Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. crackajaxx
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Kind of lacking those 9/10's 10/10 perfect reviews aren't you EAware? maybe you should have paid those reviewers like you did last time then this wouldn't have happened. But I'm going to do my part and bomb this **** game like it deserves

    After ME3 I didn't expect these clowns to come back with another mass effect. of course I was wrong, and its the **** sandwich you can come to expect    Kind of lacking those 9/10's 10/10 perfect reviews aren't you EAware? maybe you should have paid those reviewers like you did last time then this wouldn't have happened. But I'm going to do my part and bomb this **** game like it deserves

    After ME3 I didn't expect these clowns to come back with another mass effect. of course I was wrong, and its the **** sandwich you can come to expect from these losers

    -Flat out bad writing, well of course can't have a biowarEA game without that
    -worse animations than games from 2001. **** timesplitters had better animations than this **** I'm not even lying
    -Forgettable characters at best
    -locked at thirty (30) FPS, and it looks dated doesn't even look good

    buying this game and continuing to feed this cancer just makes you part of the problem. Don't buy **** from these jokers    … Expand
  2. todd_swat
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    10 years and give to fan of this splendid universe and all people who want to play the game this horrible with orible facial animation : HALF LIFE have 24 animations the oldest half life people ! now in the 2017 give people this **** ....omg don't buy, like again play first ME ... LOL. And not give physical disc with bonus only **** digital copy greedy studio !
  3. Flash44x
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    The failures from Bioware just keep stacking up. Big shame for what used to be such a great developer. As someone who enjoyed 1, 2 and even 3(in some extend), this is a disgrace to the franchise. I was willing to over look bugs and animation problems and other issues as every game has them, but this is just unacceptable! As we all know its obvious that this isnt the same bioware that madeThe failures from Bioware just keep stacking up. Big shame for what used to be such a great developer. As someone who enjoyed 1, 2 and even 3(in some extend), this is a disgrace to the franchise. I was willing to over look bugs and animation problems and other issues as every game has them, but this is just unacceptable! As we all know its obvious that this isnt the same bioware that made the previous games. But even for a B-team this mess should never have seen the daylight.… Expand
  4. Steide56
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    God damn it, what a failure of a game and what a slap in the face to the rest of this beautiful franchise. I was actually getting rather excited before the release of the game having high hopes. Lets round of this beautiful month of march which has given us gems like nier: automata, horizon zero dawn and of course breath of the wild. Yeah it has some fun combat and ok art direction hereGod damn it, what a failure of a game and what a slap in the face to the rest of this beautiful franchise. I was actually getting rather excited before the release of the game having high hopes. Lets round of this beautiful month of march which has given us gems like nier: automata, horizon zero dawn and of course breath of the wild. Yeah it has some fun combat and ok art direction here and there but besides terrible story, terrible and annoying characters, facial animations that belong in the year 2005 and performance issues this game deserves its 0 purely for the lack of SOUL. Clearly not made out of any aspiration to tell a great story or explore new ideas but rather "hey we have this beloved franchise that many people hold in high regards how about we take a huge **** on it and then sell it to the people for 60$ + DLC. Disgusting… Expand
  5. dk3000
    Mar 21, 2017
    1
    very disappointing game that I waited 5 years for, the animation and facial is so bad that really breaks the experience. There are so many bugs that just shows the game is not finish or ready.

    They tried to push this unfinished game out so they can make money that's why EA sucks.
  6. Balalaika123
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    In this game, everything is bad. Animation. Music. Plot. Characters. Quests. Dialogs. Gameplay.
    The cosmic opera was turned into an ugly cosmic sitcom for teenagers. Absolutely disgusting. RIP Bioware
  7. NikolaySmith
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Ужасная оптимизация. Ужасно скучно.
    Да, графика красивая. Но например лица и в целом "пидорский" подход к делу все портит.
    Некрасивые женьщины, синий хованский. Очень смешная анимация, она веселит но атмосфеу убивает. Совершенно ублюдские бои в сочетании с отсутсвием сейвов - ад и содомия. Закрытая от модов система. Средненький сюжет. Надеюсь студию распустят после этого провала.    Ужасная оптимизация. Ужасно скучно.
    Да, графика красивая. Но например лица и в целом "пидорский" подход к делу все портит.
    Некрасивые женьщины, синий хованский.
    Очень смешная анимация, она веселит но атмосфеу убивает.
    Совершенно ублюдские бои в сочетании с отсутсвием сейвов - ад и содомия.
    Закрытая от модов система.
    Средненький сюжет.
    Надеюсь студию распустят после этого провала.
  8. deadlysilentbob
    Apr 3, 2017
    0
    Completely and utterly the worst possible game that could have come after such a cultural phenomenon that was the original mass effect trilogy. I could have slammed the keyboard a few dozen times and still come out with a better story, better programing and better art.

    this is what you get when you combine hiring low talent staff with check box style marketable game content
  9. Marvik
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Non-humans with gibbon gait and face downs, hair is wooden! BW, you are not ashamed, after the release the witcher 3 Release such a game! You must be ashamed!!
  10. S_Enni_Nigmas
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA - тот продукт который хочеться вычеркнуть с памяти...с Шепардом умер и ефект мас. Нерекоммендую к ознакомлению, поскольку качество данной игры может оскорбить чувства геймера, до глубины души! Надеюсь в будущем ЕА будет более ответственно подберать персонал для разработки игр такого маштаба, и да, надеюсь сценарист данного А3 проекта больше не станет писать сценарииMASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA - тот продукт который хочеться вычеркнуть с памяти...с Шепардом умер и ефект мас. Нерекоммендую к ознакомлению, поскольку качество данной игры может оскорбить чувства геймера, до глубины души! Надеюсь в будущем ЕА будет более ответственно подберать персонал для разработки игр такого маштаба, и да, надеюсь сценарист данного А3 проекта больше не станет писать сценарии к играм! Всем спасибо, всем удачи!… Expand
  11. shiftyman
    Mar 21, 2017
    1
    Can't believe rubbish like this gets released to the public. The worst lip syncing I've ever seen, even at times with no dialogue, terrible lighting schemes, some of the worst voice acting to go along with a garbage script, plus a host of bugs and glitches which would take forever to mention. Plus more devs trying to push their minority political pathetic agenda, instead of trying to makeCan't believe rubbish like this gets released to the public. The worst lip syncing I've ever seen, even at times with no dialogue, terrible lighting schemes, some of the worst voice acting to go along with a garbage script, plus a host of bugs and glitches which would take forever to mention. Plus more devs trying to push their minority political pathetic agenda, instead of trying to make good games. The original Bioware team must be shaking their heads while in a fetal position seeing what's happened to their once great franchise.… Expand
  12. 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
  13. homsar98
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Absolutely terrible. The animations are a complete joke. The Bioware we all once knew and loved have since been removed for SJW game devs that have no idea how to make games.
  14. eyalbentancur
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Just. Horible.
    This is not Mass Effect game. This is not what the fans were waiting for, nor "just a good game for newcomers". Sure, you've killed Dragon Age, for two times ina row now, but good god, the latest ME game was already not very good, and then you're giving us this peace of space junk? Pffsht. Nope.
    EA, please, stop killing good companies and franchises. Just stop.
  15. shaarapollo
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    The Mass Effect series is my all time favorite and most cherished series ever released in any form of media.

    I followed 1 character through 3 games, making hard choices, making friends and enemies, exploring a fascinating and compelling setting. I hands down without a thought pre-ordered this new title expecting an amazing title given the technology, budget and production values of    The Mass Effect series is my all time favorite and most cherished series ever released in any form of media.

    I followed 1 character through 3 games, making hard choices, making friends and enemies, exploring a fascinating and compelling setting.

    I hands down without a thought pre-ordered this new title expecting an amazing title given the technology, budget and production values of today.

    It's heart breaking to know they botched this title in a serious way and it shows very clearly. All the positive reviews are also a massive let down from the community as they only serve to support or enable terrible travesties to be made out of a once beloved and well regarded franchise.

    I have canceled my pre-order for a full refund. I refuse to support companies which such a blatant disregard for quality control let alone drop the ball on essential things like facial animation and engaging dialogue. Out of this I will never again pre-order any game from EA or Bioware again.

    Imagine reading the entire Harry Potter series only to discover the last book is absolutely terrible and puts you off the entire thing for good. Now amplify that feeling a thousand times and punch yourself in the face, then you can come close to the kind of let down I'm experiencing. What an utter joke. Shame on the developers. Shame on anyone involved with this title to not step up and speak their mind and protect the franchise.

    Please do not support companies like these responsible for ruining titles and releasing unfinished uninspired botched products that only serve to disappoint you to the highest degree.

    What a shame.    … Expand
  16. Lambda78965
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Игра полное дерьмо и развод плохой сюжет скучны и однообразный геймплей кривая анимация унылая диалоговая система и еще куча различных багов и ошибок крайне не советую в нее играть
  17. SpyderRyder
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Animations are bad, story-telling is bad... why would i invest myself any further when they've clearly not invested themselves into creating their product? Getting a refund.
  18. brfantasy
    Mar 23, 2017
    2
    This game is unplayable. I'm getting lag on the controls. When I aim or look around there is a slight delay. It's not my TV, as I play Destiny, Battlefield 1, and The Division with no problems. I could get past the **** animations, lack of creativity, and all the other awful stuff about this game if it were just playable.
  19. JohnRedPepper
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Words can't describe just how disappointing this is, how the heck does a game with so many bugs and glitches get released, easily a year or so early, so once again the majority of the public basically get ripped off, but this time by greedy liberal progressive c grade devs and publishers. My kids 5th grade drama class could produce a better script then this absolute dribble they coughedWords can't describe just how disappointing this is, how the heck does a game with so many bugs and glitches get released, easily a year or so early, so once again the majority of the public basically get ripped off, but this time by greedy liberal progressive c grade devs and publishers. My kids 5th grade drama class could produce a better script then this absolute dribble they coughed up, I've heard cats fighting at 3am that sound better then the voice acting, a d grade performance at best. It will take a lot to beat this mass fail of epic proportions for 2017.… Expand
  20. Wiweora
    Mar 30, 2017
    0
    Mass Effect: Inquisition - grind, scan...boringgggg. Thanks .....!!!!!!!! Old Bioware team !!!!!!!! for the best games: Dragon Age Origins, Mass Effect 1,2,3!!!!
  21. v_iHuGi
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Absolute trash, unbeliavably bad, i still can´t get how this game is so so so bad, 75 on Metacritic makes me laugh hard, this game is the worst game of this generation by far, put your money on Horizon, Persona, Zelda or NieR and let this die a slow and painfull death.

    Don´t laugh to hard at the animations btw, probably the worse animations ever seen on a Triple A tittles this    Absolute trash, unbeliavably bad, i still can´t get how this game is so so so bad, 75 on Metacritic makes me laugh hard, this game is the worst game of this generation by far, put your money on Horizon, Persona, Zelda or NieR and let this die a slow and painfull death.

    Don´t laugh to hard at the animations btw, probably the worse animations ever seen on a Triple A tittles this generation, heck even compared to last gen games this looks bad, let alone Witcher, Horizon or even better examples Uncharted or Until Dawn.    … Expand
  22. Alucardio
    Mar 22, 2017
    2
    This is Why you just can't trust Any studio regardless of track record when it comes to pre-orders. BioWare played on our Mass effect heart strings and hoped to make a killing with preorders before we tried out a this subpar game. Why WHY do I still pre-order games!!
  23. BONYX
    Mar 23, 2017
    3
    No dubbing in Italian, Livello di espressioni facciali molto basso, too repetitive missions,
    quality of the music and the sound not up for a triple A title.
    This is not Mass Effect game
  24. Enklave
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    I had been waiting 5 years for this. Return to ME universe and live as space hero once again, meeting interesting characters. enjoy good RPG features and experience great story.
    None of this happened in Andromeda. This game is just laughing stock, everything is so terrible done...BioWare as we knew it, is dead.
  25. Abstrakt15
    Mar 21, 2017
    1
    Terribly made game that needed another few months to so the characters felt like characters and not robots. This is not mass effect. Your choices DONT matter unlike the great trilogy.
  26. Reddrag0852
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    I'm a huge mas effect fan, but this is kind of bad.
    If this was made by a small company I'd give it an 8, but with the lacklustre writing and terrible animations this is just embarrassing.
    Bioware kind of missed with this one. And to those claiming this has some SJW and PC ties and agendas, it probably does, but it's not extremely apparent. If that's the only reason you're not buying    I'm a huge mas effect fan, but this is kind of bad.
    If this was made by a small company I'd give it an 8, but with the lacklustre writing and terrible animations this is just embarrassing.
    Bioware kind of missed with this one.

    And to those claiming this has some SJW and PC ties and agendas, it probably does, but it's not extremely apparent.
    If that's the only reason you're not buying this game you should give it a try.    … Expand
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. pay2win
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    This game is bad.
    It shouldnt be released.
    Animations are worse than some ps2 games,and they dont even fit. There are thousands of bugs. Story is childish and dialogues are bad.
    This is mass effect in name only.
  30. dmzhakov
    Mar 21, 2017
    4
    Посмотрел трейлер, почитал отзывы и изучил стримы + почитал слив анон разраба. ВЫВОД: ни-о-чём
  31. 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.
  32. Nareke
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    poor combat, horrible animation, excessive padding, and over-complication. The AI is a mess. If the AI is bad in the first 10 hours, it's going to be bad throughout the game. There's no reason why it would suddenly magically improve later.
  33. lastghost68
    Apr 1, 2017
    1
    Mass Effect Andromeda is a complete Mess! How does a game that has this many problems make it to the public? From Plastic looking characters, terrible animations, low quality voice actors...to weak story, this is a huge drop in quality from the originals. Buy a used copy if you must play it! Don't support Bioware for producing Crap.
  34. sergeykalenik
    Apr 24, 2017
    1
    New galaxy with only 5 planets and two races. No bosses, no quests, no drama, no experience. More of that - there is no scenario, absolutely dull side quests and zero empathy to flat personages. And totaly nothing to do in the game. And yes, only one boss for whole game - relict architect. You kill it on every planet and that meet as final boss - brilliant! BTW all male characters areNew galaxy with only 5 planets and two races. No bosses, no quests, no drama, no experience. More of that - there is no scenario, absolutely dull side quests and zero empathy to flat personages. And totaly nothing to do in the game. And yes, only one boss for whole game - relict architect. You kill it on every planet and that meet as final boss - brilliant! BTW all male characters are homosexual and wanting to **** you - totally sux if you straight.

    1 score just for pretty landscapes on some planets.    … Expand
  35. Kezblez
    Apr 1, 2017
    0
    This felt nothing like the original mass effect(s) it was a poorly made travesty full of SJW propaganda. The story's were so lame and predictable, they didn't have any edge or substance at all. I felt like I was playing Jak and Daxter. They killed it, so disappointed.
  36. xyberninja
    Apr 22, 2017
    1
    EA/Bioware took the Space Opera and turned it into a Soap Opera. It's incredibly disappointing, with terrible writing and boring characters. This game is a failure in story writing, among other things.
  37. valorien
    Apr 2, 2017
    0
    An absolute disgrace to the Mass Effect franchise. This game is a huge disappointment and suffers from both technical issues and an exceptionally boring narrative.
    In short - Absolutely terrible. Save your money.
  38. Noalan
    Apr 1, 2017
    0
    As it stands now this game should not have been released. It's buggy and ugly. Bioware has promised to update it, I'll revisit this score after that happens. For now, do not buy, wait for a big price drop and/or the patches.
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. NecroWarlock
    Apr 24, 2017
    1
    bad: CAMERA is tottal BS, writing, animations, character models, short main story, loading screens disguised as animations, no quarians/drell/volus, character creator is total crap, crew sucks, side missions are mostly painful and boring

    good: space looks awesome, krogan hammer melee weapon
  45. andishdi
    Apr 14, 2017
    2
    Buggy, boring, repetitive and in some cases plain broken... What has happened to this series?

    Barely 10 hours in a have a folder brimming with random moments and characters who look they're wearing someone else's skin. Last night the game got some broken and confused I had to reload in order to continue with mission (only after wasting about an hour trying to find out why I couldn't    Buggy, boring, repetitive and in some cases plain broken... What has happened to this series?

    Barely 10 hours in a have a folder brimming with random moments and characters who look they're wearing someone else's skin. Last night the game got some broken and confused I had to reload in order to continue with mission (only after wasting about an hour trying to find out why I couldn't progress).

    You could compare this game to the previous in the series, some won't think that's fair and I would agree you have to take this on it's own merits but it's worth noting that almost everything the previous titles did that is present here... They did it much better.

    This is fairly dull story, you'll care very little for the characters and the ultimate conclusion (if you can call it that) is not particularly satisfying... The controls are very clunky, load times are slow and it is not pretty by current gen standards. The music is better than I think most give it credit for but it is still too muted and not as epic as it could be. The game feels like lots of people had some great ideas but went off into separate rooms and developed them alone then tried and ultimately failed to put them all together.

    Finally... The argument from many is that all these things will be patched and we'll have a shiny piece of brilliance once finished... But the point is this game was released, sold for £50+ and so should work off the bat. The other is "making games is hard, how can they expect to find all the bugs?", were it only a few bugs I don't think anyone would be that rattled... It's the sheer lack of polish that is offensive, as is if they didn't even bother to test it or simply didn't care - oh, and plenty of other developers make games of this scale without even a fraction of the issues or freakish looking characters.    … Expand
  46. Wideload
    Mar 31, 2017
    3
    I love and have played all of the Mass Effect games. This one is a shocker. The animation just does not work and instead of drawing you in puts you off right from the start. The game play is boring and the main character does not catch the imagination, nor make me interested enough to find out what happens. I have put about 30 hours into this game and I think that will be about all.I love and have played all of the Mass Effect games. This one is a shocker. The animation just does not work and instead of drawing you in puts you off right from the start. The game play is boring and the main character does not catch the imagination, nor make me interested enough to find out what happens. I have put about 30 hours into this game and I think that will be about all.

    Very disappointed BioWare    … Expand
  47. rsid
    Apr 1, 2017
    3
    I don't care about political reasons or anything that could have affected other reviewers or players. My opinion is that the story, writing, character development and world development in Andromeda is extremely derivative, bland and one-dimensional, not nearly as good in those aspects to ME 1 (IMO, the weakest of the three MEs). I will not deny that I played ME 2 demo and instantly boughtI don't care about political reasons or anything that could have affected other reviewers or players. My opinion is that the story, writing, character development and world development in Andromeda is extremely derivative, bland and one-dimensional, not nearly as good in those aspects to ME 1 (IMO, the weakest of the three MEs). I will not deny that I played ME 2 demo and instantly bought the full game and fell in love with it. I played ME 1 and 3 and, while I preferred 2 over 3 and 3 over 1, Andromeda was extremely disappointing and it became boring after a while. What was a blank slate to create a new, expansive experience became a cheap, downgraded rehash from the original trilogy that didn't deliver in depth. While playing the original trilogy I devoured the whole Codex and every bit of information I could because those would add depth and understanding of this new, exciting world. In ME: Andromeda, I stopped reading after 20 hours of gameplay and basically just rushed to the mission points on the map because it all became a boring, repetitive hassle with no impact on the story or the world whatsoever. I even tried loading save points where dialog options were given to try different outcomes, but they were all the same.

    Praise for the new combat system are OK, but sometimes overrated. The tactical choices from the original trilogy where you would balance your squad to cover your power weaknesses (like picking squadmates with good powers vs armor because you were focusing on vs shields), or when to have your squad use their powers in the perfect moment, is gone. Individual combat is good in this game, but the removal of the mentioned features is a big let down for me.

    Reviews that have popped up such as in mmorpg.com saying that the game was not as bad as it's been said, blaming people fixation with bad animation or ugly women and other excuses, I believe they are grabbing at straws. Case in point: ME 1, 2 and 3 female Shepard options were fugly; ME 1 still has game breaking bugs; there were buggy animations, poses and moments all over the trilogy, and players still loved it. Players and reviewers remarking on those bugs in Andromeda are doing so because these faults are just nails in the coffin, not the cause of discontent or disappointment.    … Expand
  48. 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
  49. phototed
    Apr 24, 2017
    2
    I am usually in the preorder camp when it comes to Bioware. Even after the crap known as the ending of ME3. I preordered Andromeda. I know, my mistake. This game, after 5 years, is a tragic excuse being attached to the Mass Effect universe. Not going to mention animations, cause that has probably been typed to death, (for real, they're terrible.) but what's more tragic is theI am usually in the preorder camp when it comes to Bioware. Even after the crap known as the ending of ME3. I preordered Andromeda. I know, my mistake. This game, after 5 years, is a tragic excuse being attached to the Mass Effect universe. Not going to mention animations, cause that has probably been typed to death, (for real, they're terrible.) but what's more tragic is the forgettable story and dialogue! There is hardly any thread of a decent story line in Andromeda, the characters are pretty linear, and the dialogue comes off as fan fiction at times. I, personally, can look the other way with small amount of bad animations, but for a Bioware game with a terrible story, dialogue (plenty of examples, Liam's banter about shooting a guy in the face in the earlier scene, Sara Ryder talking to Suvi, etc.) , and characters? That's tragic. After finishing the game, I got the sense that it was like the rough draft of the ideas, made it to the final version, instead of really crafting a narrative that isn't as cheesy as what is in the game. That can't be patched up. Who came up with the idea of the mini games being sudoku puzzles? Really? Missions and side quests turned out to be small to major fetch, scan quests. Speaking about mission quests, talk about not feeling threatened by the Kett. Pretty boring bad guys.

    What was good about the game was the fighting mechanics. If they focused a lot of time and effort in the story, dialogue, and characters, as they did with the combat this would have been a great addition to the Mass Effect universe. But no matter how many patches and updates they put in (which they should have delayed it to fix the fixable bugs and glitches before launch) they can't fix what really is broken in this game.    … Expand
  50. Turdsandwhich
    Apr 16, 2017
    2
    In comparison to the other Mass Effect Games, of which I loved. This game is trash, and I do not consider it Mass Effect.

    The problems: 1. The interactions have the emotional charge comparable to that of two near-death fish. 2. Everything is way too PC. You took one of the most un-PC games and made it the equivalent of jokes at a political convention. IT HAS NO BITE. Mass Effect was    In comparison to the other Mass Effect Games, of which I loved. This game is trash, and I do not consider it Mass Effect.

    The problems:
    1. The interactions have the emotional charge comparable to that of two near-death fish.

    2. Everything is way too PC. You took one of the most un-PC games and made it the equivalent of jokes at a political convention. IT HAS NO BITE. Mass Effect was known for its bite too gamers. NOT ONCE HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM IN TRIVIAL CONVERSATION WITH A PISTOL OR A RIGHT HOOK, ALL THE WHILE HAVING MORE SUITABLE BUT PACIFYING OPTIONS. WTF! This is not Mass Effect.

    3. This game does not make you feel BA like the other Mass Effects. Electronic Arts jacks up everything they touch. The other Mass Effects made you feel gritty and tough. This game makes you feel like you are a model of civility and wussification. It sucks.

    4. The characters have no depth. Whoever wrote their dialog is an imbecile and needs to find a bridge to jump off of (JK!). All the characters and Ryder are terrible. Is EA like Disney, slowly ruining Mass Effect like Disney is ruining Star Wars? EA is one of the worse game developers there is. Please listen to your suckiness, because you deserve it.

    5. The game lacks creativity in every place where it matters. Sure, it looks great but it has no meat and potatoes.

    6. The quests are not understandable half the time and so quickly blerted out that they are near to incomprehensible. Look I am not an automaton of action and doing, SLOW DOWN YOU IDIOTS and focus on storytelling. Tell your corporate boss to stick it in his backside if they complain about it not having enough action. We need time to develop bonds and understanding of character situations before jumping off into the next bullship busy crap.

    Advise for EA:
    Fire everyone, burn this game to the ground, forget it, and start over.
    You suck. Get better.
    I wanted so badly for this game to be good. Mass Effect is my new Star Wars and you are jacked it up too.

    (Review written after over 70 hours of gameplay)    … Expand
  51. Kotwurschd
    Apr 13, 2017
    3
    Wow. I don't know where to begin with. Mass Effect 1-3 were all great games, so I had high hopes for Mass Effect Andromeda. I didn't watch anything and bought it blind, which was a huge mistake. I trusted BioWare, but now I'm really disappointed with both BioWare and Mass Effect Andromeda. 5+ Years and you guys come up with this pile of **** I really tried to get warm with this title, butWow. I don't know where to begin with. Mass Effect 1-3 were all great games, so I had high hopes for Mass Effect Andromeda. I didn't watch anything and bought it blind, which was a huge mistake. I trusted BioWare, but now I'm really disappointed with both BioWare and Mass Effect Andromeda. 5+ Years and you guys come up with this pile of **** I really tried to get warm with this title, but the boring story, the extremely clunky controls, the graphics and the characters made me really stop playing the game. This games writer is probably one of the most boring and depressive person on this planet. Just change your job, buddy, you're clearly not made for this job. I couldn't even believe that this game is called Mass Effect. It doesn't even comes close to the quality of the Mass Effect games that have been released many years before. This game is not worthy to be called Mass Effect. It's the first time in 10+ years that I didn't want to finish a AAA game. The game is unspectacular and absolutely boring. I just stopped playing the game halfway through, which was a pain in the ass, because the game was that much boring in any aspect, and deleted it from my console. I didn't thought that I'd ever say this about a Mass Effect game, but Mass Effect Andromeda is so far the worst game of 2017. Good job EA and BioWare for ruining a great game series.… Expand
  52. Furiousmike
    Apr 2, 2017
    2
    Boredom, disbelieve, pain and agony. These were the feelings I went trough during my 47hrs playing ME Andromeda.

    During the opening I got very exited. I was like Hell yeah!! here we go!! Game of the year! Then the reality hit. Boring quests, facial animations that made me facepalm myself so hard my brains shot out from my ears. Boring characters, boring dialogue. See the theme here?    Boredom, disbelieve, pain and agony. These were the feelings I went trough during my 47hrs playing ME Andromeda.

    During the opening I got very exited. I was like Hell yeah!! here we go!! Game of the year! Then the reality hit. Boring quests, facial animations that made me facepalm myself so hard my brains shot out from my ears. Boring characters, boring dialogue. See the theme here? Boring, boring, boring. When I had played 10hrs I didn't want to play anymore. But I kept going, hoping that things would pick up but they didn't. I just couldn't believe what bioware had done to my all time favorite game series. Whoever decided that their "flagship" title should be handled by a support studio and some of it should be outsourced completely, is a f***ing idiot! When EA came along everything started to go downhill. Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire and ME1. Every game bioware made before EA meddling was a masterpiece, if not it came deam close.

    I don't mind few bugs here and there. There's going to be bugs in a huge game like this. It can't be avoided, but this stuttering mess is not a triple A game. We should get a refund, this game is obviously not finished. If I bought a car and it had this much problems I could get a new one from the dealership because of the warranty.

    So the gameplay.. sigh.. no tactical pausing, can't give orders to squadmates to use powers to set up combos, only 3 skills to use?!? Cover system sucks.

    I was actually going to write a lot longer and in depth review but I can't keep going. There is just too much wrong with this game, I give up. I do solemnly swear I will not buy another bioware game until they break free from the grip of the horrible abomination that is EA.

    As a reviewer I try to provide enough information to fellow gamers to stay away from horrible titles and to try out games that are actually good. This time I can't provide more than my own die hard ME1 fan opinion. I would not touch this with a 10 foot pole.

    Summary:

    Graphics: 9.5
    Everything else: Sucks ass    … Expand
  53. hpdr
    Mar 31, 2017
    0
    The main story is boring the writing in the dialog is bad the characters show almost no emotion and the choices you have are meaninglessness and boring the combat is fun but becomes repetitive you can no longer control your squad that was a main and unique point oft the mass effect series among other bad design choices make this game in to a mediocre version of mass effect please have aThe main story is boring the writing in the dialog is bad the characters show almost no emotion and the choices you have are meaninglessness and boring the combat is fun but becomes repetitive you can no longer control your squad that was a main and unique point oft the mass effect series among other bad design choices make this game in to a mediocre version of mass effect please have a hard look at mass effect 2 and make a more open world and dynamic version of that game exploiting the thing that made that game unique and great(combat,characters, story etc..) good luck for the next mass effect… Expand
  54. Kimblock
    Mar 4, 2020
    0
    On my opinion in comparison with the original trilogy of Mass Effect, andromeda sucks.
  55. Majtres
    Apr 5, 2020
    0
    I’ve played for something like 12 h and stopped because this game is such a piece of s*** that causes me headache!! No dubbing in Italian (I’m italian) and that’s the first mess. The technical sector sucks, I don’t like the location, it has constantly framerate problems, too many same characters. It’s boring. I will definitely not buy a Game from EA and BioWare for a while from now. ReallyI’ve played for something like 12 h and stopped because this game is such a piece of s*** that causes me headache!! No dubbing in Italian (I’m italian) and that’s the first mess. The technical sector sucks, I don’t like the location, it has constantly framerate problems, too many same characters. It’s boring. I will definitely not buy a Game from EA and BioWare for a while from now. Really bad job guys!!!!… Expand
  56. Windolicker
    Sep 20, 2021
    0
    The SJW diversity crowd strikes again; it oozes from this game. These people suck at writing. They are obsessed with emotions, not offending their leftist friends, and will not take any risks. They aren't outside the box thinkers. It is just another IP in a long list that has been run into the ground. Because we have to hire based on what people look like and not based on merit. That's myThe SJW diversity crowd strikes again; it oozes from this game. These people suck at writing. They are obsessed with emotions, not offending their leftist friends, and will not take any risks. They aren't outside the box thinkers. It is just another IP in a long list that has been run into the ground. Because we have to hire based on what people look like and not based on merit. That's my observation anyway.… Expand
  57. TonyKontana
    Aug 8, 2018
    0
    Максимально никчемная игра в которой плохо все. Плох сюжет, плохи персонажи, плохи квесты, плохи игровые механики, плоха графика (анимация). Эта попытка сделать игру одним своим существованием унижает фанатов серии Mass Effect.Максимально никчемная игра в которой плохо все. Плох сюжет, плохи персонажи, плохи квесты, плохи игровые механики, плоха графика (анимация). Эта попытка сделать игру одним своим существованием унижает фанатов серии Mass Effect.
  58. Lazyyawn
    Feb 3, 2019
    0
    I wanted to vomit the soon I saw the first dialog animation, I have 5 minutes into the game but the animations are terrible.. don't know if i wanna go back and continue the game because of this
  59. 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
  60. jaredinho
    May 11, 2018
    3
    So mass effect, the series famed for it's storytelling and characters has thrown all of that out the window in place of a boring, meticulous open world system. The majority of the quests have no weight to them, go here, scan this, scan this, go here, done. It's boring, there's no satisfaction. The combat is pretty fun and shines through in the main story missions but the main story endedSo mass effect, the series famed for it's storytelling and characters has thrown all of that out the window in place of a boring, meticulous open world system. The majority of the quests have no weight to them, go here, scan this, scan this, go here, done. It's boring, there's no satisfaction. The combat is pretty fun and shines through in the main story missions but the main story ended completely abruptly without any real narrative progression. You get 6 squad mate, that's right 6! I honestly felt no attachment to any of them, so much I didn't even bother to romance anyone. The game has clearly been rushed, it doesn't feel finished at all. The only thing that feels finished is the franchise as a whole, sad times.… Expand
  61. alexela
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    gioco veramente pessimo fatto con le mani e con i piedi,,,,,,,,............................................
  62. antoinemichelin
    Nov 14, 2018
    0
    if you take 60 bucks... and wipe your ass with them... will give you more satisfaction than spending them on this game. Just saying...
  63. 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
  64. fundakk
    Dec 17, 2020
    2
    Just finished it (without Liam loyalty mission because it hasn't triggered - bug). It is bad. Main problem for me is that it is game about loading. One of final missions of one planets (no spoilers) looks like this: you are on your ship - go to system -> LOAD -> go to planet -> LOAD -> land on the planet -> LOAD -> run few meters -> LOAD ENTERING DOOR (opening these doors take longer thanJust finished it (without Liam loyalty mission because it hasn't triggered - bug). It is bad. Main problem for me is that it is game about loading. One of final missions of one planets (no spoilers) looks like this: you are on your ship - go to system -> LOAD -> go to planet -> LOAD -> land on the planet -> LOAD -> run few meters -> LOAD ENTERING DOOR (opening these doors take longer than other to allow objects to load) -> run few meters -> LOAD ENTERING DOOR -> watch dialog (while choosing responses that are irrelevant to story and gameplay), run few meters -> LOAD ENTERING DOOR -> run few meters -> LOAD ENTERING DOOR -> run few meters to terminal -> LOAD -> run few meters -> you can ride for 2 minutes or fast travel so LOAD -> run and watch cutscene, make one decision (changing model appearing at the end of the game) -> go back to starting position so LOAD -> terminal transit -> LOAD -> first door -> LOAD -> second door -> LOAD -> watch dialog and it's end of the quest. Except main quest all quest are like that - lots of loading, a bit of running, some shooting/scanning, dialog and go to other planet, so again lots of loading. Gameplay is ok, but a massive amount of work were placed to create all dialogs and lore but most ware created just to fill blanks without any creativity. Cinematics are bad. Mechanics of dialogs are bad - it sound like a "FRIENDS" without lough track - speaking, pause, speaking and all lack any emotions, and if there are some emotions, bad animation makes it look bad. Same few animals across whole galaxy cluster. No music so gameplay is a bit flat (final mission has music and is way more entertaining). Whole game looks like some scrum or agile management where creatives ware used to fill gaps, not to shape whole experience.… Expand
  65. fakkel
    Apr 18, 2017
    0
    I am sorry to say, but this is another franchise dead and buried. Terrible Writing, lots of technical issues together with poorly made animations. Already my biggest disappointment of 2017.
  66. griffey546
    Apr 4, 2017
    1
    very no like it, make me think vodka good for u. сука блять! please valve, fix ur game, very bad getting put in global with bad silver!!! no much russian, only cyka americana and euro! yes
  67. Shaneuk
    Apr 3, 2017
    0
    I love this franchisr and have bought every mass effect game on release but this , well embarrassing and and insult to gamers.
    The game itself shows so much promise but it shouldnt have been released in its current state, its incomplete and bugged to hell. Missions past Kadaya ive spent more time stuck in rocks that the ui throws you into for no reason, (you actually get stuck past the    I love this franchisr and have bought every mass effect game on release but this , well embarrassing and and insult to gamers.
    The game itself shows so much promise but it shouldnt have been released in its current state, its incomplete and bugged to hell. Missions past Kadaya ive spent more time stuck in rocks that the ui throws you into for no reason, (you actually get stuck past the scenery ) makes it unplayable, not to mention mako exploding when hitting imaginary walls, the lists quite long.
    This should of been picked up by quality control its a shoddy effort and makes a game unplayable.
    Very very disapointed youve hurried release and it shows.    … Expand
  68. pizzafort
    Mar 29, 2017
    3
    I love how many people who rated this game 10/10 blame hate. As if all the majority negativity is due to hate alone and as if gamers care about hating something more than having a good game. Personally I love Dragon age 2 but when that game received numerous negativity, I actually know where they r coming from and it is not hate that dictate the score.

    Overall this game can be just    I love how many people who rated this game 10/10 blame hate. As if all the majority negativity is due to hate alone and as if gamers care about hating something more than having a good game. Personally I love Dragon age 2 but when that game received numerous negativity, I actually know where they r coming from and it is not hate that dictate the score.

    Overall this game can be just described in one word- Amateur. In Story, character, graphics etc. the only reason I give it a 3 is due to its redeeming combat mechanic. Maybe all this got to do with the amateur staff they hired, some of them have zero experience in gaming but a whole lot of achievements in their political movements.    … Expand
  69. CriticalMoose
    Apr 2, 2017
    0
    With all of the people acting morally superior and saying "oh my gosh the do not join the hate-bandwagon", I just had to create an account purely to say this. This game is by no means a bad game. However, it is a prime example of what happens when developers fail to polish their game, and fail to uphold the quality that modern triple-A titles should be known for. Though this game is highlyWith all of the people acting morally superior and saying "oh my gosh the do not join the hate-bandwagon", I just had to create an account purely to say this. This game is by no means a bad game. However, it is a prime example of what happens when developers fail to polish their game, and fail to uphold the quality that modern triple-A titles should be known for. Though this game is highly enjoyable to some, there are simply too many faults and defects that it clearly should not be treated with the same respect as other, more polished games out there, which show outstanding professionalism and where the developer's care for the game really shows. This game just lacks all the makings of a modern, block-buster gaming experience, unlike its predecessors, the original Mass Effect Trilogy. The original trilogy were all critically acclaimed titles and for good reason; it shows what developers can really accomplish, and provide a gaming experience that could be unforgettable. This game, lacks that. It does not deliver. Lackluster writing, mediocre animations, no quality control. There is no hate-bandwagon; games are not hated for no reason. This game is an insult to all good, polished, and masterful games out there. It is an insult to the original trilogy. This game is an insult to its own fans.… Expand
  70. InsaneSpectre
    Apr 3, 2017
    0
    I am only human after all. God I hate this one. I am a huge Mass Effect fan and playing Andromeda was hell of experience. Don't even bother waiting for pirated copy, get familiar with the original trilogy and let ME franchise leave positive emotions. Andromeda is a complete disgrace period. Spectre out.
  71. Viking171986
    Mar 29, 2017
    3
    The good, The bad and the wtf. A 100% completion with a i7 and gtx 1080.

    The good: 1) Sound effects in this game i.e gunfire sound legitimate and believable for the setting. 2) there are some good plot points, but you need to navigate around 20+ hours of pure garbage to get to, 3) Jumping is a nice change. The bad: 1) Facial animations. Every other reviewer is hitting this topic    The good, The bad and the wtf. A 100% completion with a i7 and gtx 1080.

    The good:
    1) Sound effects in this game i.e gunfire sound legitimate and believable for the setting.
    2) there are some good plot points, but you need to navigate around 20+ hours of pure garbage to
    get to,
    3) Jumping is a nice change.
    The bad:
    1) Facial animations. Every other reviewer is hitting this topic no need to go into more detail. I'm
    playing on max settings and the original trilogy had better animations.
    2) No mini map or radar. this is a space exploration game are you telling me your wrist watch
    scanner (Not an omnitool that's clear) can't give you a map?
    3) The new cover system is janky and all over the place.
    4) Companions are useless and combat ineffective at the best of the times.
    5) Wildlife diversity.
    6) 3 abilities can only be used at a time.
    7) Space Saduko.

    The WTF!

    1) Who in the name of the goddess screened or hired these voice actors? Seriously did EA/Bioware blow their whole budget on a hack actress from GOT? The guards from Skyrim have more emotional depth than 99% of the characters in the game. It's so bad that I skipped through almost all the cutscenes but left the subtitles on so I wouldn't miss the non-existent plot.

    2) Character creation..................Did you even try EA/Bioware?!?

    3) Plot. This was a totally shoehorned politically driven plot and it doesn't even try to hide it. two examples are on Eos and a Nexus follow up. 1st example and spoiler alert once you set up an outpost on EOS this after the first two were slaughtered by the kett if you set up a military base people on the nexus will actually have a protest.....really?!? 2nd example while doing a misc side quest you are given the option to share natural gas with exiles and you companions will try to make you feel bad for fracking..........Political Bias aside the plot drags and gives you no incentive to make any decision it is linear, there is no real choice in the game that will change the outcome. After 40+ hours I have no urge to playthough again to find out, for a Mass Effect game passing on a New game + option should be a red flag. it's just an all around bad plot in a majority of the game with no pacing or depth.
    4) Playing on a Brand new pc i7 with a 1080 I ran across very few game breaking bugs but more than a dozen times I was forced to hard stop the game in order to fix some i.e getting stuck on invisible walls, falling through the ground, cutscene bugs (getting killed by an enemy while talking to an npc in the cutscene. It's clear there was no quality control in this game at all because running into any bug on an average of every two minutes. Fallout 4 on launch felt better.

    In closing this is my first review and I don't have an editor to proof read but I had to write a review for this game because this trend of pushing personal politics and feelings into games at the expense of a quality product is no longer acceptable. EA doesn't care that much is obvious but I expected more out of bioware the company that brought us Dragon Age Origins, Kotor 1-2, 99.5% of the Mass Effect Trilogy. This abomination is not a Mass Effect game. I could take a poop and put the Mass Effect Logo on it and it would have more character depth than this game. RIP Mass Effect.    … Expand
  72. 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
  73. 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
  74. Spudgie
    Apr 3, 2017
    1
    I gave bioware the benefit of the doubt and pre-ordered the delux edition. Man, was I disappointed. If I knew what it was going to be like, I never would have wasted my money. Huge let-down. I spend half the game skipping through the conversations because they are so bad, and the other half making sure I dont hit the wrong conversation choice while getting hit on by one of the many gayI gave bioware the benefit of the doubt and pre-ordered the delux edition. Man, was I disappointed. If I knew what it was going to be like, I never would have wasted my money. Huge let-down. I spend half the game skipping through the conversations because they are so bad, and the other half making sure I dont hit the wrong conversation choice while getting hit on by one of the many gay male characters. What a load of crap. After playing about a third of the way through the game, I completely gave up and quite playing it. I doubt I will ever finish it, even if they do fix the animations. Bioware will never see another dime of my money (and believe me, I have given them a lot of money over the years).… Expand
  75. arostislavna
    Mar 29, 2017
    1
    Uninteresting Plot, Characters, Design and a plethora of technical flaws.

    Infinite load screen (You must quit and restart repeatedly until it loads), enemies stuck in place, stop-motion movement, characters will do unusual things on the tempest, sky box will fail to load after you make Veold 100% viable, NPCs talking behind you and you cant hear them, & frame rate drops. Now let me    Uninteresting Plot, Characters, Design and a plethora of technical flaws.

    Infinite load screen (You must quit and restart repeatedly until it loads), enemies stuck in place, stop-motion movement, characters will do unusual things on the tempest, sky box will fail to load after you make Veold 100% viable, NPCs talking behind you and you cant hear them, & frame rate drops.

    Now let me tackle this multiplayer, shall we? It's Prison of Elders in a Mass Effect package on Peer-to-Peer networking! I have played one stable game since release.

    Do yourself a favor and don't buy this crap.    … Expand
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. 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
  79. 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.
  80. 314TR
    May 4, 2017
    1
    It is rare that I buy a game on its release date, but as a huge fan of the Mass Effect series I did upon the release of Andromeda and I am very disappointed to say that I regret it enormously. It is without a doubt one of the worst games in recent years. It already starts at character creation. The faces are simply ugly. There is no other way to put it and no amount of editing can makeIt is rare that I buy a game on its release date, but as a huge fan of the Mass Effect series I did upon the release of Andromeda and I am very disappointed to say that I regret it enormously. It is without a doubt one of the worst games in recent years. It already starts at character creation. The faces are simply ugly. There is no other way to put it and no amount of editing can make them attractive. It is so bad that it renders the game almost unplayable. I literally had to start a new game with a different face 5 times before I finally had created a face that was somewhat bearable. That's ridiculous for a RPG. It's the first time that has ever happened to me. I've altered the settings so that the character's helmet is on most of the time, which helps somewhat. But there are still cutscenes where the helmet is removed. Of course if that was the only thing wrong with the game it would be something to overcome and perhaps fix in a future patch, but sadly there is much, much more wrong with it. The story is almost non-existent, the NPC's are uninteresting, the side quests are boring and is most cases simply an exercise in futility. The replay value is limited because there are no class restrictions. One of the great things about the previous Mass Effect games was that you could play them again as a different class and get a completely different game experience. But in this game it is all lumped together. As a Vanguard you can specialize in skills of an Infiltrator, or an Engineer, or a Biotic. It completely ruins the replayability. And you get so many skill points (I easily reached level 62 on my first playthrough) that you can try out pretty much every skill you want and still have points to spare. It's ridiculous. The game is also filled with bugs that sometimes even cause quests to break or hang. The first patch has actually made things worse. The AI in your head won't shut up. Telling you the temperature is below freezing, and then normal again, and then below freezing again, and then normal again, and so on. But that very same information is already on the screen, so there is no need for the AI to tell you about it. It's just purely annoying. As an experienced gamer you will know what to do as soon as you enter a location. And you'll do it. But in this game you will enter a location, see the terminal that you have to activate and then wait for a minute while your AI explains to you in an excruciatingly slow voice that you have to activate the terminal. This game is completely void of any thing that makes it interesting. The game keeps you busy, but at no point does it entertain. This game is the complete opposite of the previous Mass Effect games. Those were great, this is garbage. Even if a future patch fixes the bugs, gives you the option to shut your AI up, makes the faces of the player character less ugly, it still leaves you with a terribly designed game that is boring an annoying. If you absolutely must buy this game and see for yourself how bad it is, don't buy it now as you can get it a discount soon enough. But my advise is to keep your money in your pocket and keep the memory of the greatness of the previous Mass Effect games intact.… Expand
  81. Dust_Hustla
    Mar 29, 2017
    3
    In a nutshell, terrible controls and frame rate issues ruin the multiplayer. Single player is marred by fetch quests and, well, nothing that screams "play me" over any of the other games currently out there.
  82. sikfuk
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    BW needs to hire competent people to make their games in the future. this is not good. i miss the good old games like Kotor, Jade Empire, Dragon Age: Origins. back then the company had a passion for making great games with a fantastic story. now the company has been infested with sick people who focus more on pushing their twisted political and social agenda rather than making good games.
  83. Mustakrakysh
    Apr 28, 2017
    0
    What a disappointment. This game is a DISGRACE. The Story and Characters are **** I'm typically too lazy to actually rate games but this one is such a terrible disappointment I feel compelled to actually say so. I LOVE the original three games and this game dishonors everything that Mass Effect was.
  84. Bonesilk
    Mar 30, 2017
    0
    The day when Mass Effect dead.
    First time on metacritic. i love what Mass Effect was.
    Thx for : 5% - Shoot time 15% - Ride desert on your unicorn car 45% - Scan all.... Must scan all! 15% - Jump - yay so fuuuun 10% - Bugs. 10% - Lore. What mass effect was : 55% - Lore 25% - Shoot 20% - Explore planets etc.. Dont invent bike if already some one made it. Bioware like    The day when Mass Effect dead.
    First time on metacritic. i love what Mass Effect was.
    Thx for :
    5% - Shoot time
    15% - Ride desert on your unicorn car
    45% - Scan all.... Must scan all!
    15% - Jump - yay so fuuuun
    10% - Bugs.
    10% - Lore.

    What mass effect was :
    55% - Lore
    25% - Shoot
    20% - Explore planets etc..

    Dont invent bike if already some one made it.
    Bioware like Ubisoft. THEY show wow graphics and then downgrade.    … Expand
  85. MustafaAmro
    Mar 31, 2017
    1
    I loved Mass Effect franchise, and I can't believe I waited for this game for four years, ME2 was one of the best games I had ever played in my entire life, I had spent 1K+ hours on ME3 Multiplayer.
    But I don't know what to call Andromeda, I spent the entire day trying to clear the **** load of missions that I was given in the first 20 minutes, googling how to get the Deluxe edition items    I loved Mass Effect franchise, and I can't believe I waited for this game for four years, ME2 was one of the best games I had ever played in my entire life, I had spent 1K+ hours on ME3 Multiplayer.
    But I don't know what to call Andromeda, I spent the entire day trying to clear the **** load of missions that I was given in the first 20 minutes, googling how to get the Deluxe edition items i bought. the menus are horrible especially the quests menu you will easily get you lost, the environment is buggy, controlling your squad is a joke if compared to ME3 companions control, a poor navigating system that makes driving through a radiated wasteland that keeps on eating your vehicle shields a nightmare, and that's mostly what you do driving, collecting minerals and looking for dead bodies.
    A huge disappointment, wont be surprised if the price dunked in less than 2 months.    … Expand
  86. Melora
    Mar 31, 2017
    0
    This game is an obscenity. As someone who's played 40+ playthoughs across the original games, it hurts to say that. The character creator is repulsive, the voice acting is dreadful. The plot is dull, the squadmates are boring, and the 2004 Korean MMO tier fetch quests are simply unacceptable in a post-Witcher3, post New Vegas world. It's filled with innumerable bugs. The femaleThis game is an obscenity. As someone who's played 40+ playthoughs across the original games, it hurts to say that. The character creator is repulsive, the voice acting is dreadful. The plot is dull, the squadmates are boring, and the 2004 Korean MMO tier fetch quests are simply unacceptable in a post-Witcher3, post New Vegas world. It's filled with innumerable bugs. The female character doesn't get a female human squadmate romance, again, and the gay romances are just insulting.

    People say the combat is good but that's all MEA is, pew-pew-pew. It's CallofDuty in space now, and anyone wanting story, plot or character must look elsewhere. The people responsible for this atrocity should never work in the industry again.    … Expand
  87. theocract
    Apr 1, 2017
    1
    A total steaming pile of rubbish - the entire studio who published this atrocity of a game should be fired. Between the crappy animations and faces that were better in ME1 (and that's TEN years ago) to the infantile writing, the even more dumbed down squad control, the vast quantity of mindless side quests. All in all a total mess.
  88. Swanny1775
    Apr 9, 2017
    1
    Disappointed doesn't even begin to describe my feelings about this game. Mass Effect 1-3 were among the best games ive ever played, so i had high hopes for Andromeda. Sadly, I was completely and utterly let down.

    First and foremost are the bugs. They are numerous, recurring and in some cases bring a screeching halt to gameplay. As with most games touched by EA, this installment is a    Disappointed doesn't even begin to describe my feelings about this game. Mass Effect 1-3 were among the best games ive ever played, so i had high hopes for Andromeda. Sadly, I was completely and utterly let down.

    First and foremost are the bugs. They are numerous, recurring and in some cases bring a screeching halt to gameplay. As with most games touched by EA, this installment is a stain on a a great franchise and an embaressment to a company like Bioware, who has up till now been held in high regard by gamers.

    I am so utterly dissapointed in every aspect of this game that i can safely say i wont even bother with the next title Bioware makes me wait 5 years for. Getting in bed with EA was the worst decision they ever made and this sad, unplayable failure of a game only serves to show just how far they have fallen.

    Dont waste your money, the awful graphics and flat story aside, the outragous amount of bugs will most likely leave the game unplayable enough that you wont have to suffer through all the other shortcomings that make this game one of the hugest disappointments ever.    … Expand
  89. 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
  90. fffffff
    Apr 5, 2017
    3
    Game is frankly boring, it's just not interesting like previous Mass Effect games. I can only bring myself to play the game every few days or so, the game has been out for almost a month, and I haven't been interested enough to play past the second planet.

    I've also ragequit a number of times because of enemies spawning on top of me or directly behind me and instantly vaporizing me on    Game is frankly boring, it's just not interesting like previous Mass Effect games. I can only bring myself to play the game every few days or so, the game has been out for almost a month, and I haven't been interested enough to play past the second planet.

    I've also ragequit a number of times because of enemies spawning on top of me or directly behind me and instantly vaporizing me on the base assault missions. No enemies on radar, then move forward towards a new room and suddenly there's guys in front of you, to both sides, and behind you, and out of cover in this game = dead in 2 seconds.    … Expand
  91. Lughheim
    Apr 11, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mass effect has been probably the greatest rpg series I have ever played in my life. It's staples are known to be a great narrative driven story, with player choices shaping the game world around them, as well as having multiple companions you can meet and know very well each with their own interesting background. Gameplay was always considered as an afterthought, with most of the work going in the story to make each mission and choice impactful and meaningful in its own way. Because of this, I consider Mass Effect: Andromeda to be a complete and utter failure of a game.
    The game has an extremely short main story that can be completed in one sitting if you focus only on the main story and do not focus on side quests. The main story is extremely dissapointing, as it shows itself to be extremely bland for the vast majority of the time. Nearing the end it finally becomes more interesting and complex, and then it suddenly ends. The game never answers many of the most central and basic questions that it brings up, like (SPOILERS): Who are the Kett? Why do they want to turn the races around them into more kett? Why does the archon want to destroy the other worlds? Where did the scourge come from? What happened to the race that built the remnant? Why did the creators of rem-tech suddenly vanish, or even create this technology in the first place? (END SPOILERS) Add onto this extremely short and generally boring main storyline that absolutely none of the characters you meet along the way are interesting or memorable in any way whatsoever, and you have an utter failure of a main storyline.
    None of your companions are memorable at all, and their companion quests are generally quite dull. Almost all side quests in this game are fetch quests that are extremely boring and pointless and add nothing to the story. The narrative system in this game is pointless, as usually you will have only 2 options to speak which are often the exact same thing and mean absolutely nothing. You could choose basically any dialogue route in this game and you would end up with exactly the same response every time, which makes conversations that should have been the best part of the game an annoying chore.
    Really the only good things this game has going for it are the gameplay and graphics. And by graphics I mean the graphics outside of animating the characters in cutscenes, because those are horrible. If curious, anyone can go on youtube and see massive compilations of the disgustingly bad facial animations that make even ps2 facial animations look like the work of a genius. The world itself and battle animations are gorgeous and pleasing to look at. The game has a really good combat system as well, that combine factors from previous games in a new innovative way that make firefights genuinely enjoyable.
    if this game was some kind of new IP from Bioware focused on third person shooting action, I honestly think it would have been pretty decent. But Bioware made the horrible mistake of labeling this game as part of the Mass Effect series. In all of the core areas of a good RPG and as a part of the Mass Effect series this game fails completely in every key area that Mass Effect was known for. Because of that, I give this game an abysmal rating of 3. You would find a lot more fun out of this game if you didn't think it was a Mass Effect game, and you expected to buy a shooter not an RPG.    … Expand
  92. Slion
    Apr 6, 2017
    2
    I wanted to like this game, Mass Effect was my favorite game series of all time even the ending of ME:3 wasn’t able discourage me from the franchise. But this game frustrates me more than the ending of ME:3 ever did, I am disappointed that this is the future of the series.
    After beating ME:A I can’t think of anything that sticks out as unique, interesting or unpredictable in this game.    I wanted to like this game, Mass Effect was my favorite game series of all time even the ending of ME:3 wasn’t able discourage me from the franchise. But this game frustrates me more than the ending of ME:3 ever did, I am disappointed that this is the future of the series.
    After beating ME:A I can’t think of anything that sticks out as unique, interesting or unpredictable in this game. The story is unremarkable, the new race is just an uninteresting over-designed mess, ham-fisted dialogue and lazy animations distract from what little story is interesting, and then there’s the faces, my god the faces...what have you done Bioware, what happened to everyone’s chins and why do so many women have 5’oclok shadows is that a side effect of whatever chemical they put in their hair to make it glow in the dark?
    Overall the game feels like several steps back from ME:3, and comes across as unfinished or lazily done in many places. The story is just rehashing of previous Mass Effect plots haphazardly thrown together to make a story that has no other point other than to lead into a sequel or future DLC. If you’re thinking you might want this game wait, play ME:3 if you haven’t and get ME:A when it’s on sale for 9.99 and hopefully this mess will be a bit more sorted out by then.    … Expand
  93. DarthSidious
    May 3, 2017
    2
    This could have been such a great game, but waiting 5 years for this, seriously makes me question if they had a bunch of control monkeys making this game. There are soooo many bugs in this game it boggles the mind. I can't tell you how many times the game locked up and I had to restart (I stopped counting at 28) or we had the melding of two characters (where 2 characters became one), orThis could have been such a great game, but waiting 5 years for this, seriously makes me question if they had a bunch of control monkeys making this game. There are soooo many bugs in this game it boggles the mind. I can't tell you how many times the game locked up and I had to restart (I stopped counting at 28) or we had the melding of two characters (where 2 characters became one), or where sound mysteriously disappeared altogether for about 5 minutes. To say this game is unfinished is the understatement of the century, and it took them 5, yes five, years to come out with this bug infested trash. Are you kidding me? The game that killed the ME franchise, way to go Bioware.… Expand
  94. Fuxcap
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    Worst animations ever seen in a vid game.Not only that all female characters were 'uglyfied' just to please freaking feminism, also all human characters have dead eyes, dead emotions, bad textures, bad animation in walking running or whatever.Even without the endless bugs and glitches everywhere it would be horrible because of the characters behavior that kill every joyable aspect of the game.
  95. deepone
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    I am a huge fan of Mass Effect series and I absolutely loved the previous parts, all of them. I decided not read on any reviews to make my own opinion.
    Character creation process was really bad, all presets look awfull and customisation is bad, especially all hair options were terrible for my taste ... not a good start but whatever.
    The color palete in first few maps was off on most    I am a huge fan of Mass Effect series and I absolutely loved the previous parts, all of them. I decided not read on any reviews to make my own opinion.
    Character creation process was really bad, all presets look awfull and customisation is bad, especially all hair options were terrible for my taste ... not a good start but whatever.
    The color palete in first few maps was off on most characters, everything seemed so bleak to me, white turians why? What is worst everyone who I was talking to looked weird and unbeliavable. There was absolutely no emotion even in the most dramatic scenes, no sadnes, no fear, no joy. How would you talk if your father just died, like this?
    But I am willing to play ansi graphics games if they are fun so actually this made me sad but didnt put me off completely and I decided to play the game anyway. After 40 hour of complete boredom and anoyence I put it off. Every single quest that I did didnt interest me. Many of them dont make any sense. I dont remember a single quest I liked.
    The only NPC I remeber is peebee which I find anoying. As a completionist I tried to talk to everyone to find all quests which in this game equals ask every single colonist why did he decide to travel to Andromeda. It made me start skipping conversation, There is so much meaningless talk in this game... 90% time listen to poor voice acting, 10% game actually do something ...
    The UI is absolute mess. You cant effectively find next side quests, you cant manage your weapon and armor mods, it looks like this is some restriction due to console ports or I dont see why they wold do such terribly clumsy UI. My best mod disapeared because I got more then 50 items without warning .... but to be honest I didnt care a bit about equipment, there was no equipment for my spec. I played biotic in 40 hours of gameplay I didnt get a single biotic gear upgrade and on normal dificulty there was no chalanging fight. All Biotic abilities have such long cooldown you are gonna shoot most of the time anyway.
    Multiplayer is the same as in ME3. What I hate is that everyone has mics on by default and you cant mute them! After hearing heavy breathing and keyboard mashing in all my games and then someone farting all game I just couldnt bear it and quit playing it too, The same problem was in dragon age but they still think its good idea to turn everyones mic on. Why for gods sake!?
    Dont buy this game, its really my worst of worst gameplay experience :-(    … Expand
  96. 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.
  97. Sirus
    Mar 28, 2017
    2
    This is not the Mass Effect we were promised in E3. This is a hot mess full of bugs, awful voice acting, and terrible face animation. You can't emotionally connect with any character as their facial expressions seem like they're oblivious to their situation and surroundings. I often found bugs during combat, and the story is not as significant as the original Mass Effect series was. ThisThis is not the Mass Effect we were promised in E3. This is a hot mess full of bugs, awful voice acting, and terrible face animation. You can't emotionally connect with any character as their facial expressions seem like they're oblivious to their situation and surroundings. I often found bugs during combat, and the story is not as significant as the original Mass Effect series was. This game seemed to be made just as a cash cow by using the ME name instead of an actual entry into the ME series.… Expand
  98. CostasEco
    Apr 8, 2017
    3
    Bioware had created a masterpiece game, in a trilogy full of action, emotions and ideals, through a progressive well structured story and script, which were guiding interesting characters in a great adventure, based greatly on our own decisions. Then they did the unthinkable, by ending Shepard, a perfect team and their myth, few years ago... Now at last, Bioware came back to the loyal funsBioware had created a masterpiece game, in a trilogy full of action, emotions and ideals, through a progressive well structured story and script, which were guiding interesting characters in a great adventure, based greatly on our own decisions. Then they did the unthinkable, by ending Shepard, a perfect team and their myth, few years ago... Now at last, Bioware came back to the loyal funs with Andromeda and the outcome is far from fulfilling our long anticipation... Andromeda is a childish game with lots of action, interesting new elements, great graphics, but, lots of bugs, crappy animations, no story and especially no soul. With ugly and immature characters, lousy dialogs and boring storyline... I just finished playing the original trilogy once more and pretty sure I'll stick back there... Andromeda has nothing to offer to Mass Effect funs like me... It's only an insult to the original games... I wish Shepard could return from the deads and the Ryders to be send back to school for a few years, before trying to save humanity and the rest of the Milky Way species, from a dark (how ? why ?) future...… Expand
  99. 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.
  100. Mydoghasfleas
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Wanted so bad to like this one, but ultimately it fell flat. It never was going to live up to the trilogy, but as an RPG it couldn't hold its own. Bad cc, combat watered down with loss of squad tactics, awful animations and technical performance, backward writing and interactions, etc.
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  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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