Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. padonax
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    1. Убогая анимация.
    2. Примитивные диалоги. Такое ощущение, что диалоги ведут подростки лет 16.
    3. Посредственный сюжет. Атмосферы первопроходства, которую ЕА форсили, в игре нету. 5. Унылое сканирование, которое очень быстро надоедает. 6. Такое ощущение, что мультиплеер сворован у Warframe. 7. Под влиянием SJW-скама всех женский персонажей в игре сделали уродливыми, противно на них    1. Убогая анимация.
    2. Примитивные диалоги. Такое ощущение, что диалоги ведут подростки лет 16.
    3. Посредственный сюжет. Атмосферы первопроходства, которую ЕА форсили, в игре нету.
    5. Унылое сканирование, которое очень быстро надоедает.
    6. Такое ощущение, что мультиплеер сворован у Warframe.
    7. Под влиянием SJW-скама всех женский персонажей в игре сделали уродливыми, противно на них смотреть.
    8. Отвратительный контроль качества, а следствие и похуистическое отношение к игрокам.    … Expand
  2. Freestate2nd
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    A total disaster. Poorly optimization, plenty of bugs. A bland story without soul, stupid characters, technical flaws in the animations that destroy emotional involvement with them and changes in combat that make them simpler than the previous ones. A turd covered with silk. A loss of money and time.
  3. iSimon420
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Everything about this game is an absolute disgrace to the once legendary name of Mass Effect. This EA abomination has about as much to do with Mass Effect as S&M relates to M&M's. I don't even know where to begin on how awful this game truly is. It is an absolute travesty, an abomination. The characters are paper-thin cutouts who you will never give two **** about ever. All the wonderful and amazing cast from the original trilogy now have to take a backseat to disgustingly glitchy facial animations, broken camera, buggy ass game-play, boring useless sidequests, and childish cringe-level 9000 dialogue. Player choice means jack **** the entire game, there is no weight or gravity to any decisions you make.

    Every design is inferior to the original trilogy. I don't care how good the graphics are, the gameplay is repetitive, buggy, and broken, while the writing will make you lose faith in all humanity forever. Mass Effect once had the greatest, story, characters, and RPG elements of any game. Thanks to Mass Effect Andromeda, the series is now on critical life support, and is fading fast.

    Bioware needs to realize EA is pure evil, give them the finger, run far away from them,and then ressurect Commander Shepard in the TRUE Mass Effect 4 all of us loyal fans deserve over this blatant garbage!!! Avoid at all costs if you, like me, adore the original Mass Effect series, and want a return to form!!!    … Expand
  4. 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
  5. gimus
    Apr 22, 2017
    0
    Thanks to a bug (one of millions) I can not end the game and load it from last save point, I must play again from the beginning, frustrating! And no response from Origin or EA. Thank you, very big pitty of money. I love ME 1-3, but this is not mass effect, this is **** Be carefull on your wallets.
  6. 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.
  7. username1222
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    This game is total garbage, the animations are a joke, the writing is flat, the story is boring and makes no sense (why the hurry in going to another galaxy?!?) it's total total garbage. PASS.
  8. Qzzz
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    This game is a joke its a provocasion, its like they will show a real game in a week or two , right? they will ? rigghtt ?I mean, its utter garbage. avoid
  9. Mystic_Quest
    Apr 1, 2017
    0
    This is an example of how stupid gamer reviews are. The game isn't perfect guyz, get over it, ok? Nothing is perfect in this world.

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

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

    Besides, the game was nothing less than I expected. I am get used to being milked by companies and there's nothing wrong with that. The game is clearly AAA quality, like other AAA games I have played in the past, e.g. Angry Birds. Nothing to complain about. So haters gonna hate, I am going to buy their next game as well and be proud about it and I think I have proven why user score is so, so stupid. We'll bang ok?    … Expand
  10. linksys17
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Mass Effect Andromeda sucks. Bioware hired an inexperience team and EA rushed the process. What do you get? A laughable game with terrible animation, dialogue, and gameplay.

    Supporting this game is the same as supporting terrible business practices. We as gamers should expect more. This game is **** The bar has been set by Bethesda, CD Project Red and hell even previous Bioware    Mass Effect Andromeda sucks. Bioware hired an inexperience team and EA rushed the process. What do you get? A laughable game with terrible animation, dialogue, and gameplay.

    Supporting this game is the same as supporting terrible business practices. We as gamers should expect more. This game is **** The bar has been set by Bethesda, CD Project Red and hell even previous Bioware titles such as Dragon Age Origins, Baldur's Gate 2, and ME2. Maybe if this game came out like 10 years ago it would be passable, but now? **** no.    … Expand
  11. SweDavid
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    Just like DA... Bioware is dead. Another "Copy-paste" game that feels just like an MMO with no respect for the fans or the franchisee.

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

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

    Don't support these piece of sh?!t developers    … Expand
  12. Trunkis
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Atari's ET 2600 has more narrative falling down a pixelated well than this mess.

    This is the problem with hipstery creators... they don't get that they don't get what videogaming is all about.
  13. markzaku
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Let me preface this by saying that I've owned and played every CRPG that Bioware has ever made (minus SWTOR). Mass Effect 2 is probably my favorite game of all time.

    Mass Effect: Andromeda couldn't be more of a disappointment if it tried. Bioware learned nothing from Dragon Age: Inquisition, and ME:A "borrows" all of its terrible aspects, while retaining very little of the few things    Let me preface this by saying that I've owned and played every CRPG that Bioware has ever made (minus SWTOR). Mass Effect 2 is probably my favorite game of all time.

    Mass Effect: Andromeda couldn't be more of a disappointment if it tried. Bioware learned nothing from Dragon Age: Inquisition, and ME:A "borrows" all of its terrible aspects, while retaining very little of the few things that were decent in DA:I.    … Expand
  14. Yosa
    May 22, 2017
    0
    There is some issue with getting a black screen on load; thats what I get. 2patches later, and the issue persists, My pc meets the minimum requirements and twice the ram. I read it uses level scailing as well, possibly the most asinine thing to hit games period, if I cant play it and there is no explaination or work around it gets a zero regardless. These companies need to spend more timeThere is some issue with getting a black screen on load; thats what I get. 2patches later, and the issue persists, My pc meets the minimum requirements and twice the ram. I read it uses level scailing as well, possibly the most asinine thing to hit games period, if I cant play it and there is no explaination or work around it gets a zero regardless. These companies need to spend more time on testing.… Expand
  15. GAGMR
    Apr 2, 2017
    0
    Everything about this game is half assed. From it's animations, to it's puzzles, to it's characters. It's Half-Assed Effect: Scandromeda.

    The biggest complaint I have is the god damn sudoku puzzles. **** YOU BIOWARE for even putting these in your fricking game. I hate sudoku. It's NOT FUN! If I wanted to go play Sudoku I'd go ****ing play Sudoku, but this game forces you to play    Everything about this game is half assed. From it's animations, to it's puzzles, to it's characters. It's Half-Assed Effect: Scandromeda.

    The biggest complaint I have is the god damn sudoku puzzles. **** YOU BIOWARE for even putting these in your fricking game. I hate sudoku. It's NOT FUN! If I wanted to go play Sudoku I'd go ****ing play Sudoku, but this game forces you to play them in order to terraform planets.

    Then there's all the half assed little details, rocks & plants floating in the air, they couldn't even be bothered to make an animation for when you get in/get out of the nomad/mako. They couldn't be bothered to make it so YOU CAN GET IN YOUR SHIP WITHOUT BEING IN FRICKING ORBIT! So you gotta watch a god dam cutscene every fricking time you go into your ship. They couldn't even be bothered to make space travel like it is in The Old Republic, either! Where you can still control your character while flying between planets on your ship. You know, like it should be? Half the voice actors sound like they are outsourced from India, the character customizations suck (DA:I had a lot more options than this game & even that was still limited) the combat is glitchy, enemies teleport around, companions are stupid & don't use cover or just take every bullet to the face, you can no longer control your companions freely like in previous games, crafting ****ing sucks because EVERYTHING REQUIRES EZO & EZO IS THE FRICKING RAREST ELEMENT! So you can't even ever craft anything because you can't find any god dam ezo! The UI sucks, & is a big fat cluster-fark, the UI glitches out constantly, the Nomad doesn't even have a fricking gun on it, the mako had a gun! Why doesn't the "New Mako" have a fricking gun? In Combat you get stuck on the smallest rocks, the camera is too close to you, & fixing the FOV barely does anything unless your outside combat, progression is slow as balls, the "Open World Elements" involve mostly driving around scanning **** etc.

    The story was written by morons. "Fix this broken computer by using audio frequencies" "We can send messages to our family we left behind in the Milky Way 600 years ago WHO ARE FRICKING DEAD & it would take a million years for it to reach them! Daddy leaves messages on planets he's never fricking been to! The Remnant are just geth & the Kett are basically Chosen from the first games. "Planets" are just flat maps that you go between like in Dragon Age Inquisition, it's basically DA:I in space just like everyone thought it would be.

    This game is a ****ing joke. If it weren't for the combat (which is sub-par overall but still enjoyable) the game wouldn't even be worth playing. The game just screams "Lazy" & "Half Assed" everywhere you look. Every NPC is lifeless, & does the same animation over & over when in world hubs, same with your companions. You'd think after games like Witcher 3 bioware would bring their RPG's into the fricking next generation, but nope. Just new generation graphics with the same dull tropes of the past, if not lamer tropes. $40million dollars... You'd think with that kind of budget they'd get some actual talent to make the game.    … Expand
  16. TonyKontana
    Aug 8, 2018
    0
    Максимально никчемная игра в которой плохо все. Плох сюжет, плохи персонажи, плохи квесты, плохи игровые механики, плоха графика (анимация). Эта попытка сделать игру одним своим существованием унижает фанатов серии Mass Effect.Максимально никчемная игра в которой плохо все. Плох сюжет, плохи персонажи, плохи квесты, плохи игровые механики, плоха графика (анимация). Эта попытка сделать игру одним своим существованием унижает фанатов серии Mass Effect.
  17. Irier
    Apr 1, 2017
    0
    Those critics that are giving positive reviews are out of their minds. The campaign is horrible. Bioware must have went to the local creative writing high school class to get the story from them. Characters are forced upon you, and you have zero choices in the game. No matter what dialogue you choose your character says some poor witted sarcasm. The begining of the game was very comical,Those critics that are giving positive reviews are out of their minds. The campaign is horrible. Bioware must have went to the local creative writing high school class to get the story from them. Characters are forced upon you, and you have zero choices in the game. No matter what dialogue you choose your character says some poor witted sarcasm. The begining of the game was very comical, but the more you play it the more and more of a chore it becomes. Scanning for plannets, driving the stupid vehicle. They basically took everything that was bad in 1,2, and 3 and made it into this game. A lot of cut scenes are unskipable and the constant characters talking is very annoying. This will be right off the bat when you run towards a cave, Liam "look there is a cave over there" or "save your breath Ryder" as he pants for air. 0/10 don't buy it, bioware wasn't invested into the characters either and most dialogue didnt have a human to sculpt it, instead they used algorithms for lip movements. The only reason to buy the game is the multiplayer. All those game critics that gave this game a good review, let that be a lesson on not trusting these bad game review companies that aren't honest. As the fourth game in the series, the very first game of the series had more choices and emotional connection between the characters. Bioware has come a long way to nothing.… Expand
  18. Maleficento
    Mar 31, 2017
    0
    If mass effect was a tire, and two was a hover tire, this game would be the equivalent of a wooden cart wheel.

    An step backwards in a franchise that use to be great.
    That's what happens when you let sjws run your studio.
  19. IE-33
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    - Horrible animations
    - Cringe-worthy dialogues
    - Tons of bugs, ranging from graphical issues to gameplay-related bugs (quests etc.) - Poorly optimized game - Average graphics, Frostbite power is not shown in what we see in this game, which then brings me the question... why does it run so poorly? - Most of the side-quests are so called "fetch" quests, plain boring. - UI is painful    - Horrible animations
    - Cringe-worthy dialogues
    - Tons of bugs, ranging from graphical issues to gameplay-related bugs (quests etc.)
    - Poorly optimized game
    - Average graphics, Frostbite power is not shown in what we see in this game, which then brings me the question... why does it run so poorly?
    - Most of the side-quests are so called "fetch" quests, plain boring.
    - UI is painful to use

    The only part of the game that I enjoy so far is it's awesome combat system, granted the game doesn't drop frames / lag as it tends to do in several places for no reason at all. Gameplay wise it's the old ME but better, a lot better... however the amount of issues ruins the whole experience.

    This game is not worth your time if it costs 60$, I don't have to remind you that this is AAA product, and in it's current state avoid it like plague, this game is buggy, unoptimized, and feels like it was rushed.

    After patches, and when it will cost 30$ you can buy it, don't pay more for this crap - it's simply not worth it.    … Expand
  20. Azeriel
    Mar 31, 2017
    0
    Let me preface this by saying: In an era where we were graced by the quality level of GTA V and The Witcher 3, in what way is this level of quality release is acceptable?

    If you're an old-school Mass Effect fan (like I am), feel free to skip this one - or get it once it's heavily discounted with all DLCs included. There is nothing Mass Effect about this except in name and the "sci-fi"    Let me preface this by saying: In an era where we were graced by the quality level of GTA V and The Witcher 3, in what way is this level of quality release is acceptable?

    If you're an old-school Mass Effect fan (like I am), feel free to skip this one - or get it once it's heavily discounted with all DLCs included. There is nothing Mass Effect about this except in name and the "sci-fi" theme. You lost control over your squad, you lost squad customization, you lost paused strategy, and you lost having all your abilities instead of just 3 loadouts per combat. Furthermore, this is not a Mass Effect story you'd love and respect. Facial animation and all the other glitches are one thing, the simple fact that you simply couldn't care less to the two main protagonists (because they're as bland as a sack of potato) is another. Unlike Shephard, the game removes majority of you meaningful interaction and decision by removing the Paragon/Renegade option. All four options of your dialogue wheels pretty much saying the same thing with a different intonation or sentence structure. If the original Mass Effect trilogy is an epic full-length premium cinema, this is their direct-to-DVD spin off.

    If this is your first RPG however, and you never played Mass Effect before. Go for it. You have no greatness to base on, and the simplified RPG system of this game will serve you well as a training wheel of such genre going forward. Not to mention there will be more than enough flashy combats to keep your attention glued to the screen before you can repeatedly press skip on the next conversation.

    TL;DR, if you're a Mass Effect fan, let the taste of that great masterpiece fade with Shepard instead of being marred by this new release. If you're new to the genre, the franchise, or just looking for a mediocre cover-based shooter masqueraded as a Fischer-Price RPG. This is for you.

    In the era where we seen The Witcher 3, GTA V, and Horizon Zero Dawn, in what way this garbage release is deemed acceptable?    … Expand
  21. DrunkWisdom
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Ass Defect: Govnomeda looks like a Hillary Clinton and plays as your grandma on steroids. Somewhat cool, but too much mental to not sound kindergardenish.
  22. jlug
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    After Inquisition the next disaster from Bioware.
    The key element of the Mass Effect series is linear gameplay with focus on story, companions, engaging quests and cinematics and NOT on exploration and open worlds!
  23. overkillsucks
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    I dont think the problem lies with the bugs and **** animation. I mean they are important but i would have played the game if everything else was fine... but ofcourse its not.

    bioware games are suppose to be about the story and in this game the writting **** SUCKS. everything the characters say is moronic to the point you could say "no **** sherlock" after every line they spit out. they    I dont think the problem lies with the bugs and **** animation. I mean they are important but i would have played the game if everything else was fine... but ofcourse its not.

    bioware games are suppose to be about the story and in this game the writting **** SUCKS. everything the characters say is moronic to the point you could say "no **** sherlock" after every line they spit out. they constantly make unfunny unoriginal idiotic jokes that would only fit a cliche hollywood movie. i played the game with my friend and none of us could get invested in the games characters and story.

    I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DONT SUPPORT SUCH A GAME, because if you do the companys will take it as acceptable to RELEASE A GAME IN SUCH A STATE and with such little effort.    … Expand
  24. Roach1991
    Apr 11, 2018
    0
    I tried love playing this game but I just can't. That facial animation looks like it was done by an inexperienced animator and the dialogue was just murder
  25. Esthete
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    One of the main nominees for the title of the game with worst level design, the worst storyline, worst facial animation, worst character design, worst quests design, worst gameplay ever...Shorter, Mass Effect: Andromeda - a piece of sh*!
  26. sendkeys
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Just like fallout4 they removed the rpg. They spend to much time making the system work on 4 years old consoles and didn't spend any time for pc users. How can the graphics look the same on a under powered console as a higher end pc? No thanks
  27. Almostdead
    Apr 2, 2017
    0
    i have to admit this game is worth at least 7. However the shortcomings of this game are so obvious. i have no idea how did this game pass quality test. so i gave 0 as a warning to Bioware.
  28. superuser
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Do not believe all the good reviews here. The ugly characters and animations are making the whole gaming experiences unplayable. Since dragonage time till now, no improvement on the character design. Bioware should fired the director and designer.
  29. Noalan
    Apr 1, 2017
    0
    As it stands now this game should not have been released. It's buggy and ugly. Bioware has promised to update it, I'll revisit this score after that happens. For now, do not buy, wait for a big price drop (Maybe even humble bundle), patches, and/or for the modding community to fix it.
  30. ChrispyGeralt
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    This shadow of a game bioware calls mass effect shouldn't come as a surprise. We all knew that bioware was no longer the developer it once was when it released dragon age 2 and demonstrated its love for the mass effect series by giving us what they call a good ending for mf3. They have balls releasing this **** game and putting mass effect in its name, ill give them that.
    **** **** GAME!    This shadow of a game bioware calls mass effect shouldn't come as a surprise. We all knew that bioware was no longer the developer it once was when it released dragon age 2 and demonstrated its love for the mass effect series by giving us what they call a good ending for mf3. They have balls releasing this **** game and putting mass effect in its name, ill give them that.
    **** **** GAME! just like dai inquisition **** these ****    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

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