Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. Vicol
    Mar 24, 2017
    1
    I loved ME 1 -3 have hundreds of hours into just one Game alone. This game is so linear its depressing. I give it a one because the combat is somewhat entertaining. That's about it. This is no mass effect game. If you played even one of the other Mass Effects you know its not. I have to also add this, who ever thought adding so many Sudoku puzzles in this was a great idea should just beI loved ME 1 -3 have hundreds of hours into just one Game alone. This game is so linear its depressing. I give it a one because the combat is somewhat entertaining. That's about it. This is no mass effect game. If you played even one of the other Mass Effects you know its not. I have to also add this, who ever thought adding so many Sudoku puzzles in this was a great idea should just be fired and leave the gaming industry like many many others who were involved in making this. Goodbye Bioware. :(… Expand
  2. 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.
  3. Luizard
    Apr 15, 2017
    3
    I gave this game many chances, but the crazy amount of bugs and bland story made me turn on one of my favorite franchises ever. I just did a mission twice and the Kett boss vanished both times leaving me without a way to complete the objective. The badly designed save system prevents me from loading closer to the boss, so I have to do the whole thing again. What a huge waste of time, justI gave this game many chances, but the crazy amount of bugs and bland story made me turn on one of my favorite franchises ever. I just did a mission twice and the Kett boss vanished both times leaving me without a way to complete the objective. The badly designed save system prevents me from loading closer to the boss, so I have to do the whole thing again. What a huge waste of time, just like this game. Hey Bioware, if you're not going to deliver on the story and characters because of your SJW agenda, at least make sure the game works. This garbage doesn't compare to the real Mass Effect we know and love, let alone Witcher 3. Try harder next time and maybe I'll buy the sequel to Andromeda with all the DLC for $1!

    The multiplayer can be fun with friends though. :)    … Expand
  4. PartidoPopular
    Mar 30, 2017
    4
    I only came here willing to write "Who the hell has written this, a 15yo teenage?!". Saw the first negative posts and felt a sense of hive-mind kicking in.

    Cons. This game is bad, really bad. I don't care much about the animations (which btw are really horrendous) or graphics. I was just looking for a nice fresh softcore sci-fi story. Instead, what I found is an actually simplistic    I only came here willing to write "Who the hell has written this, a 15yo teenage?!". Saw the first negative posts and felt a sense of hive-mind kicking in.

    Cons.
    This game is bad, really bad. I don't care much about the animations (which btw are really horrendous) or graphics. I was just looking for a nice fresh softcore sci-fi story. Instead, what I found is an actually simplistic plot, with ATROCIOUS dialogues, incoherent situations, plain characters, senseless events... summarizing: a stupid, superfluous and bad made childish story.

    Pros.
    The worlds and graphics are alright, nice ambientation there (although the local fauna only experienced a funny chromatic variation depending on the planet). The gameplay is nice and fluid but in my opinion the encounters and fights in me2 & 3 where much more epic.

    Anyway, I just made this metacritic account to complain about wasting money in this precise game.
    Not that I care for paying 50€ for this load of crap but what I regret mostly is contributing to make these kind of "sub"products viable.    … Expand
  5. Baleratz
    Apr 2, 2017
    3
    A quantity over quality mess around a poor story. Brilliant worlds and tons of dialogues without a hint of Mass Effect unique intensity.

    Anyway, I thought this game was about saving humanity and kind civilizations from previous trilogy, maybe because destroying the mass relays ruined our galaxy and made us escape to Andromeda in a one way, only chance mission for survival. Something    A quantity over quality mess around a poor story. Brilliant worlds and tons of dialogues without a hint of Mass Effect unique intensity.

    Anyway, I thought this game was about saving humanity and kind civilizations from previous trilogy, maybe because destroying the mass relays ruined our galaxy and made us escape to Andromeda in a one way, only chance mission for survival. Something like that, something dramatic at the state of Shepard. But no. Spoiler: I wake from a cryo pod to find out I am a tourist guide, called pathfinder, meant to promote random planets. What if I never woke from that pod? Nothing. My twin or anyone with a decent IA would have done the job. End of the drama.

    Not a 0 game, but a painfully successor.    … Expand
  6. chris999
    Jul 10, 2019
    8
    Underrated game. It isn't exactly like the Mass Effect trilogy, but on the whole I really liked it for what it was.

    I liked going from world to world and exploring it and bringing things "under control". I liked the atmosphere and plot overall. Also, the graphics and face animations, after the patches, were okay for me. Sometimes I really liked the ruins and other buildings and    Underrated game. It isn't exactly like the Mass Effect trilogy, but on the whole I really liked it for what it was.

    I liked going from world to world and exploring it and bringing things "under control". I liked the atmosphere and plot overall. Also, the graphics and face animations, after the patches, were okay for me. Sometimes I really liked the ruins and other buildings and environments they created - although there was a bit too much repetition, such as in the enemies.

    My main disappointment was how they made NO DLC's for the game. And they really really DID need to have made at least one DLC to resolve a certain aspect of the plot that I won't give away (spoiler) - but people who played the game will know what I mean.

    It's as if Bioware said "Oh geezz - a lot of people don't like the game., so to heck with them and let's just abandon the game and #$#!!! doing any DLC!".

    This is not a way to treat your loyal customers Bioware! Also, and this is coming from someone who is pretty open-minded - they really need to tone down that SJW stuff which is just pissing people off. Just my two cents :) !    … Expand
  7. FormerHuman
    Apr 22, 2017
    5
    I played all three original Mass Effect games over and over again, and I like each of those games for it's individual merits, including the third game, which I felt had some of the best narrative strokes of the trilogy (ending notwithstanding, but then I see the whole game as an ending, and not a happy one at that - and that's what I like about it). With Andromeda, I was looking forI played all three original Mass Effect games over and over again, and I like each of those games for it's individual merits, including the third game, which I felt had some of the best narrative strokes of the trilogy (ending notwithstanding, but then I see the whole game as an ending, and not a happy one at that - and that's what I like about it). With Andromeda, I was looking for something of a more open blend of the best elements of the original trilogy. I have to say, though, that you should be careful what you wish for. Bioware have made the combat more dynamic, but most of the weapons feel insubstantial and the enemy selection is a serious weak point, with way too much repetition, especially compared the heightened variety of encounters in ME2 and ME3. The inventory system is a return to the systems of ME1 in the worst ways - it is convoluted, dull and unclear. Narratively the game simply doesn't have the urgency or the character development to keep you engaged through what is admittedly a fairly long campaign, which gets off to a slow start and continues to drag through a series of dreary Halo-esque cyber-caves, conveniently respawning encampments of bandits that result in firefights that are over in seconds. The new enemy, the Kett, come across as ultimately very generic, and the new friendly alien species lack any real charisma or interesting backstory. This is definitely more Star Trek: Nemesis than Wrath of Khan.

    In the end, it would seem the game's troubled development caught up with it. The writing is inconsistent at best, trite at worst, something that really wasn't such an issue in the original trilogy. There are flashes of brilliance in there, and some amusing dialogue, but the selection of squadmates is uninspiring for the most part. The game tends to veer into feeling like a slog that, although occasionally striking visually, strangely also shows it's age despite sharing the same engine as Star Wars Battlefront. As is notorious by this point, the games character animations don't appear to have improved at all since the last trilogy, which in itself was driven by an aging Unreal Engine 3. It's inexplicable that the game simply doesn't have better visuals in this department, and it's jarring with the otherwise decent fidelity on offer. The game simply doesn't have the sense of urgency that the last games had, especially by ME3. Bioware have gone too far to provide lip service to fans of the original game, at the expense of the narrative and pacing lessons of ME2 and ME3. ME1 was a very flawed game that had a special atmosphere that persisted beyond it's faults. Andromeda doesn't really have any excuse by this stage.    … Expand
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Averum
    Apr 5, 2017
    5
    Been a real struggle to get very far in this game. Oddities with graphics, glitches, poor voice acting, poor writing. I've only been able to stomach it about 4 hours into the game. At this point, I am going to put the breaks out and come back later. It is by far the weakest of any Mass Effect game so far. I am extremely disappointed in the quality of this game, after having spent so muchBeen a real struggle to get very far in this game. Oddities with graphics, glitches, poor voice acting, poor writing. I've only been able to stomach it about 4 hours into the game. At this point, I am going to put the breaks out and come back later. It is by far the weakest of any Mass Effect game so far. I am extremely disappointed in the quality of this game, after having spent so much time in the previous gems. If I can't eventually pick this one back up and play through it, I won't have any reason to pick up the sequels down the road.… Expand
  11. KhaosByDesign
    Oct 22, 2017
    8
    Ok let's start off with the obvious, the animations in this game are horrible and I think more time should have gone into testing this game before its release, this can also be seen in the amount of bugs and glitches the game has (we're talking Skyrim level here).

    As for other negative aspects; The story isn't spectacular, the lighthearted options (casual/emotional) for dialog aren't    Ok let's start off with the obvious, the animations in this game are horrible and I think more time should have gone into testing this game before its release, this can also be seen in the amount of bugs and glitches the game has (we're talking Skyrim level here).

    As for other negative aspects; The story isn't spectacular, the lighthearted options (casual/emotional) for dialog aren't that well written; but well delivered to be fair and the user interface has no logical design to it; its honestly just an endless sea of menu's and folders, and and just a personal issue is having to check your email on the Tempest (I know it was like this in the trilogy too but now you have the forward stations on each map, no reason we can't check there) is a pain.

    Now that that's out of the way onto what I like about Andromeda, and there is a lot to like:

    The combat is easily the best the series has had so far, the jump jet adds so much here allowing the combat to be faster and smoother than in previous instalments, the profiles system is fantastic allowing you switch out your powers/abilities on the fly again adding much more variety to the combat than previous games.

    The vehicle sections are also the best series has had so far (which admittedly isn't hard after the Mako & Hammerhead), exploring these vast open worlds is actually enjoyable thanks to the Nomad, while I wouldn't mind having a weapon mounted, vehicle combat isn't really missed. The Nomad handles beautifully and being able to mod it and customise the paint job was a nice touch.

    Exploration is great, the worlds of Andromeda are interesting & diverse, each with their own personality, story & dangers. It's the first time in a Mass Effect game I've landed on a planet and thought, lets just pick a direction and see whats out there and ended up in an unexpected situation, this kept me engaged enough to keep coming back.

    Crafting, aside from the awful UI I mentioned before the crafting system here is fantastic, with enough resources and research you can build any weapon you want (i'm personally loving my sticky grenade firing machine gun with infinite ammo), and it's the same with armour too, augmentations can grant you a variety of perks to use in the field to boost shields, power cool downs etc.

    Characters, now I know that Mass Effect has a huge roster of brilliant, irreplaceable characters from the first 3 games and to some no newcomer can ever live up to them, I understand this but at the same time I found myself getting attached to this new crew, Liam & Cora aren't great but Drack, Vetra, Jaal & Peebee are all great additions to the Mass Effect universe and I had a blast exploring along side them. This is helped by the welcome return of Mass Effect 2's loyalty missions.

    The enemies in this game are also good, whilst not as bone-chillingly ominous as the Reapers the Kett serve as a decent villain here, their story is interesting and discovering their connection to the other Andromeda residents gives you plenty of reasons to want to shoot them some more.

    The Ending (no spoilers), one of the main things I was worried about going into this game was how it would end, after Mass Effect 3 we needed to end this game on a high note and it does deliver, the final mission is so satisfying and whilst the final boss battle is fairly uninspired the ending as a whole is a positive and a great foundation for future instalments and DLC expansions.

    So is this the best game ever, no, does it have problems, yes, but is it a good game, definitely. Whilst not quite living up to the hype following the original trilogy Mass Effect Andromeda provides us with a solid foundation to relaunch the series away from Shepherd and the Reapers, it feels very much like a spiritual successor to Mass Effect 1 rather than a sequel to Mass Effect 3 & I can understand why this isn't what some people were looking for but personally I think it's what the series needs to keep going.
    Hopefully the issues I raised at the start will be addressed and patched (I know some have already started) so the game can truly shine but as it stands right now I give Mass Effect Andromeda a 7/10

    Ok, now I've returned to the game many months later and now that the patches are all in and the disappointment that there will be no single player DLC has passed I'm revising my score.
    The animations are much better, the new additions like returning to the character creator after you've started, higher inventory limit, extra free outfits, new weapons, new mods/augments, an extra romance for BroRyder and a nice expansion of the multiplayer (characters & weapons) are all great as well.
    While not fixing all of my issues (the menu still sucks) I'm upping my score to an 8/10, still not perfect but definitely a worthy addition to the Mass Effect name.    … Expand
  12. Stronin
    Apr 30, 2017
    6
    I just finished crit path + most of the side content for a total of 67 hours at 95% content complete. Yes that’s quite a bit longer than the previous games, at least versus my usual playtimes.
    Concluding thoughts, for those who are curious:
    I was originally critical of the quality of the animation in the game, and I still am, but at least Bioware released a patch which helps somewhat in    I just finished crit path + most of the side content for a total of 67 hours at 95% content complete. Yes that’s quite a bit longer than the previous games, at least versus my usual playtimes.
    Concluding thoughts, for those who are curious:
    I was originally critical of the quality of the animation in the game, and I still am, but at least Bioware released a patch which helps somewhat in this regard…somewhat. It’s still apparent the game needed several more polish passes, but I’m guessing that was another year’s worth of work they couldn’t afford, which is a shame.
    The writing in this never quite gets past being mediocre. Depending on your personal tastes a couple of your teammates will be fun to get to know, but it’s real hard to avoid noticing how green the writing team was on this, versus the previous ones.
    The combat systems allow for a much higher degree of customization than any of the previous titles did, which is neat. If you wanted an ME with better combat, then this’ll probably scratch that itch. Personally, I don’t play ME for the combat, but, yeah that’s a thing.
    The high-level concept of getting to colonize new worlds seems super cool...until you realize how tedious and time consuming said process is, thanks to 1001 fetch/alien killing quests, and it becomes especially soul crushing with the realization that most of the habitable worlds you land on will require the same tedious process all over again, and again…and again.
    If there’s any advice I can give you, it’s to try and avoid getting too caught up in ground missions, you do not have to finish all of them before completing the main story, especially the ones labeled as tasks, and if you try to complete all of them before finishing the main plot you will likely die of utter boredom because omg, they get so painful to finish after a while. So…you’re welcome.
    Which brings me to the next point, the game doesn’t end after the main plot is finished. I like this quite a lot. You can then go back and shoot as many generic npc baddies as you like to finish the god-forsaken busy work they want you to do. Or, or not…
    I like the ending, and it almost validates the 2 million times I had to scan things with my hand scanner. Not quite, but more so than I expected at least? Ties into the previous games a bit better than I expected initially too. (Make sure to complete the locked memories quests!)
    So, in conclusion, if you’re an avid fan of the franchise, there’s...almost...enough story content here that it might be worth the trouble. Clearly I did finish it, but only because I love the series enough to bare through a heck of a lot of tedium and buggy cutscenes to complete it. I would not recommend it for casual fans of the previous games.
    With that said, I think the ending of this game set the stage for what could be a legitimately good sequel. I think they could have done that in 30 hours instead of 60+ but still, there is that at least.
    So, here’s to hoping they learn from the mistakes of this release and focus on a more polished, less tedious, story driven 5th game. Also if I never have to see my hand scanner or the nomad off-road vehicle again I’d be perfectly happy with that, that would be fine…please do that Bioware.    … Expand
  13. kashspiegel
    Jul 17, 2017
    9
    i tested the 10 hours game in my ps4 pro... nice graphics.. 30fps.. sorry im a crazy about this.. and later ai tried the pc version.. OMG, 1080p 60FPS with 1060 6g graphic card!, in both cases, it gives you the feel of be the pathfinder, full inmersive, nice traveling and exploring looking for new worlds, nice storytelling, (im not comparing with mass effect trylogy has no point,i tested the 10 hours game in my ps4 pro... nice graphics.. 30fps.. sorry im a crazy about this.. and later ai tried the pc version.. OMG, 1080p 60FPS with 1060 6g graphic card!, in both cases, it gives you the feel of be the pathfinder, full inmersive, nice traveling and exploring looking for new worlds, nice storytelling, (im not comparing with mass effect trylogy has no point, shepard is shepard, this is a secuel..), well, some glitches with some npc and strange lip sync, but this is unnoticed, i really like this game so i get the complete version… Expand
  14. Darkfly
    Nov 25, 2017
    9
    This is an incredible game, in addition to having a certain continuity in relation to the previous trilogy, it starts a whole new aspect of this enormous universe, the game retains Bioware's great ability to CREATE different and striking personalities in its NPC's, really makes you want to start and finish the side quests of the game, the construction of the character is highlyThis is an incredible game, in addition to having a certain continuity in relation to the previous trilogy, it starts a whole new aspect of this enormous universe, the game retains Bioware's great ability to CREATE different and striking personalities in its NPC's, really makes you want to start and finish the side quests of the game, the construction of the character is highly customizable, the level of immersion is huge because their decisions always affect the course of the game, many of them have a content to permanently modify the your relationships with the universe, the combat system is dynamic and depends a lot on you to keep it that way, the options of confrontation resolution are enormous due to the mechanics of the game and the customization of the characters. But finally the plot is to take the breath, when we come to an end, that feeling of having read a long book and unfortunately have finished it. The game had several issues initially due to poorly done CGI, but all of these were fixed as well as virtually all of its major bugs. Definitely should have a continuity and you as a good RPG fan that I know is should give a great opportunity to this masterpiece of modern times.… Expand
  15. FrayDabson
    Mar 25, 2017
    7
    I have to wonder if many people who gave this game a poor review actually played it, or are judging off what they saw online.

    I decided to go on a whim and got the game for about $40 Graphics look great, I am not bored yet, story has kept me interested so far. I have not run into any of the animation issues I have heard oh so many things about. I have not run into any bugs yet.    I have to wonder if many people who gave this game a poor review actually played it, or are judging off what they saw online.

    I decided to go on a whim and got the game for about $40

    Graphics look great, I am not bored yet, story has kept me interested so far. I have not run into any of the animation issues I have heard oh so many things about.

    I have not run into any bugs yet.

    This is not an amazing game-breaking game, and may not be nearly what ME fans hoped it would be, but it is no where near as bad as people are making it out to be and I dont understand the mass hate for it at all.    … Expand
  16. 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.
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. Neng-
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    I've played for about 8 hours now and my experience is nothing but a feeling of dizzines from playing it, the main part is there, but everything that should help get the game going is just not at today's standards at all.
    Animations, lipsyncing, voice acting, timing, puzzles, just don't work, and it kills all the fun for me,
    I'm not saying this is a bad game, but everything that    I've played for about 8 hours now and my experience is nothing but a feeling of dizzines from playing it, the main part is there, but everything that should help get the game going is just not at today's standards at all.
    Animations, lipsyncing, voice acting, timing, puzzles, just don't work, and it kills all the fun for me,

    I'm not saying this is a bad game, but everything that revolves around it just doesn't make me even slightly eager to keep playing it, and i find that incredibly frustrating coming from a franchise i loved back in the day.    … Expand
  20. Kakaloto
    May 10, 2017
    0
    Journey into a new lifeless galaxy with millions of 2 new sentient races to encounter. Figure out sudoku puzzles left by generic cardboard "ancients" to find out secrets that somehow manage to make Andromeda even less diverse. Trigger static romances with static characters that feel like they were made with plastic moulds. Come and experience the death of one of the best videogameJourney into a new lifeless galaxy with millions of 2 new sentient races to encounter. Figure out sudoku puzzles left by generic cardboard "ancients" to find out secrets that somehow manage to make Andromeda even less diverse. Trigger static romances with static characters that feel like they were made with plastic moulds. Come and experience the death of one of the best videogame franchises first hand!

    Colourful language aside:
    - Extremely dull story with *very* predictable twists.
    - Horrible writing in comparison to all other Mass Effect games.
    - The combat has taken three steps backwards and feels like a cheap fps, tps hybrid.
    - Despite everything that is this steaming pile of game it has many good critic reviews that will lull hardcore ME fans like myself into a state of thinking the game is okay to purchase- it isn't. I have played ME 1-3 with every DLC and gotten some serious enjoyment out of them, whereas Andromeda felt like a chore. A cheap ripoff following a hollow ME game template.

    In conclusion: There's a reason Bioware Montreal is getting axed. There's a reason why every positive user review has to include the phrase "I don't know why people are hating on this game", and there's a reason that bioware is having fire their employees and lie to protect them from getting harassed.

    This game is an insult to Mass Effect and anyone involved with any major aspect of its production should be ashamed of themselves.    … Expand
  21. TrollYourEnemey
    Mar 28, 2017
    4
    Mess Effect : First of all let me state that I am a huge fan of the Mass Effect Franchise. Mass Effect 2 for me was the pinnacle of the trilogy! Here we are now in 2017 with a new game to kick start a new trilogy..... and i'm absolutely shocked at the quality of this game. There will be no personal attacks towards the employees of BioWare here because I know they are a very hard workingMess Effect : First of all let me state that I am a huge fan of the Mass Effect Franchise. Mass Effect 2 for me was the pinnacle of the trilogy! Here we are now in 2017 with a new game to kick start a new trilogy..... and i'm absolutely shocked at the quality of this game. There will be no personal attacks towards the employees of BioWare here because I know they are a very hard working company. I am not sure wtf happened here tho... First of all Andromeda looks like it had a significant downgrade in the graphical department. Also animations are clearly not up to par with today's standards.. this is rather confusing as this is a huge team of developers with the resources, money and the staff to make this game the AAA title it should have been. There are countless bugs and glitches, poorly written dialogue, frame rate drops, texture problems, lighting problems, shadow problems, even just simply running around looks terrible. Animations: WTF is with the ugly character models? this isn't 2007 anymore... heck The first Mass Effect game actually looks better than this!! This is completely unacceptable at full retail price! here in Canada where the game was made this costs ove $80.. and even $120!!! To put the nail in the coffin the multiplayer is just Horde mode... endless waves of horde mode. Incredibly boring. Oh there is also microtransactions for horde mode.... can you believe it ? I bet you can't.. but stupid people will still buy into it. Gotta get that 10 dollar gun! Anyways I am now just ranting. Hows the story of this game? well its completely forgettable, You really don't care for these characters at all. The sex scenes are extremely awkward and will probably make you burst out laughing. This just doesn't feel like a BioWare game. Lets not forget that in the dialogue options.. It does let you choose but they never say what you want them to say... Its like its on PG mode all the time. Gotta be nice I guess. All in all I'm deeply disappointed in this and I know BioWare tried there damn best to give us a great game, Unfortunately it feels more like they are trying to copy what the first 3 games did ... but the execution of it is sub par. The combat however is tight and fluid when it does not glitch out. There is allot of content in this game, but most of it is rather tedious and boring. It hurts my Mass heart to give this a dislike but it is what it is. In loving memory of Sheppard. This is below Average. 4/10… Expand
  22. Snikur
    Apr 2, 2017
    3
    I wanted to like this game, but the voice acting / animations was just destroying the experience for me. The game is ok besides the bad voice acting and bad charterer animations.
  23. gnomercy
    Jun 14, 2017
    1
    It could get a better score if EA made any effort to fix bugs in their games. 3 planets in and every save becomes corrupt and won't load. At least I waited until it had been out long enough to be half price, but still, by now there shouldn't be any bugs let alone the same ones they had at launch!
  24. Mordin
    Mar 29, 2017
    6
    I've sunk almost 60 hours into this game because I'm a completionist and honestly, this game is enjoyable, but not enough that I would recommend buying it without it being heavily on sale. Like, a half off sort of sale.

    For some reason they've decided to shift the focus of a RPG game HINGED on story telling and characters to combat and exploration. Exploration isn't a bad thing and    I've sunk almost 60 hours into this game because I'm a completionist and honestly, this game is enjoyable, but not enough that I would recommend buying it without it being heavily on sale. Like, a half off sort of sale.

    For some reason they've decided to shift the focus of a RPG game HINGED on story telling and characters to combat and exploration. Exploration isn't a bad thing and neither is combat, but when the MOST energy goes into those things and are still glitchy and bugged even after patches, it makes the game empty on a level the original series never dropped to.

    DIALOGUE - There are some really good moments, but theyre drenched in amateurish writing made even worse by lackluster voice acting that sounds like each person was sat in a room, given no context to anything and told to read off all their lines in one day. Too many conversations sound truly off. I'd say Jaal, Drac, and Peebee probably have the best acting and sounded like they tried. Which is sad.

    CHARACTERS - It takes WAAAY too long to get a feel for other characters. Its honestly sad that the most interesting conversations and revalation of personalities are hidden in side quests, emails, when you walk around the Tempest and happen to hear your crew interacting, and the codex. The **** codex. I was excited to go talk to all of them when I got on the tempest, but only a few of them really interested me.

    QUESTS - Honestly, some of the quests are rather fun and make you feel like you're really making a difference and doing something. Like there are certain quests that are just so **** satisfying. But, the majority are busy work or seemingly heavy/important quests ruined by lackluster acting/writing. For instance, there's a mission where you need to save people within a certain time period. If you fail, only one person survives. You don't suffer any consequences. The remaining scientist is vaguely thankful and runs off. It seems meaningless.

    Another good example is during a main quest for the main plot. You have to make a tough decision. Save one person versus a group of people that one of your crewmates have an attachment to. If you decide not to save the group of people, it feels meaningless. Your crew member is angry at you when you try to talk to them (ONLY ONCE THO) but it feels so flat, because the next time you talk to them they're calling you kid and gungho to follow you. THAT and it makes it seem integral to your enemies next move. But its NOT.

    TL;DR: they basically took the feeling you got from encountering the end of ME3 and spread it out through the whole **** game.

    COMBAT - This is one of my favorite parts. Which is sad. It can get repetitive but it's dynamic, exciting, and I mostly look forward to fighting new enemies.

    PLANETS - They're suuuper pretty for the most part. However, you can tell it's half assed. The same animals are found in literally every planet you visit, but with switched color palettes. Like, what's the point of making highly different enviroments if the animals and problems are all essentially the same on each planet.

    PLOT - Could've been better for sure. Again, it seemed like it fell to the wayside. They pushed the political and dire situations (which are the MAIN situations) to the side, and just sort of focused on the Archon, the main villain and beating him to his endgame. The game makes sure to point out how obsessed with Remnant tech the Archon is, but honestly this game is JUST as obsessed. Instead of focusing on how you and your other main cast are trying to navigate salvaging and coming through successful in a very dire situation, really immersing in the things that have gone wrong and pulling through, your REAL goal seems to be to kill the Archon. Right off the bat. While you're heavily crippled all around.

    The very beginning mission where your father dies is sort of unbelievable and set the ton for a very sloppily written plot.

    honestly, this might have been a bit harsh, as I'm still playing this game and do feel myself getting immersed and lost in it, but that's because I'm **** disappointed at how lack luster this game is compared to even ME3 which was arguably the worst one of the trilogy (not including the ending of course).    … Expand
  25. BeFaLcon
    Apr 6, 2017
    5
    £50 for a half finished game. The story was good. Graphics were awesome when they weren't bugging out. combat was good (when the AI worked) crafting was long, the skill trees were alright. amount played was worth the money but it still felt like it was half finished. If i could get a refund i would this game was not worth it for me
  26. Pink_Violinz
    Jun 26, 2017
    8
    Beautiful game bogged down by bad facial animations and a few underwhelming characters. Ryder is simply too different from the previous antagonist, causing mass dislike from former fans. From an outsider's view point, Ryder is fine. Not great, just kinda eh. What really made the game for me was the new crew. With the exception of the human cast, all have diverse personalities that meldBeautiful game bogged down by bad facial animations and a few underwhelming characters. Ryder is simply too different from the previous antagonist, causing mass dislike from former fans. From an outsider's view point, Ryder is fine. Not great, just kinda eh. What really made the game for me was the new crew. With the exception of the human cast, all have diverse personalities that meld wonderfully together. Jaal, Drack, and Vetra are great additions to the cast and I could never decide who to take.

    As for the world building, it felt empty. Before release Bioware boasted about the game's size, which proved to be too much. Too much empty terrain with no landmarks to dot it. The endlessly spawning bad guys didn't help. At least in Inquisition when you cleared a camp it stayed clear, instead of 10 more kett running in when you turn your back.

    Facial animations. Never Bioware's strong point. The only characters who had problems were Sara Ryder and Miss "My face is tired". As for the latter, she has gotten a face lift and someone taught her how to emote. Sara...... is fine if you don't use the default face.

    Overall, this is the definition of a meh game. I just added the extra points because of how much I love Jaal and his romance.    … Expand
  27. Sirus
    Mar 28, 2017
    2
    This is not the Mass Effect we were promised in E3. This is a hot mess full of bugs, awful voice acting, and terrible face animation. You can't emotionally connect with any character as their facial expressions seem like they're oblivious to their situation and surroundings. I often found bugs during combat, and the story is not as significant as the original Mass Effect series was. ThisThis is not the Mass Effect we were promised in E3. This is a hot mess full of bugs, awful voice acting, and terrible face animation. You can't emotionally connect with any character as their facial expressions seem like they're oblivious to their situation and surroundings. I often found bugs during combat, and the story is not as significant as the original Mass Effect series was. This game seemed to be made just as a cash cow by using the ME name instead of an actual entry into the ME series.… Expand
  28. 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.
  29. lippmannk1
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    I'm 100 hours into this game. 100 hours of fetch quests, terrible animation glitches, and trying to find a reason to actually care about the "Andromeda Initiative"...

    It is so boring I want to get high on something. Anything. THAT is how bad this game is.
  30. ScienceAdvisor
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    Thank you EA for finally killing Bioware off. Especially for having the temerity to offer this on a test basis. You openly advertise how bad it is, with issues in graphical optimization, animation, story (or lack thereof), lobotimized AI, and downgraded customization (from prior games made on same engine), while expecting something other than a flogging? Time to check yourselves into rehab.
  31. DrunkWisdom
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Ass Defect: Govnomeda looks like a Hillary Clinton and plays as your grandma on steroids. Somewhat cool, but too much mental to not sound kindergardenish.
  32. b1gdeano
    Jul 11, 2017
    4
    Now I dont normally write reviews unless its so amazing as I cant help but gush about it, or in the case of Andromeda, so mediocre I just feel the need to vent.

    First - Its so BORING! I literally had to force myself through the game towards the end. Some parts are done very well, and the game could have had so much potential had they just stuck with being more like the original trilogy    Now I dont normally write reviews unless its so amazing as I cant help but gush about it, or in the case of Andromeda, so mediocre I just feel the need to vent.

    First - Its so BORING! I literally had to force myself through the game towards the end. Some parts are done very well, and the game could have had so much potential had they just stuck with being more like the original trilogy than this hash up and awful DA:I inspired game.

    Its not that it was bad per se - just very very mediocre and boring. Full of filler.    … Expand
  33. Piercey
    Jun 5, 2017
    4
    I started playing this at patch 1.06, giving time for the game to have some of the on release bugs ironed out. I didn't wait long enough...the game is a disappointing mess as far as performance goes. I love the series, and the game has promise, but 10 hours in I just can't bear to persevere, the glitches, bugs, frame-drops, crashes, hangs, just make it unbearable. Heartbreaking :/ I mightI started playing this at patch 1.06, giving time for the game to have some of the on release bugs ironed out. I didn't wait long enough...the game is a disappointing mess as far as performance goes. I love the series, and the game has promise, but 10 hours in I just can't bear to persevere, the glitches, bugs, frame-drops, crashes, hangs, just make it unbearable. Heartbreaking :/ I might give it another go in a few months of I hear word of any other patches to improve it, but otherwise this game is a waste of time. Such a shame.… Expand
  34. SOLIDSNAKEN64
    May 5, 2017
    4
    I played the first 3 ME games so I am a fan, and I wanted to like this game but just kept getting frustrated with it! I put about 12 hours into this game and I could not find it in me to finish it. The biggest problem I had with MEA was the damn aiming controls were so bad I was shooting everything except the enemies! The character animations are terrible, the team members areI played the first 3 ME games so I am a fan, and I wanted to like this game but just kept getting frustrated with it! I put about 12 hours into this game and I could not find it in me to finish it. The biggest problem I had with MEA was the damn aiming controls were so bad I was shooting everything except the enemies! The character animations are terrible, the team members are uninteresting, and the story was just ok. I did enjoy colonizing the planets and driving the Nomad around, and the environments look nice. In a new universe you would expect to find new alien races not the same old races from milky way. If I were you I would skip this game or wait until all the patches come out and its on sale for $10.… Expand
  35. DanielKing
    Jun 12, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I enjoyed every other Mass Effect games, even ME3. But Andromeda it's not good at all. I mean, I enjoyed it until the Hunting the Archon mission: I did every sidequest I could, delaying what I thougth will be the best part, and I was very dissapointed. The story it's bland, and bad delivered. My interest faded away almost inmediatly. I finished the game just to see how bad the end story was.… Expand
  36. Cell1e
    Apr 12, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (I’m redoing my initial review again!) I have spent 142 hours playing this game, completed the main quest and all of the companion quests as well as most of the side quests. I have played all three Mass Effect Games and their associated dlc. In my first play through I romanced both Reyes and Peebee (she was by accident) and in the second I romanced Jaal. Here are my impressions.

    The character Creator is terrible! It’s very difficult to make a character that looks good in cut scenes, the hair colours are bad, especially the light ones. As usual the hair styles are limited and not that nice.
    Romance Options for straight females aren’t great. The alien Jaal: sweet personality but so unattractive, his lips are horrible, brown teeth, the romance with him felt uncomfortable. I was also surprised by how little hugging he gave. Not so much happened with him until the very end. When my character ‘died’ in one of the main quests he just said, ‘it has been a pleasure’, he wasn’t upset before or after the fact, so a bit hard to believe he had any feelings for her. It was funny and awful at the same time. (I really don’t like alien romances much anyhow. Couldn’t bring myself to romance Garrus or Thane in ME2 and 3 either)
    Liam is really a ‘brotherly type’ with bad skin and terrible hair who comes across as being very young. He just stays in the friend zone for me, nothing there to make a girls heart miss a beat.
    Now Reyes is a different story, he has a certain bad boy appeal and that accent, oh la la! Shame he can’t be recruited. I loved every scene with him and actually reloaded my save on my second playthrough to romance him again! Hehe!  I’m hoping for a Reyes DLC from Bioware!
    The armour- only 6 or so designs all of them heavy () Cora has light type armour, why can’t there be more similar types of light and flexible armours for our female pathfinders? That heavy/bulky armour has to go. I find it hard to believe that the armour hasn’t evolved to very light and flexible styles. Bulky is not intuitive for jumping and fighting anyway. With all the shielding and other technologies it seems so silly to have to wear lots of metal/plastic too.
    The on-ship wear is very limited. It would be nice to have a dress for the date with Reyes or to wear on the Nexus.
    The Crafting system is terrible. On my second playthrough I gave that a complete miss. It would be nice to be able to make extra special designs in crafting but the designs I researched were just more of the same. Blah.
    The journal and quest tracker could be improved a lot.
    The tracking down silly things for crew and other people.’ Just No!’
    Not being able to save during main quests. . Havarl is too dark.
    Planets didn’t change once Meridian was started up- shouldn’t they have become golden worlds?
    The story is ok and I really liked the ending however I think this game could have been so much more. How about a Dragon Age Origins type beginning, whereby you choose the ark you want your story to start on? It means people could have the chance to play as any species, salarian, krogan, human, asari or turian. There could be a different story intro for each species and ark, replay-ability would be awesome!
    Some of the character scenes were lovely especially movie night; great humour and great to see everyone together.
    The graphics are pretty in places.
    It was lovely to have a new RPG game to play with so many characters and romances. But quantity doesn’t always mean quality. Companion quests were a bit long winded for me, although I’d be happy to do a lot more for and with Reyes if I got the chance! (Wiggling my eyebrows)
    I like the strike teams and seeing did they complete their missions, that was fun!
    The Jet Pack was great, I loved it!
    My assault rifle was cool. Loved the shooting, would have liked another power or two.
    The Mass Effect Archives is really good, I will use that!
    The Banter between crew members is really nice. I loved hearing the craic between the characters, as we went out and about.
    I’m going to let the game be for a while and return when it has been fixed up some more. Oh and I’m hoping for a hairstylist or make up booth to be added as dlc too! A girl can dream!
    Overall I think a solid 7 is fair for this game.    … Expand
  37. LegionOne
    Apr 15, 2017
    4
    I like previous Mass Effect games and completed each multiple times, its one of the best sci-fi shooters out there and i was expecting this title to deliver, until the first gameplay trailer was released, this moment i realised it was going to be DAI in space, but i never thought it could be much worse.
    First off, i completed this game and almost every single quest in it, so my opinion is    I like previous Mass Effect games and completed each multiple times, its one of the best sci-fi shooters out there and i was expecting this title to deliver, until the first gameplay trailer was released, this moment i realised it was going to be DAI in space, but i never thought it could be much worse.
    First off, i completed this game and almost every single quest in it, so my opinion is based on actual game experience, not a haters reviews or other cancer. Sorry for my grammar, im not an english native speaker.
    Story itself isn't really terrible how people making it to be, but it's not a good one either, main questions still remains unanswered after 70 hours of the game and means of the story delivery sucks - most of the cutscenes are badly written, terribly animated and making no sence. This game have its moments, where you can almost see the ray of hope but its vanishes as soon as it appears (near the end of the game and some of loyalty missions)
    I won't tell you about facial animations, since you can find all you need to know about them on the internet, they're terrible as people making them to be.
    Combat is the only enjoyable part of this game, its feels much less restricted in comparison to previous games but it still needs some polishing.
    Quests is one of the biggest problems of this game - like 95% of them are fetch quests (i.e go to one point shoot/take/scan something then come back) this already tells a lot about how much devs wanted us to enjoy their game, stuffing it with a bad, low-quality content,
    Things i did not mention would probably will be fixed with patches (maybe), but it still wont fix bad design and writing. I dont even know why i wasted so much time on this game, its really sad seeing developer like this falling so low.    … Expand
  38. Juan31
    May 1, 2017
    4
    Si este juego se llamase "Aventuras espaciales X", le daría quizá un 6. Pero siendo un Mass Effect, con lo que ese título conlleva, le doy un suspenso. Las expectativas eran altas, y la decepción, también.

    En realidad, la decepción empezó mucho antes de que el juego saliese al mercado, cuando se supo que de la gente que había hecho los ME originales no quedaba nadie en este ME:A. Por    Si este juego se llamase "Aventuras espaciales X", le daría quizá un 6. Pero siendo un Mass Effect, con lo que ese título conlleva, le doy un suspenso. Las expectativas eran altas, y la decepción, también.

    En realidad, la decepción empezó mucho antes de que el juego saliese al mercado, cuando se supo que de la gente que había hecho los ME originales no quedaba nadie en este ME:A. Por supuesto, Drew Karpyshyn ya no estaba en ME3, y se nota para mal, pero es que entre el 2015 y el 16 también fueron desertando, entre otros, sucesivos directores del proyecto y el guionista principal. Y también se nota para mal. Da la impresión de que el juego fue terminado de cualquier manera por gente con mucho menos talento que los que los empezaron, que a su vez tenían menos talento que los que hicieron ME1 y ME2.

    Lo bueno:
    - Las naves y los paisajes de los planetas son bonitos.
    - Los escenarios de los combates en algunas misiones están bien diseñados.
    - Los combates no están mal, aunque se echa de menos un botón para cubrirse.

    Lo malo:
    - El argumento es un refrito de elementos de los ME originales, como el niño que copia la redacción de su amigo y cambia los nombres para que el maestro no lo note. Una extinta raza extraterrestre deja una tecnología avanzadísima que es encontrada y usada por humanos y aliens, pero aparece un enemigo poderosísimo que pretende destruirlo todo y captura a la gente para transformarla en una especie de zombies. La única esperanza es un héroe que al principio del juego recibe en el cerebro una descarga tecnológica... No es el argumento de ME1, sino de ME:A. Solo cambian nombres y localizaciones.
    - Personaje principal sin carisma, ni como hombre ni como mujer. Que lleve casi todo el juego una IA con la voz y la personalidad de loquendo llevándolo de la manita y haciéndole todo el trabajo de pensar, tampoco ayuda.
    - Personajes secundarios con menos carisma todavía. Algunos son francamente irritantes. Muchas conversaciones, pero ninguna interesante. Muchas posibilidades de romance (incluyendo parafilias bizarras como la de enrollarse con extraterrestres simiescos o con aspecto de monstruos prehistóricos), pero ninguna atractiva.
    - Muchísimas misiones de relleno. Las que si tienen argumento, siempre la fastidian con un final de película mala, o demasiado apresurado y facilón, o los dialogos terribles, o lo que sea.
    - Bugs, bugs everywhere, incluyendo el parche 1.05.
    - La tiranía de la corrección política giliprogre no solo se ha extendido por la Via Láctea sino que ha infectado Andrómeda. Los tópicos del pensamiento único están por todas partes, vengan a cuento o no. Más les valdría haber dedicado a hacer un buen argumento el esfuerzo que han dedicado a que el juego les guste a la bloguera feminista X, el activista Y o el colectivo Z. El juego parece escrito a duo por Bibiana Aido y Leire Pajín. Una de las razones por las que los personajes son tan ramplones, las conversaciones son tan genéricas y tópicas y el argumento, un bodrio. Personalmente, no me gusta que un juego de ordenador me suelte mítines sobre unos valores o una visión de la vida con la que quizá no esté de acuerdo.
    - Personajes diseñados feos adrede "para no sexualizarlos". Parece que en los humanos la condición para ir a Andromeda era tener nariz de boniato y el pelo como la peluca de un payaso. Para las asari solo hay dos caras: Pibi, AKA la Shrek asari, y el resto. Ni siquiera se han molestado en hacerle una cara específica a la otra asari de la tripulación, así que tiene la misma cara genérica de Sra. Potato que el resto de las asari. Y encima, están las animaciones faciales terribles.
    - El escalado de dificultad en las misiones no está bien hecho. En nivel "locura", al principio con nivel 1 te matan constantemente, pero al final cuando tienes un nivel 50 el juego se vuelve facilísimo.
    - Sensación general de chapuza. Por ejemplo, los "triggers" de las conversaciones ligadas a misiones se siguen activando aunque la misión ya esté hecha, de modo que cada vez que pasa por el mismo sitio, escuchas la misma conversación ligada a una misión que quizá hiciste hace diez horas.

    En resumen: un juego que no está al nivel de la saga original. Para comprar en alguna rebaja por diez euros máximo si se tiene curiosidad. Para pasar un buen rato con juegos con alma y fundamento está la saga original o, más moderno, The Witcher 3. Por cierto, eso de que se habían inspirado en TW3 para el diseño de las misiones es una burda mentira. En cualquier mision, escena o personaje de TW3 hay más talento, dedicación y amor al producto que en todo el juego de Mass Effect: Andromeda.    … Expand
  39. braindamage
    Apr 24, 2017
    4
    a first time comer to mass effect I I was worried the game maybe be reminacant of Dragon age inqustion.. it is. I like the game more then that one but since the structure of the game is reminicent of dragon age inquitions except space porn with some shooting elements, wigth some cool cutscenes and world graphics as bad as something from 2012
  40. cptnlunch
    Apr 14, 2017
    3
    People have already said what needs to be said about this game, so I will not review in-depth. It suffices to say that this is probably an acceptable game but it is not acceptable as a Mass Effect game.
    The writing is too awful in being cliche, junior-high level, and, more generally, poorly conceived. The technical issues are acceptable, but the dead, staring eyes are too much. I'm sad    People have already said what needs to be said about this game, so I will not review in-depth. It suffices to say that this is probably an acceptable game but it is not acceptable as a Mass Effect game.
    The writing is too awful in being cliche, junior-high level, and, more generally, poorly conceived. The technical issues are acceptable, but the dead, staring eyes are too much. I'm sad that this will be the first Mass Effect game (galaxy) I do not fully explore. I'm sure there would have been good moments, but the writing was too much to bear.    … Expand
  41. Draco_Arcane
    May 21, 2017
    0
    If it was a complete not broken game I would give this at least some good review. Having to restart the whole game, over because of all the broken quests and bug issues.
  42. Silverqt
    Apr 15, 2017
    3
    Horrible! Incredibly bad! What the hell? This is not a Bioware game, more like **** that game lame in every aspect except visuals and action, which is ok for some fps about 4-5h long, but for 60$ rpg with MASS EFFECT in the title, are you f...... kidding me?
    1. The dialogs are worst that ever can be, its childish even for 13 old year kid.
    2. Protagonist and antagonist - just no words.    Horrible! Incredibly bad! What the hell? This is not a Bioware game, more like **** that game lame in every aspect except visuals and action, which is ok for some fps about 4-5h long, but for 60$ rpg with MASS EFFECT in the title, are you f...... kidding me?
    1. The dialogs are worst that ever can be, its childish even for 13 old year kid.
    2. Protagonist and antagonist - just no words. Suck! Like every character in the game, except, raider father, that guess what? He dies in the first hour.
    3. Story - there is no story. There is rubbish.
    4. Even music. The credit card of ME completely destroyed. Its souds the same unemotional crap like in inqusition crap.
    5.Another topic are bugs and glitches that infected the game, they are in every corner, everywhere you look at.
    WHYYYYY are you did this? WHYYYY?!?    … Expand
  43. asminastan
    Nov 10, 2017
    7
    Mass Effect: Andromeda is a game very much like Dragon Age Inquisition, expansive open world with a limited story due to the developers assuming you will spend time exploring the world they created. The combat is fun and there are tons of tactics that you can use, you won't find many people who play similarly. To give a clue on game length, i did about 90% of the content and it took meMass Effect: Andromeda is a game very much like Dragon Age Inquisition, expansive open world with a limited story due to the developers assuming you will spend time exploring the world they created. The combat is fun and there are tons of tactics that you can use, you won't find many people who play similarly. To give a clue on game length, i did about 90% of the content and it took me roughly 50 hours for my first play-through.

    Is it worth buying? Yes.

    I'll go through some things in the game so people can check it out to see if this is something you want to experience.

    Pros:
    - I enjoyed the characters, Cora has a very coy thing going on for her romance which was cute. Liam seemed like a well intentioned idiot whom I didn't appreciate but hey it's a character. Vetra is the responsible/cool type. Jaal was truly alien to me which is good (he is a part of the non milky way galaxy species). Dreck was a grizzled veteran. Peebee was a very mercurial and selfish character who was surprisingly not unlikable. The side characters were nice as well and they all have their own quirks. Are these characters equal to Mass Effect 2? No. Are they better than James Vega? Yes.

    - As I said above, combat was enjoyable and had highly customization

    - Story was good, some nice twists and a hanging mystery which I assume will be handled by DLC.

    - The bad guys are bad guys, they are refreshingly evil. The "grey" bad guy archetype i've been seeing in most media now a days has been annoying me and this really hit the spot.

    Cons:
    - You'll see plenty of this, if you choose to look, but Female Ryder is not physically appealing, Male Ryder looks 100x better (there is a very good reason for Sara's specific ME:A commercial to have her with a helmet on 90% of the time and the other 10% the scenes are heavily shadowed AND super quick.) Facial animations are kind of wonky as well, but it is possible to overlook.

    - Female Ryder equates to Male Ryder personality wise and they share almost every line/inflection, I may be remembering this wrong but I remember female Shepherd having a distinctly feminine edge to her even though she was a soldier and shared many lines with Male Shepherd. Female Ryder's personality/line reading seems off and I couldn't shake the dissonance in my head while I was playing.

    - ME:A shares the same issues as other mass effects, the higher the difficulties the more "bullet-spongy" the enemies become.

    - Your allies are poor fighters, they use their powers pretty much on cool-down but if they aren't using their abilities they are hiding behind a wall. It's standard AI.

    - The planets are huge, but there is little reason to explore. The game has WOW problems where you will always be following waypoints to your quest destination. Speaking of:

    - Waypoint system, I understand you need this for a game so large but it doesn't change the fact that I missed most of the multiple planet's beauty that dozens of animators poured their heart into because I was looking at the waypoint tracker at the top of the screen.

    - Running over enemies with your "mako" doesn't insta-kill like it did in Mass Effect 1. I was crushed when I figured that out.*wink*

    Final Thoughts:
    Mass Effect: Andromeda is a nice game and a great jumping point for the new series. There are many faults with the game from a gameplay/graphics side but the developers assembled a nice cast of characters that make the game purchasable.

    Side note:
    Watching YouTube reviews of the game (which prompted me to give the review) I've seen a lot of mention of SJW propaganda going through the game. While I was playing I did not notice it. Make of that as you will.    … Expand
  44. ArgusLVI
    Apr 10, 2017
    4
    Horrible. Absolutely horrible game. Such a amazing concept of heading to a new galaxy and it turns out to be a uncreative piece of waste. Two entirely humanoid races that are completely black and white in morality, no nuance. 4 boring, wild alien species that are spread across 6 planets? WTF???
    Characters are garbage stereotypes and the combat is hit or miss at best (three skill slots?    Horrible. Absolutely horrible game. Such a amazing concept of heading to a new galaxy and it turns out to be a uncreative piece of waste. Two entirely humanoid races that are completely black and white in morality, no nuance. 4 boring, wild alien species that are spread across 6 planets? WTF???
    Characters are garbage stereotypes and the combat is hit or miss at best (three skill slots? Wtf is this?) Facial animations are still horrible despite the patch and the whole mess is still buggy as hell. Unfinished game pushed out to meet a deadline, both the fault of this numale new bioware and EA    … Expand
  45. AresP
    Apr 15, 2017
    0
    Mass Effect Andromeda was just another waste of 60 EU/USD, terrible game didn't enjoy it at all, honestly can't find something good to say about it. Another waste by EA ... just skip it. 0/10.
  46. fehish
    Mar 24, 2017
    4
    It seems that Bioware didn't want to acknowledge the horrible aspects of their latest installment of Dragon Age and decided to implement all of them into this game. Besides the horrible animations there's plenty of things wrong with this game. There's a plethora of forgettable quests and just time wasting activities. Many of the characters try to come off as likable, but are insanelyIt seems that Bioware didn't want to acknowledge the horrible aspects of their latest installment of Dragon Age and decided to implement all of them into this game. Besides the horrible animations there's plenty of things wrong with this game. There's a plethora of forgettable quests and just time wasting activities. Many of the characters try to come off as likable, but are insanely obnoxious. All of the playable areas in this game are very dead. There are several things to do such as, mining... over and over and over again, playing logic puzzles over and over again, and then quests that you won't remember by the time you finish the game. The story and open world become tiresome very fast.
    The combat on the other hand feels very fluid and fun. With the ease of access to switch a load out/power set makes combat feel engaging and intense. Enemies can be repetitive, but just making those dumb alien dudes blow up is amazing. The combat is the only saving grace of this game in my opinion. Hopefully Bioware will learn after seeing how this game and Dragon Age Inquisition had done. This game's concept was good, but was just executed awfully.    … Expand
  47. knazig123
    Apr 14, 2017
    0
    This is what you get when tumblr feminists make a game.

    It's a **** shame to see them use such a great series of game to merely sell their nasty agenda.

    Would'nt even reccommend to someone if it was free.
  48. Zelloswar
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    Let me begin by saying that i'm a huge fan of the entire Mass Effect franchise, i've re-played the original 3 games more than 50 times combined.
    And let me tell you, i never-mind the bugs and glitches and what not, just don't care.
    Now here is my problem with the Andromeda - the rubber faces, it's like a bunch of sex dolls talking to each other. I've played Mass Effect for incredible    Let me begin by saying that i'm a huge fan of the entire Mass Effect franchise, i've re-played the original 3 games more than 50 times combined.
    And let me tell you, i never-mind the bugs and glitches and what not, just don't care.

    Now here is my problem with the Andromeda - the rubber faces, it's like a bunch of sex dolls talking to each other. I've played Mass Effect for incredible story AND incredible emotions that it brought up, now i look at facial expression of the characters (especially non-human) and i don't see any emotions.
    The wife of a man that pleads for his life shows 0 emotions, the Officer of the Initiative that is supposedly angry and annoyed with the situation shows even less.
    WHAT HAPPENED SINCE ME3 ???
    I used to cry over deaths and suffering, i used to care for every single character, now i just play the game to know the story, because i played other 3.

    Screw that.    … Expand
  49. KTLeander
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    Just dont know where to start! So many things wrong with this game. Technology is at best on ME1 level. Politcal correctness shining trought with killing off people of European descent and why the hell they didnt invent some lore reason for aliens in ANOTHER GOD DAMN GALAXY speaking English!?! I really want to like this game, but it just starts to wear me down. Maybe I increase the points if
  50. Possemaster2
    Mar 23, 2017
    2
    That they dared to release this game. Bioware was pioneer in animation and story telling. What happened? Mass Effect 2 was a brilliant piece of entertainment. Perfect narratives, perfect cut scenes. That is all gone. The animation are really bad. Story is inconsistent. Side quests are dull. The world feels empty. If you get the the first planet and establish the first outpost and it getThat they dared to release this game. Bioware was pioneer in animation and story telling. What happened? Mass Effect 2 was a brilliant piece of entertainment. Perfect narratives, perfect cut scenes. That is all gone. The animation are really bad. Story is inconsistent. Side quests are dull. The world feels empty. If you get the the first planet and establish the first outpost and it get filled with useless props you will see what i mean. Just take some time and take a look at the characters that are placed in this setting. They are doing nothing . Animation do not fit in the place they are put, a lot of copied characters that you can even see three times in the same place. Just standing there staring in the sky or distance doing absolutely nothing. These animations are the ones you can buy for 2 euro at a 3D online store made by a beginner 3D artist. This shows again that EA can destroy a good company into delivering **** software to the mass public that will buy it anyway. Shame on the Bioware developers that you let your die hard fans down, and that you have made your jewel into a piece of **** moneygrabbing EA software.… Expand
  51. Mitchicon
    Mar 22, 2017
    4
    Pros:
    - combat is more intense
    - easier to switch combat styles through the game - significantly better weapon building and customization - open world format allows for a wider variety of possibilities and replayability value - ship internals on The Tempest are beautiful and well crafted Cons: - Mediocre to terrible voice acting - Face animations that are unforgivably bad -    Pros:
    - combat is more intense
    - easier to switch combat styles through the game
    - significantly better weapon building and customization
    - open world format allows for a wider variety of possibilities and replayability value
    - ship internals on The Tempest are beautiful and well crafted

    Cons:
    - Mediocre to terrible voice acting
    - Face animations that are unforgivably bad
    - Conversations that are awkward and make no sense
    - cover issues in combat
    - Does not feel like an RPG. Can completely reclass and your decisions feel like they carry no weight
    - I found I had no interest in my party characters and I had to force myself to stay pay attention to the storyline

    Neutral:
    - some people may dislike the smaller number of active abilities, despite the lack of a universal cooldown    … Expand
  52. KingofallHeroes
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    game is garbage. tumblr fest cringe worthy writing. bugs that would make bethseda blush. facial animations that look worse than ME1. this is one huge rushed mess. Ui interface still bad. Not much to do on the worlds but grind.
  53. AdmiralPrawn
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Generic popamole combat, bland characters, dialogue and story that seemed to be written by a 13 year old fan-fic-writer. Not even the jetpack can save this.
  54. elrofrost
    Mar 22, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok, just a short note. this game is not a 2, But it's not a 10 either. I'd say 6 or 7 depending on how BW responds to fixing the bugs..

    The story is comparable to the usual Hollywood blockbuster crap disaster film we see every summer. So don't expect serious drama. But it does have it's moments. Some touching. And some funny.

    The game is beautiful. The planets, space, your ship - just beautiful. The human NPC, are not. Sadly, BW seemed to focus on the aliens and not humans.

    I'm not gonna go over the animation issue - that's been hashed out everywhere. But I will say this: do not play the default female character - Sara. She's just bad. If you want to play default, choose the brother, Scott. He's much better. Or run your own.

    There other issues, none of them game breaking. But some are just damn annoying . like no Quick Save.

    The romances are meh. If you want to play a gay character (male) good luck. There are two and both are crap. The best I've hear so far are lesbian and straight Ryder (of course). BW took a step back in this regard. If you played DAI, you'll remember Dorian. One of the best and beloved characters from that game. Do not expect any characters like that in this game. The companions can not compare to any previous ME game. They aren't bad. But they just can't compare.

    There's in no Garrus, or Kaidan, or Wrex in this game. BW tries, but like I said, it mostly falls flat.

    The combat is fun. And if you've never played ME before you probably won't be too upset about the characters. But if you have, you will miss the older characters.

    Maybe as i play more they will get flushed out    … Expand
  55. ihavacoolname
    Mar 22, 2017
    6
    I started playing at launch, and I was bored within 30 minutes of character creation.

    I was disappointed 28 minutes before that. The writing is bad. I will break the game's pros and cons down so that you can get a feel for it and for the lens that I'm using to make my statements about this game, but that's the short version of why this game is borderline unplayable. Here is the    I started playing at launch, and I was bored within 30 minutes of character creation.

    I was disappointed 28 minutes before that.

    The writing is bad. I will break the game's pros and cons down so that you can get a feel for it and for the lens that I'm using to make my statements about this game, but that's the short version of why this game is borderline unplayable.

    Here is the long version, starting with the writing's issues.

    There are too few pieces to the plot and too little depth to those pieces, so the game doesn't impart any particular feeling of grandiosity or mystery. This is partly because of how the game paces its reveal of the plot elements, giving too much away and expecting the player to immerse themself with minimal assistance from the game. This is to say that immersion feels more like an exercise in role-playing than a rewarding dive into an living narrative.

    In other Mass Effect games, the rich and varied perspectives that characters shared with you engage you emotionally and get you thinking about what is happening in the game for reasons other than your first-hand experience of the story. You had a character interaction for its own sake; you gained an incisive perspective on the narrative as a side effect, which gave your enjoyment of the game new layers. In this game, however, there isn't a single character that a reasonable person above the age of fifteen would find compelling. Without exaggerating, I can say that they all come across as unintelligent and, in some cases, affected to the point that they are not believable as characters. This includes the protagonist, Ryder.

    That is the main issue with the game. Everything that follows could have been overlooked if the writing was good. I'll even say some nice things below; almost tragically, there are a lot of good things about this game that hardly matter because of the writing and the pointless mess of a UI. These things are so good that, if the UI were good, too, I would play this game for the action and non-story RPG elements.

    Alright. You have probably heard that the game's facial animation is bad. It's true; the animation is worse than it was in the first Mass Effect. The conversations are about halfway between interactive movie and visual novel because of it. As you might guess based on that, facial animations often sync up especially poorly with player-designed faces. This effectively limits your options for appearance-customization. That's nothing new to Mass Effect, but if, like me, you are profoundly unimpressed with the default appearances for Ryder, you're not going to be satisfied with how your character looks at any time that you can see their face.

    When the face is out of view, safely enshrouded in the 'helmet always on' setting or whatever your solution is, the armor's pretty good. In fact, the game is visually stunning overall if you can disregard its hitches. On my high-end build, the only graphical issues I have are choppy cuts between shots and a strangely flat look to the world, the latter of which I am now realizing is partly a projection of my lack of desire to move forward in this game's 3D space.

    For others, the game has serious performance issues that I won't go into here. Just sniff around for a few minutes; you'll find them, especially for console (even though you're in the wrong review section for that, you hasty clicker you).

    Combat is decent for three main reasons. The first is the graphics, the second is Ryder's maneuverability, which includes vertical movement, and the third is Ryder's leveling and ability progression. You don't select a class; you choose from all of the game's available powers when spending points gained from level-up. This means that you can approach combat the way that you want; Ryder almost feels like he/she is yours in combat because of just how much you can personalize your combat style. Almost every time you use your powers looks and feels special because of the graphical quality and the ways that enemies are affected by your attacks; those animations and effects are interesting and believable. Together with fairly good hitboxes, this means that intense observation of and adjustment to your enemy mid-firefight is more rewarding. Knowing that paying attention to the details in the beautiful graphics yields rewards in gameplay enhances my enjoyment both in combat and in exploration.

    If you want to know about exploration and side quests, just look up Dragon Age: Inquisition. Essentially, side-quests are too random to care about and exploration is too time-consuming to be worth it, even though you gather resources for weapons and armor by exploring. The successful integration of the side content into the game only injects dead periods into the already questionably paced main story.

    BioWare, if you've suffered through this, just get your gameplay elements into a tighter flow and smack whomever was in charge of your writers' direction. By the way, 5k.    … Expand
  56. estelgilvala
    Mar 22, 2017
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved the trilogy so I was excited for this but then this was such a disappointment. Don't get me wrong combat was good, I really liked it but this took five years to make right? Well what's up with some of the animations? How would we feel connected to the squad (like the trilogy) if they had dead eyes? Limited character creation as well, how come there's some unnecessary dyes for hairs but we can't make our characters white? Should've kept the way Inquisition cc had but improved. This has lazy writing as well, do you think some of the lines were funny? NO. They're cringeworthy. Trilogy wasn't perfect at it but at least it was good! And this problem you had with M/M romances, Cora has full on sex scene but Gil just fades to black? You literally promoted your game that it would have amazing romance scenes! I don't hate you BioWare's Mass Effect new team but all I can say is that I'm disappointed. You could've done so much better if you didn't rushed this.… Expand
  57. MaxTheMax
    Apr 12, 2017
    1
    *** updated review post patch
    The 1.5 patch included some ok animation/NPC interaction improvements and allows you to skip some very annoying repeat animation sequences in the galaxy map. Unfortunately the game still sucks pretty bad in terms of ugly characters, bad writing, bad voice acting, and eminently boring story line, tedious "adventures". I'm not sure how much future patches    *** updated review post patch
    The 1.5 patch included some ok animation/NPC interaction improvements and allows you to skip some very annoying repeat animation sequences in the galaxy map. Unfortunately the game still sucks pretty bad in terms of ugly characters, bad writing, bad voice acting, and eminently boring story line, tedious "adventures". I'm not sure how much future patches will fix what's really wrong with this game (animation issues are minor in comparison).

    *** Original review
    This is not Mass Effect, not even close.

    The story, dialog writing, and voice acting are very weak unlike the prior games. All you have to do is YouTube ME1-3 to a dialog scene and what you see is night and day. In ME1-3 the models look realistic delivering the lines, the writing/story is captivating, and the voice actors convey strong emotion making you the player feel like you're the main character in a blockbuster movie.

    ME A however makes you feel like you are in an bad B- movie. After several hours I found myself skipping dialog it was so painful. I use subtitles so I'd quickly read ahead, get the gist and skip. But WTF skipping dialog in an RPG!!! Dialog, characters, and story are the bedrock of an RPG. We have to conclude ME is now just a shadow of a role playing game now.

    I suspect people rating this game 9-10 are employees of BioWare as there is simply no way to see this game as perfect or anywhere near it, unless you like lots Fed Ex quests and pointless combat and don't care about characters or story. It's got to be an EA program to swarm sites like this to put in bogus raving reviews of something so bad.

    I hate to bring up politics. I've been a liberal democrat my whole life so I'm not sure who they are pandering to, but shoving political issues from TODAY into a game that supposed to take place several hundred years in the FUTURE in another galaxy is NOT art, it's immersion busting anti-art. If there is a good interesting story to weave that includes a gay or trans character that's totally fine but including them as a part of some perverse check-list item is just bad formulaic form. But not only that, they are hypocritical even on these issues where they fall all over themselves to show how PC they are. The male/male relationships/romance scenes are few and truncated, we get embarrassing insensitive fumbling like with the Hanly character, or the stupid setup line "we don't tolerate bigots" with Jaal. Or ever worse, tired stereotypes like the bubbly, flamboyant, handle bar mustache Dorian from DA I (because you know all gay men are like that!).

    I don't even need to touch the much memed animations and horrific character models, there's plenty of that on the internet. And sadly its all true.

    I'm not sure how this game got out the door. Nobody at BioWare must have played it or any of the prior games. It's lackluster, boring, and pales in compare to anything that went before it.

    I'll borrow from ME3: "Critical Mission Failure"    … Expand
  58. 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
  59. 21grams
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    Based on public reactions I was not gonna buy the game and I still wouldn't. I only got to play the game because a friend who pre-ordered is on delegation and he gave access to his account.

    I knew a lot of what to expect form the game already, but still I was trying to explore basically everything, until the issues got me and I was rushing the main story more and more and more just to    Based on public reactions I was not gonna buy the game and I still wouldn't. I only got to play the game because a friend who pre-ordered is on delegation and he gave access to his account.

    I knew a lot of what to expect form the game already, but still I was trying to explore basically everything, until the issues got me and I was rushing the main story more and more and more just to be done with it. So here we go:

    Pros:
    - Environmental graphics - although there are some issues at times, for the most part it's absolutely stunning. This is the best looking space game to date, and tho there are not that many spaces games out there, believe me, some views will leave your jaw open, it can be really breath taking.
    - Combat - it's just great and dynamic, you have a lot of stuff (guns, powers, skills) to play with and customize your build, I think this is more fun than most shooter games out there. The small criticism I have here is dumb AI of your squad and lack of option to control them better
    - Main story - I wasn't intending to put it under the pros, but the story itself isn't bad all. It's nothing amazing, but it's perfectly alright. I wan't gonna list it under the pros, but I decided to split it from general writing, as such, understand "main story" as the events that happen in the game without its delivery.

    Cons:
    - Facial animations and character looks - this one is obvious one, it sucks, it feels dated, it feels unfinished and unpolished. It's worse than ME1. Facial animations are weird, disturbing and can make you feel uncomfortable. Character looks also has a lot to be desired. The worst part are the eyes - a cold, oversized eyeballs staring at you like the characters wouldn't have eyelids. It can look really scary and awkward. To quickly sum up, human characters (alien ones are much better done) feel more like androids or zombies than people. Character creation is also terrible - it feels like retard factory more than actual character creator.
    - writing - I will split it in few sections here. First, the character writing. I was not expecting this from Bioware, because the absolutely majority of them are basically puddle shallow generic, dull, emotion less characters with boring backgrounds. One the most boring character writing I've seen in video games (especially RPG) in past decade (not counting garbage like steam green light trash). Next is dialogue writing, which also has negative impact on main story delivery, which as already mentioned - is not that bad. To be perfectly honest, at times I would think the dialogues are written by a 10 year old. There are so many overly cheesy and pointless lines for an AAA game. Some of the lines are have even bad sentence structure and for such you would get F (or lowest equivalent degree) even in elementary school. This feels more like initial draft than final writing.
    - voice acting - not all of it is that bad, but overall a lot of voice actors just read the text without any intonation and emotion, just like a student reading of the powerpoint slides show during some presentation nobody has interest in.
    - User Interface (UI) - absolutely disgusting. I feel like it's done on purpose to waste my time with multi-layer sub-menus and overall awkward design.
    - Music - it's just lazy and boring and for most of the time there is no background music. The one is there - doesn't build the moment up at all.
    - Side missions - absolute most of it is boring fetch that has no real effect on your game progression. It's very repetitive structure kill the immersion and I'd rather just free-roam instead of going from point A to B to C and pressing a button, or picking up some irrelevant item.
    - Bug and glitches - there is quite a lot of them, it's various clipping issues, terrible graphical+physics glitches, like falling down thru floors, NPC standing in the air, or sinking in the ground and many more.

    So, it's pretty bad and no doubt a huge disappointment in ME franchise. At this point I strongly recommend not to buy it if you have at least some self-respect. Sure environments look cool and combat is really fun, story itself is also not that bad, but for me these are secondary aspects and the primary aspects (characters, writing, voice acting and overall presentation) are from bad to terrible. So the absolute maximum I can give is 4 out 10 and even with that I kinda feel merciful.    … Expand
  60. EerieDemonble
    Mar 26, 2017
    3
    My first review here. I won't touch horrible, immersion breaking animations, everybody know about them.
    I love Mass Effect series, I played each game 3-4 times but latest entry is absolutely uninspired and lazy.
    Gameplay is subpar and filled with meaningless activities, any resemblance of rpg is gone now, NPCs is ugly, lifeless and boring, UI wasn't designed for humans and that character    My first review here. I won't touch horrible, immersion breaking animations, everybody know about them.
    I love Mass Effect series, I played each game 3-4 times but latest entry is absolutely uninspired and lazy.
    Gameplay is subpar and filled with meaningless activities, any resemblance of rpg is gone now, NPCs is ugly, lifeless and boring, UI wasn't designed for humans and that character creation....what were they thinking. Story and companions, THE most important part of previous Mass Effect games is "meh" at best.
    The only rays of light is beautiful landscapes and combat, it's best in the series, the only downside is that you can't control your companions like in previous games.
    I think the only redeeming part of this game will be Multiplayer. I know it's a horde-mode but it's a damn good one with decent progression system.
    So, don't believe all those 10/10 or 0/10 reviews - they lie. But the truth is it's a mediocre, overhyped and buggy game but you can still get some legit fun in multiplayer.    … Expand
  61. Eazycj5698
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    Extremely disappointed in this game. What is with all the social agendas? Keep politics out of the game please. This ruined the Mass Effect games series. Fount this game very boring and repetitive. The developer is just looking for more money here so he can go on my whitey bashing twitter rants instead of putting time into good gameplay programming. Never again.
  62. mrholiday
    Mar 22, 2017
    7
    I'm not going to go into the story. I'm 20 hours in and 28% through, so far the story is simple yet complex with all of it side missions and stories. Having to find this, get's put on hold, then it's not on hold etc etc. What i want people to know, my 7 isn't static, it could get better and could turn into something higher or lower. I'm not a graphic junkie so it'll rarely effect myI'm not going to go into the story. I'm 20 hours in and 28% through, so far the story is simple yet complex with all of it side missions and stories. Having to find this, get's put on hold, then it's not on hold etc etc. What i want people to know, my 7 isn't static, it could get better and could turn into something higher or lower. I'm not a graphic junkie so it'll rarely effect my decision. I feel people come into this expect Mass Effect 4, you can't do that... it's a different beast all-together. You'll get some things that link to the old games, because they're in the same universe but different galaxy. So, open your minds and expect a brand new game, not mass effect 4.

    Positives:
    -Graphics are beautiful (even with the occasional wonky face and glitch)
    -Controls are easy to use and very easy to customize.
    -The Mass Effect 1 item system is back
    -Dialog galore
    -Combat is fun
    -Characters clash, feels like the trilogy.
    -Keeps the look and feel of the original games.

    Negatives:
    -NO QUICKSAVE or ability to save on a mission.
    -Faces can be wonky sometimes
    -The constant having to watch your ship fly in and out of orbit of planets and into each system...
    -Dialog galore, yes it's a positive if that's your thing. They did go a bit overboard with with random NPCs.
    -Some conversations don't make much sense.
    -CUSTOMIZATION OF YOUR CHARACTER SUCKS. You get 9 choices, edit those choices, but not enough to make a character unique, you pick face 1? It will always look like face 1, you can't change it enough to make it unique.    … Expand
  63. GuerrerosdelPc
    Mar 22, 2017
    6
    Hi,first I have ME Trilogy and I dislike,That : animations fos this specs lack work, more when I played many time in conversations that's annyoning. My partners,I can't customize and I can't do it combined attacks. The menus to works may be can confused.The multi player The multiplayer are poor performance.I like the combat mode are fine except bugs in animations.The story don't wantHi,first I have ME Trilogy and I dislike,That : animations fos this specs lack work, more when I played many time in conversations that's annyoning. My partners,I can't customize and I can't do it combined attacks. The menus to works may be can confused.The multi player The multiplayer are poor performance.I like the combat mode are fine except bugs in animations.The story don't want sympathy with player. My score 6/10 for Bioware ,they run for launch without finished job.Sad… Expand
  64. dreadd65
    Mar 30, 2017
    1
    I really was enjoying the game till this happened... I was on Eos and in dialog and then all of a sudden a Kett drop ship comers in with troops. I was then stuck in the dialog and died. I was then able to finish the dialog and when i finished it, I went to a load screen and have been stuck there ever since. I am huge fan of the Mass effect series but this is a total boner killer. I couldI really was enjoying the game till this happened... I was on Eos and in dialog and then all of a sudden a Kett drop ship comers in with troops. I was then stuck in the dialog and died. I was then able to finish the dialog and when i finished it, I went to a load screen and have been stuck there ever since. I am huge fan of the Mass effect series but this is a total boner killer. I could care less about weird character faces or mouth movements. EA is refusing to refund the game when i am within the 90 days purchase/download because i can "start a new game". F*** that man… Expand
  65. Xelluse
    Jun 13, 2017
    0
    Graphics - "I want to be a Doom!!! But sorry, can't"
    Performance - "hello from ARK:SE with Skype and Chrome open in background"
    AI - "I'm sorry, but I'm Autist as my developer" Gamaplay - "What the hell is it ?" Characters - "I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world... After Barbie Zombie-apocalypse" Story - "Better go watch Indian movies" Bugs - "ripoff Bethesda developed games"    Graphics - "I want to be a Doom!!! But sorry, can't"
    Performance - "hello from ARK:SE with Skype and Chrome open in background"
    AI - "I'm sorry, but I'm Autist as my developer"
    Gamaplay - "What the hell is it ?"
    Characters - "I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world... After Barbie Zombie-apocalypse"
    Story - "Better go watch Indian movies"
    Bugs - "ripoff Bethesda developed games"

    Overall - "Do you love Mass Effect ? Do you want start hating it ? Here you are!!! Just for €39.99, you will get best offer to start hate gaming just in some minutes!!!"
    "Don't miss that offer, just for €39.99"    … Expand
  66. Mement0
    Apr 13, 2017
    2
    Worst in the series. It doesn't even deserve the title of being a 'Mass Effect' entry. It was contrived characterization with lazy writing and weak dialogue. There's no strong characters like Garrus and interesting ones like Thane.. Just bland writing with awful animations and awkwardly shoe horned SJW themes.

    What a terrible let down. BioWare should be ashamed of themselves,    Worst in the series. It doesn't even deserve the title of being a 'Mass Effect' entry. It was contrived characterization with lazy writing and weak dialogue. There's no strong characters like Garrus and interesting ones like Thane.. Just bland writing with awful animations and awkwardly shoe horned SJW themes.

    What a terrible let down. BioWare should be ashamed of themselves, particularly forcing agendas on their own fan base.

    I gave it a 2 because sometimes the combat is fun.    … Expand
  67. Hivetyrant7
    Mar 24, 2017
    5
    Game i gorgeous. No argument there, visually striking, atmospheric and the sound direction is great as I would expect from a Mass Effect game.

    What I don't expect from a Mass Effect game in 2017 however are these bloody awful facial animations and character models (Heads mainly). I couldn't get far on the first planet after running into the aliens as the game engine would completely    Game i gorgeous. No argument there, visually striking, atmospheric and the sound direction is great as I would expect from a Mass Effect game.

    What I don't expect from a Mass Effect game in 2017 however are these bloody awful facial animations and character models (Heads mainly). I couldn't get far on the first planet after running into the aliens as the game engine would completely wonk out on random slopes and initiate that hilarious foot shuffle thing that stops you from moving. This along with the absurd auto saving interval meant I was replaying large sections every time I died from game bugs.

    Mass Effect is my favorite series of all time (Hell, I even liked the ending of 3) but this one is really just not for me.    … Expand
  68. 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.
  69. TTK
    Mar 28, 2017
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok this is kind of painful to write, I got the deluxe version because well, mass effect is... sorry WAS my favorite game series...
    Firstly. Deluxe version, waste of money... heck I'm not sure if the standard is worth it to be honest, WAY too many glitches, the map and navigation is horrible, I rarely know where I'm going because they basically show a 3d map in 2d, and you cant rotate it, so you're constantly wondering if your supposed to go up or down, and pointer is rarely useful. the characters are NOWHERE near as interesting as ME1 let alone ME2, heck, Id argue and say its worse than 3's new characters. WHICH IS SAYING SOMETHING! animation quality is abysmal in comparrison to 3, no-one feels real... wait thats not exactly true, the majority of male characters do feel real-ish, oh and there were missions where I'd be fighting and suddenly find myself falling under the ground into an abyss, or Id get stuck between crates or even a person and be forced to re-start from last load point. the camera changes so much during combat, I can't even keep track of who I'm fighting, and not to mention to EXTRA long reload time on EVERY GUN! I MEAN SERIOUSLY! I end up going melee just to make it easier to battle, and SO many characters have One hit KOs, so you can't let them get close, imagine fighting banshees, but more annoying, and you can't really shoot them, or even get away. I've had moments when Ryder wouldn't move, take becomes unselectable for some reason, or something, and the puzzles, as much as I enjoy puzzles, they get very boring and old, VERY fast...

    I still liked the game, and story, and stuff, BUT I AM HONESTLY SO MAD ABOUT ALL THE BUGS AND GLITCHES, I SWEAR IF THIS HAS A ME3 END, I WILL BREAK MY LAPTOP

    P.S, I'm tagging spoiler box, just in case, I don't think I spoiled anything but, can never be too safe    … Expand
  70. Morris_Goodlife
    Apr 15, 2017
    7
    The graphics are amazing. I think many people will find many aspects of the game rather confusing like they did not take the time to fully develop some things to be more user friendly. Also the save system is horrible. All in all though, still a very nice game and if you take the time to figure the game out fully, you can still have a lot of fun with it.
  71. oz4n
    Jun 21, 2017
    8
    Alright I'm mid-game and changing my score from 7 to 8.

    Discovered the 5th habitable planet and now I can tell that the universe is really huge and although in comparison the playable areas are only a little, there still is a massive leap from the previous games in terms of scale. A ton of side quests, seriously, I spent 40+ hours already and I know I'm still far from the end, but so    Alright I'm mid-game and changing my score from 7 to 8.

    Discovered the 5th habitable planet and now I can tell that the universe is really huge and although in comparison the playable areas are only a little, there still is a massive leap from the previous games in terms of scale.

    A ton of side quests, seriously, I spent 40+ hours already and I know I'm still far from the end, but so far I feel so overwhelmed with sidequests yet enjoyed most of them.

    I just could not adapt the story, I can tell you that it's my only problem and I think it won't change. Story is NOT bad, it's just does not attract you enough to keep you playing. I mean... Andromeda, a whole new galaxy, and only two new species (not counting Rems)? Please. This kills the whole "NEW galaxy idea", I so far never felt that I was playing in a new galaxy. Nexus - Citadel, Elaaden - Tuchanka... Everything resembles the places from the earlier games. I expected more uniqueness.

    Speaking of earlier games... Original trilogy is the only reason for why this game got such bad score (apart from the pre-1.05 bugs and **** This would be one of the GOTYs if the name was rather "Pathfinder's Journey" or something.

    Decent job, can't say nothing bad for anything but story.    … Expand
  72. tar73
    May 27, 2017
    2
    The characters, the story and the gameplay can't compare to earlier games in the series. The game is also negatively influenced by the racist Manveer Heir, and I personally will boycott Bioware for hiring such a jackass.
  73. 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
  74. tremault
    Jun 3, 2017
    2
    I had previously given this game a 5, but I'm revising it.
    I just completed a mission and in the cutscene, a character mentioned a character by name that I've never heard of and mentioned things that I had no idea what they were talking about. literally. BECAUSE IT HADN'T @&$%ING HAPPENED YET. I was so confused, I did a search for the named character and discovered that this character    I had previously given this game a 5, but I'm revising it.
    I just completed a mission and in the cutscene, a character mentioned a character by name that I've never heard of and mentioned things that I had no idea what they were talking about. literally. BECAUSE IT HADN'T @&$%ING HAPPENED YET. I was so confused, I did a search for the named character and discovered that this character was supposed to be introduced mid way through a quest I had pretty much just picked up. after just sitting and staring at the screen for a minute or so, and thinking "WTF"... just totally incredulous, I had no recourse but to just ALT+F4 because the game has made me so angry. I honestly am not sure if I can continue with this trash. I knew this game was a mess but at least it was playable. at least the stories were somewhat entertaining. but when things are accidentally put in the WRONG ORDER, how am I supposed to enjoy that??    … Expand
  75. Frenetik
    May 26, 2017
    5
    I tried to look objectively at this game as i finished the main trilogy twice but Andromeda just doesn't hold up to its predecessors. Bioware put an emphases on open world, combat and driving, but not so much effort in storytelling, dialogue and characters, which was the heart of Mass Effect.
    Though the main quest is mysterious and good at times it lacks tension and it feels like a disney    I tried to look objectively at this game as i finished the main trilogy twice but Andromeda just doesn't hold up to its predecessors. Bioware put an emphases on open world, combat and driving, but not so much effort in storytelling, dialogue and characters, which was the heart of Mass Effect.
    Though the main quest is mysterious and good at times it lacks tension and it feels like a disney story with few to none important choices. I never got that mass Effect vibe, i never felt like one of my companions was in danger, it all felt too predictable and lighthearted.
    Its not a bad game per see its just a BAD MASS EFFECT GAME. If it didn't had mass effect in its title it would have been mediocre at best.    … Expand
  76. HuskyRain
    Mar 30, 2017
    7
    Review of the game after completion (no spoilers). I have to say that I very much enjoyed this game. I'll start with the meat of the review, story. The game has bad pacing for sure. It unloads chore side quests on you in 2 major chunks and expects you to pace yourself between them and the main story. This doesn't work well for people who are used to ME2 and 3 who remember needing to finishReview of the game after completion (no spoilers). I have to say that I very much enjoyed this game. I'll start with the meat of the review, story. The game has bad pacing for sure. It unloads chore side quests on you in 2 major chunks and expects you to pace yourself between them and the main story. This doesn't work well for people who are used to ME2 and 3 who remember needing to finish everything to get the best possible outcome. It also makes squad interactions lacking, as these side stories only update along with main story missions. That being said, everything fits in with the universe and the quests do leave you feeling like you helped out the people involved. The main story I would say feels as epic as a mass effect game should, I loved each main story mission and these were always where I felt the most immersed, but the pacing does affect it negatively. Each squad member does have their own mini quest line in this game, plus some smaller side stuff for them as well. Each crew member is enjoyable in their own way and the game really does make you all feel tight-nit by the end. This aspect, unfortunately is also affect by the games pacing. Squad missions only update along side main story progression. The combat and exploration in this game is really superb though. They put a shine on the combat system of the 3rd game and made it more fast paced and intense. The huge open worlds to explore are beautiful and enjoyable to navigate in the nomad (my personal favorite was driving over massive sand dunes in a seemingly endless desert). It's confusing as to why the game was polished to look so great in this aspect but left conversation animations so disconcerting and strange. The biggest downside to this game for me was definitely the pacing. It left me doing large chunks of the same task consecutively as I went through my "to-do" list of chores and ended up making the game feel lacking when grinding through all the side quests. But I still very much enjoyed this game. Thing cons I have listed did not ruin the game at all, and for me this game is hopefully the start of many more in a series. I finished this game feeling supremely satisfied and ready for more. I've tried to be objective about the game so people can see where it really falls short and also where it shines through. As much as I love this game and would love to give it an 8 or a 9, I know that objectively I can't give it more than a 7. It is definitely a good game.

    In Summary:
    Pros:
    -Beautiful worlds and set design
    -Fun fast combat
    -Epic story
    -Great new crew members to love

    Cons
    -Animations are disconcerting and take away from immersion
    -still plenty of bugs to work out
    -Quest pacing is horrible    … Expand
  77. kuon
    Apr 15, 2017
    1
    I tried really hard to like this game, but it's an horrible failure.

    The story has no interest, is totally predictable and lack imagination. The whole world is a big empty bucket lacking depth. Imagine playing mass effect 1 in the macko the whole time, but without the awesome story of the first game. The planet environments lack creativity except for a few places. On the good    I tried really hard to like this game, but it's an horrible failure.

    The story has no interest, is totally predictable and lack imagination. The whole world is a big empty bucket lacking depth. Imagine playing mass effect 1 in the macko the whole time, but without the awesome story of the first game.

    The planet environments lack creativity except for a few places.

    On the good side, the combat system and general gameplay is pleasant, except for a few boring bosses. Also the game can be really beautiful.    … Expand
  78. twighead
    Jun 2, 2017
    8
    This game is way more fun than people give it credit for, so many ultra-edgy reviewers out there now that can't view a game with any sense of perspective. a 4.9? Get real. There are mistakes, even fairly large ones in ways - but at its core this game offers beautiful environments, awesome fun combat, decent story lines and quests, and one of the neatest weapon customization systems I'veThis game is way more fun than people give it credit for, so many ultra-edgy reviewers out there now that can't view a game with any sense of perspective. a 4.9? Get real. There are mistakes, even fairly large ones in ways - but at its core this game offers beautiful environments, awesome fun combat, decent story lines and quests, and one of the neatest weapon customization systems I've ever played with. So what if the animations are bad and some of the script is kind of cringey - that makes it a 6-7 at worse. Rabid fanboys are out of control now-a-days.… Expand
  79. Schockboy
    May 5, 2017
    1
    So this is what we have been waiting for long 5 years? Guys from Bioware...Guys from EA Montreal,we don't care about new worlds,new graphics or new weapons. The original trilogy always had interesting story and charismatic characters. This Andromeda have only nice combat system. Dialogs are boring,no interesting story,lots of bugs and similar quests,lots of scanning,which is annoying andSo this is what we have been waiting for long 5 years? Guys from Bioware...Guys from EA Montreal,we don't care about new worlds,new graphics or new weapons. The original trilogy always had interesting story and charismatic characters. This Andromeda have only nice combat system. Dialogs are boring,no interesting story,lots of bugs and similar quests,lots of scanning,which is annoying and as the result we have MASS CONTENT ANDROMEDA.… Expand
  80. Leijonamieli
    May 22, 2017
    2
    I am just so incredibly pissed off how this release was treated and the lack of updates for 2 months for legion of gamebreaking bugs that prevented people to play the story, do loyalty missions, colonize planets, or play multiplayer properly not to mention all the broken stuff with sidequests and game and gun balancing that sucked the fun out of game. This was last mass effect game for me.
  81. jamesdanton
    Jul 19, 2017
    2
    Sloppy, unfinished, mess that, if it was play tested (as all games have to be) and it was released in this state as a finished product, I can only say that a fraud has been perpetrated upon the gamers of the world. Terrible dialogue, poor voice acting, buggy, with game breaking game play glitches, replete with SJW non-sense and some of the worst facial animations I have ever seen. $80Sloppy, unfinished, mess that, if it was play tested (as all games have to be) and it was released in this state as a finished product, I can only say that a fraud has been perpetrated upon the gamers of the world. Terrible dialogue, poor voice acting, buggy, with game breaking game play glitches, replete with SJW non-sense and some of the worst facial animations I have ever seen. $80 million for this second rate garbage? Don't waste your money...and don't pre-order ANYTHING, game companies are not to be trusted anymore.… Expand
  82. DrScamp
    Aug 16, 2017
    2
    At the begining ( if u ignore totaly failed char animations and absurdly ugly womens ) i thought maybe this game will be cool. But with the progress of the story all what i was thinking was " omg its getting worse and worse ". Before last mission i had to do a break coz i was close to fall asleep. Im a big fan of ME games, but this one? Its a huge fail. Boring quests, scanning planets forAt the begining ( if u ignore totaly failed char animations and absurdly ugly womens ) i thought maybe this game will be cool. But with the progress of the story all what i was thinking was " omg its getting worse and worse ". Before last mission i had to do a break coz i was close to fall asleep. Im a big fan of ME games, but this one? Its a huge fail. Boring quests, scanning planets for nothing ( literally scaning whole cluster giving u 80 iron is some kind of a joke ) the only good thing in this game is graphic, planets look beautiful imho, but... if u want to look on beautiful pictures i can search in google... Oh and u face 20 kinds of opponents in total... mixed colors but same animals on every planet.. da **** 20?? So as a summary: u fly over galactic, face same enemys, same boring quests, on every planet u have to do same things to settle it, this is best recipe to crate horrible game, and they made it, for me this game is total fail and have nothing interesting to offer.. 95% is trash content not even worht mention, and 5 % is something good.. So answere yourselves do u want to buy a game for this 5% and be bored to death for the rest of the time.… Expand
  83. 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.
  84. 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
  85. 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
  86. Mahdiar
    Jun 5, 2017
    8
    Gameplay : 8
    Graphics : 9
    Story : 6
    Sound : 8
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    Overall : 8
  87. StevenD
    May 29, 2017
    3
    The single player is a dud, it's boring with an uninteresting story and buggy system. The thing that put the nail in the coffin for me was when I completed some quests in the wrong order and the main quest got bugged as a result. You couldn't pay me to go through the grind of the first hours of the game after that.
    The multiplayer is there to pick up some of the slack, but I didn't really    The single player is a dud, it's boring with an uninteresting story and buggy system. The thing that put the nail in the coffin for me was when I completed some quests in the wrong order and the main quest got bugged as a result. You couldn't pay me to go through the grind of the first hours of the game after that.
    The multiplayer is there to pick up some of the slack, but I didn't really buy a ME game for the MP experience. Went in hoping for a return to the quality of the original 2 games, instead I got a competent shooter with a truly disappointing spiel.    … Expand
  88. philb74
    Jun 18, 2017
    3
    Even after the nonsensical lacklustre ending of ME3, I was excited about the release of this game. I had watched some gameplay videos and I liked what I saw. Now, having owned the game since it's release I have to say it was a big disappointment. First of all it is massively resource heavy even at 1080p. I had played many games with better graphics at this resolution on my old PC andEven after the nonsensical lacklustre ending of ME3, I was excited about the release of this game. I had watched some gameplay videos and I liked what I saw. Now, having owned the game since it's release I have to say it was a big disappointment. First of all it is massively resource heavy even at 1080p. I had played many games with better graphics at this resolution on my old PC and never experienced any lag until this game. I ended up investing in a new PC for this game.

    The gameplay is decent and the universe is massive. The graphics are decent but not outstanding especially given the size of the installation. The story is a huge let down. I would rather they made a game half the size of this with an engaging plot and some interesting characters and better quests. If gameplay and multiplayer is all you want then this game will keep you occupied for a while but if you want a story that will draw you in and keep you coming back you won't find it here.

    I didn't play the game for a few weeks and then tried it last night only to find that the patch prevented the game from launching successfully. Thanks Bioware!    … Expand
  89. RedWyrm
    Apr 12, 2017
    6
    Not bad, but not really good either.

    Main story's not imaginative and strong enough, given a new galaxy. Character customization ghastly - Witcher3 and even XCOM3 are way better - patch helped some, though. (Had to go for antihero look, my Pathfinder is a bit clueless, spoiled rich kid with a big blonde afro hairdo :-)) Really miss the old "pause, look around and plan" interface,    Not bad, but not really good either.

    Main story's not imaginative and strong enough, given a new galaxy.

    Character customization ghastly - Witcher3 and even XCOM3 are way better - patch helped some, though.
    (Had to go for antihero look, my Pathfinder is a bit clueless, spoiled rich kid with a big blonde afro hairdo :-))

    Really miss the old "pause, look around and plan" interface, lots of clean FPSers around

    LOVE the whole planet developing, gear customizing strategic aspect.

    Side plots are not bad, still Witcher3 is much better

    Had hoped for a more cinematic experience involving flying as well, like Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

    Cautiously looking forward to a ME5, there is potential, especially if they think consider aliens more alien (like Fred Hoyles book The Black Cloud or the Arrival movie)    … Expand
  90. Antioch
    Apr 6, 2017
    6
    Yes you all heard about it, the facial and some of the other animations are attrocious. however that has no major impact on my review of this game. I'm not the kind of gamer that truly roleplays to a point where quirky animations would be immersionbreaking. If anything i found some situations hilarious. however I do understand that it might be immersionbreaking for some people.
    Another    Yes you all heard about it, the facial and some of the other animations are attrocious. however that has no major impact on my review of this game. I'm not the kind of gamer that truly roleplays to a point where quirky animations would be immersionbreaking. If anything i found some situations hilarious. however I do understand that it might be immersionbreaking for some people.
    Another criticism the game has gotten from mainly prepub teen boys is that all the female characters are ugly. That is completely irrelevant to me as I don't tend to jerk of to videogame characters. I usually want to romance the most outrageous alien anyway just for the hell of it.

    No my main critisism lies with the bugs and glitches that are actually a nuisance to me as a gamer. Like the falling through the floor, quests/tasks that you can't complete because the game either doesn't allow you to do what is required to complete them or because the game doesn't register that you have done it. The teleporting squadmates, the locked falling animations because you want to drop down a ledge, the Nomad that suddenly disappeares mid drive etc.
    The UI and info are unecessarily convoluted, lacking and at times seems like they've been designed as an afterthought.
    The story is so predictable and cliche it's not even funny. No plot twists no interesting characters a far cry from the orginal mass effect games (except for the **** ME3 ending).
    The main villian is one of the most boring ones in later years.
    The dialogue has been degraded to FO4 level. And the description of the dialogue you pick and what your character is actually saying is so far off at times you constantly get a "WTF, that wasn't what i meant to say at all" moment.
    They've done awat with renegade/paragon system wich I really don't like. It's hard to choose a consistent path for your character, especially in conjuction with the dodgy dialogue descriptions that doesn't match what he/she says.
    The flying around in space, it looks cool initially then it becomes such a huge choir. It takes 10-15 seconds to fly to another system, then another 10 seconds to fly to the planet, then it will have a zoomed in view for 5 seconds before you can scan the planet. When it takes 10 minutes to just look at planets in one system it gets **** tiresome after a while. And of course it's unskippable.
    All this with the feeling of "halfassededness" overall takes away immensly for me.

    Multiplayer is just hordemode with microtransactions. It's servicable, not really bad but nothing special.

    Now there are some things I like. I do like the combat direction they have taken, some might prefer the cover based fighting of the old games but I much prefer the active combat in this game. The graphics are gorgeous on my rig at 1080p/ultra.
    It also performs very well holding about 90 fps avarage (OC intel 4770K, 16GB ram, Titan black), initially it had a huge dump in frames for a split second when transfering from an ingame cutscene to gameplay but after the first patch along with nvidias gameready drivers the performance was stellar for me. I'm confident once I get my new monitor I can crank that res up and still keep 60fps on my 4 yo rig.
    the environments are varied and beutifully built.
    I also like the companionapp that allows you to send teams on missions wich might get you credits and research data and possibly some items while you arn't playing.
    the crafting is pretty good save for the UI that handles it.

    But overall for me, a mediocre game. Not bad but nothing to be hyped about. Worth a playthrough if you have nothing else to do but don't expect a masterpiece or the same level of quality as the previous titles offered.    … Expand
  91. Verosho
    Apr 3, 2017
    6
    KOTOR
    KOTOR 2
    JADE EMPIRE DRAGON AGE ORIGINS MASS EFFECT MASS EFFECT 2 MASS EFFECT 3 --------------------------- Mass Effect Andromeda does not deserve to be on this list, Bioware have forgotten what made them one of the top game developers in the world it's now starting to get me worried the downward spiral they are taking When EA bought them out years ago pre Mass Effect 2    KOTOR
    KOTOR 2
    JADE EMPIRE
    DRAGON AGE ORIGINS
    MASS EFFECT
    MASS EFFECT 2
    MASS EFFECT 3
    ---------------------------

    Mass Effect Andromeda does not deserve to be on this list, Bioware have forgotten what made them one of the top game developers in the world it's now starting to get me worried the downward spiral they are taking

    When EA bought them out years ago pre Mass Effect 2 people were worried they would ruin the series but it seems peoples fears have become true eventually with both of their biggest series falling flat with bland and clique storylines and characters that do not connect with the audience.

    I hoped Dragon Age Inquisition was just a bump in the road and that it was all in my imagination that you ripped off the Mass Effect storyline, but sadly it seems you have fallen from grace just for cheap P2P content and **** online modes nobody asked or wanted at the cost of the single player mode that should have been your only priority.

    Buck your ideas up Bioware, tell EA to stay out of it and stop trying to make this into the next FIFA or Madden NFL sports game in space. Go back to your roots of KOTOR and what made you into the gaming powerhouse you are today, I used to say 'Bioware never makes a bad game' sadly that has changed.

    Mass Effect and Dragon Age will not survive the direction you are going, you **** up, so fire the people in charge and go back to the drawing board and listen to your fanbase before its too late.    … Expand
  92. TheStarBorn
    Mar 29, 2017
    5
    I'd have to write a novel to explain everything I have in mind, but I'll try to make this short (it won't be). I've finished it, played it for 97 hours total, done most of the content... so here is what I think:

    * NOTE that I am criticizing the CAMPAIGN here, because the Multiplayer is actually good * MAIN NEGATIVE POINTS (I'll just focus on those) 1) Facial Animations. They are    I'd have to write a novel to explain everything I have in mind, but I'll try to make this short (it won't be). I've finished it, played it for 97 hours total, done most of the content... so here is what I think:

    * NOTE that I am criticizing the CAMPAIGN here, because the Multiplayer is actually good *

    MAIN NEGATIVE POINTS (I'll just focus on those)

    1) Facial Animations. They are indeed mostly [very] bad, especially for human characters. The eyes, in particular, are horrible and is the one facial 'feature' that contributes the most to the unsettling "expressions". There ARE * some * ... very rare scenes in which the animations are actually decent, but those cases are very rare.

    2) Humans and Asari, for some reason, are ALL UGLY AF. The facial * structure * (not the animations in this case) is mostly the same for them both (humans and Asari). There are some very specific characters that * do * have 'different', unique-enough facial structures that sort of distinguish themselves from "the rest". However, other than those specific individual NPCs here and there, ALL other humans (especially females, but males too) you'll encounter have either the exact same or nearly the same facial shapes and nose shapes and size, and mouth height, forehead size, eyes height, nose bridge, eyes spacing... etc. It's as if they took the game's own character creator, made maybe two models for Human males, two models for Human females, and two models for the Asari, and then they used those two templates for ALL OF THEM in the game. The only occasional variants are skin tone / color, clothing, hairstyle, hair color, eyes color and that's probably it. The facial structure variety is simply insulting.

    3) The Character Creator is BAD. The default Skyrim creator is better, and it's incomparably better with mods (which are free). The default Fallout 4 creator is also better. Heck, I've seen F2P MMORPGs with MUCH better creators than that. It's... it's horrible. It's WAY too limited. Not to mention that once more BioWare shows us that they do NOT know and probably do not WANT to give us more than a dozen HORRIBLE hair styles to choose from, especially for woman Ryder.

    4) The Soundtrack is VERY forgettable, unimaginative, unoriginal and quite simply boring. It doesn't help carry the story telling, it doesn't get your adrenaline pumping in "intense" situations, it doesn't "add" to any would-be 'sad' moments (there's too few anyway, wouldn't have mattered much I guess). It just doesn't DO anything. The main theme is "calm", but forgettable. The irony is that the track that plays during the Credits is actually the best you'll hear in the whole game. Additionally, the music specifically for the Multiplayer is also horrible, just turn it off, it's bad.

    5) CANNOT GEAR-UP TEAMMATES. I don't get why but they thought it was a good idea for ALL the items you find in the game to be used ONLY by and for you, Ryder. What is the point of even having the teammates with you? There's not even COSMETICS-oriented variations of their default costumes and suits. Can't change their colors, their color pattern(s), can't change ANYTHING. They'll wear those damn outfits for the whole game. Can't give them different weapons, or different armors to try out different builds. Truly, the only Mass Effect game that ever bothered to do that was ME1, and I actually liked it. But here's the thing: even if you don't want to bother with that in new Mass Effect games because it's too long to model different armor meshes for too many teammates and then balance those things with skills and stats then AT LEAST allow us to have SOME variations of their default outfits. At least give us the option to change the colors, no?! NOTHING?! Huh... okay.

    6) Galaxy Map Animations. Why? Ok, the first few times it's sort of "pretty" to look at, it's all dynamic and we're "moving" through the star system in real time. Alright, we get it, you guys are super cool for doing something like that. It will be remembered in the gaming industry for decades to come. Now here's the thing... IT. GETS. BORING. FAST. I played the game for 97 hours, probably 5 of those were spent waiting for those damn zooming-in and out animations to complete...

    7) ...and 5 more spent trying to navigate the HORRIBLE USER INTERFACE. That part of the game is actually probably worse than the animations. I don't think I need to go into details here because you can just SEE it. Also, the Multiplayer's UI is actually a downgrade compared to ME3's, which was admittedly very simple and basic, but was understandable, responsive and clean.

    8) The main story line is very generic for sci-fi, does nothing more or unique that wasn't told in other universes or even within the Mass Effect trilogy. It's not necessarily "bad"... it's just not "good". It's "meh", and forgettable, and lacked 'spectacle' and 'surprise'.

    ... etc.

    There's more, but 5k characters limit is there to stop me.    … Expand
  93. Twiggithy
    Apr 4, 2017
    6
    Finished the game. About 80ish hours. Did all of the quests with the exception of a few of the less relevant and boring "tasks." This isn't a bad game, but it isn't a great game either. It isn't worth $60. $25 tops. Falls very short of it's predecessors legacy, even the third one. Poor animations, especially facial ones as I'm sure others have noted. It's very distracting. CombatFinished the game. About 80ish hours. Did all of the quests with the exception of a few of the less relevant and boring "tasks." This isn't a bad game, but it isn't a great game either. It isn't worth $60. $25 tops. Falls very short of it's predecessors legacy, even the third one. Poor animations, especially facial ones as I'm sure others have noted. It's very distracting. Combat was good, but only 3 powers can be allocated to quick use although you can switch profiles. I'd rather not be able to switch profiles, but instead by able to allocate more powers for quick use. Very buggy to the point where it will kill you or get you stuck. The inventory system is pretty convoluted, but I got the hang of it after awhile. The worst part of this game for me is the story and characters. It's pretty straight forward. No real twists or huge developments. The best part of the story comes from a side quest that doesn't relate to the main quests and I think they missed an opportunity not pursuing it more. They may address them in future games, but they failed to hook me into buying them with this one. LONG animations going between systems and planets too.

    They say they're fixing a lot of the animation issues and more in an upcoming patch, but the story is what really knocked it down for me and that's something they can't patch.    … Expand
  94. Nightlife
    Apr 4, 2017
    6
    Huge ME fan here, loved the original trilogy. New game: great combat, subpar story and characters. Looks pretty and is visually striking. I just didn't care about what I was doing though, due to the low stakes in the story. Really hope they get new writers to improved the squel.
  95. sawer82
    May 2, 2017
    6
    First off, the reviews giving this a 0 or a 3 are a little bit harsh, on the other hand, reviews giving this a 10 are absolutly delusional. I am very sorry for the people that put so much effort into this game, mostly grapgic designers because the game enviroments looks simply breathtaking.
    This game is basically killed by lack of talent, mostly writers and game designers (not all of    First off, the reviews giving this a 0 or a 3 are a little bit harsh, on the other hand, reviews giving this a 10 are absolutly delusional. I am very sorry for the people that put so much effort into this game, mostly grapgic designers because the game enviroments looks simply breathtaking.
    This game is basically killed by lack of talent, mostly writers and game designers (not all of them) and the Bioware management, who i believe was the force that release it in its sorry state.

    It is obvious the game is not finished, many bugs asside, the game has issues with its mechanics, most obvious being the animation system (i believe that animations problems are not generally caused by bad animations, but the system that manages and triggers them), but you can see that collision detection, enemies hitboxes and notably NPC pathfinding has issues as well. It would be silly to think Bioware had no QA, and even more stupid that these things were not pointed out by the QA team. They were either ignored or there was no time to fix that. This is the main reason that for me its a 6/10 game, if these things would be fixed in the initial release, it would be a 7/10 game.

    Now, giving this a single digit number is a difficult task, its not a bad game, its not a good game, more likely, it can be really good, and it can be really bad at times. The first 10 hours are, well dissapointing at least. For an epic scifi opera, it's not very epic, it does not really explains its mechanics and it feels a bit stupid (okay, there is a huge structure under this planet with a button, so let's press the button and see what it does). The next 20-30 hours, the game pick up pace and the mechanics are starting to show promise, thats until you realize that's it. This is all that is in the game, the rest of the game is just repeat over and over what you have done with slight to none alteration. You would think, okay so its time for the final push, the endgame and the final confrontation. Ehm, nope, the game continues for tens of hours and hits the floor really bad, there is no real content to support the length of the game, its get repetetive very fast, and you have to force yourself to finish it, because it looses the main aspect why someone actually buys a game, to have fun. There is a problem with the balance of difficulty, weapons and armor as you progress as well, while going from lvl1 to lvl10 feels like upgrade from a mouse to a tiger, progress from lvl 10 to lvl 40 feels like upgrade from tiger to a tiger with slightly more fur. You can take down pretty much everything in this game with a lvl 15 with not much more difficulty then with a lvl 40.

    Now what breaks the game for me really bad, is the character of Ryder sibblings, i would really love to play as their dad, because that was the only really interesting character. First off, they are stupid and their dialogues are writen as of someone who really lacks inteligence, is immature and does not really care about the events that unfold. At times it even feels like a 1980 teen opera adding more characters to the mix. It seems main character is 12-15 years old on a roadtrip. You would not want give him/her a task to look out for a pet, not to mention the role of pathfinder and the responsibility for the whole mission. There are ex spectres in the crew for god sake... (the whole pathfinder role does not really make sense when you planning a trip to another galaxy].

    Let me end this by the worst Ryder quote ever:
    Jaal: We should be careful, many have been lost in these caves.
    Sara: Me ? Lost ? Neeeveeeer.    … Expand
  96. Pink_iFinger
    May 26, 2017
    3
    I don't recommend this game. I got halfway through bored and had no motivation to continue. The levels are the same crap and so are the enemies. Combat is good all i can say about it. The faces look bad like any game that tried to have realistic characters has had better faces. Mission are boring. The game can sometimes have fun moments but after them they are the same old crap. Don't buyI don't recommend this game. I got halfway through bored and had no motivation to continue. The levels are the same crap and so are the enemies. Combat is good all i can say about it. The faces look bad like any game that tried to have realistic characters has had better faces. Mission are boring. The game can sometimes have fun moments but after them they are the same old crap. Don't buy this game PERIOD.… Expand
  97. ErrorOperator
    Jun 15, 2017
    8
    Absolutely loved the original Mass Effect trilogy. Replayed it so many times that I couldn't remember the exact number of times I've played it. To be frank, Bioware has had a bad record of making sure their games were polished and finished before release. Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3 being the well known examples of this occurring. This coupled with the recently released information fromAbsolutely loved the original Mass Effect trilogy. Replayed it so many times that I couldn't remember the exact number of times I've played it. To be frank, Bioware has had a bad record of making sure their games were polished and finished before release. Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3 being the well known examples of this occurring. This coupled with the recently released information from Kotaku made me understand just what went wrong with this game.

    That being said, after finishing up the main story, I actually ended up liking ME:A. It has its moments. The game prior to the updates was full of animation issues and glitches. That's something anyone could tell you. While I didn't personally run through many of the glitches myself, I wouldn't doubt that they were there. My main issues regarded the lack luster animation, poor character creation, and admittedly cheesy vocal lines. The lack of sufficient facial expressions to match the emotion of the voice actors portrayed me go from enveloped in the plot to cringing. Character creation felt like they took several steps back from what they had before. Dialogue would also have me cringing from time to time.

    Despite everything, however, I thought the story was overall pretty good. Some quests ended up being really enjoyable to the point where I'd replay them just to reexperience that enjoyment again. The companions had some nice quirks about them that made me love each one. Not to mention the sense of unity the crew had was nice. Especially when it came to the final battle. Which, in my opinion, was a fun battle to play through.

    I won't lie that the game is without flaws because it for sure has its moments. However despite everything, I had to give it an 8.0 because I honestly enjoyed the game after everything was said and done. And I'm definitely interested in finding out what the future DLC's bring.    … Expand
  98. 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
  99. a20012322
    May 26, 2017
    1
    Plot goes nowhere and EA has put the series on hiatus so don't expect and sequels any time soon. Given that they are much more likely to just reboot it again this entry is basically a soft-reboot that never happened. Probably for the best given the writing is horrible.
  100. 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
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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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