Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. makitololi
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    For all those who are asking themselves "what the hell happened with Bioware"? The answer is./ It's not Bioware... It's Electronic Arts the responsible of this **** game. Since Dragon Age 2 and later the next games of Bioware were bullcrap, and it was the time when Electronic Arts bought Bioware. Electronic Arts are responsible of this ****
  5. Spike111
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    Give me the newest version of Mass Effect game, not the horror comedy feminism garbage version of it.

    If this is what we get from American game developers, I will go for Japanese games as like Senran Kagura franchise or DOAX3. I hate someone who trying to control my thoughts by ruin a game like this. Games are evolving to a genre of the art nowadays, limitations and restrictions    Give me the newest version of Mass Effect game, not the horror comedy feminism garbage version of it.

    If this is what we get from American game developers, I will go for Japanese games as like Senran Kagura franchise or DOAX3.

    I hate someone who trying to control my thoughts by ruin a game like this.

    Games are evolving to a genre of the art nowadays, limitations and restrictions are killing the possibilities to evolve.    … Expand
  6. steme94
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    I wanted this to be good but I can't say that this is the game I waited so much.. Poorly optimized. Massive amount bugs and crashes. Exploring becomes very boring after 15 minutes. And THOSE ANIMATIONS. multiplayer is clunky.
  7. Scarlet_review
    Apr 3, 2017
    0
    After playing the game for around 11 hours I feel that I am ready to submit a review, I never liked the ME series too much but there were some elements that kept me playing, mostly the characters and the dedicated team behind the games, there was a stain on the last three games by the end of it as ME3 ended in an horrible way,

    I was hoping that the team would come back and fix this with    After playing the game for around 11 hours I feel that I am ready to submit a review, I never liked the ME series too much but there were some elements that kept me playing, mostly the characters and the dedicated team behind the games, there was a stain on the last three games by the end of it as ME3 ended in an horrible way,

    I was hoping that the team would come back and fix this with an awesome game with strong character development and a solid core, however as I was reading into the new team I notice some of the team had never worked on a game before and that something that I can put up with but it crossed the line when I found out who these people are, some of them are pretty extreme racists and extreme sexists, or a variation of the two. the facial animator has never worked on a game before which is fine HOWEVER this woman also made a video online entitled "I hate men" as usual kotaku tries their best to defend these absurd actions, she didnt stop there she was on the news a short while ago in america talking about how you can be sexually attacked and assaulted IN A GAME (GTA 5 for those interested).

    An animator that worked on this game was and still is openly racist towards white people on twitter, this is an all around shocking discovery for me, I wanted to love this game I really did but these social/ racist/ sexist extremists pushed their own views on the game purposely making the females less attractive and the animations made the character interaction the worst I have seen in pretty much forever and i've been gaming for 20~ years, from the characters and the team onto the game itself.

    Now the combat feels a little less like a mass effect game and more like halo 1, lots of low-polly cover and the battlefields are fairly empty and not very interesting the combat is alright but the squads are now useless so if you enjoyed them being useful or if you even remember them being there then forget about it, they've ripped it out of the game. The worlds are barren of any kind of entertainment or appeal, the only saving grace of this game is most of the time it looks really good, it's like the had some really talented artists that just wanted to make the game for the players and the experience but was ultimately let down by a script written by a 5 year old, animations and voice acting that makes Tommy wiseau a master at delivering his lines, empty worlds, impenetrable menus, the most boring quests you'll ever see and SO MANY BUGS.

    If this game stood alone I'd give it a 3.5/10 for the 40m spent on it and the time it took to come out however thats not the case due to the terrible nature of some of the team that worked on this game and the fact this is supposed to carry the torch from ME 1, 2 and 3 but honestly its not even playable in comparison.

    my recommendation; don't waste your time or money on this game and go buy NieR: Automata or ME 1/ 2    … Expand
  8. Harmont
    Mar 30, 2017
    0
    Игра просто не загружает сохранения, бесконечная загрузка. Самое смешное 9 дней прошло с момента выхода и до сих пор нет никаких патчей или фиксов. Я для чего игру купил, чтобы на форумах целыми днями сидеть?
  9. AliciaMarkudu
    Mar 30, 2017
    0
    Here are the pros and the cons of our beloved game : Mass Effect Andromeda :
    A. Single Player /Campaign Mode :
    ================================ Pros : 1. Better graphics and textures compare to previous series (several bad textures on NPC too!) 2. Better combat mechanics. 3. Okay voice acted, some NPC feels generic. 4. Okay sound effects 5. Music/theme is okay but the timing and    Here are the pros and the cons of our beloved game : Mass Effect Andromeda :
    A. Single Player /Campaign Mode :
    ================================
    Pros :
    1. Better graphics and textures compare to previous series (several bad textures on NPC too!)
    2. Better combat mechanics.
    3. Okay voice acted, some NPC feels generic.
    4. Okay sound effects
    5. Music/theme is okay but the timing and placement of it is BAD
    6. It has bigger open world and environment compare to previous ME's

    Cons :

    1. Player customisation is limited and horrible and ugly default face type available.
    2. The story line is predicted, shallow and boring. This is came from Inexperince writer and stupid game director.
    3. Horrible mission design which is tedious, not memorable and repetitive.
    4. Amateur and horrible camera angle and cutscene (almost 90% of all cutscene are garbage)
    5. All main characters , NPCs are all bland and unattractive at ALL, all of them. Dont ask me how i feel about them when im playing them/interact, i dont feel at all :)
    6. This game IS NOT an RPG story driven game, its an exploration and shooting game. The story is there but it has no impact on the game overall.
    7. The open world is an empty open world. No Interesting places, No interesting events, No interesting PLOT and NPC ,
    8. Bad UI design , a real bad .
    9. Bad Optimisation for frame rate per second.
    10. Amateur and horrible animation, Horrifying facial expression, Disastrous lipsync.
    11. SP Campaign have 0 replay value . Yes it is a ZERO REPLAY VALUE.
    12. The game is buggy here and there. LOTS of it.

    B. Multiplayer Mode :
    ================================
    Pros :
    - None

    Cons :
    1. Boring and grindfest Horde Mode. Yes there is only 1 mode here just shoot the horde!
    2. Money grab EA style for treasure and items, which offers Pistols? Sniper rifle for Horde? I NEVER USE THAT THING!

    I would like to like this game, but I cant. This game is real garbage ever exist since No mans sky. Yet this come from amateur , lazy and greedy people at EA-Bioware.

    Thanks to you EA-Bioware for again dissapoint me as Huge Fans of ME2 and Dragon Age Origins. This game is worth$10 MAX, too many **** in this stuff, too many discrepancies not including the bugs.

    My final verdict is 0/10 (Yes its ZERO out of TEN) TOTALLY DISSAPOINT)

    Reviewed using : Inteli7700k// 2xGTX1080i//32RAM @4 k resolution    … Expand
  10. Frigidsquid
    Mar 31, 2017
    0
    I have no idea what Bioware and/ or EA paid the critics for the ratings they left for this pile of refuse, but this game is beta at best. I'm a graduate of an animation school where I studied animation, character modeling, rigging, design, story development and I've seen freshmen year animation projects on no budget look better and have a more solidly developed story!

    Utterly    I have no idea what Bioware and/ or EA paid the critics for the ratings they left for this pile of refuse, but this game is beta at best. I'm a graduate of an animation school where I studied animation, character modeling, rigging, design, story development and I've seen freshmen year animation projects on no budget look better and have a more solidly developed story!

    Utterly inexcusable piece of garbage. I want my money back.    … Expand
  11. YarikMaug
    Mar 31, 2017
    0
    I do not write reviews at all, but this feels like a waste of money, everything is terrible (comparing of course). I have no words, 40m $ down the drain for the EA, and more importantly, my 60$ down the toilet. I`m thinking about selling my origin account and never buying their games again.
  12. Detrick-Barron
    Apr 2, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joke of a game, do not waste your money. they will penny and dime you for dlc, there is no season pass. Design team is a bunch of hypocrites, advocating social equality and racial equality yet turn around and post anti white sematic and 9/11 jokes on their social media accounts in the case of lead game designer Manveer Heir. There is no actual assortment of romantic encounters that promote equality, as a female there are only 2 humans you can romance that are male, Hispanic and African American. there are no Indians, Asians, Caucasians, ect. as the male character there are quite a few more options but there is no equality there. the character presets are absolutely horrible and the games character graphics are worse that mass effect 1. The game is horrible as it has a serious lack of emotion and there are a lot of bugs and the story is incredibly underdeveloped. This is 2017 there are so many standards that are in games now that are %100 expected and delivered artistically by every other major game company out there and Bioware should never be allowed an exception. They did not do their job and flat out wasted 5 years and 40 million dollars by selling everyone this joke of a game. Bioware Edmonton will have to take control of this game and fix Montreal's stupid social justice warrior pride statement into an actual game that is respectable. Stay away until the next one is announced or you get bored and they have actually finished rolling out the last DLC. This review is pretty sugarcoated if you want to research my claims its not hard to read news bulletins on google or bing about the problems that this "game" has caused in the gaming community. heck pewdiepie has made a video bashing it.… Expand
  13. EventualHorizon
    Apr 1, 2017
    0
    Total trash. Nevermind any of the other complaints. The god-awful characters/dialogue/storyline make this a worthless game. There is zero plot tension to pull you through the game because every plot device is simply present to give you a bunch of uninteresting objectives (picking 'military or scientific' outposts to drop on planets) etc... Completely lacking any time of literary devicesTotal trash. Nevermind any of the other complaints. The god-awful characters/dialogue/storyline make this a worthless game. There is zero plot tension to pull you through the game because every plot device is simply present to give you a bunch of uninteresting objectives (picking 'military or scientific' outposts to drop on planets) etc... Completely lacking any time of literary devices that could be used to actually make the characters feel like they are individuals. Off-key voice acting delivering already cringeworthy lines makes things even worse. I mean, after you get confronted by a hostile alien commander of some sort who tries to capture your ship, all your character can muster is "I wonder who THAT guy was?". Awful awful awful, DO NOT BUY THIS. Just another **** contrived open-world game.… Expand
  14. quebecname
    Apr 3, 2017
    0
    As a huge fan of the original series, I anxiously awaited this game. As you have probably already heard, there is a large number of technical problems and such. If you want a good laugh, you'l love scenes when speaking to npcs as the facial animations almost make me feel like Im playing a game as polished as goat simulator. Continuing the multiplayer from ME3, this game put a greaterAs a huge fan of the original series, I anxiously awaited this game. As you have probably already heard, there is a large number of technical problems and such. If you want a good laugh, you'l love scenes when speaking to npcs as the facial animations almost make me feel like Im playing a game as polished as goat simulator. Continuing the multiplayer from ME3, this game put a greater emphasis on this aspect and yet still uses p2p connections. This limits the viability of playing with friends at any real-world distance and since there is no ensuring the quality of the host's connection (anyone can establish a game and can then be host to other players searching for random matches) you'll find yourself iceskating on the maps- that is if your game does not crash in one of the latest rounds. The game barely adds anything new to the original series but a couple of new alien species... how can this happen? Who made this game? Whatever the answer, it isn't the same developer of years passed.… Expand
  15. Exth
    Apr 4, 2017
    0
    This game has broken animations, bugs, broken facial expressions, a lot of lag in multiplayer and Bioware said that they purposely modify the female character's models to be less attractive (meaning that you will not want to romance any of them because their personality isn't that interesting either) so if you are a straight dude or a lesbian woman who happens to like good looking chicksThis game has broken animations, bugs, broken facial expressions, a lot of lag in multiplayer and Bioware said that they purposely modify the female character's models to be less attractive (meaning that you will not want to romance any of them because their personality isn't that interesting either) so if you are a straight dude or a lesbian woman who happens to like good looking chicks you are out of luck. SJW bullsh*7… Expand
  16. Vertexus
    Apr 5, 2017
    0
    It is not Mass effect, it sims in the space with scan simulator. The developers just spit in the face of gamers, close this office and dismiss the staff
  17. pessoadoalem
    Apr 6, 2017
    0
    This game is just trash.
    -Awful animations.
    -badly optimized for pc, frame rate drops every time -bugs everywhere -writing at high school level even though the combat is good, but by time it gets boring af, the crafting system is bad, it gives you all schematics at the beginning, the squadmates are extremely forgettable, i dont even remember the names. i would give it a 3/10 for    This game is just trash.
    -Awful animations.
    -badly optimized for pc, frame rate drops every time
    -bugs everywhere
    -writing at high school level

    even though the combat is good, but by time it gets boring af, the crafting system is bad, it gives you all schematics at the beginning, the squadmates are extremely forgettable, i dont even remember the names.

    i would give it a 3/10 for the graphics and the combat, but i will give it 0/10 because it has Denuvo and they sell the game buggy as hell    … Expand
  18. no32
    Apr 7, 2017
    0
    don't buy this it didn't work when they released and updated the on pc and now the game doesn't open at all and there not doing anything to fix bioware is a bad game company and you should not support there bad business practice
  19. sikfuk
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    BW needs to hire competent people to make their games in the future. this is not good. i miss the good old games like Kotor, Jade Empire, Dragon Age: Origins. back then the company had a passion for making great games with a fantastic story. now the company has been infested with sick people who focus more on pushing their twisted political and social agenda rather than making good games.
  20. Gor1945
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    Биовар и ее хозяева из ЕА вслед за ДА загубили и Масс Эффект - вот наглядный пример того, что будет, когда сотрудников в компанию набираешь не за профессиональные качества, а по принадлежности к якобы угнетаемым группам - расисты, геи и феминисты ничего путного сделать ожидаемо не смогли. Бесполезно говорить о недостатках - проще о достоинствах сказать - данная игра окончательноБиовар и ее хозяева из ЕА вслед за ДА загубили и Масс Эффект - вот наглядный пример того, что будет, когда сотрудников в компанию набираешь не за профессиональные качества, а по принадлежности к якобы угнетаемым группам - расисты, геи и феминисты ничего путного сделать ожидаемо не смогли. Бесполезно говорить о недостатках - проще о достоинствах сказать - данная игра окончательно утверждает в мысли, что платить за поделки от Биовар деньги - больше не стоит.… Expand
  21. laszlo1337
    Apr 9, 2017
    0
    That game is sad story about overly sensitive snowflakes ruining the game industry even more than it was already ruined. The same with Dragon Age Inquisition and the transgender **** Why does it matter? No one know, besides those people. The people that don't even play games, they're just trying to use them as their medium of their propaganda.
  22. Batman43
    Oct 8, 2017
    0
    It's not ME. ME3 Ending is model comparing with this **** Andromeda Killed ME. Forgive us Shepard we **** everything.

    it could have 5/10 rating if it did not dare call it ME
  23. thefinalepic
    Apr 10, 2017
    0
    An empty lifeless world. Case of quantity of quality. Tons of things to do, nothing of it is interesting.

    Bioware games are great for their story, their world and their characters and how they all connect to each other. This game is all about exploring and doing boring stuff with boring characters in a boring galaxy. It looks pretty. But boring.
  24. kingdubsy
    Apr 10, 2017
    0
    I love the universe and the series so I keep going back and trying to trudge my way through all the game breaking bugs. It my be the most bugged/glitched game I've played in 25 years. I'd give it a year for them to fix it and buy it on sale if at all after knowing what I know now.
  25. josen
    Apr 12, 2017
    0
    sry, but this game is a shame.

    graphics: -cant get a solid 60fps framerate on high settings @ 1080, despite a decent system (i7 6700k @ 4,5, 32gb ddr4 @ 3000, gtx 980 @ 1500), fps drops down to 40 -> immersion breaking -reshade doesnt work without problems(mouse pionter), so you have to play it grayish, colorless and without contrast ->also called vanilla. -what is screen    sry, but this game is a shame.

    graphics:
    -cant get a solid 60fps framerate on high settings @ 1080, despite a decent system
    (i7 6700k @ 4,5, 32gb ddr4 @ 3000, gtx 980 @ 1500), fps drops down to 40
    -> immersion breaking

    -reshade doesnt work without problems(mouse pionter), so you have to play it grayish,
    colorless and without contrast
    ->also called vanilla.

    -what is screen calibration? seems to be brightness!? how about gamma?
    -> had to change the gamma settings for me:a in the nvidia settings.

    controls:
    -like always: everyone that owns a mouse with more than 1000dpi has to check if the lowest in
    game sensivity setting is nearly ok and then go to find out where the ini file is
    (thought that a 2017 game learned a lesson)

    -menus/ui:
    -on pc you have to press space to confirm something, return does not work. why?
    you really want to **** up the gamers in the main menu?
    ->here i have the code for you bioware:
    if (e.KeyChar == Convert.ToChar(Keys.Space) || e.KeyChar == Convert.ToChar(Keys.Return))
    {
    DragonAgeIInSpace.Start("astfu");
    }
    -the menus feel like s**t
    ->back to the roots of me:1, know i know what you meant

    story:
    -you (Bioware) "learnd from witcher 3"? sry i dont think so.
    cdpr sniffs your writing skills from b**** a****
    before breakfast on a work day (the Polish way)
    -mainquest line so boring i forgot what to say about it
    -but have to say, the sidequest are really as good as the mainquests (so respect for that)

    combat/gameplay:
    -ok, but if youre far right/left of an object you have to change the cam for yourself (down step!)
    -jetpack boosting and gunplay is ok.
    -nomad driving is only ok. (no weapons wtf, is the wheels fps capped to 30?, handling pfffff)

    model recycling:
    -asari, kroganes, turians, salarians, weapons (1/3)

    characters:
    -as mentioned, the facial animation are not from 1999, the are just extrem bad/wrong.
    smiling when you talk about a death of s.o. is just an example.
    -> that is an insult to all custumers. an a+++ 40mil dollar 2017 game looks **** in compare
    to its unreal engine predecessor from years ago thx bioware.
    -why always the same: bad ass krogan, research asari etc. -no person in the squad is at least interesting -hate my own character for being such a pu**y (and nobody respects him) -why is it possilbe to date(f***) almost any male chars? -why do all female characters look like the ugly sister of them self? (oh,...know i got the answer to my former question) -i think the aliens look boring and ugly, especialy the ... dont know the name this says everything. wait those without ears. exploration/"open world": -open world is absolute **** -there are 5 or 6 planets you can explore (adrometastic) ->thats "a whole galaxy to explore" (5 levels, **** you bioware) and 100 liveless planets where you can not land on ->is this a joke technical probs: -animation bugs -clipping probs -bsod bugs -btd bugs feelings: -miss fearing the reapers -miss fearing the geth -miss a normal guy like shepard -mass effect andromeda is the watch dogs 2 of its kind -disappointed update: search and replace bioware to EA    … Expand
  26. pdaz
    Apr 15, 2017
    0
    I find it incomprehensible that anyone but a paid employee of Bioware gave this game more than 4/10. Personally I am giving it 0/10 because as far as a game goes the things it gets wrong are fundamentally indefensible.

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

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

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

    But above all else Andromeda's greatest sin is it's scale. Considering that this game is so lacking in quality playing it would be a waste of time, the amount of hours one would sink in to beating this game could better be spent playing literally dozens of other far more immersive games. It is ironic that apologists for this game reference it's scale and scope as positives, which is like shouting about what a great deal an all you can eat buffet of diarrhoea.    … Expand
  27. thekeeblerelf
    Apr 18, 2017
    0
    I was talked into this game because the previous games were supposedly amazing, but if those previous games are even twice as good as this I won't be buying another mass effect game.
  28. MarcusAgrippa77
    Apr 18, 2017
    0
    Bioware has made some of the best games ever,however this is not one of them. Animations,story and voice acting are all terrible. Even Dragon Age 2 is better than this.
  29. Ealgerino
    Mar 21, 2019
    0
    This game says some Asari are male. If that's not enough to make you steer clear then nothing will be
  30. Lasius-Niger
    May 17, 2018
    0
    This is what happens when you trust and give responsibilities to SJC's (Social Justice Cowards)... Gamers wanted Ivanka, BioWare is giving them Chelsea...
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Metascore
72

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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