Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. chumpwithnoname
    Dec 26, 2020
    4
    Very boring game. I can enjoy ME1 still, but I can't enjoy this game loaded with non-needed boring stuff that was put into this game just to make fill it with tasteless crap.

    This is Dragon Effect Inqisition.
  2. Ordnik
    May 26, 2021
    0
    Good graphics, gameplay and... and... and thats it.

    The game feels like a kids show, characters keep joking and joking and show no interesting conversation at all. Most planet designs are so lame with no imagination, planets are so bland. Story ongoing is terrible, they filled the game with puzzles and boring openworld walking. Mass Effect was amazing with everything. This game is a    Good graphics, gameplay and... and... and thats it.

    The game feels like a kids show, characters keep joking and joking and show no interesting conversation at all. Most planet designs are so lame with no imagination, planets are so bland. Story ongoing is terrible, they filled the game with puzzles and boring openworld walking. Mass Effect was amazing with everything. This game is a disappointment, they had budget, they had time, they could do better.    … Expand
  3. Filuyezz
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    When comparing Mass Effect: Andromeda to its predecessors it's a boring and weak substitute. Story-blank, nothing new. Characters- Blank, forgettable, and you just not identify with them. Gameplay- repetitive, nothing new, similar to previous games or even worse. Same pattern with every new planet. I really do not recommend this title to anyone. It is better to stick to Mass Effect trilogyWhen comparing Mass Effect: Andromeda to its predecessors it's a boring and weak substitute. Story-blank, nothing new. Characters- Blank, forgettable, and you just not identify with them. Gameplay- repetitive, nothing new, similar to previous games or even worse. Same pattern with every new planet. I really do not recommend this title to anyone. It is better to stick to Mass Effect trilogy and forget about this miserable offspring.… Expand
  4. Ragegoberts
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    bugs were never fixed so the games are buggy as **** for zero reason lile why are you guys so braindead bioware clearly you dont care about your IP
  5. xcxvy
    Jun 1, 2019
    1
    Massive disappointment, should not be call a "Mass Effect" game. I hate that BioWare is failing so hard
  6. ragnarizberserk
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
    bioware скатились
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  7. Moton
    Aug 5, 2020
    0
    What a **** mess it is. Go woke get broke. I mean politics should'nt even touch games. Why are companies that once made awesome games keep doing this ****
  8. Buthomar
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Убогая маревозельда с однокнопочным геймплеем, без озвучки и с пастгенной графикой теперь современная игра, а огромная красивейшая ARPG устарела на 10 лет!))) Фанатики кукаренды уже откровенно перевернули мир с ног на голову и не стесняются этого)))Убогая маревозельда с однокнопочным геймплеем, без озвучки и с пастгенной графикой теперь современная игра, а огромная красивейшая ARPG устарела на 10 лет!))) Фанатики кукаренды уже откровенно перевернули мир с ног на голову и не стесняются этого)))
  9. Arteck
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Больше всего выбесила система диалогов. Лучше бы её вообще не было - ничего бы не изменилось. Вас что-то спрашивают, хотят узнать ваше мнение, и у вас всего два варианта ответа и оба чаще всего практически одинаковые по смыслу! Но это ещё пол беды. Следующее: совершенно непонятно, что персонаж скажет, когда ты нажмешь на вариант с ответом. Там написано законченное предложение, ты жмешь наБольше всего выбесила система диалогов. Лучше бы её вообще не было - ничего бы не изменилось. Вас что-то спрашивают, хотят узнать ваше мнение, и у вас всего два варианта ответа и оба чаще всего практически одинаковые по смыслу! Но это ещё пол беды. Следующее: совершенно непонятно, что персонаж скажет, когда ты нажмешь на вариант с ответом. Там написано законченное предложение, ты жмешь на него, а гг говорит вообще что-то другое. ЗАЧЕМ?! Как-то раз один мой сопартиец спросил, что ему делать в одной жизненной ситуации, мне хотелось ему ответить что-то типа "не делай этого!". Фраза на колесе примерно это и значила, но гг ответил с сарказмом и получилось, что наоборот, сказал, делать это. Что за идиотизм, Господь! И такого там через каждый диалог всю игру!
    А ещё эти тупые романы. Если вы играете гг девушкой, и любите традиционные отношения, то выкусите. У вас только скучный негр и кальмар!!! А ещё есть как бы какой-то чел со стороны, но с ним вам даже сцен нормальных не покажут.
    А ещё, относительно всего вообще: такое ощущение, что игру в какой-то момент кастрировали и вырезали часть контента.
    Сценарист, будь ты проклят, отвратительный сюжет и диалоги. Всю игру испортил. С хорошим сюжетом и персами, мы бы потерпели анимацию, уж поверьте.    … Expand
  10. karelpica99
    Dec 20, 2017
    0
    Well, its EA... they f***ed up Battlefront 2 and they sure did f***ed up NFS aswell. Lootboxes, u get a Lootbox system, u get a lootboxes System EVERYONE gets a Lootbox system.... F**K u EA

    Card... CARD for upgrading/tuning your Car... what a joke and even the most lazy way i could think of... pathatic... the "Story" is cheesy I Hope someday EA will get bankrupt for the stupid s**t
  11. Kotofon
    May 31, 2020
    1
    "тупое говно, тупого говна". Запустил спустя десяток патчей, затестить саму игру без багов. Дропнул спустя 20 минут. Тушите свет...
  12. realityczech
    Oct 23, 2017
    0
    This game could have been quite good. Unfortunately, it is loaded with game breaking bugs that will cost you hours of gameplay. To further compound the issue, EA has gone ahead and stopped supporting the game, so any bugs that haven't been fixed by 1.10 (of which there are many) will remain unfixed. And the thing that makes me the most sad about this is that EA will go completelyThis game could have been quite good. Unfortunately, it is loaded with game breaking bugs that will cost you hours of gameplay. To further compound the issue, EA has gone ahead and stopped supporting the game, so any bugs that haven't been fixed by 1.10 (of which there are many) will remain unfixed. And the thing that makes me the most sad about this is that EA will go completely unpunished for this pile of hot trash. People will shrug, say "oh well" and then rush out and buy Anthem as soon as it comes out. Developers no longer have any reason to actually make a quality product, because there is little to no threat of consumer backlash. The worst thing that happens to them is a few hundred upset customers write nasty reviews on metacritic, and nothing changes. Welcome to the machine, folks.… Expand
  13. Joewashere
    Dec 14, 2019
    1
    Not inclusive and diverse enough. Bigoted and racist against quarians who dindu nuffin deserving to get excluded from this ((((game)))).
  14. Raben89
    Oct 26, 2017
    0
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  15. kurniau
    Nov 4, 2017
    2
    Такое выпустить в 2017 году, это позор. Ладно бы разработчик неопытный и криворукий, так нет же, студия с мировым именем! Видимо издатель вынудил выпустить игру раньше положенного срока, хотя разработка велась 5 лет. Жаль, что игровая деятельность определенных студий только деградирует.Такое выпустить в 2017 году, это позор. Ладно бы разработчик неопытный и криворукий, так нет же, студия с мировым именем! Видимо издатель вынудил выпустить игру раньше положенного срока, хотя разработка велась 5 лет. Жаль, что игровая деятельность определенных студий только деградирует.
  16. Needles
    Nov 24, 2017
    0
    Stop supporting this horrible company. They keep making bad games until you stop buying them. EA symbolizes everything that is wrong with the video game industry.
  17. erikssonj
    Aug 6, 2017
    1
    Buy something else. This is a huge mess of an in-game menu system on top of a game that is more about cut scenes and walking around in your base than actual gameplay. Avoid.
  18. hinkuvinku
    Oct 18, 2017
    1
    This is the WORST Mass Effect so far, i see why ME fans don´t like this! This looks better, much better fighting a lot of missions. Characters and voice acting, terrible. SJW- style writing in you´re face, so childish. Gameplay is good, it does look good but otherwise it´s garbage. Almost all the characters you interact are female or "minority" and done terrible. This game is piece ofThis is the WORST Mass Effect so far, i see why ME fans don´t like this! This looks better, much better fighting a lot of missions. Characters and voice acting, terrible. SJW- style writing in you´re face, so childish. Gameplay is good, it does look good but otherwise it´s garbage. Almost all the characters you interact are female or "minority" and done terrible. This game is piece of s**t. This new ugly race, all the fm:s sound the same uk black accent- annoying- :X… Expand
  19. YourNeighbour
    Nov 6, 2017
    0
    The standard on release was simply unacceptable for the price. I don't know what happened to the facial animation but I have seen better facial animations made by high school students or hobbists who do it for free.

    And plenty of bugs, there's too many. Only fix was a refund. If you are reading this and you haven't played Andromeda, then just don't. The previous ones were great and this    The standard on release was simply unacceptable for the price. I don't know what happened to the facial animation but I have seen better facial animations made by high school students or hobbists who do it for free.

    And plenty of bugs, there's too many. Only fix was a refund. If you are reading this and you haven't played Andromeda, then just don't. The previous ones were great and this one totally hits the ground and burrows right into pile of dirt.    … Expand
  20. CyberRobotnix
    Jan 4, 2018
    0
    The game is one of the most awful games I have seen around.
    The game is terrible is especially terrible because:
    1. It has badly animated human models, they don't even seem to be human. 2. The game is broken af. Expect to fall below the floor since the floor is "inexistant". 3. The gameplay is a dumbed down type of shooter like COD, but again dumbed down with glitches. Ironically,    The game is one of the most awful games I have seen around.
    The game is terrible is especially terrible because:
    1. It has badly animated human models, they don't even seem to be human.
    2. The game is broken af. Expect to fall below the floor since the floor is "inexistant".
    3. The gameplay is a dumbed down type of shooter like COD, but again dumbed down with glitches.
    Ironically, this game reminds me of Sonic 06.    … Expand
  21. khamzindamir
    Jun 16, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, it is not a game really. This is just a test of Frostbite engine. Dont install it plz, Dont waste your time… Expand
  22. kultigin
    Feb 6, 2021
    0
    Was playing the game with a "meh" attitude. The game crashed for 4 times in 4 hours. Tried to return it to steam but they didn't accept. If you want to burn your money, just fire em, but don't buy this game.
  23. Koristo
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    SO...let's just say that I hate Reddit and most of the Internet for nearly programming me to hate this amazing game. They had me regretting my digital pre-order and hating BioWare for no good reason, so Andromeda went into the backlog. Now that I am a good 25% into the game, and most of the crap stuff has been patched, I'm just not seeing what's wrong with this game. I feel like any issueSO...let's just say that I hate Reddit and most of the Internet for nearly programming me to hate this amazing game. They had me regretting my digital pre-order and hating BioWare for no good reason, so Andromeda went into the backlog. Now that I am a good 25% into the game, and most of the crap stuff has been patched, I'm just not seeing what's wrong with this game. I feel like any issue people were having with facial animations were for a few characters on the Nexus who, quite frankly, I rarely ever re-visit anymore. And let's be real, Humans were never interesting in ME games anyway so WHO CARES? The other races look magnificent! And this is HANDS DOWN the best gameplay of any ME game, plus we are building a new life in the freaking Andromeda galaxy. I love Andromeda so much, man. And I will never allow the control system sway my opinion ever again...… Expand
  24. E71
    Jul 4, 2020
    1
    BUGGY, ABANDONED AND BORING.

    ***PROs*** + Nice graphics. + Exploring is kinda fun especially in new, faster Mako-like vehicle. + (Some) nice voice acting (namely all the Ryders, Cora, etc). + Nice music (especially main theme). + Intriguing mysterious connection to original trilogy story arc. + Decent gunfight engine. + Autosave tends to do a somewhat decent job (strictly in    BUGGY, ABANDONED AND BORING.

    ***PROs***

    + Nice graphics.
    + Exploring is kinda fun especially in new, faster Mako-like vehicle.
    + (Some) nice voice acting (namely all the Ryders, Cora, etc).
    + Nice music (especially main theme).
    + Intriguing mysterious connection to original trilogy story arc.
    + Decent gunfight engine.
    + Autosave tends to do a somewhat decent job (strictly in that it saves regularly).
    + Some surprise treats for fans of the original series.
    + Ability to switch activate powers on the fly.
    + Independent power cooldowns.
    + Full keyboard customization (yeah, I know, it's 2017 and there *are* games out there that reserve certain keys that end up screwing you over).
    + Native controller support (tested with XBOX ONE wireless controller).

    ***CONs***

    - DENUVO! Yuck!
    - Half the people are British accented... It's like Harry f'ing Potter in space.
    - A lot of British English words and phrases (like they wanted to rub it in that they went all British).
    - Dull antagonist factions.
    - Dull non-Milky-way ally faction.
    - Dull filler tasks/missions make up the majority of the game (often needing you to constantly go back and forth across the galaxy).
    - Unskippable cutscenes when landing on planets (normally not an issue but given the back and forth nature of the side missions, it's excruciating).
    - Buggy AF (getting stuck, autosave issues, random dialog spurting, invisible objects/people, mission bugs, etc).
    - No QuickSave/QuickLoad!
    - Can't control squad-mate powers in battle.
    - Can't customize squad-mate loadout.
    - Mission/assignment journal is a disorganized mess.
    - Too many random location tasks which require a ridiculous amount of wandering around to finish.
    - Too few biotic primer powers (several key signature powers from original trilogy are gone).
    - Everything is f'ing "balanced" (serious impedance to leveling up player/weapons/powers/etc).
    - No renegade/paragon (often wanna sound tough but lack of dialog choice makes you sound like a complete wimp). Some dialog choice "labels" are misleading and makes things even worse.
    - I have no problem with gay love interests existing in this game but every other dialog option with certain male characters had the "heart" (romance) icon next to it and this made me feel quite uncomfortable and always suspicious if I'm leading down some homosexual path with some of the characters, especially with some who you meet that are either, um, somewhat "emotional" or just plain give off a gay vibe.
    - Bioware won't be releasing any DLCs or even bug-fixing patches for this game! Completely abandoned.
    - Unsatisfying final boss fight, though the lead up to it is great.
    - My favorite pistol is missing (Arc Pistol)... okay, I understand it's not fair to include this in the list but I needed to get it off my chest!

    I'd give the game a 7/10, possibly higher if they had released good DLCs for it, but those first three points on the cons list really p*** me off, so it gets a 1/10.    … Expand
  25. AshrafIsmail
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    this game is galactic sh*t, do not buy this game. bioware you crap!
    my score 0/10
    this game is galactic sh*t, do not buy this game. bioware you crap!
    my score 0/10
  26. Shiplife
    Oct 11, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very, very expensive ME2 DLC. Mass Effect Andromeda is not ME4 or a new ME. Is just a DLC. A new entire and unexplored galaxy that have only one specie that turns into another bad guys specie (second specie) and some robots. Wait..... Pfff.... Everybody from milky way is already there..... The fauna and flora from every planet are the same but different colors...
    Anyway... No point still rating it but I can't die before express my indignation of this pure marketing game.
    I'm not going to write the very same rating that ppl disappointed with the game keep writing.
    I'll give it 3 cos of the combat that sometimes still repetitive and boring... The team? Which team?.. I spoke only to Suvi cos of her voice... The most buggado game ever... Put Bethesda in the pocket. (SJW? God help us all... Don't let it invade our games.....)
    RIP Shepard...

    @edit
    I forgot to say...
    This game is or at least tried to be part of the global left wing agenda.... SJW, gayzism, feminism, etc... Everything that destroy the moral and good manners...
    So... Pay attention you new generation.. Go study and try to avoid fake news...
    ..."Oh look!!! This guy have only one review. bah ha ha ahaa"...
    Yes.. I don't use to get out there making reviews. If I like, I like!!. If I don't.. Well... you know...
    But in this case, I had to create an account especially to express my indignation cos I'm a big fan of the trilogy. More than 1100h only ME3 plus multiplayer. Where I had countless moments of fun...
    And please... Don't kill me cos of my bad engrish... I'm from another galaxy... far... far away from Andromeda....    … Expand
  27. Skipper81Ger
    Aug 12, 2017
    1
    Very very very very disappointing. Have it played through, because I love this series. But that was it. Rip mass effect. I am very sorry for the grandiose story but that was really crap.
  28. DORRITO
    Sep 23, 2017
    3
    I've started and stopped playing this game multiple times now, which means it is somehow utterly boring enough to not hold my attention, and decent enough for me to come back to it. The story just isn't there.

    The intern team took over the art department, and the story department. How did such a good franchise take such a tumble? Maybe millennial sjw's really did do a number. As much    I've started and stopped playing this game multiple times now, which means it is somehow utterly boring enough to not hold my attention, and decent enough for me to come back to it. The story just isn't there.

    The intern team took over the art department, and the story department. How did such a good franchise take such a tumble? Maybe millennial sjw's really did do a number. As much as i've tried, I just can't care about this game. The only upside is the well done combat.    … Expand
  29. Derangedxzombie
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    One of the worst games ever made, everything is broken, the animations are nightmare inducing, the voice acting, the characters the scripting. This game belongs on a trash heap.
  30. delaware80
    Mar 11, 2021
    2
    When I think of the game ME Andromeda it is a never ever blockbuster.
    When thinking of discovering the outer world I think of action, thrilling moments an cinematic feelling.
    Instead you feel like in a big library with boring books: you can drive on planets - but no action, talk to a lot of people - but no feelings and so on. Better make a remake by cutting 80% of garbage content and    When I think of the game ME Andromeda it is a never ever blockbuster.
    When thinking of discovering the outer world I think of action, thrilling moments an cinematic feelling.
    Instead you feel like in a big library with boring books: you can drive on planets - but no action, talk to a lot of people - but no feelings and so on.
    Better make a remake by cutting 80% of garbage content and produce a game where you feel like in a linear FF. :-)    … Expand
  31. nazarkin123
    Mar 12, 2021
    4
    BOooooring. Who let this story out at all? The usual ME gameplay. A bit buggy and freezing.
  32. Cossack1980
    Mar 5, 2023
    2
    The game from Kanadians encouraging war in Ukraine. Everything you need to know about it. Buying the game - you support the killing of Ukrainians.
  33. meru
    Apr 5, 2023
    4
    The motto for this game is: "Which intern designed X?"
    - The UI is all over the place - literally. Get a quick overview in combat situations, or outside of combat? The UI designers seem to have shouted "Not my job, also: Never heard of that".
    - The map does not help one single bit to do what its task is: Help the user orientate themselves. - Repeat this for each game feature. There    The motto for this game is: "Which intern designed X?"
    - The UI is all over the place - literally. Get a quick overview in combat situations, or outside of combat? The UI designers seem to have shouted "Not my job, also: Never heard of that".
    - The map does not help one single bit to do what its task is: Help the user orientate themselves.
    - Repeat this for each game feature.

    There is one redeeming aspect of the game, though, for game developer professors: If you need to prepare a seminar about some game element done wrong, you can always quote Andromeda as an example.    … Expand
  34. AJCk19
    May 6, 2023
    4
    Really buggy game, that further rolled back on its game design ideologies, instead of improving upon the first 2 mass effects. I can understand giving the story a side step to the main because of the controversies of ME3 and also they are in the midst of making a true ME4.

    But it was a huge let down, and I just hope they learn from their feedback, so ME4 will be a big success.
  35. SRKNZ
    Jul 5, 2021
    2
    Dreadful. Confusing game design, bloated tedious story lines, interspersed by excessive cut scenes that made me feel like the game was playing me not the other way around. Only upside was the eye candy but on its own that's nowhere near enough.
  36. Realgigclin
    Jul 24, 2022
    4
    FYI, huge mass effect fan. Ive played the original trilogy for almost 600 hours, read all the books and even some of the **** comics. Love the word an series the old bioware created

    Im at a loss of what to rate this game, at times it can feel like a 7/10 but 80% of the time it feels like a 3/10. This is not mass effect, its a game made by a bunch of people that werent involved in the    FYI, huge mass effect fan. Ive played the original trilogy for almost 600 hours, read all the books and even some of the **** comics. Love the word an series the old bioware created

    Im at a loss of what to rate this game, at times it can feel like a 7/10 but 80% of the time it feels like a 3/10. This is not mass effect, its a game made by a bunch of people that werent involved in the original series trying to make what they think is mass effect. Im still waiting for the story to do something interesting, and im 20 hours in. It plays it incredibly safe, probably because bioware feels like they are being held at gunpoint over ME3s ending when it comes to taking a risk with the story. But even if they did take risks, the writing is laughably bad, and the characters dont take what is happening seriously at all. This completely breaks any immersion. In past mass effect games i would love talking to squad mates on my ship, in this i actually dread talking to anyone except drack and Jaal, they are the only characters that arent constantly making me cringe with horrible jokes and cheesy one liners.

    The combat is great, but when you fight the same camps of kett over and over it becomes extremely repetitive. since mass effect 3 bioware has liked to create these bad guys that are just endless, you'll be killing thousands of the same dudes over and over with no narrative or reason for it. and your squad mates AI is downright brain dead, in past games they wouldn't use throw, pull or any biotic power on enemies that have shields. In this they dont care, ive had peebee use pull on more shielded enemies than health enemies. And you cant command her to do other wise, so shes basically wasting powers the second combat starts. same applies to other squad mates. Not being able to command squad mate powers is a huge downside to gameplay and its great moments, i have no idea why they didnt include it.

    QUESTS; i have encountered maybe 3 interesting side quests, out of the around 30 i have done. Everything is run to this location, place this item and then do that for 4 more locations. Quest ends. Repeat under slightly different conditions, like instead of placing signal towers, your scanning rocks. These side quests are the definition of repetitive. I just think its funny that bioware thought this was acceptable after games like The witcher 3 proved that side quests can have the same quality as main quests, and be just as interesting.

    Im not going to mention facial animations as much, yes they are terrible some of the worst i have seen from a AAA game in years. but since people have been bashing them to death i thought i wouldn't touch on them anymore. Honestly the game could have been good if it had done other things right, like if the game had an interesting story i could look past the facial animations. Its also to bad that bioware continues their same tired tale of you playing as this God character, i thought the pathfinder would be a down to earth normal dude. Nope. All the characters in this game basically suck your dick, nobody stands up to you and when they do its so laughably and cliche.

    To end things, i would like to note my biggest problem. Andromeda never feels alive. Most worlds are completely empty with just more generic enemies to fight, no towns or settlements (besides the ones you create and fill with NPCs that do nothing). with one new friendly race, the angara things feel even more empty. Look at all the races we had in the original trilogy that were working together on the citadel, youll find none of that here. Plus lore inconsistency galore, why do we have jump jets when the milky way doesnt? how are we able to use FTL travel so much, and so fast when in the trilogy the only reason we could get around the galaxy so fast was because of mass relays? FTL has always existed but it in ME but it was much faster to use a mass relay rather than travel for hours to another system on your ships power.

    Edit 2022: funny i just found this account again, funny to see this here. It took me 2 years to finish this game. It didn't take me that long in a good way, i would either forget about the game for long periods or just couldn't stomach it for longer than an hour. I 100% completed the game and absolutely don't recommend it. Its a grind. This was also the last game i ever pre ordered. Still think this review echo's these statements 5 years later, even when i wrote this with 20 hours of playtime... these issues definately dont change by the end.    … Expand
  37. RabinGrings
    Sep 1, 2023
    2
    This game is fantastic. Thank you EA. There are errors in the animations, but this does not take away all the brightness of the game. Play to the end and I guarantee you will be surprised.
  38. Bushido95
    Sep 27, 2021
    2
    Если даже рассматривать Андромеду отдельно от самой серии Mass Effect это очень плохая игра. Она будто специально сделана так чтоб тебе было не интересно с первой же секунды и для этого действительно нужен талант.
  39. rara_avis
    Jun 2, 2021
    0
    There is no way to change language in polish and russian version of the game if you got it on origin.
    Also while doing the main missions there is no way to save the game and you have to count on the autosave feature that honestly really sucks. Animations suck too. It may not sound like a lot but it literally made me create this account to write this here even tho it's on EA play and i    There is no way to change language in polish and russian version of the game if you got it on origin.
    Also while doing the main missions there is no way to save the game and you have to count on the autosave feature that honestly really sucks. Animations suck too. It may not sound like a lot but it literally made me create this account to write this here even tho it's on EA play and i didn't have to pay for this particular game.    … Expand
  40. PenetratorGod
    Aug 20, 2023
    4
    It's a shame for the mass effect series. The game I could never finish, no matter how much I wanted to. As someone who has played the trilogy dozens of times, I couldn't stand this game. The people who developed this game should not be given a job in the game industry again.
  41. realWhiteMan
    Apr 9, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand
  42. AdoMobA
    Mar 22, 2023
    0
    Pros
    - the flexibility of being able to use any ability in the game is nice
    Cons - story = gutter trash - character = abominable - combat = garbage - dialogue = good for a 4th grader - choices = lmao - exploration = stupidly tedious - voice acting = sounds like a school play played by the basketball team - bugs = all of them I absolutely adore the original Mass Effect    Pros
    - the flexibility of being able to use any ability in the game is nice

    Cons
    - story = gutter trash
    - character = abominable
    - combat = garbage
    - dialogue = good for a 4th grader
    - choices = lmao
    - exploration = stupidly tedious
    - voice acting = sounds like a school play played by the basketball team
    - bugs = all of them

    I absolutely adore the original Mass Effect trilogy. The story, the worldbuilding, the characters… chefs kiss. So you can imagine my excitement over Andromeda. I heard the complaints from the pre-release footage. The game looks like garbage. Nay I said, Mass Effect was never about the graphics. Yo this thing is buggy as hell. Nay I said, they will fix it before launch. The voice acting sounds goofy as hell. Nay, you are just being negative. I was a blind Bioware fan boy who pre ordered this game and 100% it at release. I have never touched it since so I do not care if the stuff I am about to talk about was patched three months later. Save your breath.

    Positive beginning. The fact that you have access to all abilities and can spec into any of them allows for some fun combos. Positives done.

    The combat. Everything in this game is either brainded or suicidal. Zero strategy involved throughout the entire run. Just stupid enemy after stupid enemy. The issue with the one positive, the place it affects is boring and garbage. Oh and that is not the best part. Most of the time if enemies are deployed from their ship onto the field, nothing deploys. When the ship leaves, it leaves a cluster of limbs where it was. If you shoot it, then bodies fall out. Great playtesting Bioware.

    What about the story? What about it? Garbage. So you know how Reapers were an unknown force who used their tech to turn the Milky Way species into their tech drones. Yeah we can't do that again nu uh. Guys the Kett are different. They are an unknown force who uses their organic goop to turn the species of the Andromeda galaxy into their organic drones. Wow, how original Bioware.

    But the characters save it right? This game has four character types: aggravating, boring, cringe and meh ok. I have never cared less for a group of party members in my life. I actively wanted to space bothe Liam and Peebee after their loyalty missions. I don't expect much but at least the original cast was filled with professionals. Both Liam and Peebee put the Pathfinders life into stupid amounts of danger with their dumbass decisions. And Liam has the audacity to open his mouth after you fix his mistake. Just allow me to kick them to the curb like Serra in DA: Inquisition.

    I actually fell for the marketing ploy when it came to dialogue. They proudly flaunted their innovative take on the Mass Effect dialogue wheel. How Paragon/Renegade was restrictive. So they came up with the tone indicators of: Professional, Logical, Emotional and Casual. What I like to call them is: Actual human speak, Sheldon Cooper, Angsty Cringe and OhgodohnoohpleaseididnotwanttopressthatstoptalkingstOPSTOP. Pick professional or suffer the consequences.

    How about those Mass Effect choices. Ok so how about a guy running to get away from you? Do you not press the contextual button to shoot him in the back or do you press it only for you to miss and for him to get away anyway? Do you choose to shoot at a bunch of dudes intimidating you or do you hold off until they shoot and start the fight anyway? No choices like Andromeda choices.

    Planet exploration was made stupider by a large margin. This game is extremely self indulgent and determined to show you its mediocre graphics in their full glory. So whenever you chose to travel planet to planet, you pick the planet you want to go to, then it zooms to the planet where you are, only for it to play a cutscene of your ship traveling to your chosen planet, where it zooms in, before zooming back out and giving you your control back. No way to skip that by the way. And there are systems with six planets and more. Have fun.

    On top of all of this, this game released in such a disgustingly buggy state, that some of the most watched videos on this game, are the glitch compilations. How great.

    In conclusion, I am somebody who loves collecting physical copies of games. Andromeda was so beyond garbage, that I got rid of my copy. Not by returning it, but by throwing that thing in the trash. Nobody deserves the psychological torture that is this game. Do not play it, do not touch it, do not look it in the eyes.    … Expand
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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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