Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. Emphatic
    Mar 21, 2017
    9
    Despite its early flaws, which are minor, this is a mass effect game from start to finish, fans of the series will find a worthwhile game and open minded first timers should enjoy a nice space opera too!
  2. dair
    Mar 21, 2017
    1
    Dragon Age Inquisition in space:

    -boring
    -repetitive
    -ugly characters
    -bad animations
    -fetch quests
    -MMO style world
    -awkward writing

    What the hell happened with BioWare...
  3. jaytea2789
    Mar 21, 2017
    9
    Not perfect, but nowhere near as flawed as people make it out to be. I played the trial through Origin Access and pre-ordered the game afterwards. Since the official release, I've put another 10 hours into the game. It's fun, the worlds are stunning, I enjoy the combat, the "normal" difficult isn't too easy nor too hard, multiplayer can be addictive. I expect to log 300 hours into thisNot perfect, but nowhere near as flawed as people make it out to be. I played the trial through Origin Access and pre-ordered the game afterwards. Since the official release, I've put another 10 hours into the game. It's fun, the worlds are stunning, I enjoy the combat, the "normal" difficult isn't too easy nor too hard, multiplayer can be addictive. I expect to log 300 hours into this game thanks to the amount of stuff the do and the fun factor of multiplayer. I like the story and the premise(sci-fi geek here), I even chuckle sometimes over the sarcastic dialogue options I'm given. The exploration is also pretty fun, and I really like the crafting system, it doesn't just hand you new weapons, you need to find the stuff to make them. Honestly, if proof of purchase were required to post reviews, I'd bet my life(literally, my life) that the user score wouldn't be anywhere near as low.

    Now to clear up some of the blatant lies and exaggerations. The animations and dialogue aren't anywhere near as bad as some people want you to believe. It's not perfect, but I've seen worse get a pass, and the issues that there are really aren't all that common. I've purposefully watched the lips every time there's dialogue to see how it matches up, it's pretty accurate most of the time. Some of the voice actors could be better, but seeing how many voice actors there are, getting top notch actors for all of them would have been way too costly, and gamers are too spoiled to pay more than $60 for a game regardless of the cost to make it. There aren't "thousands of bugs", plus, no game is free of bugs, not a single one. It's also not locked at 30 FPS like I've seen people say. The optimization isn't bad either, most people just don't have a clue how rendering works or why some games are more demanding than others. The Nvidia game ready driver actually increased performance quite a bit. And yes, you CAN create a custom character that is very light skinned, I guess some people just haven't figured out that you have to select a white preset first, THEN go to customize. Also, there is no "SJW propaganda", if you think there is, it's all in your head. Including multiple races and cultures isn't being "politically correct", it's being factually correct. Black people are real! I promise! So are women, so are Asians, so are girls that like to keep their hair short. The inclusion of diversity isn't pandering, it's realistic...unless of course you think only white people should go to space...though I do wish there were long haired options for the men too(because how else would I recreate one of the guys from Immortal?)

    Closing statement: It's trendy to hate this game and exaggerate the flaws, people don't think for themselves anymore and just jump on bandwagons, it's sad, really. Some of these reviews are clearly from people who haven't even touched the game, and I've seen some that are just copy and pasted from another review for the sake of adding another bad score. Certain groups of people want this game to fail, so they are doing whatever they can to sabotage it. Which is unfortunate for the people who actually DO enjoy the game. You're not hurting Bioware, you're not hurting EA, you're hurting your fellow gamers. You're putting the idea that it's the worst game ever in people's heads who would actually enjoy it, guess who suffers for that? Those of us who enjoy it, and want the multiplayer the grow and be able to do the missions with other people instead of sending NPCs out on them. Good job. Funny thing is...you're doing the same exact thing the "SJWs" you claim to hate do when they're upset about something, hell, you're even using some of their own tactics.    … Expand
  4. Amodeusz
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    This game is very bad.
    It has no redeeming feautures.
    There are lots of bugs, gameplay is carbon copy of me3 with worst elements taken straight from inquisition(short main story, mmo fetchquests etc.) writing is laughable. Story was probably written by 17 yr kid. Characters are cliche and bad cliches at that. This game doesnt even care about established lore. Oh and animations are one    This game is very bad.
    It has no redeeming feautures.
    There are lots of bugs, gameplay is carbon copy of me3 with worst elements taken straight from inquisition(short main story, mmo fetchquests etc.) writing is laughable. Story was probably written by 17 yr kid.
    Characters are cliche and bad cliches at that. This game doesnt even care about established lore.
    Oh and animations are one of worst i have ever seen. PS3 launch titles had better animation.
    Its hard to recommend this to anyone.
    This is NOT Mass Effect, it has nothing similar with previous games.
    Mass Effect in name only.    … Expand
  5. MaxOverload
    Mar 21, 2017
    1
    It's really just Mass Effect: Badly. Badly written, badly animated, badly rendered. There is no patching their way out of this. There's no talent left at Bioware capable of doing better than this. Time to let the franchise and the studio die while they can still be remembered fondly.
  6. sniperfoxdls
    Mar 21, 2017
    1
    If you were looking for an overhyped flop, you came to the right place. Not quite on the same level as No Mans Sky, but still and avoid-at-all-costs game, at least for right now. Horrible writing and animations and bugs upon bugs upon bugs ruin what could have been a good game. Another Bioware miss.
  7. Ikki254
    Mar 21, 2017
    10
    A great game nonetheless. I have always want more explore option in mass effect and this game give me exactly that. Also the combat is great and there is plenty of things to do in game. Can't wait for more
  8. OfCourse
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Continuation of a downward spiral of BioWare. Worst Mass Effect, bad rpg and terrible game. Maybe they would know how to make a good game if they hired talented developers instead of racist ideologues.
    I we want better games, we need to stop buying garbage like this.
  9. TheN7pilot
    Mar 21, 2017
    8
    1. you can jump at free will
    2. you can navigate the menus with keyboard
    3. you have a bigger and better MAKO (nomad)
    4. you can have pink/blue/purple/green hair
    10/10
  10. bilferty
    Mar 21, 2017
    9
    I'm in Awe, first from all the negative feedback, second from how good the game is. Its totally not like DA:I, which I couldn't get out of the hinterlands with. I'm still on EOS and I am interested in everything that is going on. I love exploring, finding caves, resources, and beautiful vistas. The animations are crap, yes, but I don't care. They weren't any better (in my memory) or what'sI'm in Awe, first from all the negative feedback, second from how good the game is. Its totally not like DA:I, which I couldn't get out of the hinterlands with. I'm still on EOS and I am interested in everything that is going on. I love exploring, finding caves, resources, and beautiful vistas. The animations are crap, yes, but I don't care. They weren't any better (in my memory) or what's stood out in previous ME games. I can see myself playing this game for a long time. I love talking to people, exploring, setting up outposts, it feels like you are accomplishing something this time as opposed to just barely holding back the reapers for another week before they ultimately almost wipe out all civilization. Then there is the combat, oh boy! It is so fun! People giving the game bad reviews always say that the combat is good, so it at least deserves a 6-7 for that. The story is great so far too! Ah I'm in love, maybe It'll wear off but right now its great, don't listen to the hate. Read intelligent reviews and make your own choice based off of what is important to YOU..… Expand
  11. st211
    Mar 21, 2017
    8
    The same people who rated this a 1 or 0 are probably the same people who thought No Mans Sky was the best game ever.

    But seriously the game has some cosmetic things that needs patching up and isn't the most groundbreaking of the series, but a good game is still under all of this, so far the story seems cohesive enough to be good, and while the humans look a bit dumb or emotionless i am    The same people who rated this a 1 or 0 are probably the same people who thought No Mans Sky was the best game ever.

    But seriously the game has some cosmetic things that needs patching up and isn't the most groundbreaking of the series, but a good game is still under all of this, so far the story seems cohesive enough to be good, and while the humans look a bit dumb or emotionless i am hoping they fix it sooner. I throughly enjoy it so far as is. May come back and redo the review upon completion.

    I say read up on things and don't listen to all the negative, if you want a solid game, that plays well i recommend. And don't listen to all the hype behind "Oh this game is awful" read the good and bad and make a decision for yourself.    … Expand
  12. btbrotherton
    Mar 21, 2017
    2
    A heart breaking dumpster fire of a game. Maybe if it had a different name I'd be able to get some joy out of the combat and overlook the total lack of a quality RPG experience, but being that this is supposed to take place in the same Universe of my favorite RPG of all time I think a 2 might actually be a bit generous.
  13. Effectsorz
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Possibly the worst game Bioware has ever released.

    The animations are awful, the game is full of political correctness and in general a god awful story that ignores everything that happened in the previous games. If you are like me and thought Dragon Age: Inquisition and Fallout 4 was bad, then do NOT buy this game. This game is 100x worse than any of those titles. It is simply the    Possibly the worst game Bioware has ever released.

    The animations are awful, the game is full of political correctness and in general a god awful story that ignores everything that happened in the previous games.

    If you are like me and thought Dragon Age: Inquisition and Fallout 4 was bad, then do NOT buy this game. This game is 100x worse than any of those titles. It is simply the worst AAA game released this year, if the user score did not convince you already.    … Expand
  14. Nougat
    Mar 21, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let's get something straight. It's not a 10/10 game, but I feel that with all the hate and 0-3 reviews it's getting, it deserves all the help it can get getting to a fair rating.
    What's the opposite of hype? That's what happened to the game after all stupidly negative previews that came out pre-launch. Most of the things people were complaining are now gone. Facial animations, although never a strong suit with Bioware, are much better than what was shown earlier. Same with the movement. Some people mention lip syncing - are you serious? Lips are moving perfectly in line with the dialog - they open when they need to open, they close when they need to close. And there's no game where the engine allows mouths to actually form an O, so how is that a valid complaint?
    Relating to the voice acting - are you actually f-ing serious?? There's ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with the voice acting! You like some, you hate some - just like actual real life, where I have a colleague or two I wouldn't mind punching just because of the way they talk and sound. But it doesn't sound fake. It doesn't sound bland. Sure, random non-important characters might not be top notch, but name one game that does not have those.
    The writing is not that bad either - most of the quoted conversation lines demonstrating "how bad it is" are either gotten out of context, or came from the same person, that maybe, just maybe, was intentionally written like that. Because... You can't have Nobel prize, miss universe like characters everywhere. Here's an example - one line that was made fun of was "his heart was broken before it exploded." Yeah, written like that it sounds bad. But with a little bit of context *SMALL SPOILER* - An emotional girl after a Kett attack on their group, recollects the moment where a friend of hers (and their leader) was betrayed and shot by his best friend. The leader looked shocked at the betrayal and was shot dead by a Kett weapon as well (skipping some details for spoiler sake), literally exploding his chest. The girl telling this points out he very clearly saw his face and his surprise. What's weird with an emotional recollection that he died with a broken heart?
    Are there technical issues - the game is officially running on my PC non-stop for 24 hours (started it up via a Korean VPN pretty early on the 20th) and I've not seen a single FPS drop, crash, or any kind of bug so far.

    Most of the reviews hare are **** don't fool yourself thinking otherwise. First time I see critics give a game a fair score, but I'll start trusting those more. The gaming community is cancer at the moment. Just see what people say about Horizon: ZD. It's insane!

    Your biggest "red flag" about the rigged scores is the fact that there are so little mixed reviews - and the fact that Negative reviews point out "I don't like the writing, the gameplay, the graphics, the voice acting or anything!", and the Positive actually point out examples, and give both pros and cons about the game.
    Because the game IS NOT A COMPLETE FAILURE.

    7/10 easily.    … Expand
  15. devandufresne
    Mar 21, 2017
    10
    I'm unsure why people are having issues with stability and graphics. It's clear the game is made for powerful systems. I have a decent gaming PC and the graphics sliders are set only halfway for the best framerates. Even then, the worlds are beautiful. I haven't had a single graphical glitch, and not a single gameplay crash. It's a beautiful and stable game, and to me was worth everyI'm unsure why people are having issues with stability and graphics. It's clear the game is made for powerful systems. I have a decent gaming PC and the graphics sliders are set only halfway for the best framerates. Even then, the worlds are beautiful. I haven't had a single graphical glitch, and not a single gameplay crash. It's a beautiful and stable game, and to me was worth every penny.

    I suspect that the PS4 and XBOX One systems just don't have the power to run the game, and most PC users likely don't have the amount of hardware to run the game as it was intended.    … Expand
  16. Jimbob2k666
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    I'm so happy EA Access gave me a 10 hour trial of this game. It has saved me £50. Maybe worth a sale purchase somewhere down the line if they fix all of the issues, but then again, you can't fix a story and recast and re-record the entire voice acting. I felt like I was playing one of the original ME games the graphics are really bland for the most part. I wasn't expecting much anywayI'm so happy EA Access gave me a 10 hour trial of this game. It has saved me £50. Maybe worth a sale purchase somewhere down the line if they fix all of the issues, but then again, you can't fix a story and recast and re-record the entire voice acting. I felt like I was playing one of the original ME games the graphics are really bland for the most part. I wasn't expecting much anyway so I am not that disheartened by how poor this has turned out to be.… Expand
  17. clarky
    Mar 21, 2017
    1
    Bioware does an amazing job at making a lifeless game with depth and visuals straight out of 2003 Unsurprisingly pushed into hands of the feeble minded masses by boss EA. My time with Bioware has now ended.
  18. CrameBender
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Compared to other Mass Effect games this one has the worst writing (both plot and dialogues are extremely weak, even SWTOR has better dialogues), the worst facial animation (yes, worse than Mass Effect 1, because almost every human character in Andromeda behaves like a junkie suffering from a withdraw constantly blinking and shaking), the worst UI (too many windows that take too long toCompared to other Mass Effect games this one has the worst writing (both plot and dialogues are extremely weak, even SWTOR has better dialogues), the worst facial animation (yes, worse than Mass Effect 1, because almost every human character in Andromeda behaves like a junkie suffering from a withdraw constantly blinking and shaking), the worst UI (too many windows that take too long to navigate between them, they really managed to create a UI worse than in any other ME), the worst scanning mechanics (you spend too much time to scan 1 planet)

    Compared to other games released in 2016-2017 graphics are weak, gunplay is sub par and multiplayer is constantly crashing.    … Expand
  19. Mike_Zmeke
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    I'm fan boy of original Mass Effect trilogy., not some random hater.
    I have no words, it's just horrible in all possible way compare too original mass effect series.
  20. rile
    Mar 21, 2017
    3
    A trainwreck that never ends, the quality of Bioware games continue to plummet just as it has since 2011, where the first big controversial game was released, Dragon Age II. The last title worth its salt released by the company was in 2010, with the release of Dragon Age: Awakening, the expansion to the modern classic Dragon Age: Origins.

    Of course I've still played every game they've    A trainwreck that never ends, the quality of Bioware games continue to plummet just as it has since 2011, where the first big controversial game was released, Dragon Age II. The last title worth its salt released by the company was in 2010, with the release of Dragon Age: Awakening, the expansion to the modern classic Dragon Age: Origins.

    Of course I've still played every game they've released to date, including the infamous money-squandered MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, hoping that one day they may return to form. But that is a distant dream, an impossible reality as they've proven themselves incapable of it. And it's worth noting that Inquisition is the only game to date that I've not finished - as it adhered to an archaic quest design that was mostly found in korean MMORPGS over a decade ago.

    Mass Effect: Andromeda promises a return to the roots, a back to the basics to the much beloved original Mass Effect of 2007 release. It's no wonder why it quickly became a classic, and in many ways it set a new standard for RPGs back then. It does this by giving the series a soft-reboot, away from the repear conflict as well as allowing a much greater customization of Ryder, as well as the return of exploring the surfaces of alien planets. Even introducing new races where as the old had grown too familiar to remain 'alien'.

    It does live up to its promises on a superficial level, only delivering the exposition and mechanical on a barely serviceable level. The mechanical customization of Ryder is the only progress this game makes over any of its predecessors. The level of possible roleplay and directing the character to suit you has been distinctly reduced, even well below Mass Effect 3's standards, that were already treading on a thin ice and barely classified as an RPG.

    The issue that has sparked the controversy that has reached into all crooks and corners of the internet starts with the animations, Models do not interact without severe clipping, lip synchronization is aft to miss the beat and the facial expressions do not match the tone of the voice actors. It's reminiscent of a controversy surrounding Star Wars the Old Republic where it was mocked for months upon months for its jank animations.

    And it's all justified.

    Would it be the only issues, the game would be grand and great, but the exposition and narratives you walk Ryder through are uninspired and you'll find yourself simply going through the motions, without any of the enthusiasm. The companion characters are shells, left without the necessary development and motivations that one would find in other RPGs of today. And there's no friction, the companions dont butt heads with displays or representations of an ideal of theirown to challenge or bolster the players thinking.

    It was a great boast of the developers to claim the game holds the most dialogue they've ever had in a game, but in spite of that the game was remarkably short on exposition. Most of the time you'll be going through objecitves that have been found in open world games in the past six or seven years, exploring derelict ruins and climbing towers to scan with the infamous 'find stuff easier' vision. It's a wonder this has not been rid off with modern gaming, given that even as early as Fable 2 with its glitters that merged the aft-used tab-vision into its aesthetic design, and while it could be argued that the scanner does the same, it's more of an obstruction than anything to have to use it to look at everything in hopes of finding anything.

    The voice acting is bad, and this is in spite of a talented cast of actors. And the only conclusion that can be drawn from this that Bioware themselves did not know the tone or the beats of the game, so you'll find that the emotional performances delivered by the big name VA's is all over a place, as is often the case with games that have a poor director in the booth.

    If not for the added customization of Ryder, the combat would be just on par with the rest. But the procedural cover system leaves much to be wanted, where-as the older games had tight controls in regards to the cover, this one takes the control away from you and tries to detect whether you're in a position to take cover, and if it senses it, it does it. Of course, this leads to many, many situations where you'll shout at the game to take cover in a place where it obviously should be possible, but isn't. And there are other situations where you'll want to remain in cover, but can't, depending on your aim.

    I've been lenient about the games flaws thus far, tried to write my thoughts down without the emotional disappointment and frustration that I felt often while I played it. And I'm running out of available characters. Simply put, Andromeda is nothing short of the worst game Bioware has ever made. Everything that did go wrong, has gone wrong.    … Expand
  21. Positivus
    Mar 21, 2017
    1
    A developer with such an attitude towards buyers is not applicable. Joke animations, joke voice acting, joke story. The game should have been labeled as an indie game with the appropriate price tag. Instead of delaying the game to port to another frostbite engine, they had decided to release it with awfully load of bugs on the 21st of March.
  22. inkblowout
    Mar 21, 2017
    2
    I cannot believe I waited 5 years for this pile of garbage to be released.

    It's just a big mess overall, animations are the least of their problems. Story is lacking compared with mass effect 1 and 2. And character development is just bland, it feels like I'm talking to cardboard cutouts. They characters don't feel like actual people, they are just there to take up extra space.    I cannot believe I waited 5 years for this pile of garbage to be released.

    It's just a big mess overall, animations are the least of their problems. Story is lacking compared with mass effect 1 and 2. And character development is just bland, it feels like I'm talking to cardboard cutouts. They characters don't feel like actual people, they are just there to take up extra space. Squadmates aren't even comparable to the amazing squadmates we had in the previous games. Hell, even JACOB from mass effect 2-3 is more interesting than these guys. The only thing that is great is the exploration and the gameplay but that's it. Even the RPG elements are trash.... allowing everyone to spec into everything!? Seriously! That's not a good RPG, if you spec. into biotics, you'd ONLY have biotic powers.... but nope in Andromeda, you wanna have biotic, tech and explorer powers... no problem you can do that with no limitations and no negatives, just wow bioware.... way to really dumb it down for everyone. After 15 hours. I stopped played because I was just damn bored, never felt like that during a Mass Effect game which is a damn shame.

    It's shocking how Bioware went from the masterpiece of "Baldur's Gate" to this piece of ****

    Rip Bioware 1998-2017    … Expand
  23. Elaxor
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    This is not Mass Effect i knew. Doesn't even look like AAA project. Fan-fic writing, awkward dialogues, lame jokes, outdated graphics and animations, casual combat, boring side-quests. There are better games to buy. Shame.
  24. Littorio
    Mar 21, 2017
    2
    This game like 9 season "scrubs", should not have existed.
    Quests, characters, animations, story - so f%ng bad, especially for Bioware.
    Mass Effect: Inquisition. Nuff said.
  25. decourcy
    Mar 21, 2017
    7
    So far a good but not great game. It feels more like Mass Effect 1 than Dragon Age Inquisition which is a good thing as far as I am concerned. Story is interesting, combat is excellent, companions are so far a bit flat but so was Garrus in ME1.
    The graphics are amazing, with particularly the space sequences being beautiful. Animations are poor in dialogue.
  26. MaverickDragoon
    Mar 21, 2017
    10
    THIS GAME IS NOT BAD.

    Look I'm sorry but this game is not a 0 or a 1. For it to be a 0 or 1 it needs to be not playable at all. There is no 30 fps lock and the graphics look great even on low. I seriously have no idea what the hell is going on! Yes, the facial animations are odd, and it looks like an honest bug which could be fixed at a later time, but the other animations are fine,    THIS GAME IS NOT BAD.

    Look I'm sorry but this game is not a 0 or a 1. For it to be a 0 or 1 it needs to be not playable at all. There is no 30 fps lock and the graphics look great even on low. I seriously have no idea what the hell is going on! Yes, the facial animations are odd, and it looks like an honest bug which could be fixed at a later time, but the other animations are fine, there are some bugs with them, but I'm sorry, there are tons of animations, voice, and facial bugs in every single one of the Mass Effect games, and yes even The Witcher 3 has some as well. I've played all four of these games and seen them played at least 5 times each on Twitch and can verify that yes, none of them are perfect. For me, this game gets an 8 out of 10. Its fun, the story is totally fine, yes it has some bugs like every other game, and the multiplayer is great! And dont even get me started on the movement system and powers system. They are amazing. Is it as good as Witcher 3, Zelda, and any other game? I have no idea! Because last time I check, this is Mass Effect, not the Witcher 3.

    For people who enjoy Mass Effect, you will really enjoy this game. For people who enjoy shooters, space, and exploration, you will love this game. The dialog choices are literally the exact same as in Mass Effect 1 - 3. I'm sorry but people need to take off the nostalgia glasses for 2 seconds, because if I remember correctly one of the biggest choices in Mass Effect 1 which literally defines issues you will face in the next game is killing the console. The massive huge dialog choices leading up to that is Joker asking you should we kill them and you saying yes or no. Seriously, for a game to be a 1 or a 0 it better not start up boys, because a 1 or 0 means the game just didnt function.    … Expand
  27. AeXiPHiXiON
    Mar 21, 2017
    8
    My first impression on starting a new game was not great, the character customization is a joke. I just went with the default characters, no point wasting time there. The intro story here seems weaker than all three previous ME games (I'm easily 300+ hours on those, multiple play through's). Game control and combat is familiar, key bindings match the first three games with a few extraMy first impression on starting a new game was not great, the character customization is a joke. I just went with the default characters, no point wasting time there. The intro story here seems weaker than all three previous ME games (I'm easily 300+ hours on those, multiple play through's). Game control and combat is familiar, key bindings match the first three games with a few extra features. The jump pack and scanner are cool. One hour in and you definitely feel the strong influence of exploration being the center point of the game, maps are not linear. I found the design of the first world to be a bit to busy for my taste, less could have been more here. After three hours I was enjoying the game play and the story started to improve. The game is not an ME3 sequel, it is a complete resign and feels like it in just about every way. I found the character dialog improved and more realistic than the paragon/renegade choices. Graphics wise I'm playing dual 1080's at 5960x1080 (perfect out of the box) and could only run High setting with FXAA and no AO, vsync enabled, to maintain 60fps. Temporal AA looked great but pushed frame rate down to 50-55fps.… Expand
  28. alilsneaky
    Mar 21, 2017
    3
    Has less of what made mass effect games good, and more of what made them bad

    Negative: The UI is a clunky mess (as happens so often with bioware games), Dialogue's writing is often cringeworthy and fan fiction quality. The delivery of the voice lines shows that the voice actors were clearly forced to record one line at a time without being given any context for the line they were    Has less of what made mass effect games good, and more of what made them bad

    Negative:

    The UI is a clunky mess (as happens so often with bioware games),

    Dialogue's writing is often cringeworthy and fan fiction quality. The delivery of the voice lines shows that the voice actors were clearly forced to record one line at a time without being given any context for the line they were reading. You can hear inflection change several times for no reason within one string of sentences.

    Remember much of the content being fetch quests and chores that made DA:I so much worse than previous bioware games? Those are back again

    Almost none of the characters are likeable or relatable as human beings

    Batman detective mode scanning: who asked for this? really?

    Gameplay: movement is clunky (the jetpack dash is only a bandaid) , hit reactions are mostly absent or just not satisfying (compare andromeda to something like binary domain to see what can be done with enemy hit reactions in a third person shooter). None of the encounters with regular enemies are interestingly designed.

    Body and facial animation quality is all over the place, ranging from kind of poor to making you wonder how it got past QA bad. the lows are REALLY low and there are a lot of them.

    Optimization leaves much to be desired with plenty of framepacing issues. In general the graphics don't feel like they justify the performance I'm seeing. Many modern AAA open world games look better while running MUCH better than this.

    Outside of the 4 explorable planets the rest of them are just another **** scanning "minigame" (if you can call it that) like in ME2

    Story: the whole setup of ryder's story makes no sense. Why are you a 'pathfinder' going down to the surface to see if a planet is inhabitable when the planets themselves already have a bunch of colonies established on them from other arks... You're no pathfinder, you're just some jackass who shows up after people have already started settling. In the end it's just another trite bioware power fantasy, the same exact forumula they've used for every game since KOTOR: you're the chosen one who has to gather a crew from different locations to go meet the big evil and defeat it once you're assembled your power rangers.

    Positive:

    Nice views out in space from your ship

    Some of the weapon models look really cool (shame the gunplay and enemy hit reactions are ass)

    Some decent space theme tunes

    Take a mass effect game that has all the usual flaws (bad ui, subpar combat that wouldn't fly in other 3rd person shooters, some cringeworthy dialogue) but amplified and with additional flaws from DA:I and modern open world game tropes.

    Then remove the things that makes them worth playing (interesting lore, some likeable characters and character arcs, pretty solid delivery of voice acting).

    What are you left with? 3 out of 10 that's what you're left with.    … Expand
  29. Astralify
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    The gamebreaking:
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    The dialogue wheel and dialogue "choices". Since this topic hurts my very soul, I will go further punishing myself, with a question that pretty much summarizes what I think about it: "- Why did you even bother?" - The Combat/gameplay. Well, what can I say, other than it's no longer a Mass Effect game, thanks to the combat. Pretty much what happened with DAI. Gone is    The gamebreaking:
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    The dialogue wheel and dialogue "choices". Since this topic hurts my very soul, I will go further punishing myself, with a question that pretty much summarizes what I think about it: "- Why did you even bother?"
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    The Combat/gameplay. Well, what can I say, other than it's no longer a Mass Effect game, thanks to the combat. Pretty much what happened with DAI. Gone is the tactical/RPG/SQUAD based combat. There is no pause any more. There is no tactically using the abilities of your squadmates. THE VERY THING THAT MADE MASS EFFECT DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER GENERIC 3rd Person shooter. Yeah, we've lost that. It's gone.

    Speaking of that, I am not going into the multiplayer, because It's not something I'm interested in, nor I care about.

    Also, the watering down of the "class" system, turning it into this "jack of all trades" skyrim type **** I will not go into details about my personal "hate" of these kinds of systems. The reason for this is the same as the reason we saw it in Skyrim - laziness. Because it takes all kinds of effort to balance different classes, and we know that with companies, "effort" means "costing more money".
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    The infamous animations. I won't say much about them, because they've already turned the game into the biggest meme-generator of 2017.
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    The writing. It's simply abysmal. It's very hard to get immersed in this supposedly story/character driven game, when the words that come out of everybody's "tired" faces are nonsensical and sometimes worse than fanfiction. What HAPPENED with the writing? Also, the whole setting/story is boring and uninspiring.
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    The characters. Well, I'm not going to go into them much, because I know that this could also be considered a subjective thing. For me though, they are terrible. "Bethesda-facepalm" level terrible.
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    The sound design, in particular some of the alien voices. It's like they didn't even try.
    Also, the "music" some times was atrocious. Like in the Vortex. So generic and annoying.
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    Bugs (some gamebreaking), glitches and overall lack of polish of nearly any aspect, which leads to the conclusion of a rushed product. A rushed 5-year-in-development product, if that is possible.
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    And then we get to the character creator. A very huge thing in these kinds of games. So what's going on with it? Well, basically it has been completely butcherred, to the point that for the most part it's non-existent. It's more like character "selector".

    We are talking Ubisoft's The Division level of laziness here. You have 9 scanned heads for each gender, of wich you can pretty much change only the hair, make up (and the choices are ridiculous btw), and a very limited skin tone slider (more on that later). There is virtually NO customization of the faces. You know, one of THE BIGGEST things these games, creating your own avatar. People like me spend many hours in character creators, tweaking.

    We all know that the CC in the previous games were never that great. But at least you could create unique and different faces. Changing different fetaures like eye shape, nose shape, mouth shape, brow shape and so on. In andromeda, you can't do that. Since the heads are scanned (although as a character artist myself, I can think of several ways to create the system in a way, that this would be non-issue). Which is simply sad. They didn't put any effort into this very essential aspect of the game.

    To be honest, I did not expected this to happen. The last remaing RPG feature of this game, to simply be crapped on to such extend. It's honestly the deal breaker for me. Not to mention the fact that Bioware lied, when they said that they will not change the CC much from DAI. But I guess the only thing that they didn't change (or dumbed down), was the color wheel for some things like eye color and makeup.
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    Now I'm not going much into the obvious "Political Correctness" and SJW agendas, splashed all over this game, one of which is the uglification of the females. I can get geeky and nit picky with this one till we all get "asari" in the face, but I won't. There is more about it around the web.

    But the thing that goes too far, is the lack of white character presets for the females. Aside from most likely catering to regressive feminists like Sarkeesian, the fact there are purposefully no white presets is simply a disgrace.

    Not because I'm offended personally or whatever **** the apologists will throw at me, but because when you do something like that, you are intentionally igniting/creating racial tension amongst the community. This to me is so wrong, so sick and twisted, that I have no words for it. This thing alone is enough of a reason to boycott the studio and the publisher. And when you see things like this happening, some people like Manveer Heir start to make a whole lot more sense.
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    CONCLUSION
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    As a game that carries the "Mass Effect" name (to sell itself), and all the expectations that comes with that, it's a 1.
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  30. Rynn1990
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Let's just say this.
    I was so mad and disappointed with this game that I had to create an account here just to warn you guys how horrible this game is and not to buy it.
    You have 10 free hours to try it, TRUST ME and try it before you buy this piece of crap. Personal advice : If You like Mass Effect universe, DON'T PLAY THIS GAME ;) For more details you can just check most of the    Let's just say this.
    I was so mad and disappointed with this game that I had to create an account here just to warn you guys how horrible this game is and not to buy it.

    You have 10 free hours to try it, TRUST ME and try it before you buy this piece of crap.
    Personal advice : If You like Mass Effect universe, DON'T PLAY THIS GAME ;)

    For more details you can just check most of the reviews online for this game on all of it's faults.    … 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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