Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. Vladtheimpala19
    Mar 27, 2017
    9
    Lets get the elephant in the room out the way. YES FACES ARE BAD.

    Now that's done, this game is absolutely brilliant! I have been playing ME:A for a fair few days and wow, some people can be really really butthurt about nothing. This is a Mass Effect game at its very finest. Characters are likable and yes I do care for these guys! Story is great and yeah its brill!

    I am a happy gamer!
  2. JadedGamerDude
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    Inept studio wearing the Bioware name using Bioware's IP. There are better looking Indy games. I don't care why or how it happened, the game is a shocking travesty of incomplete assets, terrible writing and IP raping for profit. Not worth $5 in it's current state. Even if it wasn't inherently broken it would still be a bad game, far from the standard set by previous titles in theInept studio wearing the Bioware name using Bioware's IP. There are better looking Indy games. I don't care why or how it happened, the game is a shocking travesty of incomplete assets, terrible writing and IP raping for profit. Not worth $5 in it's current state. Even if it wasn't inherently broken it would still be a bad game, far from the standard set by previous titles in the franchise. Any game that is more focused on pushing a social/political agenda than entertaining it's players is going to be terrible. ME:A does exactly that. The romance options are destroyed by being romanceable by anyone rather than having particular same sex romance options that are properly written and real seeming. The overall character arc is weak, juvenile and uninteresting as are the storylines.

    Do not waste your money on this one, wait for it to be an "on the house" title from origin and save yourself the refund request headaches. Hopefully by then the game will have been patched to completion.    … Expand
  3. Vasamard
    Mar 27, 2017
    8
    It's disheartening to say everyone who has maybe not even played it at all not giving it a chance. It's a truly great game, not quite like the OT but topping the OT would have been close to impossible.

    The exploration is incredible fun, the combat is at its best it has ever been and the overall gameplay feels just right. It comes close to an open world game with actually interesting    It's disheartening to say everyone who has maybe not even played it at all not giving it a chance. It's a truly great game, not quite like the OT but topping the OT would have been close to impossible.

    The exploration is incredible fun, the combat is at its best it has ever been and the overall gameplay feels just right. It comes close to an open world game with actually interesting sidequests and not just repetitive "go there, do that".

    Sadly there are some aspects that fell short. Do I even need to talk about the animations? This game had 5 years of development time and they can't get them right?
    The characters don't grow to you as much as in the OT, some still shine though (Peebee and Drack are adorable).

    There's less emphasizing on the story, it's not bad but Mass Effect is now more about gameplay than story. Not necessarily a bad thing but unusual. A good mix would have been great.

    Still, the sheer amount of hate this game is getting is just undeserved as people are now holding off from buying it just because of the animations. If you actually play the game, it's huge. There's so much more that lets you forget about its flaws at most times.

    The worlds are gorgeous and fun to explore because of the Nomad which has surprisingly amazing driving physics! (Never thought that would happen with Mako 2.0)

    I would recommend this game to anyone. You can still refund it. Trust me, it's worth it.    … Expand
  4. Boiledeggs
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    Don't know what is worst, the graphics, the game mechanics or the absolutely appaling writing.

    One can only hope that the entire team behind this disaster of a game gets the boot.

    Duke nukem forever was better.
  5. ROLANd1405
    Mar 27, 2017
    9
    It is pretty easy, you can believe the circle jerk, or you can actually play the game.

    It is not without flaws, no doupt about that, but overall it is a very good game that might surprise you if you give it a go. It starts slow, maybe to slow (Well if you love RPGs you will not be bothered by that much.) but after you leave for the first time with the Tempest it gains momentum pretty    It is pretty easy, you can believe the circle jerk, or you can actually play the game.

    It is not without flaws, no doupt about that, but overall it is a very good game that might surprise you if you give it a go.
    It starts slow, maybe to slow (Well if you love RPGs you will not be bothered by that much.) but after you leave for the first time with the Tempest it gains momentum pretty fast but only if you want that, you also can spend countless hours with exploring.
    It is huge and beautiful, with countless options.
    If you liked ME1, you will probably love this game. If you new to the universe go in it without bias, even if this ridiculous 0 points reviews makes that hard for some. Zero and one points reviews are simply ridiculous if it comes to this game, have no doupt about that. I respect people who give 4, 5 or 6 points because the game is not as they wanted or expected it to be, but 0 or 1 points clearly show that there is a bias that leads to such a score in the first place.    … Expand
  6. Panches_S
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    Основные минусы для меня

    - Слабый сюжет. -Плоские персонажи. - Пустые диалоги. - Никакой атмосферы. - Слабые побочные квесты. - Слишком много багов. И это игра от Bioware ( хоть и от них осталось лишь название)? Лишь за красивые планеты и неплохую визуализацию ставлю 3.    Основные минусы для меня

    - Слабый сюжет.
    -Плоские персонажи.
    - Пустые диалоги.
    - Никакой атмосферы.
    - Слабые побочные квесты.
    - Слишком много багов.
    И это игра от Bioware ( хоть и от них осталось лишь название)? Лишь за красивые планеты и неплохую визуализацию ставлю 3.
  7. blytzkrieg
    Mar 26, 2017
    8
    The biggest drawbacks of this game are the animation and the performance. Its an enjoyable game though, if a little convoluted at times, but enjoyable nonetheless.

    This game seems to have gotten a lot of hate about the story, the writing, the voice acting, and the animation. But if anything listed there except the animation is your issue, then maybe you're just being a prick, The story,    The biggest drawbacks of this game are the animation and the performance. Its an enjoyable game though, if a little convoluted at times, but enjoyable nonetheless.

    This game seems to have gotten a lot of hate about the story, the writing, the voice acting, and the animation. But if anything listed there except the animation is your issue, then maybe you're just being a prick, The story, characters and VO are no worse than any other mass effect game,    … Expand
  8. Oersted
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    EA, Mass Effect: Andromeda is a catastrophe of proportionate levels.

    For our hard earned money we earned you owe us FREE DLCS for 2 YEARS for this game have Bioware make up for this catastrophic game that was supposed to be AAA. Also P2P needs to be removed from MP on PC and replaced with dedicated servers PLEASE. I won't be buying anymore Bioware/EA games until I see this game's    EA, Mass Effect: Andromeda is a catastrophe of proportionate levels.

    For our hard earned money we earned you owe us FREE DLCS for 2 YEARS for this game have Bioware make up for this catastrophic game that was supposed to be AAA.

    Also P2P needs to be removed from MP on PC and replaced with dedicated servers PLEASE.

    I won't be buying anymore Bioware/EA games until I see this game's animations patched to be fixed and FREE dlcs.    … Expand
  9. snaplemouton
    Mar 26, 2017
    8
    Mass Effect Andromeda is the perfect example of why we can't get Half-Life 3.
    This game was hyped so much that people expected it to be absolutely perfect in every way, as per their own description of what "perfection" is.
    People say they care about the Mass Effect franchise but they don't. They'd rather talk about SJW or make memes out of facial expressions. All I'm going to say is:    Mass Effect Andromeda is the perfect example of why we can't get Half-Life 3.
    This game was hyped so much that people expected it to be absolutely perfect in every way, as per their own description of what "perfection" is.
    People say they care about the Mass Effect franchise but they don't. They'd rather talk about SJW or make memes out of facial expressions.

    All I'm going to say is: Stop comparing Ryder and his/her companions to Sheppard and his/her companions.

    If you intend on playing Mass Effect: Andromeda, forget about Mass Effect 1, 2 & 3 or you'll feel nostalgic about characters you spent countless hours with. Give Ryder and his/her crew the time to grow on you, like you did for the Sheppard in the original Mass Effect Trilogy. Comparing the most legendary character in the Mass Effect franchise to a character that barely woke up from cryo is more than unfair, it's insulting.

    I have 96 hours in the game so far and I haven't finished the story yet. From the look of it, am far from finishing it too. I've had fun all the way through and plan on continuing having fun with the game and most likely will play it again, multiple time.
    96 hours of fun and counting. For a 60$ game.

    I would have given it 10 / 10 if it wasn't for the animation issue and some of the weird dialogs and stuff that happen in the story, such as the Angara race magically being able to talk the Milky Way language without any explanation on how they accomplished that feat.    … Expand
  10. Megaparadox
    Mar 26, 2017
    6
    Not so bad. If you evaluate a purely single campaign, then this is 5/10.But there is still a good multiplayer that draws on 6/10This is probably the worst mass effect, but I did not like 2 and 3 at all, I could not pass them, although 1 part was finished 3 times.Could have been better, could ...
  11. AceSeptre
    Mar 26, 2017
    9
    Before I get into my review, I think it's important to recognize the things that Bioware had to overcome to create this game. Creating a new addition to one of the most beloved game franchises of all time is no easy task. How do you placate die hard fans while still creating a game that invites new and more casual players? It was clear from the beginning of my time with Andromeda thatBefore I get into my review, I think it's important to recognize the things that Bioware had to overcome to create this game. Creating a new addition to one of the most beloved game franchises of all time is no easy task. How do you placate die hard fans while still creating a game that invites new and more casual players? It was clear from the beginning of my time with Andromeda that Bioware was attempting to create an amalgamation of gameplay features and mechanics that have been known to work in the past; and I can happily tell you that it comes together well. It was also fairly obvious that Bioware took some pages out of Dragon Age: Inqusition. Both use the same engine, and as we know Inquisition was graphically gorgeous; Andromeda with it's wider range of color palates, effects, and large variance in environment type comes out even more so. The feel of Andromeda in terms of character handling is almost identical Inqusition. Control isn't snappy by any means, but has a flow and a feel that is much more realistic and rewarding that a robotic playable character. Combat for Andromeda is extremely rewarding. The enemy types are not very expansive, however the ways in which combat can occur will vary greatly. It forces the play to be aware of their entire surroundings, not just what is directly in front of them. Numerous times I was focus on a shielded or armored enemy in front of my, just to find that another enemy had managed to sneak his way behind me and was shooting me in the back. Also, the addition of jump jets and climbing/vaulting makes combat much more dimensional and not just for the player. Enemies jump up and down from platforms, constantly changing their positions against you, and the AI does a smart job of making enemy movement feel organic. Of all the things that Andromeda improves on from the original trilogy, the combat is the biggest. Bioware has also done a great job of making Andromeda a deeper RPG experience than the original trilogy. Players are no longer locked into a specific set of skills, abilities, and weapons based on class type. The possibilities for different character build types are massively expansive, and the wide range of weapons, armor, and modifications allows the player to tailor their character to an even greater level of specificity. To this effect, Bioware does some really smart things with how armor, modifications, and attachments can effect gameplay. For example, a pistol barrel attachment that increases weapon damage, but also decreases the clip size for the weapon, or an armor mod that increases shield capacity by 50% but lowers overall health by 50%. This type of stat modification really forces that player to make smart decisions on how they develop their character, and makes the choice of equipment a deeper endeavor than just what looks cool or does the most damage.

    As a Mass Effect game, story is extremely important. I think it's important to recognize that Bioware was in a tough position when trying to create a story for Andromeda. To remain canonical, Andromeda had to let go of a lot of details from the original trilogy, which can be frustrating for die hard Mass Effect fans. Also, creating a protagonist threat on the scale of the Reapers in which the player arrives in a new galaxy that is unaware of the players existence is a tough thing to pull off. Overall, the story for Andromeda falls short of the original trilogy. It's not a bad story by any means, but it's hard to avoid the comparison between the level of writing between the original trilogy and that of Andromeda. I for one am hope that the series will continue and Bioware will have a chance to appeal more to die hard fans with a story more on par with the original trilogy, and possible even with a bit of canonical overlap.

    Outside of the the story, the only other complaint is the quality of the animations. As most of you reading this are probably aware, Andromeda has some serious problems with character animations. The root cause of this is hard to determine, however it's obvious that Bioware made some major slip ups in regards to facial animations. I should clarify that for the most part the animations are on point. Not perfect by any means, but most of the time are perfectly acceptable for a large budget AAA game. I have also noticed that the facial animations seems to get better as the game goes along with only a few strange hiccups later in the game, however none of this effects gameplay in any way.

    In my opinion, Andromeda makes a great addition to the Mass Effect franchise. With a few fixes of some minor issues, the game could garner an even greater response. It's a must play for any Mass Effect fan, or any sci-fi RPG fan in general. Bioware has demonstrated their ability to create amazing worlds that players continue to crave. I look forward to more from Mass Effect in the future and hope that this is not the last offering from the series for years to come.    … Expand
  12. SecretWorld
    Mar 26, 2017
    8
    It starts slowley and a bit boring but after 2 or 3 Hours the Game becomes really good. Great Planets, cool Missions and a lot to do. Give it a Chance and you will have Fun.
  13. DeltaXi65
    Mar 26, 2017
    5
    It truly pains me to write a negative review for Mass Effect:Andromeda, as the Mass Effect series is my favorite RPG series. The characters, the plot, the pacing, the voice work - it was all superb in past games, and I can even forgive Bioware for the botched ending to ME3.

    This game, however, has serious flaws, right from the beginning. First, the animations on faces are just not    It truly pains me to write a negative review for Mass Effect:Andromeda, as the Mass Effect series is my favorite RPG series. The characters, the plot, the pacing, the voice work - it was all superb in past games, and I can even forgive Bioware for the botched ending to ME3.

    This game, however, has serious flaws, right from the beginning. First, the animations on faces are just not believable. They seem to have taken a step backwards, even if the facial textures were excellent. The character creation process was stilted and difficult to understand - it took a while to figure out how to use a different default custom designed face. The voice over for Scott is just not up to the standards we've grown accustomed to.

    The decision to set the Initiative's departure date before Shepard's heroics in the rest of the series destroyed most chances for connections to the other games. The links to Liara - the young, naive Liara, not the hard nosed Shadow Broker that we all came to love - felt contrived. The relative lack of ties and easter eggs to the first games, in and of itself, was a major let down. In a series where the story is so key, this story has so many plot holes that go unexplained that it's hard to accept it at face value. Ryder makes first contact with an alien species that suddenly speaks English without a single explanation in game as to how he can understand them or they can understand him? Seriously? How many first contact scenarios have sci-fi fans seen over the years, from Star Trek to every aliens-visit-earth movie? This killed whatever suspension of disbelief I had and magnified the other deficiencies in the game for me.

    It's not all bad. What keeps the game out of the 1 or 2 score area is combat - this is as good as it has been in any of the games. It was nice to get a rover back, ala Mass Effect 1, although the mining/scanning device could use some work. It's just not that intuitive or fun.

    Overall, the game just didn't live up to my expectations, which were high - but that was because all of the other games in the series delivered. I'm still going to play the game and will probably finish it just to say that I did, but I don't feel the burning desire to complete the story, nor do I feel the same personal bond with these characters that I did with Garrus, Liara, Shephard and others in the first trilogy.

    This was a disappointing game that didn't live up to my expectations.    … Expand
  14. LordofCheese
    Mar 26, 2017
    7
    So I've put in about 35 hours into the game and to me its good, just, not great,
    Good Points
    - Decent story. - Side Missions generally quite good. - Crew is quite likeable. - Graphics are great with some awesome vistas. - Combat is intense and engaging. - Good progression system. - Multiplayer is.... fine, I guess? - Crafting is quite good. Bad Points -    So I've put in about 35 hours into the game and to me its good, just, not great,
    Good Points

    - Decent story.

    - Side Missions generally quite good.

    - Crew is quite likeable.

    - Graphics are great with some awesome vistas.

    - Combat is intense and engaging.

    - Good progression system.

    - Multiplayer is.... fine, I guess?

    - Crafting is quite good.

    Bad Points

    - Animations aren't up to scratch (think everyone knows this by now. Personally haven't run into to many of these issues). Playing on Ps4.

    - The new dialogue system is adequate but doesn't quite live up to paragon/renegade. E.I, less opportunities to chances to interrupt people with RT/LT. Ryder seems to just always be paragon, Dialogue doesn't give much leeway for 'renegade' decisions.

    - Dialogue is a bit ropey but I seemed to get use to it.

    - Romances/relationships are **** (Due once in part to the writing methinks).

    - Multiplayer micro-transactions are an irritant, but don't seem to infringe to much. You usually only have to play one or two games to get higher level crates. (Things where you get weapons/characters etc).

    Overall I would recommend the latest Mass Effect. While not on par with the previous trilogy its quite fun and does have good qualities. But yeah, I think anything below a 5 is slightly unreasonable.    … Expand
  15. your_neighbour
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Ok I am not going to bash it on the political things alright, just based on technical side of the games. At many climaxes the characters just STAND STILL there with a totally BLANK face. You think fallout was bad? Try Andromeda. Even Sims 1 has better body language and face morphing than this 40 million dollar title developed over 5 years. Is this what 40 million dollar makes?

    Too bad    Ok I am not going to bash it on the political things alright, just based on technical side of the games. At many climaxes the characters just STAND STILL there with a totally BLANK face. You think fallout was bad? Try Andromeda. Even Sims 1 has better body language and face morphing than this 40 million dollar title developed over 5 years. Is this what 40 million dollar makes?

    Too bad it's too late for me to get a refund I thought yeah it is no big deal it's just the face but the level of bad really puts you OUT OF TOUCH with the immersion, it's like when you have a bad glitch that deforms your character and you can't turn your head away from it.

    If you are reading this, you have been warned, it's bad. Wait for a new one.    … Expand
  16. Chain-Impact
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    lol, I can't believe they released this game with so many bugs. These people were banking on the franchise to just make money and I was a sucker to buy it. So frustrating to get stuck because of object interactions not working properly. Even if you progress in the story, it feels so empty with these poorly done cut scenes and even dying due to enemies still shooting while talking to NPCs.
  17. GDawgTUK
    Mar 26, 2017
    3
    This isn't Mass Effect. While I play, it feels like a fan made mod that I am just putting up with because I'm desperate for more Mass Effect. If it was free, I wouldn't feel so cheated.
  18. DonMega
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    horrendous game that's made by known outspoken racists like the lead game play developer Manveed Heir.
    Also the fake reviews are ridiculous, every 10 score you click on is a fake account with 1 review for ME:A.
    Seriously click on the account name of any account that gives this game a 10. EA/BIOWARE ruined this franchise and ran it into the ground.
  19. Bl00dyGr0und
    Mar 26, 2017
    3
    As a huge fan of the previous mass effect games I'm sorry to play this wasted potential of a game. Whilst the combat in game is alright (similar to ME3) it doesn't distract you enough from Andromeda's bigger problems. The story concept whilst an interesting one is dull and predictable and side quests are much the same. The emphasis on voice acting is clear yet with dull writing andAs a huge fan of the previous mass effect games I'm sorry to play this wasted potential of a game. Whilst the combat in game is alright (similar to ME3) it doesn't distract you enough from Andromeda's bigger problems. The story concept whilst an interesting one is dull and predictable and side quests are much the same. The emphasis on voice acting is clear yet with dull writing and absolutely disgusting animations Andromeda feels more like a parody/fan-fiction of ME3. As I wrote this review my score changed from a 4 to 3 because this game... even after 5 years of development has some major bugs. As a game designer I understand that there will always be bugs that will always need fixing, however the sheer amount of bugs in this are amazing, from clipping into the floor in a continuous cycle to being stuck in T pose whilst only being able to jump to move, the list goes on. Don't spend your money here, wait until the game is at least $40 or under… Expand
  20. Flarin
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Really bad games happens when you put up a team not by their competence, but by ...other reasons.

    This is not Mass Effect. This is not even a decent game by itself. The developers should be really ashamed for making this.
  21. DukeFavre
    Mar 26, 2017
    7
    They borrow the story of Phantasy Star Online from Sega Dreamcast. The input keys are made for CONSOLE not for PC keyboard/mouse (same error that Dragon Age Inquisition). This game is a MASS EFFECT ALPHA. They fu*** it up the IA, the character creator, the animations, the difficulty settings, the races, the romance choices. Just DON'T BUY IT right now.
  22. EddyCosta
    Mar 26, 2017
    10
    This game is being treated so unfairly by the community that it made me write my first review ever, just to be able to give it a 10 for all the bullsh*t i'm reading here. Obviously all the haters must have played less than 10 hours of the game and they think that it deserves a 0 out of 10 just because of some bugs. I admit that the game has some bugs and the beginning is very slow and kindThis game is being treated so unfairly by the community that it made me write my first review ever, just to be able to give it a 10 for all the bullsh*t i'm reading here. Obviously all the haters must have played less than 10 hours of the game and they think that it deserves a 0 out of 10 just because of some bugs. I admit that the game has some bugs and the beginning is very slow and kind of boring, but after that it just gets better.
    The game is beautiful, incredibly big, has the best combat in the series and you really feel you are the captain of your own space ship.
    If you liked the original ME trilogy and/or like sci-fi games in general you MUST give ME: Andromed a try. I'm having a blast playing it. For me it is, together with ME 2, one of the best of the series, if not THE best.    … Expand
  23. wtf_did_I_buy
    Mar 26, 2017
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. wow, congratulations ea/bioware, this is the first game I have ever returned and Ive had games never left the box. I love RPGs and have bought every deluxe /special edition of anything bioware put out (regetting a few of those purchases like DA:I DA:A). Not sure if its a spoiler but seriously when I play RPGs I dont expect to be transformed into a barely out of puberty kid. At first I thought I downloaded the wrong thing :( I tried to model my character with my looks - somehow the fair skinned option is missing and my toon looked like someone from the middle east (this was with the lightest skin tone). After meeting the companions you have a very quick idea of who the romantic interests will be....total turnoff for me personally. So basically you have a game that has horrid models, very very bad writing, and a college age school toon who is supposed to be a hero. I'm all for diversity, and gender equality with females and males, but it is supposed to be a RGP which means in theory you want to play and romance someone who looks better than you do in real life :D

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

    Its like a disney version of ME. I get that EA wants a younger audience, which is fine, but I think after this many mature gamers will be ditching this.    … Expand
  24. Phazid
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    Bad. So, very, very bad. Now I can go into the absolutely atrocious animation like just about everyone else has, but let me tell you that what makes this game so terrible in comparison to it's predecessors. The writing is absolutely terrible, I'm talking full-on Cringe Express with this **** You can't really take anything a lot of these characters are saying seriously and when coupled withBad. So, very, very bad. Now I can go into the absolutely atrocious animation like just about everyone else has, but let me tell you that what makes this game so terrible in comparison to it's predecessors. The writing is absolutely terrible, I'm talking full-on Cringe Express with this **** You can't really take anything a lot of these characters are saying seriously and when coupled with the aforementioned god-awful animation, it's made that much worse. The story by extension of this tripe and predictable. Then there's the host of glitches that would make even Todd Howard shake his head in disgust. Though I will give credit where credit is due, the out of place combat is showing of some potential.
    Ever play a cover based shooter like Gears of War? That's not too different from what this is. It's not exactly terrible and could likely be made fun if the enemies weren't all bullet sponges who take an entire clip to the face. The entire game just reeks of laziness and with a five year development time and 40 million dollar budget, there's just no excuse.
    As a quick warning - Be wary of the people who give this game tens, as I can promise you they are only doing so out of their love of the franchise and little else. I can't say I blame them, it must be hard to see a series you love tank this hard, but think with your wallet. This game just isn't worth it.    … Expand
  25. Firestopper
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Personally, I consider it an insult to the original series. When Mass Effect 3 came out a lot of people got mad about the ending, but I'm kind of person that wasn't bothered by it. It takes a special kind of bad to make me angry like this. Andromeda had twice the development time of any of the other games and a far larger budget, yet the game felt lazier, sloppier. You've probably seen thePersonally, I consider it an insult to the original series. When Mass Effect 3 came out a lot of people got mad about the ending, but I'm kind of person that wasn't bothered by it. It takes a special kind of bad to make me angry like this. Andromeda had twice the development time of any of the other games and a far larger budget, yet the game felt lazier, sloppier. You've probably seen the countless articles talking about the terrible facial animations but they're only the tip of the iceberg. Throughout 9 hours of playtime I had the game crash twice, countless graphical glitches (bizarre model clipping, models snapping to T-positions etc.) and sporadic framerate drops (from around 100 fps to 20 for several seconds).
    Gameplay-wise, I will admit that the combat feels more fluid than the previous games, but who the **** plays Bioware games for the combat? Every side mission was a massively boring side quest. The dialogue options are completely pointless as every decision is essentially the same thing but worded differently. Some of the voice acting was VERY questionable and none of the voice actors seemed like actual professionals. The characters were very difficult to empathise with, largely due to the fact that their facial expressions never match the tone of what they are saying. I haven't tried out the multiplayer yet because I was intending to play with my friends, but none of them are willing to buy the game and I honestly can't blame them.

    As someone who has 300 hours on Mass Effect 2 alone, I don't see anything that I liked in the original trilogy in this game. It all just seems like a cheap cash-in on the Mass Effect name.    … Expand
  26. TidyWire
    Mar 26, 2017
    8
    I thought it was pretty fun. Not great, but a fun time. Builds up some intrigue in the characters and lore, leading into the potential sequels which is what Bioware have always excelled at in the past.

    Animations can be sloppy at times though which is a valid criticism as it can take some people out of the immersion. Didn't bother me personally that much though. Combat is fluid and    I thought it was pretty fun. Not great, but a fun time. Builds up some intrigue in the characters and lore, leading into the potential sequels which is what Bioware have always excelled at in the past.

    Animations can be sloppy at times though which is a valid criticism as it can take some people out of the immersion. Didn't bother me personally that much though.

    Combat is fluid and fun. Massive improvement over the trilogy.

    Game just needs more focus in the right places and some kinks to get ironed out. It'll never live up to the originals, but it does feel somewhat rushed and sloppy and needs more time to be fixed. Here's to hoping Andromeda 2 learns from the mistakes this game made.    … Expand
  27. DebateMe
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    Others have already pointed out the visual, game play, and bug problems so I'm not going to rehash those. What I'd like to say though is I'm tired of the social justice themes in bioware games. If I'm in the minority in this then fine, keep doing it. But I'm officially done with bioware games. I know I know... don't let the door hit me on the as... behind on my way out.
  28. Vulf
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    Bioware games until now have always made me care about my companions. And this game breaks it. Taking away the option to control their powers in combat is a stupid decision. WTF bioware. Why are they even in my squad when I cant even control them? All I can ask them to do is - go here, go there. The joy of working together with your companions to bring down an enemy was awesome in theBioware games until now have always made me care about my companions. And this game breaks it. Taking away the option to control their powers in combat is a stupid decision. WTF bioware. Why are they even in my squad when I cant even control them? All I can ask them to do is - go here, go there. The joy of working together with your companions to bring down an enemy was awesome in the trilogy. This game offers none of it. Wish I never pre-ordered it.… Expand
  29. Eazycj5698
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    Extremely disappointed in this game. What is with all the social agendas? Keep politics out of the game please. This ruined the Mass Effect games series. Fount this game very boring and repetitive. The developer is just looking for more money here so he can go on my whitey bashing twitter rants instead of putting time into good gameplay programming. Never again.
  30. Edison_Trent
    Mar 26, 2017
    8
    "Andromeda" in comparison with the previous game did not become worse. If it is inferior to the previous game, it is only the quality of the storyline and not such interesting characters. But the rest is a big step forward! Giant locations, a lot of side tasks for every taste, kraft weapons and equipment, options for pumping a character, exploring the cosmos, an unlimited number of voiced"Andromeda" in comparison with the previous game did not become worse. If it is inferior to the previous game, it is only the quality of the storyline and not such interesting characters. But the rest is a big step forward! Giant locations, a lot of side tasks for every taste, kraft weapons and equipment, options for pumping a character, exploring the cosmos, an unlimited number of voiced dialogues, working out an in-game universe. But to this added and problems: mediocre content quality, overloaded interface, bugs in locations and quests. But there are more advantages than disadvantages. So that the game reveals its potential you need more time.… Expand
  31. EerieDemonble
    Mar 26, 2017
    3
    My first review here. I won't touch horrible, immersion breaking animations, everybody know about them.
    I love Mass Effect series, I played each game 3-4 times but latest entry is absolutely uninspired and lazy.
    Gameplay is subpar and filled with meaningless activities, any resemblance of rpg is gone now, NPCs is ugly, lifeless and boring, UI wasn't designed for humans and that character    My first review here. I won't touch horrible, immersion breaking animations, everybody know about them.
    I love Mass Effect series, I played each game 3-4 times but latest entry is absolutely uninspired and lazy.
    Gameplay is subpar and filled with meaningless activities, any resemblance of rpg is gone now, NPCs is ugly, lifeless and boring, UI wasn't designed for humans and that character creation....what were they thinking. Story and companions, THE most important part of previous Mass Effect games is "meh" at best.
    The only rays of light is beautiful landscapes and combat, it's best in the series, the only downside is that you can't control your companions like in previous games.
    I think the only redeeming part of this game will be Multiplayer. I know it's a horde-mode but it's a damn good one with decent progression system.
    So, don't believe all those 10/10 or 0/10 reviews - they lie. But the truth is it's a mediocre, overhyped and buggy game but you can still get some legit fun in multiplayer.    … Expand
  32. Mandra
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    It's really heartbreaking to give a game labelled "Mass Effect" such a bad grade...

    I asked for a refund after playing like 3 or 4 hours because the immersion was constantly broken by something. Here is a quick list : - Ugly characters and facial expressions (one of your team members seems to be constantly smiling, even when announcing the death of someone, everybody's eyes seem to    It's really heartbreaking to give a game labelled "Mass Effect" such a bad grade...

    I asked for a refund after playing like 3 or 4 hours because the immersion was constantly broken by something.

    Here is a quick list :
    - Ugly characters and facial expressions (one of your team members seems to be constantly smiling, even when announcing the death of someone, everybody's eyes seem to be popping out)
    - Everyone seems to be black, there's no way to have a white or asian skin for your character
    - The character creator itself seems outdated and almost have less options than Dragon Age 2
    - Important dialogues permanently cancelled by NPCs you pass by
    - A lot of dialogues seem to have been written by angry teenagers
    - Broken animations (I spoke to NPC's in T-Pose)
    - Rain falls on characters face, not helmet
    - The UI lacks polish and has unexpected behaviors (scrolls not draggable or that reset the scrolling to the top, very simplistic buttons design, almost ugly sometimes)
    - You can unlock a lot of powers in each spec, but can only have 3 active at once (sure you can switch between 4 loadouts but then again that's just shortcuts for shortcuts, let us at least have 6 powers active at the same time, that's a minimum)
    - Overall menu navigation is tedious, especially the quest tracking (very irritating)

    All those things totally broke my experience and as a result I didn't feel in a Mass Effect game, I felt in a broken imitation and I'm upset because I've been waiting for this game for a very long time and I absolutely adore the series.

    I might buy it again one day if there are patches, but for me as of march 26th 2017, that's not a Mass Effect.

    Also : I pre-ordered, I shouldn't have, nobody should EVER (except for limited editions and such), so that EA doesn't start thinking "oh ok they'll throw money at us even if the game is unfinished, ship it guys!"    … Expand
  33. Motoko_Kusanagi
    Mar 26, 2017
    7
    Excellent game, and tatikoma funny, I approve. + Great Graphics, good story.
    Excellent compared to the trilogy gameplay. Good Music. -
    A lot of masturbation on the planets. Technical problems, like bad animation.
    The fanatics of the original trilogy are too angry, for this I put 10, so the game is 7 points out of 10. P.s
    It's funny that in 3 parts, the score is only 1 ball higher.
  34. Srfrogg23
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    I don't recommend this for PC. My PC uses an i5-4690 cpu and a GTX 970 with 8GB of RAM and 4GB of VRAM. This is the first game I have ever bought that I could not play on my PC using settings that at least rivaled the PS4 in quality. This game had my CPU load at 100% and such low FPS that I couldn't even play it. That is neither normal nor acceptable. I'd strongly suggest getting theI don't recommend this for PC. My PC uses an i5-4690 cpu and a GTX 970 with 8GB of RAM and 4GB of VRAM. This is the first game I have ever bought that I could not play on my PC using settings that at least rivaled the PS4 in quality. This game had my CPU load at 100% and such low FPS that I couldn't even play it. That is neither normal nor acceptable. I'd strongly suggest getting the PS4 or XB1 version over the PC version.… Expand
  35. GamesBeatAll
    Mar 26, 2017
    6
    Okay yeah, character customisation is utter pants, some of the animations are bad, like the NCP drinking from a bottle he stuck in his eye, and another one who appears to have some horrendous body wide tic. But I can live with that.
    But the two things that disappoint me are the plot - or lack of it, and the dumbing down. Don't bother bringing your brain to this ME party - you won't be    Okay yeah, character customisation is utter pants, some of the animations are bad, like the NCP drinking from a bottle he stuck in his eye, and another one who appears to have some horrendous body wide tic. But I can live with that.
    But the two things that disappoint me are the plot - or lack of it, and the dumbing down. Don't bother bringing your brain to this ME party - you won't be needing it.
    All the basic good stuff from ME is there, and some improvements. And yeah, I probably will play it to the bitter end, but no, I won't be pre-ordering ME 5 if there is one.
    The dialogues, OMG, who wrote this snooze fest? And padded out with soooo many repetitive and pointless conversations.
    And the basic premise, finding new homes - there is no urgency, nor strong motivation of 'all of mankind will die if you don't sort this Ryder'. It's more like an adventure holiday where you repeat the same adventures, just in a different location.
    Also, I don't feel my answers and decisions really make any difference, where are the massive moral dilemmas? Where are the REAL character choices?
    The technical issues are, well technical issues. What I'm finding hard to forgive is the lack of heart, the heart of the ME franchise, an immersive story with well designed characters.    … Expand
  36. themans9987
    Mar 26, 2017
    10
    This game is a perfect example of the millennial dilemma of modern tunnel vision of zombie like internet followers and trolls. The game is absolutely amazing, and the animations are not game immersion breaking... Are the animations at the precision they used to be? Obviously not... but that does not make a bad game... Think of it like being with a lady with nice boobs... and then you get aThis game is a perfect example of the millennial dilemma of modern tunnel vision of zombie like internet followers and trolls. The game is absolutely amazing, and the animations are not game immersion breaking... Are the animations at the precision they used to be? Obviously not... but that does not make a bad game... Think of it like being with a lady with nice boobs... and then you get a lady with small boobs but a nicer butt... Mass Effect Andromeda may not have all the features of your previous Love, but she still packs a Nice punch with Dragon Age Inquisition like graphics, feel, and mario brother like vertical with the new jumping mechanics... It's truly a great game, much work was put into it............... and people need to stop letting the internet THINK for them... Free your mind, and witness the beauty of this amazing game.… Expand
  37. Bugraduk
    Mar 26, 2017
    9
    Не понимаю, почему так ругают. Может потому, что не сильно отличается от третьей части как хотелось бы. Картинка хорошая, анимация лиц да, хромает, Вселенная интересная. В отличие от прошлых частей что-то упростили, что-то местами неудобно.
    Сетевая часть бодрая.
    Есть некоторые технические проблемы, но исправятся патчами. Не занудствуйте,!    Не понимаю, почему так ругают. Может потому, что не сильно отличается от третьей части как хотелось бы. Картинка хорошая, анимация лиц да, хромает, Вселенная интересная. В отличие от прошлых частей что-то упростили, что-то местами неудобно.
    Сетевая часть бодрая.
    Есть некоторые технические проблемы, но исправятся патчами.
    Не занудствуйте,!
  38. crewman
    Mar 26, 2017
    9
    The sci-fi story and character development are awesome. The game is beautiful. Character movement could have been easier/better, and some of the UI could have maybe been done simpler. But overall, I absolutely love this game.
  39. Talbis
    Mar 26, 2017
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They got Natalie Dormer to play a character. They don't allow me to date Natalie Dormer's character. Rest is okay. Works well, is fun. The whole animations thing is exaggerated... But man, Natalie Dormer! And I can't date her? What's the point of living? :)… Expand
  40. Egocentricion
    Mar 26, 2017
    9
    First of all, the game got fixed on day 1 patch. If you do a little research you will see the devs worked to repair the faulty animations and bugs, so the game was close to flawless technically wise on EU launch. (23 March)

    The game as it is has an engaging start, like able characters albeit some dialogues needed a little more fleshing out in my opinion. (Ryder and Suvi flirting for    First of all, the game got fixed on day 1 patch. If you do a little research you will see the devs worked to repair the faulty animations and bugs, so the game was close to flawless technically wise on EU launch. (23 March)

    The game as it is has an engaging start, like able characters albeit some dialogues needed a little more fleshing out in my opinion. (Ryder and Suvi flirting for example)

    The gameplay is fast and fun unlike Dragon Age : Inquisition or Mass Effect 3 (i'm not saying they aren't fun games but the combat in ME:A really brought the franchise to the next level).
    Gunplay is good, weapon and armor variety is outstanding (multiple pieces from each faction).
    Crafting is fleshed out, it's not basic nor complex, just good overall.
    The nomad handles very well and planetary exploration of each habitat is mysterious and open world like, it follows the Ubisoft Formula without throwng too much to do at you.
    The storytelling and pace of the game keeps you wanting for more and doesn't have the dreaded Citadel simulator aspect of previous games. You do go to the Nexus and the Tempest but not as much as before.
    The Remnant (ancient alien) faction is very good, their temples and underground complex remind me of action puzzlers and platformers where you need to figure out the intricacies of the puzzles with not a lot of handholding going on.
    Space exploration/scanning is back but it's less of a chore and is visually stunning, if i was to complain about one thing it is indeed the zooming around the galaxy which is a bit slow but it's a non issue just a small gripe.

    Overall, Ryder is a very likeable character both male and female, the cast and crew is very fleshed out and well made, they all have their own personalities, needs and wants and you'll never get bored reading through terminals or discussing matters with them.

    The game doesn't deserve the backlash it got especially since it was developed by a team of amateurs and freelances.
    On a positive note, their next game will probably be a masterpiece if they tune down the virtue signaling and sjw pandering and think about making a game for gamers instead of shoving that little bit of nonsense up our throats.    … Expand
  41. CathartesAura
    Mar 26, 2017
    10
    Mass Effect Andromeda user reviews prove that you can't trust the internet princesses. This game is an excellent mix of rpg, resource management and action with great presentation. I hope that for my gaming enjoyment Bioware DOESN'T listen to the complaints. This is a great game.

    Planetside exploration is reminiscent of Mass Effect 1 except the planets have more content and there are no    Mass Effect Andromeda user reviews prove that you can't trust the internet princesses. This game is an excellent mix of rpg, resource management and action with great presentation. I hope that for my gaming enjoyment Bioware DOESN'T listen to the complaints. This is a great game.

    Planetside exploration is reminiscent of Mass Effect 1 except the planets have more content and there are no filler planets (so far). Action is the best of all Mass Effect games. The new galaxy and characters don't have the same emotional attachment as in the previous games eventually had but it has potential. Ryder in particular isn't "black slate" type of character like Shepard. Her dialogue fits her character very well regardless of option.

    There are some nitpicking that bothered me a bit scifi-wise. With those quantum entanglement communicators one would think they'd place one on Milky Way to keep communicationg with the fleet. Less emotional attachment to the characters too, though I like the crew. Game also starts bit slowly and there is lot to take in when it gets going.

    But I didn't even notice that those "facial animations" are supposedly bad. Wow.    … Expand
  42. Builder26
    Mar 26, 2017
    8
    If you are looking for Mass Effect 2 and 3 for your starting point then this is not what you are going to get. What you are going to get is a new and compelling story line with the some of the same races you had before.

    So the Bad stuff first: - The facial animations, they aren't top notch, I didn't find them to be off putting but some people will -Some of the voice acting isn't    If you are looking for Mass Effect 2 and 3 for your starting point then this is not what you are going to get. What you are going to get is a new and compelling story line with the some of the same races you had before.

    So the Bad stuff first:

    - The facial animations, they aren't top notch, I didn't find them to be off putting but some people will
    -Some of the voice acting isn't great, not so much the one on one conversation, but with multiple characters in a dialogue it can be a bit disjointed
    -Some of the side quests can feel a bit MMOish
    -It has quite a slow start, this is something that I don't think has done it any favors with the early access options, play a few hours and see what you think. It's slow, so I think that will go against it in that format and I have seen a fair few reviews here of people deciding not to buy it from that and review it from those few hours. In terms of this game you need to play through that to get to the gold.
    -The inventory system is a bit clunky

    The Good:

    -The environments are beautiful, with a good range and if you want to explore you will be rewarded for that
    -Combat is interesting and doesn't feel like a speed bump
    -The story is good, and has its own feel, note the above that it does take a while to get into it. Once you are in it though you have the choices of where to go and what to focus on.
    -More then black and white. Some people are going to see this as a downside, there are more options than paragon and renegade, leaving room to be more of a nuanced hero.
    -The personal character interactions are great
    -Most of the side quests are good
    -A similar but different focus to saving the whole universe and it all feeling very urgent

    Overall I like if not love this game.

    Buy it, play past the first 5 hours and hopefully you will feel the same as well.    … Expand
  43. Zelloswar
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    Let me begin by saying that i'm a huge fan of the entire Mass Effect franchise, i've re-played the original 3 games more than 50 times combined.
    And let me tell you, i never-mind the bugs and glitches and what not, just don't care.
    Now here is my problem with the Andromeda - the rubber faces, it's like a bunch of sex dolls talking to each other. I've played Mass Effect for incredible    Let me begin by saying that i'm a huge fan of the entire Mass Effect franchise, i've re-played the original 3 games more than 50 times combined.
    And let me tell you, i never-mind the bugs and glitches and what not, just don't care.

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

    Screw that.    … Expand
  44. rayray1940
    Mar 26, 2017
    7
    Have been playing it for 10 hours and already found it very boring.

    ME:A tries to be a mix of ME1 to ME3, but it falls short on all the best aspects of the trilogy: 1) Worse RPG gameplay elements (dialogs, writing, tension) than all three 2) Worse exploration than ME1 due to the sluggish transition animations 3) very broken animation, voice acting and outdated graphic quality which    Have been playing it for 10 hours and already found it very boring.

    ME:A tries to be a mix of ME1 to ME3, but it falls short on all the best aspects of the trilogy:
    1) Worse RPG gameplay elements (dialogs, writing, tension) than all three
    2) Worse exploration than ME1 due to the sluggish transition animations
    3) very broken animation, voice acting and outdated graphic quality which breaks the immersion very much

    It's a mediocre game exactly like DA:I in space, no wonder they name them in the same scheme. Mediocre games in the best brands, which result in nothing but extreme disappointment.    … Expand
  45. Pinoken
    Mar 26, 2017
    7
    Honestly, I think people need to calm down. Too much people are jumping on the bandwagon.
    Am I going to make excuses for the bad facial animations, bad writing, cringy humor, convoluted menus and other things? No because most of those actually are not extraordinary.
    At the same time, people are making these problems out to be bigger than they actually are. After 11 hours of gameplay,    Honestly, I think people need to calm down. Too much people are jumping on the bandwagon.
    Am I going to make excuses for the bad facial animations, bad writing, cringy humor, convoluted menus and other things? No because most of those actually are not extraordinary.

    At the same time, people are making these problems out to be bigger than they actually are. After 11 hours of gameplay, I've maybe come across 5 instances of animation where I thought "this is really ridiculous". The rest of it, while far from amazing, is within acceptable levels.

    I've only got one big gripe with the game and that's that I can only equip 3 skills in combat. That is something that's really detrimental to my enjoyment of the game, seeing how you've got 24 active skills to pick from while you can only ever have 3 equipped. But that's it.

    The game may not contain anything groundbreaking or even particularly outstanding, but it's enjoyable nonetheless. That's enough for me. Not every game has to be the next Witcher 3.    … Expand
  46. kurnubego
    Mar 26, 2017
    3
    Bland, predictable and frankly childish story. Other that combat mechanics which fits for generic 3rd person action shooters this game doesn't have anything. You had a theme of colonialism. Such potential. So much ethical considerations player could have been forced to deal with. None of that. Game creators took safe boring route.

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

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

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

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

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

    Disappointment.    … Expand
  47. Scramble_74
    Mar 26, 2017
    9
    Played for three days now. This game is huge, lots of things to do and has kept my interest up really well. I don't know how it works as standalone game, but as Mass Effect fan I really enjoy the new adventure even though there aren't many references to old characters.

    On technical side the music is maybe bit worse, but everything else, the new worlds look gorgeous and the atmosphere of    Played for three days now. This game is huge, lots of things to do and has kept my interest up really well. I don't know how it works as standalone game, but as Mass Effect fan I really enjoy the new adventure even though there aren't many references to old characters.

    On technical side the music is maybe bit worse, but everything else, the new worlds look gorgeous and the atmosphere of the game is better. It took a while to get a hang of resources, special forces, habitability, exploring (fast travel and forward pods are a friends planetside). Overall the gameplay and movement is much better than in other Mass Effect games.

    So far I've had one bug where the game once stopped loading which is pretty well (compared to Fallout 4 for instance).

    Ryder is better main character than Shephard, the team is best of all Mass Effect games and I like Tempest more than Normandy. Mass Effect 2 and 3 were still more gripping games from the start, but my first days with Andromeda have been better than with Mass Effect 1. Early GOTY candidate for me.    … Expand
  48. AdmiralPrawn
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Generic popamole combat, bland characters, dialogue and story that seemed to be written by a 13 year old fan-fic-writer. Not even the jetpack can save this.
  49. DrStrange
    Mar 26, 2017
    10
    Haha 0s nothing I mean nothing deserves a 0 unless it is a white screen when you turn it on.
    PROS
    Lots and lots of content The story would be the child of the classic Total Recall, and Battlestar Galactica Back to the roots in armor and weapon modifications An interesting antagonist CONS Animation Some voice acting a small minority of MMO like side missions, but they can be    Haha 0s nothing I mean nothing deserves a 0 unless it is a white screen when you turn it on.
    PROS
    Lots and lots of content
    The story would be the child of the classic Total Recall, and Battlestar Galactica
    Back to the roots in armor and weapon modifications
    An interesting antagonist

    CONS
    Animation
    Some voice acting
    a small minority of MMO like side missions, but they can be avoided

    Over all it's a good time waster all these people hating it need to get real and quit expecting games to be exactly how you want them. I give it a 10 to counter these rediculous 0's    … Expand
  50. KaptainSkyrim
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    TL;DR - Something managed to be worse than Spider Man 3

    I wanted to like this game, I really did, but there are just too many problems, too many bugs and glitches that shouldn't have gotten past the dev phase, and definitely shouldn't be in the finished product.
  51. RageGT
    Mar 25, 2017
    9
    I'm only some 25 hours into the game, SP mostly, exploring every bit of of it, INSANITY difficulty. All my old ME3 friends are on Multiplayer climbing to the top of the chart as they used to in ME3. I'll get a late start into real MP obsession at some point but I am enjoying the SP so very much (INSANITY!!! it helps!)
    I get all the negative reviews and I cannot really argue or disagree    I'm only some 25 hours into the game, SP mostly, exploring every bit of of it, INSANITY difficulty. All my old ME3 friends are on Multiplayer climbing to the top of the chart as they used to in ME3. I'll get a late start into real MP obsession at some point but I am enjoying the SP so very much (INSANITY!!! it helps!)
    I get all the negative reviews and I cannot really argue or disagree with them. They are all correct in their own perspective and I'd love to see the Bioware I knew back in Baldur's Gate days. But when I got my first outpost coming down from the sky after a hell of a work to get it done, it gave me some strong emotions. Good ones too. Like some I got from Gothic 2, The Witcher (all of them), Dragon Age Origins and the Mass Effect games (of course, the last 10 min of ME3 excluded). I am enjoying to play Andromeda like if it were one of those great games despite of its flaws. Maybe I got too soft while aging or maybe young people nowadays are too demanding. I followed pre-release Andromeda Initiative and signed up and watched it all. I was excited with it while waiting for the chance to play. Honestly, I am not even a bit frustrated. I wish I had a better rig for better FPS and graphics but I'm working on it soon. I am actually impressed that the game can be much better than so many b/s I've played throughout the years and it's not different of what was presented in the pre-release vids and cinematics. I am loving my pathfinder and all she is doing in game. The companions are cool too. The only thing that makes me sad about it is that Bioware is no CDPR and there will be no Enhanced Edition or a super mega hiper patch for free, fixing most of the flaws. But that's only my guessing. Who knows what they have learned watching CDPR going from a small Warsaw studio to one of the most brilliant game developers. I still pray that EA gets their dirty hands far away from those Polish guys. The rest, I can live with. Combat is cool! INSANITY!!!    … Expand
  52. Nipuni
    Mar 25, 2017
    10
    This game is super fun, it is beautiful and the characters are lovable and interesting!! It makes me want to complete every quest and try every route. After all the bad critiques I was expecting something terrible and I was surprised at how good it is, it makes me think that a lot of the angry people are just nostalgic for the first 3 games haha there is so much dialogue and so much to doThis game is super fun, it is beautiful and the characters are lovable and interesting!! It makes me want to complete every quest and try every route. After all the bad critiques I was expecting something terrible and I was surprised at how good it is, it makes me think that a lot of the angry people are just nostalgic for the first 3 games haha there is so much dialogue and so much to do I can't stop playing it, great game!!… Expand
  53. FrayDabson
    Mar 25, 2017
    7
    I have to wonder if many people who gave this game a poor review actually played it, or are judging off what they saw online.

    I decided to go on a whim and got the game for about $40 Graphics look great, I am not bored yet, story has kept me interested so far. I have not run into any of the animation issues I have heard oh so many things about. I have not run into any bugs yet.    I have to wonder if many people who gave this game a poor review actually played it, or are judging off what they saw online.

    I decided to go on a whim and got the game for about $40

    Graphics look great, I am not bored yet, story has kept me interested so far. I have not run into any of the animation issues I have heard oh so many things about.

    I have not run into any bugs yet.

    This is not an amazing game-breaking game, and may not be nearly what ME fans hoped it would be, but it is no where near as bad as people are making it out to be and I dont understand the mass hate for it at all.    … Expand
  54. TheGodMouse
    Mar 25, 2017
    9
    This game truly captivates that "explorers first" attitude that the original mass effect had. I can't recommend this game enough if you enjoyed the new and engaging experiences of the original. This game has some graphical hiccups, but all in all, I have to put this game second in the series as far as overall quality (first one takes the cake in regard to originality and depth) I reallyThis game truly captivates that "explorers first" attitude that the original mass effect had. I can't recommend this game enough if you enjoyed the new and engaging experiences of the original. This game has some graphical hiccups, but all in all, I have to put this game second in the series as far as overall quality (first one takes the cake in regard to originality and depth) I really wish EA hadn't released a free 10 hour demo of the game, as people who play it won't have understood the full scope of the game. All the bad media about this game just shows how truly shallow the rest of "gamers" out there (they legitimately compare it to COD and other steaming piles of fecal matter) as to why they didn't enjoy it. Treat yourself, and pick up this gem. I guarantee you'll enjoy it, and have a lasting experience with it!… Expand
  55. gogopher
    Mar 25, 2017
    9
    by far the second best in the seriers (after ME1)...much better than the reviews...facial and conversation bugs yeah...everything else better than before yeah...it harkens back to me1+2 i would say it sets in the middle and takes the best of both...new engine is insane...story is traditional me and companions much more streamlined and intersting...crafting is excellent...world is friggin huge
  56. Slipfeed
    Mar 25, 2017
    10
    There are a lot of dishonest scores posted here. People who got together in order to tank this game's score as some sort of retaliation against the developer for one of two things. "They didn't follow up on mass effect 3, they left my beloved characters behind, I want to know what happens to Joker, ETC..." OR they are still on the mass effect hate train from the ME3 ending.

    It's    There are a lot of dishonest scores posted here. People who got together in order to tank this game's score as some sort of retaliation against the developer for one of two things. "They didn't follow up on mass effect 3, they left my beloved characters behind, I want to know what happens to Joker, ETC..." OR they are still on the mass effect hate train from the ME3 ending.

    It's really sad such an amazing game can fall victim to so much stupidity. Developers and gamer alike should no longer pay attention to this site or it's reviews. People have figured out how to game it, and use it as a way to attempt to punish devs for anything they don't like. I have seen some people who threw the whole game away because there are gay people in it. Because it presents romantic relationships in a more organic way, and some of those potential relationships are of a homosexual nature. Ya, a guy hit on you. Guess that deserves giving the game a 0? Grow up.

    All in all, if you miss out on this game because of the idiots on this site, you're missing out on what may be one of the best sci-fi action RPG's ever made.    … Expand
  57. DMSRECON
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    Mass Effect Andromeda is a lot like a **** relationship. You always wanted to be with someone, and here's that someone, but every time you get together you are disappointed and feel like you had made a huge mistake; but the moment your away you can't help but think things could get better, but deep down, it won't.

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

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

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

    Oh, and if you are a fan of decisions, this game has none. Or at least, none that matter. Or if you are a fan of making a customized character, good luck with that, as the character creation tools are more limited than Bethesda games are buggy, as well as only having 3 hot-keys for abilities.    … Expand
  58. budspencer2012
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    The problem with this game is that it already looks like a 5 year old plus game which is pretty sad. Poorly done environments with no interactivity, just static meshes that do nothing, poorly done characters. After all this time the look of the game did not evolve one bit. That was a major turn off for me, I played an hour and frankly had no desire to continue playing afterwards. I willThe problem with this game is that it already looks like a 5 year old plus game which is pretty sad. Poorly done environments with no interactivity, just static meshes that do nothing, poorly done characters. After all this time the look of the game did not evolve one bit. That was a major turn off for me, I played an hour and frankly had no desire to continue playing afterwards. I will finish it but begrudgingly. I think Bioware totally goofed. They probably started developing this game at the same time as Mass Effect 3 and took too long to release this and could not get it into a newer engine to make it look relevant to what is being offered now for other games. I am glad that i did not pay full price for this. It's a big let down. Like the assasin's creed unity of Ubisoft for Bioware. I hope EA and Bioware learn a hard lesson from this. I don't blame anyone who are completely crapping on this game as it deserves it. It's a total afront to people who love the franchise.… Expand
  59. Thermogenin
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    The bad:

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

    What did I just play?

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

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

    Did I mention how bad the facial animations was?

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

    The story felt like the children of said discharge.

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

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

    The good: game play was okay but buggy.    … Expand
  60. moondog255
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    A tragic waste of effort. They killed the franchise with ME3's ending and now they give us this? Unplayable, boring, unlikable characters and just generally disappointing. Don't waste your money.
  61. Greenbob
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    this game can be summed up as "wonky", from the character animations, (you're on the internet so i don't have to explain that bit.) right down to the controls for general movement in and out of combat. it feels like you're trying to control a toddler with a jump pack. pair this with one of the most claustrophobic over the shoulder cameras and an auto cover system that is absolutelythis game can be summed up as "wonky", from the character animations, (you're on the internet so i don't have to explain that bit.) right down to the controls for general movement in and out of combat. it feels like you're trying to control a toddler with a jump pack. pair this with one of the most claustrophobic over the shoulder cameras and an auto cover system that is absolutely annoying.

    things that look like they may provide cover do not, some that do are total cheese spots and give you the magical ability to shoot through what should be otherwise impossible angles. and in reverse may just get you killed because you'll shoot the inanimate blockade you've chosen while staring down an enemy that can now shoot through aforementioned rock/wall. theres really no safety while moving in this auto cover system, because seemingly Ryder will magically have enough of this **** and just stand strait up to change directions and be met in kind with an auto aim, perfect firing line accuracy the enemy possesses from a quarter of a mile away using their smg/assault rifles .

    you too possess a smg assault rifle but i think your manufacturer may have left out any type of recoil compensation or rather Ryder being an elite trained operative was never tested on how well his grouping had been. so far as i can tell, all the abilities are the exact same from ME1, 2, &3. that may be a bonus for you, for me its a rather dull repetitive experience.

    voice acting seems to have been done in a studio far removed from the game dev team, being that whatever script was given to these poor souls had no descriptors on wtf was actually going on in any of these scenes. the emotional inflection or lack there of seems to plague about 90% of all game content..

    IMO most of the level designs seem a jumbled mess of procedural generated assets that the devs kept randomizing until they felt the cobbled together mess was considered playable. some of this is a true eyesore. But in all i think the most telling thing of this whole cash cow "member berry" experience (that i myself am not removed from) Is the lead designer of this project, you should watch out for these type of people, and no, I'm not referring to any type of race or ethnicity. rather a moral corrupt narcissist that believes the legitimate concerns of his fan base are to be blamed on the color of their skin rather than the evidence provided that he and his development team did in fact ship us **** and alot of it.

    he screams racism because you don't like the cringe worthy animations, narrow character customization, bad voice acting, graphical down grades, laggy controls and 80s action movie narritive, while without fans like you he wouldn't have had a job (and a damn good one at that), that gave him the ability to slag off a lead designer position in the first place. But just remember its not his fault, he made a good game, and if you dont think so your probably just a white racist, "writes this native american"

    but don't believe so, anyone who does a bad job and blames it on everyone else, well, we have a title for them, its called **** bag". btw, aforementioned lead designer was fired from his position and now leads an indie gaming company. feel free to check out any upcoming titles from him. I'm sure you'll want to purchase whatever this man produces effective immediately.    … Expand
  62. KingofallHeroes
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    game is garbage. tumblr fest cringe worthy writing. bugs that would make bethseda blush. facial animations that look worse than ME1. this is one huge rushed mess. Ui interface still bad. Not much to do on the worlds but grind.
  63. Skylortrexler
    Mar 25, 2017
    3
    Imagine all the worst things about Mass Effect 1. Now add in the maps from Dragon Age Inquisition and the crafting system as well. Now you've pretty much got the ME:Andromeda experience. Sprinkle in some bad animations and poor voice acting and you've got it.
  64. everyonecritic
    Mar 25, 2017
    7
    Average game, could have been so much more if writing staff of ME1 and QA of ME3 were still working at Bioware. If you would like a good story and amazing characters, do not bother. If you like semi-open world futuristic sci fi and can handle occasionally cringe-worthy writing and very often a cringe-worthy animation go for it. It is not half as bad as people make it.

    Pros: Sci-Fi    Average game, could have been so much more if writing staff of ME1 and QA of ME3 were still working at Bioware. If you would like a good story and amazing characters, do not bother. If you like semi-open world futuristic sci fi and can handle occasionally cringe-worthy writing and very often a cringe-worthy animation go for it. It is not half as bad as people make it.

    Pros:
    Sci-Fi adventure in space. Lots of ground to cover, freedom of movement. Vehicle is a decent mode of transportation this time. Skyboxes of planets are amazing so driving around the alien planet and just looking at it is quite fun. There is a decent horde mode multiplayer. Few companion characters are memorable.

    Cons: Much, much weaker than any of the original games as far as story and characters go. Nothing even comes close to Harbinger lines and the general feeling of ME1, squad of ME2 or atmosphere doom and gloom in ME3. Technical issues are apparent though you will learn to ignore those pretty fast. Some writers push their political agenda in most obvious and appalling manner.    … Expand
  65. Nova-C47
    Mar 25, 2017
    8
    I can't see the reason behind all the negative reviews, I enjoy the game, very much.
    Yes, it is buggy and, yes, the facial animations are weird, to say at least, but besides that...I don't feel that the game is so bad as others make it be. I'm certain, that those who gave the bad reviews expected something, I don't know, better than the original trilogy ? If so, what the hell did you    I can't see the reason behind all the negative reviews, I enjoy the game, very much.
    Yes, it is buggy and, yes, the facial animations are weird, to say at least, but besides that...I don't feel that the game is so bad as others make it be. I'm certain, that those who gave the bad reviews expected something, I don't know, better than the original trilogy ? If so, what the hell did you expect ? Yes it is not that 'WOW', but has its moments.
    I like the game, and yes, I had few buggy moments, like, enemies fell through the ground in Voeld and I had to restart the game, and, got I stuck between two crates on Eos, and that's it, so far...31 hours in. The story and characters, are good, their stories are interesting, haven't done all of them, I did at least three or four.
    Overall, IT IS A GOOD GAME.    … Expand
  66. Wermand
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    I can understand everything: bland plot, poor dialogue wheel, bland characters (protagonist as well, even Inquisitor was a better written character), **** optimization. But Jesus Christ... I am horrified by thought of all asari in this game having the same face model. Each and everyone of them. Sometimes there are cutscenes in which several asari standing one next to another - it is anI can understand everything: bland plot, poor dialogue wheel, bland characters (protagonist as well, even Inquisitor was a better written character), **** optimization. But Jesus Christ... I am horrified by thought of all asari in this game having the same face model. Each and everyone of them. Sometimes there are cutscenes in which several asari standing one next to another - it is an attack of the clones, god damn it. Not to mention ugly human mugs and facial animations - those are simply abysmal. And i have waited five years for this game. What a shame.
    I liked Vetra though - she is the only reason i am going to rate ME:A with 4.    … Expand
  67. undecode
    Mar 25, 2017
    10
    Great game, the story, characters, mechanics and gameplay are really good. There are some bugs and the animations (looks like it's the only thing people care about nowadays, to the point to riot against Senior animator - from another company- ) could be improved. But to be honest, I experienced way more glitches and bugs playing other games, like Witcher, when people didn't even talk aboutGreat game, the story, characters, mechanics and gameplay are really good. There are some bugs and the animations (looks like it's the only thing people care about nowadays, to the point to riot against Senior animator - from another company- ) could be improved. But to be honest, I experienced way more glitches and bugs playing other games, like Witcher, when people didn't even talk about it.
    I seriously don't know why people are complaining this much about ME:Andromeda. The 0/4 scores are purely from fan-boys or people hating on something particular (like the animation non-sense I talked about before), there is no way that this game could have that low score.
    Finally, I stopped caring about these silly ratings a couple years ago, and some AAA games with really low score were a surprise. The only reason I'm making this review is for the people who really wan't to know if this game is good. If you liked the other Mass Effects, you will like this one too.    … Expand
  68. lippmannk1
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    I'm 100 hours into this game. 100 hours of fetch quests, terrible animation glitches, and trying to find a reason to actually care about the "Andromeda Initiative"...

    It is so boring I want to get high on something. Anything. THAT is how bad this game is.
  69. danield44
    Mar 25, 2017
    10
    After 30+ hours gameplay;
    Good:
    - immersive story - deep, interesting characters (yes, including PeeBee) - great humor and dialogs - no more big, empty places (they learned from Inquisition) - ME1 gameplay feeling (with all positives and negatives) Bad: - impossible to make any normal face with the character generator - most of the animations are weak and buggy - hundreds of    After 30+ hours gameplay;
    Good:
    - immersive story
    - deep, interesting characters (yes, including PeeBee)
    - great humor and dialogs
    - no more big, empty places (they learned from Inquisition)
    - ME1 gameplay feeling (with all positives and negatives)
    Bad:
    - impossible to make any normal face with the character generator
    - most of the animations are weak and buggy
    - hundreds of small bugs (most of them can be easily fixed soon)

    Overall, i'm a bit disappointed, but Andromeda is still a great ME game for me. Don't buy a ticket to the hate-wagon guys, this game definitly worth a try.    … Expand
  70. dreadcannibal
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    After 5 long years of waiting, we finally get mass effect andromeda, sadly the game is terrible.
    I heard this game had a budget of 40m dollars. I can compare this product to some indie games out there that will put this game to shame.
    The terrible writing, the repetitive gameplay, the awkward cutscenes and not to mention the animations. If this was a cheap game made by some uknown    After 5 long years of waiting, we finally get mass effect andromeda, sadly the game is terrible.
    I heard this game had a budget of 40m dollars. I can compare this product to some indie games out there that will put this game to shame.
    The terrible writing, the repetitive gameplay, the awkward cutscenes and not to mention the animations.
    If this was a cheap game made by some uknown developer i might have given this game something around 3/10 but taking into consideration it's bioware and it's compared to the previous titles its a solid 0 for me.    … Expand
  71. Dimran
    Mar 25, 2017
    1
    Полная фигня, жалею, что потратил деньги. В игре нет ничего от серии, сплошная шляпа. Я играл целую неделю, наиграл 80 часов, а что толку? Хочу это развидеть.
  72. hillcreek
    Mar 25, 2017
    8
    It didn't quite satisfy the raging fanboys of the original trilogy, but it most certainly is a great game! I've enjoyed my time in andromeda, although a slow start, it picks up the pace along the way and becomes a full worthy space explorer-action-RPG! :)
  73. kent777bgr
    Mar 25, 2017
    9
    Игра понравилась, наиграл более 60 часов и не остался разочарован. мне кажется несправидливым тот факт, что игру настолько сильно хейтят.
    Я не считаю, что разработчики обманули игроков: атмосфера исследований, открытий, на мой взгляд, удалась.
    Незадолго до релиза, когда полились тонны говна в сторону игры, я думал, что Андромеда меня разочарует. Писали, что в результате получится    Игра понравилась, наиграл более 60 часов и не остался разочарован. мне кажется несправидливым тот факт, что игру настолько сильно хейтят.
    Я не считаю, что разработчики обманули игроков: атмосфера исследований, открытий, на мой взгляд, удалась.
    Незадолго до релиза, когда полились тонны говна в сторону игры, я думал, что Андромеда меня разочарует. Писали, что в результате получится настолько плохо как мафия 3. Рад что для меня это оказалось не так. Конечно, лицевая анимация, за исключением некоторых моментов, выглядит плохо, азари стали все на одно лицо, причем лицо не самое красивое, надеюсь, что когда-нибудь анимацию поправят.
    Единственный минус, который сильно раздражает - это ооооочень долгие перемещения от планеты к планете, от системы к системе.    … Expand
  74. sabaschnurz
    Mar 25, 2017
    10
    This game is like a 8.5 out of 10, but I have to give it now 10 out of 10 due to all of these haters that didn't even play and score it a 0 out of 10. I mean there is no way that this game is a zero it cont be. the community is so toxic and just buys into blind hate. fair enough if you don't like it, but then give it something like a 5 out of 10, something realistic. This is so patheticThis game is like a 8.5 out of 10, but I have to give it now 10 out of 10 due to all of these haters that didn't even play and score it a 0 out of 10. I mean there is no way that this game is a zero it cont be. the community is so toxic and just buys into blind hate. fair enough if you don't like it, but then give it something like a 5 out of 10, something realistic. This is so pathetic and sad what I am seeing here, it is like people get an erection from this fake sense of power, feel sorry for all you people.… Expand
  75. Silverscorpio
    Mar 25, 2017
    9
    This game is Great. The Positive aspects of the game far outweighs the negatives of the game. The animations is not such a big deal and can be funny but is is not game breaking and you can still enjoy the game even if there is an animation problem. It is really big and having the Nomad to drive on the planet is pure fun. I would recommend this game to any gamer that actually play a gameThis game is Great. The Positive aspects of the game far outweighs the negatives of the game. The animations is not such a big deal and can be funny but is is not game breaking and you can still enjoy the game even if there is an animation problem. It is really big and having the Nomad to drive on the planet is pure fun. I would recommend this game to any gamer that actually play a game and not complain about superficial problems that will in all likelihood be fixed anyway.… Expand
  76. inquisitor1009
    Mar 25, 2017
    1
    Terrible face animation, stupid plot, stupid protagonist, stupid antagonist, stupid NPCs, stupid gameplay. Authors don't appreciate the Mass Effect's universe and don't know anything about space fiction. One of the worst AAA games ever made.
  77. Akk3d1s
    Mar 25, 2017
    8
    It seems like most jumped onto the wagon of hate before even playing it. Seriously, how many of these ratings are from people that actually played the game? Probably the same people that rated the brain-dead Doom as a 10. I have not finished MEA yet, but I have thoroughly enjoyed wandering about and enjoying a story while exploring. The game animations are not great, but you can easilyIt seems like most jumped onto the wagon of hate before even playing it. Seriously, how many of these ratings are from people that actually played the game? Probably the same people that rated the brain-dead Doom as a 10. I have not finished MEA yet, but I have thoroughly enjoyed wandering about and enjoying a story while exploring. The game animations are not great, but you can easily adjust to it. The story is good enough to pay attention, the exploration is fun and colorful, but the creative gameplay is what will keep you coming back for more. In its current state, the game is at the very least a 7. Maybe wait for a few patch fixes, but other than that, I am sure you will find something to love.… Expand
  78. Bushstar
    Mar 25, 2017
    8
    User score of 4.4, really? Dumping on MEA (Mass Effect Andromeda) is certainly hot right now, seems that people have lost their objectivity in the rush to jump on the MEA hate bandwagon. The attitude towards what we have been given in MEA shows how spoilt we have become, we want our cake and we want to eat it. The game is not actually bad, it was never going to match the story of theUser score of 4.4, really? Dumping on MEA (Mass Effect Andromeda) is certainly hot right now, seems that people have lost their objectivity in the rush to jump on the MEA hate bandwagon. The attitude towards what we have been given in MEA shows how spoilt we have become, we want our cake and we want to eat it. The game is not actually bad, it was never going to match the story of the original but in the universe of scifi it is not in uninteresting territory. I now have 27 hours of play time under my belt and there's plenty to get on with in multiple open worlds and it feels like I'm just getting started. It definitely plays like a Mass Effect game and it looks good. Remember how in the first Mass Effect you could roam around planets in a vehicle, well that's back and is a major part of the game, each planet you explore seems massive and is full of quests and things to shoot at. The scanning of planets and anomalies is also there and that's where my biggest gripe with the game lies, you cannot skip the animation of going from one area to another when moving around Andromeda, not the worst thing in the world. The bottom line is, if you like scifi and if you enjoyed the original Mass Effect then you will like MEA, ignore the people hating on this game, they don't actually know what they like.… Expand
  79. bdw50844
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    Really bad indeed. As a die hard Mass Effect fan it was real insult.

    - Animations terrible - Amateur voice acting - Boring and uninspiring story line - Illusion of choices - Full of bugs, glitches and crashes - No tactical abilities during combat (was in previous games) - Generic leveling system (no more specializations) - Face animations garbage, dead eyes look - Childish and    Really bad indeed. As a die hard Mass Effect fan it was real insult.

    - Animations terrible
    - Amateur voice acting
    - Boring and uninspiring story line
    - Illusion of choices
    - Full of bugs, glitches and crashes
    - No tactical abilities during combat (was in previous games)
    - Generic leveling system (no more specializations)
    - Face animations garbage, dead eyes look
    - Childish and boring new races

    List goes on and on...    … Expand
  80. PalaeNative
    Mar 25, 2017
    8
    I cannot bring myself to jump on the hate-bandwagon that seems to have gotten a rolling start with this game. I am truly and honestly having way too much fun with this title to understand how all the hate is warranted.

    The gameplay is amazing, the characters are lovable (or intentionally hate-able) from an early point and the world is so well designed to give you the perfect feeling of    I cannot bring myself to jump on the hate-bandwagon that seems to have gotten a rolling start with this game. I am truly and honestly having way too much fun with this title to understand how all the hate is warranted.

    The gameplay is amazing, the characters are lovable (or intentionally hate-able) from an early point and the world is so well designed to give you the perfect feeling of nostalgic familiarity while still making everything new. The theme of the game is so well portrayed by the plot as there is always a feeling of mystery and an entity that is much bigger than yourself which can't help but invoke a need to explore and learn.

    The only flaw in the game would be the animations, they are not up to modern standards. This said, however, they simply do not detract from the immense enjoyment that this game offers. As of yet I have still not encountered any bugs on my PC version, and thus cannot comment about that.

    In conclusion, I cannot understand the gap in experiences that people are having with this title. It is thoroughly invoking and enjoyable, and certainly does not warrant the immense hatred it is receiving. The hate seems like a clear example of media hysteria to jump on the popular 'meme' for the day just so that you feel there are people out there who agree with you.    … Expand
  81. Aralia
    Mar 25, 2017
    2
    OK, I really tried hard to like this game. I played it now for several days, since I am a hardcore ME fan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    BTW, the story would have had potential for sure, but they really botched it.    … Expand
  82. priest865
    Mar 25, 2017
    6
    Graphics
    One of the biggest problem are the animation bugs and deliberately ugly characters. Encountering animation bugs is not fluke or happens by chance the just exist. However the worst of them seem to appear in the first three hours of the game. It also seems that the developers tried to make human npcs espescially ugly. Which is also a problem for the character creator. There are    Graphics
    One of the biggest problem are the animation bugs and deliberately ugly characters. Encountering animation bugs is not fluke or happens by chance the just exist. However the worst of them seem to appear in the first three hours of the game. It also seems that the developers tried to make human npcs espescially ugly. Which is also a problem for the character creator. There are only a few templates which are good enough for character creation at least for creating a male character. Additionally there is something wrong with the human eyes of the characters. They don't have no reflection, are to big and too wide open. In general fixing the eyes would already make the game a lot better visually. However other than that the game is beautiful. The planets and environments look great and the alien races look better than ever.

    UI and Menus
    At first the UI and menus are very overwhelming. I can only talk here about my personal expirience. After some time I got used to it. Using the keyboard to navigate the menus instead of the mouse is very efficient and fast. All in all interfaces for sure need improvements but bad menus and interfaces in AAA games seems to be a trand lately.

    Gameplay
    Gameplay is good and fun. However I am very much used to the cover mechanic of ME3. So I don't use the jet pack as often as I probably should in combat. I prefer to stay in cover and shoot from a medium distance. Also I sometimes "break cover" by just moving to much to the side. This doesn't happen to often so it is just a minor annoyance.
    A new addition to the series is crafting which allows you to customize your armor and weapons. There are lots of armor and weapon types to craft. All with different attributes. Armors can benefit different specializations (biotic, soldier, tech) or they can have more general stats. All inall there are a lot of customizations options with the crafting menu. Probably every armor or weapon you've seen in the Mass Effect franchise can be crafted and equipped and modified with auguments. For all those options it is a pity that you can't equip your squad with the equipment you can craft.
    Another new feature is the skill system. It allows for four different profiles to freely switched around. The player can learn every skill and add 3 of them to every profile - there is no class restriction for learning the skills.
    Exploration seems to be the new focus of the gaming series. Most of the maps can be explored with the Nomad a vehicle which can be upgraded in various ways. The maps countain various activities and quests. At times the amount of quests can be overwhelming. The quality of quests vary greatly and probably depends personal preference.

    Conclusion
    All in all the game is can be a pleasant expirience when you can get past the biggest problem - the animation and hideous looking NPCs.    … Expand
  83. Chomag7
    Mar 25, 2017
    8
    First of all, the facial animations are not adequate. Yes, there are issues with facial animations as well as the looks of human npcs. Besides the facial animation, a lot of the minor human npcs are ugly as sin, like their modeling was made entirely by a randomising facial creation program, cause no way a human developer made some of those faces and the said "it's good!", no way.

    So now    First of all, the facial animations are not adequate. Yes, there are issues with facial animations as well as the looks of human npcs. Besides the facial animation, a lot of the minor human npcs are ugly as sin, like their modeling was made entirely by a randomising facial creation program, cause no way a human developer made some of those faces and the said "it's good!", no way.

    So now that we got...THAT out of the way, let's get to the good stuff.

    The game is...AWESOME. The best feature would probably be the combat itself, it's very satisfying and fun. Of course you won't notice that if you just play a boring ass soldier character. The beauty of the combat comes into play when you play melee-biotic hybrids or just pure biotic, there is a ton of things you can do, from teleporting into enemies to picking up a couple of them and hurling them into other enemies.

    The game is pretty much a better Inquistion. Trust me on this, I considered Inquisition as a borefest with tons of pointless, filler quests, and **** combat. And I didn't care at all about the companions in Inquisition. Other than that, it's very similar.

    One thing I don't really appreciate is how much downtime you have between action. I don't want a Doom, geez, but come on, I would rather do other things than bla bla bla with a ton of npcs for hours, most of those dialogues being a short version of their life's story. I DON'T **** CARE!

    Another thing I'm not a fan of is the interface. It's very convoluted, things like quests are very confusing to get to, as well as the buy/sell interface is horrid. Also, you don't immediately know if an item you buy is going to really be an improvement for you. But I have to admit that after you play the game for hours, you get kinda used with the interface and can work with it, of course as a new player, you'll just get pissed for a while.

    The controls are very nice and responsive. As someone who doesn't use a controller at all and couldn't play Witcher 3 because the controls were **** on keyboard&mouse, it's nice to see a game developed for consoles, that doesn't shove a controller down your throat. M&kb is working perfectly.

    In conclusion, if you haven't bought the game yet, go ahead and do it, it's tons of fun. If you already bought it and scored it low just because of the facial animations and occasional cutscene glitch...you're a manchild, get over yourself, there are worse games out there that are considered a "success" but which are indeed much worse products that ME:A. Fallout 4 comes to mind.    … Expand
  84. Vicol
    Mar 24, 2017
    1
    I loved ME 1 -3 have hundreds of hours into just one Game alone. This game is so linear its depressing. I give it a one because the combat is somewhat entertaining. That's about it. This is no mass effect game. If you played even one of the other Mass Effects you know its not. I have to also add this, who ever thought adding so many Sudoku puzzles in this was a great idea should just beI loved ME 1 -3 have hundreds of hours into just one Game alone. This game is so linear its depressing. I give it a one because the combat is somewhat entertaining. That's about it. This is no mass effect game. If you played even one of the other Mass Effects you know its not. I have to also add this, who ever thought adding so many Sudoku puzzles in this was a great idea should just be fired and leave the gaming industry like many many others who were involved in making this. Goodbye Bioware. :(… Expand
  85. Hivetyrant7
    Mar 24, 2017
    5
    Game i gorgeous. No argument there, visually striking, atmospheric and the sound direction is great as I would expect from a Mass Effect game.

    What I don't expect from a Mass Effect game in 2017 however are these bloody awful facial animations and character models (Heads mainly). I couldn't get far on the first planet after running into the aliens as the game engine would completely    Game i gorgeous. No argument there, visually striking, atmospheric and the sound direction is great as I would expect from a Mass Effect game.

    What I don't expect from a Mass Effect game in 2017 however are these bloody awful facial animations and character models (Heads mainly). I couldn't get far on the first planet after running into the aliens as the game engine would completely wonk out on random slopes and initiate that hilarious foot shuffle thing that stops you from moving. This along with the absurd auto saving interval meant I was replaying large sections every time I died from game bugs.

    Mass Effect is my favorite series of all time (Hell, I even liked the ending of 3) but this one is really just not for me.    … Expand
  86. Shad0w
    Mar 24, 2017
    4
    I loved Mass Effect 1 through 3, and my hopes for this one were high. I avoided all spoilers/news/advertising for Andromeda and immediately downloaded the trial. From the beginning things felt off, sort of cheap, lacking the quality and the immersion of the previous games. I was surprised that I couldn't create a character to resemble my Commander Shepard from games past, much lessI loved Mass Effect 1 through 3, and my hopes for this one were high. I avoided all spoilers/news/advertising for Andromeda and immediately downloaded the trial. From the beginning things felt off, sort of cheap, lacking the quality and the immersion of the previous games. I was surprised that I couldn't create a character to resemble my Commander Shepard from games past, much less anything that resembled me. Ryder lacks any sense of presence. He isn't a soldier, he isn't much of anything. Pathfinder? Ryder has no business being a protagonist. At best he is a tutorial npc that hands you a fetch quest. The dialogue is terrible. The decision wheel actually has better responses than what the voice actor elaborates with. Bad writing, bad casting, bad choice of characters for the npcs... apparently there was a cascade failure during development. The entire game and its menus stink of a lazy console port. EA is remaining faithful to its legacy of eventually ruining everything it gets its hands on. I really appreciate that they chose to give us a 10 hour trial instead of having to deal with all the refund requests/extra flak. If this is going to be your first mass effect game, stop. Don't even think about it. Go play through the first through third plus DLC's. You can get them all for cheaper than this steaming pile of mediocre pandering. I truly feel bad for what I'm sure were many people who worked hard on this only to see it turn out so poorly. There were definitely some terrible decisions made, and the people who made them have no business working in the gaming industry. People are comparing the writing to fan-fiction, and it truly is. Possibly not even Mass Effect fan-fiction though, more like EA executives and a bunch of annoying lobbyists had an idea and hired a 15 year old SJW to write it down for them.… Expand
  87. Tirah
    Mar 24, 2017
    8
    Andromeda is the latest victim of metabombing, so let's get the controversy out of the way before I start the actual review. A bunch of morons decided that Bioware made the female characters in Andromeda ugly on purpose to appeal to those pesky SJWs. Bioware is also apparently racist because while there ARE Caucasian skin tones in the character creator, they're not quite white enough whichAndromeda is the latest victim of metabombing, so let's get the controversy out of the way before I start the actual review. A bunch of morons decided that Bioware made the female characters in Andromeda ugly on purpose to appeal to those pesky SJWs. Bioware is also apparently racist because while there ARE Caucasian skin tones in the character creator, they're not quite white enough which is oppressive to the white male or something. Yes, this whole sorry affair is as cringy and embarrassing as it looks. My conclusion is that these boys were way too young to play any previous Mass Effect games because if they were old enough back then, they could remember that women in Mass Effect (and Dragon Age, for that matter) have always looked quite bad. Hell, femShep in the first and second game looked awful. Her redesigned version in ME3 looked really hot - but only in the cinematic trailer and on the cover art. The actual in-game model looked nothing like what they promised. Bottom line: Bioware is just being the same old Bioware they have always been, but little boys can't deal with it.

    With that out of the way, how is the actual game? Surprisingly good, actually. I've sunk about 30 hours into it so far and I'm nowhere near done, but I already love it. The premise is simple: a number of space ships (or "Arks") leave our solar system during the events of the original Mass Effect trilogy to look for a new home in the Andromeda galaxy. Their goal is to search for viable planets and colonize them. The travelers spend 600 years in cryosleep, and when they wake up things definitely aren't as simple as they expected. The Ark the new protagonist Ryder is traveling on arrives more than a year after the others. The Nexus (which is this game's version of the Citadel) is barely alive, several other Arks got lost in space and crash landed who knows where, and the planets people hoped to colonize are deadly. There are also new threats: hostile aliens known as "kett" and "the Scourge", an artificially created space phenomenon that destroys everything in its path. Ryder's goal is to deliver what the Andromeda Initiative promised: terraform planets, build colonies, bring people back from cryo, and create a new home for the future generations.

    Now I must mention the elephant in the room: yes, the character models and animations in this game are sub-par, the facial animations in particular. It's nowhere near as bad as people make it sound, but it's definitely disappointing. Bioware games have always had glitchy animations, awkward facial expressions and less than attractive females, but it's the year 2017 and one would hope there was some progress on that front. Alas, we still have Mass Effect 1 levels on quality 10 years after the first game was released. Female Ryder's default in-game model was disappointing in particular, but 30 hours into the game it actually grew on me and I think she looks quite cute.

    Mass Effect has always been more about the characters' personalities rather than their looks, though, and Andromeda still delivers. Fryda Wolff as Sara Ryder is definitely a worthy successor to Jennifer Hale's Shepard. She's younger and less experienced than Shepard, and she's endearingly awkward (especially when she flirts), but she's also snarky, funny and pretty cool when she wants to be. Wolff's delivery is spot on and femRyder has quickly become one of my most favorite ME characters thanks to her amazing voice work. The whole main voice cast is very strong. Christine Lakin (yes, the little girl from Step by Step) is shockingly good as Peebee. Katy Townsend is here too for those of us who can't get enough of the Cheeky Scot, and Natalie Dormer as Lexi T'Perro is amazing as expected, though I can't help it but feel her talent is a bit wasted. They brought in Natalie effing Dormer and all they have her do is voicing a minor character you can't even romance. She should have been a squad mate.

    There are 6 squad mates in total, all of them likeable and appealing in their own way. Not all of them are as fleshed out as they'd deserve, but Andromeda is just the first game in a new series and I'm sure we will learn more about them in time. You can also romance them as usual, but while the sex scenes are slightly more graphic this time around, they're also very, very awkward.

    The game is well optimized on PC, too. I have an old GTX 970 G1 which is definitely not cutting edge anymore, and the game looks amazing with a rock solid framerate at all times. The sound design and music are great as well.

    Final verdict: Andromeda is a damn good game. There are things I don't like (limited character creator, confusing mission tracking, crafting system, the lengthy animations you have to watch when traveling from planet to planet, weird character models and facial expressions), but if you get over these flaws the overall experience is enjoyable. Oh, and the new MAKO is really, really fun to drive this time around!    … Expand
  88. fehish
    Mar 24, 2017
    4
    It seems that Bioware didn't want to acknowledge the horrible aspects of their latest installment of Dragon Age and decided to implement all of them into this game. Besides the horrible animations there's plenty of things wrong with this game. There's a plethora of forgettable quests and just time wasting activities. Many of the characters try to come off as likable, but are insanelyIt seems that Bioware didn't want to acknowledge the horrible aspects of their latest installment of Dragon Age and decided to implement all of them into this game. Besides the horrible animations there's plenty of things wrong with this game. There's a plethora of forgettable quests and just time wasting activities. Many of the characters try to come off as likable, but are insanely obnoxious. All of the playable areas in this game are very dead. There are several things to do such as, mining... over and over and over again, playing logic puzzles over and over again, and then quests that you won't remember by the time you finish the game. The story and open world become tiresome very fast.
    The combat on the other hand feels very fluid and fun. With the ease of access to switch a load out/power set makes combat feel engaging and intense. Enemies can be repetitive, but just making those dumb alien dudes blow up is amazing. The combat is the only saving grace of this game in my opinion. Hopefully Bioware will learn after seeing how this game and Dragon Age Inquisition had done. This game's concept was good, but was just executed awfully.    … Expand
  89. TheBinarySurfer
    Mar 24, 2017
    3
    I'm being generous with the 3. Weak plot and mediocre writing, godawful animations that are actually worse (in the case of the face) than the ORIGINAL mass effect a game now 10 years old. Frequent massive bugs that break the storyline, NPC's not having death animations just teleporting to a 'dead' state half the time, the female character is so godawfully wooden and robotic (almostI'm being generous with the 3. Weak plot and mediocre writing, godawful animations that are actually worse (in the case of the face) than the ORIGINAL mass effect a game now 10 years old. Frequent massive bugs that break the storyline, NPC's not having death animations just teleporting to a 'dead' state half the time, the female character is so godawfully wooden and robotic (almost inhumanly so) in her facial expression i restarted as a male Ryder within hours. MMO style world = big and empty. A game TWO YEARS old managed to do better in making it feel 'full' than this (Witcher 3). The problems go on; bad driving mechanics, somehow weaker shooting mechanics than the previous game (how the hell did you manage this?

    It's like having designed a sports car and 'the new model' turns out as a horse and cart, horse sold separately!!). None of these flaws are breaking on their own, but a bit like a boxing match it's rarely one blow that puts it down and out for the count, but a succession of relentless failures to match even the standard of the previous mass effect 3, all annoying and some immersion breaking that add up to a weak, even bad game not worth the money. Combine all this with the SJW nonsense (every character almost is bi-trans etc.; i don't mind there being characters that are but come on, every one almost?) and I think we're watching the slow, gradual death of a studio by a thousand cuts.

    What's also fascinating is how the review sites are still scoring it relatively well, whereas the user reviews tell the real story in most cases I suspect. Oh and the multiplayer is ok; mediocre, nothing special but fun for a few hours with friends; really not a significant iteration on ME3's though.

    Also, sadly although the ending is better than ME3's, it's not by much; it's almost as though thousands if not millions of complaints re. ME3's ending somehow resulted in more shallow, callow, weak choices. I wanted to love this game very badly as I did it's younger relatives, sadly what I got was a fantastic PR campaign and little actual substance with almost no quality or love poured into it.

    This will be the last Bioware game I buy after now preodering two mediocre releases in a row (DA:I), I'll save my cash and plough it into a studio that at least takes pride in what they produce (e.g. CD Projekt). I'd like to blame EA, but based on some of the inexperienced, or just plain idiotic (Manveer for example) folks they've hired this one's all on you Bioware.    … Expand
  90. pipegrepper
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    I have not bought this game and I refuse to buy it. When your company cares more about how diverse their staff is than their actual qualifications, you end up with crap like this. Without even playing it I can tell this game is catering to every SJW trope they can cram into it. I sincerely hope this tanks BioWare. We don't want your liberal agenda's crammed down out throats, we don't wantI have not bought this game and I refuse to buy it. When your company cares more about how diverse their staff is than their actual qualifications, you end up with crap like this. Without even playing it I can tell this game is catering to every SJW trope they can cram into it. I sincerely hope this tanks BioWare. We don't want your liberal agenda's crammed down out throats, we don't want your transsexual agenda shoved down our throats. It's a video game, not a place for you to spew your worthless social ideologies. kys… Expand
  91. Jaszczomb
    Mar 24, 2017
    6
    I waited for this game. And it's a huge disappointment. Boring plot, not funny one liners, poor performance, fetch quests, akward conversations and those animation problems! You can not get into the game if characters makes this fascial animations and walks like ministers of silly walking! All that for 40 euro. Shame.
  92. NRbgj
    Mar 24, 2017
    3
    There's something just not right about this game, depth of story, polish, and all of it feeds into a subtle feeling that for all the hype it's not that great. The ME story line has always been about story over visuals, even in max settings graphics are a mixed bag. Immersiveness of an RPG has been abandoned here more due to issues & focus on being a shooter than keeping to the successfulThere's something just not right about this game, depth of story, polish, and all of it feeds into a subtle feeling that for all the hype it's not that great. The ME story line has always been about story over visuals, even in max settings graphics are a mixed bag. Immersiveness of an RPG has been abandoned here more due to issues & focus on being a shooter than keeping to the successful mix of the previous triology.The writing in this feels more fan story, but that would be an insult to some awesome fan fiction. The writing is very forced, with huge disparity between characters, all of it lacking the subtle world building of the previous trilogy. In MEA visuals range from pre-ME1 to beautiful [a great shame that one moment at ultra settings its gorgeous and within seconds you have sub par graphics, efforts show on planets and the tempest but elsewhere its shockinkly distracting, including the animations], voice acting is clunky [on the verge of cringeworthy] and you'll be compelled to skip some conversations, the open world doesn't work a as invisioned at implentation and plenty of bugs. The menu systems and lack of quick save add to to the lack of polish and feel of a game console import, quicksave and lack of mini map becomes mind numbling annoying. MEA just feels awkward or forced. It almost seems ambition and reality of timeline in dev didn't work out. Also you can rush through this game and I think they should have stopped that or discourage it more as was found in ME2. In its simplist form you can get a real difference by listening to the ME1 Soundtrack against the MEA one. You kind of just get a 'meh' feeling. I think over time and progression, even if the main antagonist storyline improves, much of the detractors start to really grind, wear you down and get bored. It really does feel like just another shooter/rpg and lacks orginality [with some obvious repeats from the trilogy], although a new era some stronger links or rationale behind the main story might have helped, its just rather 'weak'. In addition to this, im reguarly finding gaps in knowledge, wondering how someone knows that or when was that explained? Rather big holes exist in the story line, I cant decide if this is lining up an MEA2 or forcing completionist games, however many exist in cut scenes in dialogue. There are hints of issues in the 'real world' appearing at times.

    I've tired to keep an open mind that this is a new storyline and to give it a chance but in real terms this doesn't feel like 5 years of dev or classic bioware. If this is a start of new trilogy they have no option but to follow up quickly with a MEA2 and sort it out as many will feel that lack of wanting more as was found with ME1. Many wanted it to be more similar to ME1, but the genuius of ME one was polish, critical storyline and a moderated open world, this had not been achived in MEA. Some may even call it DAI in space. Its hard to bond with characters or even be that fussed with the storyline and sometimes events, plots and quests seem a drag or no real placement in the context they are set. You get quickly overloaded with fruitless side quests of no meaning or little relevancy. Loyalty missions reguarly have little to do with the team mate and youve hardly got to the stage of feeling any loyalty to them. As we can see from reviews, it's not bad, it's not great but 'neutral', a mixed bag which I think is the worst kind. Many of the old team left bioware and the ME franchise and random people bought in, and it shows. It lacks the maturity of ME1 and worst out of the 4, it certainty will be amongst biowares lesser titles. We all accept some bugs and issues but MEA sits on the dangerous grey area which has split the gaming community. A remaster of ME1-3 would have made some happier. Do I feel gripped to play this or rushing back to play it again or continue it from day to day life and work, no. This is a signficant difference to ME1-3.

    In all it's a mixed bag and for many it will be the overall feeling of the game. My gut feeling so far is disappointment but most of all it lacks 'soul'.

    Give it it ago, but be prepared. Many will feel they would have wanted to face the reapers than run away to andromeda. What a shame we had to wait 5 years to find out.    … Expand
  93. Nemrodh
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    more issue then i want to list. controls. animations, combat is clunky. me3 was better, and its 5yrs old now. witcher3 has better graphics. and the dialog is ridiculously stupid.
  94. jkloims00
    Mar 24, 2017
    8
    I like this game. I'm not sure why people hate it so much. It's not perfect, but If you like Skyrim and Fallout 4, I recommend you try it. A lot of the negative reviews come from people who hate those games.
  95. Synastar
    Mar 24, 2017
    8
    The game is not perfect. The human facial animations leave something to be desired, but beyond that, the game is quite good. The combat is much better than previous Mass Effect games and I do enjoy the research and development (crafting) portions of the game. Since it's in a different galaxy, there's a sense of wonder that's returned from exploration and charting places previouslyThe game is not perfect. The human facial animations leave something to be desired, but beyond that, the game is quite good. The combat is much better than previous Mass Effect games and I do enjoy the research and development (crafting) portions of the game. Since it's in a different galaxy, there's a sense of wonder that's returned from exploration and charting places previously uncharted versus visiting known locations as in previous games. I give it an 8/10 and am hoping that they somehow improve the human facial animations in a later patch. While it isn't game breaking, it can break immersion at times but overall, it's just one small piece of a much larger game; a game that is worth your time.… Expand
  96. Necrolord
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    I bought this game and now I regret it. This game is the next E.T. the Extraterrestrial, and, I guarantee, it will be the worse game of 2017, unless someone tries REALLY hard to do something even worse. This is actually sad, Mass Effect 2 was one of the best games I've ever played, and I've been a big fan of the series ever since.

    The story is superficial, the animations are terrible    I bought this game and now I regret it. This game is the next E.T. the Extraterrestrial, and, I guarantee, it will be the worse game of 2017, unless someone tries REALLY hard to do something even worse. This is actually sad, Mass Effect 2 was one of the best games I've ever played, and I've been a big fan of the series ever since.

    The story is superficial, the animations are terrible (even Mass Effect 1 animations are more realistic), It has more bugs than Skyrim, the physics are lame (Mass Effect 1 physics are far better) and It's impossible to create a bond with the characters, since they do not express emotions properly (like the scene when the character says that her father is dead while she smiles).

    Playing this was a painful experience and sometimes I had the impression that I was actually playing a Gamer Poop from Mans1ay3r.

    Bioware is dying since Dragon Age Inquisition. Seriously, do not waste your money on this game, go play Space Invaders instead and you'll have a far better experience.    … Expand
  97. maxt4578
    Mar 24, 2017
    2
    Half-baked abomination of a game.
    Developers discarded a huge opportunity of new and engaging story in another galaxy, instead decide to play safe and made an awkward clone of a previous games, even going as far as reusing previous assets (models, animation, mechanics).
    Writing is abysmal. Logical errors and plot holes the size of the supermassive black hole. Some examples: - After    Half-baked abomination of a game.
    Developers discarded a huge opportunity of new and engaging story in another galaxy, instead decide to play safe and made an awkward clone of a previous games, even going as far as reusing previous assets (models, animation, mechanics).

    Writing is abysmal. Logical errors and plot holes the size of the supermassive black hole.
    Some examples:
    - After travelling 600 years to another galaxy you visit first planet in a prologue, completely unexplored, with recon mission. On that planet there are mysterious alien installations, thousands of years old. Guess what you find there? A scope for your rifle. Not a technology, that you have to research first ot use it. just the damn thing, that you can slap on your weapon. Another galaxy, folks!

    - First contact with an alien race, an important and frightening event (remember First Contact war from the lore of the series)? Nope. Instant understanding and cooperation.

    - Hero is the last hope of colonists, tasked with finding new worlds for the survival of everyone must buy his equipment for credits... Come on, there are million ways to circumvent this stupid situation, there could be requisition points, new tech research for gradual upgrades. Nope, credits.

    - Research and crafting. There is no reason to explore planets and collect resources, when you can forfeit research and development entirely and just buy things for credits. Takes away the exploration spirit everyone hoped for.

    This is just a surface scratching without going into details.

    Dialogs.
    Dialogs seems to be written by 10 year old. Characters spew exposition like in a bad movie. Mindless and numb droning of the NPCs will force you to skip the conversations entirely. Blatant mis-casting of the voice actors, which make characters dull and forgettable. Dialog options regressed even further, than infamous Renegade/Paragon system from previous games. Simplified romance options always show up in the wheel with "heart" icon, not unlocked through conversation and interaction. Just choose "heart" repeatedly and you get the romance scene. That easy. No engagement whatsoever.

    Worlds.
    Developers tried to create the open worlds, but instead got generic, empty and forgettable planets with dull quests. Uninspired and repetitive alien installations, awkwardly respawning enemies, overall lack of creativity throughout gameplay: these are the flaws that should never be in the first place, with the foundation like previous games and high project budget.

    User interface.
    Horrible design decisions, not just one step back, but a giant leap from established and comfortable interface from previous installments. You easily get lost in the menus, sub menus and tabs even when trying to do simple things, such as change quest tracking. Crafting menu is even worse. Unintuitive key mapping - to open a map you press "M" once, to close it press "Esc" twice. Map is buggy, half of the time you can't even locate your position, the marker just dissapears, making you take a wild guess. Minimap is no more, instead we got Skyrim'esque compass with markers that is just awkward to use, especially when driving in the vehicle.

    Animation.
    It's bad. Forget about stiff faces and bad syncing everyone are talking about. We have awkward movement, disappearing weapons, disappearing helmets, characters sliding instead of walking, NPC models suspended in midair, models clipping through the ground, invisible textures, madly rotating eyeballs, impossible gestures, just to name a few. It looks and feels as if it is an early alpha build. Even minimal quality control should have noticed and reported these massive issues, but alas...

    tl:dr verdict:

    An insult for the veterans of the series and tedious, boring experience for the newcomers to the franchise.    … Expand
  98. Killoran
    Mar 24, 2017
    6
    The Bad:
    Dialog is boring, characters are boring. I find myself skipping though majority of conversations because the voice acting is dull and monotone and the scripting is so awkward some of the things that are said are just plain bizarre. Conversations have so much filler in them they drag out too long and take too long to get to the point. there are allot of people to talk to I just    The Bad:
    Dialog is boring, characters are boring. I find myself skipping though majority of conversations because the voice acting is dull and monotone and the scripting is so awkward some of the things that are said are just plain bizarre. Conversations have so much filler in them they drag out too long and take too long to get to the point. there are allot of people to talk to I just don't want to it feels like a chore. And I'm the sort of person who would go around talk to everyone and stop to listen to every random npc dialogue even when they just saying the same stuff to each other. The character creation is a joke much worse than previous ME titles. Then the facial animations are unacceptable for the price of the game. Random FPS drops during cutscenes I get constant 60 fps all though the game then at really weird points during cutscenes it will drop to 24 or less for a second or 2

    The good:
    The combat is fun and fluid, The planets look good. Exploring the planets is enjoyable. The weapon and armour crafting system is a nice addition. Nomad is fun and fluid to drive around in.    … Expand
  99. Ezekialx
    Mar 24, 2017
    10
    Not sure what all the hate is about. I'm having a great time. I think people's expectations are too high. Facial animations are bit off though. Combat and MP are fun.
  100. ui876will
    Mar 24, 2017
    1
    Reasons to buy

    - It's called Mass Effect

    Reasons NOT to

    - It is boring
    - The story is cheesy
    - The animations are a joke
    - The graphics were downgraded
    - The characters,specially the women,are horrible
    - It was made by SJWs

    Now,if you still want to buy it,it will be your problem. I did my part to advertise you.
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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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