Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. mathiasmo
    Apr 26, 2017
    10
    Great game, ignore all the hate. Just romance Peebee and you'll be ok.
    Great story, and I really enjoyed the gameplay. Just remember not to rush through the main story and do try to do all the side quests before doing the main quests. :)
    Ok, the face animations wasn't great but not as bad as people say, I've seen worse.
  2. Froginaswoon
    Apr 26, 2017
    3
    I am like Bioware games because of atmosphere and relations between characters. But forget about this in Andromeda.
    It's sense like developers doesn't understand their audience. For new gamers are easy lost in the game from first minutes. TOO MUCH information just spill on you every time, mostly in codex and you need to read it unclearly understanding what is happens and why. And bad    I am like Bioware games because of atmosphere and relations between characters. But forget about this in Andromeda.
    It's sense like developers doesn't understand their audience. For new gamers are easy lost in the game from first minutes. TOO MUCH information just spill on you every time, mostly in codex and you need to read it unclearly understanding what is happens and why. And bad entrance to the game. And, so, what is reason to play? Fans don't understand what is happens too because of all things below.
    Hard turbulence beginning of the game. Strange speeches and behavior of everybody, from you father to last NPC. "WHY?" "STOP DOING THIS!" you will be shout it from start to end. Irrelevant emotions and speeches with gala music. It's like watching low budget trash horror film. And this is not what I'm expected from Mass Effect and Bioware.
    Game have a really big problem with dialogs and plot. This problem can't be unfixing. I don’t understand how game can be develop without any good script.
    And, you know, stupid speech with horrible "my first try" animation is really JOKE. Bad.
    All things in game are parody on ME 1,2,3. My ship, my friends (hate most of them), my enemies, old inscrutable race, their ancients useful ruins etc. Nobody should spent money on this stupid comedy show.
    Maybe this all should attract new gamers never known ME before. But I don't think that annoying team, dull enemies, unreadable dialogs, boring warm and cold planets (first places we can go. Why people wants to living here, in deserts? Because gamers should runs around boring landscapes? ) can be fun.
    What's else:
    Uncreative new aliens
    Unfriendly journal and crafting system
    Enemy can shooting in your back, but you hardly understand whence.

    This all just big slap in the face from Bioware. This is sci-fi game. You shouldn't apologize only to LGBT for flat transgender, but for the space trash game with dull characters, bugs, stupid story and other sins. This game is uncover developers attitude to gamers, believed in company even after DA2 and DAI. But this is enough.    … Expand
  3. Joote
    Apr 25, 2017
    7
    Played 115 hours.

    Not a bad game. Could have been a great game if not for... - Bad animation and facual expresions. - Strange distorted faces. - Really bad immature dialog in a most of conversations. - The few choices you have do not have any consequence. - Forgettable characters. - Once played, most will never play it again. (Very little reason for replay) - Bad story pacing.    Played 115 hours.

    Not a bad game. Could have been a great game if not for...

    - Bad animation and facual expresions.
    - Strange distorted faces.
    - Really bad immature dialog in a most of conversations.
    - The few choices you have do not have any consequence.
    - Forgettable characters.
    - Once played, most will never play it again. (Very little reason for replay)
    - Bad story pacing. ( you go through hours of boredom , then all of a sudden you are swamped with quests.)    … Expand
  4. dukaduka12
    Apr 25, 2017
    3
    I was so hyped for this game a year ago, now because of that my disappointment is even greater.
    I couldn't believe that was even possible for a Bio-ware game, such an amazing studio once, to fall in every aspect of this game so deep that it looks like it was made ten years ago by some indie studio.
    Now i tried to play this game, even made like half way through and it wasn't the    I was so hyped for this game a year ago, now because of that my disappointment is even greater.
    I couldn't believe that was even possible for a Bio-ware game, such an amazing studio once, to fall in every aspect of this game so deep that it looks like it was made ten years ago by some indie studio.

    Now i tried to play this game, even made like half way through and it wasn't the horrible animations or the terrible looking characters that were the worst part of it. Oh no. The writing and the voice acting in this game are absolutely the worst i have seen in a triple AAA game in my life. And I've been playing games for 20 years now almost.

    The writing is so bad, uninteresting, boring, stupid, the stuff that's coming out of their mouth looks like it was written by a 13 year old, and combined with hideous voice acting makes the whole game looking like a joke, like couple of kids went to space to have fun.
    Characters laughing in death threatening situations, making stupid jokes all the time, saying sentences that would never be used in real life by humans, main character with a voice actor so bad, that it's a chore to play. There is basically no any kind of emotion shown by any of the characters, the whole thing looks terrible.

    Graphics are nothing special, combat is interesting but far less then previous Mass Effect games in my opinion, personally i didn't like the new automatic cover system but that's subjective.

    The whole exploration thing just doesn't suite to a Mass Effect game. Quests are boring and annoying most of them is just killing enemies and fetching some thing over and over and over again.
    The interface options, weapon crafting and menus in general are a complete mess. Map is also bad looks really poor.
    Every aspect and game component of this game is so downgraded and so bad, except maybe the combat, that i think it deserves the user rating it received.    … Expand
  5. Renovatia
    Apr 25, 2017
    0
    Well what can I say. Bioware, the producer, used had some street cred (or maybe they still do but to a lesser extent) for not pulling the same dirty tricks as many other major producers do. But things are changing lately and it begins with politics. Yes, Bioware actually has engaged in politics and as usual it's the Social Justice Warrior kind, because that's the latest thing. MovieWell what can I say. Bioware, the producer, used had some street cred (or maybe they still do but to a lesser extent) for not pulling the same dirty tricks as many other major producers do. But things are changing lately and it begins with politics. Yes, Bioware actually has engaged in politics and as usual it's the Social Justice Warrior kind, because that's the latest thing. Movie companies are pushing their societal engineering agendas and now computer game producers do the same. The techniques which are used are the same too: their political views are incorporated into their game (or movies) but they won't tell you that (sometimes they do, but almost never); you have to find out for yourself after you have paid for the product.

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

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

    I have to rate this game zero stars out of ten. Nothing is memorable other than the technical and artistic failures. On top of that this game, and producer too, have become another weapon of indoctrination for the young and the gullible.    … Expand
  6. DaedricLord
    Apr 25, 2017
    1
    I am an absolutely HUGE fan of the original trilogy (minus the ME3 endings), but I still gave this game a chance despite all the bad reviews, yes I was that desperate for new Mass Effect content, however I quickly found out the bad reviews are mostly correct. This game was not made by the original team and it shows EVERYWHERE.

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

    The Bad:

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

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

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

    -Childish dialogue and poor attempts at humor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    The good:

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

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

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

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

    If you are that desperate to play this game wait until there is a ultimate edition for 10-20 euros, I wasted 60 euros on this crap because I was too needy for new Mass Effect content, dont waste money like I did, wait until all DLCs come out and there is cheap ultimate edition available, then buy it if you want to play. Mass Effect is dead and Bioware with it, DA2 and ME3 were the first signs of a continuous decline and Inquisition and Andromeda are merely the last nails in their coffin.    … Expand
  7. f1r3st0rm
    Apr 25, 2017
    10
    Great great great game. I have loved this from the start to the end.
    It's one of my favorite of all time.
    I want a sequel and a sequel of the sequel and more.
  8. alex_baranowski
    Apr 25, 2017
    2
    Well - I used to love Mass Effect series. Even after horrible ending of Mass Effect 3. For me Mass Effect was about story. Story was deep, with hard moral choices, amazing dialogues (especially as Renegade :)), and creating future of universe. Now Mass Effect is about fighting - yes Andromeda has amazing fight system, better than average locations but nothing more. It's quite depressingWell - I used to love Mass Effect series. Even after horrible ending of Mass Effect 3. For me Mass Effect was about story. Story was deep, with hard moral choices, amazing dialogues (especially as Renegade :)), and creating future of universe. Now Mass Effect is about fighting - yes Andromeda has amazing fight system, better than average locations but nothing more. It's quite depressing because you won't find any memorable character. There are also terrible cringe worthy dialogues. Story is average. Voice acting is lacking emotions. There are bugs - like not moving enemies, fu**** up facial animations, loading textures etc. Great universe with wasted potential.… Expand
  9. Perfected
    Apr 25, 2017
    6
    Pretty disappointing as to what one should have been expecting as the next big Mass Effect game.

    Story and main plot line could have been better. Was very generic. Bugs and technical issues everywhere. Game crashes constantly. Facial animations and animations in general are terrible. Player customization is terrible. Customization of crew / companions is non-existent. Everyone looks and    Pretty disappointing as to what one should have been expecting as the next big Mass Effect game.

    Story and main plot line could have been better. Was very generic. Bugs and technical issues everywhere. Game crashes constantly. Facial animations and animations in general are terrible. Player customization is terrible. Customization of crew / companions is non-existent. Everyone looks and feels generic and boring. Voice acting is hit and miss.

    Gun-play, weapon mechanics, and combat are decent. Some of the worlds are beautiful. Atmosphere can be good from time to time. But that's pretty much it about whats good about the game. Everything else is either bland, generic, boring or just flat out bad.

    Don't recommend unless you're a die hard mass effect fan but even then maybe you should wait until they're doing patching it or it goes on sale.    … Expand
  10. Combustive
    Apr 24, 2017
    6
    Looked at in the context of other games on the market, Mass Effect Andromeda could be forgiven for awkward writing, forgettable story, endless filler and weird design choices. But for buyers expecting Mass Effect 4, most of the time spent playing this game may very well prove uncomfortable. That's not to say I haven't enjoyed parts of this game. It is stunningly beautiful, there are someLooked at in the context of other games on the market, Mass Effect Andromeda could be forgiven for awkward writing, forgettable story, endless filler and weird design choices. But for buyers expecting Mass Effect 4, most of the time spent playing this game may very well prove uncomfortable. That's not to say I haven't enjoyed parts of this game. It is stunningly beautiful, there are some great technical achievements and most of the gameplay is quite solid. The talent and effort on display has to be given credit. however I just wish it was all driven in the right direction and these issues were recognised and addressed earlier in production.… Expand
  11. braindamage
    Apr 24, 2017
    4
    a first time comer to mass effect I I was worried the game maybe be reminacant of Dragon age inqustion.. it is. I like the game more then that one but since the structure of the game is reminicent of dragon age inquitions except space porn with some shooting elements, wigth some cool cutscenes and world graphics as bad as something from 2012
  12. Goby
    Apr 24, 2017
    5
    Arg, the ending almost makes me want to avoid saying anything negative about the game, but frankly it's FAR BELOW the quality standards set by the previous Mass Effect games.

    I'm not even going to complain about the faces or glitches, I'd have less of a problem with those if the rest of the package were delivered well. Unfortunately they flopped it. Bioware has seemingly become a victim    Arg, the ending almost makes me want to avoid saying anything negative about the game, but frankly it's FAR BELOW the quality standards set by the previous Mass Effect games.

    I'm not even going to complain about the faces or glitches, I'd have less of a problem with those if the rest of the package were delivered well. Unfortunately they flopped it. Bioware has seemingly become a victim to the recent trends in open-world gaming. Trends like artificially extending gameplay time by having the player engage in mind-numbing repetitive tasks and quests, poor design solutions for the process of resource collecting (which you require to unlock some bonuses or to experiment with new gear - not essential, but in order to research and develop all the gear offered you'd have to waste a huge amount of time better spent elsewhere)

    RESOURCE COLLECTING, RESEARCHING FOR GEAR
    It's a grind, because the best way to accumulate resources is to pick them up by hand. That means you are expected to stop for them and hold a button for two seconds or worse, deviate from your mission to engage in this distraction that should have never left the MMORPG genre. That design solution for collecting resources sounds bland on it's own, but unfortunately the slightly more interesting options like planetary scans yield significantly less resources for the time invested and even that process becomes dull due to lack of variation.

    QUESTS
    I sorely missed those side quests from the original games that felt like they were significant in one way or another. 9 out of 10 side quests in Andromeda feel like they have all life sucked out of them and they consequently end up being a huge to-do list in which you'd rather not do anything because there's a 90% chance you're going to be disappointed again. Honestly the overall quality of the dialogue didn't leave a lasting bad taste in my memory, but a lot of the narratives felt rushed and incomplete. Oftentimes it's your generic MMORPG quest: talk to an NPC, go to a location, interact with an object or kill some enemies, collect your reward. Sometimes if you start to feel invested in a quest it just all of a sudden concludes and you'll feel like nothing even happened and everything you did was for nothing (you may be rewarded with some useless garbage for your troubles or perhaps to offer some solace for feeling unfulfilled). There's plotholes too, likely resulting from a tunnel-vision approach when writing. What a pity... If you have to try out Andromeda, avoid all task type quests. There are a lot of terrible ones in Allies & Relationships as well, but those are generally better, albeit still not as interesting to do as in the original games.

    SAM THE PATHFINDER'S AI
    I want to bring this thing out separately because I believe it to be the culprit that steals away a lot of the potential goodness this game could've been. Sure, it's immensely helpful in your pathfinder travels - it's a know-it-all AI that can solve pretty much any problem you throw at it: decipher alien languages, interact with alien objects on the go or even know what a random piece of alien tech is designed to do. I have a huge issue with this because it rips this game of SO MUCH potential for fascinating side quests and makes too much room for that fast paced shooting-oriented gameplay that was never at the heart of Mass Effect. SAM is always telling you where to go and what to do. I don't remember a time when I had to think about what I should be doing next or even feel mystified by anything, it's always just GO GO GO and if something gets in your way, KILL KILL KILL.

    OTHER ISSUES
    * Squad AI system is utterly useless. You're more likely to get yourself killed trying to give out orders to your squadmates, so just don't bother with it and let them stand in the middle of gunfire if that's what they choose to do.
    * Certain idiotic dialogue situations. I completely avoided Liam in my squad because of it.
    * Ambient dialogue (e.g. a squadmate talking to you or a radio chat via comms) is constantly cutting off, triggered by you moving into a different area. It really doesn't take much at all for it to happen. It doesn't even have to be so that a new line of dialogue could start.
    * There's two Asari character models in the game - one is Peebee, and then there's everybody else... How is this even possible!?
    * Planets feel very small with so many locations packed together.
    * Too much forced smalltalking, it's exhausting...
    * Coordination between crafting, development, store and loadout user interfaces inconvenient.

    THE GOOD
    * Impressive graphics
    * Main storyline interesting enough
    * Some interesting characters - I personally liked incorporating Peebee and Jaal or Drack in my standard squad loadout
    * Ambient dialogue and reactions (perhaps even progressions) in quests vary based on which crew members you brought on a mission.
    * Sound engineering
    * Well optimised

    Overall, Andromeda felt uninspired and rushed.    … Expand
  13. Zelmar
    Apr 24, 2017
    10
    So it is a rare occasion when I decided to step in and write a review. The game is amazing and is head and shoulders above ME 2 and ME 3. The game is beautiful and gorgeous, with tons of voiceover. There are so much love and details in the game that it really sad to see tons of toxic comments and poor marks. The game is huge, and fun to play, there are some repetitive quests but they areSo it is a rare occasion when I decided to step in and write a review. The game is amazing and is head and shoulders above ME 2 and ME 3. The game is beautiful and gorgeous, with tons of voiceover. There are so much love and details in the game that it really sad to see tons of toxic comments and poor marks. The game is huge, and fun to play, there are some repetitive quests but they are even stored in a separate folder and have zero influence on anything and are there for completionists (as chests are in Assassin Creed). It totally delivered on all I expected from it and above from a Mass Effect game. The only advice I would like to give is not to rush in but just give yourself to immerse yourselves in the world and pay attention to detail.… Expand
  14. Majestic
    Apr 24, 2017
    7
    NEGLIGIBLE SPOILERS

    Not going to make this overly long, ain't nobody got time for that. A couple of short prefaces: Played all three ME games in the trilogy, the first two at length (100+ hours, multiple playthroughs), and the rest of the Bioware lineup (Jade Empire, KOTOR, Dragon Age: O). And let me say it's a shame this game got the review bomb it got. Whilst I do not contest the    NEGLIGIBLE SPOILERS

    Not going to make this overly long, ain't nobody got time for that. A couple of short prefaces:
    Played all three ME games in the trilogy, the first two at length (100+ hours, multiple playthroughs), and the rest of the Bioware lineup (Jade Empire, KOTOR, Dragon Age: O).

    And let me say it's a shame this game got the review bomb it got. Whilst I do not contest the amount of bugs the game has, I don't feel like that should entirely bring down the score. Underneath there is a lot of attention to detail, a storyline that is mostly crafted through gameplay (helping the people survive on their new home, sorting out their problems), which was a step-up from everything boiling down to firefights with a paragon or renegade dialogue option at the end like in the previous games.

    The visuals are simply stunning, and the game manages to uphold a excellent level of performance. Was able to run it 80-120 fps on Ultra settings, 1080p on a GTX 1070 + i5-4670K (4.3ghz, 2400CL11 memory) with Adative V-sync. Driving through Kadar, standing on the mountaintops gave me that feeling of the Original Mako sections in ME1 which were in my opinion the best sections, albeit devoid of content. Which isn't the case in Andromeda.

    Dialogue is hit or miss, it feels like the quality depends on who wrote it. Some of it is vapid, but some of it feels genuine and engaging. Barring a few remarks I do not agree it has a lot of SJW rethoric riddled through it. The overal storyarch is cannon, but honestly it's been done to death and as a sci-fi show nerd I'd be hardpressed if they found a new angle to coax up a spacevillian.

    The bugs are, to be honest, the reason this game is only a 7/10. They are present enough to be a genuine nuisance, even if you're not looking for material on a glitch compilation video. The most eggregious are mostly evolved around SAM, your AI. It also counts as a gateway to tutorials, but it doesn't know when to shut up. It repeats the same dialogue options over and over again. That you can mine this area, that you entered a hostile enviroment, that there are enemies, etc. SAM should get a mute button, or have him exhaust dialogue only once. On the same note, quest dialogue options also never exhaust, so i'm pretty sure it's a glitch throughout the entire game. When you re-enter an area that was used for a quest, the same dialogue starts again. This needs a FIX asap, because it shatters suspension of disbelief and ruins immersion.

    The rest are minor quality of life bugs, and less frequent. NPC's snapping into spots, t-posing, allies flying in the air, enemies stuck in scenery. Etc. As for the Animations and lipsyncing, a lot of it has to do with keyboard controls ruining the availability of the animation transitions. Like being able to spam A and D makes the legs to crazy, whereas you can't do this on a controller. It's an oversight. The facial animations were already changed a little when I played it (eyes etc), and honestly it was just like any other Bioware game. So why this all of a sudden caused the internet to go crazy beats me. Just don't use the default 'femshep', make a custom one, and you won't have those "Alec is dead?" moments.

    Some good and bad, "deputy likes dots".
    + Visuals, performance.
    + Interactions with crewmembers is on ME2 level.
    + Story through gameplay

    - Overly sappy dialogue options without alternatives of the "it's going to be ok" variety.
    - Dialogue options not exhausting
    - Rest of the bugs
    - Repetitive sidemissions at some point.

    Overall this feels like it could've used some extra love and care, and I hope EA/Bioware give it despite the review bombing. It would help them revive some of their credibility. As underneath it's a pretty good game, but the bugs and rough edges drag it down severely. As this is a game mostly about immersion, if a character you're having a conversation with glitches into the floor, it shatters your suspension of disbelief and ruins the experience.

    Give it some more love Bioware, and make SAM shut up.    … Expand
  15. Gorula
    Apr 24, 2017
    9
    Bioware has no excuse for releasing the game in state like that, and i'm sure that they knew all the problems the game had at that moment.
    Anyway, if you go beyond those visual/aesthetic problems, the game is marvelous. A bold attempt of an open world modern RPG. buck per buck is one of the best triple A game you will find, not only among the genre.
    Finally, after so many failed attempts    Bioware has no excuse for releasing the game in state like that, and i'm sure that they knew all the problems the game had at that moment.
    Anyway, if you go beyond those visual/aesthetic problems, the game is marvelous. A bold attempt of an open world modern RPG. buck per buck is one of the best triple A game you will find, not only among the genre.
    Finally, after so many failed attempts from Bioware, i had the feeling of real exploring. If you are looking for the feeling of space adventure, this is it.    … Expand
  16. Vestom57
    Apr 23, 2017
    10
    Beaucoup de bashing et beaucoup trop de nostalgie par rapport aux autres épisodes. Trop de personnes on la mémoire courte de la 1er trilogie de mass effect qui avais des défauts.
    Mass effect 1 le gameplay
    mass effect 2 peu d'exploration mass effect 3 trop casualisé, trop d'action, bugs,... Dans les premières heures de mass effect le début est un peu poussif faut l'avoue, EA n'aurais    Beaucoup de bashing et beaucoup trop de nostalgie par rapport aux autres épisodes. Trop de personnes on la mémoire courte de la 1er trilogie de mass effect qui avais des défauts.
    Mass effect 1 le gameplay
    mass effect 2 peu d'exploration
    mass effect 3 trop casualisé, trop d'action, bugs,...
    Dans les premières heures de mass effect le début est un peu poussif faut l'avoue, EA n'aurais pas du mettre le solo en early access car c'est le gros gros défauts du jeu. Après on trouve l'ambiance mass effect en mieux, plus approfondis :
    - beaucoup beaucoup plus d'exploration
    - l'effet wwwwouuuaaahhh des panoramas et de la découvertes
    - le gameplay parfait
    - le scénario (pour l'instant, pas encore finis)
    - les dialogues (alors pour celui-ci pas sûr, un coup c'est bien et autre coup c'est pas bien)
    - beaucoup de contenu
    - le craft
    - les bruitages, sound design (merci frostbite je pense)
    - début poussif

    Les faiblesses seront surtout :
    - la technique
    - les choix moins décisifs
    - les musiques trop discrètes
    - manque d'originalité sur certains points (on sent que EA avais implanté un cahier des charges)
    - bien sûr le design et l'animation des personnages pendant les dialogues.    … Expand
  17. Satanski
    Apr 23, 2017
    3
    I'll keep it short. IMO, only graphics and combat is _ok_. The rest is just a painful experience - from **** interface, through characters, most of which i, mildly speaking, don't like, to not interesting story, to tv soap opera like dialogs and personal stories. I don't remember skipping one dialog line in previous ME games, but here i couldn't force myself to endure it all for more theI'll keep it short. IMO, only graphics and combat is _ok_. The rest is just a painful experience - from **** interface, through characters, most of which i, mildly speaking, don't like, to not interesting story, to tv soap opera like dialogs and personal stories. I don't remember skipping one dialog line in previous ME games, but here i couldn't force myself to endure it all for more the two hours straight, even while i skipped like 50% of lines, just quickly scanning them in case i'll miss something valuable, which there weren't. I wont mention ridiculous animations and bugs, couse there is a ton of videos on YT showing it.… Expand
  18. Shelledfade
    Apr 23, 2017
    3
    1. Everything that has to do with writing in this game is appallingly juvenile. The characters are mundane and are easy to dislike. The only character of the entire crew I found appealing and interesting at all was Drack. The writers should absolutely be ashamed of themselves. The game can't be taken seriously when none of the characters themselves appear to be taking anything seriously.1. Everything that has to do with writing in this game is appallingly juvenile. The characters are mundane and are easy to dislike. The only character of the entire crew I found appealing and interesting at all was Drack. The writers should absolutely be ashamed of themselves. The game can't be taken seriously when none of the characters themselves appear to be taking anything seriously. Nearly every aspect of the games writing has this touch of light hearted foolery to it which is incessantly annoying.

    2. They completely removed being able to customize your companions/followers with weapons and armor. It was an aspect that I thoroughly enjoyed (and no one complained about) so I'm not exactly sure what they were thinking by cutting it. Companions skill trees are the only aspect you can customize. The skill tree is so small though, that you're given the illusion of choice here. You may as well put them on auto-level because it makes zero difference due to the skill tree being insignificantly small and insignificant regarding actual decision-making. You can't control the use of your companion abilities. It only allows you basic attack/defend commands, and most of the time its questionable at best if the a.i is actually following your attack commands.

    3. The illusion of choice. The Dragon age inquisition dialogue system was literally pasted into this game, which is to say that you don't really have dialogue interactions at all. Not really. Paragon and Renegade is gone (WHY?). Now are the days where you pick a dialogue option and get the exact same cutscene/outcome as any of the other options. This game is a total downgrade compared to previous mass effect games.

    4. Multiplayer. It's relatively the same as ME3, only its worse. It's a 7 round horde mode and each round is randomized to be different, such as holding a certain position for an amount of time or just simply surviving the round. You get credits for completing it. That itself is a bit mundane, but that isn't its biggest problem. The issue here is that literally nothing here is balanced in terms of characters or rewards. Weapons and characters you start with are quite literally BETTER than any of the ultra-rare classes or weapons you get from opening the 100,000 credit chests (the highest-tier chests). The sense of reward you get from playing the multiplayer does not exist because the reward system here is completely broken. If we're being honest, none of the classes or weapons are balanced for the hardest difficulty either.

    5. The animations. Not much to say that hasn't been said already. A high-school dropout amateur could have done better.

    6. Loot-progression in this game does not exist. Starting from level 1 you're given a fully completed crafting list that has everything already in it. You don't find or buy new recipes for crafting either. You don't find super-unique loot that isn't already in your crafting list. It just makes the whole idea of loot meaningless in the game. At least dragon age inquisition had unique gear you could find, there isn't even that in this game. When you kill the enemies in this game they have a chance to drop loot, that you basically can't do anything with; which you sell to vendors; in order to craft from a crafting list which was handed to you at level 1. Just... WOW.

    7. The side-content that makes up the majority of the gameplay in this game (10 hours of main story compared to 80+ of side content) is just mmo-filler fetch quests, basically dragon age inquisition copied and pasted here almost identically. If you're looking forward to maybe some interesting content on any of these large maps that you can explore, outside of the main story mission, they do not exist.

    8. Abilities. While combat shooting mechanics and snap-to cover was an improvement, they also downgraded combat significantly by only allowing the player to have a maximum of 3 active abilities. So, the game has no level-cap, and you can't manage your companions abilities, and you're only allowed 3 active abilities that you can only swap out at specific locations, and not during combat. This design is completely broken and is way too restrictive. I don't know what the purpose is of allowing the player to select any skill in the entire tree if they're only allowed to have 3 active abilities at max. Not only does this design contradict itself, but it makes for an overall unenjoyable system.

    9. The total obvious lack of any QA testing. The amount of bugs regarding missions and how many graphical anomalies there are in this game is actually ridiculous.

    I could see people reviewing this game as a 5, at MOST. For me, it's a 3. I've played too many games and experienced too many systems/mechanics at this point. Being a programmer myself I just can't believe the lack of creativity or passion here. Nearly every single aspect of the game has been made pointlessly mundane and downgraded compared to previous mass effect titles.    … Expand
  19. Mandulum
    Apr 22, 2017
    8
    Five Word Review: Small gains but enjoyable game.
    Favorite Thing: I'm a sucker for space opera and I was not overly disappointed. My charge build was pretty fun.
    Least Favorite Thing: It feels overly same-ish to the last Mass Effect game. Date Completed: 2017-04-20 Playtime: ~ 50h (100% viability on all planets, all companion/ally missions) Enjoyment: 8/10 Recommendation: Yes, if    Five Word Review: Small gains but enjoyable game.
    Favorite Thing: I'm a sucker for space opera and I was not overly disappointed. My charge build was pretty fun.
    Least Favorite Thing: It feels overly same-ish to the last Mass Effect game.

    Date Completed: 2017-04-20
    Playtime: ~ 50h (100% viability on all planets, all companion/ally missions)
    Enjoyment: 8/10
    Recommendation: Yes, if you're a SciFi or Mass Effect fan.    … Expand
  20. Colbigdog67
    Apr 22, 2017
    10
    This game doesn’t deserve the low score it has received from the user base. It’s a good game and worthwhile to play. Many of the complaints are legitimate but blown out of proportion in comparison to the goodness the game has to offer.

    Pros- Combat is one of the best features in the game. Fights are fun and the mechanics seem balanced. The sound effects are well done and go a long way    This game doesn’t deserve the low score it has received from the user base. It’s a good game and worthwhile to play. Many of the complaints are legitimate but blown out of proportion in comparison to the goodness the game has to offer.

    Pros- Combat is one of the best features in the game. Fights are fun and the mechanics seem balanced. The sound effects are well done and go a long way to help those with no force feedback to “feel” the weapons and attacks. Most abilities I’ve played with are useful and not “trash” skills.

    Planetary exploration is well done and engaging. I found myself just wanting to drive around and see the different places without any particular goal in mind.

    The game is a bit slow at first but after a few hours in, it will take off in a cool way. It was at this moment for me, that game went from moderately fun to “Hell yeah! This just got real!” This feeling of real satisfaction from the game hits again at certain points throughout the journey.

    The companions are good and interesting enough to pursue their stories and invest in a relationship with them, platonic or otherwise. It can be interesting and at times amusing (and even insulting in one situation) to just listen to their back seat conversations while driving around in the Nomad. Word of caution: these conversations will be cut off if you approach a POI or other mission area so if a particularly interesting conversation is occurring, stop the Nomad and wait till they finish.

    The graphics are beautiful; especially in space. Performance is good and the game runs surprisingly well on my older GTX 970 at 1080 on ultra settings though I did experience some stutter in places so I adjusted my settings to high for a smoother run.

    Cons- Though the graphics are great, there are many areas where the lighting is too intense causing an unrealistic blinding and/or washed-out effect.

    It can be difficult at times to get the "Talk" indicator to appear on NPCs. You have to be positioned at a weird angle to get it to appear and if the NPC is standing next to objects such as a desk or other NPCs, or walking across the room, this can be a PITA.

    And of course there are the character model, texture and animation issues. This was improved somewhat in the first patch but it’s still not up to par for a 2017 AAA game from a top developer. It's more or less as bad as everyone is saying but still, not a deal breaker.

    It is irritating that you can't board the Tempest without taking off. There were numerous times that I wanted to board my ship to temporarily access email or the research station and then get right get back out there. As soon as you board however, the game goes to the takeoff cut scene, launches you into space and then forces you to go through the landing cut scene and the load out screen again to get back to the planet surface. WTF?

    Space exploration is both beautiful and relaxing and at the same time rather dull. You can fly around looking at the beautiful nebulae and stars and casually visit planets to scope out their environments. This works well if you want to just chill for a while after an intense battle and listen to Suvi’s sexy voice.

    In game-play terms however, it's absurd that I can gather nearly the same amount of minerals by hand while walking around on a planet as my probe can gather from space even though Suvi says we just found a "huge" mineral deposit. I get that the game is not mainly about being in space like Elite or Star Citizen but the anomalies that you can investigate are largely underwhelming.

    There are definitely some bugs still in need of squashing, even after the first patch. One of the worst that I encountered was on occasion, I lost control of Ryder even though the rest of the game still kept processing. When this happened, I had to kill the game in Task Manager. At least once it occurred in the middle of combat. (No, this was not due to accidentally opening the console which I also did several times). Another very frustrating issue was that my biotic charge would occasionally not work saying I have no target even though the enemy was right in front of me with an unobstructed path and the ability ready to use (off cool down).

    Conclusion- In spite of the issues, the game really is fun and not even close to as bad as the haters are saying. The professional reviews are more in-line with what the game deserves in its current state. I am giving it a 10 to counter the haters.

    If you can look past the game's issues and really immerse yourself in Ryder's shoes, you'll experience a grand, thought provoking and fun adventure. If you have an imagination and a role-playing mindset, the game's sense of wonder and mystery works. More than once I pondered what it would feel like to be such a staggering distance away from the Earth in an alien place where I myself am the alien. In those moments, the game delivers on its promise!    … Expand
  21. FormerHuman
    Apr 22, 2017
    5
    I played all three original Mass Effect games over and over again, and I like each of those games for it's individual merits, including the third game, which I felt had some of the best narrative strokes of the trilogy (ending notwithstanding, but then I see the whole game as an ending, and not a happy one at that - and that's what I like about it). With Andromeda, I was looking forI played all three original Mass Effect games over and over again, and I like each of those games for it's individual merits, including the third game, which I felt had some of the best narrative strokes of the trilogy (ending notwithstanding, but then I see the whole game as an ending, and not a happy one at that - and that's what I like about it). With Andromeda, I was looking for something of a more open blend of the best elements of the original trilogy. I have to say, though, that you should be careful what you wish for. Bioware have made the combat more dynamic, but most of the weapons feel insubstantial and the enemy selection is a serious weak point, with way too much repetition, especially compared the heightened variety of encounters in ME2 and ME3. The inventory system is a return to the systems of ME1 in the worst ways - it is convoluted, dull and unclear. Narratively the game simply doesn't have the urgency or the character development to keep you engaged through what is admittedly a fairly long campaign, which gets off to a slow start and continues to drag through a series of dreary Halo-esque cyber-caves, conveniently respawning encampments of bandits that result in firefights that are over in seconds. The new enemy, the Kett, come across as ultimately very generic, and the new friendly alien species lack any real charisma or interesting backstory. This is definitely more Star Trek: Nemesis than Wrath of Khan.

    In the end, it would seem the game's troubled development caught up with it. The writing is inconsistent at best, trite at worst, something that really wasn't such an issue in the original trilogy. There are flashes of brilliance in there, and some amusing dialogue, but the selection of squadmates is uninspiring for the most part. The game tends to veer into feeling like a slog that, although occasionally striking visually, strangely also shows it's age despite sharing the same engine as Star Wars Battlefront. As is notorious by this point, the games character animations don't appear to have improved at all since the last trilogy, which in itself was driven by an aging Unreal Engine 3. It's inexplicable that the game simply doesn't have better visuals in this department, and it's jarring with the otherwise decent fidelity on offer. The game simply doesn't have the sense of urgency that the last games had, especially by ME3. Bioware have gone too far to provide lip service to fans of the original game, at the expense of the narrative and pacing lessons of ME2 and ME3. ME1 was a very flawed game that had a special atmosphere that persisted beyond it's faults. Andromeda doesn't really have any excuse by this stage.    … Expand
  22. gimus
    Apr 22, 2017
    0
    Thanks to a bug (one of millions) I can not end the game and load it from last save point, I must play again from the beginning, frustrating! And no response from Origin or EA. Thank you, very big pitty of money. I love ME 1-3, but this is not mass effect, this is **** Be carefull on your wallets.
  23. TUmaDO
    Apr 22, 2017
    4
    I Am a hardcore fan of mass effect series ,and some parts of mass 2 and 3 left me in tears,it was a amazing experience!
    So i was so hyped about Andromeda , i could n´t even sleep right , as soon it was out i bought ,even knowing about all the terrible gifs and videos from the beta,and people saying it would get better after 10 hours...
    I finished about a week ago,my view of "the    I Am a hardcore fan of mass effect series ,and some parts of mass 2 and 3 left me in tears,it was a amazing experience!
    So i was so hyped about Andromeda , i could n´t even sleep right , as soon it was out i bought ,even knowing about all the terrible gifs and videos from the beta,and people saying it would get better after 10 hours...

    I finished about a week ago,my view of "the game" is a absolute disappointment,the terrible animation even with (1.5 update) it toke 85 hours to complete everything,the planet scanning is useless , it looks like the game is racist agains withe people because all the human dead bodies are bold and all withe, some upgrades are useless conversations feel like nothing you don´t get " that feeling of immersion",the amount of bugs and glitches reached the " next level"( can check my bug/glitch video).

    All the people who said "gets better within 10 hours" no it doesn´t!,it goes beyond worst,broken quests or stuck,frustration with conversation that trigger the same answer,(basically saying what i dont want or misunderstanding of the question/answer) everyone said "ho its a new galaxy with new planets unexplored" almost all of the useless planets already have information about the *spoiler!* Angara people exploring them or the exile,the arks where very disappointing, i thought it would be epic to find them and free them but no its frustrating.

    who suffer with epilepsy STAY AWAY!)
    there is a glitch that hapends often that flashes in white (check part 2 video)

    graphics are ok,looks clean and sharp ,but it need a lot of optimization(tested on pc)
    game play is great,but if i was you compare Battlefront(third person) vs mass effect, they move and feel practically the same .

    The explorable planets they all have they'r difference but after spending a lot of time doing every single quest/sidequest it begins to feel the same,you will find the same animals in all the planets,some mission are become repetitive,in *spoiler!* Kadar after you save the planet you can walk in the acid pools but there is no interaction so you can stand underwater,there are some unfinished places,you can find one in eos where there is a mountain floating and you can go with nomad just under it.

    Mass effect Andromeda is a mess made by a sub studio with clearly no experience in making story rich games.

    I slash a 4/10
    Don´t buy wait until they partially fix it (because its impossible to fully fix),and get it cheaper,the money they ask for the game is not even close to acceptable.    … Expand
  24. mipbo
    Apr 22, 2017
    7
    All the essences of ME 1 and 2 are still there, but the execution is terrible. Lip-sync, eye balls, animation is weird, story is a little light in comparison with the previous games. Combat is intense and quite fun. Exploration feel like a mindless grind fest.
  25. ajc368
    Apr 21, 2017
    10
    tengo 36 años y a esta altura de mi vida hace rato no termino ningun juego (todos los lanzamientos me parecen mediocres y aburridos y a esta edad tengo cero paciencia). Compre andromeda solo porque la saga mass effect esta entre las mejores de la historia como tantas otras (gta, xcom etc.)
    Antes de comprarlo guiándome por las criticas y comentarios me esperaba un bodrio de juego y pensaba    tengo 36 años y a esta altura de mi vida hace rato no termino ningun juego (todos los lanzamientos me parecen mediocres y aburridos y a esta edad tengo cero paciencia). Compre andromeda solo porque la saga mass effect esta entre las mejores de la historia como tantas otras (gta, xcom etc.)
    Antes de comprarlo guiándome por las criticas y comentarios me esperaba un bodrio de juego y pensaba que habían arruinado la saga como paso tantas veces con millones de juegos clásicos que marcaron épocas. Repito lo compre por el nombre y nada más y me lleve una grata sorpresa.
    llevo mas de 90 horas enganchado y puedo decir que el juego esta muy bueno, tanto o mejor que la trilogía de shepard. la verdad no entiendo las criticas negativas. si bien el juego tiene algunos bug y el modelado de personajes en las conversaciones en primer plano no esta a la altura de los anteriores el juego compensa con muchas mejoras en otros aspectos y pienso que como punto de partida de una nueva saga es exelente y tienen mucho para ofrecer.
    en resumen lo que me gusto:
    + graficos (en calidad ultra los escenarios se ven hermosos)
    + historia principal (sin ser magnifica esta bien llevada y atrapa)
    + jugabilidad
    + efectos de sonido y música (cumplen su función sobradamente sin llegar a ser espectacular)
    + juego muy largo horas y horas de diversión ( si bien es lógico en estos juegos las misiones secundarias se dividen en unas muy buenas e interesantes y otras repetitivas y vacias)
    lo que no me gusto:
    - el editor de personajes muy limitado (la verdad no te deja crear un personaje a tu gusto)
    - el modelado de personajes en primer plano en las conversaciones. (dejan bastante que desear aunque nada tan horrible como la critica quiere hacer creer. Aparte en ningún momento arruinan la experiencia de juego..)
    - un problema puntual que hace que el juego a veces se congele cuando estamos terminando con un enemigo (critical shot) (con una gtx 970 y 16gb de ram el juego se mueve estable a 60 fps en ultra por lo que no veo problemas de optimización en el juego el tema es un error puntual que hace que el juego se congele unos segundos cuando estamos por matar algún jefe final por ejemplo.)
    En conclusión :
    para ser un juego tan grande es normal que tenga sus errores y problemas que solucionar y mejorar en próximas entregas; también es normal que teniendo la vara tan alta con la trilogía anterior nos pongamos exigentes y sean inevitables las comparaciones pero les puedo decir que el juego esta a la altura de un mass effect con todas sus letras.    … Expand
  26. AberrantResolve
    Apr 21, 2017
    2
    The Mass Effect Trilogy is my favorite game series of all time, and this latest installment fails to measure up. I've been patiently waiting for nearly five years for it and it is a huge disappointment. Forget about the facial expressions, animations, menus, bugs, etc. I could live with those or wait for them to be patched. What they can't fix is the story and writing. It just isn'tThe Mass Effect Trilogy is my favorite game series of all time, and this latest installment fails to measure up. I've been patiently waiting for nearly five years for it and it is a huge disappointment. Forget about the facial expressions, animations, menus, bugs, etc. I could live with those or wait for them to be patched. What they can't fix is the story and writing. It just isn't engaging like the previous titles. Having spent about 40 hours grinding through this game the first few weeks, I have no desire to even finish it.… Expand
  27. Sihodude
    Apr 21, 2017
    10
    This game is not a fluke. The game itself is sub par the Mass Effect animations, it looks weird when they run, heads are out of proportion, the females don't look sexy enough (Except Peebee ;-) ) But put that aside and the story is one of the better of the Mass Effect series. I hope the next installment of the Andromeda series is going to fix a lot of the Physics bugs in this game, andThis game is not a fluke. The game itself is sub par the Mass Effect animations, it looks weird when they run, heads are out of proportion, the females don't look sexy enough (Except Peebee ;-) ) But put that aside and the story is one of the better of the Mass Effect series. I hope the next installment of the Andromeda series is going to fix a lot of the Physics bugs in this game, and maybe use som of the physics from ME 2 and 3. The dialogue is sometimes a little Bleh, but when it comes to the story and the choices it is very much a Mass Effect game, with a great story as we have come to expect from BioWare, i would not hesitate to pre-order another BioWare game, and if they could get free from the cold clamps of EA, i know they would become one of the best game-studios in all time.
    Comparing to all the bugs all the Internet mentions, yes there are bugs, there are story holes and there are misstakes in the explanation of why the technology can do stuff they didn't could before. Let's face it, 600 years of Cryostasis doesn't really advance the technology 600 years. The ability to travel between systems by nothing but the ships drive and not use the Mass Relays can be explained by that the part of Andromeda explored is actually only one cluster (in which the original games is the entire galaxy) A cluster with a black hole in the center, explaining the circularly formation of the cluster. I would bet in the next installment of ME Andromeda we would go visit another cluster and to travel to those, we would need som kind of Mass Relay. And at some point af Relay would be build in both Andromeda and Milky Way to get a fast transport between the two galaxies. Enough of my theories, the game is a great ME game, biotics, gunslinging, killing aliens and befriending af new alien race, and still the opportunity to be romanced by a blue-skinned sexy Asari ;-) I would recommend this game for anyone liking a good story, I would not recommend it for people wanting graphics and physics perfection, but if you like a little bit of both, the game is worth it. Maybe wait for it to go on sale before throwing cash at it. It is still a Mass Effect game.    … Expand
  28. icedog
    Apr 21, 2017
    1
    I loved the other Mass Effect games in the series but this one has been poorly made .Story line has been done before and the fighting mechanics is slow and difficult . Graphic is average but there are odd times when your legs dont move but you are walking around .The game was should be properly fixed before releasing the game with all these bugs .
  29. iznano
    Apr 20, 2017
    2
    Здравствуйте дорогие игроки. Я играл во все предыдущие части ME. Однако андромеда это плохая игра. Про анимацию и диалоги сказано много. Хочется отметить плохую боевку. ИИ напарников очень плох, бросают гранаты в стены, не атакуют противника - не выполняют команды. Развитие планет должно было быть как в классических песочницах, сначала орбитальный модуль, потом космопорт, потом строения,Здравствуйте дорогие игроки. Я играл во все предыдущие части ME. Однако андромеда это плохая игра. Про анимацию и диалоги сказано много. Хочется отметить плохую боевку. ИИ напарников очень плох, бросают гранаты в стены, не атакуют противника - не выполняют команды. Развитие планет должно было быть как в классических песочницах, сначала орбитальный модуль, потом космопорт, потом строения, все это улучшать, добывать ресы и т.п. Однако этого нет. Есть маяк - черный экран (даже эпичной заставки под 2 spers from helll нету, сэкономили) - готовая колония на 10 домов. И все. Особенно бредово выглядит внутреннее убранство корабля которое больше чем корпус. Вообщем игру оцениваю на 3 из 10. Какая-то плохая смесь borderlands и трешачкового космосима.… Expand
  30. LifeHistory
    Apr 20, 2017
    8
    Never trust the Meta-Score nor the User-Score! bunch if haters never even played the game.

    Game is simply great, I had a blast. Amazing combat, good graphics and level design. Voice acting is not that bad at all. Game is big and lots to do. I loved the fact that the game is not only about "saving the world", it was more of a multi-storyline game you will meet new people and species    Never trust the Meta-Score nor the User-Score! bunch if haters never even played the game.

    Game is simply great, I had a blast. Amazing combat, good graphics and level design. Voice acting is not that bad at all.

    Game is big and lots to do. I loved the fact that the game is not only about "saving the world", it was more of a multi-storyline game you will meet new people and species to learn about and to help with their conflicts and problems. and I loved the idea. Hours of crafting and exploring new worlds.

    The big glitches were fixed by the first patch and the game was totally playable after that. I loved it more than ME3 and I am happy this has nothing to do with the Shepard series.

    Whats disturbing is the cut scenes when traveling between galaxies and planets. I hate the fact that you can't skip it. They said that they are going to make them skippable with a future patch.

    Pick the game at a discount totally worth it and play as a male character its a lot better than the female! it has much better voice actor.

    Downside is that there is a bit little action in the game and more of talking to people and exploring. Since the biggest thing in this game that makes it shine is its combat and therefore there should have been much more action in the game. Maybe I need even more exploration to find battles.    … Expand
  31. bsevenk
    Apr 19, 2017
    2
    imagine a game with pretty character, exciting space exploration, intense battle with alien monster and a story that makes you drown in emotions .... ya this game has none of those.
  32. RDSWYSD4
    Apr 19, 2017
    9
    There have only been a handful of games over the last 20 years that have given me a feeling of dread when I know they are nearing the finale'. I can now add Mass Effect Andromeda to that very short list. There is a lot to love about this game. First and foremost you *must* not begin playing this game expecting a sequel to the ME franchise. It is a separate game with a very differentThere have only been a handful of games over the last 20 years that have given me a feeling of dread when I know they are nearing the finale'. I can now add Mass Effect Andromeda to that very short list. There is a lot to love about this game. First and foremost you *must* not begin playing this game expecting a sequel to the ME franchise. It is a separate game with a very different story. Getting that expectation out of your head will go a long way toward you being able to enjoy this game on it's own merits. The story, mystery, exploration and yes, even some of the NPC relationships (actually most of them were great to me... as long as you talk to them!!!) kept me playing for almost 100 hours until the end. There are also a bunch of things to hate about this game. The facial expressions are painful to watch. Horrific! Not being able to hop on the Tempest to get some work done without taking off from the planet (very frustrating and time consuming), the clunky travel in the Helius Cluster (absolutely beautiful, but slow and repetitive) to name a few. But none of the things that I didn't like were worth putting the game away and none of them made me regret paying full price for this game. I loved it. It seems most that don't care for it are judging it by comparison to the other 3 ME games, or are letting some of the things I mentioned above hinder them from actually letting down their guard and immersing themselves in a great game! I haven't ever found a perfect game yet. It is impossible to create a game that is going to please every single person. Mass Effect Andromeda is no exception BUT I am absolutely salivating over any future DLC! There are at least a dozen areas where "cliffhangers" were left if you paid attention and read the terminals and emails. In summary I say to the naysayers: Give ME:A a chance.… Expand
  33. les01
    Apr 19, 2017
    2
    Goodbye BioWare. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice ...

    I will never again pre-order, nor even buy a BW game until its been well reviewed (by users, not bogus "professional critics"). Do not be fooled by the 8-10 ratings, EA/BW employees are on here creating fake reviews to try to put lipstick on this boring boring pig. There's no way anyone who played and loved prior ME titles    Goodbye BioWare. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice ...

    I will never again pre-order, nor even buy a BW game until its been well reviewed (by users, not bogus "professional critics"). Do not be fooled by the 8-10 ratings, EA/BW employees are on here creating fake reviews to try to put lipstick on this boring boring pig. There's no way anyone who played and loved prior ME titles could accept this horrible addition.

    I have been a BioWare fan for the longest time, from KOTOR, to Dragon Age and especially the Mass Effect series which I've literally logged thousands of hours on. I would count down the days to their next release. I'm one of the few that loved ME3, I didn't have a problem with an ending with the death of the player or even crew, everything has to end sometime and I was ready for a new setting.

    DA I was the first long anticipated release for me of a game I never did a second playthrough despite many play throughs in prior titles of the series. I hoped the ME series would be spared this, but apparently not.

    There is so much that is wrong with this game!

    I've come to expect great story telling from a BioWare title and this fails at that with an awful and boring story that only starts to get mildly interesting towards the end.

    BioWare chose high volume, low value corporate form fitted checklist content over substance and art. The game is replete with boring, excessive, pointless dialog, delivered emotionless and without the gravitas of the prior titles. You can easily see this YouTubing some dialog from ME1-3 and compare to some dialog in ME A. The dialog drones on in monotone from emotionless faces (even with the latest patch), making you want to skip it all.

    The checklist style seems to have bled into the quests, which like DAI are MMO style low value boring fetch quests that have little to no impact on the core story. In ME1-3, the side quests for the most part had everything to do with the core story!

    There's even checklists for political correctness issues which are awkwardly forced into the game seemingly for no other purpose than for people to see that BioWare is a very progressive organization. They don't contribute to the story, only distract from it.

    The squadmates are bland and completely forgettable. The new alien species and planets are cliche - desert world, ice world, oversized mushroom world, ....

    Instead of quests ending with plot twists, like Cerberus spoiling your plans and setting up for a Reaper takeover of Thessia, we get anti-climatic alien Sudoku puzzles! How do these even fit into an RPG? That is nothing but laziness!

    Oh, and because BioWare apparently views women as some sort of inferior gender that will suffer psychologically by seeing attractive models in a game, they made all character models butt ugly. I mean really ugly, especially compared to prior releases (they did the same in DA I). Not only that, clearly they wanted to prevent us from making an attractive player in the character creation by allowing a choice of 8 hideous heads and minimal ability to modify them. The CC has been gimped, you can make a clown but you can't make a character that looks like you or is attractive.

    While I like the enhanced mobility of the jump jets and the flexibility on the skills, taking out the pause (situational awareness), ability to load out teammates, and the ridiculous 3 power limit dumbs down the action to a basic shooter. I think that is the point. BioWare wants to move this to multiplayer and microtransactions so they wanted SP to be exactly like MP play.

    This game is a boring waste of time. Do not buy unless you like a space shooter and don't care about terrible story, voice acting, dialog, etc... BioWare is just a shell company now, banking on nostalgia to carry them through the next few limp-wristed deliveries.    … Expand
  34. Frek
    Apr 19, 2017
    7
    Does not live up to standard of storyline set in ME trilogy. However, I did play it to the end.
    What I liked: combat is improved, leveling system, exploration - especially Eos, multiplayer is just as fun as ME:3.
    What I think needs improvement: companions not as interesting at trilogy, story line. What I thought was horrible: graphical bugs, some conversations entirely lacked any    Does not live up to standard of storyline set in ME trilogy. However, I did play it to the end.
    What I liked: combat is improved, leveling system, exploration - especially Eos, multiplayer is just as fun as ME:3.

    What I think needs improvement: companions not as interesting at trilogy, story line.

    What I thought was horrible: graphical bugs, some conversations entirely lacked any choices to outright disagree

    7/10 - It didn't captivate my imagination like the original ME series, nor did I experience the same emotional highs, but it was worth playing. I do hope there will be some interesting DLC. I guess the bottom line is I do recommend the game but don't expect to be as emotionally invested as the original series.    … Expand
  35. Anz
    Apr 19, 2017
    9
    After patch this game is running well and animations are fixed too. Never had any big performance issues or any crashes, but after patch game runs even better.
  36. fubarczar
    Apr 18, 2017
    9
    Other than wanting to constantly shove Liam out an airlock and float the !%@#$, I really enjoyed the game. The game should easily have a Metascore of 90. People like to compare this to DA Inquisition, which had a Meta of 85 (PC) and that's fine, but it is even better than DA:I.

    Good - lots of content - Awesome flexible, mix-&-match power picking - Story was tighter and in a way    Other than wanting to constantly shove Liam out an airlock and float the !%@#$, I really enjoyed the game. The game should easily have a Metascore of 90. People like to compare this to DA Inquisition, which had a Meta of 85 (PC) and that's fine, but it is even better than DA:I.

    Good
    - lots of content
    - Awesome flexible, mix-&-match power picking
    - Story was tighter and in a way better than ME 3 and probably ME2 too. No lame giant Human Reaper made out of people, or stupid ME3 ending.
    - The motivations of the various factions was way more compelling than ME3
    - Great fast-paced multiplayer
    - good ending / lead-in for a sequel

    Bad
    - Liam
    - They replaced warp with pull on human adept in MP??? Should have been push or lance
    - Probe / Minning exploration from space, ugh!    … Expand
  37. MarcusAgrippa77
    Apr 18, 2017
    0
    Bioware has made some of the best games ever,however this is not one of them. Animations,story and voice acting are all terrible. Even Dragon Age 2 is better than this.
  38. thekeeblerelf
    Apr 18, 2017
    0
    I was talked into this game because the previous games were supposedly amazing, but if those previous games are even twice as good as this I won't be buying another mass effect game.
  39. SaturnFX
    Apr 18, 2017
    8
    Mass effect Andromeda is a love/hate relationship with franchise fans. Anyone giving lower than a 4 is simply a feckless partisan, but perhaps the same with the 10 votes. I will try to objectively give the pros and cons (with no real spoilers).

    Good points: +The exploration is well done. I enjoyed checking out populated and interesting planets. +The story is...okay. It could have    Mass effect Andromeda is a love/hate relationship with franchise fans. Anyone giving lower than a 4 is simply a feckless partisan, but perhaps the same with the 10 votes. I will try to objectively give the pros and cons (with no real spoilers).

    Good points:
    +The exploration is well done. I enjoyed checking out populated and interesting planets.
    +The story is...okay. It could have been more powerfully done, but as a starter game it does seem to be building up and focusing in on something that no doubt will come into fruition.
    +The characters are likable enough I suppose (this will be in both good and bad).
    +The graphics (for everything except for the humans) are well done. the aliens, the space ships, etc. All of it was what you want from a AAA game.
    +The missions - Some of them were good. (some were grindy also..the whole "find 16 X's to scan on various planets is a bit annoying but its not really necessary, so its a nice side distraction when you simply want to cruise around in your nomad).
    +The fighting was fantastic. The AI is a bit stupid (of course) but there is enough to make you feel like a butt kickin space ranger, or feel like a insignificant insect with big battles.

    Bad Points:
    -As said a thousand times before, the face animations are terrible..I get its generated but they need to seriously tweak that engine!
    -The characters are made intentionally either plain faced or catastrophically ugly. How do you make a adult game but then demand everyone deal with a desexualized and fugly population of humans because being pretty...in the future where plastic surgery is no doubt like putting on new socks...may be considered offensive to some..a game where full nudity and intercourse...pretty is over the top. seriously Bioware..get off this thing you got going on.
    -The writing is kinda terrible. the plot is good enough, but..seriously, its like the entire crew is just a bunch of indifferent temps at some office in the breakroom who seemingly could care less about anything. When you play the original game, there was passion in the characters, there was focus and it seemed everyone was on the same page of being part of something kickarse. This crew just seems..blah.
    -The main enemy mostly just seems like a bunch of a-holes without much depth. in ME1, you were in short time seemingly dealing with something profoundly mysterious and alien..and terrifying. the reapers from the previous series was just omnious...these guys...meh, they seems just sort of jackasses of the galaxy. I hope that in Andromeda 2, there is some real big things that can escalate this threat..because it just isn't really freaking me out
    -the "sjw" element is overt, obvious, and really annoying tryhard attempts. Bioware..you had it right already, you didn't need to do this. Anderson was my father figure, Jacob was by buddy, Tali, Eve, Miranda, Liara, etc were my teammates who stood beside me because they were ass kickers, not because..."insert minority or female for representation" characters. By this crap tactic, you effectively made me see my crew not as my crew, but as a corporate attempt to placate the whiny fringe latte sippers who dont even like the "toxic masculinity" games anyhow.
    -Biggest thing that many people hit down for isn't even part of the game. The people who worked on the game had in their midst's racists (Ever wonder why its soo difficult to simply make a white person?) anti-gamers, puritans, and ultimately people who were venomously going after "gamers" because of their stances on not caring if games have X minorities, X women, X transgenders, X etc and brow beat any non-progressive view through narration.
    Seriously bioware
    We love and miss you...purge this political grandstanding and just come back to us with some good talent, good games, and if you want, sure stick in some politics (represented fairly) as a game element, but mostly..just make a good, fun game adults who want to fantasize about being a hotass space man/woman kicking ass throughout the galaxy with some badasses to chop up.

    Anyhow..buy the game if cash isn't a issue..otherwise, grab it on a sale..its good..not great, but worth the buy    … Expand
  40. DJShepherd
    Apr 18, 2017
    10
    After playing 200+ hours of this game is turning out to be really good. The story really opens up about midway through, game play is amazing. really great battles, the story does have some good twists that caught me off guard. This game has something for everyone. I've already got my money's worth. I'll be playing this game for some time.
  41. Meik
    Apr 18, 2017
    7
    I don't understand all the Hate this Game gets, its not that bad, the Only Problem i have with it is that its not great either.
    Its a solid Game just not as Great as ME1-3 were for me.
  42. ShiverinEskimo
    Apr 18, 2017
    4
    Huge fan of the first trilogy which I replayed prior to release to get back in the groove. Probably the worst thing I could have done in hindsight as it only highlighted even more the fall from grace that Bioware have achieved with Andromeda. In the first hour you'll experience the tedium that stays with you for the rest of your experience. The breadcrumb-style fetch quests and totalHuge fan of the first trilogy which I replayed prior to release to get back in the groove. Probably the worst thing I could have done in hindsight as it only highlighted even more the fall from grace that Bioware have achieved with Andromeda. In the first hour you'll experience the tedium that stays with you for the rest of your experience. The breadcrumb-style fetch quests and total over-reliance on scanning ends up turning everything you do into such a chore to the point where even Ryder themselves makes frequent comments about the fact that 'nothing is ever simple'. When loading times and travel times between zones and planets are this long and you're on stage 4 of a 5 or 6 stage fetch quest between planets you start to get pretty frustrated pretty fast. Navpoint after navpoint for simple, non-consequential quests become infuriating and the rewards for completing these quests are minimal.

    The main protaganist is as far away from Shepherd as Andromeda is from the Milky Way in terms of being a character you can invest in and relate to. Where a huge part of Shepherd's character was being a champion of a cause that people could rally to, Ryder comes across throughout as a character out of their depth and painfully cringey in certain conversations. Perhaps having the Andromeda Initiative being a corporate-type project means that it loses that sense of authority or duty and ends up feeling like you're playing as an employee of a company you find hard to care about. Having the military theme in the original trilogy representing the species gave a sense of gravity to your actions. Not so in Andromeda.

    While there are quite a few technical hiccups throughout the game it's not these technical issues that hold the game back. It's a huge, lush canvass that Bioware did a great job in building and decorating but it's the lack of engaging characters, storylines and quests that let the game down. None of the crew of the tempest evoke anything close to what the crew of the Normandy did with ease in the original trilogy and this results in even their personal quests becoming yet another distraction and a further chore on a long list of chores. The enemies you fight aren't nearly varied enough and while there are a few hairy situations thrown at you, overall you'll find a one-fits-all strategy early on and then go through the motions with it throughout. Not having access to your companion's powers in combat only highlights how removed your companions are from the experience. Combat often feels like a lonely affair as a result and the devastating combos you could launch in the original trilogy are underpowered and restricted to your own three powers only. The gun play and cover system is good but the choice to remove control over your companions was a mistake in my opinion as your companions just aren't as valuable to you in combat as they were in the original trilogy.

    Overall a huge disappointment that failed in the writing room long before the artists and designers got to work. Bugs can be patched but there's nothing they can do about childish writing, hammy dialogue and soul-less breadcrumb quests. Swing and a miss from Bioware.    … Expand
  43. GeK
    Apr 18, 2017
    9
    Pre-Ordered the game and gameplay-wise had 0 issues. Facial Animations were bugged but quickly fixed in 1.05. Side-quests are a good time filler but beauty lies in the main story. I completed the game 100% (Aside from 2 tiny side tasks that couldn't be handed in due to a bug that didn't affect my gameplay in anyway). All in all i think for the game of such scale its technical flaws can bePre-Ordered the game and gameplay-wise had 0 issues. Facial Animations were bugged but quickly fixed in 1.05. Side-quests are a good time filler but beauty lies in the main story. I completed the game 100% (Aside from 2 tiny side tasks that couldn't be handed in due to a bug that didn't affect my gameplay in anyway). All in all i think for the game of such scale its technical flaws can be forgiven and I enjoyed the experience from the beginning to the end.

    When it comes to multiplayer it's alright but not the main dish play MP just to advance SP.

    I hope Bioware puts more thought into the sequel and give the story a minor facelift.    … Expand
  44. Merithyn
    Apr 17, 2017
    5
    Music: What happened? Composer change? They supposedly (as they put it) "modernized" already established music from the original trilogy. But in reality If you ask me they cut the good parts out and what was left is pitiful.

    Combat: Great actually. Exploring space: Please no more zooming in and zooming out. I got a headache after 3 planets! And guess what it cannot be skipped.    Music: What happened? Composer change? They supposedly (as they put it) "modernized" already established music from the original trilogy. But in reality If you ask me they cut the good parts out and what was left is pitiful.

    Combat: Great actually.

    Exploring space: Please no more zooming in and zooming out. I got a headache after 3 planets! And guess what it cannot be skipped.

    Story: There is a ton of MMO style side quest which make playing the game feel like a chore. The main story is not actually that bad but could be much, much better. Weak start, weak middle and then at the end there is a ton of action, revelations, emotions and dialogues all packed into maybe 2 hours?
    As it is the epilogue just painfully points out all the lacking things leading to it.

    Dialogues: Didn't feel like there was any choices at all. And jokes... so many jokes. Why put in so many jokes in the space opera? It felt dumbed down. If the target audience is young children I understand otherwise...    … Expand
  45. Flopseh
    Apr 17, 2017
    3
    There is clear drop in quality in ME franchise. ME: Andromeda contains tons of quests and content yet story, character lines, characters, quests everything seems plain.

    In summary: + Lot of content + Nice atmospheres inside game + Jokes - Script is total **** which ruins rest of the game - Even after the first patch game is still really buggy -- crashes, and bugs that cause you to    There is clear drop in quality in ME franchise. ME: Andromeda contains tons of quests and content yet story, character lines, characters, quests everything seems plain.

    In summary:
    + Lot of content
    + Nice atmospheres inside game
    + Jokes
    - Script is total **** which ruins rest of the game
    - Even after the first patch game is still really buggy -- crashes, and bugs that cause you to stuck in the starmap
    - Quest feel very plain, run to A to B, go to planet A run, go to planet C... click object head back (oh shoot random mob here and there) thats it
    - New races are not interesting
    - Starmap is **** even the skip feature was introduced in last patch parts of the transition that should have been skippable.. are not
    - Multiplayer priority feels throughout the singleplayer:
    * Gear itemization uses same system as multiplayer which does not fit it
    * Planet locations feel just to be part of multiplayer stages where player hits the same enemies all over again.
    - Fights become boring way before you reach the end as game does not offer anything else but minibosses that are copies of normal enemies with just buffed stats. (except the architect but yet you get to fight the exact fight like 5 times o/)
    - You can equip 3 powers even there are like 30 active powers you can choose from -- this limits ability to play the game as biotic or tech spec.
    - In single player biotic singularity scales ridiculously big which causes you can even in hardcore mode to debuff / eat up many mobs
    - 3 abilities -> combat chaining as it has been introduced to ME do not work. Limitation to 3 abilities is clearly because of console support.
    * Mass effect is getting reduced to common FPS with console limitations

    This game adds to my "brands&games ruined by EA" and "games ruined by console port compromises".

    TIPs:
    If you are ME fan at least wait that the game receives more patches and that the game gets cheaper. If you are not ME fan and did not play the 2 original games, consider trying them    … Expand
  46. superkiril
    Apr 17, 2017
    10
    pluses: 1)very good combat system;2)interesting plot;3)new,interesting galaxy;4)exiting loyalty missions;
    minuses:0
    conclusion;very good continuation of Mass Effect
  47. Jconno
    Apr 17, 2017
    8
    While it does have issues (animations can be pretty rough, a few bugs forced me to reload earlier saves etc), it manages to recapture the spirit of Mass Effect; great characters, interesting plot and brilliant world building. Add to that vastly improved combat and this game is a worthy addition to the Mass Effect universe.
  48. thisisevilevil
    Apr 17, 2017
    6
    Even after patch 1.05 this game is still a mess, unfortunately. There's still too many bugs. I would have given it a 5/10 but the story is still good (Though not as good as ME2/ME3). There's just too many shortcomings here, and when you put the "Mass Effect" title on your game, the expectations is high.

    Just a short summary of some of the shortcomings/annoyances: -Planet exploration is    Even after patch 1.05 this game is still a mess, unfortunately. There's still too many bugs. I would have given it a 5/10 but the story is still good (Though not as good as ME2/ME3). There's just too many shortcomings here, and when you put the "Mass Effect" title on your game, the expectations is high.

    Just a short summary of some of the shortcomings/annoyances:
    -Planet exploration is a hassle. Too many cutscenes (And you still can't skip most of them, even after patch 1.05)
    -Character animations are still buggy
    -When engaging in conversation, the conversation option doesn't even nearly reflect what your character will actually say.
    -A lot of quests is still broken as of patch 1.05. Reloading your latest save usually solves it for most quests though.
    -Some very annoying side quests yield very little reward. Take for instance the quest where you have to scan minerals on a few planets. After completing that quest, you got a 200 credit reward.....
    -Some side quests/assignments feels like a chore. I know the ME4 development team said they wanted to imitate what the Witcher 3 did with their side quests, but the quality of the side quests in ME4 is not even near The Witcher 3.
    -The Quest tracking system is nothing short of horrible.

    I see lots of 1's, 2's and 3 ratings in here, the game is really not that bad, but I do believe this just underlines how disappointed the ME fans is with this game    … Expand
  49. Radursm
    Apr 17, 2017
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Minor spoilers!
    Pro's: Some novelty of the Andromeda species, a new Reaper-like mystery (the Scourge, the Kett "exaltation"), better graphics, some atmosphere.
    Con's: there are many of them. I even tried to put them in some categories:
    a) FP game-play con's: the combat system is less tactical, which transformed ME-A in a FPS-like game, losing the good old ME trilogy playing. Take an example: your squad mates cannot be ordered too much (you have only one command: gather here, or attack!).
    b) Walking/ running/ jumping. Sometimes stupid obstacles are placed where they shouldn't have been. There is a planet in the game, for exampl, where you need to jump over the given rocks every time you enter/exit the ship. During the game, you need quite often to use the omni-tool scanner, which it may be cool from time to time. Paradoxically, it obstructs your field of view so much while in scanning mode, and you don't know where are you walking to while scanning, so that you might fall into some hazardous situation. So, switching the scanner off- then scanner on for so many times, that you'll get annoyed and sick of it. No to mention that in "scanner on" mode you cannot jump/climb. And, of course, you'll 99% of times bump into a rock, or a fence-like object. As I said, 99% of the times. Scanner off. Climb/ jump. Scanner on. Continue walking while using the scanner. Bump. Off. Climb/Jump. On. Walk. Miss/ pass the objective. Return. Curse. Walk. On. Do something (Interact with the object/ take/ activate). Scanner off. Reach the newly created objective. Scanner on. And so on.
    c) Vehicle game-play con's. Well, it beats the Mako. It is more "drivable". On the other hand, you get tired of it pretty soon. All you have to do is to drive it over some rocks (yeah...), dunes, rocks again, caves. It doesn't have any guns.
    d) Ship ("The Tempest") star navigation con's. Unnecessary animations while scanning the planets or systems. A lot of unnecessary animation each and every time you land and take-off a mission planet. If you are patient enough to read my further comments, you'll get what I mean. Long story short, there are lots of missions that will require you to go several times from a planet to another. Watching the same in-game animation for a zillion times makes you rather unhappy... And no, I am not talking/ writing about loading/ saving screens, those would've been understandable... And not about the short animations like those in ME1, for example. But some minute-long animations each and everytime you move your ship. Evan reaching some planet is a 3 stages animation. You have around 4-5 planets in every system, plus some points of interests. You do the math of how many minutes/ seconds you lose.
    e) Dialogue system con's. Sometimes, talking with the characters is not funny or interesting. You need to go through several conversational options, without making you getting motivated in the given NPC's or other in game character's story. Some are veeeeeery boring. And you cannot say which one is important for the main quest, or just a secondary one, or even a dead end. You need to got through all of them
    f) Romance con's. Well, "the characters" are not as attractive as any of the original trilogy romances. But this is rather subjective. And the choices you would have are somewhat fewer, less fulfilling?
    g) Overall, the missions are like this: fetch something. Go to the planet A. Patiently watch the animation of landing. There, go the a nav-point on the map. Fight some bad guys. Scan objects, interact with some of them. Fight some more bad guys. Go to nav point 2. Fight/ Scan/Fetch/Dialogue. Go to the ship. Watch the animation of the taking-off. Go to the planet B (some animations of the travel). Watch the animation of landing. Go to the nav point one. Fight/ Scan/Fetch/Dialogue. Go to the Nav point 2. Climb, jump, drive the vehicle. Fight/ Scan/Fetch/Dialogue. Go back to the Nav point 1. Fight/ Scan/Fetch/Dialogue. Go to the ship. Take- Off. Animations, of course. Inside the ship: fetch/dialogue or use the messy R&D console. Go to the planet C. Animations. Watch the landing animation. Go to the Nav point 1. Dialogue, buy. Go to the nav point 2 (with some map transitions, depending on the planet). Climb. Jump. Fight/ Scan/Fetch/Dialogue. Go to the ship. Watch taking-off animation.. Go to the planet D.... You got the point.
    h) Character development, relationships, dialogues. con's. The content is not as profound, meaningful as I expected it to be. Playing ME-A, I didn't really care about my friendships or romance relationship. They were just.... there. I am a "completionist", this being the only reason I let them happen, given the associated quests (Loyalty missions), not that I really was emotionally oriented to any of the squad mates.
    i) The story is weak. For a comparison, imagine that the original ME trilogy would have been a story about the ME 1 geth conflict, the goal of the game being to kill their boss. 5/10    … Expand
  50. josei1985
    Apr 17, 2017
    6
    Vaya por delante que no he jugado a la trilogía original.

    Estamos ante un buen juego en cuanto a jugabilidad y con un final de historia realmente bueno. La verdad que lo mejor de este juego es cuando iniciamos una misión principal o de lealtad, nos ponemos en situación y empezamos pegar tiros. La sensación de diversión es inmediata y muy satisfactoria. El jetpack es una bendición para    Vaya por delante que no he jugado a la trilogía original.

    Estamos ante un buen juego en cuanto a jugabilidad y con un final de historia realmente bueno. La verdad que lo mejor de este juego es cuando iniciamos una misión principal o de lealtad, nos ponemos en situación y empezamos pegar tiros. La sensación de diversión es inmediata y muy satisfactoria. El jetpack es una bendición para evitar los disparos del enemigo o ascender por el escenario. El juego se hará más disfrutable según vayamos investigando y desarrollando armas con más daño. La IA enemiga sin ser excelente es bastante buena, te intentará flanquear o rodearte atacándote por detrás. Hay un evidente reciclaje de bosses finales, como arquitectos relictos y jefes kett. No habrá demasiados problemas por conseguir munición y vida en el tiroteo.

    La historia principal va de menos a más con un final muy bueno. Del contenido secundario solo se salvan las misiones de lealtad y alguna suelta, el resto es otro ejemplo de mundo abierto con decenas de misiones de relleno que no aportan absolutamente nada y son totalmente prescindibles.

    Gráficos,rendimiento y optimización: Los gráficos son buenos pero nada que nos sorprenda salvo en los exteriores, donde más de una vez admiraremos la belleza de lo que tenemos en pantalla. El juego tiene una pésima optimización, necesitaremos un pc de alta gama para jugar a todo en ultra, especialmente en resoluciones superiores a 1080p y si buscamos los 60ps. Con un i5 6600 y una gtx 980 lo jugado en 1080p60fps con la mayoría de opciones en ultra bajando otras. En 20k60fps solo era posible con todo en bajo.

    El juego cuenta con unos bugs que arruinan la experiencia. Los hay de todo todo aunque han sido más frecuentes la primera mitad del juego, después, quién sabe si como consecuencia del parche, han sido bastante menores, pero los hay. Ejemplo:

    - De vez en cuando te encuentras enemigos suspendidos en el aire
    - Usando el francotirador a unos 200 metros, puedes cargarte un pelotón entero sin que nadie reaccione siempre y cuando mueran de un solo tiro. Cuando se trata de enemigos que necesitan más de un disparo (o lo falles) será cuando reaccionen.
    - En ocasiones, tras morir una vez, el juego parece cambiar la dificultad, pues notas que con el mismo arma, a la misma distancia y mismo enemigo, el daño que haces es mucho menor que en condiciones normales.
    - En las escenas en que la nave aterriza en un planeta (y no se puede emitir), la pantalla petardea cambiando a varios colores (azul, verde y rojo) cuando el planeta está en la oscuridad o hay nieve.
    - Brusquedad en el paso del gameplay a cinemáticas o a escena de diálogo, ocurren cosas raras, desaparecen personajes o estos hacen gestos extraños.
    - En los diálogos, especialmente con personajes muy secundarios, la cámara no enfoca bien a nuestro interlocutor, saldrá cortado o estaremos mirando una pared. .

    Guión/Diálogo. Apartado decepcionante. No en todo el juego pero sí ves que flojea en algunos momentos. No se ve aquello que ha encumbrado a esta saga. Da la sensación que nuestras decisiones apenas afectan al juego.

    Exploración. Salvo al principio, va a llegar un punto en que no querrás explorar ni profundizar en su mundo, pues hay cierta sensación de mundo abierto vacío. Los minerales los irás recolectando según se crucen en tu camino pero nunca porque vayas expresamente a buscarlos. Llegarás a cada planeta nuevo y buscarás activar lo antes posible las cápsulas de viaje rápido.

    Es un juego que ha salido a la venta prematuramente, ME Andromeda pedía a gritos más meses para ser pulido. Actualmente es un juego que aprobaría de milagro, gracias a su excelente jugabilidad pero con constantes fallos y contenido secundario de cuarta regional que le restan bastante. Totalmente arreglado quizá llegaría a un 7,5, pero no será jamás un juego de sobresaliente.

    En resumidas cuentas, no puedo recomendar a día de hoy ME Andromeda. Cierto que Bioware ha sacado y seguirá sacando parches, por ello aconsejo esperar unos meses o a que salga edición goty y a un precio no mayor a 20-25€.

    Posiblemente el primer fiasco de 2017 en cuanto Triple A.

    Vaya, no he dicho nada de las expresiones faciales. No se equivoquen, no es el mayor problema de este videojuego y con el parche de abril, menos.    … Expand
  51. stimpy77
    Apr 16, 2017
    8
    Another amazing adventure from the brilliant folks at Bioware furthering the Mass Effect franchise.

    Mass Effect: Andromeda is set in a parallel timeline to the earlier trilogy--that is, in the future, but with a backstory whereby the Milky Way had an "initiative" to go about exploring and seeding another galaxy shortly before ME:3 began. It took over 600 years to make the journey in    Another amazing adventure from the brilliant folks at Bioware furthering the Mass Effect franchise.

    Mass Effect: Andromeda is set in a parallel timeline to the earlier trilogy--that is, in the future, but with a backstory whereby the Milky Way had an "initiative" to go about exploring and seeding another galaxy shortly before ME:3 began. It took over 600 years to make the journey in cryo sleep. When they arrive--the beginning of Andromeda--they discover that there's more going on in this new galaxy than they anticipated. They're most certainly not the first sentient life. In fact, there are three new species already there that they have to deal with--good guys, bad guys, and one you never get to meet but you enjoy their toys, just like the Protheans in ME:1. Plus perhaps a fourth, whoever caused "the scourge", but said "scourge" is all you ever see from them.

    Speaking of which, there are some major holes in the lore here. In ME:1, the ability to traverse the galaxy was given only by way of the mass effect relays, since no ship has the built-in capacity to travel that far so quickly without a relay. But in ME:A, all ships, even shuttles, can pop around the galaxy without any relay. Space travel is just a simple button push. There aren't even any conflicts with power shortages blocking hyperspace travel.

    "Why bother with all that 'rules of science' sci-fi garbage if the goal is to have fun, right?", I imagine the leads at Bioware saying. Suspension of disbelief is lost on the intellectual.

    And then there is the issue of holes in crew introductions. In the trilogy, crew members are usually properly introduced. In ME:A, most of the introductions are tossed aside. Some strange "people" are on "your ship" (speaking of which, no introduction for the ship, either), go grab a gun and go exploring with your new stranger friends. That's a pretty rocky start. By the end of the game, I completed all the "Allies and Relationships" missions and ended up feeling like I knew my crew a lot better, so that makes up for a lot. But it still happened that there were no introductions, and for that I steal a point.

    There also seems to be an annoying routine among the fanbase where homosexual and interspecies sex seems to be the standard goal for half of the players. I find that disgusting. Look, just because LGBT SJW's have been making a lot of "progress" in advancing both the rights and the hearts and minds of people around the world doesn't mean that alienating the traditional heterosexual crowd who prefer also their own skin color should be forced to experience gay or interspecies come-ons on a repeated basis.

    Speaking of existing fanbase, the ME trilogy fans are a spoiled lot. Most of the negatives here are dramatically overreaching. The fact is, this is a very beautiful and fun game, very much a part of the Mass Effect franchise--it fits well, without violating the ME:3 backstory ending. It's engaging, and the general plot works for me. Several details do not. I don't like all of the writing. I don't like how background smalltalk chatter gets interrupted because you run or drive over poorly planned trigger points. I didn't feel that the end game celebrations and declarations of "we did it" were appropriate considering WHERE THEY WERE. But this game had my full attention for two good weekends, and I enjoyed the ride. Games don't usually keep me so engaged.    … Expand
  52. LaszloR1
    Apr 16, 2017
    5
    ME:A is the most mediocre game I've ever played. The story for industry standards is not that bad, but still doesn't live up the ME standards. They had enough time to polish the game, but they couldn't or just didn't want to. Bioware had a good reputation to this point, but they managed to ruin it. This is just another shooter with some RPG elements, and what is an RPG without a greatME:A is the most mediocre game I've ever played. The story for industry standards is not that bad, but still doesn't live up the ME standards. They had enough time to polish the game, but they couldn't or just didn't want to. Bioware had a good reputation to this point, but they managed to ruin it. This is just another shooter with some RPG elements, and what is an RPG without a great story? The game had some cool mechanics, but this game just doesn't live up to the expectations. The game became a meme with many glitches posted to youtube and other social media sites. The facial animations are just amateur, I can't believe they could push out a game like this. I don't know if they made female characters worse looking, than males for the sake of social justice or just for being incompetent, altough they tried to fix it with a later patch. They are trying to fix the game as much as possible and I respect them for trying, but the game still remains mediocre. If you want to spend your hard earned money on something that is worth it try to avoid ME:A.… Expand
  53. mrsmokey
    Apr 16, 2017
    0
    Mass Effect Andromeda is a very disappointing addition to the Mass Effect series,

    terrible companions none of them are very intresting and you will care very little for them or there backstorys new race is awful and introduced in a bland mundane manner i have read other reviews boasting that the story is great these pepole need to read more books as i have no idea what there    Mass Effect Andromeda is a very disappointing addition to the Mass Effect series,

    terrible companions none of them are very intresting and you will care very little for them or there backstorys

    new race is awful and introduced in a bland mundane manner

    i have read other reviews boasting that the story is great these pepole need to read more books as i have no idea what there talking about its boring and unintresting would go more into it but dont want to spoil the game for anyone

    combat is dull and unintresting you can no longer control your ai companions abilitys which is a massive step back

    the weapons feel lackluster and the enemys feel like a bullet sponge u just get a good combo from your abilitys rinse and repeat to the end

    the worlds you exsplore are just awful compared to the previouse games theres a ark on every planet and its just so boring and the puzzles break the gameplay if i wanted to play suduko every 20 mins into the game i would of bought a game about suduko this game has honestly shown the me the level of garbage companys spew out for revenue of a popular ip i will not be buying the next game in the series as this game is a joke to the mass effect name if you played mass effect 1-3 go replay them this game dosent hold a candle to them i cannot understand how anymore can give this terrible game a positive score ????????????????? i have ran into quite a few bugs i died during a cutscene and the game would not reload game freezes and music stutters do not buy this game its terrible    … Expand
  54. EasternUNO
    Apr 16, 2017
    8
    I don't understand you guys. Maybe when you preordered this game and played it before release it could be worse, but I started to play it one day after this game was released and I didn't notice some bad animations. In my opinion it's normal and you should all realize that it's still game!!! It's not reality and games will always differ.

    After spending 35 hours in this game I can simply    I don't understand you guys. Maybe when you preordered this game and played it before release it could be worse, but I started to play it one day after this game was released and I didn't notice some bad animations. In my opinion it's normal and you should all realize that it's still game!!! It's not reality and games will always differ.

    After spending 35 hours in this game I can simply say that I love it, graphics are great, the environment, space, scanning planets and everything is really amazing. I am enjoying it a lot.

    There was a bug that you can't open doors and access bridge on the ship, so I had to replay again one mission before, in order to continue in this game what was pretty annoying... There are couple of small bugs, but mostly it doesn't affect the game. I like it))    … Expand
  55. TheYossi
    Apr 16, 2017
    8
    At first I was skeptical about the game, A lot of reviews saying it was bad, but I gave it a shot, as a huge fan of the previous ME trilogy I had to. After merely 100 hours of gameplay, In which I covered every possible mission, sidequest and task I could find (I still have a few tasks) I can say this game deserves more love. For a game of this magnitude it is understandable to have someAt first I was skeptical about the game, A lot of reviews saying it was bad, but I gave it a shot, as a huge fan of the previous ME trilogy I had to. After merely 100 hours of gameplay, In which I covered every possible mission, sidequest and task I could find (I still have a few tasks) I can say this game deserves more love. For a game of this magnitude it is understandable to have some bugs and glitches, but bioware listens to their fans, so I won't count that as failure, they already fixed some major bugs and glitches, and even improved animations.

    The pros:
    -Story is interesting, it keeps you on your toes up until the end and you just can't have enough of it.
    -Companions are likable, you get to know them and even love them eventually, I can't say as much as ME trilogy (Its a trilogy, you have that built up each game up until the third, unlike here which is the first.)
    -Combat system, One of the best features of the game, it's ridiculously fun, Its dynamic, fluent and fast. I really enjoyed this part of the game, much more than the trilogy (which was slower and much more cover and shoot than anything else).
    -Graphics: even tho my PC didn't max it out, the game was beautiful, the environments are unique to each planet and system, the sounds, the textures. I have to say they really stepped up the game here.
    -Gameplay time: You have tons of hours to put in this game, not counting the multiplayer, if you really want to go through every detail of the game it will take you quite a while to finish (for me about a 100 hours)
    -Crafting system: unlike the last 2 games, this one has a pretty decent crafting system, where you get to build your own equip, according to your style. you even get to pick the color of your set, which is a nice touch.

    Cons:
    -Dialogs and Character interaction: Throughout most of the game the dialog and the characters are a bit dull. It was hard to connect to some of the characters at first, and I found myself disappointed. Although Mid-late game I managed to get the connection I wanted and I loved it. Yet it is a downside of the game.
    -Face animations: The face animations are not the best they could offer, there is a lot of room to improve, hell the 2nd and 3rd mass effect had better more realistic animations than this. At times I felt it was really ruining the experience of awe that you have at first of a game, but yet if you stick around you get used to it.
    -Side quests: I've enjoyed some mostly because the combat is fun, but there aren't enough stories in these quests, a lot of them are dull and repetitive, which could have been more creative and memorable.
    -Repetitive stuff: A lot of things get repetitive at times, the Asari all look alike (except Peebee), at times you pass through places and the NPC will repeat the same sentence over and over even though you progressed in the storyline. Sometimes it put me off, and it wasn't that much of an experience as I would want it to be.

    In conclusion,
    I liked the game, I wouldn't say it is the best Mass Effect ever released, but it is an enjoyable one for Sci-Fi and ME fans.

    Cheers.    … Expand
  56. itsz
    Apr 16, 2017
    8
    I really can't understand the hatred for this title. Overall, Andromeda just about stands up to any of the previous Mass Effect games. Sure there are some issues with facial animation and voice acting, but the story is solid (nothing mind-blowing, but after 75 hours I'm genuinely sad to be finished with the game.

    The combat is fantastic, and the worlds and visuals are stunning. Quests    I really can't understand the hatred for this title. Overall, Andromeda just about stands up to any of the previous Mass Effect games. Sure there are some issues with facial animation and voice acting, but the story is solid (nothing mind-blowing, but after 75 hours I'm genuinely sad to be finished with the game.

    The combat is fantastic, and the worlds and visuals are stunning. Quests are plentiful, and while there are a number of generic fetch/scan quests, there are also a decent quantity of tailored side quests, which develop many of the characters and situations on each world.

    I'm left wanting more, and that's a good thing.    … Expand
  57. whatever523
    Apr 16, 2017
    7
    ME:A could be a potential game of the year if it wasn't for some bad flaws.

    + Technically, the game is very good (single player). Graphics, performance, configuration options. + Great fluid gameplay and combat. + Good progression system with skill points, classes and gear upgrades. + Good exploration mechanics on the planets and the Mako is back. + About 90 hours of mostly good    ME:A could be a potential game of the year if it wasn't for some bad flaws.

    + Technically, the game is very good (single player). Graphics, performance, configuration options.
    + Great fluid gameplay and combat.
    + Good progression system with skill points, classes and gear upgrades.
    + Good exploration mechanics on the planets and the Mako is back.
    + About 90 hours of mostly good content.
    + The animations are great, with a few exceptions.

    - The game tries to convey a message of inclusiveness and political correctness whenever possible and in a very blatant and childish way. Made me cringe during many dialogues. This is a big deal in a game that relies on dialogue so much and a huge step back compared to previous ME games that treated the player like an adult.
    - Many of the main characters are average and forgettable (Suvi, Vectra, Liam, Addison, ...). The female Ryder also has some weird dialogue and a strange grin on her face that mostly doesn't fit the situation.
    - Stupid sudoku style puzzles. They're not smart, just boring.
    - Travelling the space looks great, but a few hours in you wish you could instantly move to locations and skip all travel animations, especially when exploring. It doesn't help that scanning planets isn't very fun or rewarding.
    - Multiplayer could be fun, but it's plagued by lag, disconnects and crashes. The progression system is even worse than in ME3. The whole game mode is designed so players spend money on the store. They cancelled the beta test saying the game mode is polished and doesn't need more testing, which was clearly a lie. It's also very easy to cheat, as MP is peer to peer based. I don't think I've ever had such a bad multiplayer experience in any game.

    The game is good, but could have been great. Which is sad, as they clearly put a lot of effort into it and the mistakes were very avoidable. Keep your political opinion out of games, don't lie to your customers and finish the game before you release it.    … Expand
  58. alexluk
    Apr 16, 2017
    3
    Pros:
    1. Sci-Fi game with lots of potential
    2. Good combat mechanics Cons: 1. Deeply childish dialogues and behavior for RPG (may be intended for kids ages 6-10 to play?) 2. Political agendas all over the place (may be intended to be political advertisement instead of RPG) 3. Boring and pointless nothing matters no matter how hard you try (may be intended to call in depression)    Pros:
    1. Sci-Fi game with lots of potential
    2. Good combat mechanics

    Cons:
    1. Deeply childish dialogues and behavior for RPG (may be intended for kids ages 6-10 to play?)
    2. Political agendas all over the place (may be intended to be political advertisement instead of RPG)
    3. Boring and pointless nothing matters no matter how hard you try (may be intended to call in depression)

    I loved Mass Effect 1 and 2, was disgusted by Mass Effect 3, but even 3 was not so bad comparing to this Andromeda disaster. Ceased playing and removed at 2nd mission on planet, it's that bad.

    May be this will be interesting for kids up to age 10, anyone above that age will be deeply bored and insulted by the underestimation of his/hers intelligence by developers.    … Expand
  59. Soujirop
    Apr 16, 2017
    9
    Okay so after 70 hours I finished the game and am ready to review.

    Graphics (8/10): they do the job. Shaders are impressive in some moments. The artistic direction is mixed, with character and planet design of moderate quality, but with places like alien temples and ships, underground ice caves and Havarl (a jungle-type planet) that are amazing. Regarding the “facial animations” issue,    Okay so after 70 hours I finished the game and am ready to review.

    Graphics (8/10): they do the job. Shaders are impressive in some moments. The artistic direction is mixed, with character and planet design of moderate quality, but with places like alien temples and ships, underground ice caves and Havarl (a jungle-type planet) that are amazing. Regarding the “facial animations” issue, it’s definitely a minor thing mainly affecting Director Addison. There are some bugs going on though for example jumping animations breaking or enemies losing their animations too and becoming paralyzed, these happen sadly often.

    Sound (8/10): music is one of the weak points of the game, the music is not “bad” but it is quickly forgotten and lacks personality, being just your average science-fiction theme music. The voice acting, however, is just perfect.

    Gameplay (8/10): The combat is a lot of fun, dynamic and an evolution of the trilogy. However some combat elements are gone like the ability to choose the specific skills you want a partner to use. Regarding the exploration, Bioware is still a bit amateur building large/open worlds. ME:A has several big planets that are superficially interesting and motivate some exploring, but you quickly realize there’s not a lot to do in them and it’s better to move on. The puzzles are repetitive and reduced to sudoku-like games, which speaks of little effort or originality from the developers. Same goes to scanning minigames which get repetitive too fast. Regarding the “less dialogue” options, it is not true. From the original “good/bad” dichotomy, we now have 2 dichotomies: the emotional approach will give the opposite results of the logical approach, while the professional approach will give the opposite results of the casual approach. Regarding the “limited type of enemies” issue, it isn’t true either, in the original mass effect there were mostly 3 factions of enemies per game, as like the reapers, the geth and bandits (meaning renegade/pirates etc). In Andromeda you still have 3 factions: the remnant, the kett and bandits.

    Story/Setting (9/10): Let’s start with the characters. Ryder is not as attractive as Shepard, but instead is kind of a regular person and overall likeable. It lacks personal growth though, as his personality and reactions stay pretty much the same from start to finish. Regarding the crew we have brilliant characters like Peebe, very human-like ones like Cora, mixed with the quite forgettable rest. This is mainly an issue with their personalities being unimpressive, not so much with them lacking depth, because all of them have a big amount of dialogue and side content behind, probably more than any character of the original trilogy. Some non-party members would have been a much better choice to be party members, like Reyes, Sloanne, the pathfinders, etc. Lastly the villains, named the Kett, are mysterious enough to remain interesting until the end, but do not expect something as innovative and overwhelming as the Reapers. Regarding the plot, it is overall in the same level of quality as ME1, with your regular dose of twists and intrigue, but it should be noted it is heavily inspired by the trilogy, and the parallelisms makes some situations/discoveries too familiar to be exciting. The side content is mainly of moderate quality, with uninteresting plots that lack any connection to the protagonist, the main story or the party to stay relevant. Party members related quests being the exception.
    One of the big drawbacks of the game is the setting/universe. Andromeda planets fail big time to impress you, mainly because nearly none of them feel “alien”, but rather chunks of familiar Earthly ecosystems like deserts or the Arctic that kind of kill the mood for exploration after a couple hours on the planet. The lack of ideas in this aspect becomes evident when you reach the second desert-like planet. One was more than enough... The fact that they lack “time” was also a disappointing, meaning they lack things like a day/night cycle, or a “life cycle” for inhabitants, that is to say NPCs are static elements in the scene instead of moving and/or interacting with their surroundings (like they do in Skyrim or The Witcher 3). Also the Angara race, the -only- Andromeda new humanoid friendly species, are a bit disappointing too, feeling painfully familiar and lacking personality.
    Regarding the ending, epilogue included, it was mostly up to my expectations and made up for many of the flaws I saw throughout the game, but a “big last boss” would have been a good addition.

    In summary, the game still has the Mass Effect feel to it and will keep u hooked until the end, but the evident quantity over quality approach prevents it from being at the level of the original trilogy. This should probably be an “8 point something” so let’s keep it a 9/10, if only to make up for the big amount of undeserving hate in here.    … Expand
  60. nik1188
    Apr 16, 2017
    10
    Don't understand the haters, this game is awesome. This is coming from
    Beautiful and stunning graphics and a fun action packed storyline with great combat. i had no bad animations and very few bugs (which was my only complaint - that and I completed the game and now i want more). Yes the eye's were a bit weird - not as bad as everyone is making the faces out to be - but Bioware listened    Don't understand the haters, this game is awesome. This is coming from
    Beautiful and stunning graphics and a fun action packed storyline with great combat. i had no bad animations and very few bugs (which was my only complaint - that and I completed the game and now i want more). Yes the eye's were a bit weird - not as bad as everyone is making the faces out to be - but Bioware listened to the fans and fixed that
    This is coming from a from a guy who has played the original trilogy several times
    Oh well - haters gonna hate
    Keep up the great work Bioware - Here's to the next game!    … Expand
  61. Tecco
    Apr 16, 2017
    4
    Why does everything have to be openworld nowadays, it just waters down everything.
    ME:A is no different.
    They spent so much time making "Open World" and so little making a what made the ME games truly special and lovable. We dont want a billion cubicmeters of coal Bioware! We want a flawless gem!, The size is irellevant!!! Quantity is worthless without quality. To be honest it feels    Why does everything have to be openworld nowadays, it just waters down everything.
    ME:A is no different.
    They spent so much time making "Open World" and so little making a what made the ME games truly special and lovable.
    We dont want a billion cubicmeters of coal Bioware! We want a flawless gem!, The size is irellevant!!!
    Quantity is worthless without quality.
    To be honest it feels like it is made by completely different people. People who dont understand the universe, and just dont really care.    … Expand
  62. tomchee
    Apr 16, 2017
    8
    To be honest, i got what i expected. The game got too big hype, however it was obvious. whitout the old team they can't make as awsome game as the Shepard series was. BUT still its a great game. With patches, its gona be a 8/10
  63. sketchE
    Apr 16, 2017
    8
    Fun game play, most customization of character than ever before. Take critic reviews over the hundreds of people giving ones and zeros based on blatant lies. the game is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but its fun. Crew has even distribution of male female characters and a realistic number of homosexual or bi characters. you can make a white character no matter how manyFun game play, most customization of character than ever before. Take critic reviews over the hundreds of people giving ones and zeros based on blatant lies. the game is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but its fun. Crew has even distribution of male female characters and a realistic number of homosexual or bi characters. you can make a white character no matter how many people try to say you cant.

    The characters are entertaining and deeper than people want to give credit for. Vetra and Dracks almost father daughter relationship is a highlight. Loyalty missions are range from fun humorous to painting one character as a badass. profiles allowing you to switch between multiple power loadouts in three button presses makes up for the lack of wheels from previous games and gives you more powers at your fingertips than ever before.

    if your looking for space opera that was the original trilogy you wont find it. what you will get is a space adventure. exploration is the main focus of the game    … Expand
  64. Xylli
    Apr 15, 2017
    10
    Its funny how many people dislike the game because of "technical issues" just because their PC is crap, or "bad Story" after playing 1 hour.

    After 160 hours ( 98 hours in the Single player Campaign ) i can say that the game is good. I nearly had no bugs the Game looks great, a lot of the quests are good imho besides the Scan MMO stuff but you can let that out. The Story is good and    Its funny how many people dislike the game because of "technical issues" just because their PC is crap, or "bad Story" after playing 1 hour.

    After 160 hours ( 98 hours in the Single player Campaign ) i can say that the game is good.
    I nearly had no bugs the Game looks great, a lot of the quests are good imho besides the Scan MMO stuff but you can let that out.

    The Story is good and sets up for the next games. If they do it right, there is potential to be even better than the OT.
    Im glad they made a cut under the old stuff and dont care about the old cry babys who want shepard back.

    Cant wait for future Andromeda Games.    … Expand
  65. Luizard
    Apr 15, 2017
    3
    I gave this game many chances, but the crazy amount of bugs and bland story made me turn on one of my favorite franchises ever. I just did a mission twice and the Kett boss vanished both times leaving me without a way to complete the objective. The badly designed save system prevents me from loading closer to the boss, so I have to do the whole thing again. What a huge waste of time, justI gave this game many chances, but the crazy amount of bugs and bland story made me turn on one of my favorite franchises ever. I just did a mission twice and the Kett boss vanished both times leaving me without a way to complete the objective. The badly designed save system prevents me from loading closer to the boss, so I have to do the whole thing again. What a huge waste of time, just like this game. Hey Bioware, if you're not going to deliver on the story and characters because of your SJW agenda, at least make sure the game works. This garbage doesn't compare to the real Mass Effect we know and love, let alone Witcher 3. Try harder next time and maybe I'll buy the sequel to Andromeda with all the DLC for $1!

    The multiplayer can be fun with friends though. :)    … Expand
  66. LegionOne
    Apr 15, 2017
    4
    I like previous Mass Effect games and completed each multiple times, its one of the best sci-fi shooters out there and i was expecting this title to deliver, until the first gameplay trailer was released, this moment i realised it was going to be DAI in space, but i never thought it could be much worse.
    First off, i completed this game and almost every single quest in it, so my opinion is    I like previous Mass Effect games and completed each multiple times, its one of the best sci-fi shooters out there and i was expecting this title to deliver, until the first gameplay trailer was released, this moment i realised it was going to be DAI in space, but i never thought it could be much worse.
    First off, i completed this game and almost every single quest in it, so my opinion is based on actual game experience, not a haters reviews or other cancer. Sorry for my grammar, im not an english native speaker.
    Story itself isn't really terrible how people making it to be, but it's not a good one either, main questions still remains unanswered after 70 hours of the game and means of the story delivery sucks - most of the cutscenes are badly written, terribly animated and making no sence. This game have its moments, where you can almost see the ray of hope but its vanishes as soon as it appears (near the end of the game and some of loyalty missions)
    I won't tell you about facial animations, since you can find all you need to know about them on the internet, they're terrible as people making them to be.
    Combat is the only enjoyable part of this game, its feels much less restricted in comparison to previous games but it still needs some polishing.
    Quests is one of the biggest problems of this game - like 95% of them are fetch quests (i.e go to one point shoot/take/scan something then come back) this already tells a lot about how much devs wanted us to enjoy their game, stuffing it with a bad, low-quality content,
    Things i did not mention would probably will be fixed with patches (maybe), but it still wont fix bad design and writing. I dont even know why i wasted so much time on this game, its really sad seeing developer like this falling so low.    … Expand
  67. Jmaconpc
    Apr 15, 2017
    4
    Here's some words to describe this game:
    -G rated
    -Family friendly -Fetch quests -Awkward -Cringey -Unfinished -Lazy I have never cringed so hard and so regularly through a game. Finished the game hoping every hour that it would get better. It doesn't. I spent more time watching my ship take off and land than I did playing the game. The animations are laughable, facial    Here's some words to describe this game:
    -G rated
    -Family friendly
    -Fetch quests
    -Awkward
    -Cringey
    -Unfinished
    -Lazy

    I have never cringed so hard and so regularly through a game.

    Finished the game hoping every hour that it would get better. It doesn't.
    I spent more time watching my ship take off and land than I did playing the game.
    The animations are laughable, facial expressions, zig zag running, clipping, even crossed arms are broken.
    The combat feels good but it is repetitive so you have to change it up a lot. The enemies are all the same and very easy.
    The dialogue options are fallout 4 level bad and decisions mean nothing.

    I bought this game because I read some positive reviews, it appears that those positive reviews were paid or are SJWs or something...    … Expand
  68. Thomori
    Apr 15, 2017
    8
    Cant understand votes of 0. Thats ridiculous and pure (EA)hating.
    MEA isnt perfect,but its good. People should realize that it is a new start and dont whine about their memories.
    MEA has the best companion missions of the ME-Universe, a decent storyline, some fetchquests,but not many and no one is foced to do them. The gun/gameplay is fun and establishing the Initiative in a new galaxy    Cant understand votes of 0. Thats ridiculous and pure (EA)hating.
    MEA isnt perfect,but its good. People should realize that it is a new start and dont whine about their memories.
    MEA has the best companion missions of the ME-Universe, a decent storyline, some fetchquests,but not many and no one is foced to do them. The gun/gameplay is fun and establishing the Initiative in a new galaxy motivates. 83/100 points    … Expand
  69. pdaz
    Apr 15, 2017
    0
    I find it incomprehensible that anyone but a paid employee of Bioware gave this game more than 4/10. Personally I am giving it 0/10 because as far as a game goes the things it gets wrong are fundamentally indefensible.

    If you are the kind of gamer who plays and enjoys games like Mass Effect 1-3, this game will be an astonishing disappointment. If you believe a good RPG game of this    I find it incomprehensible that anyone but a paid employee of Bioware gave this game more than 4/10. Personally I am giving it 0/10 because as far as a game goes the things it gets wrong are fundamentally indefensible.

    If you are the kind of gamer who plays and enjoys games like Mass Effect 1-3, this game will be an astonishing disappointment. If you believe a good RPG game of this scale should have: good dialogue, good visual design and aesthetics, immersive atmosphere, a high level of polish, interesting plotlines, you will be sorely disappointed in Andromeda.

    As it stands this is the equivalent of a carnival shooting range, lots of things to shoot and lots of different backgrounds to shoot them in, but what is the point without good context? People play games like Andromeda to fantasize about living in the world of the game, to imagine being the protagonist, to feel truly immersed in the elaborate worlds these games build. This is literally impossible to achieve when your cross-eyed character constantly clips, when glitches happen frequently and completely shatter any suspension of disbelief you could build up. This game rapidly becomes a chore, the only person I can imagine enjoying this game is someone who has been in a coma for the last decade and this game was the first thing they played after waking up. Even then they'd become sorely dispirited after discovering that in ten years games had improved so little.

    But above all else Andromeda's greatest sin is it's scale. Considering that this game is so lacking in quality playing it would be a waste of time, the amount of hours one would sink in to beating this game could better be spent playing literally dozens of other far more immersive games. It is ironic that apologists for this game reference it's scale and scope as positives, which is like shouting about what a great deal an all you can eat buffet of diarrhoea.    … Expand
  70. Rudal
    Apr 15, 2017
    6
    Like many said before... A Dragon Age Inquisition in space...
    Endless, not interesting side quest. Main story is just boring and characters dull.
    One thing that really catches the eye and makes you play is the environments (DA Inquisition again). Planets are a joy to explore. This shouldn't be a Mass Effect game it should be called "The Andromeda" a game based on ME universe. And    Like many said before... A Dragon Age Inquisition in space...
    Endless, not interesting side quest. Main story is just boring and characters dull.
    One thing that really catches the eye and makes you play is the environments (DA Inquisition again).
    Planets are a joy to explore.

    This shouldn't be a Mass Effect game it should be called "The Andromeda" a game based on ME universe. And trust me it would do a lot better that way...

    Overall it's not a bad game but it's just average.
    You start, you are excited during tutorial planet and things are happening and then you go on your own journey and you wish you could skip 2/3 of the grind and just move on...

    Don't buy it.... Wait for holiday sale or something... It's not worth the price...    … Expand
  71. AresP
    Apr 15, 2017
    0
    Mass Effect Andromeda was just another waste of 60 EU/USD, terrible game didn't enjoy it at all, honestly can't find something good to say about it. Another waste by EA ... just skip it. 0/10.
  72. 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
  73. AfroSpectre7
    Apr 15, 2017
    5
    Never got to finish the game. Only played the first hour. Release day. Game is a mess. Bugs and glitches is not how you introduce one to your game. It's sad that incomplete and unpolished games are the order of the day. Real buzz killer for me. I remember when games didn't need patches because they had to be completed as we didn't all have access to the internet. I'll hold onto my copyNever got to finish the game. Only played the first hour. Release day. Game is a mess. Bugs and glitches is not how you introduce one to your game. It's sad that incomplete and unpolished games are the order of the day. Real buzz killer for me. I remember when games didn't need patches because they had to be completed as we didn't all have access to the internet. I'll hold onto my copy though, wait patiently for it to be patched and completed and hopefully by the time it is ready for me I will have forgotten it's poor start. It's a Mass Effect game. We the fans love Mass Effect. In the meantime it is just down right disappointing right now. See you in 2018 Andromeda. I hope Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't steal me away from you like Witcher 3 did from Dragon Age Inquisition. You better hope it never comes out.… Expand
  74. Silverqt
    Apr 15, 2017
    3
    Horrible! Incredibly bad! What the hell? This is not a Bioware game, more like **** that game lame in every aspect except visuals and action, which is ok for some fps about 4-5h long, but for 60$ rpg with MASS EFFECT in the title, are you f...... kidding me?
    1. The dialogs are worst that ever can be, its childish even for 13 old year kid.
    2. Protagonist and antagonist - just no words.    Horrible! Incredibly bad! What the hell? This is not a Bioware game, more like **** that game lame in every aspect except visuals and action, which is ok for some fps about 4-5h long, but for 60$ rpg with MASS EFFECT in the title, are you f...... kidding me?
    1. The dialogs are worst that ever can be, its childish even for 13 old year kid.
    2. Protagonist and antagonist - just no words. Suck! Like every character in the game, except, raider father, that guess what? He dies in the first hour.
    3. Story - there is no story. There is rubbish.
    4. Even music. The credit card of ME completely destroyed. Its souds the same unemotional crap like in inqusition crap.
    5.Another topic are bugs and glitches that infected the game, they are in every corner, everywhere you look at.
    WHYYYYY are you did this? WHYYYY?!?    … Expand
  75. Morris_Goodlife
    Apr 15, 2017
    7
    The graphics are amazing. I think many people will find many aspects of the game rather confusing like they did not take the time to fully develop some things to be more user friendly. Also the save system is horrible. All in all though, still a very nice game and if you take the time to figure the game out fully, you can still have a lot of fun with it.
  76. SVS
    Apr 15, 2017
    9
    Вполне приличная игра. Реально не понимаю, из-за чего на нее так все ополчились. Уж в сравнении с DA2 и МЕ3 она очень хороша, да и в целом - неплохой, очень неплохой римейк первого МЕ. Думаю, "Андромеда" просто попала под раздачу. Могу понять людей, которые злятся на "Биовар", но лично я предпочитаю оценивать игру по собственному опыту.Вполне приличная игра. Реально не понимаю, из-за чего на нее так все ополчились. Уж в сравнении с DA2 и МЕ3 она очень хороша, да и в целом - неплохой, очень неплохой римейк первого МЕ. Думаю, "Андромеда" просто попала под раздачу. Могу понять людей, которые злятся на "Биовар", но лично я предпочитаю оценивать игру по собственному опыту.
  77. cptnlunch
    Apr 14, 2017
    3
    People have already said what needs to be said about this game, so I will not review in-depth. It suffices to say that this is probably an acceptable game but it is not acceptable as a Mass Effect game.
    The writing is too awful in being cliche, junior-high level, and, more generally, poorly conceived. The technical issues are acceptable, but the dead, staring eyes are too much. I'm sad    People have already said what needs to be said about this game, so I will not review in-depth. It suffices to say that this is probably an acceptable game but it is not acceptable as a Mass Effect game.
    The writing is too awful in being cliche, junior-high level, and, more generally, poorly conceived. The technical issues are acceptable, but the dead, staring eyes are too much. I'm sad that this will be the first Mass Effect game (galaxy) I do not fully explore. I'm sure there would have been good moments, but the writing was too much to bear.    … Expand
  78. jbazzrea
    Apr 14, 2017
    10
    The game is great, it *feels* like Mass Effect. It has that vast exploration you wanted from the first game, with a lighter atmosphere. People harp about facial animations, but I am 90+ hours into this game, just started NG+ play through, and am enjoying the game thoroughly. Once I finish NG+ I will be looking forward to DLCs, etc. My only gripe about the game so far is not being ableThe game is great, it *feels* like Mass Effect. It has that vast exploration you wanted from the first game, with a lighter atmosphere. People harp about facial animations, but I am 90+ hours into this game, just started NG+ play through, and am enjoying the game thoroughly. Once I finish NG+ I will be looking forward to DLCs, etc. My only gripe about the game so far is not being able to get a blueprint for the L89 Halberd. Crafting is efficient, gameplay is fluid, combat is dynamic and uptempo, even for a cover shooter. The RPG elements are good, and the skills are diverse. The ability to change classes on the fly is interesting. I will admit that I rarely use it because I favor the Explorer and Sentinel classes pretty heavily for my play style.

    Game is amazing. Try it yourself, play through it, and see. The characters are rich, and really start to come together about half way through. The story line is gripping, and the exploration is top notch.    … Expand
  79. Chili_Is_My_Cat
    Apr 14, 2017
    5
    Mass Effect: Andromeda brings some new enjoyment to the Mass Effect universe with its combat, skill progression and planetary exploration, but ultimately it fails to uphold the premise of the original trilogy, or being a good game to play…
    I’ll try to go over the stuff from what people seem to like most, so first the pros:
    Combat: It truly is the best thing about this game, it is    Mass Effect: Andromeda brings some new enjoyment to the Mass Effect universe with its combat, skill progression and planetary exploration, but ultimately it fails to uphold the premise of the original trilogy, or being a good game to play…
    I’ll try to go over the stuff from what people seem to like most, so first the pros:

    Combat: It truly is the best thing about this game, it is really fun to customize the set of skills you want to use to crush your enemies, however I have some issues with this too. There is a skill loadout limit. You can only use 3 until you change it to a different set. The plan was that BioWare wanted to make to combat more fluid, by not having players constantly pause the game to use a skill. This is understandable, but I really hated that I cant use all my powers at once. There were hotkeys assinged to the different powers in the older games that you could use without pausing the game. I don’t know why they wouldn’t just keep that. Another thing that was bothering me is that you can’t use your squadmates power directly. You can order them to attack an enemy and they would use their powers eventually, just not instantly like in previous games, therefore you could’t do combos easily, which kinda killed a lot of fun.

    Powers: All the powers are unlocked for you and you can learn anything you want, which is awesome I love this, because it makes you use your creativity to play around, and create different builds.

    Exploration: I guess the planetary exploration is great if you are into that, but it can be very repetitive. I know driving around the Mako in Mass Effect 1 on the same planets just with different textures was silly but it had a charm to it, and it was new that time. This is fine but the secondary quest often revolve around the same type of missions.

    Visuals: The environment is stunningly beautiful sometimes. I especially liked Voeld the icy planet. I was blown away by some of these places.

    And that's about it, now for the worst parts.

    Facial animations: I don’t think I have to talk about this. Its really horrible. When its not bad its fine, but you can easily find ugly animations if you look for it in every conversation. The female lead character is especially horrible. They started patching it up, so It looks a little better, but still. Mass Effect 1 had better animations. Also the gameplay is extremely glitchy. There are several game breaking bugs, that I have run into and had to reload.

    Characters: I hated every single one them. Some are really annoying. Drack the krogan was fun though.
    I didn’t like Ryder either. I’m not saying that Shepard was the best main character ever, but he/she was military, a commander. Someone who had a lot of responsibility and you felt that all throughout the game. And you felt every decision you had to make. Here you are just someones whose father was a big man, who invented this „pathfinder” role and now you have to take that role after him. There are decisions that kinda effect the game, but not really. Not like before.

    Story: Main story is completely mediocre. Can’t really say much about it becouse most of the time it was **** boring and very predictable.

    Dialouge: This is main source of my frustration. First off, they removed the paragon/renegade options. It had some problems before and I was ok with this when I heard it, but not only they removed the paragon/renegade system, they removed every badass or heroic dialouge options, or every moral choices in the game. Like I said there are few choices that you have to make but neither one is better or worse than the others, and you don’t pick it becouse you are ruthless or a hero. You pick it becouse you have to. You can’t be a badass Ryder. Remember when you punched reporters in the face, or Shepard shot a racist turian hostage? The game doesn’t have anything like that anymore. There is no big dilema during secondary quests. The dialouge just drives you. Most of the time you can only choose 2 options on the dialouge wheel, but sometimes there is 4. Yet all of them say the same thing, just with a little bit of a different tone, or it says a completely different thing than what you want to say. You have the illusion of choices, but in reality, none of it **** matters.

    In conclusion: Right now this really doesn’t worth full price. I understand if you want to play it because it’s Mass Effect, and most of the times if feels like a Mass Effect game, a really average one at that. Still I would wait for more patches, and wait for a sale, you are not loosing anything with it trust me.

    It’s average. Very average, and for a huge Mass Effect fan like me, incredibly disappointing and sad. I don’t want to make it emotional, but this really broke my heart. It has a potential to have a great sequel, becouse it builds up to it, but this is clearly the worst one in the series. Yet…    … Expand
  80. mishayangg
    Apr 14, 2017
    8
    Can't believe how much **** this game has gotten from all the angry children out there. This game is MASSIVE and beautiful! Sure it has some faults but compare it to ME3, it is a HUGE step up!
    It is in no way a 4.8 GAME!!! --- It should get a 8+ easily. Yes, it has some bugs but that doesn't detract more than one point at the most. So instead of setting this game at 9 I am giving it an 8.
  81. knazig123
    Apr 14, 2017
    0
    This is what you get when tumblr feminists make a game.

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

    Would'nt even reccommend to someone if it was free.
  82. Proflax
    Apr 14, 2017
    8
    The first part of the game I can agree it was a little bit boring. It took a long time getting to know the different characters in the game, and a couple of them was kind of bland. I must say that the game got a lot better in the last half. A lot can be improved in the next game, but my money was well spent.
  83. 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
  84. Cherrychopstix
    Apr 13, 2017
    10
    Great game. It's a bit buggy though, however the story is engaging. I wish we had a little more dialogue with your squad on the ship between missions though. And it would be great if they updated the dialogue with the team after certain things change, like when you ask them about their lover once you have romanced them. Really fun game! Annoying sometimes with the glitchiness but I'mGreat game. It's a bit buggy though, however the story is engaging. I wish we had a little more dialogue with your squad on the ship between missions though. And it would be great if they updated the dialogue with the team after certain things change, like when you ask them about their lover once you have romanced them. Really fun game! Annoying sometimes with the glitchiness but I'm definitely pumped for more. I still have many questions that I hope are answered in the next game. Bioware has improved some of the glitches, animations, and eye, and it looks much better. I think lots of the people disappointed with the game are comparing Andromeda to the entire trilogy from before. I've played all the games and this one stacks up really well against the first mass effect game. They did a good job of making the side-quests relate to more to the main story, as opposed to inquisition, in which it felt like a little too many quests about irrelevant things.… Expand
  85. 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
  86. 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
  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. 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
  89. Cell1e
    Apr 12, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (I’m redoing my initial review again!) I have spent 142 hours playing this game, completed the main quest and all of the companion quests as well as most of the side quests. I have played all three Mass Effect Games and their associated dlc. In my first play through I romanced both Reyes and Peebee (she was by accident) and in the second I romanced Jaal. Here are my impressions.

    The character Creator is terrible! It’s very difficult to make a character that looks good in cut scenes, the hair colours are bad, especially the light ones. As usual the hair styles are limited and not that nice.
    Romance Options for straight females aren’t great. The alien Jaal: sweet personality but so unattractive, his lips are horrible, brown teeth, the romance with him felt uncomfortable. I was also surprised by how little hugging he gave. Not so much happened with him until the very end. When my character ‘died’ in one of the main quests he just said, ‘it has been a pleasure’, he wasn’t upset before or after the fact, so a bit hard to believe he had any feelings for her. It was funny and awful at the same time. (I really don’t like alien romances much anyhow. Couldn’t bring myself to romance Garrus or Thane in ME2 and 3 either)
    Liam is really a ‘brotherly type’ with bad skin and terrible hair who comes across as being very young. He just stays in the friend zone for me, nothing there to make a girls heart miss a beat.
    Now Reyes is a different story, he has a certain bad boy appeal and that accent, oh la la! Shame he can’t be recruited. I loved every scene with him and actually reloaded my save on my second playthrough to romance him again! Hehe!  I’m hoping for a Reyes DLC from Bioware!
    The armour- only 6 or so designs all of them heavy () Cora has light type armour, why can’t there be more similar types of light and flexible armours for our female pathfinders? That heavy/bulky armour has to go. I find it hard to believe that the armour hasn’t evolved to very light and flexible styles. Bulky is not intuitive for jumping and fighting anyway. With all the shielding and other technologies it seems so silly to have to wear lots of metal/plastic too.
    The on-ship wear is very limited. It would be nice to have a dress for the date with Reyes or to wear on the Nexus.
    The Crafting system is terrible. On my second playthrough I gave that a complete miss. It would be nice to be able to make extra special designs in crafting but the designs I researched were just more of the same. Blah.
    The journal and quest tracker could be improved a lot.
    The tracking down silly things for crew and other people.’ Just No!’
    Not being able to save during main quests. . Havarl is too dark.
    Planets didn’t change once Meridian was started up- shouldn’t they have become golden worlds?
    The story is ok and I really liked the ending however I think this game could have been so much more. How about a Dragon Age Origins type beginning, whereby you choose the ark you want your story to start on? It means people could have the chance to play as any species, salarian, krogan, human, asari or turian. There could be a different story intro for each species and ark, replay-ability would be awesome!
    Some of the character scenes were lovely especially movie night; great humour and great to see everyone together.
    The graphics are pretty in places.
    It was lovely to have a new RPG game to play with so many characters and romances. But quantity doesn’t always mean quality. Companion quests were a bit long winded for me, although I’d be happy to do a lot more for and with Reyes if I got the chance! (Wiggling my eyebrows)
    I like the strike teams and seeing did they complete their missions, that was fun!
    The Jet Pack was great, I loved it!
    My assault rifle was cool. Loved the shooting, would have liked another power or two.
    The Mass Effect Archives is really good, I will use that!
    The Banter between crew members is really nice. I loved hearing the craic between the characters, as we went out and about.
    I’m going to let the game be for a while and return when it has been fixed up some more. Oh and I’m hoping for a hairstylist or make up booth to be added as dlc too! A girl can dream!
    Overall I think a solid 7 is fair for this game.    … Expand
  90. RedWyrm
    Apr 12, 2017
    6
    Not bad, but not really good either.

    Main story's not imaginative and strong enough, given a new galaxy. Character customization ghastly - Witcher3 and even XCOM3 are way better - patch helped some, though. (Had to go for antihero look, my Pathfinder is a bit clueless, spoiled rich kid with a big blonde afro hairdo :-)) Really miss the old "pause, look around and plan" interface,    Not bad, but not really good either.

    Main story's not imaginative and strong enough, given a new galaxy.

    Character customization ghastly - Witcher3 and even XCOM3 are way better - patch helped some, though.
    (Had to go for antihero look, my Pathfinder is a bit clueless, spoiled rich kid with a big blonde afro hairdo :-))

    Really miss the old "pause, look around and plan" interface, lots of clean FPSers around

    LOVE the whole planet developing, gear customizing strategic aspect.

    Side plots are not bad, still Witcher3 is much better

    Had hoped for a more cinematic experience involving flying as well, like Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

    Cautiously looking forward to a ME5, there is potential, especially if they think consider aliens more alien (like Fred Hoyles book The Black Cloud or the Arrival movie)    … Expand
  91. 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
  92. silvarius2000
    Apr 12, 2017
    10
    A diamond in the rough, its exactly like Mass Effect 1 in every good and bad way. Reasons/excuses aside the animations are obvious in its flaws especially if you'd come from a game like Witcher 3, however I'd argue that the game picks up tremendously well after the first few hours. Companion sidequests and banters are what makes the game a memorable joy later and visually the environmentsA diamond in the rough, its exactly like Mass Effect 1 in every good and bad way. Reasons/excuses aside the animations are obvious in its flaws especially if you'd come from a game like Witcher 3, however I'd argue that the game picks up tremendously well after the first few hours. Companion sidequests and banters are what makes the game a memorable joy later and visually the environments are stunning. Funnily enough the best atmosphere in the game is found in the planet with least atmosphere.

    If you liked Mass effect 1, you'd love Mass effect Andromeda    … Expand
  93. mrses
    Apr 12, 2017
    10
    I actually liked Mass Effect: Andromeda, in many ways I thought the story was the one I most enjoyed from all the mass effects. Though occasionally a bit patchy. I did love the humor though. I even didn't really notice the dodgy animation and character models (before patch 1.0.5). And much of the disturbing issues caused by the dodgy animations have been cleaned up. I'm now going throughI actually liked Mass Effect: Andromeda, in many ways I thought the story was the one I most enjoyed from all the mass effects. Though occasionally a bit patchy. I did love the humor though. I even didn't really notice the dodgy animation and character models (before patch 1.0.5). And much of the disturbing issues caused by the dodgy animations have been cleaned up. I'm now going through my third playthrough so I guess I am still enjoying it. Some of the missions are a bit grindy (having to run backwards and forwards on the nexus was kind of annoying but I wouldn't say it was terrible). Anyway given what I know now, I would buy it again. Hope this helps.… Expand
  94. Jaal
    Apr 11, 2017
    9
    On this site are many reviews about Mass Effect Andromeda witch are based on the release version, that’s ok but in my opinion you have to update an review if there are major changes like patch 1.05.
    So actually (patch 1.05) the most animation bugs are fixed and the game is greatly playable. Of cause the story isn’t the best one that I have ever played, but it works and sometimes the story    On this site are many reviews about Mass Effect Andromeda witch are based on the release version, that’s ok but in my opinion you have to update an review if there are major changes like patch 1.05.
    So actually (patch 1.05) the most animation bugs are fixed and the game is greatly playable. Of cause the story isn’t the best one that I have ever played, but it works and sometimes the story isn’t just above average it is fantastic. Also I think that BioWare is doing a good job with the game support. In my opinion the design of the planets is wonderful and it is interesting to explore them. The most people in your squad are interesting but except Jaal, it is a Milky Way squad. The Aliens could have been design more interesting, but they are doing their job very well.
    So in conclusion ME:A is a really good game with some little problems.    … Expand
  95. D34THGR1PS
    Apr 11, 2017
    2
    I don't understand the love here. I think this game is solid ****
    - Cringeworthy Joss Whedon-style writing.
    - Voice acting is utter garbage. - Offline MMO scanning fun for whole family. - They managed to **** up their own lore. - Plot holes and illogical void bigger than the game's budget. - Liberal twitter blogger's wet dream. SJW cuck agenda everywhere. - Bioware fixing    I don't understand the love here. I think this game is solid ****
    - Cringeworthy Joss Whedon-style writing.
    - Voice acting is utter garbage.
    - Offline MMO scanning fun for whole family.
    - They managed to **** up their own lore.
    - Plot holes and illogical void bigger than the game's budget.
    - Liberal twitter blogger's wet dream. SJW cuck agenda everywhere.
    - Bioware fixing "offensive" transgender npc dialogue lines instead of actual game.
    - Fixing animation problems weeks after the realease instead of making game solid in the first place and charging it full price for players to beta test it.

    + You can actually save your time and money by not buying this garbage.    … Expand
  96. 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
  97. jeanlebonjambon
    Apr 11, 2017
    8
    TL;DR: In my opinion, it's not the best Mass Effect. But it's still a solid game. This Mass Effect deserves criticism, but not that much.

    (Sorry, English isn't my native language) I've always been a fan of Bioware games. Bought every single game since KOTOR 1. My first Mass Effect was Mass Effect 2, I bought it on Steam during a sale, "Let's give it a try !" I finished the game in 4    TL;DR: In my opinion, it's not the best Mass Effect. But it's still a solid game. This Mass Effect deserves criticism, but not that much.

    (Sorry, English isn't my native language)
    I've always been a fan of Bioware games. Bought every single game since KOTOR 1. My first Mass Effect was Mass Effect 2, I bought it on Steam during a sale, "Let's give it a try !"
    I finished the game in 4 days. 8 hours/day, I finished it in ~ 31 hours. Then, bought Mass Effect 3 and finished it in 30 hours. Then, I did the same with Mass Effect 1. KOTOR was my favourite game, until I met Mass Effect 3. So, as you can see, I'm a fan.

    Let's talk about Andromeda. I used the Origin Access to try this one. After the 5 hours of single-player, I was unsure what to do. It was fun enough to play, but it seemed a little generic.
    I decided to give it a try. And the start was just like Dragon Age Inquisition : the first hours were boring for me. Just boring, no other words. But I decided to play it anyway (after all, I paid it !)

    Let's talk about :

    -Facial animations : They were bad (I mean, REALLY bad) before patch 1.05, and now they seem to be ok (hadn't played it after this patch).
    The environments are great though. Even with my crappy GPU, with a mix of low-medium graphics, my eyes were having a good time.

    -Characters : many people consider these characters "bland". There is NO bland character, BUT there is no "Garrus-esque" character neither. Character development is nice, everything was realistic enough to "live" in this world.

    -Romances : I did only romance 1 character. Good one, not perfect, but I can't say if the other are as good as my romance.

    -Gameplay : Better than Mass Effect 3. The jetpack is neat, the ennemies are a threat even in normal. Everything is good, except the AI. The AI is really dumb, but they throw enough ennemies so that you don't rush in like a madman.

    -Story : Weeeeeeell. It's okay. Not bad nor great. I just don't like how they made the bad guy. He is a bad guy "cuz 'n stuff" I guess ? I think (and I hope) they will develop his motives in future games/DLCs.

    -Quests : Main quest is okay, friends-quests are great, side-quests are... better than Dragon Age ones. It depends a lot of the side quest. But sure, most of the time, they did better than those "Collect 10 minerals".

    -Multiplayer : Man, that's haaaard even in bronze ! Unless you play with Sniper Rifles/Melee Classes. Funny though.

    As I said, ME:A is fun to play. But be aware : if you didn't like Mass Effect 1 -and hated Dragon Age Inquisition-, you probably won't like this one. Personally, after 60 hours (and 75% of the game) played, I enjoyed it a lot. Not as much as Mass Effect 2 or 3, but more than in Mass Effect 1.
    The only thing that really threw me off was the light hearted tone. It replaced the relatively dark tone of the other Mass Effects. Sure, they nailed it in the Citadel DLC of ME3, but in this one, that's too much comedy for me. At least I laughed quite a lot :)    … Expand
  98. 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.
  99. 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.
  100. ArgusLVI
    Apr 10, 2017
    4
    Horrible. Absolutely horrible game. Such a amazing concept of heading to a new galaxy and it turns out to be a uncreative piece of waste. Two entirely humanoid races that are completely black and white in morality, no nuance. 4 boring, wild alien species that are spread across 6 planets? WTF???
    Characters are garbage stereotypes and the combat is hit or miss at best (three skill slots?    Horrible. Absolutely horrible game. Such a amazing concept of heading to a new galaxy and it turns out to be a uncreative piece of waste. Two entirely humanoid races that are completely black and white in morality, no nuance. 4 boring, wild alien species that are spread across 6 planets? WTF???
    Characters are garbage stereotypes and the combat is hit or miss at best (three skill slots? Wtf is this?) Facial animations are still horrible despite the patch and the whole mess is still buggy as hell. Unfinished game pushed out to meet a deadline, both the fault of this numale new bioware and EA    … Expand
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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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