Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. reelsight
    Apr 6, 2017
    4
    Big disappointment . Characters are flat and lifeless. This is more like a collection of side missions than a big engaging world story. I played it through because I kept hoping it would get better. It doesn't. I loved ME, ME2, and ME3 so it really hurts that ME4 is such a lifeless dog. The graphics haven't improved, the voice acting is worse, there are glitches here and there, andBig disappointment . Characters are flat and lifeless. This is more like a collection of side missions than a big engaging world story. I played it through because I kept hoping it would get better. It doesn't. I loved ME, ME2, and ME3 so it really hurts that ME4 is such a lifeless dog. The graphics haven't improved, the voice acting is worse, there are glitches here and there, and the writing is just below standard. It's like the universe has been sedated to the point that adventure and exploration is boring.… Expand
  2. Nemo888
    Apr 9, 2017
    4
    Not a Bioware game. It's a cheap outsourced knock off. It looks like a Rolex in the store, but once you play you realize it says Rolodex and the gold peels off.
  3. GrumpyReviewer
    Jun 18, 2018
    4
    I love the ME franchise. Mass Effect 2 is actually one of the best games I've ever played... and even though I got ME Andromeda on Day 1, I decided to wait as much as possible until it was patched, since it was a very troubled launch.

    Decided it was time to check it out. Sadly, I could not stand it after a few hours. Call it something else, please. This ugly mess is not Mass Effect.    I love the ME franchise. Mass Effect 2 is actually one of the best games I've ever played... and even though I got ME Andromeda on Day 1, I decided to wait as much as possible until it was patched, since it was a very troubled launch.

    Decided it was time to check it out. Sadly, I could not stand it after a few hours. Call it something else, please. This ugly mess is not Mass Effect. Boring, uninspired, uninteresting, never engaging, never fun, I was getting almost nothing from it. Ok, the combat was kind of fun, but I did not have the patience or interest to go through all the rest to get to it. Gave up.

    It is a sad thing that Andromeda is ME's swan song. This game is a mess.    … Expand
  4. 12ealDeal
    Apr 18, 2017
    4
    The script is the biggest letdown of all; every line feels forced as if the characters are stranded in some kind of sci-fi sitcom. The jokes come across like Twitter conversations. It's hard to become invested in a sprawling sci-fi narrative when most everyone talking sounds like a College teenager sitting at a Starbucks. I'd rather the human race blow up on their way to the AndromedaThe script is the biggest letdown of all; every line feels forced as if the characters are stranded in some kind of sci-fi sitcom. The jokes come across like Twitter conversations. It's hard to become invested in a sprawling sci-fi narrative when most everyone talking sounds like a College teenager sitting at a Starbucks. I'd rather the human race blow up on their way to the Andromeda galaxy than survive if they all act this dense. Where is the impact, when does the gravity of the situation make everyone cut the quips and start acting normal? Even Ryder's dad's death causes him/ her to smirk. The game's myriad technical issues and prevalent lack of polish come into play, but as I said earlier, the script is really the worst thing about this one, and it is BAD. I've seen games on Newgrounds with better scripts than this AAA game.… Expand
  5. Ronyo30
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    I really wanted to like this game, the series only got better after the original Mass Effect, and after a 5 year wait I had high hopes and expectations. I've played about 20 hours in now and unfortunately it seems the wind in the sails of the series died out long ago (I'll update the review if any of that changes, but at this point I don't think I can take more punishment from this gameI really wanted to like this game, the series only got better after the original Mass Effect, and after a 5 year wait I had high hopes and expectations. I've played about 20 hours in now and unfortunately it seems the wind in the sails of the series died out long ago (I'll update the review if any of that changes, but at this point I don't think I can take more punishment from this game without some major fixes). From funky animations, homely looking uninteresting character, to a questionable story and boring repetitive gameplay. To make matters worse, the different parts of the game don't even mesh real well with one another; it's like a whole bunch of different people worked on different parts of the game and failed to ever communicate with one another. It has left the game at launch to be one big dysfunctional mess.

    Starting out it goes wrong real quick. The default characters are certainly nothing to write home about. Male Ryder is salvageable, but Female Ryder looks plain bad. Attempting to fix it in the CC is no easy task either. You cannot modify the default faces and the pre-set CC faces are one step above abominations. One you decide upon a face, again another challenge presents itself in the form of a very (think 2002) simple CC, there aren't many options available and whatever you come up with will always resemble the pre-set face.

    The poorly implemented animations hit you almost immediately, and continue throughout. From odd facial expression to no expression at all, lifeless hands, strange walking behavior, and the biggest offender, poor lip-syncing to the dialogue, it plain out doesn't look good. It fails to suspend disbelief and for a game based on so much dialogue is difficult to get past.

    Aside from animations, graphically the game holds up no mind-blowing or spectacular, but by no means bad. The landscaping is nice and much of the game looks good enough to immerse yourself in, the problem here is the characters stick out rather badly. They are cartoonish, waxy, and in some cases downright inhumanly ugly. The aliens naturally look better, mostly because there isn't a frame of reference for exactly "how" they should look, the humans are simply ridiculous. Some of them look like they were taken strait out of The Old Republic and just had new textures slapped on them.

    Gameplay is okay at points and boring at others. The combat is familiar and largely unchanged from ME3, aside from the addition of the jet pack. The Nomad is okay to drive for about 10 minutes but quickly starts feeling more like a family van on a road trip than an APC. The lack of weapons was a terrible mistake and after awhile just getting in and out to fight things becomes a chore. The original devs dumped it for a reason, it should have stayed in the garage. The mini-games/puzzles are horrendously boring/frustrating and mining for things, we'll I'm just not going to mine (really what was wrong with the orbital probe?) Missions are at best mildly entertaining and at worst mindless tedium, too much fetch filler and pointless dead-ends.

    The story, at least to the 20ish hour mark is less than stellar. It takes a long time to get going and once it does, it feels more like the buildup to an aborted launch than an actual liftoff. It doesn't have the urgency or charm of the original series and it doesn't help that it is being played out by largely uninspired characters. The main antagonist seems more like a speed bump instead of that giant imposing stop sign that makes you take pause at what your are up against.

    The developers it seems were out to make a game of a grand scope and scale and in doing so failed to see the little things that passed right by the wide angle lens they were using to see the game with. Mass Effect was never about having vast landscapes to explore or tons of mindless things to do. It was about the story and characters, and the interaction of those two that made Mass Effect special. By attempting to make such a grand scale game they lost sight of that and ended up with a grand mess. What would have been wrong with simply making a Mass Effect game? Why try to turn it into something it is not, something that other games do so much better? Hopefully with time they can iron out and fix much of this, it's just unfortunate that they chose to go down a path that attempts to make Mass Effect just another sandbox game instead of narrative masterpiece.    … Expand
  6. Tubey
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    A quick caveat - I've only played approximately four hours of this title, so bare that in mind if you were using this review to get an idea if it is worth it.

    For me, Andromeda simply isn't worth it, however. Not because of the graphics, because they are actually pretty damn good. Note I said 'graphics', not 'animations' - two different things. The animations DO suck. They're actually    A quick caveat - I've only played approximately four hours of this title, so bare that in mind if you were using this review to get an idea if it is worth it.

    For me, Andromeda simply isn't worth it, however. Not because of the graphics, because they are actually pretty damn good. Note I said 'graphics', not 'animations' - two different things. The animations DO suck. They're actually hilariously bad, considering this is a AAA game, and evidence of yet another title rushed out the door by a studio evidently pressured by EA to do so.

    But the animation isn't the killer for me. No, it's a really, really poor narrative which plays out as 14-year-old girl Mass Effect fan fiction, combined with the overwhelming feeling of sheer boredom in the tired, stale and hugely dated game mechanics.

    Cover is automatic, but the placement of objects you can hide behind is the real crime - they are hap hazard and often don't contextually make sense. The third-person shooting is generic and dull - functional but tiresome. The obvious and totally unnecessary padding in the search for resources to craft items is terrible game design and should never have made it past QA.

    And the cherry on the cake; frequent frame drops. Because a AAA game with smooth performance is apparently too much to ask these days.

    It has its' moments and the scenery is jaw-dropping at times, but every time it hits a high note, it balances it out with either a sensationally low one or simply sustained sessions of tedium.

    There's a reason I only played four hours before writing this review, and that's because I simply didn't want to play any more of it. When a game makes you feel that way, it's game over at that point.

    Thank everything for the used games market - this is going to a new 'lucky' owner shortly!    … Expand
  7. Vitality4Gamers
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    I have enjoyed aspects of the game and nowhere near the level I would of expected. Many areas are without proper polish and the formula doesn't seem to have improved. At one point I am looking at an image of the universe that is flat (obvious skybox), poor detail and ruins the atmosphere; this sums up the game..
  8. partyintheback
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    If Gameloft made a Mass Effect title, it'd look a lot like Andromeda. While this game offers more exploration than Mass Effect 2 and 3 - and I welcome that, it also offers some of the lousiest characters ever to appear in a Mass Effect. Both lead characters, the male and female Ryder, are abysmal. From shoddy animation work, to poorly detailed character models, to unacceptably poorIf Gameloft made a Mass Effect title, it'd look a lot like Andromeda. While this game offers more exploration than Mass Effect 2 and 3 - and I welcome that, it also offers some of the lousiest characters ever to appear in a Mass Effect. Both lead characters, the male and female Ryder, are abysmal. From shoddy animation work, to poorly detailed character models, to unacceptably poor dialogue and voice acting, this is a disappointing outing all around. The Bioware of today is not the Bioware we knew and loved - it's merely a shell of its former self. Dragon Age II was the beginning of the end and Andromeda is the end.… Expand
  9. krazy85
    Apr 8, 2017
    4
    A Mass-ive disappointment. This is not just the worst game in the series, but the worst Bioware game I've every played. Forget the animations and high expectations, the only place this game delivers are the backgrounds and environments, which are breathtaking, so good job artists. Everywhere else is lackluster at best and unforgivable in some aspects. The writing and plot directionA Mass-ive disappointment. This is not just the worst game in the series, but the worst Bioware game I've every played. Forget the animations and high expectations, the only place this game delivers are the backgrounds and environments, which are breathtaking, so good job artists. Everywhere else is lackluster at best and unforgivable in some aspects. The writing and plot direction follows common tropes and feels like a scattershot attempt at bringing in new players, despite the "naughty" scenes. I realize there are tremendous risks in producing a game of this size and scope but once again I find myself playing a game which I imagine was designed for the stockholder. I wish triple A developers would stop and realize they can turn a profit without compromising a game's heart soul. Double down on creativity instead of pushing earlier releases and generating hype. EA, I know you're tired of being crapped on but when do you stop with the excuses and start letting your developers do what they do best? Quit giving us reason to loathe your company. F(*&!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  10. PersonalRiot
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    I love Mass Effect. Played through 1,2,3 multiple times. I honestly can't recommend Mass Effect Andromeda to anyone but the most diehard fans. The multiplayer experience is full of bugs, terrible balance, and a slow progression system that basically requires cash on hand. The single player experience is decent but lacks any sense of polish and refinement of the last series. Pass on thisI love Mass Effect. Played through 1,2,3 multiple times. I honestly can't recommend Mass Effect Andromeda to anyone but the most diehard fans. The multiplayer experience is full of bugs, terrible balance, and a slow progression system that basically requires cash on hand. The single player experience is decent but lacks any sense of polish and refinement of the last series. Pass on this unless it gets some major patches done.… Expand
  11. moordrak
    Nov 7, 2017
    4
    After a few hours of Andromeda, I couldn't even bring myself to care enough to keep going. I didn’t care for the main characters whether I play as female or male, crew is completely unlikable and lame, story is uninspiring, to put it in simple terms: Chemistry didn't happen. There is nothing Mass Effect about Andromeda except in name and the "sci-fi" theme.
    Big disappointment.
  12. timeknight
    Mar 22, 2017
    4
    First of all, I have to say that the artists did a good job with this game. Music and art are synchronous with Mass Effect.

    Everything else related to gameplay, and cinematography though? Very poorly executed. There are a lot of bugs and technical issues. The dialogue wheels literally are "split second" choices, not even enough time to read what you are about to say. This feels like    First of all, I have to say that the artists did a good job with this game. Music and art are synchronous with Mass Effect.

    Everything else related to gameplay, and cinematography though? Very poorly executed. There are a lot of bugs and technical issues. The dialogue wheels literally are "split second" choices, not even enough time to read what you are about to say.

    This feels like a game that shipped far too early. EA in its corporate greed and "infinite wisdom
    thought it would be better for their reputation to ship an unfinished game.    … Expand
  13. shenlong
    Mar 28, 2017
    4
    EA just rushes games out to make as much money as possible. This game is proof of that. It's incredibly buggy and unpolished. They probably thought it would sell anyway because its called mass effect
  14. Surt
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    This game in a nutshell is disappointing. Everyone knows about the terrible animation. But Its also the game play that at first 3hrs is fun, quickly dulls. For a $19 game that wouldn't be a problem, but for $60? AI is terrible. Controls are Ok. Don't go in expecting the witcher 3 kind of open world. Its mostly empty spaces, with little details.

    Someone pointed out that its like    This game in a nutshell is disappointing. Everyone knows about the terrible animation. But Its also the game play that at first 3hrs is fun, quickly dulls. For a $19 game that wouldn't be a problem, but for $60? AI is terrible. Controls are Ok. Don't go in expecting the witcher 3 kind of open world. Its mostly empty spaces, with little details.

    Someone pointed out that its like dragon age but with space. Some merit to that. And that's not a positive. Game had great potential. But when you realize that the original dav team did NOT make this, but the DLC team are the ones that made it, you kinda get why this game got a 74 critic review.    … Expand
  15. Umbrella-17
    May 20, 2017
    4
    Its not a horrible game but its not an Amazing game as well. The Original Trilogy is way better on many level the facial animation are 10 times better in the original than in this one. I finished my first playtrought in like 90 hours and in those 90 hours i might had like 20 hours i enjoyed. The rest was mostly moving from one point to another in the Nomad the 6 wheel exploration vehicleIts not a horrible game but its not an Amazing game as well. The Original Trilogy is way better on many level the facial animation are 10 times better in the original than in this one. I finished my first playtrought in like 90 hours and in those 90 hours i might had like 20 hours i enjoyed. The rest was mostly moving from one point to another in the Nomad the 6 wheel exploration vehicle they give you at the beginning and he is clearly overused. The only good redeeming things in the game is the Combat which got improved by the use of Jumping and Dashing. But still its not enough to carry the game by itself the voice actor are kinda bad the main character both gender has no charisma and the open world for me is the worst part its Extremely Empty and boring to explore i never saw such generic planets a Mars like planet, Asteroid,Desert,Ice planet, a mountain planet and finally a jungle that doesn't look half bad. I wished they would had more Story mission and Loyalty mission than empty planet i can explore. The soundtrack is forgettable the visual style on some part doesn't feel like mass effect especially the armors. The multiplayer while great is horde mode with loot-box kinda like Mass Effect 3 without any real upgrade. Also i almost forgot the game is optimized like ass and sometime i get 10 to 15 fps in the tempest a closed area with no fight and not a lot of characters and Facial animations were an abomination upon release the fixed a couple of them with patches but still. And finally most of the race from the original trilogy are absent Quarians batarian,Volus,Elcor,Hanar,Vorcha,yahg and Drells are completely absent of the entire game except a little mention at the end do you feel the DLC's or sequel bait i do.… Expand
  16. Vasco
    Mar 28, 2017
    4
    OMG Bioware, what did you do?? Why did you ruin one of the best Sci-Fi series I've ever played?
    - The story is just awful and badly written.
    - The characters are not likeable.
    - Too many bugs and technical issues.
    - The animations look broken.
    The game does not look like a great blockbuster any more, not it is like a mediocre Unisoft open world game. Shame on you!
    Made a refund.
  17. SIPPIO
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    Honest opinion from Mass Effect veteran who read 3 ME books and obviously played trilogy...
    ~~~4 outta 10 all I'm giving..~~~
    ~~Update ~ VOICE ACTING~ SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED!! THE FEMALE KROGAN was soooo awful..Now the voice acting isn't crap but it's misplaced and off.... THIS GAME FEEL SABATOGED!! *This game screams everything wrong with the FEW crying and making noise @ the    Honest opinion from Mass Effect veteran who read 3 ME books and obviously played trilogy...
    ~~~4 outta 10 all I'm giving..~~~

    ~~Update ~ VOICE ACTING~ SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED!!
    THE FEMALE KROGAN was soooo awful..Now the voice acting isn't crap but it's misplaced and off....
    THIS GAME FEEL SABATOGED!!
    *This game screams everything wrong with the FEW crying and making noise @ the expense of the Many..
    ~We all get these weird, messed up animation faces, and Xbox360 looking effects when making character/Ryder.. This IS-NOT an accident..This company is the wealthiest in all of gaming..

    ***The company has too many weird people making decisions based on personal politics..
    And that is wrong.. by weird I mean 'against the grain'
    **It's WRONG to sell a popular product that pre-existed those with personal agenda's..

    ~Every Mass Effect fan or gamer should Google the people running EA Bioware and then all will be understood...

    ~I did NOT buy this game. I timed it perfect so Gamefly would send it to me @ the sacrifice of not getting it until Friday VS Tuesday...

    *The Game itself ~~ very cliché Outter space,,,new Galaxy science fiction exploration,,,Hostile shoot 1st ask questions later locals...
    **The plans all went Haywire and everything is in disarray when we arrive 1 year after the setup people..
    *You're predecessor fate is so unrealistic it's NOT funny.He was 100X's the quality of character that you are.

    *Combat~ The cover system is AWFUL! Reminds me of a cross between Gears War,Mass Effect and a generic Indie cover shooter....I keep getting lit up...Granted I'm playing on HARD.(2nd FROM hardest so I get my moneys worth via challenge) and YES I died 6 time son the final battle in intro/prologue....

    **BIOWARE- Notorious for mass amounts of Loot-Fodder! UGH!!! This goes back to KOTOR with looting 8 different helmets all +1 in every category thus pointless and annoying to try and micro manage...
    From Kotor toMass Effect to Dragons AGe. that's 8 games ALL WITH SAME LOOT SYSTEM THAT SUCKS!

    **I started my gaming life the biggest Bioware fan ever. Baldur's Gate Era around 1999 and this is the biggest disappointment to date from this company...I am no longer trusting Bioware and will NOT buy games(only rent) until they imrprove........

    **Bottom line~ The Business practices are too much for me to overlook.
    the end product seems like this game is in ALpha....
    The Animation is awful on purpose because of ANita Sarcesian types.
    and I won't forget this Bioware!    … Expand
  18. fizzyweasel
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    Poor graphical quality, full of glitches and bugs, the biggest gaming disappointment of my life. The dialogue reads like it was written by an average teenager and the characters are painful to look at they are so oddly proportioned, animated and ugly. The tedious cut scenes between areas are so frustrating. It goes to show how difficult it is to put together a team that can tackle aPoor graphical quality, full of glitches and bugs, the biggest gaming disappointment of my life. The dialogue reads like it was written by an average teenager and the characters are painful to look at they are so oddly proportioned, animated and ugly. The tedious cut scenes between areas are so frustrating. It goes to show how difficult it is to put together a team that can tackle a game of this magnitude and that throws the achievement that was the previous three games into sharp relief. I'd prefer to play an HD remaster of the previous three.… Expand
  19. GamergodsFail
    Sep 28, 2017
    4
    Andromeda doesn't just fail miserably as a Mass Effect game; it's a bad video game in general. Nevermind its underwhelming plot, messy user interface, bullet sponge enemies, no squad customization and untextured graphics that replicates an early Xbox 360 game...It's hardly even a functional game period. I love the open world exploration and weapon modding, but I'm truly baffled by howAndromeda doesn't just fail miserably as a Mass Effect game; it's a bad video game in general. Nevermind its underwhelming plot, messy user interface, bullet sponge enemies, no squad customization and untextured graphics that replicates an early Xbox 360 game...It's hardly even a functional game period. I love the open world exploration and weapon modding, but I'm truly baffled by how unpolished and technically plagued the whole product still is on top of all its disappointing aspects and changes from its predecessors.… Expand
  20. ShinGlacier
    May 15, 2017
    4
    I've played and loved the first trilogy. Therefore I was pretty hyped for Andromeda, planning on getting platinum even. Playing through it once was more than enough to see how much it feels less deserving of the Mass Effect title. Shallow and forgettable characters, useless mechanics (i'm looking at the "profiles" thing that i've never used) and pitiful story.

    The cherry on top imo is    I've played and loved the first trilogy. Therefore I was pretty hyped for Andromeda, planning on getting platinum even. Playing through it once was more than enough to see how much it feels less deserving of the Mass Effect title. Shallow and forgettable characters, useless mechanics (i'm looking at the "profiles" thing that i've never used) and pitiful story.

    The cherry on top imo is that all the new alien species are humanoids, while Mass Effect came up with nice and unique non-humanoids who felt whole. I won't even compare the romances here, but that's a point where it becomes clear the difference in quality when compared to the other ME games. Don't waste your money buying this, just rent it.    … Expand
  21. Zennodea
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    IM SORRY BUT THIS IS NOT THE GAME WE WANTED. I don't know any long time fan will be disgusted by the jet pack system and the class system. Obviously, the animations were **** but it's not about graphics, its about gameplay and this gameplay is extremely disappointing.
  22. Scharamantis
    Jul 16, 2017
    4
    Prologue: I did not played any Multiplayer game yet, and I did not finished the game during the initial score. I played about 40h including side quests and trial-replay from scratch. After I ended the game, there is nothing better or worse from the score I decided to give.

    + Jetpack + Environment and location visuals + Sound effects + New race (Angara) + Father and siblings system    Prologue: I did not played any Multiplayer game yet, and I did not finished the game during the initial score. I played about 40h including side quests and trial-replay from scratch. After I ended the game, there is nothing better or worse from the score I decided to give.

    + Jetpack
    + Environment and location visuals
    + Sound effects
    + New race (Angara)
    + Father and siblings system
    + Level design
    + Class customization
    + Tempest design

    +/- Combat
    +/- Music
    +/- Villain (Kett)
    +/- UI
    +/- Lighting
    +/- Not linear, high freedom
    +/- Auto Cover system
    +/- Graphic
    +/- Overwhelming Items/Research/Skills
    +/- Space cutscenes
    +/- Weak link with previous ME's games

    - Very bad Character creator
    - Writing boring and uninspiring
    - Facial Animations
    - Weak main Character incarnation with the player
    - Weak story about almost everything
    - Narrative choices uninteresting and separated from progression (it is just annoying to click over again and again to see if there is something else to talk about)
    - Unnatural dialogs
    - Not many interesting Characters
    - Voice acting not compact
    - Side Quests
    - Bugs
    - Repetitive face designs (mainly Asari)
    - Illusion of choices
    - Low replay value
    - Companion customization
    - Companion command

    Summary :

    I can't believe what I am experiencing, it seems there is no heart, no spirit, no atmosphere. I do not believe that it was even played by the creators or some real gamer, if yes, then, leave please, find a job in some casual mobile phone gaming industry. It is just a terrible result of employees and management effort which couldn't be unpunished. The game is done without any love. Its just here is Your salary, do Your best, thanks, here it is -kind of game. A wannabe Mass Effect game. Even for my masochistic character ( almost 40h in game) its still too much to breathe this out.

    I can accept an effort to make a fresh start and new game, not connected much with the old series. That's fine, do it. But this? Leaving all crucial principles of RPG and strongholds which made Bioware famous? Do it really takes only those people (behind original series) which left the company make a good game?

    This damage to the brand can be hardly restored and repaired. Only trough self reflection of the creators and management You can do something about it.

    For fan of ME its heartbreaking experience.
    For newcomer to ME its OK, average game, not worth the money.    … Expand
  23. Quink666
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    **** you EA, **** you BW. What a tragic game this is. Side quest is only extremely booring fetch quests. Main quests are alright but far from memorable.
    In the older games you could have up to 12 abilities to use counting your team mates abilities, in this game you have 3. We went from 12 to 3 which makes combat really **** booring.
    I recommend you dont buy this game and if you must    **** you EA, **** you BW. What a tragic game this is. Side quest is only extremely booring fetch quests. Main quests are alright but far from memorable.
    In the older games you could have up to 12 abilities to use counting your team mates abilities, in this game you have 3. We went from 12 to 3 which makes combat really **** booring.
    I recommend you dont buy this game and if you must wait until a deep deep sale when the game is under 20 bucks. So disappointing...    … Expand
  24. Toophat82
    Apr 5, 2017
    4
    Bottomline it's not mass effect we love or wanted instead it's DAI but in space. So think about it they simply recycled and reused the same formula from last RPG they worked on and developed before Andromeda which was Dragon Age inquisition. The Story, characters, dialogue, ui, and etc all sub par to bad. Only improvements was the huge worlds and combat itself which unfortunately isBottomline it's not mass effect we love or wanted instead it's DAI but in space. So think about it they simply recycled and reused the same formula from last RPG they worked on and developed before Andromeda which was Dragon Age inquisition. The Story, characters, dialogue, ui, and etc all sub par to bad. Only improvements was the huge worlds and combat itself which unfortunately is hindered by the bad UI that is limited and tailored for multiplayer period as only allows three abilities are allowed during combat no matter campaign or multiplayer mode. Alot is missing from originals too like races, weapons, having meaningful choices and consequences, squadmate loadouts, and renegade/paragon system and there isn't enough new to make up for it either. They even ruined special anmo along with biotic and armor piercing not even in game too. Game is also very buggy and lacks polish along with alot of what made mass effect and bioware rpgs special in first place.

    In Mass effect Andromeda Good luck finding white males and males period in any powerful or meaningful role in game you quickly find that all mission givers and characters that are in power and meaningful in game are overwhelming female with the lesser being minorities or aliens if male at all. While White males are nowhere to be found in game except as cannon fodder or for mockery. This game not only is too extremely politically correct but ractist against white males and white people in general to the point that its too obvious and sickening to loyal fans who love the franchise and have been loyal since it started.

    There is diversity done right like mass effect 1 through 3 and then there is ME andromeda not the way you want to do diversity in games as people play games to get away from their personal lives and have fun. The designer of game clearly wanted to get political and personal on a level that is bad for business given fact that majority of gamers will be of male gender to begin with and most likely a good amount white too when it comes to the RPG genre too not smart at all for a business.    … Expand
  25. GblPower
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    Это полный провал.
    ● Сюжет для 13-летних школьников.
    ● Вариативности диалогов почти нет, вариативности сюжета абсолютно нет. ● Все персонажи в подметки не годятся персонажам из трилогии. Главного злодея так вообще скорее хочется пожалеть, чем бояться и ненавидеть. ● Боевка стала получше, чем в трилогии, но если абстрагироваться и оценивать ее, как самостоятельную боевую систему, то она    Это полный провал.
    ● Сюжет для 13-летних школьников.
    ● Вариативности диалогов почти нет, вариативности сюжета абсолютно нет.
    ● Все персонажи в подметки не годятся персонажам из трилогии. Главного злодея так вообще скорее хочется пожалеть, чем бояться и ненавидеть.
    ● Боевка стала получше, чем в трилогии, но если абстрагироваться и оценивать ее, как самостоятельную боевую систему, то она по-прежнему уныла (хоть и, повторюсь, динамичней, чем в трилогии)
    ● картинка приятная, но мир не реагирует на игрока: кусты не гнутся под колесами вездехода, etc

    Резюмируя: это провал. Захотели по-легкому срубить бабла прикрывшись названием. Не выйдет!
    p.s. зато геев запихнули, лесбиянок и всякий прочий мусор. Больше меньшинств, ура!    … Expand
  26. DragonDai
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    There are a lot of problems with this game. It's got some of the most amateur animations ever in an AAA game, sophomoric and cliched writing, phoned-in and dead voice acting, tired and boring quest structure, giant empty areas with little to nothing to do, repetitive tasks, boring squad mates, dumbing down of gameplay mechanics, lack of quick save, bugs, one of the worst character creatorsThere are a lot of problems with this game. It's got some of the most amateur animations ever in an AAA game, sophomoric and cliched writing, phoned-in and dead voice acting, tired and boring quest structure, giant empty areas with little to nothing to do, repetitive tasks, boring squad mates, dumbing down of gameplay mechanics, lack of quick save, bugs, one of the worst character creators in the last 10 years, performance issues, overly long transitions sequences, awful balancing, extremely awful pacing, awful scanning that's worse than the crap in ME2, some of the worst companion AI in any game ever, etc etc etc.

    I could go on and on about the flaws with this game and why these flaws matter and how Bioware/EA royally screwed the pooch here and how there is no system in this entire game that isn't without some sort of major flaw. But here's the thing. When you're actually playing the game...when you're not busy staring at a loading screen or a transition screen or rolling your eyes at the god awful animation/voice acting/writing/etc, you're liking having fun.

    And that's what's important, right? Fun? That's why we play video games? To have fun? You WILL have fun with this game. Whether it's you + 3 friends getting some coop multiplayer going or you out alone (cause your AI companions have died in the first 3 seconds of combat...again) against the hordes in single player, you will almost certainly be having a really really good time.

    In fact, you'll like be having a 7.5/10 sort of good time. If I had to compare MEA to another game, I'd compare it to Fallout 4. It was horribly disappointing for a lot of the diehard fans, there were a LOT of serious problems, but, at the end of the day, it was still a fun game worth the purchase.

    So if it's a 7.5/10 sort of game, why am I giving it a 4/10? Why am I writing a negative review? Well, two reasons. The first is that, despite their response since launch (which has been quite good), Bioware and EA behaved AWFULLY before launch. Some of the devs behind this game have acted in a way that would have gotten others in their field fired in a heartbeat. Truly awful behavior and truly reprehensible actions towards their paying customers and long time fan base.

    But more importantly, the second reason is that there is a sizable group of Bioware fans that absolutely will not hear ANY criticism of this game or Bioware as a company no matter how legit or reasonable said criticism is. Even the slightest break from the hive mind of "Perfect game 11/10!" is met with hate and scorn. It's **** disgusting. These people give gamers in general a bad name and they are 100% responsible for the state of the industry and **** like MEA. They are the reason this game is so subpar, because EA/Bioware knew they could farm out the fourth game in their biggest franchise to some B team that's never produced a full game before and no matter what quality the game ended up being, there would be enough of this type of fan to lap it up and defend the game regardless of criticism that it'd be a success.

    So yeah, 7.5/10 if you're JUST looking at the gameplay. 4/10 when you look at the bigger picture, everything included.    … Expand
  27. dmzhakov
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    Посмотрел трейлер, почитал отзывы и изучил стримы + почитал слив анон разраба. ВЫВОД: ни-о-чём
  28. PhoneyFree
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    Long time Bioware rpg fan KTOR 1/2, DA series, Mass Effect 1-3. Sorely disappointed and disillusioned. If you like action heavy multiplayer games then you'll probably enjoy this. If you like story rich "Role Playing Games" with freedom to create your own take on the protagonist and that has depth, engaging, compelling characters etc. then look elsewhere.

    Pro's: decent action/combat.    Long time Bioware rpg fan KTOR 1/2, DA series, Mass Effect 1-3. Sorely disappointed and disillusioned. If you like action heavy multiplayer games then you'll probably enjoy this. If you like story rich "Role Playing Games" with freedom to create your own take on the protagonist and that has depth, engaging, compelling characters etc. then look elsewhere.

    Pro's: decent action/combat. Cons: Underwhelming Story, Dull characters, cringe-worthy infantile dialogue. Really for pew, pew multiplayer action fans. Had to laugh when somebody here said it was like Blasto from the original series. Forgot about Blasto, but your not wrong my friend. I should go.    … Expand
  29. Deviance
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    This is not Mass Effect.The game with familiar names,merely to make the brand.Pros - good graphics,performance,mechanics and all.Technical problems,lots of bugs,ugly facial animations,boring story,very boring dialogue,baby dialogue,I don't know who wrote it it's very funny,no memory of the characters at all.Pretty monotonous gameplay,it comes down to scanning,go about scan,it.What theThis is not Mass Effect.The game with familiar names,merely to make the brand.Pros - good graphics,performance,mechanics and all.Technical problems,lots of bugs,ugly facial animations,boring story,very boring dialogue,baby dialogue,I don't know who wrote it it's very funny,no memory of the characters at all.Pretty monotonous gameplay,it comes down to scanning,go about scan,it.What the hell?You think it is interesting gameplay??The scan simulator!Empty locations,the spirit of inquiry do not have,for you have all opened.This game is even worse than No man's Sky in terms of exploration,No man's sky worse. 4/10 Worst game of the year,do not buy!… Expand
  30. Dummyurd
    Mar 24, 2017
    4
    I am torn about this game. Some Parts of the story and setting are really fun others just completely miss the mark.
    Same thing goes with graphics, a lot of the panoramas are look breathtaking but then there are the issues with facial animation and the clunky body animation.
    I personally would have preferred if the game focused more on the political problems that must be in an migration    I am torn about this game. Some Parts of the story and setting are really fun others just completely miss the mark.
    Same thing goes with graphics, a lot of the panoramas are look breathtaking but then there are the issues with facial animation and the clunky body animation.
    I personally would have preferred if the game focused more on the political problems that must be in an migration into already settled territory. (Different factions in the expedition forces as well as the natives give so much potential) It is touched upon in a lot of side content but the main content clearly is the fight that is already in the Helios-Cluster.
    The fighting in the game also has two sides. On one side I like the more pro active approach you can take with the versatile (if stale) character development and new found movement. But Teammate and Enemy AI as well as a flat progression for "the pathfinder" makes it pale against other recent action-rpgs.

    Without the technical problems of quests that get stuck and CTDs I would have given it a 6/10 but with the current bugs I had to subtract some points.    … Expand
  31. ShaneHido
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    Would have given it a 7 but had to go 4 to balance out all the 10 reviews. I checked a few of the users who gave it 10 and they are accounts created just to rate ME:A

    No big review needed here, all the points in the negative reviews are very valid to any masseffect/bioware fans. Writing left alot to be desired, your choices and relationships are very bland for a Bioware title.    Would have given it a 7 but had to go 4 to balance out all the 10 reviews. I checked a few of the users who gave it 10 and they are accounts created just to rate ME:A

    No big review needed here, all the points in the negative reviews are very valid to any masseffect/bioware fans.
    Writing left alot to be desired, your choices and relationships are very bland for a Bioware title.
    Definite PC culture presence here.
    Gameplay was very boring. Found myself rushing through the game towards the end just to beat it and get it over with.
    Hopefully they make a comeback with the next one.... hopefully.    … Expand
  32. mikehettfield
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    After 8 hours I can certanlly say that this games was Rushed, the gampleplay is the best in the series, but the story doesnt't make sense, the planets are deserts, I got bored at the 3rd hour, when are we going to learn space stuff is not ready yet? don't waste your money on nerd's games.
  33. JTJSGamer
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    Overhyped video game, that fails to deliver most of the expectations. You think a game that was delayed multiple times would have no technical issues, but Bioware manages to screw it up. Very disappointing game.
  34. PlayorNaygames
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    I love the Mass Effect series and had high hopes for this game, but ME: Andromeda is so buggy you would think it was developed by ants. I've experienced just about every type of bug I could think of, thankfully I was at least able to finish the game and my save file was okay. I can't believe a AAA game was released in this state. DA: inquisition wasn't shipped this way, not even close.I love the Mass Effect series and had high hopes for this game, but ME: Andromeda is so buggy you would think it was developed by ants. I've experienced just about every type of bug I could think of, thankfully I was at least able to finish the game and my save file was okay. I can't believe a AAA game was released in this state. DA: inquisition wasn't shipped this way, not even close.

    The strong point of the game is the combat, it's a lot more free flowing and fast paced the DA: Inquisition.. However, you do so much of it against the same handful of enemies it grows tedious over time and very easy. They needed a lot more enemy variety for a game this size.

    The graphics are fair, many worlds are barren (that's conveniently part of the story), but other areas have nice lighting effects. Animations are very dated and bad, with very few in-engine cut scenes compared to prior games. The game runs like ass, even on my set up (gtx 970, 16 gb ram, core I5, Samsung solid state drive), using the "auto detect" settings and has TONS of hidden load screens. They took all the pleasure out of exploring the galaxy by having 5 loading screens between going from 1 colony planet to another. It's atrocious design and will bore you. But that's not the only thing that drags down the game...

    The writing a big step down from the original trilogy. Ryder rarely has anything interesting to say in dialog wheels, but there are some moments here and there. I was disappointed I couldn't be as aggressive or persuasive in conversation as Shepard or other RPGs. Since dialog is mostly boring you will find yourself skipping it often (which is sad because this is my favorite thing in Bioware games). Also, there is A LOT more important information in the form of data pads/e-mails, ect. E.A./Bioware apparently wanted to save costs on voice acting, so much of the less generic info is in text, which is a shame.

    Oh, and btw the way, the ending is every bit as bad as ME 3, if you didn't like it's ending (I did). There are many unresolved plot points and this is a stand-alone game according to Bioware (wtf are we getting DLC? none is announced), which is disappointing. There is some cool info revealed in the end though, so it's worth getting to the end for that if you feel like you want to quit midway into the game like I did.

    There are some many pointless, repetitive side quests that I would recommend skipping. If you stick to the main quests you're going to have a much better time. Even then you can see they putt a lot of pointless backtracking and tons and tons of fighting the same easy enemies over and over to pad the game. You fight the 1 boss type there is in this games literally 5 different times. It's so lazy.

    Character progression is okay. It's largely copy/pasted from Mass Effect 3, which is disappointing, but you can mix and match powers from combat, tech, and biotics which is cool (although it hurts the story somewhat imho, as powers aren't used in dialog options like other ME/Bioware games). It's mostly boring passive stat boosts to you powers. I like that picking a class gives unique perks now and that you can reset your powers anytime. Melee combat is actually viable this time so being a Vanguard works really well, expect against big enemies which will still 1 shot you if you get too close.

    There's a weird garrison mission screen like in World of Warcraft called "strike teams". It's very lame, but thankfully you can skip it and not miss anything. The also have a system similar to the power system similar to DA: Inquisition, except it's not required to unlock new areas and is much less interesting as far as your choices are concerned.

    I didn't try multiplayer as it does not interest me, so please keep that in mind. I heard it's decent.

    All in all, I can only recommend this game to hardcore ME fans or people that love combat regardless of how repetitive it is and want to do multiplayer as well. The game is full of issues that won't be corrected by a patch or two. The game needed 6 months to a year more of development to iron out issues with numerous bugs as well as game design flaws, as the game doesn't seem to have made it out of late alpha before it was released.

    Here's to hoping we get updates to fix this game in the future. With no mod support like Fallout 4 had, well, only Bioware can bail themselves out.    … Expand
  35. mackz0r
    May 16, 2017
    4
    This is my first review, because I am so frustrated with this peace of **** right now... I heard somewhere that Bioware said they got influenced by Witcher 3. Well, I can't notice that anywhere in the game... I really liked ME 1-3, well written and interesting story, fun to play, played through the whole series and loved it, except ME3:s ending :)

    Bought ME:A on PS4. Don't know how it    This is my first review, because I am so frustrated with this peace of **** right now... I heard somewhere that Bioware said they got influenced by Witcher 3. Well, I can't notice that anywhere in the game... I really liked ME 1-3, well written and interesting story, fun to play, played through the whole series and loved it, except ME3:s ending :)

    Bought ME:A on PS4. Don't know how it runs on PC but on the PS4 it's crap. As soon as combat starts it lags alot, the FPS seems to drop remarkably, this almost alone makes the game unplayable for me. It's now patch 1.06 and the animations are still terrible. Im no "gameexpert" and usually don't care so much for the graphics, but in this game it's so bad so even I notice. The lighting sucks, like one part of the characters face is bright as hell and the other is dark. I haven't finished the game but so far the story is really uninteresting and the dialogue seems to sometimes been written by a 12-year old. I don't even know if I'm able to finish this ****.

    They said they were inspired by Witcher 3, what a **** lie... Well, why do they still have quests like find beacon on 5 different locations and so on like an MMO? Why have this piece of **** quests in a SP game? Who wants to run around in a SP-world and do this? Farming minerals in absurdum.

    And the countless bugs! Characters that are invisible when you talk to them, you are in combat all the time on the map so you cant fast travel and talk to NPC:s.

    So to sum it up:
    the story and the sidequests almost all sucks, no where near the quality in W3 they aimed for.
    bad FPS (PS4) which destroys the only thing that have been improved in the game; the combat.
    graphics, like the lighting and the lack of details and love in the world.
    in an rpg like this you need to have good animations, as it is now it sucks so hard you get distracted.
    dialogue is sometimes so bad and childish it's like a comedy, cant laugh though because I've spent 70$.
    MMO-quests (as in WoW) like collect 4 spacecrapthings on a map and get some XP is totally unfun.

    Maybe the combat and the graphics runs better on PC but the core of the game is still bad. You can put makeup on a pig, but it's still a pig. Though, the game is not a 1/10, some parts of the story is fine, the combatsystem and effects are ok.

    Thanks alot Bioware and EA for destroying the series!    … Expand
  36. Zurce
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    Una inesperada decepcion que falla en bastantes puntos de los que hicieron a sus predecesores grandes juegos, tecnicamente descuidado con elementos que lo llevan a ser comico por accidente, problemas de rendimiento y un online injugable convierten a este Mass Effect Andromeda en un producto muy mediocre

    Como puntos positivos se pueden destacar la carisma del universo con la que cuenta    Una inesperada decepcion que falla en bastantes puntos de los que hicieron a sus predecesores grandes juegos, tecnicamente descuidado con elementos que lo llevan a ser comico por accidente, problemas de rendimiento y un online injugable convierten a este Mass Effect Andromeda en un producto muy mediocre

    Como puntos positivos se pueden destacar la carisma del universo con la que cuenta la cual se gano el titulo de BioWare la pasada generacion y una jugabilidad entretenida (Pero no se trata de nada revolucionario)    … Expand
  37. Caerleon
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    The terrible continuation of the great saga. Perhaps I would rate higher if it was not Mass Effect.
    The horrible animation of people already know everything. Most likely this will not be fixed. I do not understand how it could pass quality control? This shows a disregard for the fans.
    In the original game, we were worried about Shepard. The characters in the Andromeda are plastic, not    The terrible continuation of the great saga. Perhaps I would rate higher if it was not Mass Effect.
    The horrible animation of people already know everything. Most likely this will not be fixed. I do not understand how it could pass quality control? This shows a disregard for the fans.

    In the original game, we were worried about Shepard. The characters in the Andromeda are plastic, not real. For them I do not want to worry.

    Yes, we were given the promised huge world. But it's empty. All tasks are monotonous. Go there and scan-> go there and scan-> go there and scan.

    I am very sad. I was waiting for some epic saga that would eclipse the adventures of Commander Shepard, but in fact I got some kind of No Man's Sky: Andromeda.    … Expand
  38. Soluafin
    Apr 7, 2017
    4
    Honest review incoming - no BS, emotions, or political whatever.

    If this was a standalone game made by whoever and was an original work, it'd probably score a 5 or 6. However since this is a continuation of a series from the same studio, there are expectations to meet and a precedent already set. Because of that, the game scores lower with 4. I'll explain in a bit more detail further    Honest review incoming - no BS, emotions, or political whatever.

    If this was a standalone game made by whoever and was an original work, it'd probably score a 5 or 6. However since this is a continuation of a series from the same studio, there are expectations to meet and a precedent already set. Because of that, the game scores lower with 4. I'll explain in a bit more detail further on.

    First off, the good:
    - A lot of this game looks great. The art and design of worlds and environments is pretty sharp and it makes exploring the open environment a bit more appealing.
    - The combat system is a bit more fun to play with than it was before. Although you have less abilities at the ready, you have more flexibility on what those abilities will be, and the combat is pretty fast paced and fluid so that it keeps you busy and engaged, depending on playstyle/abilities chosen.

    Okay, that's it for the good. Now for the bad:
    - We'll start easy: the music is boring. The soundtrack is tedious, uninspired, and simply falls flat most of the time. Compared to the previous ME games (sequels get compared to their predecessors), where the music set the mood and 'feel' for the game, Andromeda feels hollow by comparison.
    - Inventory management is stupid. Only your main character can equip and use gear/weapons, apparently no one else is allowed to use anything but what they bring with them. This is ridiculous because there is a LOT of weapons and items in the game, but they really all just go to a single character. And there is a limit to how much you can carry. It's an irritating mix to give a player loads of items, restrict them to using them on only one character, and set a limit to how much you can carry. Alone, most of those are fine, but all put together it makes loot annoying.
    - The UI is awful. A lot of the menus aren't intuitive at all, some are a bit misleading, and some information just isn't readily explained. It's annoying and there's no reason it couldn't have been simpler or follow typical game norms.
    - Bugs. Lots of bugs. I'm sure this will be fixed with time, so take that into consideration if you're reading all this and thinking of buying. But as of now/launch, there's tons of bugs in this game. Things appear and/or disappear, you can get locked in dialog while something attacks and kills you, characters float through objects, characters stand in a T pose during dialog, etc etc etc. Like I said: lots.
    - Animations are terrible. Not just facial animations, though those are terrible also, but just animations in general are bad. Running looks robotic. Most of the idling animations for characters are either really bad or don't exist. Various interacting animations fail to match up or even just load correctly. Facial and body animations during dialog are laughably bad, with most characters in conversations just standing still with arms at their sides the entire time like some kind of mannequin. Eyes seem to move at random moments and in random directions during dialog, so that sometimes characters look like a lizard on the lookout for a fly to eat. They sometimes even fail to face whatever they're talking to/about, which looks pretty silly and really takes you out of the game.
    - The dialog is truly awful. Not only does much of it seem like it was written by a twelve year old girl writing fan fiction, but much of the voice acting is completely flat, either lacking the emotion you'd expect in the situation, or having more emotion than seems fitting. Also, dialog options themselves are a disappointment, with very VERY few dialog options feeling like it had any significant impact on anything at all, AND with many dialog options being present different from the voice lines. For example: You select a convo option titled 'to hell with that', and your character not only never says those words, his response was actually in an agreeable tone and not a 'to hell' tone at all.
    - The writing and characters are just bad. The original ME games had amazing characters, a full fleshed out universe, and a compelling plot to chase after. Andromeda has none of those things at all and here's why it loses more points than it would have it didn't have Mass Effect in the name: they completely ignore a lot of the Mass Effect canon. I won't bother with examples, but suffice to say if you're fan of ME and it's lore, you'll notice these things and be disappointed. It's one thing to have a horrible story, but it's another to not even try to maintain the universe built in the previous games. The antagonist is transparent and uninspired, the new alien race additions are boring and generic. And overall, the story really does feel like fan fiction written by a twelve year old girl (two guys getting naked with each other for no rational reason at all, for example). Also some obvious politicking with subjects like bigotry and gender ID. Which would be okay if it fit, but it doesn't.

    Just wait until it's on sale - it won't be long.    … Expand
  39. ZicX
    May 9, 2017
    4
    Buying it used for 20$ last week , finished it on 83% around 44 hour gameplay.
    Dont waste your money for this game, at least not for a full price. This game only worth 20$ at max.
    So buy it used or wait for the price drop. I dont need to write what is good or bad about this game , its already have been known. So the verdict is , Decent combat/gameplay , and other aspect (crafting    Buying it used for 20$ last week , finished it on 83% around 44 hour gameplay.
    Dont waste your money for this game, at least not for a full price. This game only worth 20$ at max.

    So buy it used or wait for the price drop. I dont need to write what is good or bad about this game , its already have been known.

    So the verdict is , Decent combat/gameplay , and other aspect (crafting ,UI,story,graphic,etc) is just mediocre or bad.    … Expand
  40. Merostin
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    This deserves no Mass Affection.

    I keep it short:

    ME1, ME2, ME3 are about story, characters, species and relations between the latter two.

    ME Andromeda tries to be the same, but it also includes new gameplay layers due to its focus on an outdated openworld concept. The result: It fails at both ME's core elements (see above) and at being a great openworld game.

    Sad, but true.
  41. LucvdM
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    When reviewing a game, a lot of it will be subjective because art is subjective for the most part. But what is not subjective is the technological aspect of the game. The graphics, the gameplay, the animations, the bugs, the performance, etc.

    Sadly, ME:A is objectively mediocre at best in those departments. The environmental graphics are stunning, but the characters look cartoony and    When reviewing a game, a lot of it will be subjective because art is subjective for the most part. But what is not subjective is the technological aspect of the game. The graphics, the gameplay, the animations, the bugs, the performance, etc.

    Sadly, ME:A is objectively mediocre at best in those departments. The environmental graphics are stunning, but the characters look cartoony and out of place, especially with the terrible animations. The gameplay is decent, not perfect but not bad either. It feels a lot like ME1's gameplay but faster and more action-packed. Sadly the game has plenty of glitches and bugs, mostly of graphical nature but in general the game feels very rough around the edges. Performance-wise, the game is also rather poorly optimized. You need a beast of a machine to play this game on 'ultra' while honestly it doesn't look better than The Witcher 3 or Dragon Age: Inquisition (which both had much less extreme hardware requirements).

    If we look at the open-world exploration aspect of ME:A, there's much left to be desired there too. The world look graphically stunning, but the things to do feel like busywork and things get pretty repetitive and can sometimes feel like a grind. This is especially obvious after having played The Legend of Zelda; Breath of the Wild, a game that really set a new standard for open-world games and really managed to make open-world exploration fun! ME:A just falls kinda short in that aspect compared to Zelda BoTW.

    Then there's the writing, which is a bit more of a subjective thing (some people love BioWare's writing, others hate it), but even so, some of the dialogue feels objectively awkward and out of place, with sometimes rather questionable delivery. Several times I felt "wow, a real person would never say that" or "a real person would never say it that way". I have some objections with the main story too, but I won't be going into that here. I will say however that in my opinion ME:A has the worst main story in any Mass Effect game to date. The story feels like a rip-off from DA:I and not as well thought out.    … Expand
  42. AnnaBorshen
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    The technical problems of the game are things that should've been fixed before release. The technical issues can be fixed with patches and updates though. However, you can't patch horrible dialogue and amateur voice acting. A below average game, made by a below average development team. I want my money and my time back.
  43. nabnab1305
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    While the game does live up to the mass effect name, it completely falls apart in the standards that any 2017 game should be expected to meet. With horrible bugs, expect to see characters in the wrong sport or simply missing in cutscenes, but they are hardly worth watching anyway. The facial animations are horrendous, the audio constantly glitching and not syncing to the characters, andWhile the game does live up to the mass effect name, it completely falls apart in the standards that any 2017 game should be expected to meet. With horrible bugs, expect to see characters in the wrong sport or simply missing in cutscenes, but they are hardly worth watching anyway. The facial animations are horrendous, the audio constantly glitching and not syncing to the characters, and the characters themselves having god awful writing making them uninteresting and annoying.… Expand
  44. kasperyan
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    После того, как Шепард стал героем, все вздохнули с облегчением и решили, что на этом история закончилась и придется до скончания веков играть в старую трилогию, пока новая 1024-разрядная версия Windows в 2183 году не откажется запускать игру даже на эмуляторах.
    Но 15 июня 2015 года на очередной выставке достижений сельского хозяйства было объявлено, что следующая часть находится в    После того, как Шепард стал героем, все вздохнули с облегчением и решили, что на этом история закончилась и придется до скончания веков играть в старую трилогию, пока новая 1024-разрядная версия Windows в 2183 году не откажется запускать игру даже на эмуляторах.
    Но 15 июня 2015 года на очередной выставке достижений сельского хозяйства было объявлено, что следующая часть находится в разработке.После чего нас накормили подозрительными тизерами. Покуда персонажи находились в шлемах, все выглядело нормально, но вот когда на экране крупным планом возникало любое лицо... Более того, Mass Effect: Andromeda даже по написанию походило на Dragon Age: Inquisition, а трейлеры еще больше подкрепляли уверенность, что на выходе мы получим новую Mass Effect: Inquisition.
    21 марта 2017 года состоялся торжественный запуск Райдера в Андромеду, Итог: тонны ненависти. Генератор персонажей превратился в генератор дегенератов. Все предлагаемые лица страдают лупоглазием и обширным дибилизмом в терминальной стадии. Интернет заполонили полчища анимаций с хромыми и убогими персонажами. Особо отличился момент, когда очковая азари стреляет по летающему дрону из пистолета, направленного дулом ей же в лицо — вероятно, это попытка суицида при виде страшного лица главгероя.
    Несмотря на то, что галактика другая и вы первопроходец, планеты уже заселены всякими кроганами, все двери сделаны по чертежам старого массыфекта, а находимые припасы почему-то подходят к вашей технике. Видимо ГОСТы Млечного Пути были заблаговременно разосланы по всей вселенной. В диалогах «лишний ствол» во все поля, поэтому отыгрывать тупо не интересно. Но методом аутотренинга и медитаций можно убедить себя в том, что не все так плохо и где-нибудь на восьмидесятом часу игра раскроется и все ахнут. Романтические линии никому теперь не сдались, ибо фапабельность персонажей достигла нуля, а кое-где и отрицательных значений. На фоне пластиковых людей и уродских азари, привлекательными начали выглядеть турианки. В следующей части мы, видимо, дое*емся до мышей и будем романсить с кроганами. Сцены секса есть, но удовольствие от созерцания квадратных задниц еще то. Существование игры оправдывает только возможность наделать космических скриншотов для рабочего стола. Космос красив.
    Объективно, игра не так уж и плоха. Ходим, катаемся, прыгаем, стреляем, сношаемся, помогаем чинить проводку, сканируем — в общем, играть можно. И если бы эту игру сделала какая-нибудь другая компания и назвала ее просто «Андромеда», то фанаты масс эффекта ее просто облизывали бы. Но для игры с приставкой Mass Effect синдромы завышенных ожиданий делают свое дело. С одной стороны, игра ориентирована на фанатов серии (отсылочки присутствуют россыпью), а с другой стороны, именно фанатам игра и не нравится.    … Expand
  45. ilovegames15
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    Sorry but can't go with theses animations who are essential for the story, the choices are not impactful, the gameplay is ok, better than on previous mass effect but it's not enough to be very enjoyable.
    At least the game is beautiful,
  46. BeyondLogic
    Apr 24, 2018
    4
    At first I had this game ranked as an 8. Unfortunately that honeymoon phase has worn off and what is left is a clear picture that this game was simply unfinished. The first three, last two in particular, were masterpieces. Unforgettable journeys through space with a brilliant cast. Andromeda is just plain disappointing and at times terrible. A hard fall from grace for one of gaming'sAt first I had this game ranked as an 8. Unfortunately that honeymoon phase has worn off and what is left is a clear picture that this game was simply unfinished. The first three, last two in particular, were masterpieces. Unforgettable journeys through space with a brilliant cast. Andromeda is just plain disappointing and at times terrible. A hard fall from grace for one of gaming's greatest franchises.… Expand
  47. TennesseeTuxedo
    Mar 22, 2017
    4
    I've sunk several hours in the game, with plenty more to go so I'll update my review when I'm done.

    The game has me wanting to trudge on further into the story and the worlds but it in no way has me mesmerized of likes of great RPGs like the other MEs and Bethesda games. I haven't noticed the animations issues too much, although I don't pay as much attention to those as others might    I've sunk several hours in the game, with plenty more to go so I'll update my review when I'm done.

    The game has me wanting to trudge on further into the story and the worlds but it in no way has me mesmerized of likes of great RPGs like the other MEs and Bethesda games.

    I haven't noticed the animations issues too much, although I don't pay as much attention to those as others might and I find myself cutting the through the boring, droning dialog. One thing many of the reviews have spot on is the writing is very poor. Not sure what happened but writing is a cornerstone of any RPG and this is full of sophomoric one-liners and lacks character and story development, seriousness and sophistication. Critical people die and every one looks on as if nothing happened. The characters appear young, younger than prior installments, so maybe they are supposed to be wonder teens or something and this explains the lack of interesting dialog. But it's bad. You feel like you are missing nothing by clicking the space bar.

    The characters and NPCs are god awful ugly, I mean maybe the ugliest I have ever seen rendered in a game. I don;t know if they have poor artists, bad tools, or its the political correctness gone wild that some talk about but there is nothing to look at in this game. If you are enticed by the warnings of nudity and strong sexual content look elsewhere as there is nobody here at all, male or female, that you'd want to see naked. If this is political correctness I don't know what they are trying to prove. I don't look like eye candy hollywood stars/model but I certainly like to look at them and don't feel devalued because pretty people happen to be in my video game.

    I like the combat, however the first aliens you come across look like something out of Dragon Age and not a sci fi.

    I never spend much time with character creation but for those that do, they really dumbed it down, it looks you get the choice of a head, that's it!

    I'll re-post when I get through more of the game but have some bad feelings about it so far.    … Expand
  48. cloud1123
    Mar 28, 2017
    4
    Users are trying to defend this game like it's GOTY material the truth is, it's just mediocre and i bet this won't win the GOTY.
    Played the game for 30hrs now and let me put it this way, the game focuses on narrative and that is what the mass effect franchise is. This means that facial animation, dialogue, morality and difficult choices play the core vital role. The 5 yr development    Users are trying to defend this game like it's GOTY material the truth is, it's just mediocre and i bet this won't win the GOTY.
    Played the game for 30hrs now and let me put it this way, the game focuses on narrative and that is what the mass effect franchise is. This means that facial animation, dialogue, morality and difficult choices play the core vital role. The 5 yr development should have focused on those parts and not multiplayer/micro-transactions/combat and environmental aesthetics. Yes those are nice to have but this is a MASS EFFECT an RPG genre game and not some shooter/instagram vista photo-op game. Morality and choice also should have played a role as it will deepen and make the characters more likeable.
    And who filrts like this..
    “You definitely have an interesting perspective on the interplay between faith and science.”
    who says that.. dialogue please!
    The fetch side quest is just terrible i would love it if they took a little bit of consideration crafting it weaving through a mini story and not just some go here and get me x number of stuff.
    I never felt that i needed to take any of my crew mate in certain maps. I remember back in mass effect 2, i was torn in choosing who to bring in a mission because it was a Krogan planet but here. Meh same crew from start to finish. no reason to change. i try to be a douche bag to them but no reaction wtf? where are the tough choices with reason and weight. Everything feels rushed why to compete with horizon,zelda,nioh,nier? IF that is the reason for not delaying this massive project then i pity the dev teams. Just a delay for another 3months to polish things would have made this a real gem.

    People are saying animations can be patched well stfu have you worked in animation? do you know how hard to do the whole thing again? it doesn't solve in a patch update it requires either an overhaul of the entire game.

    This long rant is because i value the work BioWare has given its gamers but this game is not upon their standards nor worthy of the Mass Effect franchise. This should have been another IP instead.    … Expand
  49. ElleryHQ
    May 31, 2019
    4
    Безумно скучная игра. Слабый сюжет, сильно деградирующая диалоговая система, скучный гг, система развития неспособная заинтересовать в повторном прохождении, бестолковые сайдквесты. Ну и убогая анимация и ОГРОМНОЕ количество багов (серьезно, я такого давно не видел). Развлекают только стычки с врагами, но их малое разнообразие еще более удручает. Все мог исправить интересный финальный бой,Безумно скучная игра. Слабый сюжет, сильно деградирующая диалоговая система, скучный гг, система развития неспособная заинтересовать в повторном прохождении, бестолковые сайдквесты. Ну и убогая анимация и ОГРОМНОЕ количество багов (серьезно, я такого давно не видел). Развлекают только стычки с врагами, но их малое разнообразие еще более удручает. Все мог исправить интересный финальный бой, но все, что от тебя требует игра, это пробежать от точки А до точки Б, попутно убив с дюжину самых обыденных противников. Фиаско.… Expand
  50. DeRui
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    I feel like I was deceived. The game is a lot new, and it's good. Let's remember all that we loved Mass Effect for. The game was a drama, a beautiful story, each character had a soul and personal tragedies. In the new game, I did not see this. I did not hear the pain in my voice, I did not see the tears and emotions on their faces. I do not believe in the drama of the people of Andromeda.I feel like I was deceived. The game is a lot new, and it's good. Let's remember all that we loved Mass Effect for. The game was a drama, a beautiful story, each character had a soul and personal tragedies. In the new game, I did not see this. I did not hear the pain in my voice, I did not see the tears and emotions on their faces. I do not believe in the drama of the people of Andromeda.

    Of course, there are pluses. The fighting became interesting. But this is the only plus. But this advantage does not interest me.

    I expected a new story with great emotions. And what did I get? Forgery.

    I'm deceived.    … Expand
  51. FullTiltGamer
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let me start with this: the mainstream critics' average score for this game, as of the writing of this review is 7.4/10. Now, knowing that said critics are essentially part of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the companies that create products they review, this should tell you just how bad this game really is. Despite that, let's take a closer look.

    Playability: My main gripe with this game is the sheer disinterest the "B-Team" at BioWare took when creating the U.I. and menus. Everything is so cluttered and unorganized it makes the most rudimentary task a tedious chore. Removal of the power wheel and the introduction of a three-limit/favorites list of powers is a confusing divergence from something I'm sure every player took as a staple to the experience. BioWare has literally removed any use your squadmates offered in combat. Speaking of combat, though the mobility added a much needed touch, heavy reliance on this idea turned what once felt like a tactical shooter, into a sub-par third-person arcade shooter that is easily outshone by the likes of Tomb Raider and Uncharted.

    Story: Possibly the only highlight of the game, I personally found the main story to be compelling and emotional. It kept me interested to the very end and kept me holding my controller on binges a bit longer. However, every sidequest - if one may call them that, given the messy Journal menu that broke them into seven different categories - felt very uninspired and lacking, save for a small handful (such as a certain murder investigation). Assuming one can ignore the obvious political and social commentary trying to be pushed by the regressive writers of this game, it was pretty good. On another note, after researching The Witcher 3 as they claim, apparently nudity was all the developers learned from CD Projekt Red, because sidequest-narrative-importance was non-existent.

    Multiplayer: This one is particularly enraging. For a good long while, BioWare assured us that the great leaps and strides made in Multiplayer for Dragon Age: Inquisition would be fully translated into the Mass Effect universe for Andromeda; the only thing of note in the Multiplayer is the blatant carbon-copy of ME:3's multiplayer: 4 people, boxed into and arena, fighting waves (3 less than ME:3, mind you), and doing unimaginative "missions" every few waves or so, and spend outrageous amounts of virtual currency for stuff that should have been unlocked to begin with.

    Graphics & Environments: Wow. I remember all the hate Fallout 4 got for it's crappy character models, bland colors and outdated graphics within supposedly the smallest map Bethesda ever made. Mass Effect: Andromeda, to me, seemed to fill much of this criteria even more-so than FO4; while the environments look spectacular on the macro-scale, a close look at anything on any planet just looks ... meh. In Fallout 4 you did get a relatively smaller map, but it was cram-packed with a zillion things to do and see, whereas Andromeda feels like a giant empty space with only one real point of interest on its many" planets". Character models, and especially the character creation tool itself, are preposterous letdowns with absolutely nothing to show for them, other than how much women look like men. Animations are lackluster at best, and a downright insult to fans at their worst.

    Sounds/Music/Voice: If the B-Team was shooting par-for-the-course, the many sounds of ME:A are essentially bogeys; nothing memorably good or bad, unless my personal love for Natalie Dormer is something others share.

    Verdict: 4.5/10 - Racist crew members and amateur animators aside, Mass Effect Andromeda was a letdown from the get-go and nothing my 100+ hours did anything to alleviate the obvious: an SJW-fueled, incompetent body-snatcher took over the controls at BioWare and made Andromeda before handing the remote back to the A-Team. This has to be the case, because if BioWare knowingly and willingly handed the stick to these people, than they are in for a rude awakening when their next IP or sequel drops.    … Expand
  52. Jynx182
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    From the lack of options for character creation, to the slow moving story, this game seems very rushed. I am a very big fan of Mass Effect 1-3, but this barely compares. Not a fan, would not recommend.
  53. chrissu
    Mar 24, 2017
    4
    Not a Mass Effect game. I'll put it like this: bad writing, terrible animations, decent game play (that's why it has 4/10) , but this is not Mass Effect. Better find a new brand name for this.
  54. TheDavidJW
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    I’m a huge fan of the original Mass Effect series. I’ve played all three games through at least 6 times (once for each class) with 2 and 3 getting closer to a dozen. To say I was anticipating ME:A would be a gross understatement.

    To say I am overwhelmingly disappointed with ME:A would also be a gross understatement. Summary Those fearing a “Dragon Age: Inquisition” in space were    I’m a huge fan of the original Mass Effect series. I’ve played all three games through at least 6 times (once for each class) with 2 and 3 getting closer to a dozen. To say I was anticipating ME:A would be a gross understatement.

    To say I am overwhelmingly disappointed with ME:A would also be a gross understatement.

    Summary
    Those fearing a “Dragon Age: Inquisition” in space were right to do so, as this is exactly like DA:I, with some of the names of game mechanics changed and some elements actually worse, although combat is better. The storyline is alright and the main plot has some interesting points, but it’s far too short. The worlds and settings truly are beautiful; however, the technical issues are rampant and the game really feels like it was not finished. Framerate drops are the norm (on Xbox One). The game locked up and had to be force quit a number of times. Enemies would manifest inside walls, making it difficult or impossible to kill them. And characters in conversations would often overlap on screen, literally standing inside one another. BioWare should have stuck with a tighter, more linear story instead of trying for the “huge” open world of which they’re so proud. It didn’t work well for this title. Read on for details.

    Story
    The main story is just ok. It’s a pretty typical sci-fi storyline, but that’s not really its problem. The problem is that it feels too short. I would estimate I spent maybe 12-15 of my 80+ hours on the main story. And that includes all of the introductory exposition and talking to everyone. I played one mission where I faced the main baddie for the first time and thought I was about halfway through the primary storyline. Turns out that was the second to last mission. It was very disappointing.

    Combat
    Combat is probably the one saving grace in the game, at least for me. The combat is very fluid and, as promised, very dynamic. It’s very hard to just hunker down in cover as in previous titles. The jump jet adds a great mechanic for evading when needed. I didn’t use it much to hover and shoot enemies, as I found it hard to line up and shoot before the system dropped me back down. Very effective for slower enemies but not as much for the rest. I really enjoyed the melee in this game, much more than previous titles. If nothing else, melee was a great way to vent my increasing frustration with the game.

    Loyalty Missions
    The missions themselves offer a good opportunity to interact with the squad. I did grow to like the squad characters, so these were fun. However, these aren’t a single mission, as before. They are numerous small quests that eventually culminate in the actual mission itself. And this can take forever. In most cases, the mission will go “On Hold” while the character absorbs some fact or material that you gathered. I had one character’s loyalty quest take almost the entire game, longer than even the main storyline. And having loyalty doesn’t seem to have consequence either way.

    Side Quests
    These are another huge letdown. There are dozens if not hundreds of side quests in the game, to fill in the “huge” semi-open world. Sadly, many if not most of them are incredibly tedious. And to add on, they just take way too long. Step after step after step, chasing across the galaxy to the point that another step would have me yelling at the TV “For the love of God!” because the quest wouldn’t end. Way too much time spent on things that had little or no relevance.

    Planet Scanning
    Scanning makes a return from previous titles, and they’ve somehow managed to make it better and worse at the same time. The galaxy map is visually stunning; however, it's incredibly slow, with transitions taking up to a minute for each planet or system visited. Add to this the fact that the only benefit to scanning this time is either XP or a small packet of crafting materials in the form of minerals or components, and BioWare has managed to remove any reason for doing it. They claimed they wanted to make the game about exploring, but completely removed the motivation for doing so.

    Romance
    BioWare promised a hugely different romance system, but it really is the same as it’s been in all of the ME titles and the more recent DA:I. You talk to character(s) that strike your fancy. You flirt with them. And eventually you get together. The problem is that the steps in the romance are once again gated by the story. The flirting moves quite quickly. However, if you wait to finish the main storyline, then the romance just stalls, at least with the characters that I romanced. I don’t understand why they didn’t just gate the romance on itself. If you’re progressing, and the character likes you, what does it matter if you finish the massive battle with the big bad guy? It was disappointing for something they touted as new and fresh.    … Expand
  55. KerTilz
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    К большому огорчению игра ориентирована на 14-16 летних. Сюжет, диалоги, мотивация персонажей отлично зайдут для подростков. Все поверхностно, просто и проходит БЕЗ ПОСЛЕДСТВИЙ. Если ME 1-3 были играми о выборе и ответственности, то Андромеда всего лишь шутер с элементами прокачки и гринда. Жаль, что от BioWare осталось только имя.

    Как продолжение серии Mass Effect тянет на 4. Если бы    К большому огорчению игра ориентирована на 14-16 летних. Сюжет, диалоги, мотивация персонажей отлично зайдут для подростков. Все поверхностно, просто и проходит БЕЗ ПОСЛЕДСТВИЙ. Если ME 1-3 были играми о выборе и ответственности, то Андромеда всего лишь шутер с элементами прокачки и гринда. Жаль, что от BioWare осталось только имя.

    Как продолжение серии Mass Effect тянет на 4. Если бы она вышла без этого слогана в наименовании - 6 баллов.    … Expand
  56. Aristurtle
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    I liked the original trilogy and even though the issues we had with ME3, the game still did right by fans of the series. I wish I could say the same of ME:A but a generally rushed feeling lets this game down.

    I do believe the creators of mass effect andromeda meant to live up to fans expectations but quite simply put they did not. Theres a number of keys issues ranging from graphical    I liked the original trilogy and even though the issues we had with ME3, the game still did right by fans of the series. I wish I could say the same of ME:A but a generally rushed feeling lets this game down.

    I do believe the creators of mass effect andromeda meant to live up to fans expectations but quite simply put they did not. Theres a number of keys issues ranging from graphical glitches, a cell shaded type of texture (Ive tried tweaking all my graphics settings and cant seem to find a resolution), poor dialogue/facial animations (This is an rpg after all, immersion and story is key), AI glitches that break immersion/ kill the tempo.

    If this had been from a smaller studio of less talented developers then I would have more sympathy and understanding but due to the budget of this title and the creation time, I expected quite a high calibre of content.

    Simply put ME:A is a poor attempt to carry on/revamp the series. Accepting this from a AAA studio is not on. Those giving this 1/10 and 10/10 alike have their own agendas to push I believe. Honestly I would give this game an honest 4 as I believe it is a blatant money grab to ride off the series while leaving the content hollow and generally unmoving.    … Expand
  57. sunnysunnyho
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    When I first heard about Andromeda in E3 2015, I was really excited about it. But not until, I learnt that Casey Hudson (who directed the trilogy) left the game with a few other senior staff who developed the trilogy (e.g. Preston Watamanuk- lead designer, David Falkner - lead programmer, Mac Walters- lead writer). At that time I thought, OH MY GOD, the director(s) of the new team has toWhen I first heard about Andromeda in E3 2015, I was really excited about it. But not until, I learnt that Casey Hudson (who directed the trilogy) left the game with a few other senior staff who developed the trilogy (e.g. Preston Watamanuk- lead designer, David Falkner - lead programmer, Mac Walters- lead writer). At that time I thought, OH MY GOD, the director(s) of the new team has to be very very careful in designing Andromeda. Very likely that they will be people who are inexperienced of making AAA games or they simply cannot handle big projects like this Mass Effect reboot. They may think they can, but that doesn't mean they actually can. Most important, after 3 mass effect games, fans have built a certain expectation, high hopes if you like.

    My worries have come true. Andromeda is a disappointment, especially, it is a game trying to reboot the AAA series. I am a big fan of the original mass effect series. Firstly, it is because I enjoy exploring different galaxies, meeting different species, learn about their characters, conflicts and politics. Secondly, during that 40-50 hour gameplay (per game), I could establish a deep emotional connection, pretty much, with most of the characters. I didn't reply the series, and the last time I played ME3 was more than 5 years ago but the story, the characters and, of course, the crap endings are all still pretty much in my head.

    The most frustration point is Andromeda has so many potential and opportunities to be a superb, or even the best, highest ranked game ever. The fact that the game designer thought of exploring a new galaxy could mean many new species, new politics, new wars, new personalities, new characters, new conflicts. But they all are missed by the new development team!! Yes, you can explore new planets. Nevertheless, the new open world maps are big to be BIG, full of empty spaces and repeat buildings and structures and the side missions are all pretty much the same in all 4 planets. Boring and tedious, a well known problem in other RPG games. Due to poor writing, the characters are all more like passers-by, no emotions, no love, no connection. The combat is great (with super bio-power and tech), but you can't even customise your teammates! Don't even mention about facial animations, even mass effect 1 is better than Andromeda. I thought, I was playing a 15-year game but with HD resolution. The story isn't too bad actually, but the story missions are repetitive. All these issues mentioned above would have never been missed by an experienced development team. Sadly, the best talents (created the trilogy) left Bioware, left EA and it is difficult or nearly impossible to find a replacement for them. Not only they knew what they were doing and they got the experience but I admire their teamwork spirit in making the trilogy. The great Mass Effect is likely to be history without the original development team members.    … Expand
  58. Aldo_Drako
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    This game is just such a disappointment . Average game .... For Mass Effect game its a bad game , very bad game ... 5 years of developing ....facepalm
  59. Xirsa
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Right out of the front gate, Andromeda has one glaring issue: the character generator. It's disgustingly limited, and all of the starting templates are as unattractive as they can possibly be, which makes the limitations that much more infuriating. Dragon Age Inquisition had the option to not only change the shape of the eyes, nose, and mouth, but it also gave you a "sculpting" option that made it very easy to customize the character. Andromeda has none of that, limiting you to being able to change the "size" of the eyes, nose, and mouth, but not the shape. This means you have to pick whichever ugly template is the least ugly and try to work with it to make it attractive, which is a chore to say the least.

    The next problem comes in with writing and character development. Halfway through the game I had a realization that left a bad taste in my mouth. I didn't give a crap about any of the characters except for Alec Ryder, Jaal, and Vetra. I didn't even care about Ryder. And this comes down to terrible writing. The characters are, for the most part, cardboard. Vetra and Jaal were the only members of your team that were even remotely relatable, and even that fell short because the dialogue for almost all of the characters is cringy at best, and straight up awful at worst. And that terrible dialogue carries into the romances, making them either too brief or unbearably cheesy.

    The next major problem Andromeda has is the tedious nature of the game. Everything from the conversations with your crew to the side quests and the gathering are teeth-grindly tedious. In Bioware's other games, I would look forward to chatting with my crew, but in Andromeda, the dialogue problems and the cardboard personalities make the conversations a chore. Speaking of chores, the side quests are nothing short of that. Every area of the game has very MMO-like side quests that have you running around the planets doing a bunch of random things for people that are, in no way, helpful to the story and feel like padding. It was almost as if Bioware shoved all of these quests in and said, "Here, load the game up with sidequests so that players will be so busy doing them that they won't notice how lazy we were with this game!" But the final and most annoying tedium comes in with exploring planets and gathering resources. When you enter a new system, there are several planets and anomalies you can find, which is fine. What ISN'T fine is how LONG it takes to approach the new system and the planets. Every time you click on a system or a planet, there is an unskippable sequence of your ship slowly (and I mean SLOWLY) approaching said planet or system. That makes something that should take a few minutes take up to half an hour.

    I won't go into the graphical problems because everyone has hammered that in, but suffice it to say that all of those complaints are well-founded, along with several other major issues that make the game unplayable in certain places. Whole quest chains that cannot be done because you can't talk to the person who starts it. Parts of a quest that don't trigger properly and make the quest unbeatable. Then there's the dialogue issues where dialogue just doesn't play. If this were a low-budget game, these issues may be excusable, but this game cost 40 million dollars to make, so there is NO excuse.

    Now to what the game did right: the combat and the Alec Ryder story. As many problems as the game has, I can't deny that it's a freaking blast to play. The combat is smooth, the customization of the powers is great, and the boss battles are some of best I've ever seen. They are just challenging enough to be fun and leave you satisfied when you finally win. The only gripe I have is the fact that you can only have 3 abilities active at a time, which limits how much you're able to take advantage of the customization. This is only a small problem, however.

    Now on to Alec Ryder. In this player's humble opinion, HE should have been the main character. His story about trying to save his wife's life is, perhaps, one of the most interesting things about the game, and he is one of the only truly three-dimensional characters. A whole game could have been made around Alec traveling the galaxy trying like hell to find what he needs to save his wife. It wouldn't have been anything HUGE like destroying the Reapers, but it would have been a relatable story, especially with how human Alec feels in comparison to the cardboard characters in Andromeda.

    All in all, I'd give this game a 4/10 because SOME things did work, but the few things that do work do NOT make up for the severe shortcomings of the rest of the game.    … Expand
  60. Hirdannen
    Mar 31, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Note: This review is based on the first 9-hours, since I couldn't manage to play anymore than that.

    As a huge fan of the Mass Effect trilogy and someone who still plays the 3 games occasionnely, I couldn't help but compare Andromeda to its forebears. And Andromeda feels cheap. I don't know where the time and the money went, because they barely had any new models (except for Angaran & Kerth weapons). Krogans, Asaris, Turians.. All the characters seem imported straight from Mass Effect 1 with just higher textures. Mass Effect 2 and 3 had more variety in terms of alien species.

    Animation is minimum, at the same level than Mass Effect 1. But Mass Effect 1 was 10 years ago. I won't spend time talking about that since any meme on the internet shows the problem of the animation in Mass Effect Andromeda.

    Writing is barely at a minimum. Actually, I was hooked in the beginning. Sleeping for 600 years and falling in an unknown galaxy which is actually less hospitable than expected ? That looked awesome. I even liked the first encounter with the Kerth, where you hesitate between shooting or waiting for any gesture of diplomacy. I liked alien gigantic-structures which could transform an entire world, it was an enticing mystery. The Kerth looked good enough, even if not really original.

    The Nexus and the Angaran meeting obliterated any interest I had in the story. The Nexus felt robotic, like if no one cared about the situation. I mean if you compare to ME3's depicition of the Reaper War, you know that ambiance is very important for immersion.In MEA, no one seemed to really care about the fact they were all stranded in an unknown galaxy, cut off from their arks, without much food, fighting against each other (I mean, there was a mutiny !) and floating in space. The very few people you meet just don't care.

    And the Angarans... I was really anticipating meeting a new race (after the Kerth of course). How would they react ? How would we communicate ? It could have been a major plot event. It was the most ridiculous depiction of inter-species discovery I have ever seen in a movie/game. It was filled with completely unexplained and illogical elements such as "How can the Angarans all talk our language just minutes after our landing ?". Even their chief. Even any Quest-giving PNJ you meet afterward !

    Also they say that the Kerth were the first alien race they ever encountered before the Initiative. And yet, they didn't put protection in place, they let me walk straight to their leader (I was a damn biotic ! I didn't need weapons to crush him if I that was what I wanted). I asked them to see the vault and they answered without any kind of reservation about it, just a mere 3 minutes after I began to speak. I felt like I was just meeting a human sergent on a human planet and it was just a normal secondary quest giver. There was absolutely no sense of immersion whatsoever and it was a damn shame. I can also talk about all the Angarans who seem eager to give you quests on the way back, even if they shouldn't be able to speak my language and they had all the reasons in the world to be suspicious of aliens. I'm not even talking about the fact that the Initiative is not 1 alien race, but more than 5 together and no Angaran seemed to care or take note of this. Maybe they're blind and see humans, asaris and krogans as similar ?

    The worlds you visit feel fake and I was like playing ME1 again, even if the vehicle is far easier to handle and graphics are upgraded. It felt more like a remaster of ME1 in that aspect.

    Combat is... weaker than ever. Jetpacks felt like a unexplained addition to the combat system, like adding jump abilities to CoD. In ME123, ennemies have more or less the same abilities you have (at least most ofthem). You know what to expect from them, and you are at a similar level. But in MEA, strangely only you have jetpacks. And your mates. Which means ennemies are stuck to the ground while you fly and dodge like a madman around the battlefield. I found that extremely hard to believe. I do love the acceleration provided by the jetpack of course, like any gamer playing Titanfall would praise the "walk-on-wall" mobility, but I felt my immersion broken when thinking about why I wasthe only one using that. Beside, the ennemies are not designed to fight a jetpack-equipped player, for sure. It feels like playing classical CoD during WWII with a jetpack ! It feels like it was not part of the combat design.

    AI is still stupid, haven't changed since ME1. Allies are worse than ever because now the orders you give them are so few that their inability cannot be compensated by your intervention. Allies standing on rocks instead of taking cover behind them is the pinnacle of the flaws of this system for me. Enemy AI was weak in ME1 but at least they were dangerous.
    I reached the limit for my review, but I had a lot more things to say.    … Expand
  61. aaronreaction
    Apr 1, 2017
    4
    so I bought this game despite watching my fair share of video reviews since despite the concerns about character animation and repetitive missions, it actually looked like a really good space adventure, blockbuster type of game. I really wanted to like this, and kept telling myself it was too soon to judge, maybe the game has to get into full swing before you can really get into it.
    A few    so I bought this game despite watching my fair share of video reviews since despite the concerns about character animation and repetitive missions, it actually looked like a really good space adventure, blockbuster type of game. I really wanted to like this, and kept telling myself it was too soon to judge, maybe the game has to get into full swing before you can really get into it.
    A few hours in, after beginning the main mission of colonization, I was hoping for some kind of rewarding process where you build a base up but it was just more of the same - 'go here,press triangle.go there, press triangle again. now shoot these aliens. dialogue. repeat. ' After a day and a night of playing, I just found myself wanting to trade it in for a game that was getting consistent good reviews. I'm willing to look past shoddy animation and repetition, but I simpy wasn't having enough fun to continue. maybe if the story was grabbing me, maybe I would have carried on..    … Expand
  62. ZeroGemini
    Apr 1, 2017
    4
    This is my first Mass Effect game. Going against my better judgment and giving into my friends constant overhyping of this game I decided to buy it. I've played both the story and multiplayer, and both have left me with a feeling of disgust. I'm not going to go in the same direction as everybody else and knock the animations, which were bad and obviously lacking polish, but instead, I'mThis is my first Mass Effect game. Going against my better judgment and giving into my friends constant overhyping of this game I decided to buy it. I've played both the story and multiplayer, and both have left me with a feeling of disgust. I'm not going to go in the same direction as everybody else and knock the animations, which were bad and obviously lacking polish, but instead, I'm going to focus on the conversations in the game and the multiplayer.

    The single-player portion of the game has potential, It's clearly obvious the game is expansive and has room to grow, but I can't get passed the pointless conversations. I understand the game's central focus is your character's interaction between other characters within the game, but every conversation doesn't seem to flow well with your dialogue choice. In the first missions I was given the task to restore power to an outpost, in doing that I met with an NPC behind a door. To convince him and gain his trust all I had to do was "sound like a pathfinder". He didn't require me to prove ID, kill some giant monster that has been attacking his camp recently, hell he didn't even want me to collect some obscure herb found only in some remote section of the galaxy, just sound like a pathfinder. These conversations are so stale, unenjoyable, and lack a clear direction that it completely breaks any form of immersion you may be able to muster up if you got passed the animations.

    Now for the multiplayer, I actually did enjoy this. Which is why I gave the game a 4. The multiplayer was fun for about 20 hours, then the grind became too repetitive. After opening nearly 200 boxes I realized I wasn't even halfway to obtaining all of the upgrades to my gear, this would require me to open up another 400 boxes and some 1000 gold difficulty runs. Opening boxes were fun, but many of the classes, weapons, and mods were pointless. Assault rifles are completely useless due to the rapid spread of the reticle after holding the trigger for a mere 1 second. Shotguns have absolutely zero range and there is no pay off for risking your life to get within range, the damage is barely visible. Snipers are well snipers, they are either hit or miss, in this case, the vanquisher is probably the only one you should use. The only weapons that felt worthwhile were the pistols, namely the Charger and Talon. Character classes too felt underpowered in comparison to the Asari Duelist. The other offensive classes are incapable of doing any real damage and the defensive units can barely maintain the same bulk as the Duelist. My last major issue the server quality. I can't get into a single game without there being some kind of lag. This here is a prime example of why dedicated servers are necessary for any game with online capability. *I guess one last issue, actually more of a pet peeve, but in the prestige tab, if you look at the weapons you will that they have a majority of the weapons mislabel. Snipers such as the Black Widow are labeled as a pistol, the Revenant as a pistol, and so on.

    Honestly, this game needs a lot of work and TLC. They should have pushed the game back another year or two to work out all of the kinks and give this game the polish worthy of the hype surrounding it.    … Expand
  63. CoryB23
    Apr 6, 2017
    4
    ME 1&2 = Wow! ME 3 = WTF is up with that ending, yo? ME Andromeda = Why Bioware, why? This game really tries to do the franchise justice but, in a lot of areas, it comes up short. Graphically, if you've played the game and seen any reviews, ME:A does have some good graphics but, the character animation is hit or miss: that is, when it's good it really does pull you in but, when it'sME 1&2 = Wow! ME 3 = WTF is up with that ending, yo? ME Andromeda = Why Bioware, why? This game really tries to do the franchise justice but, in a lot of areas, it comes up short. Graphically, if you've played the game and seen any reviews, ME:A does have some good graphics but, the character animation is hit or miss: that is, when it's good it really does pull you in but, when it's bad, you can't help but feel massively disconnected from your character. To be quite frank, I do have buyer's remorse for picking this title up. Ultimately, Bioware tried to do a good job but, some how messed it up to such a degree that it doesn't stack up to the original trilogy. Best to wait for the the ME Trilogy to come out for PS4 and pick that up. After 50+ hours and about 23% of the game completed, it doesn't feel like I'll be finishing it any time soon but, at this point, it is starting to feel like an exercise in repetition and, there just haven't been that many "Holy crap, that was awesome!" moments, in other words, the story does slow down and gets boring. If you enjoyed, the first 3 ME's then you should be able to get into this one but, don't invest too much of yourself into this game because you're gonna be left feeling a little disappointed. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend this game to most of the people I know and, I would probably wait until Christmas to pick it up - it should be about 30 bucks by then and at that point, buying a used copy of ME: Andromeda would be worth it (maybe...let's see if Bioware's patches help the game out any).… Expand
  64. AndyRD
    Apr 10, 2017
    4
    After that big pile of junk called ME3, we have the huge pile of junk called ME Andromeda.I really would like to know why EA decided to leave the almost perfect way traced by ME2.
    The only emotional moment, in ME Andromeda, when you ear Liara T'soni voice in some datapad.
  65. KiddyDiddy
    Apr 13, 2017
    4
    I tried. I tried really hard to give this game a chance, but I have no more patience left in me for this game.

    Let's start with the multiplayer (the largest source of frustration for myself and many others): The game crashes roughly 50% of the time on wave 6 or wave 7 meaning you waste 10-20 mins. and don't get any reward for it. It still functions on a host-based system (in 2017 lol)    I tried. I tried really hard to give this game a chance, but I have no more patience left in me for this game.

    Let's start with the multiplayer (the largest source of frustration for myself and many others):
    The game crashes roughly 50% of the time on wave 6 or wave 7 meaning you waste 10-20 mins. and don't get any reward for it. It still functions on a host-based system (in 2017 lol) which creates a multitude of lag fests. The RNG for the loot based reward system is ridiculous. You spend 50000 credits for a pack of five items which normally contains 1 weapon/character with 2 boosters (I currently have 50+) and two consumables. Lots of bugs causing certain abilities not to function properly (Why is Avenger Strike affected by the Shield Gate if it's considered a melee attack?).

    Now for the singleplayer:
    You've already heard about the ridiculous facial animations (default Sara Ryder honestly looks like a mutant). The customization options are more of a "select a template and change its hair and eye color." Rather than give you a diverse set races for companions, you get two humans and only four others (no Salarian is a big no-no for me). Some races didn't even "make the cut" for Andromeda like the Drell and Volus. Only one new race in an ENTIRE new galaxy. Mediocre and predictable writing.

    This game feels like EA tried to milk money out of ME fans with a lackluster title. I am thoroughly disappointed with the quality of this game. The majority of these issues should never have passed quality control tests. Honestly, I won't be buying another EA/Bioware game again. Terrible production value with very little response to community feedback.    … Expand
  66. Desall
    Apr 17, 2017
    4
    I have finished the game. I gave it a fair shake. I was hoping the subpar animations and character models wouldn't be representative of the overall quality of the game. But they were. There's a hint of a game but everything feels superficial and lazily crafted. The game is not worth playing and I'm sad I wasted my time on it.

    I like none of the squadmates the game gives you. All of them    I have finished the game. I gave it a fair shake. I was hoping the subpar animations and character models wouldn't be representative of the overall quality of the game. But they were. There's a hint of a game but everything feels superficial and lazily crafted. The game is not worth playing and I'm sad I wasted my time on it.

    I like none of the squadmates the game gives you. All of them are mopey or annoying.

    The game just follows the same pattern over and over. Go to a planet, do some fetch quests, fix the broken terraforming device, start a colony and maybe assault some military outpost with the same boss at the end. Oh and there is a giant robot worm you can fight on every planet. Same boss every time.

    Now sure repetition is common in games. My issue is mainly the lack of window dressing. In ME1, which this game was meant to emulate, technical limitations forced Bioware to be creative and actually do something different on every planet. Here we just get a map you can drive around on.
    Given how immersion breaking the animations and ugly models are the lazy repetition becomes noticeable.

    ME1 also had these mission debriefings with your crew and the council after each mission. The latter would usually be displeased with your work. Here they mostly don't happen and when they do everyone just supports you. There's basically no roadblocks for you.

    Eventually I found one of the Arks and I thought. Great finally a location that could be fun. But it was mostly empty hallways. Same on the Kett's vessel. Eventually even the game just teleported me using cutscenes instead of making me walk through empty hallways.
    If that doesn't show how lazy they were I don't know what does.

    Now about the immersion breaking ugly models.
    This is the first time in more than 15 years I have not played a female character when given the option to do so. Sara is the only caucasian option in the game. And you're not allowed to tweak her like any of the asian, indian or african faces of which you get multiple ones. Bioware seems to have missed the memo when diversity activists said that it's not about taking away choice but adding it.
    But it does feel in line with the usual hypocrisy and petty attitudes of SJW's.
    But what do I know. It doesn't help Sara is ugly and the subpar animations compound the problem.

    Not that the males are much better. I eventually went into the menu options and enabled helmet gfx to always be shown. Another thing I've never done before. I just couldn't stand looking at his plastic hair. I absolutely hate it. Same with Ken in Street Fighter 5.
    How does this **** get thru Q&A? Are people really that blind they can't tell the hair looks horrible?
    Can't they tell there are no caucasian options? Can't they tell the animations are subpar?

    Writing is mostly forgettable. Except maybe for one thing.

    At one point Jaal one of the natives to Andromeda expresses his discomfort aboard your ship and all it's "aliens". You are given to options to react to this. You can tell him that to you he's the alien and basically express how these feelings are common to both of you and thus you're not all that different.

    Or you can tell him he's a **** bigot.
    I don't know but in my book that's a hateful response typical of modern progressives who are not interested in trying to develop a meaningful relationship. In fact it's downright absusive.
    It's so weird to see SJW's do this over and over again. Do they seriously think this is a smart way to interact with people? Quite frankly... that line should have been cut from the game. And there's other such instances but whatever.

    To fix this?
    I'd cut the remnant from the game because that'd remove the malfunctioning terraformers from the game. Thus there'd be no excuse for the lack of cities and proper civilizations in the cluster. There'd be politics and strong military strength limiting what you can do. They'd have to be creative instead of every planet being barely habitable with some small outposts here and there.

    With the remnant gone they could develop the Kett a bit and actually make them interesting. And perhaps cut 2 planets from the game so you'd have to tell the story a bit faster.    … Expand
  67. Cjlopez001
    Apr 23, 2017
    4
    Let me start out by saying the mass effect trilogy is my favorite series ever. I must have played m.e. 2 a million times and 3 quite a few times as well. So after waiting along with the rest of you for 5 years for the new game i must say after playing the pc version as male Ryder and choosing cora as the romance, I'm really at a loss for words on how disappointing this game is. Not only amLet me start out by saying the mass effect trilogy is my favorite series ever. I must have played m.e. 2 a million times and 3 quite a few times as well. So after waiting along with the rest of you for 5 years for the new game i must say after playing the pc version as male Ryder and choosing cora as the romance, I'm really at a loss for words on how disappointing this game is. Not only am i dissatisfied with the game but i have absolutely no desire to play this game a second time. I will however mention that there are good aspects of the game. On pc i was running a gtx 1070, 16 gig of ram i7 6700. The games environments look amazing and it ran great at 60 fps with vsync on. The combat i thought was another strong point. And i would say that's all i can think of that was good about me:a. The story of all of the arks looking for planets in the galaxy to settle on was actually a good idea. But i felt they really fumbled on all other aspects of the story. Lame generic villain. Uninteresting crew mates which none had any charisma besides peebee. The cora romance didn't feel like a romance at all. No chemistry with ryder at all. It was basically flirt with her during conversations, do a few loyalty missions for her and thats it. Then you get to have sex with her once. When i reached the last mission i was a bit surprised i was already at the end of the game. I did do quite a few side missions and the campaign still felt unusually short. Overall i regret buying the deluxe version of the game. I actually regret buying the game at all. To say bioware took a huge step backwards with me.a is an understatement. This is possibly the worst game they have ever released.… Expand
  68. Boutrospanzer
    Jun 8, 2017
    4
    Individually speaking, this was the biggest disappointment of ANY series. It's not even the horrible animations, poor dialogues, lack of any emotional connection to the characters; the main thing wrong with this Mass Effect is the fact the missions are boring, nothing really happens. It's a very cheap spin-off.
  69. bolsa22
    Oct 8, 2017
    4
    The game itself looks decent, it has good visual's design and the soundtrack is good, the best part of the game is the game-play without it doubt, but everything else is a mess. The Story... well is not even mentioning, it didn't make any sense for the most of the time, the difficulty of the A.I it is really pathetic, even on insanity mode witch is the highest difficulty of the game isThe game itself looks decent, it has good visual's design and the soundtrack is good, the best part of the game is the game-play without it doubt, but everything else is a mess. The Story... well is not even mentioning, it didn't make any sense for the most of the time, the difficulty of the A.I it is really pathetic, even on insanity mode witch is the highest difficulty of the game is really like normal difficulty, the multiplayer is forgettable, and let's not forget the animation department, Oh Boy the animation, they went Really lazy, not wordy of your time. I've been a fan of Mass Effect since 2, but now a days, it has change, time changes to, but sometimes, if you want to change something, do it at the right Time and do it with Heart.… Expand
  70. Pietriej
    Jun 6, 2022
    4
    A nice RPG that allows you to build a colony in a galaxy far, far away. The gameplay is nice, even though they were plenty of known bugs that were never fixed.

    Unfortunately, the storyline is a bit childish, predictable, and - in some places - incosistent. The idea of exploring a dangerous, new galaxy and meeting an unknown race that you can't communicate with was exciting, but ended up    A nice RPG that allows you to build a colony in a galaxy far, far away. The gameplay is nice, even though they were plenty of known bugs that were never fixed.

    Unfortunately, the storyline is a bit childish, predictable, and - in some places - incosistent. The idea of exploring a dangerous, new galaxy and meeting an unknown race that you can't communicate with was exciting, but ended up with your AI being able to quickly translate languages so there's no more mystery or "first contact" issues. Exploration is also flattened to a level of "Cold Planet, Warm Yourself". It could have been so much more than this.
    What is more, BioWare quickly abandoned this game due to backlash and caused more backlash among those who actually enjoyed the experience. It was especially painful for those who focused on multiplayer, invested their time and money, and got a product that was worse than what the previous game (ME3) offered.

    As a fan of the Mass Effect trilogy, I was heavily disappointed with what Andromeda offered. It seemed as if they had a nice idea that they turned into a generic "good guys, bad guys" game and then threw it away.    … Expand
  71. GarethB
    Oct 21, 2018
    4
    In comparison to mass effect 2, this is boring and uninteresting. It was a struggle to get through and while the base mechanics work the writing and plot is meh...and the game was clearly rushed out the door when I had first bought it the animations and glitches were terrible. RIP Bioware..... EA strikes again.
  72. Shadow1995
    Nov 15, 2018
    4
    This hurts me to write this about a Mass Effect game, since I absolutely loved the previous trilogy. This game was one of the most disappointing games I have ever looked forward to, I actually cancelled the pre order just a few days before it came out because of all the flaws people noticed in the early gameplays. But I came around to it after a long time, and I am glad I went with my gutThis hurts me to write this about a Mass Effect game, since I absolutely loved the previous trilogy. This game was one of the most disappointing games I have ever looked forward to, I actually cancelled the pre order just a few days before it came out because of all the flaws people noticed in the early gameplays. But I came around to it after a long time, and I am glad I went with my gut feeling the game was a flop, it wasn't the worst game I have ever played but my God MA has fallen. The gameplay was good I will give it that, but the worst thing I found about the game was the dialogues, they were too cheesy and not funny at all, when ever the characters communicated I wanted to tear out my eyeballs, the characters not one was interesting, the story has promise, but ended up being ridiculous and somewhat repetitive to the previous games in the worst way possible, also not to do with the actual game itself, but one of the game workers caused a lot of issues due to his racist attitude towards white people which put me off not only the game, but video game industry (BioWare) itself, due to them doing so little about it for a long time. The game not only made me lose hope in the new MA series, but the company itself, shame on them.… Expand
  73. pytlar
    May 24, 2020
    4
    Uninstalled it after 10h. The game looks like poorly stitched together micor missions and activities known from asian MMOs. The plot starts almost like the first part., but rewritten by teenagers, I did;t care. Characters? Mostly bland and dull. Tons of items, crafting, resource gathering. All the boring stuff, which the devs put instead of good plot and interesting world
  74. Roo182
    Sep 11, 2019
    4
    They really blew it with this. Mass effect held such a special place in my heart, then BioWare went full EA and released a clearly unfinished game with a sub-par team, hoping the previous 3 amazing games would carry this pile of crap. No. I was super let down by this.
  75. Ruzaky
    Sep 24, 2020
    4
    Man...this is sad more than anything else. All 3 games of Mass Effect was so fu**ing good. Yes ending of Me 3 was small mess but anyway game was fun. But Andromeda is all the way is mess. Only thing is better is combat...thats it
  76. OPepPep
    Aug 19, 2021
    4
    Darn, what a bummer. The Mass Effect Trilogy will forever be my favorite series, but Andromeda was an oops. I will say, the updates have definitely made it more bearable but as a whole this is just sloppy.

    The player animations are from previous gens, the menus are a headache, and the AI is just uninspiring. Enemies are just boring, don't even care about killing them half the time. The    Darn, what a bummer. The Mass Effect Trilogy will forever be my favorite series, but Andromeda was an oops. I will say, the updates have definitely made it more bearable but as a whole this is just sloppy.

    The player animations are from previous gens, the menus are a headache, and the AI is just uninspiring. Enemies are just boring, don't even care about killing them half the time. The story isn't the greatest writing ever but did enjoy the monolith angle. Just playing it to earn the achievements on a different console at this point.

    It is certainly not the worst RPG in the world, but as far as Mass Effect goes this is just not it. The first 3 left big shoes to fill, with ME2 being an absolute gem of a game; but this felt rushed and uninspired completely. If you have played the first 3 games, definitely still give Andromeda a play through. If for nothing else, you can get the achievements and say that you have played every Mass Effect game.

    Fingers crossed it gets a lot better if another is made.    … Expand
  77. xiaolinstyle
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    Mass Effect Andromeda will be seen as the master class in how to alienate your fan base.

    I'll start with the fact that i quite liked the last three titles and really enjoyed the multiplayer in Mass Effect 3. None of them were without flaws but mostly enjoyable games. ME:A however has almost none of the charm, likability, or even respect for the player that the previous titles did.    Mass Effect Andromeda will be seen as the master class in how to alienate your fan base.

    I'll start with the fact that i quite liked the last three titles and really enjoyed the multiplayer in Mass Effect 3. None of them were without flaws but mostly enjoyable games. ME:A however has almost none of the charm, likability, or even respect for the player that the previous titles did.

    Performance:

    This is probably the most talked about issue with the game so I'll deal with it first. It's a PROBLEM. The game suffers in many ways from technical glitches with animation, sound, quests, game crashes and more. It can look fairly decent at times but definitely not anything to be excited about. HDR implementation also seems to be a bit lacking but that's an emerging technology so i won't fault them for that. Frame rates are all over the place. Drops are frequent (on a standard PS4) and annoying.

    Gameplay

    This is the most well crafted part of the game. Barring aforementioned frame drops, combat is fast and the increased mobility and verticality of jump jets makes you wonder why you couldn't do this all along. No, seriously, why couldn't you? Though the almost draconian reduction in team control has me wondering if the current developers of Mass Effect know what they are doing (yes i know it's still "Bioware", but no it's NOT the same people). Vehicle control feels adequate though I'm confounded by the lack of any offensive capabilities with the Nomad when you acquire it fairly early in the game. Many other parts though seem to be there only to frustrate the player, from unnecessary backtracking to turn in quests, just the worst inventory management, to the complete waste of time scanning the planets you can't land on are. These and many more design choices aren't player friendly and clearly don't come from an experienced team.

    Story

    This is where the game takes a huge hit. Mass Effect Andromeda casts you as a Pathfinder for the Andromeda initiative. This ultimately boils down to you, once again, being the savior of everyone you know and love. Also you have a sentient AI embedded in your brain named Sam. So as Master Chief...I mean one of the Ryder twins you are tasked with finding and securing a home for hundreds of thousands of people. Which apparently involves a lot of murder, but whadaya gonna do? Unfortunately for the player much of this is told with a cringe worthy script and barely half baked ideas. Many encounters left me with the reoccurring thought "what the hell just happened??" and very much not in a good way. This is of course ignoring the stilted animations and 'please stop looking at my soul like a bon bon' eyeballs that everyone seems to have. Many have said "it gets better" I have, however, NOT found this to be the case. The further into the dull, uninteresting, me too story I've gotten the less I understand what the hell EA was thinking (aside from sheer avarice) releasing this travesty.

    Sound

    It has some, except when it doesn't. Yup, if you fancy multiplayer, it may very well decide that your PS4's sound card should now **** the bed. Because it will. Frequently. Meaning no game sound, no dashboard sound and any party chat you're in will sound like it's been possessed by an underwater electric demon. 2017 folks. Welcome to EA of the future.

    Summary

    Mass Effect Andromeda had tremendous potential but falls short in nearly every conceivable way. Fans and newcomers alike will be disappointed with what EA and Bioware have produced here. We have had several great titles released already this year, setting a high bar. ME:A falls far short of all of those and more importantly of itself.    … Expand
  78. rodericrinehart
    Jun 24, 2017
    3
    The tens and zeros are both jokes. It is IMPOSSIBLE this is a 10. It is buggy and poorly optimized, it has graphical glitches, and poor animations and textures. All facts. My opinion - its world is far inferior to Horizon Zero Dawn, Zelda Breath of the Wild, and The Witcher 3. Games need to bring a lot more now. This isn't 2006 anymore. It's clear this is not the original Bioware crew.
  79. deathnoise
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    First Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and now this.. Montreal is a true epicenter of SJW ideology and cancer which has spread into the games, now. The effect is the games that have been ruined by subpar writing, coding, facial animations, tons of bugs, terrible load/save progress handling, plot that feels like it's been written by 12 years old child (or some infantile mature people). I can go onFirst Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and now this.. Montreal is a true epicenter of SJW ideology and cancer which has spread into the games, now. The effect is the games that have been ruined by subpar writing, coding, facial animations, tons of bugs, terrible load/save progress handling, plot that feels like it's been written by 12 years old child (or some infantile mature people). I can go on and on, but enough is enough. Someone should just stop this madness.… Expand
  80. aragorn18
    Mar 21, 2017
    3
    Bioware has been releasing worse and worse games over time. This tendency culminates here, in a franchise so many people love turning into a shell of what it was. Uninspired writing, dead eyes, horrendous animations, forgettable characters... The gameplay is better than in mass effect 3, but compared with current games it still feels dated. I wanted this game to be a 10 since the previousBioware has been releasing worse and worse games over time. This tendency culminates here, in a franchise so many people love turning into a shell of what it was. Uninspired writing, dead eyes, horrendous animations, forgettable characters... The gameplay is better than in mass effect 3, but compared with current games it still feels dated. I wanted this game to be a 10 since the previous trilogy is one of my favorite franchises ever, but I just can't justify Bioware's lack of effort anymore.… Expand
  81. pnathan28
    Mar 29, 2017
    3
    This game is a massive disappointment. I am a huge Mass Effect fan, having played the first 3 games multiple times and in comparison Andromeda falls woefully short. First, the combat is smoother and faster but they have removed direct control and customization for squad members. The facial animations are HORRENDOUS and really take you out of the game, but the environments are done prettyThis game is a massive disappointment. I am a huge Mass Effect fan, having played the first 3 games multiple times and in comparison Andromeda falls woefully short. First, the combat is smoother and faster but they have removed direct control and customization for squad members. The facial animations are HORRENDOUS and really take you out of the game, but the environments are done pretty well. The writing is also mediocre at best, given that Mass Effect writing hasn't always been high literature but at least it was funny, charming and enough to get you invested in the story. I'm already 25 hours into Andromeda and i just cant get myself to care about the stories and the characters. My biggest disappointment were the mundane fetch quests that just littered the game. It seemed like a majority of the quests were a simple go here find 3 of these and sent you off to all corners of the map, and it got really old really fast. Which is really sad because there is a good game in here somewhere, the areas are massive and there is plenty to explore.… Expand
  82. BethanyAnne
    Mar 23, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played the trial through Origin Access for 3 hours. It wasn't a "bandwagon" that got me to get a refund on the full game. I *wanted* to like this game. I was hoping for hundreds of hours of fun. But OMG the writing and the plot. So bad. Like the worst original Star Trek episode bad. Just cliche after cliche. You're on the SS Nepotism, a ship run by your dad, with you and your sibling on the ship. When it becomes clear that in the 27th century, humanity has forgotten how to carry spare gas masks down to hostile planets, Daddy McHeroMan sacrifices himself to save you. And promotes you to new McHeroLeader. Everyone is happy that you run the show now, because reasons. And the ship's AI has taken root in your head. Somehow. For reasons. I wish I was making this up.

    I'm just sitting there thinking "I paid $70 for this?" It's just ...bad. Bland boring cliches said by cardboard characters stuck in ridiculous situations. I give this a 3 because the combat didn't suck and the planet was pretty. Wait until it becomes free on Origin, don't blow money on this pile of AAA mediocrity.    … Expand
  83. JTGotrokz
    Mar 24, 2017
    3
    I am a bioware fan, I almost always defend them. I can't do it this time. I don't care about the technical problems, or animations. The writing is terrible, I can't exactly put my finger on what is wrong with this game. I keep playing hoping it will get better. Nothing has happened yet that makes me want to keep playing to see where it goes, i have no interest in the conversations either.I am a bioware fan, I almost always defend them. I can't do it this time. I don't care about the technical problems, or animations. The writing is terrible, I can't exactly put my finger on what is wrong with this game. I keep playing hoping it will get better. Nothing has happened yet that makes me want to keep playing to see where it goes, i have no interest in the conversations either. It just feels like a hollow shell. If the reapers turned games into husks this would be the result.… Expand
  84. Ormegasm
    Mar 22, 2017
    3
    It feels like the C team made it, quick tip Bioware don't give a bunch of new hires one of the most iconic franchises in the industry because they will put out a sub-par product. Mechanics are terrible the animation is laughable it crashes all the time and the story is piss poor. only thing I enjoyed about it are some of the new characters and maybe 3-4 of the choices throughout the story.
  85. kbar33w
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    The story is okay, but even that is a stretch. The combat is dumbed down from previous versions. The dialog is gimmicky and full of cringe worthy moments. There are needless sequences anytime you go to/from a planet. The facial animations are like someone is using a Muppet. The amount of bugs I encountered seems high for a AAA game 5-years in development.

    I am now going to group this    The story is okay, but even that is a stretch. The combat is dumbed down from previous versions. The dialog is gimmicky and full of cringe worthy moments. There are needless sequences anytime you go to/from a planet. The facial animations are like someone is using a Muppet. The amount of bugs I encountered seems high for a AAA game 5-years in development.

    I am now going to group this game in with Dragon Age, wait a few months for all the reviews to come in, the updates and fixes to happen, and most importantly the price to come down. I wasted my time and money on this game and I do not trust EA or Bioware to do the right thing anymore.    … Expand
  86. Riskyreview
    Mar 24, 2017
    3
    Stop letting marxist extremists into the gaming industry, this game is terrible because the story doesn't take any risks and just feels like a bunch of fanfic stitched together with an obvious socialist agenda, just like Mirror's Edge 2! The faces of the characters are ugly as can be and the gameplay is just like in the other Mass effects with more bugs.

    Another day another game    Stop letting marxist extremists into the gaming industry, this game is terrible because the story doesn't take any risks and just feels like a bunch of fanfic stitched together with an obvious socialist agenda, just like Mirror's Edge 2! The faces of the characters are ugly as can be and the gameplay is just like in the other Mass effects with more bugs.

    Another day another game franchise ruined by political activists...    … Expand
  87. Djesha
    May 15, 2017
    3
    was a fan of the first trilogy. Here we lost the grandiose of the previous game with weak characters, average writing, weak design and average visuals.
    it looks like this has been done by non-passionate people who just did not care. this is very disappointing game... If this game was not named Mass effect it would get an even lower rating
  88. brips
    Mar 21, 2017
    3
    It's like someone at Bioware decided that Mass Effect needed it's own Dragon Age 2 to permanently damage the reputation of it's only remaining franchise that most people still held in good regard, despite the rocky third entry.
  89. neropx
    Mar 21, 2017
    3
    EA just rushes games out to make as much money as possible. This game is proof of that. It's incredibly buggy and unpolished. They probably thought it would sell anyway because its called mass effect, which is the problem with todays game publishers. EA needs to take notes from studios like Guerilla games. Horizon zero dawn was a big graphically demanding open world game and it didn'tEA just rushes games out to make as much money as possible. This game is proof of that. It's incredibly buggy and unpolished. They probably thought it would sell anyway because its called mass effect, which is the problem with todays game publishers. EA needs to take notes from studios like Guerilla games. Horizon zero dawn was a big graphically demanding open world game and it didn't have a single bug at launch, not even one.… Expand
  90. NeoTheFox
    Mar 25, 2017
    3
    This game deserves a low rating, and not only because it has a lot of technical problems, not because it has the worst animations, but because it is the worst Mass Effect game ever made. With all long-running series of games one would expect every new one to be better, or at least stay at the same level as the original, but in this case, it is a downgrade from everything even the firstThis game deserves a low rating, and not only because it has a lot of technical problems, not because it has the worst animations, but because it is the worst Mass Effect game ever made. With all long-running series of games one would expect every new one to be better, or at least stay at the same level as the original, but in this case, it is a downgrade from everything even the first game established. I hope that going forward BiowWare would not do such a mistake once more, and improve the quality control.… Expand
  91. northernlad
    Mar 23, 2017
    3
    wow i think this is even worse than dragon age 2 if thats possible how come bioware didnt lead with this is been developed by a whole new dev team montreal i think its there first game the game is just plain boring characters are bland quests are fetch quests pretty much story is poorly written the one liners of team mates is unbelievable "i think hes mad i shot him in the face"(liam)wow i think this is even worse than dragon age 2 if thats possible how come bioware didnt lead with this is been developed by a whole new dev team montreal i think its there first game the game is just plain boring characters are bland quests are fetch quests pretty much story is poorly written the one liners of team mates is unbelievable "i think hes mad i shot him in the face"(liam) words to that effect facial animations are amazingly bad i mean how do u release a game like this AAA in this condition is beyond me last bioware game i ever buy.… Expand
  92. claytastic
    Mar 28, 2017
    3
    I've never played a Mass Effect game before, and seeing as how Andromeda was said to be very distant sequel that has almost nothing to do with the original series, I thought it might be a good place to start. Apparently, I was wrong. Andromeda is a terrible game that falls flat in almost all areas. One of these would be the story. One of the biggest praises I see about the original trilogyI've never played a Mass Effect game before, and seeing as how Andromeda was said to be very distant sequel that has almost nothing to do with the original series, I thought it might be a good place to start. Apparently, I was wrong. Andromeda is a terrible game that falls flat in almost all areas. One of these would be the story. One of the biggest praises I see about the original trilogy is that it the games have incredible stories, while Andromeda's feels like it was thrown together last minute. None of the characters managed to interest me for extended periods of time, and most of them were really generic, bland, lifeless beings with nothing special about them. This is especially conveyed through the game's facial animations, that I won't talk about because you don't need me to tell you about it. It also didn't help that the characters were voiced by some of the most talentless people in the industry, not including Natalie Dormer and Kumail Nanjiani. However, a lot of games have been able to push aside a flawed story with incredible gameplay. So has Andromeda done that? Well, no, not really. The combat is extremely dull and not very fleshed out, and fighting the same enemies over and over again didn't make it better. Also, for some reason, BioWare decided that it would be a glorious idea to make the game open world. This didn't help the game, either, and actually hurt it in some aspects. For starters, the poor world design, in terms of structure and layout or the map, was repeated constantly on every planet I came across. I barely saw a change in an overall world, and the fact that the maps were very limited in where you could go when the game was advertised to be all about the freedom of the player really crippled my experience with the game. Traversing this travesty of a game map is also a pain in the ass, as the Nomad can barely go up a slightly steep hill without you having to switch into 6 wheel mode, and the customisation is way too limited and unimagined. But enough about the main game, let's discuss the multiplayer. It's not good. On a technical level, I'd compare it to Assassin's Creed Unity levels of functionality. Matchmaking is almost instantaneous, but there are constant song bugs and frame drops that seemed to happen every match, at least in my experience. In addition to that, there's only two game modes, neither of which are worth your time. Also, because it's published by EA, the multiplayer is loaded with microtransactions. The only good thing I could say about this game is that the customisation in the single player, in terms of armour and weapons, is pretty spot on, but nothing else besides that. In conclusion, Mass Effect Andromeda is the most boring, monotonous and overall awful AAA game I've played since The Division. Please don't buy this game, and please, BioWare, stop trying to be SJWs and make an enjoyable game.… Expand
  93. kevmclay82
    Jul 12, 2021
    3
    I know this review is years after release but here is my opinion and a little backstory.
    I brought this game when it released played though it and went it was alright but not as good as the trilogy that came before it put on my shelf and never gave it a second thought. Fast forward to now I buy the remaster of the trilogy and love it as much as I did before know I have the continuation    I know this review is years after release but here is my opinion and a little backstory.
    I brought this game when it released played though it and went it was alright but not as good as the trilogy that came before it put on my shelf and never gave it a second thought. Fast forward to now I buy the remaster of the trilogy and love it as much as I did before know I have the continuation on my shelf and decide to replay it and I was so disappointed. Even years later there are glitches. I've had areas of a map not load. The game game freeze while loading. NPC's just look unfinished. I've had to quit and restart to get a quest to load or finish. The story feels weaker and feels like a poor copy of the trilogy. I didn't feel as invested with the crew our given. The new galaxy feels lifeless 2 new races and one of them is the enermy. I remember hearing that after this game came out there were so many problems with it that Bioware went f**k it and abandoned it but it.
    Again I know this review is years late but with the remaster out I want any new players to have a chance to read post from someone who tried to come back to it years later.    … Expand
  94. ToddDow
    Mar 30, 2017
    3
    A mixed bag here. Old school RPG game, in both good and bad ways.

    The bad: 1. Animations are HORRIBLE. 2. Fighting is sometimes stale and "wonky", but has it's moments. 3. The main/overall story arc is promising, but poorly played out. 4. Writing and story line(s) are not good and pretty forgettable. 5. Voice acting is usually bad. 6. Bugs and glitches. 7. Starts really slow,    A mixed bag here. Old school RPG game, in both good and bad ways.

    The bad:
    1. Animations are HORRIBLE.
    2. Fighting is sometimes stale and "wonky", but has it's moments.
    3. The main/overall story arc is promising, but poorly played out.
    4. Writing and story line(s) are not good and pretty forgettable.
    5. Voice acting is usually bad.
    6. Bugs and glitches.
    7. Starts really slow, doesn't pull you in or make you care about the story or playing.

    The Good:
    1. Once you get several hours in and more things open up, the game gets a bit more exciting and fun.
    2. The old school RPG elements are pretty fun once things get going.
    3. Some of the graphics are very nice, despite the goofy animations.
    4. Fighting is sometimes stale and "wonky", but has it's moments.
    5. Plenty of missions/quests to keep you busy.
    6. Decent pacing of story and action, after you get through the bland beginning.
    7. The leveling up and crafting systems are decent.

    Overall, this feels like a game more from the early to mid 2000's than 2017, in both good and bad ways. But since we are in 2017, it just feels like a solid concept that was poorly, lazily, and half-assed executed. It could have been so much more. EA is really starting to put out a lot of games like this.

    Edit: After playing this game some more, I sat down last night and decided to give it up. I just don't care for the gameplay and have absolutely zero connection or care for these characters. Part of the appeal of a good RPG is to be drawn into and immerse yourself into another world, and Mass Effect Andromeda absolutely fails to draw you in.    … Expand
  95. Hawk235
    Mar 21, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Стрельба стала динамична и графика похорошела,но я играл в эту игру из-за диалогов и персонажей.Здесь этого нет.Поэтому нет!… Expand
  96. TheCredibleHulk
    Mar 21, 2017
    3
    I usually think people are too negative in their ratings on this site, this time i believe it is warranted, some may actually be way too generous. Saying that this is the worst Mass Effect in the series is easy, it really is, but the others were so good that it doesn't mean much. Sadly it is the worst Action RPG Bioware has done imo, and one of the worst released in years.

    Mass Effect's    I usually think people are too negative in their ratings on this site, this time i believe it is warranted, some may actually be way too generous. Saying that this is the worst Mass Effect in the series is easy, it really is, but the others were so good that it doesn't mean much. Sadly it is the worst Action RPG Bioware has done imo, and one of the worst released in years.

    Mass Effect's success relied heavily on it narrative, well crafted characters and its dialogues. The games, like most Bioware games in the past, were so good that a direct adaptation into a movie would have been great. It was also one of the best action rpg in terms of gameplay, which is also extraordinarily important, because otherwise, it might as well just be a movie. On this aspect, this game is great and easily a match for all the previous games.

    Sadly, the combat is the only good thing to return in this release, every other aspect of the game that made it the success that it was, acting, story, dialogues and characters, are not only gone, but some of the worst of the last two generations of console gaming.

    I wouldn't give this game a zero simply because they got the combat part right, and whoever was in charge of that deserves a pat on the back. Every other departments, especially the animation team, deserves their 4%. The facial animations are so horrible that, even if the writing was top notch, it would still fail at engaging any kind of interest or emotions from the gamers part, other than laughter.

    Once in a while you purchase a game so bad that you genuinely feel robed, this is one of those for me. Bioware, like Ubisoft, are now on my "never pre-order" list, quality just isn't there anymore.    … Expand
  97. revelc
    Mar 21, 2017
    3
    When you type Bioware on Google you'll find their slogan is "Rich stories, Unforgettable characters, and Vast worlds". ME:Andromeda has a vast world (I give them that), but it lacks in interesting story and compelling characters. ME: Andromeda fails to deliver a complete Mass Effect experience.

    I'm just gonna go with the facts that I personally found in the game. I'll start with    When you type Bioware on Google you'll find their slogan is "Rich stories, Unforgettable characters, and Vast worlds". ME:Andromeda has a vast world (I give them that), but it lacks in interesting story and compelling characters. ME: Andromeda fails to deliver a complete Mass Effect experience.

    I'm just gonna go with the facts that I personally found in the game. I'll start with unpleasant facts, because my first impression was full of unpleasant bugs and irritating features (and it happens right from the very beginning of the game). Character creation is very limited and a huge step backward. The templates are plain ugly, both male and female. You aren't allowed to change Ryder's original face template. Game is buggy and you'll find it quite often the first few hours. Objects/models popping in and out, sometimes they just stuck in place or completely missing. Facial animations are complete failure, they have very little expressions and terrible lipsync.
    Some character movement animations are questionable and sometime their limbs may glitch. Dialogues are average or worst if you compare it to previous Mass Effect. Also the final game doesn't look anything like in the trailer (missing "movie effects" and colors just completely different, trailer look much smoother).
    Bioware removed Paragon/Renegade features. They also removed classes. The auto cover system is annoying. The squad mates which you're supposed to "mate" with are terribly designed (the ladies are "unappealing", and I'm sorry I'm not into men). The human models look a lot like robot, their faces look like plastic and their eyes are just "dead".

    The space fantasy that I always loved from ME was ruined because of terrible first impression. Totally not what I'm looking for in a Mass Effect game. It took them 5 years to make and they are not done. They shouldn't have release it. I don't know where those $40 million go? It felt like the team that make this game weren't working as one, rather scrambled. They should've hire better animator, coder, and tester.

    There's a few things worth praising though. The combat system does work. The people who design the combat system need a raise. It felt smooth, quick, and the higher mobility is awesome. During combat you'll feel good. Tons of customization. Apart from the background music being a bit underwhelming, the vistas and the environments looking gorgeous. But those are just part of the game sadly.

    They have failed to keep me playing. It's like watching a super high budget movie with great settings but starring bad actors playing as unappealing characters with bad script. How am I supposed to involve myself in it. It definitely not worth my $60, and my time. I felt victim to the hype and Mass Effect past glory.    … Expand
  98. Chronos1
    Mar 23, 2017
    3
    Other than the story being written by SJW idiots the combat is okayish.. RPG elements are there but still lacks that ME magic.. However it is a serious waste of $60.. wait for a cheap sale.
  99. rensyphon
    Mar 21, 2017
    3
    Other critical and user reviews have talked extensively about the animation, voice acting, story, and general bugs. What I want to talk about is the combat, particularly for anyone on the fence about getting this game. Most of the reviews have been praising the combat. And that's fair, to a point. It's pretty solid third-person corridor shooting. The cover shooting works surprisingly well,Other critical and user reviews have talked extensively about the animation, voice acting, story, and general bugs. What I want to talk about is the combat, particularly for anyone on the fence about getting this game. Most of the reviews have been praising the combat. And that's fair, to a point. It's pretty solid third-person corridor shooting. The cover shooting works surprisingly well, and doesn't constantly trip you up the way it does in most games like this. That said, it's ultimately just alright. If you liked the shooting and upgrade system in the original Mass Effect, you'll like this, because it's a more polished version. But it doesn't raise the game up on its own, nor does it make up for other flaws.

    If you're not sure whether or not to buy this game, don't use the combat and character upgrade system as the deciding vote. It's good enough to keep you interested, but if you don't like the surrounding elements, it isn't enough.    … Expand
  100. guilhermefdias
    Mar 26, 2017
    3
    A disrespect with gamers in general.
    This game is a offense.
    As a Mass Effect fan, and long time gamer since forever. In plain 2017 we receive this thing, the way it is, full of bugs, bad animations, and the most important aspect of a game is borderline awful: the WRITING! EVERYTHING is bad!! It is amazing. I can't understand! Someone should pay for this! EA is destroying the gaming    A disrespect with gamers in general.
    This game is a offense.

    As a Mass Effect fan, and long time gamer since forever. In plain 2017 we receive this thing, the way it is, full of bugs, bad animations, and the most important aspect of a game is borderline awful: the WRITING!
    EVERYTHING is bad!! It is amazing. I can't understand! Someone should pay for this! EA is destroying the gaming industry!

    This is a game that should't be released the way it was. The manager team hired people that can't do their jogs?! for what price?
    Biggest flop I have ever seen!    … Expand
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 61
  1. Power Unlimited
    Oct 19, 2017
    78
    It might be the biggest, most complex and action packed game in the franchise, but Mass Effect: Andromeda is also the least convincing one. The dated facial animations, the inconsistent writing quality and the regularly occurring bugs take you out of the experience too often. On top of that, BioWare has not used the concept of a whole new universe to its full potential, which often makes it feel like Mass Effect: Andromeda has not left our Milky Way at all.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Jul 7, 2017
    70
    While it’s underwhelming in places, there’s a lot to like as you venture into the weirder parts of Andromeda. Frequent technical issues hamper the experience a bit, as does an uninspiring main story. [June 2017, p66]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jun 6, 2017
    81
    A welcome, if slightly patch return for Mass Effect. The script has problems, but combat is bloody brilliant. [May 2017, p.62]
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