Mass Effect: Andromeda

 PC
User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 4468 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,749 out of 4468
  2. Mixed: 712 out of 4468
  3. Negative: 2,007 out of 4468
Buy Now
Buy on

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. Stinkleberg
    Apr 10, 2017
    3
    This is the last Bioware game I will buy.

    Extremely disappointed in this game. Even aside from all of the animation issues, this is not a good game. The dialogue is cringy, the story is bland, and the characters are uninteresting. I never found myself caring about any of them and I was halfway through the game before I realized I hadn't even tried to romance anyone. Worst of all this    This is the last Bioware game I will buy.

    Extremely disappointed in this game. Even aside from all of the animation issues, this is not a good game. The dialogue is cringy, the story is bland, and the characters are uninteresting. I never found myself caring about any of them and I was halfway through the game before I realized I hadn't even tried to romance anyone. Worst of all this game is not really an RPG. Ryder, unlike Shepard, is a set character with a set personality. Ryder is a nice person who can either be emotional, intelligent, jovial or snarky. You can only affect their attitude in certain situations, not their personality. Don't even get me started on how ugly everybody (especially the females) look. The combat is alright but not enough to salvage this game. I bought this game on the Bioware/Mass effect name, I will not make that mistake again.    … Expand
  2. AXP878
    Apr 10, 2017
    7
    A good game hidden behind hours and hours of filler and fluff. Once I stopped doing the fetch quests, called "Tasks" in the game, and focused on the main story, companion quests, and "Helios Assignments" I started to enjoy the game a lot more. The most recent patch improved a lot of my main annoyances, such as janky faces and tedious animations between planets.

    If you go in expecting    A good game hidden behind hours and hours of filler and fluff. Once I stopped doing the fetch quests, called "Tasks" in the game, and focused on the main story, companion quests, and "Helios Assignments" I started to enjoy the game a lot more. The most recent patch improved a lot of my main annoyances, such as janky faces and tedious animations between planets.

    If you go in expecting the same quality as the OT you will be disappointed; however, if you can evaluate the game purely on its own merits there is a lot of fun to be had.    … Expand
  3. ExtraAngel
    Apr 10, 2017
    9
    Mass Effect Andromeda has the best comabat in a rpg i have seen. While the story is not as strong as in othher ME games, but its still pretty great. Now graphics are amazing for the most things except for the terible animation, but they are now better because of an update.
  4. Fingers
    Apr 10, 2017
    5
    Story - poor to the point I don't really give a **** about what's happening why it's happening - contrary to the previous games, bar ME3 and the **** ending. I feel zero connection to the characters in the game. The story is bad had that been on par with ME1 to ME3 you could forgive the flaws but as you don't really "feel" anything towards your squad or the other races in the game youStory - poor to the point I don't really give a **** about what's happening why it's happening - contrary to the previous games, bar ME3 and the **** ending. I feel zero connection to the characters in the game. The story is bad had that been on par with ME1 to ME3 you could forgive the flaws but as you don't really "feel" anything towards your squad or the other races in the game you don't get drawn in. I've played about 105 hours now and I found my self thinking to myself this game is just average to below average I'd give it a 5.5 out of 10

    Graphics - The environments look great however the character models are awful and have regressed much like the mentality of the people involved with the development of this game. That excludes the facial animations which are just bad bad bad.

    Game play - it's OK nothing special an improvement over 3 but you can see it's a shooter masquerading as an RPG now. The transitions when travelling to planets were annoying after the first few hours not to mention the scanning quests - tedious beyond belief.

    Value for money - nah not at the moment wait until the **** is fixed and the price has dropped by about by 50%.

    BW has problems - diversity hires, feminism, gender nonsense, inexperienced cos players masquerading as writers and animators. They need to get their **** together and forget real life and focus on making good RPG's again - Coherent rich story, in depth characters, good game mechanics, good visuals are what matters unfortunately ME:A lacks several of these which are important.    … Expand
  5. jlprime
    Apr 10, 2017
    8
    (Updating my review post 1.05 patch)

    My experience with this game has been pretty much what I would expect from Bioware and a AAA title. I typically never enter a game expecting a GOTY experience, so perhaps I do set the bar low in most cases. I will add that at no point while playing this game did I feel that this game deserved a score lower than a 6.0. People are certainly entitled    (Updating my review post 1.05 patch)

    My experience with this game has been pretty much what I would expect from Bioware and a AAA title. I typically never enter a game expecting a GOTY experience, so perhaps I do set the bar low in most cases. I will add that at no point while playing this game did I feel that this game deserved a score lower than a 6.0. People are certainly entitled to their opinions and I respect the fact that this game is going to be one of those that isn't for everyone, but the 0s, 1s, 2s and 3s? Pure bandwagoning from the gaming hipsters, probably a lot of trolling as well. I bet most of those reviewers didn't even buy the game. Case in point: the animations. Much ado about nothing. Some critic before release decides to harp on a couple of funny looking facial expressions and then the entire internet can't stop talking about it. Where was this level of criticism for Fallout 4? How about DA: I? Plenty of games get by with sub-par to downright crappy animations. Have games like the Witcher 3 spoiled us on such things? Whatever the case, the facial animations aren't that bad and the new patch has shown improvements in the worst of them (i.e. Addison, the tired face lady). If they had to pick between facial animations and the rest of the graphics I'm glad the chose the latter. This game is gorgeous on high settings on pc.

    Now for the bugs. This game has them, hell most games do these days. When was the last time you bought a console game and didn't have to download a > 1 GB day-0 patch? Bugs happen. Blame the publisher and their aggressive dates over the dev studio. At any rate I have never encountered anything game breaking and the latest patch seemed to squash some of the immersion-breaking ones during the cutscenes on the Tempest, which were the only truly annoying bugs for me.

    So now for the actual gameplay. The combat system is probably the most improved part of the game. It just feels very fluid and when you play on a higher difficulty it can present a fun challenge. My biggest gripes about it are that they didn't allow for much companion customization this time around. You can mess with their limited skill tree but that's about it. However they make up for it through main character customization. With profiles you can spec into any/all of the talents you want. Get tired of playing a soldier? It's ok, you can switch to a biotic. No need to start the game over from scratch.

    Overall the story and characters are good, sometimes great, but they never truly reach that level where I felt fully invested. I feel like the open world part of the game is the chief culprit here. While driving around and exploring planets in the Nomad is fun, it creates a break in the story that found me many times wondering what exactly it was that I originally came to this planet to do in the first place. In short, ME: A suffers from the same problems that plague most open world games which begs the question on a game series that found its success in the narrative: was making it open world really necessary? This is the same problem I had with DA: I. Just because you can make something open world doesn't mean you should.

    All in all I found my experience in Andromeda to be fun and fairly rewarding. The story, while it never really reaches that epic scale from the original trilogy, it certainly delivers some good moments and successfully lays the ground work for a new series in the Andromeda Galaxy. Worth a buy IMO.    … Expand
  6. Edelgul
    Apr 10, 2017
    5
    It's an ok game. Not as good, as ME2, but somewhere on the level of ME3.
    I think the biggest problem of this game is that there is nothing new, no evolution, while the industry has changed in the past five years raising the bar for our expectations.
    Graphics are visibly outdated and animations could definitely use some improvements. Story could be more detailed and less generic. Voice    It's an ok game. Not as good, as ME2, but somewhere on the level of ME3.
    I think the biggest problem of this game is that there is nothing new, no evolution, while the industry has changed in the past five years raising the bar for our expectations.
    Graphics are visibly outdated and animations could definitely use some improvements.
    Story could be more detailed and less generic. Voice casting is ok, but characters are either bland, or too schematic/over the top type.
    Indeed it is repetitive and there is a number of fetch/bring quests. It might be worth giving the game a try, but probably wait for it to become discounter, or purchase it second hand.    … Expand
  7. Vasot
    Apr 10, 2017
    4
    1) Stupid story feels like it was written by college kids trying to get a job
    2) Shallow and boring characters
    3) More Denuvo anti-consumer DRM trash
    4) Glitches and bugs
    5) User interface is badly designed
    6) Combat and exploration is good
    6) Nice graphics at High/Ultra settings
  8. heyjermiju
    Apr 10, 2017
    10
    The story interpreted the fate of mankind. It is about the new settlement in an alien galaxy: Andromeda. In this there are various strange planets to discover and after all to really settle. So survivalable stations are to be built. Numerous difficulties are to be overcome in teamwork. Dramatically threatening dark forces (eg the species of Ketts) the settlers - a tough competition forThe story interpreted the fate of mankind. It is about the new settlement in an alien galaxy: Andromeda. In this there are various strange planets to discover and after all to really settle. So survivalable stations are to be built. Numerous difficulties are to be overcome in teamwork. Dramatically threatening dark forces (eg the species of Ketts) the settlers - a tough competition for life resources. Often it is necessary to care for the lives of the peaceful settlers and to defend them. So it is a mixture of tactically challenging adventure and rapid action - not a simply shooting game, but a training forming experience and the hanger of settlers: because rules must be respected, foresight and tolerance are well-maintained values. Thats why it is more than a game with entertainment value. The characters pursue an intelligent mission: the roleplayer as Sara Ryder gets a sense of the responsibility for the many expectant people who are together with her in search of a better world. Andromeda means hope for each of them. This transports the game perfectly. It becomes a very empathetic experience. The elaborate graphics and enjoyable sounds support this. Everything is coherent and Andromeda awakens through the game more and more to life. The gaming scope is gigantic, but to overlook, because there are also clear maps and enlightening log books and so on. Many well-founded and subtle animations make the story an impressive experience. In the end there is nothing less than the survival or the end of humanity - the fate in a new world, Andromeda.

    Update:
    If not superficial/trivial reflection is operated, Mass Effect Andromedea will be the game of the year 2017!
    The balanced blend of worlds-simulation, scifi-fantasy, adventure, action, culture, fun, seriousness and humanity's fate makes this gigantic HighEnd-Video&Sound next Generation game unique. In substance, multidimensionality & diversity there is actually nothing comparable. Finally the saturated coolness-arrogance-animated characters are overcome and out. The rogues coolness taste is stripped, lovable explorers & trustworthy ambassadors are born. The gamedeveloper team has the courage to unfeigned honest cosmopolitanfigures as peaceful worldconquerors, which is currently most important. The excellent synchronization in so many languages corresponds with this. From all this is MEA a considerable cultural masterpiece in next-gen-Gaming.    … Expand
  9. Grabboid
    Apr 10, 2017
    3
    Как же я ненавижу этих жадных тварей Electronic Arts.
    Моя ярость к ним не знает границ, моя ненависть настолько сильна, что я на секунду забыл о экранизации по Hellblazer с Киану Ривзом, еще чуть чуть и в штаны насру, апогей злобы достигнут...    Как же я ненавижу этих жадных тварей Electronic Arts.
    Моя ярость к ним не знает границ, моя ненависть настолько сильна, что я на секунду забыл о экранизации по Hellblazer с Киану Ривзом, еще чуть чуть и в штаны насру, апогей злобы достигнут...
  10. w13510n
    Apr 10, 2017
    7
    (Had to review my review after the 1.05 patch)

    To put it in a nutshell: 1.05 makes the game quite playable with only minor bugs left in SP - even the animations and faces were improved to the point where they no longer are completely grotesque. Now i have started a NG+ on Insanity and it is quite living up to the expectations. It certainly needs more polish since the initial release was    (Had to review my review after the 1.05 patch)

    To put it in a nutshell: 1.05 makes the game quite playable with only minor bugs left in SP - even the animations and faces were improved to the point where they no longer are completely grotesque. Now i have started a NG+ on Insanity and it is quite living up to the expectations. It certainly needs more polish since the initial release was very rushed, but now it's taken the right direction.

    What's still to fix:
    - MP is still basically unplayable, even with a rock solid broadband internet connection like mine it is disconnecting in 80% of the games, has severe lag spikes or shuts down the entire game without any notice.
    - Sounds can have an extreme delay in being played or don't get played at all.
    - The menus are really really bad in terms of usability and logical placement.
    - Mouse clicks sometimes are not registered, for instance certain popups can't be clicked, they must be dealt with the keyboard.

    When MP becomes really playable and the other issues are solved, it will certainly become a 8-9 out of 10.    … Expand
  11. Terraan
    Apr 9, 2017
    3
    The only reason I play these games are for the exploration and combat. But when I am taken out of my immersion it creates a lackluster experience. To add I could not cope with the NPC's in this game. Whether it is the crew i was given or general NPC's in the game; it did not make a difference. NPC's are the ones that have to carry the story along when you interact with them I wanted toThe only reason I play these games are for the exploration and combat. But when I am taken out of my immersion it creates a lackluster experience. To add I could not cope with the NPC's in this game. Whether it is the crew i was given or general NPC's in the game; it did not make a difference. NPC's are the ones that have to carry the story along when you interact with them I wanted to feel rewarded for the time i invested.… Expand
  12. closedsocket
    Apr 9, 2017
    8
    Do not let the lack of polish ruin the game for you.

    This is a worthy successor to the original Mass Effect trilogy and does a great job at introducing the new setting and problems that will be faced throughout the Andromeda games. There are a few things that are different from the original trilogy that some players may like or dislike. First is the absence of the paragon system,    Do not let the lack of polish ruin the game for you.

    This is a worthy successor to the original Mass Effect trilogy and does a great job at introducing the new setting and problems that will be faced throughout the Andromeda games.

    There are a few things that are different from the original trilogy that some players may like or dislike. First is the absence of the paragon system, which I found liberating. The choices I made actually felt like I made them. I did what I thought was best for my team without the guidance of trying to stay into preset parameters of good and evil. The second is the ability to change classes on the fly. No longer are you required to pick a class and stick with it throughout the whole game. I believe the way they implemented this in the game, and made it part of the lore, was really well done. Third is that you can no longer can really command your companions, you have no choice over their equipment, you can tell them to attack and that's really about it.

    Now that some of the bigger changes are out of the way, I will just hit on what I liked and disliked about the game.

    The game play is the best in the series. I mean the running, jumping, shooting all feels very satisfying. It plays like a full blown cover shooter now, and less like a KOTOR game. It works very well and everything fills natural, but if you were into more of the RPG element of the game, then that's all just about gone. Combat is fast and fluid with abilities having to be mapped to active buttons, there's no pausing and wheeling a specific ability or weapon, it's all done in real time. The game is VERY open. You have main story missions but the game spends no time opening up the galaxy and saying go explore, create your own path. Unfortunately, I believe this hinders one of Mass Effects previous best points - the story telling. If you choose to just follow the main story, which is possible, you miss a lot. I mean a lot. Andromeda's best missions, and most fleshed out story telling, are side quests (particularly the crew relationship quest lines) and it's a shame that in Biowares haste to make an open world game, they allow the user to bypass the best parts of the game.

    Now for the facial animations. The facial animations aren't bad, especially if you are playing the male Ryder, but they aren't great either. I do think Andromeda's lack of polish is what holds it back from being the GREAT game it could have been, but the animation is average. It's somehow worse than Dragon Age Inquisition which is three years older and much worse than the great animation of Witcher 3, but it's not so bad that it's distracting (or at least you shouldn't be distracted by it).

    In conclusion Andromeda is a solid game, that misses being great because of a lack of polish. It's still fun, and should make you excited for the next game, if you truly like the franchise. It's worth playing.

    gameplay stats: Game beat with an 88% completion in 55 hours on standard difficulty.    … Expand
  13. POLLO76
    Apr 9, 2017
    8
    A good game after all. Some minor problems, but a fresh new start for the ME series. Great game play, interesting plot, nice companions, huge customizations. Great and inspiring settings. Need some improvements.
  14. AnimamAgere
    Apr 9, 2017
    10
    The game is great and the more you play the greater it becomes. People's critics are way exagerated and the 1.05 patch corrected most of the issues people were **** about. I finished 100% of the game, exploring everywhere and completing everything, 83+hours. I would'nt have played so much if the game was so bad, it's actually very very good, not better than the previous trilogy I have toThe game is great and the more you play the greater it becomes. People's critics are way exagerated and the 1.05 patch corrected most of the issues people were **** about. I finished 100% of the game, exploring everywhere and completing everything, 83+hours. I would'nt have played so much if the game was so bad, it's actually very very good, not better than the previous trilogy I have to say but it's still pretty great. The beginning could be better and you really get hooked after the first 10 to 15 hours I'll say. I would normally give it a 7 out of 10 but I give it a 10 to counter all the negative undeserved critics from people who played less than 2 hours of it.… Expand
  15. Elco32
    Apr 9, 2017
    0
    When your entire development strategy is affirmative action and social justice, this is the kind of less than worthless garbage that results. Avoid like the plague.
  16. Spieler56
    Apr 9, 2017
    7
    Mass Effect Andromeda is an inconsistent and disappointing game.

    When some parts of the stage look incredible, the facial animations belong to 2004 (Not counting the time it takes to clear and landing animations, they were not necessary after 4 times of seeing them). History being the most important part in a role-playing game, in this game it seems that happened to the background,    Mass Effect Andromeda is an inconsistent and disappointing game.

    When some parts of the stage look incredible, the facial animations belong to 2004 (Not counting the time it takes to clear and landing animations, they were not necessary after 4 times of seeing them).

    History being the most important part in a role-playing game, in this game it seems that happened to the background, it seems that the story was written by a teenager with a minimum of knowledge of human relations, with null depth the story takes to clear around Of 20 hours of play.

    The combat is seen that is the most worked part of the game makes much more fluid and dynamic with previous deliveries leaving aside the tactical component (which makes impossible the most minimal control of the comrades during a fight).

    Conclusion: A good shooter game with a regular history.    … Expand
  17. Wraithe
    Apr 9, 2017
    4
    84 hours for PT1, 14 hours into PT2 and I stopped. The writing is like teen fiction. It's that bad. You are constantly bombarded with stupid dialogue that no adult would say. Humanity if on the Brink, yet everyone is just cracking jokes and say stupid crap all the time. That's not even touching on the technical failures of the game, or the fact, that in an RPG, almost nothing you do84 hours for PT1, 14 hours into PT2 and I stopped. The writing is like teen fiction. It's that bad. You are constantly bombarded with stupid dialogue that no adult would say. Humanity if on the Brink, yet everyone is just cracking jokes and say stupid crap all the time. That's not even touching on the technical failures of the game, or the fact, that in an RPG, almost nothing you do makes a difference in the game. Your choices are meaningless.… Expand
  18. Signatus
    Apr 9, 2017
    5
    Andromeda is mostly mediocre and only a pale comparison to its predecessors on many levels.

    The combat is the strongest part of the game and largely very enjoyable. The addition of jump jets works and stays fun even though there are not that many enemy types in the gigantic worlds. Very customisable weapons and armour are also great. Unfortunately one can only equip three active powers    Andromeda is mostly mediocre and only a pale comparison to its predecessors on many levels.

    The combat is the strongest part of the game and largely very enjoyable. The addition of jump jets works and stays fun even though there are not that many enemy types in the gigantic worlds. Very customisable weapons and armour are also great. Unfortunately one can only equip three active powers at a time and switching mid combat is always a bit annoying. The squad mate system is a huge downgrade compared to the older games, it's not longer possible to control what powers/weapons squad members are using. In the old games I carefully built my squad around my own character, in Andromeda I mostly didn't care what toys the bad team AI had to play with.

    Bioware went for another open world experience and many of them look quite impressive actually. Driving the Nomad around the place is fun enough but an abundance of stupid fetch quests and other completely forgettable side quests don't really help bringing those places to live. This game will have you occupied with an overflowing quest log at all times (it doesn't help that the menu UI is really terrible) but apart from some missions that got a lot of love (i.e. loyalty missions) most of it is just mindless busywork.

    Compelling writing and building interesting characters, once considered a trademark of Bioware fall short by a long shot in Andromeda. Dialogue can vary from very good to cringe-worthy stuff that feels like ME fan-fiction made by a teenager. Sadly there is a lot of the latter. It doesn't help at all that facial animations for Humans and Asari look awful at times (after patch 1.05 still), which is at odds with how good the game looks in general.

    As of this review the game is still filled with bugs, which range from minor graphical glitches (i.e. characters being stuck in default T pose) to breaking quests and dead end save files. I had to redo hours of content because I ended up with saves that were too broken (i.e. being stuck on an empty spot of the galmap, falling through my ship to an endless death spiral or quests that should have been completed but didn't trigger their stages properly). For a game of this size quest acting up are (unfortunately) not unusual, but in comparison to other bug fests (like your usual Bethesda game) the console function in ME:A is not capable of "repairing" quests to allow you to progress without having to redo the same stuff again. Oh also there are no manual saves during priority missions and no quicksave function, who thought that was a good idea?

    Altogether this game offers a competent 3rd person open world shooter but delivers a rather disappointing RPG experience further diminished by what feels like a too early bugged release.    … Expand
  19. Hirdannen
    Apr 9, 2017
    7
    This second review is based upon completion of the Game on a lower-end PC. It includes some of the modifications from patch 1.05. I sold my PS4 game, bought at discount the PC version in English. I played the PS4 version in french, where voiceover was just tragical... In English it's slightly better. Game is more playable thanks to the controls. On a Asus G75VW with a GTX660M, MEA runsThis second review is based upon completion of the Game on a lower-end PC. It includes some of the modifications from patch 1.05. I sold my PS4 game, bought at discount the PC version in English. I played the PS4 version in french, where voiceover was just tragical... In English it's slightly better. Game is more playable thanks to the controls. On a Asus G75VW with a GTX660M, MEA runs fairly well I must say and I'm astonished to see very few difference with the PS4 version in terms of graphics. Facial animation is equal to my graphic quality, so i'm less shocked by it now.

    Mass Effect Andromeda has shocked upon its release because it couldn't be compared to older brothers ME2 & ME3. And it is the case, if you remove the Mass Effect Unvierse, it has very few similarities with its ancestors. However, it is still a game worth of your time if you like Science-Fiction or Action-TPS. And if you really like Mass Effect, it is still a pleasing experience given time.

    My first review on PS4 was based on the beginning of the game which was poorly written. Also I had much more trouble playing MEA with a gamepad than with the keyboard + mouse. Some of the defaults I pointed out are still there, but you can adapt to most of them.

    Characters don't start as intereseting but their interactions and loyalty sidequests make them more interesting with time. The interactions between your companions in the Nomad Buggy are better than the rest, and some puns are actually funny. I began to interest myself in them because of these moments. Also in the end of the game, they become useful despite their poor AI (the Krogan ressurects itself, Cora regenerates your shield constantly, that kind of things...).

    The planets are bigger once you've "unlocked" them and in the latter game. I find the first 3 planets to be boring compared to the last ones, which is why I found exploration to be useless at first. But you will spend a lot of time in your buggy just rolling around, mining and fighting to get some loot. There is a lot of little sidequests everywhere which feel exactly like ME1, but with a lot more content.

    Crafting is difficult to understand at first and very costly in terms of materials, which makes experimentation very difficult. It's very easy to make a completely useless weapon with this system. However when you know what you do, you can make some weird but enjoyable weapon combinations (a continuous laser blaster whose ammunitions bounce everywhere, a sniper rifle transformed in some sorts of overpowered cluster grenade launcher or a rifle which uses your health to fire without ammunition or reloading) which make it worthwhile to scout the galaxy in search of precious materials.

    Combat favorites are unintuitive when you come from ME2 and ME3. You can really enjoy them when you've got a lot of experience points to spare to make builds for each type of encounter. For example my Ryder is a Adept/Engineer with pure biotic builds, sentinel builds and engineer builds depending if I fight humans, robots or armored enemies.

    Game is still mostly buggy, but at least it never crashed on my pc. Bugs can be overlooked when it doesn't stop you from playing 11 hours straight.

    In the end, I raised the note to a 7, because I still enjoyed the game. The combat is the best part for sure, the universe and social interaction are less than ME2 or ME3 but still better than competition. And frankly I don't know many better sci-fi games than this one actually.    … Expand
  20. grimsfield
    Apr 9, 2017
    9
    I've played about 110ish hours at this point and I can easily say this game does not deserve a 4.7 user score. There's a lot of obvious anti-EA haters posting negative reviews here. The idea that this game doesn't even merit a 6 is ridiculous. I feel the game is worth probably around an 8 or a high 7. I gave it a 9, however, to try to offset all the ridiculously low and undeserved lowI've played about 110ish hours at this point and I can easily say this game does not deserve a 4.7 user score. There's a lot of obvious anti-EA haters posting negative reviews here. The idea that this game doesn't even merit a 6 is ridiculous. I feel the game is worth probably around an 8 or a high 7. I gave it a 9, however, to try to offset all the ridiculously low and undeserved low scores. Although I know there's already so many negative reviews, my one review won't make a dent. And as for people finding reviews helpful here... Basically if you write a positive review, the haters just mark it unhelpful--when they themselves are people who probably haven't even played the game. I find it ridiculous that people saying the graphics are bad when they're easily the best in the series. And while the animations have their issues, they are not nearly as bad or widespread as people would have you think. Recent update also fixed a lot of the major animation issues.

    Whats good about this game:
    -The gameplay is fun and feels very polished. If you played previous mass effects and dragon age inquisition, you can see this game as the natural successor.
    -It looks beautiful. Some of the best in space graphics I've probably seen in a game. On world, the detail is even higher and the game definitely feels next gen.
    -In general i think the voice acting is pretty good. I like the lead actress who plays sara. And while this games lead female doesn't share the same serious tone as her predecessor, to me it still feels right. This said, there are some questionable casting decision for voice actors. Notably the female krogan in Nexus and your turian tempest crewmate, I think her name is vetra... although its admittedly hard to think of either races as having females.. so maybe thats why they sound weird to me.
    -the leveling and power progression system feels rewarding, diverse and interesting. I also like that it does not lock you into one path and it is very easy to respec.
    -First crafting system in the mass effect franchise

    What I don't like about this game so far.
    -While the animation isn't as bad as most reviewers would have you believe, it could definitely use a layer of polish. I think its unreasonable to expect fully animated faces with expressions for every dialogue interaction in this game considering how many dialogue interaction there are, however I do think more of an attempt should have been made in certain areas. Compared to other games out now though, I don't think this game is too far from the standard. I say this after having just finished horizon zero dawn. Also, I'd love to see zeldas facial animations.... O wait, there aren't any.
    -The UI, while generally fine, has its annoyances. Its definitely better than some of the previous bioware titles though...
    -Decision making throughout the game hasn't felt very impactful so far.
    -A lot of minor little bugs, some of which have already been patched and I would bet most will be almost nonexistent in a couple weeks time with subsequent patches.

    Haven't finished the story yet, but it does not seem as epic as the previous titles in the series. At the same time though, it definitely has the Mass Effect feel and sense of exploration and discovery is very good.    … 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. Rightman
    Apr 9, 2017
    7
    Edit:
    After playing for 120 hours, finishing everything on insanity and every single thing the game had to offer, I felt that I must lower my score from 9 to 7.
    This game does have some shiny moments and the combat is great, but the game lacks any real challenge and the story isn't good enough to make up for the hours spent on "getting ready" for. out of 120 hours I enjoyed only 20,    Edit:
    After playing for 120 hours, finishing everything on insanity and every single thing the game had to offer, I felt that I must lower my score from 9 to 7.

    This game does have some shiny moments and the combat is great, but the game lacks any real challenge and the story isn't good enough to make up for the hours spent on "getting ready" for.

    out of 120 hours I enjoyed only 20, still - worth the money and the experience. They made a very good base and got lost on the way...    … Expand
  23. JediMosEisley
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    Too much narration and not enough explanations of features. I hit a dead end scenario and no one on social media could help me with it. So I deleted the game. Perhaps there will be a substantial update to it but as of now it is not worth your time.
  24. 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
  25. zeroex_15
    Apr 8, 2017
    9
    Having spent over 70 hours on my first playthrough I can say without a doubt this is the best mass effect game so far. The characters are interesting and engaging. The storyline is constantly evolving and intriguing.

    People in general are sheep and gamers are no exception. They follow the same group think and everything is dumbed down to lowest common denominator. That's why you see    Having spent over 70 hours on my first playthrough I can say without a doubt this is the best mass effect game so far. The characters are interesting and engaging. The storyline is constantly evolving and intriguing.

    People in general are sheep and gamers are no exception. They follow the same group think and everything is dumbed down to lowest common denominator. That's why you see reviews giving this game ridiculously low scores. Taking a step back its easy to see how good this game is and I can't wait for the next in the series.    … Expand
  26. 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
  27. stealthops77
    Apr 8, 2017
    7
    Mass Effect Andromeda is probably not what most people expected. I myself was expecting something truly epic, similar to Mass Effect 3. However, this game reminds me more of the original Mass Effect. For those of you who actually stuck it through the first game and enjoyed it, this is for you. There will be lots of grinding, there will be LOTS of guns and armor in your inventory, the storyMass Effect Andromeda is probably not what most people expected. I myself was expecting something truly epic, similar to Mass Effect 3. However, this game reminds me more of the original Mass Effect. For those of you who actually stuck it through the first game and enjoyed it, this is for you. There will be lots of grinding, there will be LOTS of guns and armor in your inventory, the story will be slower than usual, and the navpoint system will be just as bad.

    Think of it this way, the Andromeda Initiative started at the end of Mass Effect 1. The game play and graphics are still from that time period (except that this is real life), and they might have picked up some ME2 improvements before they left.

    Overall: I enjoy this game a lot because I loved ME1 and there is a of it's soul in Andromeda. However, I wouldn't recommend you buy until this game goes on sale. I'd say a price point of $30 is more appropriate for such an unpolished, AAA Title.    … Expand
  28. Achmare
    Apr 8, 2017
    9
    Outstanding game the story can be a bit bland, but what makes this game fun is the gorgeous detailed graphics accept some sync and glitch issues. Combat is smooth and quests are fun - drack is my fav character and i always have him in my party. Feels like being apart of star trek and discovering new worlds where for me baldly go where no bald man has gone before :P.
  29. elvenmoon1985
    Apr 8, 2017
    9
    Brilliant game - a few flaws but can be over looked whilst being submerged into the gorgeous world - this is coming from a female gamer. Haven't played the original trilogy but even if I did this would be completely different as stands alone game into a new universe with different concepts and should not be compared to the original.
  30. 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.
Page:

Awards & Rankings

1
#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2017
1
#1 Most Shared PC Game of 2017

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
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.
    Read full review
  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]
    Read full review
  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]
See all critic reviews »