Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. Fredvdp
    Jul 24, 2017
    6
    Buried beneath a ton of annoyances and bad design choices is a very fun game. It's a shame you have to dig through the dirt to find it.

    Mass Effect Andromeda does a lot right, like the improved combat, level design in the main story missions, and the setting. The biggest issue, however, was that BioWare decided not to improve upon the linear level design of the trilogy and opted to make    Buried beneath a ton of annoyances and bad design choices is a very fun game. It's a shame you have to dig through the dirt to find it.

    Mass Effect Andromeda does a lot right, like the improved combat, level design in the main story missions, and the setting. The biggest issue, however, was that BioWare decided not to improve upon the linear level design of the trilogy and opted to make most of the game an uninspired semi-open world. In this regard it feels like MEA is two games: The main plot follows the design of the trilogy with well designed linear levels; The secondary content is part of the semi-open world with environments unsuited for Mass Effect's third person combat.

    The various planets are a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand you have Havarl which has a very natural mission progression with sidemissions you can pick up on your way. On the other hand you have Kadara, a big map riddled with fetch quests and a storyline that requires constant backtracking. The planet Elaaden has some great looking locations, but the interesting parts of the map are tied to its storyline. The sidemissions are spread around the planet in outposts consisting of a couple of stacked boxes and are, once again, very uninspired and not worth the effort.

    The sidemissions also require travelling between planets, with Peebee's loyalty mission requiring the completion of menial tasks in most of the game's main locations, which means you have to sit through unskippable landing and takeoff cinematics meant to mask load times (sorry, SSD owners). Unlike Dragon Age Inquisition you can't teleport to any fast travel point from anywhere. In MEA you have to first enter your ship, look at a minute long cutscene, fly to your new location in the galaxy map, then look at another unskippable minute long cutscene. What's especially frustrating is that after all the travelling you may get an email from a character telling you to go to a planet you just came from, forcing you to sit through the same unskippable cinematic once again.

    As far as story and characters go, MEA is very mediocre. There are a handful of interesting characters, but they're not nearly as engaging as the ones from previous BioWare games. The story is decent, but very derivative of previous Mass Effect games.

    At its best, Mass Effect Andromeda really shines. Some of the loyalty missions are very well designed missions, and the final story missions is heaps of fun. It's just a shame that there's so little of it compared to the hours upon hours of padding. A damn shame, because there's definitely a great game in here somewhere.    … Expand
  2. Athraxes
    Mar 30, 2017
    6
    There is a lot of game for the money... unfortunately its unpolished, uncomfortable with okay story, okay characters ... "okay" everything.
    It's a mediocre RPG with many strange decisions and a step back for the franchise. It's basically a worse version of Inquisition in a different setting.
    Both 10's and 0's are equally rediculous....!
  3. Combustive
    Apr 24, 2017
    6
    Looked at in the context of other games on the market, Mass Effect Andromeda could be forgiven for awkward writing, forgettable story, endless filler and weird design choices. But for buyers expecting Mass Effect 4, most of the time spent playing this game may very well prove uncomfortable. That's not to say I haven't enjoyed parts of this game. It is stunningly beautiful, there are someLooked at in the context of other games on the market, Mass Effect Andromeda could be forgiven for awkward writing, forgettable story, endless filler and weird design choices. But for buyers expecting Mass Effect 4, most of the time spent playing this game may very well prove uncomfortable. That's not to say I haven't enjoyed parts of this game. It is stunningly beautiful, there are some great technical achievements and most of the gameplay is quite solid. The talent and effort on display has to be given credit. however I just wish it was all driven in the right direction and these issues were recognised and addressed earlier in production.… Expand
  4. irishbloke
    Apr 30, 2017
    6
    How i wanted to like this game, but i cant, the characters are so generic and wooden that you just dont care after 2 hours.

    Maybe its because this is the first one in a trilogy but god, its boring and this coming from a player of all 3 Mass Effect Games, which i loved.

    Maybe The Witcher 3 has spoilt me, i dunno but the whole story and characters are very dull, a huge disappointment.
  5. tomasdee
    Sep 1, 2017
    6
    Single player review only.
    60 hrs in / hitting side quests before point of no return.
    Just really really odd the direction they took this franchise. Dumping all the old characters and bad guys for a whole new storyline. The would have have been better calling the game just "Andromeda" and dumping the Mass Effect title - they've really done themselves a big disfavour to the franchise -    Single player review only.
    60 hrs in / hitting side quests before point of no return.

    Just really really odd the direction they took this franchise. Dumping all the old characters and bad guys for a whole new storyline. The would have have been better calling the game just "Andromeda" and dumping the Mass Effect title - they've really done themselves a big disfavour to the franchise - a real shame.

    The game itself plays well - the combat is better, the visuals are nice, the atmosphere spot on. There is less 'exploring', ME2 was the best for that i reckon - resources took more effort, exploring felt more rewarding. Still - the planet zones are Big which is great and driving the Nomad is a hoot! Though after the initial explore you just fast travel (a godsend) about to the next quest point.

    The questing is a pain - the endless go here / go there quests are very tedious, coupled with the constant loading is just plain abysmal. Fly here, {load} quest done in 3minutes, {load} fly somewhere else {repeat alot}. Why you can't enter the Tempest to check an email without having to launch is just ridiculous. The side quests are really just a distraction - other than unlocking NPC loyalty, there is little reward for completion.
    The crafting system is pretty good - crafted gear is actually better than dropped or vendor stuff. Although i now have a bunch of credits with nothing to spend them on. I've also been using the same (upgraded) gear for a long time now - not a lot of flavour really in the gear.
    The resource system is pretty pointless, normally i have plenty of resources to craft any gear upgrade so this side of the game doesnt add much.
    The APEX missions are of no benefit to the single player game.

    Overall, nice game but a real shame for the franchise.

    PS - really enjoyed the ending. Nicely leaves it open for next chapter - pity they've canned and more single player content already >.< for andromeda.    … Expand
  6. Surg3on
    Mar 21, 2017
    6
    Not bad, not great. A disappointment but not a 1/10. The animation is poor, The environments are gorgeous. Voice acting is all over the place. The new Mako is awesome.
  7. AthanasiosT
    Sep 30, 2017
    6
    Left the path of RPGs for the easy way of shooters. Graphics and sound are good, but what's the point of a team if you can't modify weapons and armor for team members ? No big decisions for the player, just some easy picks along the game. Battle is cover-shoot-cover-biotic-etc, too repeatable and easy. Story is too predictable. Nice driving, but where are the racing missions in the desertLeft the path of RPGs for the easy way of shooters. Graphics and sound are good, but what's the point of a team if you can't modify weapons and armor for team members ? No big decisions for the player, just some easy picks along the game. Battle is cover-shoot-cover-biotic-etc, too repeatable and easy. Story is too predictable. Nice driving, but where are the racing missions in the desert or on ice ? Give the players some challenges apart from the shooting.… Expand
  8. JeRDLe
    Apr 26, 2017
    6
    [Played after release of patch 1.05, so this review is AFTER the worst bugs (and animations) were fixed]

    TLDR: Not as good as any of games in the the original trilogy, but not terrible. Wait for a price drop. ME:A had a viable (pun) storyline for creating a game that was completely separate from the events of the previous games. Sadly, even after most of the bugs were patched, the    [Played after release of patch 1.05, so this review is AFTER the worst bugs (and animations) were fixed]

    TLDR: Not as good as any of games in the the original trilogy, but not terrible. Wait for a price drop.

    ME:A had a viable (pun) storyline for creating a game that was completely separate from the events of the previous games. Sadly, even after most of the bugs were patched, the game still suffers from several annoying problems.

    The following list includes minor & mild annoyances that ended up lowering the score I give the game:
    REPITITION - Holy cow, I would wager a full 50% or more of the hundreds of missions in this game go something like this: Find one object on the map. "Oh, it looks like I'll need you to find (pickup/scan/destroy) 3,4,5 more of those objects, THEN we'll tell you where you need to actually go to do what needs doing."
    SJW - I was hoping this was overblown. Thankfully, it is to a degree, but it was still bad enough to be worth calling out as groan worthy.
    ANIMATIONS - Still buggy. Main character is part owl and can turn his head 180 degrees proficiently in conversations. Also can look up 45 degrees simultaneously to stare into the player's eyes as you watch him.
    THREE ABILITIES - You get access to more abilities than ever before. Of course, you can only use three of them at any one time.
    CONSOLES FIRST, PC LAST - Everything in the interface is mapped to a button. Your mail shows console controls for switching between new mail and archived mail. Okay, no problem really. Just use the mouse to click between them...but wait, clicking with the mouse only works to select something in about 80% of the game's various interfaces. It will always highlight and look like it will work, but sometimes it wont *actually* work. Gotta use that button...
    WAIT, WHAT? - Let me get this straight. One crewmember is gay, but only as far as the main character is concerned. If you're a dude, get your romance on. If you're a woman, he won't touch you. But he'll be fine starting a family with a NPC woman later on. Actually, never mind, I just remembered how ugly they changed the female twin to be. Dude has reasonable standards and this is actually realistic after all. Not improving my rating though, because I'm 100% certain Bioware didn't intend the rational explanation.
    FINAL BATTLE (in space) - They tried to pull in that element from ME3's epic "look at all our forces" scene. It came out of nowhere and bordered on deus ex machina.
    FINAL BATTLE (on ground) - There's supposed to be a fight with the main antagonist himself Bioware. The last part of that final battle never happened.
    TWIN - Honestly, should have just become a member of your squad after the first planet. Bioware seemed to forget that she has the exact same implant as everyone else sent to Andromeda except the protagonist. Something to conveniently forget, as that would have made tracking people down less time consuming.
    INCOMPLETE STORY - Not in the 'this is set up to have sequels too' sense. I'm not talking about where the story goes from here. The story between start and finish needed more meat on the bone.
    PC REQUIRES ORIGIN - This always will be an automatic deduction in score, and recommendation of "don't pay full price", EA.    … Expand
  9. Rudal
    Apr 15, 2017
    6
    Like many said before... A Dragon Age Inquisition in space...
    Endless, not interesting side quest. Main story is just boring and characters dull.
    One thing that really catches the eye and makes you play is the environments (DA Inquisition again). Planets are a joy to explore. This shouldn't be a Mass Effect game it should be called "The Andromeda" a game based on ME universe. And    Like many said before... A Dragon Age Inquisition in space...
    Endless, not interesting side quest. Main story is just boring and characters dull.
    One thing that really catches the eye and makes you play is the environments (DA Inquisition again).
    Planets are a joy to explore.

    This shouldn't be a Mass Effect game it should be called "The Andromeda" a game based on ME universe. And trust me it would do a lot better that way...

    Overall it's not a bad game but it's just average.
    You start, you are excited during tutorial planet and things are happening and then you go on your own journey and you wish you could skip 2/3 of the grind and just move on...

    Don't buy it.... Wait for holiday sale or something... It's not worth the price...    … Expand
  10. beladrim
    Mar 21, 2017
    6
    Andromeda is not a complete disaster of a game. It's average.

    But... It's a Mass effect game. And as such... It deserved more than just average. I am not going to bother speaking about the facial animations, since there are plenty of memes on the web. But let me just point out some of biggest problem of this game: - The writing in this game is really not that good. Some times    Andromeda is not a complete disaster of a game. It's average.

    But... It's a Mass effect game. And as such... It deserved more than just average.

    I am not going to bother speaking about the facial animations, since there are plenty of memes on the web.

    But let me just point out some of biggest problem of this game:

    - The writing in this game is really not that good. Some times it's cheesy, childish and awful. Most of the time... It's mediocre...

    - The voice actor are ok but it feels like they recorded their line out of context. Which makes them sound robotic, emotionless at times.

    - Lots of side quests. Most of them are tidious... grindy... and booring. Just like DA Inquistion.

    - The saving system is retarded.

    - Lots of gliches that pull you out of the experience.

    Conclusion: This is not the Mass effect we deserved. Get it when it's patched up and on a 50% sale.    … Expand
  11. dkaizer
    Mar 30, 2017
    6
    An overall "ok" game that can be exciting and enjoyable. Worth playing if you can ignore some of the glaring problems. Honestly, this game could do with a lot of improvement.

    The Bad: - Horrible animation, facial expressions, gestures etc. Characters stand and walk in a ridiculous fashion. - Ugly, expressionless, lifeless characters. An intelligent and powerful female human or alien    An overall "ok" game that can be exciting and enjoyable. Worth playing if you can ignore some of the glaring problems. Honestly, this game could do with a lot of improvement.

    The Bad:
    - Horrible animation, facial expressions, gestures etc. Characters stand and walk in a ridiculous fashion.
    - Ugly, expressionless, lifeless characters. An intelligent and powerful female human or alien cannot be good looking?!
    - I really hate the traveling and exploration method. It is downright tedious, boring and a huge waste of time. Takes almost half a minute and multiple clicks to reach a planet when it used to place instantly. No skip button.
    - Romance was supposed to be revamped but its still the same **** Talk till a certain point, then before the final mission the romance scene takes place. The End.
    - This game seems to be tailored for the politically correct. I thought a game is supposed to allow me to delve into the fantasy realm and escape the real world politically correct bull****.

    The Good:
    - Combat is AWESOME and I really like what they have done with the skill selection and combat profiles.
    - The Research and Development system offers a wide variety of craftables weapons, armour and augmentations and is a huge improvement over DAI.
    - Beautifully crafted alien environments that sometimes take your breath away. Ample Fast Travel points located strategically.
    - I feel the Nomad handling and control is a big improvement over the atrocious Mako from the previous trilogy.
    - The storyline and setting is not the best but so-so only. Wish it was as epic as the previous trilogy.    … Expand
  12. priest865
    Mar 25, 2017
    6
    Graphics
    One of the biggest problem are the animation bugs and deliberately ugly characters. Encountering animation bugs is not fluke or happens by chance the just exist. However the worst of them seem to appear in the first three hours of the game. It also seems that the developers tried to make human npcs espescially ugly. Which is also a problem for the character creator. There are    Graphics
    One of the biggest problem are the animation bugs and deliberately ugly characters. Encountering animation bugs is not fluke or happens by chance the just exist. However the worst of them seem to appear in the first three hours of the game. It also seems that the developers tried to make human npcs espescially ugly. Which is also a problem for the character creator. There are only a few templates which are good enough for character creation at least for creating a male character. Additionally there is something wrong with the human eyes of the characters. They don't have no reflection, are to big and too wide open. In general fixing the eyes would already make the game a lot better visually. However other than that the game is beautiful. The planets and environments look great and the alien races look better than ever.

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

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

    Conclusion
    All in all the game is can be a pleasant expirience when you can get past the biggest problem - the animation and hideous looking NPCs.    … Expand
  13. Megaparadox
    Mar 26, 2017
    6
    Not so bad. If you evaluate a purely single campaign, then this is 5/10.But there is still a good multiplayer that draws on 6/10This is probably the worst mass effect, but I did not like 2 and 3 at all, I could not pass them, although 1 part was finished 3 times.Could have been better, could ...
  14. tagos
    Aug 22, 2017
    6
    It's now down to £17, the price of a good Early Access indie game.

    As such it's a solid 6/10. Mediocre animation that does an okay job. Mediocre to downright hopeless voice acting. Meandering storyline that in the opening hours does all it can to make you die of boredom. Characters that range from uninteresting to downright irritating. On the plus side - nice exploration and    It's now down to £17, the price of a good Early Access indie game.

    As such it's a solid 6/10. Mediocre animation that does an okay job. Mediocre to downright hopeless voice acting. Meandering storyline that in the opening hours does all it can to make you die of boredom. Characters that range from uninteresting to downright irritating.

    On the plus side - nice exploration and combat.

    For an indie game it's okay, if somewhat pricey.

    For a AAA Mass Effect game it's very poor.

    People scoring it 10 or 1 are taking the piss. It's not that good or that bad.

    It's just okay for £17.

    It's just not a full price game. It's just not worthy of The Mass Effect name and certainly not worth a second play through.

    Treat it as a cheap generic scifi action RPG produced by a small indie team, none of whom were writers and it is okay for the bargain basement price.    … Expand
  15. Voodoo123
    May 6, 2017
    6
    A missed opportunity to further expand Mass Effect games for a new generation. Some genuinely cool moments lost in a sea of technical shortcomings. Buyer beware!
  16. stafdude
    Mar 24, 2019
    6
    So I read all the negative reviews on launch, which is why I bought the game heavily discounted just before xmas 2018. I have now completed the main story and a lot of the side missions, having played 129 hours in total.

    From the reviews, there seemed to be a couple of major problems. One was the 'uglification' of characters as part of a sinister SJW plot aiming to rob geeks of their    So I read all the negative reviews on launch, which is why I bought the game heavily discounted just before xmas 2018. I have now completed the main story and a lot of the side missions, having played 129 hours in total.

    From the reviews, there seemed to be a couple of major problems.

    One was the 'uglification' of characters as part of a sinister SJW plot aiming to rob geeks of their only access to good looking ***. I never played with the template heroes in ME games, so I created my own pathfinder and didnt use the generic Sarah Ryder so I was not subjected to that experience. I did however notice that it was very difficult to create a character that didnt entice the vomit reflex on sight. But I managed. Also seems like a lot of the NPCs hade quite a lot of extra charm in the chest area - which should mean the "sjw" masters didnt have total control over the process.

    Onther reported issue were the bugs, the faulty animations and when functioning - poor facial animations. I experienced no game breaking bugs. I never saw a major animation glitch. I guess these issues were fixed at some point after launch. What I did however see were really bad facial animations (see the plethora of memes). Some characters look like they are severey depressed or had a lobotomy. Others look completely fine, but then they start talking an the lip movements look like a bad joke. I think they must have corrected some of these animations, because at times its hardly noticeable - but then there are whole segments where the animations look retarded. Most of the time you can ignore it. Something that is truly annoying though are the body animations - you dont feel like youre controlling a human being - but more like a bird with a human head. With the aliens this was not a problem for me, maybe they had bird like ancestors. But humans evolved from apes, not birds.

    Another purported problem was the writing - the storyline and questing. Dialog choices are usually fine but most of the time unecessary since they have little impact on the story. Sometimes you make choices that will have an impact but mostly not. What I actually liked was the romancing (i did Peebee) which added an additional spice and served to make the story a bit more immersive. In general the story is pretty generic. Big bad wants to kill everyone because of reasons and power. You are a chosen person with special abilities that has to stop big bad because humanity and stuff. Its fine, but probably something anyone with a basic understanding of sci fi / fantasy could concoct.

    What is less fine are the fetch/kill evil rando dude quests required before you can plant bases on the plantes. Although some of these do make sense, a lot of them feel repetetive and boring. All in all the writing feels sub par.

    The vaults are are basically just different maps with the same elements, enemies and other assets. The planets are actually quite diefferen from each other which I liked. The user map is atrocious though. Especially on that jungle planet that I mentally blocked from memory. Crafting is mostly pointless and boring. The inventory system is messy and feels poorly constructed.

    Ok so why do I give this game a 6, and not a 3 or 4? Well, for one after ME1-3 there are no other sci fi space opera games of this magnitude out there. At this point in time there are cash grabbing boring as **** looter-shooters and "battle royale" (is a game mode not a genre ppl!!! ffs.) games, dumb mobile-esque games, loot box filled "games as a service" bull etc. The spiritual replacement of ME is apparently Anthem, which seems to be totally broken on launch.

    So in the current gaming climate, were you to ask me if you should get ME andromeda or one of the currrent crappy tripple A scam titles - yes my advice is get ME Andromeda. The story isnt epic, but its fine. The planets are sufficiently diverse. Some story lines are fun. The combat is actually nice. It is single player, so you dont have to play with immersion breaking morons and you dont have to buy loot boxes to have the full experience.    … Expand
  17. AleksanderJ
    Jul 4, 2017
    6
    It plays like an MMO, as a hardcore Mass Effect fan it feels more alien than it should.
    Its another Galaxy but still, the lip synching is not good.

    I wish they learn something from this one, im really trying to keep an open mind but its hard when it feels time and time again like star trek online on foot. Another bug after latest patch keeps me from playing fullscreen on my laptop.
  18. PrincessRose
    Jun 20, 2021
    6
    I like this game and find the gameplay good overall and am having fun with it. But some things are terrible such as facial animations often look weird, unnatural and also cutscenes when you land and take off that you can't skip is really annoying. It does seem like an unprofessional game at times, it makes me wonder did they let their kids work on this game? And what happened to reallyI like this game and find the gameplay good overall and am having fun with it. But some things are terrible such as facial animations often look weird, unnatural and also cutscenes when you land and take off that you can't skip is really annoying. It does seem like an unprofessional game at times, it makes me wonder did they let their kids work on this game? And what happened to really good writing, story and interesting characters? It also seems like it's written by amateurs.
    It also has weird glitches as in characters arms froze in a weird pose and Ryder drinks from an invisible glass at the bar.

    The story is alright, nothing amazing. The story lacks meaningful depth and choices. Ryder is so one dimensional you can't even be a renegade.
    The characters are mostly forgetable.

    I enjoy the combat in the game. It feels like they were trying to make a good FPS game and failed on making a good RPG with depth and choices that truly effect outcomes.
    I also like exploring and discovering things. It looks amazing and fills me with a feeling of wonder and I do feel like Iam a Pathfinder.
    A open world is great if they can make it full of interesting things as in meaningful side quests, but unfortunately it's full of mindlessly boring empty fetch quests. The side quest Tasks are the worst which are all very simular to each other such as have to find and scan 3 bodies that randomly appear at scavenger camps then get final location to go to or another is find 3 data pads then go to a final location. It leads to a lot of driving around as these bodies and other items appear randomly and have no quest markers for them. I got really sick of those side quests so stopped doing those as they only vary slightly as in just have to scan something different and drive around for ages trying to find them. I hate when they lack imagination for quests and just fill it with mindlessly boring quests that ad nothing but tedium.

    Character creation doesn't seem to have many options. Can't even choose custom hair colour and if you choose any hair colour besides brown or black it looks like she has dark roots.

    I still like and enjoy playing this game. The gameplay is mostly fun and enjoyable.
    It had a nice solid game ending. Though it would of been nice to have choices that dramatically effect outcomes in the story resulting in various endings instead of just one.

    I recommend the game as I enjoyed playing it mostly and would rate it 6/10 as game doesn't seem like it's made by professionals and it's lacking as a good RPG.    … Expand
  19. thisisevilevil
    Apr 17, 2017
    6
    Even after patch 1.05 this game is still a mess, unfortunately. There's still too many bugs. I would have given it a 5/10 but the story is still good (Though not as good as ME2/ME3). There's just too many shortcomings here, and when you put the "Mass Effect" title on your game, the expectations is high.

    Just a short summary of some of the shortcomings/annoyances: -Planet exploration is    Even after patch 1.05 this game is still a mess, unfortunately. There's still too many bugs. I would have given it a 5/10 but the story is still good (Though not as good as ME2/ME3). There's just too many shortcomings here, and when you put the "Mass Effect" title on your game, the expectations is high.

    Just a short summary of some of the shortcomings/annoyances:
    -Planet exploration is a hassle. Too many cutscenes (And you still can't skip most of them, even after patch 1.05)
    -Character animations are still buggy
    -When engaging in conversation, the conversation option doesn't even nearly reflect what your character will actually say.
    -A lot of quests is still broken as of patch 1.05. Reloading your latest save usually solves it for most quests though.
    -Some very annoying side quests yield very little reward. Take for instance the quest where you have to scan minerals on a few planets. After completing that quest, you got a 200 credit reward.....
    -Some side quests/assignments feels like a chore. I know the ME4 development team said they wanted to imitate what the Witcher 3 did with their side quests, but the quality of the side quests in ME4 is not even near The Witcher 3.
    -The Quest tracking system is nothing short of horrible.

    I see lots of 1's, 2's and 3 ratings in here, the game is really not that bad, but I do believe this just underlines how disappointed the ME fans is with this game    … Expand
  20. GamesBeatAll
    Mar 26, 2017
    6
    Okay yeah, character customisation is utter pants, some of the animations are bad, like the NCP drinking from a bottle he stuck in his eye, and another one who appears to have some horrendous body wide tic. But I can live with that.
    But the two things that disappoint me are the plot - or lack of it, and the dumbing down. Don't bother bringing your brain to this ME party - you won't be    Okay yeah, character customisation is utter pants, some of the animations are bad, like the NCP drinking from a bottle he stuck in his eye, and another one who appears to have some horrendous body wide tic. But I can live with that.
    But the two things that disappoint me are the plot - or lack of it, and the dumbing down. Don't bother bringing your brain to this ME party - you won't be needing it.
    All the basic good stuff from ME is there, and some improvements. And yeah, I probably will play it to the bitter end, but no, I won't be pre-ordering ME 5 if there is one.
    The dialogues, OMG, who wrote this snooze fest? And padded out with soooo many repetitive and pointless conversations.
    And the basic premise, finding new homes - there is no urgency, nor strong motivation of 'all of mankind will die if you don't sort this Ryder'. It's more like an adventure holiday where you repeat the same adventures, just in a different location.
    Also, I don't feel my answers and decisions really make any difference, where are the massive moral dilemmas? Where are the REAL character choices?
    The technical issues are, well technical issues. What I'm finding hard to forgive is the lack of heart, the heart of the ME franchise, an immersive story with well designed characters.    … Expand
  21. amafadag
    Apr 3, 2017
    6
    A solid 6/10 game. Worst Mass Effect yet. But if you're desperate for something "Mass Effect like", this will scratch that itch just a little bit.

    The "Mass Effect" experience that you were hoping for is about 5% of the game, the rest is driving around on planets doing fetch-quests. The story, voice overs, missions and dialogues are absolutely horrendous and boring. I've skipped over a    A solid 6/10 game. Worst Mass Effect yet. But if you're desperate for something "Mass Effect like", this will scratch that itch just a little bit.

    The "Mass Effect" experience that you were hoping for is about 5% of the game, the rest is driving around on planets doing fetch-quests. The story, voice overs, missions and dialogues are absolutely horrendous and boring. I've skipped over a half of it because of how uninteresting and boring it was.    … Expand
  22. Rilke21
    Oct 2, 2018
    6
    This review comes after 48 hours of play, low expectations and a bunch of patches. The verdict? Andromeda is by no means an excellent game, but it's not terrible.

    The Pros -Except for some wonky animations (female faces in general), the game is beautiful. -Voice acting is generally strong. -Multiplayer is fun...in short doses. -Combat is excellent. They really nailed it. The Cons    This review comes after 48 hours of play, low expectations and a bunch of patches. The verdict? Andromeda is by no means an excellent game, but it's not terrible.

    The Pros
    -Except for some wonky animations (female faces in general), the game is beautiful.
    -Voice acting is generally strong.
    -Multiplayer is fun...in short doses.
    -Combat is excellent. They really nailed it.

    The Cons
    -Generally horrific level design. You blow hours scanning for glifs, trying to get over mountains or wondering "what the hell am I supposed to do next." Locations become repetitive fast. Whoever first equated "procedurally generated" with "fun" should be shot.
    -The map. Oh god the map. Terrible optimization that leads to plenty of mindless wandering.
    -The story. It's not all bad. Actually, I was quite drawn in by the first half of the game. But...the quests...are almost entirely miss-able. The end game content is dreadfully boring.
    -The fun factor. Or more specifically, the lack of it. Because of all of the above, there is just too much about Andromeda that isn't fun. Driving in circles for hours? Ughhhh. Lackluster quests? Meh. Lack of any real narrative? ...Why?

    I should say, for most of my experience, I was thinking..."this is a 7 game. I don't understand why it's getting so much hate." It wasn't until the entirely underwhelming endgame content that the "unfinished" quality of this game becomes unforgivable.

    I bought Andromeda for $30 and I don't regret it. Will I be playing it more than once?

    Meh. Doubt it.    … Expand
  23. Jaszczomb
    Mar 24, 2017
    6
    I waited for this game. And it's a huge disappointment. Boring plot, not funny one liners, poor performance, fetch quests, akward conversations and those animation problems! You can not get into the game if characters makes this fascial animations and walks like ministers of silly walking! All that for 40 euro. Shame.
  24. YoloSwag4Doge
    May 19, 2017
    6
    I've found this game to be mediocre, though I can see so much wasted potential in it. The graphics, for the most part, are pretty spectacular. On a gtx 1070 my game runs smoothly with a great frame rate. I do run into the odd bug and freeze here and there.

    The combat is pretty good, but I find it tends to feel a bit meaningless. A good chunk of the combat is done at random, rudimentary    I've found this game to be mediocre, though I can see so much wasted potential in it. The graphics, for the most part, are pretty spectacular. On a gtx 1070 my game runs smoothly with a great frame rate. I do run into the odd bug and freeze here and there.

    The combat is pretty good, but I find it tends to feel a bit meaningless. A good chunk of the combat is done at random, rudimentary outposts scattered around the various planets. The thing is, the outposts respawn, so when you're going back and forth you find yourself killing off the same outpost over and over, or straight up driving past it without consequence. The gun play itself is fairly satisfying especially with the various abilities and combo detonators which are basically large explosions. Can't go wrong with a big boom.

    The animation is disappointing, but since that's been talked to death I'll leave it at that.

    The dialogue is all over the place ranging from excellent to cringe worthy. Some of the best dialogue I found was actually listening to your squad mates banter during missions. Pair Drack with just about anyone and it's a good time. I found the romance dialogue really, really sucked for the most part which was super disappointing. Most of the time your character goes from having a fluid conversation to being either a bumbling idiot or going into an abrupt out of place sex growl voice. The voice acting is also pretty hot and cold.

    Content wise the game is pretty packed offering dozens of hours of gameplay. But, I felt the writing was very bland causing a lot of the side quests to feel tedious and chore-like. There's a ton of ping-pong questing that goes on. Person at A tells you to investigate B where you read a data pad that leads you to C where you scan something leading back to A where you inform the person who then leads you to another planet at E where you talk to some one etc, etc. The going back and forth really wouldn't be a problem if I found the quests even remotely interesting, but without solid dialogue or engaging cinematic interaction between characters it just falls flat for me.

    You use your scanner a lot throughout the game. It's kind of ME:A's version of witcher senses except I found it cumbersome to use. It takes time to deploy and holster, only fills up a small box on your screen and forces your character to walk which makes taking it out a pain in the ass. You also have to use it to collect research in order to unlock blue prints, which I think is absolutely **** stupid. Just a needlessly tedious, time murdering mechanic. Though not as bad as...

    Being a god damn space miner. Yup, a space miner. In order to craft things you need resources and one of the quickest ways to do that is to drive your Nomad around looking for just the right spot to drop a mining drone. The thing is, you can't just drive by and drop a mining drone where ever you want. No, you literally have to monitor a **** graph to watch for just the right apex of resources to drop your mining drone at. Basically, you're playing marco polo with a graph. Cuzz that's what every gamer craves at the end of the day. To stare at a god damn, mother **** piece of **** graph. Like, who the **** came up with that? Seriously.

    Anyways, it's an alright game with lots of sorta boring stuff to do in it.    … Expand
  25. fooey
    Mar 27, 2017
    6
    Decent, if generic, sci-fi shooter wrapped in a creepy Mass Effect skin.

    This is the game where EA decided to cash out on the Mass Effect brand by shoveling out the bare minimum they thought they could get away with. Mass Effect has unquestionably lost its standing as a top echelon franchise.
  26. Perfected
    Apr 25, 2017
    6
    Pretty disappointing as to what one should have been expecting as the next big Mass Effect game.

    Story and main plot line could have been better. Was very generic. Bugs and technical issues everywhere. Game crashes constantly. Facial animations and animations in general are terrible. Player customization is terrible. Customization of crew / companions is non-existent. Everyone looks and    Pretty disappointing as to what one should have been expecting as the next big Mass Effect game.

    Story and main plot line could have been better. Was very generic. Bugs and technical issues everywhere. Game crashes constantly. Facial animations and animations in general are terrible. Player customization is terrible. Customization of crew / companions is non-existent. Everyone looks and feels generic and boring. Voice acting is hit and miss.

    Gun-play, weapon mechanics, and combat are decent. Some of the worlds are beautiful. Atmosphere can be good from time to time. But that's pretty much it about whats good about the game. Everything else is either bland, generic, boring or just flat out bad.

    Don't recommend unless you're a die hard mass effect fan but even then maybe you should wait until they're doing patching it or it goes on sale.    … Expand
  27. Artur_
    Jun 8, 2017
    6
    Advantages: beautiful space and planet scenes. Sound and gravity correspond with environment - but a Krogan should use more solid word falling into the abyss, than "Cheeeeeeeck" ;-) Well done Nomad and fine armory development. Good idea changing side Ryder keeps weapon.

    Disadvantages: too much pointless killing and other MMO-like "thingies" like boring side quests and too little RPG in    Advantages: beautiful space and planet scenes. Sound and gravity correspond with environment - but a Krogan should use more solid word falling into the abyss, than "Cheeeeeeeck" ;-) Well done Nomad and fine armory development. Good idea changing side Ryder keeps weapon.

    Disadvantages: too much pointless killing and other MMO-like "thingies" like boring side quests and too little RPG in a RPG - this game really lacks a story and dialogues. No option to permanently disable flying animations between stars - they are nice, but only first few times. At one planet loading any of last few autosaves or last manual save freezed game. In combination with limited save possibilities - that were unforgettable impressions...

    Others: without active pause fight is too chaotic, but still acceptable. Poisoned water kills Ryder almost immediately and companions survive walking this poison keeping head just above the water, right... If some(thing/one) attacks you during conversation, your companions stay blind and deaf - scroll the dialogue or die.

    Summary: this is a fine game, not as good as previous Mass Effects, but I don't understand all these haters :-/ Of course it IS reminder of a gold standard that is valid recently - buy a game later, at least a few months after release, not pre-order neither right after release. I bought it 2 months after release, there were a few bugs only.    … Expand
  28. twobadcrew
    Oct 29, 2020
    6
    So much potential wasted, EA's idiotic decision to take resources from this development team to feed Anthem. This is mass effect by numbers, the graphics are great but the content and story is Sci-Fi channel level bad. My only hope is that a Mass Effect remaster will be made in this same engine.
  29. leSange
    Jan 16, 2018
    6
    Ну я зачистил на 98% пацаны, нормальный Инквизишн в космосе с покатушками, очень комфортный геймплей, а Dolby Vision в 4к на ультрах смотрится потрясающе, а лицевая анимация такаяже как Инквизишн, даже багов поменьше
  30. CLKgame
    Jun 8, 2017
    6
    While the combat is possibly the best in the entire series... When it comes to just about everything else, Andromeda falls flat on its face. Before you can even begin your mission as Pathfinder, you are introduced to one of the most painful character creators ever conceived by mankind. No really, it's not difficult at all to create an abomination that would make Frankenstein's monsterWhile the combat is possibly the best in the entire series... When it comes to just about everything else, Andromeda falls flat on its face. Before you can even begin your mission as Pathfinder, you are introduced to one of the most painful character creators ever conceived by mankind. No really, it's not difficult at all to create an abomination that would make Frankenstein's monster scream and run away in terror. Andromeda completely lacks the cinematic feel of the original trilogy, and while some of your crew are compelling characters, the overall story is lackluster.… 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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