VRAM. This is the first game I have ever bought that I could not play on my PC using settings that at least rivaled the PS4 in quality. This game had my CPU load at 100% and such low FPS that I couldn't even play it. That is neither normal nor acceptable. I'd strongly suggest getting theI don't recommend this for PC. My PC uses an i5-4690 cpu and a GTX 970 with 8GB of RAM and 4GB of VRAM. This is the first game I have ever bought that I could not play on my PC using settings that at least rivaled the PS4 in quality. This game had my CPU load at 100% and such low FPS that I couldn't even play it. That is neither normal nor acceptable. I'd strongly suggest getting the PS4 or XB1 version over the PC version.… Expand
  54. Shaileen
    Apr 13, 2017
    0
    From one who is an absolute fanboy of the ME trilogy and humble mentor of my master Legion, here is my truth behind this game, wich has to do with Shepard's universe.
    Inconsistent story, compared to the illustrious predecessors. Almost no soundtrack (and we all know the feeling of getting aboard the Normandy with that ost). No Quarians Geth, Batarians, Vorcha, Elcor nor Hanar, Drell or    From one who is an absolute fanboy of the ME trilogy and humble mentor of my master Legion, here is my truth behind this game, wich has to do with Shepard's universe.
    Inconsistent story, compared to the illustrious predecessors. Almost no soundtrack (and we all know the feeling of getting aboard the Normandy with that ost). No Quarians Geth, Batarians, Vorcha, Elcor nor Hanar, Drell or Volus. Romances are grotesques to say the least. A new race wich was done with a single 3D model used for every of them. Twins idea was good, but almost not implemented in the story. Writing is awful, Faces, expressions and (too) many of voiceating doesn't fit the situation characters are in, leading to a broken atmosphere. Last but not least, it's buggy to the death in every aspect. It's not a 0 because they improved again the combat system from ME3.
    Bioware, who in the past gave us a masterpiece after another, should be ashamed. Really.    … Expand
  55. DMSRECON
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    Mass Effect Andromeda is a lot like a **** relationship. You always wanted to be with someone, and here's that someone, but every time you get together you are disappointed and feel like you had made a huge mistake; but the moment your away you can't help but think things could get better, but deep down, it won't.

    TL;DR- This game is bad, but if you are a fan and don't really care about    Mass Effect Andromeda is a lot like a **** relationship. You always wanted to be with someone, and here's that someone, but every time you get together you are disappointed and feel like you had made a huge mistake; but the moment your away you can't help but think things could get better, but deep down, it won't.

    TL;DR- This game is bad, but if you are a fan and don't really care about problems, you'll probably love this game. Buy Mass Effect 1 instead.

    This game only has one thing going for it, and that's the combat. But even that isn't good enough to hold this game up; with buggy characters and cut scenes, audio problems, multiple crashes, s-s-s-s-stuttering, boring and uninteresting enemies, story, and motivations, barren worlds that hold small boring huts that you can shoot people at, shoe horned in "loyalty missions", a forgetful soundtrack, and conflicts that feel more like a melodramatic play put on my freshman theater kids rather than an epic space opera, this game disappoints at every single turn.

    Oh, and if you are a fan of decisions, this game has none. Or at least, none that matter. Or if you are a fan of making a customized character, good luck with that, as the character creation tools are more limited than Bethesda games are buggy, as well as only having 3 hot-keys for abilities.    … Expand
  56. Thermogenin
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    The bad:

    What did I just play? The facial animations look like the characters are constantly constipated and desperately need to discharge their bowls. Only 1 character was likable, the rest had no depth. Did I mention how bad the facial animations was? The omny tool looks like the discharged contents of said characters. The story felt like the children of said discharge.    The bad:

    What did I just play?

    The facial animations look like the characters are constantly constipated and desperately need to discharge their bowls.

    Only 1 character was likable, the rest had no depth.

    Did I mention how bad the facial animations was?

    The omny tool looks like the discharged contents of said characters.

    The story felt like the children of said discharge.

    I struggled to get attached to any of the characters...

    I want ME:2 content again (that epic feeling with Shepherd)... can't believe I wasted my money

    The good: game play was okay but buggy.    … Expand
  57. KaptainSkyrim
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    TL;DR - Something managed to be worse than Spider Man 3

    I wanted to like this game, I really did, but there are just too many problems, too many bugs and glitches that shouldn't have gotten past the dev phase, and definitely shouldn't be in the finished product.
  58. Dannystaples
    Jul 30, 2017
    4
    Yet another game that can't seem to get something as simple as CPU optimisation right. I have a middle of the range CPU, what that USUALLY says to me is that I can run it at max with perhaps a few settings turned down a little. Namely shadows/lighting which are CPU bound.

    What that DOESN'T say is that the game would max out my CPU 100% on every core even when running the game at    Yet another game that can't seem to get something as simple as CPU optimisation right. I have a middle of the range CPU, what that USUALLY says to me is that I can run it at max with perhaps a few settings turned down a little. Namely shadows/lighting which are CPU bound.

    What that DOESN'T say is that the game would max out my CPU 100% on every core even when running the game at absolute minimum settings. Absolute JOKE. With everything on minimum my computer can actually run the game at about 120fps. But the stupid game decides that it is still going to dip into the SUB 20s seemingly at random.

    Pathetic attempt from a pathetic company. Bioware USED to be a great company but the Bioware that once was is dead.

    Now the game itself is actually better than I thought it was going to be. The characters don't annoy me as much as the characters did in previous games. The combat is actually pretty satisfying.

    But my god, this game has some problems even beyond the potato faced character models and the crappy animations. Personally don't really care much for the story. Yet another alien race is there to do alien race stuff and humans are trying to colonise another galaxy.

    Naturally the alien race gets in the way and the only thing our primitive ape brains come up with it to shoot and vaporise them into submission.

    Which I'm actually not even that bothered by. I'll take a crappy story and setting when the gameplay is good and the visuals are good which they definitely are.

    But this game has WAY WAY WAY too many problems to be enjoyable. I mean when you have a GTX 1070 and a game is dipping into sub 20 fps there is a BIG f**king problem!!!!!!    … Expand
  59. temps
    Mar 31, 2020
    0
    This abortion of a game is presumably what you get when a corporation like EA puts people with degrees in "Women's Studies" and "African-American Studies" in charge of game development teams. The game is steeped in political correctness, and it prevents me from achieving the sort of immersion into the game I enjoyed in the first three Mass Effect games.
  60. Kamakiri18
    Jul 10, 2017
    1
    It's so terrible compared to the first 3 games. They spent 40 million on THIS.

    Animations, the Models, the Female Main Characters looks like a shell of the real model while the Male looks far closer to his real model.
  61. bartcbem
    Jul 27, 2019
    1
    You can tell that this game was developed by a studio that has very little experience and time.
    What we got is a skeleton, a proof of concept of what could be a foundation to make a proper RPG game in Mass Effect universe.
    As a massive fan of original trilogy I feel very sad to see my favorite franchise being treated like this.
  62. GregorM
    May 19, 2017
    3
    Its difficult to approach this game without comparing it to the original trilogy. Main reason why I don't even consider it to be a servant of the original is story itself. I realise money moves things, but I would still say that majority of people were drawn to the game itself by the lovely written characters and story itself. For me original trilogy story was the main course, graphics andIts difficult to approach this game without comparing it to the original trilogy. Main reason why I don't even consider it to be a servant of the original is story itself. I realise money moves things, but I would still say that majority of people were drawn to the game itself by the lovely written characters and story itself. For me original trilogy story was the main course, graphics and everything else were side-dishes. I could easily swallow glitches and fails with the amount of creativity invested in writing each and every character. And that's why It is my favourite game ever. Amount of emotions and reactions of different characters trough game...the comedy,tragedy,love. Made the games what they are. Add to that absolutely epic music. And you got what you got. A Bible or RPG games. I don't know what I expected from this, I was looking forward to it to be honest. Game itself isn't bad. Its flashy, combat is fun. But the game itself won't stay in my mind for some time. Original caused a whirlpool of emotions in me when played first time. And made me pass trough the story few more times after the initial run. Driving force for me going trough Andromeda was more or less desperate hope that it will get better as the game progresses. I loved the original for what it was. This unfortunately doesn't deserve to be placed in the same drawer with the boxes of the original trilogy.… Expand
  63. Maximmortalis
    Jul 11, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. В самом начале, до патча 1.6, я бы поставил игре 1-2 балла. Удивляет, что первое, на что потратили время разработчики, это исправление диалогов персонажа трансгендера и добавление Джаала в качестве гей-партнера, а не исправление лиц, анимаций и тонны багов. Не работающие сайдквесты, например со щитом для "Кочевника", а также множество забагованных скрытых квестов, таких как квест на Кадаре, где нужно было добыть антибиотик. Но, видать это особый приоритет студии, который меня, как фаната, не обрадовали. Мне все равно, куда и как расслабляются трансгендеры друг с другом, я не пользуюсь этим контентом, мне он не интересен, как и многим, кто играет в Mass Effect. Напомню, что игра не является симулятором свиданий (с не самыми привлекательными персонажами, поэтому это первая игра серии, где я полностью пропустил любовную линию), это космическая опера, поэтому, будучи ответственным разработчиком, я бы первым делом исправлял контент связанный непосредственно с основным игровым направлением. Но, вот спустя патч 1.9, я осознаю, что после прохождения всей игры, причем с открытием всего и вся, с каждым изученным кустом, мы в итоге получили всего несколько планет для высадки, пересчитать которые можно по пальцам одной руки, заселенные одинаковыми врагами, одинаковыми квестами, с одинаковой целью, причем всегда по сюжету. Никакого изучения галактики, забудьте про это, никаких десятков планет для изучения, это все массовка с текстовым описанием на дай бог 5 строчек. Никакого напряжения, никакого эпика, это просто заурядная сайд история, которую сделали на "отвали и дай мне денег". Единственное, что заставило меня ненашутку заинтересоваться это, внимание спойлер, сообщение Кварианского ковчега после прохождения игры, в качестве намека на следующее DLC (чтоб они поперхнулись), которое скорее всего будет платным. И теперь я узнал, что на состояние 11 июля 2017 года, новые сюжетные DLC к Mass Effect: Andromeda не планируется. Представьте мою реакцию, как сделавшего предзаказ на максимальное издание, не встретив в игре ничего интересного и, что стоило бы тех денег, что я за нее отдал, заинтересовавшись единственной возможно интересной частью всего этого каламбура которое было анонсировано как возможное DLC в самой игре и я узнаю, что никаких DLC не будет. Все это убожество так и останется, его лишь немного подправят костылями, добавят контента для ЛГБТ и все, остальное время они потратят на мультиплеер, который нафиг никому не сдался. Bioware, Вы меня обманули, буквально обокрали и теперь, после DA:I и ME:A, я понял, что лучше я буду скачивать с торрента ВСЕ, что будет выпущено под Вашим лейблом, а уже если понравиться, я несколько раз подумаю, стоит ли купить игру, так как за DA:I и ME:A Вы еще остались мне ДОЛЖНЫ!… Expand
  64. Terraan
    Apr 9, 2017
    3
    The only reason I play these games are for the exploration and combat. But when I am taken out of my immersion it creates a lackluster experience. To add I could not cope with the NPC's in this game. Whether it is the crew i was given or general NPC's in the game; it did not make a difference. NPC's are the ones that have to carry the story along when you interact with them I wanted toThe only reason I play these games are for the exploration and combat. But when I am taken out of my immersion it creates a lackluster experience. To add I could not cope with the NPC's in this game. Whether it is the crew i was given or general NPC's in the game; it did not make a difference. NPC's are the ones that have to carry the story along when you interact with them I wanted to feel rewarded for the time i invested.… Expand
  65. dm04
    Apr 13, 2017
    4
    The game is huge, but still feels empty and shallow. On every step, every corner I got the feeling the game was rushed and released unfinished (after 5 years??) and worse then that, I could literaly see how BW went one step forward, but always two back.

    Character creation is non existant, no point in whining about that. Your options are limited to width, height and depth, but never    The game is huge, but still feels empty and shallow. On every step, every corner I got the feeling the game was rushed and released unfinished (after 5 years??) and worse then that, I could literaly see how BW went one step forward, but always two back.

    Character creation is non existant, no point in whining about that. Your options are limited to width, height and depth, but never shape (brow, eyes, nose, mouth) and because of that, it is an insult to call it CC... with this in mind the lack of "white" skin, haircuts and ugly presets is just not worth thinking about.
    The story is "ok"... it could be better, but it could be worse. What bugged me most was the poor writing and the delivery... no suspension, no climax build up. The story starts "big" and the next step, first revelation is a major leap down, the next is good again, and the next after again major leap down... this constant flow of ups and downs is very annoying. The poor writing dows also effect the dialogues, they feel like interrogations/interviews more then ever. And while we were limited to paragon/renegade/neutral in previous game, it is now limited to emotional, logic, casual and professional... what a huge step forward and a difference. The problem herein is: the few words you see on the wheel often do not match what is delivered afterwards and way too often do not match the situation at all (Many people complain about bad voice acting. Well, the VA is actualy good, it fits the lines, it is not their fault it does not match the situation. Even great voice actors could not deliver specific lines better because of the bad writing.)
    The combat is not as good as people want us to think. Sure it is more fluent and fast (step forward) but on the other hand, when you are on the far right/left of cover, you have to switch shoulder cam MANUAL (huge step back). Truth be told, I would rather have ME3 combat back. The jetpack is fun, but your squadies keep using it all the time out of combat and the constant powerup of the jets gets annoying when the squad tries to catch up with you. Also a little fun: you try some of this "jump'n'run" puzzles and out of a sudden a squadie is there and pushes you down the ledge because there is not enough room...
    The intentory is back, but pointless. You need a loadout station anyway, you can not have the same mod more then once (so equiping more then one gun with the similar mod is not possible), all you do is to open the inv when it is full and deconstruct everything. Oh and you can not customize your squadmates, they are limited to default outfit and weapon, all the time.
    The squadmates are also shallow and uninteresting, sure it is hard to come up with a strong new Garrus or interesting like Joker, Tali or Thane, but hands down, MEA have nothing. The ship is full of Kaidan Alencos or Carths or... pick any other general dude from the other games.
    Ever heard the saying "less is more"? Well, that applies to squad banter when you are out exploring. They talk so much... annoying. On the other hand, Tempest feels more alive then anything before, as your crew is not limited to their space only.
    People also say you have no impact on the game. Actualy you have, it is not much, but you do shape the story a bit. On the other hand, there is no Ryder progression. Sure you start small and are forced into a role you are not trained for, but with what you experience, any normal person would be quite self-confident by the mid of game after all the stuff Ryder accomplishes. And even by the end of game Ryder does not command respect, it is frustrating.
    Exploration does not realy exist, the moment you land somewhere, you see a dozen navpoints and all the points of intereset already. There is realy little to discover. Especialy at the galaxy map. The systems have nothing to offer and the descriptions are blunt. The exploration of new worlds BW promised is not there.
    The research and crafting are lackluster... the tier system from ME is back, but thats all. You want a N7 Valkyrie AR? Well, research the 10 tiers and construct it. New designs? Nada, and with constructiong comes a major ME2 flaw that everyone loved: mining, but it is worse here. You got to drive the Nomad across a mining field and call a mining drone when there are ressources available...
    The fear of failing an outpost, as BW said, does not exist as well. You land and in no tme you got the planet to 100% and your outpost running, failure? No idea how that could be possible.

    I am heavily disappointed with MEA, even more then with DAI.    … Expand
  66. Aralia
    Mar 25, 2017
    2
    OK, I really tried hard to like this game. I played it now for several days, since I am a hardcore ME fan.

    I have to differentiate here a bit, since I DO like the multiplayer since it is fun action. However, a minority of us bought ME4 for the multiplayer part !!! So basically I would give the Multiplayer part an 8. But this is an addon for people and we bought an RPG !!! Lets begin    OK, I really tried hard to like this game. I played it now for several days, since I am a hardcore ME fan.

    I have to differentiate here a bit, since I DO like the multiplayer since it is fun action. However, a minority of us bought ME4 for the multiplayer part !!! So basically I would give the Multiplayer part an 8. But this is an addon for people and we bought an RPG !!!

    Lets begin with the Fighting engine. Yes I know, not the core thing in an RPG, but I think I owe an explanation here, since it seems paradox that I like the fighting engine in the Multiplayer, but hate it in the RPG. I find the 3rd dimension a challenge and fun in multiplayer. But lets face it, is it realistic ? Even with a jetpack ? No it is not, you would probably kill yourself in the first 5 seconds if you used a jetpack like you do in the hardcore combat scenes. So yes it is an RPG and it really makes me feel not being in the game to fight like that. So as a fighting engine for an RPG I have to give it 0 points. It disrupts immersion totally. I can't feel I am Ryder with this, it feels so unreal. That is why it is OK for multiplayer, but not for the RPG, the single player campaign. In multiplayer I don't play a role, I am there for the challenge and the fun. And jump flying around is REAL fun. But if you have to sink yourself in an RPG and BE Ryder .... well it breaks it. In the ME3 series I felt like I WAS commander Sheperd, The missions were tough, but it felt like doable with normal human assets.

    So since it is a fighting oriented RPG the fighting engine makes 3 of 10 points. So 0 of 3 points from me here.

    Now the story. I am really disappointed. It really looks like a group of raw recruits. I mean Sheperd was a mature person in their very late twenties or perhaps early thirty. Plus they had a full Intelligence Service behind them. Here ? some people who just grew out their teen years jump in and do something. OK, there is the AI, but well, it is secret on top. Would you really trust a teen your precious ship ? juest because they claim to be the pathfinder ? Hey the middle ages have passed where a noble just anointed their child as successor !!!! and especially that other people just ate it. Remember that even warhero Sheperd had to fight for their place hard ? The spectre rank came not immediately.

    An RPG lives from the stories, so that is 4 points for me. I give it 1 of 4 points.

    The models, voicing and interface: The faces are really unacceptably bad for an RPG, there is no talking out of this. The game itself has pretty nice graphics. maybe not Witcher 3 quality, but it would be good enough to draw me in and make the RPG believable if the rest of the game was OK.

    The characters are flat, I just can't get into the game. The quests are boring. I agree that ME3 often was also some fetch questing, but the stories were built better. there was a briefing before. The missions felt important and it was clear what I have to do. Also I am stuck on the first mainquest on EOS. I know exactly that I have to scan the glyphs, but where are they ???? There is sometimes a good joke, but somehow all sounds so rehearsed. The flat expressions in the faces do not really help along with the somehow flat voicing. It is hard to catch, but somehow the old ME voicing had a bit more of spice.

    The faces DO matter for an RPG. The faces look especially weird around the eyes and that is where conversation lives. I think 50% of the not coming over of the story is due to the bad face expressions and the eyes. ME was never great in that, however, it is somehow a joke that ME4 beats all its predecessors in bad expressions. And no it is not that hard as some defenders try to say. Fallout 4 did an ok job for example and had much more believable jokes. Fallout 4 is more of an openworld game and such not the best RPG setup, So if they did better as an RPG than ME4, it is a poor result.

    Also, do we really need idle games (strike teams) in an RPG.

    The faces add a lot to the quality of an RPG … or take it like in ME4. So the models, voicing and interface make 3 of 10 points for me. I can only give 1 point here.

    Basically we have to say that this game was not made for the old fans. I am sure there are a lot of people out there who like it. If you are not a SciFi and hardcore RPG (DAO style) fan, it might be ok. So if for you it is not understandable why there are so many outcries, it is NOT the game the ME fans expected and I am sure that all the negative votes are from old fans. This is NOT our series, it feels like they got permissions to use races and characters from the ME franchise, but NOT like an ME game.

    BTW, the story would have had potential for sure, but they really botched it.    … Expand
  67. leyt1125
    Jun 21, 2019
    0
    SJW/LGBT propoganda
    Also boring, repetitive, ugly characters , bad animations
    Grindfest
  68. b4ll3r11968
    Jul 7, 2020
    2
    I finished the game but it wasn't enjoyable.
    I appreciate the effort of game developers to improve the game with updates.
    Pros: - combat is fun - graphics is pretty nice - bugs were fun Cons: - forgettable squad-mates - world is empty - story is simple and unattractive This game shouldn't bear name "Mass Effect". Only thing I care about in Mass Effect is story. Bioware    I finished the game but it wasn't enjoyable.
    I appreciate the effort of game developers to improve the game with updates.

    Pros:
    - combat is fun
    - graphics is pretty nice
    - bugs were fun

    Cons:
    - forgettable squad-mates
    - world is empty
    - story is simple and unattractive

    This game shouldn't bear name "Mass Effect". Only thing I care about in Mass Effect is story. Bioware somehow managed to ruin the story even with the budget they had. They should have used the money to hire better screenwriter instead of using it all on ads.    … Expand
  69. TrevorFranklin
    Nov 4, 2017
    0
    Terrible buggy game even after the final patch. Maybe if they spent less time being racist sjw liberals and more time as game developers it would have been functional. It just shows how inept sjw's are. They were handed a beloved seriries that should have been an easy hit and ruined it
  70. oneplayer
    Oct 20, 2017
    0
    I bought Origin Access for a month just to play MEA. $5 why not? At 25 hours into the game (version 1.10) I hit a game breaking bug that broke the whole planet of Elaaden! This game does have good graphics and gun combat. But there are so many negatives. I found myself putting up with it all because I was a fan of ME1, 2, and 3. But the good will from past game wore off by 25 hours, 4 gameI bought Origin Access for a month just to play MEA. $5 why not? At 25 hours into the game (version 1.10) I hit a game breaking bug that broke the whole planet of Elaaden! This game does have good graphics and gun combat. But there are so many negatives. I found myself putting up with it all because I was a fan of ME1, 2, and 3. But the good will from past game wore off by 25 hours, 4 game crashes on a completely stable computer, mission bugs requiring me to repeat a mission, graphical anomalies (not artifacts), horrible voice acting, voices that changes tone mid conversation, voices that doesn't sound like the alien did in previous ME trilogy, horrible lighting bugs where characters are way too dark (so dark you can't see their faces), over usage of color filters on certain levels. Horrendous story on so many levels! I expected bugs to be fixed 6 months after the game released but it is not. I came in with a super high tolerance for this game due to how much I loved the ME series but even then I am disappointed.… Expand
  71. Trazerge
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
    Solo per tre animazioni? Ma hai visto bene i modelli dei personaggi e dei pianeti? Ci Govnorio........................................................
  72. KorGalom
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Para todos los que no hayan jugado los anteriores 3 Mass Effect sobre todo el primero, entiendo que sus estándares sean realmente bajos y queden "asombrados" con algunas características de este nuevo ME que tiene mucho reciclaje del ME 3, sobre todo el sistema de combate.
    Pues bien, para los que si sabemos de la saga de ME este es el peor de todos sin duda alguna, después de los    Para todos los que no hayan jugado los anteriores 3 Mass Effect sobre todo el primero, entiendo que sus estándares sean realmente bajos y queden "asombrados" con algunas características de este nuevo ME que tiene mucho reciclaje del ME 3, sobre todo el sistema de combate.
    Pues bien, para los que si sabemos de la saga de ME este es el peor de todos sin duda alguna, después de los estándares que dejaron en ME 3 este juego pareciera ser del 2012 mas que del 2017. Bugs bugs bugs y mas bugs sin parar, asi es, lo que ven Youtube no es broma, el juego esta plagado de bugs y glitches que si bien algunos son inofensivos otros son completamente terminantes forzandote a cargar a un punto anterior al juego, ya sea porque te quedaste atrapado en algun punto o por algun bug con los NPC.
    La animación.....dios! Los estándares que teníamos eran para un juego de 2017 "new gen" y resulta que ME 3 en la Xbox 360 se veia mejor! Sobre todo el modelo de los personajes humanos es completamente HORRIBLE, todos parecen robots sin el mas minimo de emociones, lo unico bueno son los graficos de ambientacion y los aliens, pero todos los humanos estan completamente jodidos.
    Estoy seguro Bioware "rusheo" la salida de este titulo y sus controles de calidad fueron muy bajos o casi nulos, ya que a las 15 horas que lo juegas se nota que no es un juego terminado como lo era un Wicher 3 o un GTA V
    Mi recomendación para todos es que se esperen a que Bioware se ponga a arreglar todos los problemas antes de que se lo compren, porque les dara una o dos canas verdes, aunque tambien se lo pueden comprar para reirse un buen rato por la cantidad de bugs estupidos que tiene jajaja!
    Por ultimo la historia es la mas palida de todas.....mas palida aun que el final de ME 3 que fue tan criticado, Andromeda deja mucho que desear, la historia es muy simple y peca de emocion y si a eso le agregas que todos los humanos parecen androides creppy sin emociones pues peor aun!
    Le quedo grande el nombre a este ME, una pena, prometia mucho pero dejo deseando bastante.
    2 VOTOS    … Expand
  73. Grompell
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    本來想說原PO還算中肯，後來東扯西扯的看得頭昏了/_>
    但也忍不住想問一下－－雖然這次所謂新星體環境的確是沒什麼驚喜，但到底B社之前有做過什麼驚天地泣鬼神的作品可以讓一些玩家對MEA有那麼大的期望？創造一個新星系還要從生態圈進化論做起……？
    如果真的有一個遊戲可以做到這個地步我還真的想玩玩看啦。 另外雖然不是原PO重點，但我想說外星人外表人模人樣主要是要考慮受眾吧。等等要是弄出異型又要被罵人設不討好了。其實遊戲裡Angara就有吐槽說為什麼你們人類從Milky Way過來也跟他們一樣兩腳走路XDDD    本來想說原PO還算中肯，後來東扯西扯的看得頭昏了/_>
    但也忍不住想問一下－－雖然這次所謂新星體環境的確是沒什麼驚喜，但到底B社之前有做過什麼驚天地泣鬼神的作品可以讓一些玩家對MEA有那麼大的期望？創造一個新星系還要從生態圈進化論做起……？

    如果真的有一個遊戲可以做到這個地步我還真的想玩玩看啦。

    另外雖然不是原PO重點，但我想說外星人外表人模人樣主要是要考慮受眾吧。等等要是弄出異型又要被罵人設不討好了。其實遊戲裡Angara就有吐槽說為什麼你們人類從Milky Way過來也跟他們一樣兩腳走路XDDD
  74. BeiNeludei
    Oct 30, 2017
    0
    "I'm only human
    I made mistakes
    I'm only human
    I'ts all it takes to put the blame on me
    Don't put the blame on me"
    ~Bioware after releasing Andromeda
  75. Sajgoniarz
    Dec 14, 2019
    2
    Till the end of one hour long prologue i counted around 20 unthinkable managment/surival/military/science errors, which would lead to complete catastrophe of such mission in reality. What makes me fun i forgot all those errors after uninstallation, because my brain rejected to remember them... This game was literally pushing me out of it with every NPC sentence. For such production thereTill the end of one hour long prologue i counted around 20 unthinkable managment/surival/military/science errors, which would lead to complete catastrophe of such mission in reality. What makes me fun i forgot all those errors after uninstallation, because my brain rejected to remember them... This game was literally pushing me out of it with every NPC sentence. For such production there should be some tag/genre called CrAAAp. I feel pity for all who bought it and all programmer, designers and modelers.… Expand
  76. Sandre
    Sep 26, 2019
    3
    I will not spoil anything even the game get almost 2 years now.
    I try to say to myself, It's time to play this new mass effect after 2 years of updates.
    But i just can't for 2 points : 1) I do not feel anything -_- i barely pass the first 2h of gameplay and it is so flat, i am bored out of my skull! Combats are cool but empty, you do not feel the impact. Story is here but pfff. And    I will not spoil anything even the game get almost 2 years now.
    I try to say to myself, It's time to play this new mass effect after 2 years of updates.
    But i just can't for 2 points :

    1) I do not feel anything -_- i barely pass the first 2h of gameplay and it is so flat, i am bored out of my skull! Combats are cool but empty, you do not feel the impact. Story is here but pfff. And i do not get anything who push me forward. I remember the fantastic ME3 intro, at the start of ME3 i was in WOOOWWW mode but there, i am just surprisely totally bored.

    2) I can't playing more than 40 minutes or i get a very VERY hard headaches
    I reach 45 years old, i play video games all my life and i NEVER get this.
    The fact you get Zoom, zoom, unzoom, zoom, unzoom each time you are targeting , scanning, changing weapons or fire at something is simply WAY WAY to hard and the FOV change each time you are targeting, changing weapon, or scan and the FOV depend on what weapons you are using ...

    i do not even imagine playing like that in gow or any other tps i will be sick like hell in a middle of any horde or any raid. Then i just look into the internet but BIOWARE do not add any options in 2 years to separate the FOVs or even any options to DO NOT zoom.

    so to be clear:
    you are walking with a very large FOV,
    you take your weapon you are zooming,
    you are aiming more zoom atm you see nothing and you already get 3 zooms.
    You want to scan something unzoom,
    you are not getting any more weapons unzoom again.

    In less than 30 seconds you get 5 to 6 zoom and 3 unzoom Wowww -_0
    and becasue you have no minimap you need to open the map often what gives you more zoom and more animations for noting. sorry but my head can't !!!
    i just get the will to kill myself, puke and get the worst headaches of history playing any video games.

    Imagine something like that happen when you take a pen, drop the pen, write 1 letter with the pen, change the pen, retake another pen ... you will become crazy. so i will not play this game anymore because after 3 monstruous headheach i understand the devs are totaly stupids and do not even bother what are correct HUDs and UIs and want to kill us all by headaches ... i think. (That's a new one)

    i am desapointed, i never quit a game for something like that, i try every solution i can find
    it is very simple there is no options to avoid 200 zoom / unzoom in 1h
    then ... mass effect andromeda thx but > go to trashcan after 1h36 minutes and 3 headaches.
    What a waste.    … Expand
  77. kingdubsy
    Apr 10, 2017
    0
    I love the universe and the series so I keep going back and trying to trudge my way through all the game breaking bugs. It my be the most bugged/glitched game I've played in 25 years. I'd give it a year for them to fix it and buy it on sale if at all after knowing what I know now.
  78. budspencer2012
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    The problem with this game is that it already looks like a 5 year old plus game which is pretty sad. Poorly done environments with no interactivity, just static meshes that do nothing, poorly done characters. After all this time the look of the game did not evolve one bit. That was a major turn off for me, I played an hour and frankly had no desire to continue playing afterwards. I willThe problem with this game is that it already looks like a 5 year old plus game which is pretty sad. Poorly done environments with no interactivity, just static meshes that do nothing, poorly done characters. After all this time the look of the game did not evolve one bit. That was a major turn off for me, I played an hour and frankly had no desire to continue playing afterwards. I will finish it but begrudgingly. I think Bioware totally goofed. They probably started developing this game at the same time as Mass Effect 3 and took too long to release this and could not get it into a newer engine to make it look relevant to what is being offered now for other games. I am glad that i did not pay full price for this. It's a big let down. Like the assasin's creed unity of Ubisoft for Bioware. I hope EA and Bioware learn a hard lesson from this. I don't blame anyone who are completely crapping on this game as it deserves it. It's a total afront to people who love the franchise.… Expand
  79. madmats
    Apr 11, 2017
    2
    I would start with saying that I'm writing the review just after I just got stuck on a loading screen.

    I'll use 5 as a base value for a review. +2 for being a rpg +1 for being a sci fi game +/- 0 for graphics, I don't mind the "tired face" +/- 0 for story, nothing special at all but nothing really bad either -1 for unoptimized game -2 for forcing me to change windows settings (ie    I would start with saying that I'm writing the review just after I just got stuck on a loading screen.

    I'll use 5 as a base value for a review.
    +2 for being a rpg
    +1 for being a sci fi game
    +/- 0 for graphics, I don't mind the "tired face"
    +/- 0 for story, nothing special at all but nothing really bad either
    -1 for unoptimized game
    -2 for forcing me to change windows settings (ie needed virtual memory to play)
    -2 for a lot of bugs and errors forcing me to shut down the game and losing played unsaved game
    -1 for the decision that you can't save the game during some missions on PC

    If they had released a finished and polished game it would have gotten a 7.
    But since they decided that the buying players also should be beta testers I can only give it a 2.
    A 2 for a triple A title is an embarrasement for both EA and Bioware and I will be really careful before buying a title from them!    … Expand
  80. dzapan
    Jan 20, 2019
    2
    No content, silly boring story, bland unintresting characters, game full of SJW and leftist propaganda, tragic models of characters and animations, copy paste locations, idiotic antagonist, lack of alien races, dialogs written by sjw 10 y.o. If you are a fan of original trilogy, please dont touch it.
  81. Batman43
    Oct 8, 2017
    0
    It's not ME. ME3 Ending is model comparing with this **** Andromeda Killed ME. Forgive us Shepard we **** everything.

    it could have 5/10 rating if it did not dare call it ME
  82. MeJu
    Aug 3, 2017
    3
    Mass Effect: Andromeda had SO much potential. The graphics looks great, has a good narrative and the planets are beautiful. I have played the Andromeda from start to end a couple of times now and every time I'm left with HUGE disappointment. There are so many loose ends that needs to be tied. I thought there were going to be tons of DLC, but it seems there isn't going to be any afterMass Effect: Andromeda had SO much potential. The graphics looks great, has a good narrative and the planets are beautiful. I have played the Andromeda from start to end a couple of times now and every time I'm left with HUGE disappointment. There are so many loose ends that needs to be tied. I thought there were going to be tons of DLC, but it seems there isn't going to be any after Bioware closed in Montreal. I loved all the former Mass Effect games.… Expand
  83. rrchiaratt
    Aug 26, 2017
    4
    Seriously, I had hoped someone at Bio ware had the creativity that was so there in mass effect 2. But nope! Boring, lifeless average lacking creativity, lacking expansive thoughts, piss poor game relationships, etc.. etc.. etc.
    Only giving a 4 cause I am generous because the game does not deserve it. I ran out every mission, every opportunity thinking something would be awesome. NOPE!
  84. Faustin
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Ich hab' ebenfalls alle 3 Teile mit sämtlichen Dlc's und spiele sie immer noch. Die Faszination liegt in den Möglichkeiten die man hat, um seinen Charakter aufzubauen. Gut oder böse? Frontkämpfer oder Taktiker? usw., usw. Für mich neben der Dragon Age Serie die beste Trilogie, seit es PC - Games gibt. Was mich jedoch am meisten fasziniert, ist die Verknüpfung aller Teile. Hast im ErstenIch hab' ebenfalls alle 3 Teile mit sämtlichen Dlc's und spiele sie immer noch. Die Faszination liegt in den Möglichkeiten die man hat, um seinen Charakter aufzubauen. Gut oder böse? Frontkämpfer oder Taktiker? usw., usw. Für mich neben der Dragon Age Serie die beste Trilogie, seit es PC - Games gibt. Was mich jedoch am meisten fasziniert, ist die Verknüpfung aller Teile. Hast im Ersten oder Zweiten Teil Mist gebaut, holt dich im Dritten Teil die Vergangenheit ein. Die Auswirkungen sind ... weiter… Expand
  85. Flashback92
    Jan 26, 2019
    0
    Sadly this game can't keep up with the previous Mass Effect games.
    worse music, worse sound effect, boring gameplay. But better planets, and atmosphere, and better graphics.

    Graphics: good
    Sounds: medium
    Music: medium
    Control: good
    Perfomance: good
    Gaming experience: medium (boring linear, weak story)
  86. Babylon6
    Feb 25, 2019
    2
    Mass Effect Andromeda is what happens when you replace most of your Dev-team with low skill crazed faminists who want to promote their political agenda over writing a good story and good characters. They completely destroyed this franchise in one go. Such a shame, I really love ME1-3
  87. mevsthevoices
    Apr 12, 2017
    1
    As a game, it sucks. It's painful to see so much work to go in to something so bad. Shoot. Wait for shields, pop out and shoot again. Easily one of the most boring and uninspired things I've ever played.
  88. luzarius
    Jun 25, 2017
    1
    They retcon Asari lore to introduce gender pronoun politics. There's a conversation where they imply some Asari prefer male pronouns, but this makes no sense because it completely goes against Asari lore. Asari are monogendered with maternal instincts which means female mind. Aria specifically says the word patriarch has no meaning to her people. Samara specifically says Asari have noThey retcon Asari lore to introduce gender pronoun politics. There's a conversation where they imply some Asari prefer male pronouns, but this makes no sense because it completely goes against Asari lore. Asari are monogendered with maternal instincts which means female mind. Aria specifically says the word patriarch has no meaning to her people. Samara specifically says Asari have no males. It just doesn't make sense. SJW politics ruined Asari lore.… Expand
  89. Sev_Overkill
    Jul 13, 2017
    3
    Having played the original trilogy on 360 and PC for over 600 hours I was highly disappointed by Andromeda. The dialog, story, voice acting were all very much sub-par, the animations are very janky, turning the characters into hideous caricature of people, and are much worse than the original mass effect, let alone any game that came out in the last 3 years. Even months after launch withHaving played the original trilogy on 360 and PC for over 600 hours I was highly disappointed by Andromeda. The dialog, story, voice acting were all very much sub-par, the animations are very janky, turning the characters into hideous caricature of people, and are much worse than the original mass effect, let alone any game that came out in the last 3 years. Even months after launch with multiple patches, constant bugs still plague my game, with quests not finishing, enemies getting stuck under maps or on roofs, and teammates disappearing into the map geometry.

    The gameplay is decent, but not enjoyable enough to be the reason to play the game, many of the missions are repetitive and boring, very MMO-esque, with many of them being fetch quests, or gather X resource to give someone. The companion missions are slightly better, but the voice acting and dialogue let them down badly.

    Your companions are shallow and hard to connect with, and at no point did I ever feel any emotional attachment to any of them like I did to garrus or wrex in my initial play through of the first mass effect nearly 10 years ago. There script simply never made care about my crew; who they were, their motivations, or what they wanted to do.

    The romance side of things is totally awful, and plays out like a young adult/teen romance novel you find at the bottom of the bargain bucket at bookstores. Simply awful.

    The mutiplayer appears to exist to simply tick the multiplayer box on the checklist, its shallow, repetitive, and a total disconnect-fest. Mass Effect 3's mutiplayer was a fun deviation from the single player, and actually made an impact on your single player play through, Andromeda's is anything but that.

    The game totally lacked polish, and needed at least another 2 years of work on it to be a good game, let alone on good enough to be called a mass effect game.    … Expand
  90. EastOfEden
    Jul 13, 2017
    3
    The story is boring. The quests are boring too. There is no feeling of exploration , no role playing. This is a shooter. However multiplayer is buggy as hell , abilities may or may not work , mainly due to lag. No servers means lag is with you always unless you hosts.
  91. mortarion14
    Oct 2, 2017
    1
    govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno!
  92. Guldan666
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Ой я люблю стремать гавноедов) Вы умудряетесь за обе щеки уплетать дерьмо и при этом булькать)Пацаны с набитом ртом не говорят)) А вы все "О нееет. Не обижайте мой Mass Effect Андромеда) Блин)Ток фанатам No Man Sky угодили этим шедевром)Ой я люблю стремать гавноедов) Вы умудряетесь за обе щеки уплетать дерьмо и при этом булькать)Пацаны с набитом ртом не говорят)) А вы все "О нееет. Не обижайте мой Mass Effect Андромеда) Блин)Ток фанатам No Man Sky угодили этим шедевром)
  93. ar1urius
    Dec 10, 2017
    2
    First Dragon Age Inquisition and now this. Bioware is dead. Probably they will close the studio in a couple of years (as is the custom with EA as soon as they canibalise the companies they had bought.)
    ME1, 2, 3 was magnificent. DA Originis was outstanding DA2 was a mistake but DA Inquisition and ME Andromeda are just painful to play hwen you see how gamemaking is going downhill.
    Going    First Dragon Age Inquisition and now this. Bioware is dead. Probably they will close the studio in a couple of years (as is the custom with EA as soon as they canibalise the companies they had bought.)
    ME1, 2, 3 was magnificent. DA Originis was outstanding DA2 was a mistake but DA Inquisition and ME Andromeda are just painful to play hwen you see how gamemaking is going downhill.
    Going back to Andromeda - I'm 75 hours in and completed about 35 % of the game. Most of that time is a painfull, unfulfiling grind and fetch quests. Now I feel like I just run a marathon and simply cant make myself finish this game.
    I wont buy an EA game ever again and the new Anthem game coming from Bioware will be its last - mark my words.    … Expand
  94. Robar3
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
    Gros coup de frayeur suite au test, mais ambiance extra, gameplay au top, même si la technique reste dans les choux au niveau de certaines animations ( on est en 2017 quoi!!).
    Bref à conseiller
  95. pirokar1
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno govno!
  96. Medunamun
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Animasyonlar konusunda şahsen takılmadım, şayet dragon inquisition karakter modellerinide hiç iç açıcı bulmamıştım. Teletabi gibi yüz animasyonları oyundan soğutmaya yetmişti.

    Lakin ME Andromeda da ki sorun ise oyun aşırı sıkıcı. Akıcı bir oynanış olmaması. İlerlemeli senaryo dan ziyade düşman dalgalarına karşı defans yapma oyunu gibi geldi bana. Diğer konu ise ana gemide boş boş    Animasyonlar konusunda şahsen takılmadım, şayet dragon inquisition karakter modellerinide hiç iç açıcı bulmamıştım. Teletabi gibi yüz animasyonları oyundan soğutmaya yetmişti.

    Lakin ME Andromeda da ki sorun ise oyun aşırı sıkıcı. Akıcı bir oynanış olmaması. İlerlemeli senaryo dan ziyade düşman dalgalarına karşı defans yapma oyunu gibi geldi bana. Diğer konu ise ana gemide boş boş koşturmacalar ve git getir görevleri. Oyun sizde antipati kazanmak için tasarlanmış. Sanırım istedikleri, oyuncuların kendilerinden başka mass effect beklememeleri. Yapmak istemiyorlar belli. Dükkanı kapatsınlar madem öyle?!    … Expand
  97. Zuben7
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Én főleg ezeket a felvonulásokat nem értem. Minek? Betegség ellen szoktak ilyesmit csinálni. Ha szerintük ez természetes, akkor minek művelik? A heterók sem csinálnak ilyet, mondván hadd tudja meg a világ, hogy mi heterók vagyunk. Szóval igen, már a csapból is ez folyik, és ez szerintem nagyon fölösleges. Még az időjárás jelentésben is benyögik folyton, hogy melegfront várható.Én főleg ezeket a felvonulásokat nem értem. Minek? Betegség ellen szoktak ilyesmit csinálni. Ha szerintük ez természetes, akkor minek művelik? A heterók sem csinálnak ilyet, mondván hadd tudja meg a világ, hogy mi heterók vagyunk. Szóval igen, már a csapból is ez folyik, és ez szerintem nagyon fölösleges. Még az időjárás jelentésben is benyögik folyton, hogy melegfront várható.
  98. Nessly1991
    Dec 4, 2019
    0
    Tried this game with free month of origin acces i got and i am pretty happy i didnt spend mony on it.Game is just not fun at all.Confuzing menu,confuzing map,Nothing is clear what you need to do.Animations are very bad and half a time there is just bad animation with no voice.
  99. Yjn
    Jun 27, 2019
    0
    This game is a **** insult to the mass effect trilogy..................................
  100. Steyraus
    Feb 18, 2021
    1
    What an embaresment, bad story, ugly unlikable characters. Boring generic gameplay.. All the good Bioware game have characters that make the player feel for them. Sometimes you hate a bad guy , sonetimes you love a compainion. The characters in Andromeda were so dull and safe all you got from them was to not want to be anyware near them.
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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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