Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. Tahvo
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    The critic reviews are really unbiased and doesnt seem to tell the truth like if they were bribed or mass effect fans that clouds the truth behind them. Just watching gameplay from this game seems waste of time 15mins and nothing special happens the story makes it seem like the characters dont have any emotions uh my father died and they just keep smiling like nothing happend. DisapointedThe critic reviews are really unbiased and doesnt seem to tell the truth like if they were bribed or mass effect fans that clouds the truth behind them. Just watching gameplay from this game seems waste of time 15mins and nothing special happens the story makes it seem like the characters dont have any emotions uh my father died and they just keep smiling like nothing happend. Disapointed to see that 40million $ later and 5 years of development whent to waste. Ou and most of the faces look like they were generated randomly with Sims 3 which makes them look ugly.

    The most of the reviews what i read the most disapointing thing is wasting time in these puzzle quest and some other get this item from other side of map which consumes alot of time. Not going to buy this since there are way too many bugs which they wont fix if the sales are low.    … Expand
  2. garrettyien
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    I made an account on metacritic for the express purpose of rating this game a 0/10. It might be the largest disappointment I've ever encountered in my entire life. Never has something been set up for so much success to have it put so deep into the garbage can. Beyond the technical shortcomings- actually I will cover them right now. Simply put, it is worse than mass effect 3. All elementsI made an account on metacritic for the express purpose of rating this game a 0/10. It might be the largest disappointment I've ever encountered in my entire life. Never has something been set up for so much success to have it put so deep into the garbage can. Beyond the technical shortcomings- actually I will cover them right now. Simply put, it is worse than mass effect 3. All elements of the game are clunkier and **** You can jump now, I guess. For reference, this game is a mechanical (and in many ways narrative) rip off of dragon age: inquisition. They even took the font. Cora is Cassandra, Peebee is Sera, etc.

    But the reason this is a piece of **** game is because of how much it just rapes the best part of Mass Effect, which was (emphasis on *was*) detailed and carefully written characters and plots. Most of the time, I didn't know if I was playing mass effect or reading tumblr. Every **** strong character is a woman. Not to disparage women, but not all of them are great, and making it appear so is just bad and lazy and ****ty writing. I hope they close down Bioware, i don't think they should risk making another game like this,    … Expand
  3. Scarlet_review
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    if people are trying to defend it by giving this game a higher rank like a 10 to "even it out" then that should tell you everything about this game it's just no mans sky again but with more money thrown at it.
  4. Piton
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    It's terrible game, very boring quests which repeats all the time. This damned scanning every time and everything Terrible dialogs and story line. Ugly characters. I don't now , list with minuses is very big, but most disappointing thing is that i don't see pluses.
    . Very sad that i can't get money back.
    It's not triple A game. it's not ME game which i loved.
  5. darkelf
    Apr 8, 2017
    0
    I have played the game using both gender characters for many hours. And that phrasing is the crux of the issue that this game suffers under. For BioWare, virtue signaling and politics is more important than creating a good game. While the specific reasons why this game is terrible remains to be fully verified, the game suffers, unarguably.

    Graphics = absolutely terrible, buggy models,    I have played the game using both gender characters for many hours. And that phrasing is the crux of the issue that this game suffers under. For BioWare, virtue signaling and politics is more important than creating a good game. While the specific reasons why this game is terrible remains to be fully verified, the game suffers, unarguably.

    Graphics = absolutely terrible, buggy models, characters look worse than games 10 years old
    content = narrative is boring, story is unmoving, plot holes
    Bugs = frequent and game breaking
    UI = terrible, unhelpful, game does not give important information some times
    political bias = Huge, and one look at the type of people staffing BioWare these days reveals their bias that makes its way into the game.

    After the triumphant success of previous Mass Effect games, I think many people wanted this game to be another excellent addition to the series. The fact is that it falls way, way short. This game deserves a low rating, and we can hope that low ratings sends a signal to BioWare that quality is what gamers want, not content that satisfies certain fringe political extremists.

    Anyone who reviews this game above a 5 is either ignorant of what constitutes a good game or is biased in favor of BioWare's politics.    … Expand
  6. MykeAlien
    Apr 14, 2017
    0
    `This game is the perfect example of giving too much responsibility to too small of a studio. While the combat of Andromeda is excellent on higher difficulties and at times the game comes off as graphically incredible it suffers from two major drawbacks. The bugs and the writing take away from the beautiful graphics since they are seldom enjoyable since they are often paired with a bug or`This game is the perfect example of giving too much responsibility to too small of a studio. While the combat of Andromeda is excellent on higher difficulties and at times the game comes off as graphically incredible it suffers from two major drawbacks. The bugs and the writing take away from the beautiful graphics since they are seldom enjoyable since they are often paired with a bug or awkward line of dialogue.… Expand
  7. ChazzRabble
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    It's quite hard to take this game seriously with the absolutely terrible cutscenes and poorly optimized gameplay. Simply put - it isn't up to the standard it should be. That's not to say everything is bad about it, some of the combat feels quite good, and the sound design is great. But not enough for me to keep this game unfortunately.
  8. krazy85
    Apr 8, 2017
    4
    A Mass-ive disappointment. This is not just the worst game in the series, but the worst Bioware game I've every played. Forget the animations and high expectations, the only place this game delivers are the backgrounds and environments, which are breathtaking, so good job artists. Everywhere else is lackluster at best and unforgivable in some aspects. The writing and plot directionA Mass-ive disappointment. This is not just the worst game in the series, but the worst Bioware game I've every played. Forget the animations and high expectations, the only place this game delivers are the backgrounds and environments, which are breathtaking, so good job artists. Everywhere else is lackluster at best and unforgivable in some aspects. The writing and plot direction follows common tropes and feels like a scattershot attempt at bringing in new players, despite the "naughty" scenes. I realize there are tremendous risks in producing a game of this size and scope but once again I find myself playing a game which I imagine was designed for the stockholder. I wish triple A developers would stop and realize they can turn a profit without compromising a game's heart soul. Double down on creativity instead of pushing earlier releases and generating hype. EA, I know you're tired of being crapped on but when do you stop with the excuses and start letting your developers do what they do best? Quit giving us reason to loathe your company. F(*&!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  9. Ormegasm
    Mar 22, 2017
    3
    It feels like the C team made it, quick tip Bioware don't give a bunch of new hires one of the most iconic franchises in the industry because they will put out a sub-par product. Mechanics are terrible the animation is laughable it crashes all the time and the story is piss poor. only thing I enjoyed about it are some of the new characters and maybe 3-4 of the choices throughout the story.
  10. Dzhon_Mil
    Mar 22, 2017
    3
    Boring and half-baked. For an RPG, the character creation is limited and the so-called "choices" seem meaningless. Why even have a dialogue wheel? And I'm tempted to skip the cut-scenes, the writing is so bad and the characters, themselves, are so dull. Some of the scenery is pretty, but overall the game just feels sterile.
  11. Lord_Alaric
    Mar 27, 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
  12. Ghibli
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Ok i hate that I have to say this but this game is absolutely horrible. I hate myself for convincing myself that it wouldnt be that bad and purchasing it. There are so many myriad things wrong with it besides the whats already been so let me list it out.

    -horrible animation and characters models (characters just look like clowns all over) -numerous bugs that impact gameplay (enemy    Ok i hate that I have to say this but this game is absolutely horrible. I hate myself for convincing myself that it wouldnt be that bad and purchasing it. There are so many myriad things wrong with it besides the whats already been so let me list it out.

    -horrible animation and characters models (characters just look like clowns all over)
    -numerous bugs that impact gameplay (enemy models stuck, easily getting stuck in walls etc)
    -open world is horribly underdeveloped and doesnt mesh well with gameplay (its mostly empty space with very little detail, and for a game that requires for battle cover you quite often get caught out in battles with no cover)
    -story is very underwhelming
    -squadmates are absolutely useless, they just wander into enemies and rarely take cover and also bug out. also you cant utilize their powers anymore as they the system has been scrapped
    -squadmates are super boring, they more or less just hand them to you as compared to say mass effect 2 where there are complex introduction missions and backstories
    -quests are horrible (more or less fetch quests)
    -UI is horrible, navigating via maps and quests is a huge chore, no quicksave, the list goes on and on
    -crafting system is clunky and troublesome
    -just overall low production values (i.e alot of new enemies are just old enemies with different colours and names)

    There are numerous other problems to list but Ill stop otherwise itll just go on and on. Its like ea/bioware hired a bunch of kids said "heres some money" design a game that looks close enough to the mass effect series where we can just market it enough to sell it to the public...this is basically exactly what happened in real life as the game is obviously rushed, underdeveloped and just an all round disgrace to the gaming industry much less the mass effect series.    … Expand
  13. RageQuit151
    Mar 28, 2017
    2
    Warning do not buy this game it will leave you with buyers remorse!! THIS IS NOT A MASS EFFECT GAME AT ALL!

    Only once before did I have to force myself to play a video game till the end. (infinite warfare was the previous game) I love bioware they have created great games in the past that i loved balders gate, knights of the old republic, dragon age series, and my all time favorite out    Warning do not buy this game it will leave you with buyers remorse!! THIS IS NOT A MASS EFFECT GAME AT ALL!

    Only once before did I have to force myself to play a video game till the end. (infinite warfare was the previous game) I love bioware they have created great games in the past that i loved balders gate, knights of the old republic, dragon age series, and my all time favorite out of all of them is mass effect. So you know im not jumping on the hate train, it's not that at all, this is a horrible game i wasted 75 dollars on and i wish i could tell you otherwise, i honestly do wish i could give this game 9 out of 10 or perfect score of 10 out of 10, but this is the biggest **** show of a game I've seen since duke nukem forever. 5 years they had this game in development, and the product they put out Bioware should be ashamed to even put Mass Effect label on this. The game is beyond frustration to play half the time your in the menu system trying to look at your map and then go through the quest log to select a quest and to follow it through, but what they don't tell you is if you talk to any other character and if they give you a quest, it will knock your current track quest out and not even track the new quest that was just giving, it just goes blank. Then you have to repeat the god damn process of all over again, just to track the quest you originally wanted to complete. ITS NOT WORTH IT EVEN IF IT WAS FREE STAY CLEAR 2 OUTOF 10    … Expand
  14. kartosha
    Mar 30, 2017
    1
    Andromeda is still the same Mas effect if any spacecraft belongs to the universe of StarWars **** the name and what happens? A huge disappointing!!!!
  15. Temper
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    You have to be a pretty big bandwagoning, clueless, ignorant fanboy to still back this game after the amount of negative feedback it has gotten from countless reviewers and for valid reason too. This game deserves no praise whatsoever. It has taken BioWare 5 years and 40 million dollars to create something so lacking and atrocious. This is an AAA game we're talking about that looks asYou have to be a pretty big bandwagoning, clueless, ignorant fanboy to still back this game after the amount of negative feedback it has gotten from countless reviewers and for valid reason too. This game deserves no praise whatsoever. It has taken BioWare 5 years and 40 million dollars to create something so lacking and atrocious. This is an AAA game we're talking about that looks as though it belongs in the early 90's. I don't recommend anyone buy this game as the expressions on characters are horrid, there are way too many glitches, the writing is way too comical to be taken seriously, the characters are stale and unlikable, and the story in general is so bland you'll find it hard to have the motivation to finish it. I had to stop after an hour, just because of how excruciatingly painful it is to play. 0/10. I wish I could give it a -10/10. Unacceptable.… Expand
  16. kamgeforce
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    Disgrace, BIoWare is dead. Inquisition struck a lethal blow and andromeda is just chopping up the corpse. I was one of those who looked past the ME3 ending because it was overall a good game and the multiplayer was surprisingly awesome. But this thing? Thats not a triple A rpg title. Deal with it, you will be compared to Witcher 3 whether you like it or not. If W3 was worth 60 euros atDisgrace, BIoWare is dead. Inquisition struck a lethal blow and andromeda is just chopping up the corpse. I was one of those who looked past the ME3 ending because it was overall a good game and the multiplayer was surprisingly awesome. But this thing? Thats not a triple A rpg title. Deal with it, you will be compared to Witcher 3 whether you like it or not. If W3 was worth 60 euros at lunch, andromeda is worth maybe 10... All the tings Bioware was known and loved for is not here? Characters, dialogues, story? All shallow and boring. Dont know where the budget went, definitely not into the animations, you heard it and its true, they´re beyond **** The talent left BioWare long ago, all thats left are feminazis making sure you have enough lgbtq **** in the game for the sake of "diversity" and racist producers spamming anti white agenda on social media. Glad I torrented this **** I didnt experience the mp, but I will pass. R.I.P. BioWare, I will remember all the fun I had with Star Wars, Baldurs Gate, Dragon Age prior to Inquisition, Mass effect prior to this **** and Jade Empire.… Expand
  17. Vasco
    Mar 28, 2017
    4
    OMG Bioware, what did you do?? Why did you ruin one of the best Sci-Fi series I've ever played?
    - The story is just awful and badly written.
    - The characters are not likeable.
    - Too many bugs and technical issues.
    - The animations look broken.
    The game does not look like a great blockbuster any more, not it is like a mediocre Unisoft open world game. Shame on you!
    Made a refund.
  18. Soluafin
    Apr 7, 2017
    4
    Honest review incoming - no BS, emotions, or political whatever.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    So the verdict is , Decent combat/gameplay , and other aspect (crafting ,UI,story,graphic,etc) is just mediocre or bad.    … Expand
  20. CoryB23
    Apr 6, 2017
    4
    ME 1&2 = Wow! ME 3 = WTF is up with that ending, yo? ME Andromeda = Why Bioware, why? This game really tries to do the franchise justice but, in a lot of areas, it comes up short. Graphically, if you've played the game and seen any reviews, ME:A does have some good graphics but, the character animation is hit or miss: that is, when it's good it really does pull you in but, when it'sME 1&2 = Wow! ME 3 = WTF is up with that ending, yo? ME Andromeda = Why Bioware, why? This game really tries to do the franchise justice but, in a lot of areas, it comes up short. Graphically, if you've played the game and seen any reviews, ME:A does have some good graphics but, the character animation is hit or miss: that is, when it's good it really does pull you in but, when it's bad, you can't help but feel massively disconnected from your character. To be quite frank, I do have buyer's remorse for picking this title up. Ultimately, Bioware tried to do a good job but, some how messed it up to such a degree that it doesn't stack up to the original trilogy. Best to wait for the the ME Trilogy to come out for PS4 and pick that up. After 50+ hours and about 23% of the game completed, it doesn't feel like I'll be finishing it any time soon but, at this point, it is starting to feel like an exercise in repetition and, there just haven't been that many "Holy crap, that was awesome!" moments, in other words, the story does slow down and gets boring. If you enjoyed, the first 3 ME's then you should be able to get into this one but, don't invest too much of yourself into this game because you're gonna be left feeling a little disappointed. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend this game to most of the people I know and, I would probably wait until Christmas to pick it up - it should be about 30 bucks by then and at that point, buying a used copy of ME: Andromeda would be worth it (maybe...let's see if Bioware's patches help the game out any).… Expand
  21. GamergodsFail
    Sep 28, 2017
    4
    Andromeda doesn't just fail miserably as a Mass Effect game; it's a bad video game in general. Nevermind its underwhelming plot, messy user interface, bullet sponge enemies, no squad customization and untextured graphics that replicates an early Xbox 360 game...It's hardly even a functional game period. I love the open world exploration and weapon modding, but I'm truly baffled by howAndromeda doesn't just fail miserably as a Mass Effect game; it's a bad video game in general. Nevermind its underwhelming plot, messy user interface, bullet sponge enemies, no squad customization and untextured graphics that replicates an early Xbox 360 game...It's hardly even a functional game period. I love the open world exploration and weapon modding, but I'm truly baffled by how unpolished and technically plagued the whole product still is on top of all its disappointing aspects and changes from its predecessors.… Expand
  22. user777
    May 1, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The dialog, the script, the story himself on MEAndrophobia, the crap SJW politics pushed hard down on the customer throat its what make MEA one of the worst games of 2017. seems the game was made by 14 years old retarded kids... the actors voices where one of the worst choices made, and some of the actors where allowed even to go ahead with shameful errors in things as simple like reading a line : we have an "actress" who read "anagara" now and 5 sec later she say "angara" - nobody bother to correct her or to make another sequence.... trash forwarded fast ahead, nobody bother to polish the game.... and stop talking about "great fights", that go down with the huge amount of bugs and glitches... for me, the worst (after 80h in-game) its to see retarded dialog.s and retarded faces.... the game script should never left the bathroom, where he belong...… Expand
  23. BigBallerBrand
    Aug 4, 2017
    2
    This was my most anticipated game by far of 2017 and I can honestly say no game has ever disappointed me more. The game at launch was a complete mess and to this day facial animations are still awful and constant technical problems are still present. Multiplayer is mediocre at best and gives you no reason to come back after finished the long boring drawn out story. Bio ware why did youThis was my most anticipated game by far of 2017 and I can honestly say no game has ever disappointed me more. The game at launch was a complete mess and to this day facial animations are still awful and constant technical problems are still present. Multiplayer is mediocre at best and gives you no reason to come back after finished the long boring drawn out story. Bio ware why did you have to mess up one of my favorite franchises.… Expand
  24. Alex1010500
    Sep 26, 2017
    0
    Пропаганда гомосексуализма и других извращений, а не игра. Ужасный сюжет, однообразный, скучный геймплей, уродливые персонажи и ворох технических проблем. Жалею, что отдал деньги этим разработчикам.
  25. Buthomar
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Пока единственная игра, за которую я вернул деньги, спустя 4 часа, хотя делал предзаказ. Диалоги на уровне детского утренника. Про анимацию и так все все знают - но для меня с релизом умерла надежда, что это отдельные сцены, нет - все сцены в игре такие. Кастрированный редактор персонажа, в котором, при этом огромный раздел "косметика". Персонажи, воплощающие самые заезженные клише. А ещеПока единственная игра, за которую я вернул деньги, спустя 4 часа, хотя делал предзаказ. Диалоги на уровне детского утренника. Про анимацию и так все все знают - но для меня с релизом умерла надежда, что это отдельные сцены, нет - все сцены в игре такие. Кастрированный редактор персонажа, в котором, при этом огромный раздел "косметика". Персонажи, воплощающие самые заезженные клише. А еще все поголовно тупые - представляют вам персонажа как инженера, а ведет он себя как ваша бабушка за компьютером. Да, в игре красивые пейзажи, да джетпак прикольный, и первое время перестрелки могут доставлять, но готовы ли вы простить игре, в названии которой "Mass Effect", полное отсутствие того, за что все любили эту серию?
    P.S. Такое ощущение, что ЦА этой игры - девочки 10 - 14 лет.    … Expand
  26. LARSHENRICH
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    With so many devs leaving the ME Andromeda project throughout its development its not surprising we've ended up with a game as bad as this. Its clear from the offset that the story itself inst as epic as in the original series however the technical faults are what makes this game awful. Frozen npc's. broken dialogues, missions not triggering. The game should have been delayed rather thanWith so many devs leaving the ME Andromeda project throughout its development its not surprising we've ended up with a game as bad as this. Its clear from the offset that the story itself inst as epic as in the original series however the technical faults are what makes this game awful. Frozen npc's. broken dialogues, missions not triggering. The game should have been delayed rather than released like this.

    It was already a very bold move to remove Sheppard and renegade/paragon options, they needed to deliver big, and they haven't.    … Expand
  27. Scharamantis
    Jul 16, 2017
    4
    Prologue: I did not played any Multiplayer game yet, and I did not finished the game during the initial score. I played about 40h including side quests and trial-replay from scratch. After I ended the game, there is nothing better or worse from the score I decided to give.

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

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

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

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

    Summary :

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

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

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

    For fan of ME its heartbreaking experience.
    For newcomer to ME its OK, average game, not worth the money.    … Expand
  28. kasperyan
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    После того, как Шепард стал героем, все вздохнули с облегчением и решили, что на этом история закончилась и придется до скончания веков играть в старую трилогию, пока новая 1024-разрядная версия Windows в 2183 году не откажется запускать игру даже на эмуляторах.
    Но 15 июня 2015 года на очередной выставке достижений сельского хозяйства было объявлено, что следующая часть находится в    После того, как Шепард стал героем, все вздохнули с облегчением и решили, что на этом история закончилась и придется до скончания веков играть в старую трилогию, пока новая 1024-разрядная версия Windows в 2183 году не откажется запускать игру даже на эмуляторах.
    Но 15 июня 2015 года на очередной выставке достижений сельского хозяйства было объявлено, что следующая часть находится в разработке.После чего нас накормили подозрительными тизерами. Покуда персонажи находились в шлемах, все выглядело нормально, но вот когда на экране крупным планом возникало любое лицо... Более того, Mass Effect: Andromeda даже по написанию походило на Dragon Age: Inquisition, а трейлеры еще больше подкрепляли уверенность, что на выходе мы получим новую Mass Effect: Inquisition.
    21 марта 2017 года состоялся торжественный запуск Райдера в Андромеду, Итог: тонны ненависти. Генератор персонажей превратился в генератор дегенератов. Все предлагаемые лица страдают лупоглазием и обширным дибилизмом в терминальной стадии. Интернет заполонили полчища анимаций с хромыми и убогими персонажами. Особо отличился момент, когда очковая азари стреляет по летающему дрону из пистолета, направленного дулом ей же в лицо — вероятно, это попытка суицида при виде страшного лица главгероя.
    Несмотря на то, что галактика другая и вы первопроходец, планеты уже заселены всякими кроганами, все двери сделаны по чертежам старого массыфекта, а находимые припасы почему-то подходят к вашей технике. Видимо ГОСТы Млечного Пути были заблаговременно разосланы по всей вселенной. В диалогах «лишний ствол» во все поля, поэтому отыгрывать тупо не интересно. Но методом аутотренинга и медитаций можно убедить себя в том, что не все так плохо и где-нибудь на восьмидесятом часу игра раскроется и все ахнут. Романтические линии никому теперь не сдались, ибо фапабельность персонажей достигла нуля, а кое-где и отрицательных значений. На фоне пластиковых людей и уродских азари, привлекательными начали выглядеть турианки. В следующей части мы, видимо, дое*емся до мышей и будем романсить с кроганами. Сцены секса есть, но удовольствие от созерцания квадратных задниц еще то. Существование игры оправдывает только возможность наделать космических скриншотов для рабочего стола. Космос красив.
    Объективно, игра не так уж и плоха. Ходим, катаемся, прыгаем, стреляем, сношаемся, помогаем чинить проводку, сканируем — в общем, играть можно. И если бы эту игру сделала какая-нибудь другая компания и назвала ее просто «Андромеда», то фанаты масс эффекта ее просто облизывали бы. Но для игры с приставкой Mass Effect синдромы завышенных ожиданий делают свое дело. С одной стороны, игра ориентирована на фанатов серии (отсылочки присутствуют россыпью), а с другой стороны, именно фанатам игра и не нравится.    … Expand
  29. rokkzie
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Just no, even ME3 is better than this sad excuse for an Mass Effect game. It looses almost everything that is Mass Effect while keeping almost all the bad parts. Combat is silly at best, controls are buggy, animations are wonky at best. Storytelling lackluster, customization and squadies are not interesting. This could have been great, had it not fell flat on it's stomach.
  30. mkronewitter
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    Graphics look last-gen. Animations are as bad as you have read all over the Internet; very immersion breaking. Missions are a bore. Almost 30 hours in, and may not complete the story because I'm getting so bored. I would stay away from this one folks.
  31. shweatypalms
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    As some one who actually liked both Mass Effect 1 and 2 and even 3 other than the ending, I have to say this is a direct slap in the face. Same goes for everything released after dragon age: origins in that series as well. Just utter unplayable trash with horrid facial animations, soulless ugly looking human characters, terrible writing and performances, waaaaaay too much busyAs some one who actually liked both Mass Effect 1 and 2 and even 3 other than the ending, I have to say this is a direct slap in the face. Same goes for everything released after dragon age: origins in that series as well. Just utter unplayable trash with horrid facial animations, soulless ugly looking human characters, terrible writing and performances, waaaaaay too much busy work(meaningless fetch quests), bad music, trash a.i., boring movement mechanics/animations, awkward interactions with crew members that lead to awkward sex scenes.

    I come to a Mass Effect game to be immersed in a fine crafted believable world and well developed story, not to be bored out of my mind staring at heartless, soulless polygonal abominations that focus either some stupid reason for me to fetch something or how every damn space creature out there wants to bang me(and most of the time I don't want to bang them)    … Expand
  32. Peabody446
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Above all else i just find Andromeda disappointing, i loved the original mass effect trilogy and really wanted Andromeda to be good but after 15 + hours of trying i just can't play anymore.

    Also the critic score average being so much higher than the user score average is something of a red flag.
  33. Tubey
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    A quick caveat - I've only played approximately four hours of this title, so bare that in mind if you were using this review to get an idea if it is worth it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Thank everything for the used games market - this is going to a new 'lucky' owner shortly!    … Expand
  34. Dummyurd
    Mar 24, 2017
    4
    I am torn about this game. Some Parts of the story and setting are really fun others just completely miss the mark.
    Same thing goes with graphics, a lot of the panoramas are look breathtaking but then there are the issues with facial animation and the clunky body animation.
    I personally would have preferred if the game focused more on the political problems that must be in an migration    I am torn about this game. Some Parts of the story and setting are really fun others just completely miss the mark.
    Same thing goes with graphics, a lot of the panoramas are look breathtaking but then there are the issues with facial animation and the clunky body animation.
    I personally would have preferred if the game focused more on the political problems that must be in an migration into already settled territory. (Different factions in the expedition forces as well as the natives give so much potential) It is touched upon in a lot of side content but the main content clearly is the fight that is already in the Helios-Cluster.
    The fighting in the game also has two sides. On one side I like the more pro active approach you can take with the versatile (if stale) character development and new found movement. But Teammate and Enemy AI as well as a flat progression for "the pathfinder" makes it pale against other recent action-rpgs.

    Without the technical problems of quests that get stuck and CTDs I would have given it a 6/10 but with the current bugs I had to subtract some points.    … Expand
  35. FullTiltGamer
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let me start with this: the mainstream critics' average score for this game, as of the writing of this review is 7.4/10. Now, knowing that said critics are essentially part of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the companies that create products they review, this should tell you just how bad this game really is. Despite that, let's take a closer look.

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

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

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

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

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

    Verdict: 4.5/10 - Racist crew members and amateur animators aside, Mass Effect Andromeda was a letdown from the get-go and nothing my 100+ hours did anything to alleviate the obvious: an SJW-fueled, incompetent body-snatcher took over the controls at BioWare and made Andromeda before handing the remote back to the A-Team. This has to be the case, because if BioWare knowingly and willingly handed the stick to these people, than they are in for a rude awakening when their next IP or sequel drops.    … Expand
  36. KalfajohnGR
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Not to mention they released this game rushed and unpolished,not to mention graphic/animation bugs etc.But the story...That thing that gets you into the game that you cant just leave the game without finishing it first, there isn't really any story in this game.Just a mere idea of it.So bad for such a huge franchise and for the Mass effect history...I feel terribly sad for having to buyNot to mention they released this game rushed and unpolished,not to mention graphic/animation bugs etc.But the story...That thing that gets you into the game that you cant just leave the game without finishing it first, there isn't really any story in this game.Just a mere idea of it.So bad for such a huge franchise and for the Mass effect history...I feel terribly sad for having to buy this game after all those reviews saying it was bad i had to test for myself.… Expand
  37. starsidenews
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    No mans sky was better then this like how did this game even get a release 0/10
    i think they put all the money in the ads not the game
    i don't see how there are any good reviews for this game i think the fans wont give in and actually look at how bad it is
  38. dongpetrus
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    I have never written a metacritic review before and I probably never will again. But this monstrosity of a game warrants as many complaints as possible and Bioware needs a giant slap in the face to understand what it has done to its fans.

    I have been the biggest fan of Bioware since KOTOR (a late comer I know). Both KOTOR and Dragon Age Origins rank within my top 5 RPGs of all time. I    I have never written a metacritic review before and I probably never will again. But this monstrosity of a game warrants as many complaints as possible and Bioware needs a giant slap in the face to understand what it has done to its fans.

    I have been the biggest fan of Bioware since KOTOR (a late comer I know). Both KOTOR and Dragon Age Origins rank within my top 5 RPGs of all time. I have played every inch of the original Mass Effect trilogy and admired how much detail and heart Bioware gave to this new science fiction franchise.

    For MEA, I ignored the early impressions by reviewers and media personalities. I ignored the obvious red flags in relation to the facial animations as well. Because I WANT THIS GAME TO BE GOOD. It was wishful thinking.

    The biggest failure of this game is not the technical issues such as the pop up textures, the creepy faces or even the lack of customization for the characters. It is THE WRITING. Yes, a Bioware game which has horrendous, amateurish writing. All characters, including the aliens, are written as if they were high school teenagers on a vacation to some exotic island. If this is not titled Mass Effect, you might be led to think that this is somehow a fanfiction of The OC set in space.

    And this style of amateurish writing is not a sign of incompetence neither. I firmly believe that this was a DELIBERATE CHOICE. Gone are the subtleties of intergalactic species relationship and conflict, replaced by efforts to make everyone (including the ALIENS) relatable to casual fans who do not care about the lore at all.

    The most jarring of all is your encounter with the Angara (not a spoiler since it was shown in the trailers). Within 2 minutes of encountering the Angara, the Pathfinder can not only understand everything the aliens FROM ANOTHER GALAXY are saying but also understand their basic motivations. The fact that both the player and the Pathfinder can immediately recognize concepts within the Angaran society (even basic ideas such as helping, eating, trust, honesty) is a testament to the effort which Bioware and EA has undertaken to trivialize all "minute detail" of the story.

    There are countless other examples. Peebee, the asarian companion, commenting that she only needs a toothbrush and a bed to come onboard the tempest as if she were a human being. Drack the Krogan having a completely human granddaughter and grandfather relationship with 0 comment on the fact that the survival rate of Krogan children is below 5% because of the genophage.

    I cannot continue with this game anymore. I can excuse the technical and framerate issues. Hell, I would play this game with characters made out of polygons if the writing were excellent. But with EA and the new Bioware decision makers at the helm, all we can hope for going forward is a desperate cash grab with flashy objects, cheap romances with clunky AI characters and a plot catered for 12 year old.

    So long Bioware. It's been a good run but don't ever ask me to buy a single game from you ever again.    … Expand
  39. AFairCritic
    Mar 25, 2017
    1
    An Andromeda Story

    5 Long Years have since passed Excited fans have all amassed Awaiting the new and truly breathtaking Groundbreaking, earthshaking, a new homemaking The Concept seemed great But it was all just a bait Fans were all disappointed By how it just was disjointed The animations an atrocity Faces, a true monstrosity The lines thought of by a fanfic writer Where    An Andromeda Story

    5 Long Years have since passed
    Excited fans have all amassed
    Awaiting the new and truly breathtaking
    Groundbreaking, earthshaking, a new homemaking

    The Concept seemed great
    But it was all just a bait
    Fans were all disappointed
    By how it just was disjointed

    The animations an atrocity
    Faces, a true monstrosity
    The lines thought of by a fanfic writer
    Where did they find such a blighter

    Enough glitches to make you go WHAT THE ****
    By the incompetence you will be awestruck
    To avoid this silly Blundering
    Should have early stopped the pandering

    The product - Complete atrocity
    Developers - filled with animosity
    However Ignore the awful plans
    and apparently.. just blame the fans    … Expand
  40. Shinfreyr
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    Why? Seriously Why?
    The Scenario is good, the game-play is ok...

    But why all game design and animation is at this point outdated???

    I loved mass effect series but... Why you make me hate this game Bioware...
  41. Quink666
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    **** you EA, **** you BW. What a tragic game this is. Side quest is only extremely booring fetch quests. Main quests are alright but far from memorable.
    In the older games you could have up to 12 abilities to use counting your team mates abilities, in this game you have 3. We went from 12 to 3 which makes combat really **** booring.
    I recommend you dont buy this game and if you must    **** you EA, **** you BW. What a tragic game this is. Side quest is only extremely booring fetch quests. Main quests are alright but far from memorable.
    In the older games you could have up to 12 abilities to use counting your team mates abilities, in this game you have 3. We went from 12 to 3 which makes combat really **** booring.
    I recommend you dont buy this game and if you must wait until a deep deep sale when the game is under 20 bucks. So disappointing...    … Expand
  42. NOTbiodrone
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    Плюсы:
    Это масс эффект.
    Минусы: Игра отвратительная, а вместо того, чтобы исправлять ситуацию Пивовары наняли кучу биоботов, которые ставят игры 10/10 и при этом не имеют на своём аккаунте больше ВООБЩЕ никак оценок. Я здесь, чтобы исправить ситуацию. В меру возможностей.    Плюсы:
    Это масс эффект.

    Минусы:
    Игра отвратительная, а вместо того, чтобы исправлять ситуацию Пивовары наняли кучу биоботов, которые ставят игры 10/10 и при этом не имеют на своём аккаунте больше ВООБЩЕ никак оценок.
    Я здесь, чтобы исправить ситуацию. В меру возможностей.
  43. TheDavidJW
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    I’m a huge fan of the original Mass Effect series. I’ve played all three games through at least 6 times (once for each class) with 2 and 3 getting closer to a dozen. To say I was anticipating ME:A would be a gross understatement.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Romance
    BioWare promised a hugely different romance system, but it really is the same as it’s been in all of the ME titles and the more recent DA:I. You talk to character(s) that strike your fancy. You flirt with them. And eventually you get together. The problem is that the steps in the romance are once again gated by the story. The flirting moves quite quickly. However, if you wait to finish the main storyline, then the romance just stalls, at least with the characters that I romanced. I don’t understand why they didn’t just gate the romance on itself. If you’re progressing, and the character likes you, what does it matter if you finish the massive battle with the big bad guy? It was disappointing for something they touted as new and fresh.    … Expand
  44. Doublecross
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just sad, you all know why, no need to ramp on about the **** that this game has to offer.
    1. Characters are ugly as ****
    2. Animations are ugly as **** in ADDITION to already fugly characters. It is a joke.
    3. Fetch Quest? Uhm how about **** you
    4. Where is the ****ing epic MUSIC?!?!?!
    5. No absolutely character development, Honestly could not care about any of the characters. Alec was cool, however my character couldnt give a single **** about him since he shows again no emotions whatsoever.

    In summation. No it is not just unfinished it just sucks. It is an embarrassment.    … Expand
  45. kurokki
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    The problem with Andromeda isn't the multitude of bugs, the lifeless faces or even the tedious missions The problem is that Andromeda has nothing positive enough to take the focus away from them. To spend 5 years developing a game with the money behind it that EA/Bioware had and place it in a market with Witcher 3, GTA 5, and a host of other excellent AAA titles shows a complete lack ofThe problem with Andromeda isn't the multitude of bugs, the lifeless faces or even the tedious missions The problem is that Andromeda has nothing positive enough to take the focus away from them. To spend 5 years developing a game with the money behind it that EA/Bioware had and place it in a market with Witcher 3, GTA 5, and a host of other excellent AAA titles shows a complete lack of care and/or interest in their own product. Simply put, this isn't a $60 game and you would be far better off playing titles made by companies that care about the product they put out.… Expand
  46. SteDwaLin
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    So empty and so boring. Scan, shoot, go, scan, shoot, go, stupid puzzle, repeat the cycle. Devs dances on original Mass Effect bones. Tribunal awaits.
  47. Akrail27
    Mar 24, 2017
    1
    As a fan of games made by bioware this pains me because I was so hyped by this game. Lesson learned. Bad writing, full of glitches, crash constantly, horrible animations. This is not Mass Effect. Just let it die after this I don't want more of this games.
  48. Shuklack
    Mar 25, 2017
    1
    Glad I decided to rent instead of buy, and the only reason I did that despite being a fan of the series is because EA has been building a very bad reputation with me. Well, this just solidifies that sentiment and ensures I will not be buying any EA game until they can prove themselves capable of producing quality work. Another great series wrecked by a half-assed game. You'd think theyGlad I decided to rent instead of buy, and the only reason I did that despite being a fan of the series is because EA has been building a very bad reputation with me. Well, this just solidifies that sentiment and ensures I will not be buying any EA game until they can prove themselves capable of producing quality work. Another great series wrecked by a half-assed game. You'd think they may have learned from their previous mistakes - but they never do. Instead, inexplicably, they get rid of some of the biggest fan favorite aspects of the game - like the ability to be good/evil. Why they hell would they eliminate something that is resoundingly enjoyed by fans of the series? What conceivable reason would there be for that?… Expand
  49. ArixIsxNinja
    Mar 27, 2017
    1
    I had told my roommates repeatedlt that I was gonna play this game non-stop. I barely play an hour a day. Mass Effect 1 had a better time getting the aliens to look completely different from each other. They could have done so much with this game, and they fell flat. I am a die-hard Mass Effect fan and all I get from my devotion was a piece of **** that plays worse than Dragon Age Inquisition.
  50. Zennodea
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    IM SORRY BUT THIS IS NOT THE GAME WE WANTED. I don't know any long time fan will be disgusted by the jet pack system and the class system. Obviously, the animations were **** but it's not about graphics, its about gameplay and this gameplay is extremely disappointing.
  51. PlayorNaygames
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    I love the Mass Effect series and had high hopes for this game, but ME: Andromeda is so buggy you would think it was developed by ants. I've experienced just about every type of bug I could think of, thankfully I was at least able to finish the game and my save file was okay. I can't believe a AAA game was released in this state. DA: inquisition wasn't shipped this way, not even close.I love the Mass Effect series and had high hopes for this game, but ME: Andromeda is so buggy you would think it was developed by ants. I've experienced just about every type of bug I could think of, thankfully I was at least able to finish the game and my save file was okay. I can't believe a AAA game was released in this state. DA: inquisition wasn't shipped this way, not even close.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Here's to hoping we get updates to fix this game in the future. With no mod support like Fallout 4 had, well, only Bioware can bail themselves out.    … Expand
  52. Porcelyn
    Mar 26, 2017
    2
    Extremely disappointing. How could a game in 2017 have such a limited and genuinely ugly Character Creator. You cannot custom a Character, only slightly alter a preset of very limited skin tones and face shapes. How they could get something so integral to an RPG so very wrong, baffles the mind.
  53. avsa9000
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    No...just no. For a company like Bioware to release such an unfinished game is inexcusable. What have they been doing for 4 years? I didn't think it could be as bad as people made it out to be but its somehow worse. I didn't think it could get worse than Dragon Age Inquisition but congratulations Bioware...mission accomplished. As they say. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shameNo...just no. For a company like Bioware to release such an unfinished game is inexcusable. What have they been doing for 4 years? I didn't think it could be as bad as people made it out to be but its somehow worse. I didn't think it could get worse than Dragon Age Inquisition but congratulations Bioware...mission accomplished. As they say. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. On a side note I even really enjoyed ME3 and the ending...I feel like I would of been an easy sell.… Expand
  54. rikard131
    Aug 14, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the game looks very good at first glance but it s story is very disappointing indeed. there is good thing about that actually and that is when you "beat" the game (or get beaten by it) it is not less fun as there is no "real" plot going on at any given moment in the game. aliens look absolutely ridiculous and i can not accept them like superior creatures even though it s just a game. planets do look rather nice so that s a plus and uncovering them is fun too . and that idiot Jaal when i played the game it went in direction that shouldnt have existed in first place where Ryder was hit by Jaals romantic nonsense and she ended up kissing him..OMG ..i skipped the rest of the cutscene ...maybe she jerked him off too AHAAHAAHAH ignorance is bliss sometimes but in my case i didnt last very long .in my further adventures in andromeda JAAL demands to have sex with Ryder ....awful ...just disgusting ....0… Expand
  55. Exanthius
    Mar 22, 2017
    1
    I was not on board the hate train before I got my hands on the game to see for myself. Unfortunately the early reports are true. The animations look like they are from 1998. Sorry, but this is just not acceptable in 2017. The eyes look like plastic, the animations are stiff and the facial expressions are creepy. Obviously there was no Motion Capture used to create the animations. Also II was not on board the hate train before I got my hands on the game to see for myself. Unfortunately the early reports are true. The animations look like they are from 1998. Sorry, but this is just not acceptable in 2017. The eyes look like plastic, the animations are stiff and the facial expressions are creepy. Obviously there was no Motion Capture used to create the animations. Also I encounter a lot of bugs like false animations, enemies falling through the environment. The slow start of the game leads to a more interesting experience. However, you cannot expect quests like in Witcher 3. In Andromeda it is usually something like "Get to point A and scan. Ok now go to point B. Ok you are done.".
    The reason I give a 1/10 and not a 0/10 is the great skill system that let's you build the character you want to play. Yes, other games have done it before, but hey, at least they did SOMETHING like current gen games.    … Expand
  56. COnnectab
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Completely rushed, and it showed beyond belief. I'm glad they gave us a free trial. I was able to save my wallet from purchasing this poorly made game. Such a shame the series had to come to this.
  57. warlock7
    Apr 27, 2017
    0
    wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtfwtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf ?!?… Expand
  58. CerveraFilms
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    As a proud owner of Mass Effect 1, 2 and the especial Edition of 3 (Not to mention all the DLC.) this game was a mess from the moment they announcement, from the racist developer that hates white people, to the femenist propaganda in the game were every women has to be ugly by default, the bad animations, the bugs and above all, the God Damn EA logo in the game; Why? Just why you have toAs a proud owner of Mass Effect 1, 2 and the especial Edition of 3 (Not to mention all the DLC.) this game was a mess from the moment they announcement, from the racist developer that hates white people, to the femenist propaganda in the game were every women has to be ugly by default, the bad animations, the bugs and above all, the God Damn EA logo in the game; Why? Just why you have to pander to none gamers Bioware? SJW in charge of the script,? Cosplayers in charge of the animation department? And this is what you get, a bad game, thank God I manage to cancel my pre order in gameplanet and use that money to buy Resident Evil 7, you want the SJW´s... fine, they are all yours... o wait they got mad too because Cora was not gay, so you fail to us and to them at the same time, bravo Bioware, bravo, in your search to give SJW's their dream game you fail, for God sake, they even consider Tetris racist and you thought you could make them happy.… Expand
  59. eznoobs
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    Original grade would be 6.5, but to counter 10/10 trolls had to mark 0.

    Game really bad in today's standards. Very repetitive missions, boring main story, childish new alien races, full of bugs and glitches. The animations, especially face are terrible, what were they thinking? Only kids who only played Call of Duty before would mark this 10/10. We are tired to be EA game-testers.
  60. FatMikeNJ
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    This is total trash. Can not believe EA and Bioware both hyped this to be one of the best games of all time and it is nothing more than a complete graphical mess.
  61. MorrowindPub
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Biggest disappointment of 2017 and even worse that we all waited over 4 years for this. MEA reaches for the stars but falls into a black hole. Core ME features missing such as squadmate customization and the paragon system. The story is not engaging and your squad mates except for one or two are about as exciting as a church sermon. The best features are the improved combat and sometimesBiggest disappointment of 2017 and even worse that we all waited over 4 years for this. MEA reaches for the stars but falls into a black hole. Core ME features missing such as squadmate customization and the paragon system. The story is not engaging and your squad mates except for one or two are about as exciting as a church sermon. The best features are the improved combat and sometimes impressive visuals. Unfortunately these are not the reasons we long to play Mass Effect. Here is hoping this swing and a miss does not endanger a fresh start with ME5. Bioware we deserve a better story than this.… Expand
  62. Pupunator
    Mar 25, 2017
    2
    In a galaxy far far away Andromeda existed for billions of years that created this horrendous title called Mass Effect Andromeda with potato head like models. Since Im playing this on PS4 it lags like hell specially those over rendered CGI background lighting, texture everything else is unpleasant the only thing enjoyable is the gameplay though its pretty much like a basic TPS shooter gameIn a galaxy far far away Andromeda existed for billions of years that created this horrendous title called Mass Effect Andromeda with potato head like models. Since Im playing this on PS4 it lags like hell specially those over rendered CGI background lighting, texture everything else is unpleasant the only thing enjoyable is the gameplay though its pretty much like a basic TPS shooter game with jumping jetpack joyride feel of the game. Though nothing is innovative when I say nothing is innovative nothing is new! and from my perspective that the game isn't developed by BIoware but by some interns who got their idea from potatoes because your Pathfinder looks like a potato specially Sarah Ryder. Alright! less ranting and more to technicalities of the game.

    Graphics in this game is very bad indeed its really bad that makes my eyes experienced a low stance katana katana slash from William. Its poorly designed that you won't admire it. In Final Fantasy XV despite of its under developed game play and customization the graphics are really top notched.

    Gameplay is the same nothing is innovative if they call jet pack is something innovative then you guys are wrong jet pack feature is already seen in various shooter games and oh dashing mid air looks cool? I bought a game with nothing new Metal Gear Solid V is even better than this.

    Story is by far the worst in the Mass Effect Trilogy heck its even worst than Nioh. Dialogues are poorly written that it makes the character sounds like a Persona high school student even the narrative in the cutscenes, In comparison to a Yoko Taro story telling this is rubbish like how many team does Bioware/EA has to write a story?

    This isn't worth $60 I suggest if you love RPG specialist JRPG's wait for Persona 5 you'll be wasting your time in playing this game    … Expand
  63. thouthenon
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    Unfortunate, I've followed the series with my heart on my sleeve and this was just heart-breaking. Bland characters, bland dialogue, convoluted (and virtually useless) menus, and ugliness in all things animated. Combat is seemingly faster and more intense, but they stripped away the ability to control your teammates and use more than three abilities. As a result, being an Adept biotic nowUnfortunate, I've followed the series with my heart on my sleeve and this was just heart-breaking. Bland characters, bland dialogue, convoluted (and virtually useless) menus, and ugliness in all things animated. Combat is seemingly faster and more intense, but they stripped away the ability to control your teammates and use more than three abilities. As a result, being an Adept biotic now is boring as all hell. In a battle, your companions move erratically and bizarrely, coupled with their incredible inability to do almost anything useful you will find yourself wondering why the hell Bioware even bothered. You're not a commander anymore — you're a god damn chump with two lame-ass AI following you. So combat, in the end, kind of ruined too.

    It's impressive that beauty of the galaxy is incorporated, but beauty of creatures and species is not. Why force me to be a hideous, awkward af squeeb face, no matter how much I tweak in character creation? Surely beauty of the face must still exist in the future. Or at least give me some in-game backstory or reason as to why every human looks like a troglodyte, grease baboon with antithetical emotional responses. In each dialogue interaction, I'm either laughing or just creeped the **** out. How is it that with more money, resources, and time, the characters are worse than 10 years ago? No one on the team cross-referenced and said "Oh **** it was better before..."?

    The game is a spit in the face of all Mass Effect fans. I felt masochistic playing it, a weird sense of self-torture and empty promise. Waste of money. ****ING REGRET buying it. EA can suck it.    … Expand
  64. Vitality4Gamers
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    I have enjoyed aspects of the game and nowhere near the level I would of expected. Many areas are without proper polish and the formula doesn't seem to have improved. At one point I am looking at an image of the universe that is flat (obvious skybox), poor detail and ruins the atmosphere; this sums up the game..
  65. ShaneHido
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    Would have given it a 7 but had to go 4 to balance out all the 10 reviews. I checked a few of the users who gave it 10 and they are accounts created just to rate ME:A

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

    No big review needed here, all the points in the negative reviews are very valid to any masseffect/bioware fans.
    Writing left alot to be desired, your choices and relationships are very bland for a Bioware title.
    Definite PC culture presence here.
    Gameplay was very boring. Found myself rushing through the game towards the end just to beat it and get it over with.
    Hopefully they make a comeback with the next one.... hopefully.    … Expand
  66. whyFool
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    MassDEFECT:Dragon Age in SPACE

    They copied some things that was tedious and bad in dragon age and made it worse in Andromeda, then theres the numerous amount of bugs within the game that take away from whatever experience they were aiming for and i think its universally known that the facial issues are a joke, only thing i liked about this game was the combat system which seems like one    MassDEFECT:Dragon Age in SPACE

    They copied some things that was tedious and bad in dragon age and made it worse in Andromeda, then theres the numerous amount of bugs within the game that take away from whatever experience they were aiming for and i think its universally known that the facial issues are a joke, only thing i liked about this game was the combat system which seems like one of the few issues(or only) thing they really focused on.

    whats obvious is that they rushed this game, which makes it look they made in a year rather than five, then when some of the above issues were addressed by the fans they said they would "polish" it before launch ( if this is polished imagine how bad it was before), now in saying ALL of this i am a fan of the francise but you're making it really hard for me to care about this game with what it feels like a quick cash grab because most of these issues ( facial animation) will either be fixed with a payed DLC or not at all.

    just disappointing .

    ps. it annoyed me to the point where i for the first time ever wrote a review for anything    … Expand
  67. GlebTY
    Mar 28, 2017
    3
    This is the worst Bioware game so far and the worst disappointment of this year. This is not what I was waiting for. I wanted a game with a decent story, good dialogues, good characters - nothing is in the game!! Not sure if I will continue playing this or make a refund.
  68. E-Dog
    Mar 30, 2017
    2
    Mass Effect Andromeda is a sad excuse for a video game. Not only is it severely under-polished and in some instances, unfinished. But, it has seriously poor dialogue, lackluster character development and tedious missions.

    The development is so poor that even the transitions are non-existent, the character's eyes twitch in different directions, and maps just don't load on occasion. The    Mass Effect Andromeda is a sad excuse for a video game. Not only is it severely under-polished and in some instances, unfinished. But, it has seriously poor dialogue, lackluster character development and tedious missions.

    The development is so poor that even the transitions are non-existent, the character's eyes twitch in different directions, and maps just don't load on occasion. The gameplay features are poorly translated from previous games in what feels like a soul-less attempt to win over former fans. They never even address the third game which was one of the worst cliff-hangers in gaming history.

    The only reason I'm rating this game above a 0 is that I was able to sit through it in it's entirety and the game is playable. Buggy, boring, bland, and soul-less, but playable.

    This game had a massive budget and took five years to produce. This is nothing more than pathetic. Don't play this game and don't give EA games your money if this is the type of product they produce.    … Expand
  69. Boutrospanzer
    Jun 8, 2017
    4
    Individually speaking, this was the biggest disappointment of ANY series. It's not even the horrible animations, poor dialogues, lack of any emotional connection to the characters; the main thing wrong with this Mass Effect is the fact the missions are boring, nothing really happens. It's a very cheap spin-off.
  70. malekhai
    Mar 21, 2017
    1
    Combat is on par with previous ME games with a few extra flavors for each class. I liked the scanner too. Music seemed decent, on par with ME1 and ME2 but not quite to the level of ME3 (Personal opinion).

    Writing is horrendous ("I think I pissed him off.... Maybe because I shot him in the face!") and the companion interactions suffer for it (Reason Mass Effect and Dragon Age were great    Combat is on par with previous ME games with a few extra flavors for each class. I liked the scanner too. Music seemed decent, on par with ME1 and ME2 but not quite to the level of ME3 (Personal opinion).

    Writing is horrendous ("I think I pissed him off.... Maybe because I shot him in the face!") and the companion interactions suffer for it (Reason Mass Effect and Dragon Age were great IMO). Story was subpar. First encounts and the aliens are lackluster in creativity: You have a whole new galaxy for a clean slate and you make it the exact same as the milky way.

    To say the least, go play Gwent: The Wild Hunt instead. I had more entertainment (Albeit less spastic laughing at the horrible dialoge) from a mini game than I was in Andromeda.    … Expand
  71. chrissu
    Mar 24, 2017
    4
    Not a Mass Effect game. I'll put it like this: bad writing, terrible animations, decent game play (that's why it has 4/10) , but this is not Mass Effect. Better find a new brand name for this.
  72. plaroon
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    It's a shame for this kind of game with an enormus amount of money to be able to just not be a good or an excellent game. What happend? Like...really? How can you not see what's wrong with this game. That's a shame to have that much problems with a AAA. Buy it when it's on sale...
  73. frans_nordstedt
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    this quality is simply unacceptable for an triple-A title in 2017.

    -A 12 year old could write better story and dialogues -Characters and Animations are simply unacceptable -Buggy as hell -Boring/arcade-ish gameplay that feels targeted for small children -Mediocre graphics most of the time -Exploration is pointless (unless youre only searching for loot, dont expect to find any    this quality is simply unacceptable for an triple-A title in 2017.

    -A 12 year old could write better story and dialogues
    -Characters and Animations are simply unacceptable
    -Buggy as hell
    -Boring/arcade-ish gameplay that feels targeted for small children
    -Mediocre graphics most of the time
    -Exploration is pointless (unless youre only searching for loot, dont expect to find any exciting story elements at all)

    I tried really hard to finish the game, just to make my money worth something, but unfortunately i couldn't    … Expand
  74. Noobunaga
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    This game is like the insectoid alien from Men in Black who killed the farmer at the beginning of the movie and wore his skin as a "human suit". Because they had no creativity they just slapped the Mass Effect name on the game but moved the action somewhere completely else, the Andromeda galaxy to be more exact, to not care about the trilogy's story at all, so if the game didn't have theThis game is like the insectoid alien from Men in Black who killed the farmer at the beginning of the movie and wore his skin as a "human suit". Because they had no creativity they just slapped the Mass Effect name on the game but moved the action somewhere completely else, the Andromeda galaxy to be more exact, to not care about the trilogy's story at all, so if the game didn't have the Mass Effect name on it, it could have been just another sci-fi game

    And this could have been simply overlooked if the game had a good design, if the animations were at LEAST decent, if the writing wasn't just horrendous and if the game did not have more glitches than Mass Effect 1 that came out in 2007, but no. It's not. It's as horrible as the news about it are, if not worse

    EA - hope you crash and burn and stop taking other developers down with you into your pile of garbage that you call home    … Expand
  75. DaKatarn
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    As a lot of reviewers i'm a big Mass Effect Lover. I love the universe, the roleplay and the charismatic Shepard Team.

    This game is a BIG SHAME! It's a broken game and a shadow of Mass Effect. The characters are ugly and it's a will of the developpers according to a "Social Justice Warrior" point of view... The universe is boring and empty with a lot of Fedex secondary quest... All    As a lot of reviewers i'm a big Mass Effect Lover. I love the universe, the roleplay and the charismatic Shepard Team.

    This game is a BIG SHAME! It's a broken game and a shadow of Mass Effect. The characters are ugly and it's a will of the developpers according to a "Social Justice Warrior" point of view...

    The universe is boring and empty with a lot of Fedex secondary quest... All in this game smell a superficial work.

    I don't touch this game anymore, I'm waiting full of patch...

    It's not Mass Effect, it's Dragon Age Inquisition in the space. Bioware does not exist any more. It's so sad.    … Expand
  76. K5000i
    Mar 31, 2017
    1
    this is awful ,., everything bad over that last 10years of crap in games rolled up into 1 package from dlc to micros, bad story to bad mechanics ,, full price for this or replay the 1st 3 ,., play the 1st 3 & return this before it ends up in the bargain bucket
  77. haricstam
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Played 4 hours and my god this is a bad game. Have nothing to do with the ME universe. Feels like a chinese knockoff. Stay away. Biggest disappointment I had for along time
  78. fizzyweasel
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    Poor graphical quality, full of glitches and bugs, the biggest gaming disappointment of my life. The dialogue reads like it was written by an average teenager and the characters are painful to look at they are so oddly proportioned, animated and ugly. The tedious cut scenes between areas are so frustrating. It goes to show how difficult it is to put together a team that can tackle aPoor graphical quality, full of glitches and bugs, the biggest gaming disappointment of my life. The dialogue reads like it was written by an average teenager and the characters are painful to look at they are so oddly proportioned, animated and ugly. The tedious cut scenes between areas are so frustrating. It goes to show how difficult it is to put together a team that can tackle a game of this magnitude and that throws the achievement that was the previous three games into sharp relief. I'd prefer to play an HD remaster of the previous three.… Expand
  79. Napalmlord
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    I bought it despite the pre-release reviews, but I regret it now, I play it on basic Ps4 and the graphics are far from the gameplays that you see on youtube. The conversations and character textures are blurry and undeveloped. Detail textures are loading on faces layer by layer during animation, I am skipping the coversation sequences because the graphics are soooooo bad. Also the spceI bought it despite the pre-release reviews, but I regret it now, I play it on basic Ps4 and the graphics are far from the gameplays that you see on youtube. The conversations and character textures are blurry and undeveloped. Detail textures are loading on faces layer by layer during animation, I am skipping the coversation sequences because the graphics are soooooo bad. Also the spce views and colory clouds are low res textures, I was hoping to awe at the views, but now I wish I could shut the spaceship windows close. The story is uninteresting, the main villain does not have a brutal feel that everything is at stake if he wins. The combat has a punch but after the 10th same wave of enemies it also feels a selfless grind. Enemy types are very few, also if you see them from a distance their moves are stuttered (probably a bad design choice). Today I uninstalled it, and I am not sure if I will ever install it again. Bioware you make me sad, after playing through Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, I didnt expect this :'(… Expand
  80. rheia
    Mar 27, 2017
    2
    Andromeda is not worthy of being called a Mass Effect game. It does the series a disservice by being just mediocre and 'just passable' in every single aspect. This game is not something one would expect from the pioneers and innovators of the cinematic storytelling genre who used to set the bar. It fails to live up to Bioware's previous releases, let alone surpass them.

    -Story is weak    Andromeda is not worthy of being called a Mass Effect game. It does the series a disservice by being just mediocre and 'just passable' in every single aspect. This game is not something one would expect from the pioneers and innovators of the cinematic storytelling genre who used to set the bar. It fails to live up to Bioware's previous releases, let alone surpass them.

    -Story is weak and generic, with badly spaced, disjointed narrative. Big chunks of the Mass effect lore has been conveniently swept under the rug, and retcons are everywhere.

    -Protagonist portrayal- they tried to borrow the 'personality' concept from Dragon Age 2 where your character could be diplomatic, agressive or sarcastic. Only this time around the character can be 'casual
    , ' professional', 'logical' or ' emotional'. Big problem with that? They all amount to same thing, with a very slight variation. Your character won't tell anyone to 'shove off', even if the situation truly warrants it. He/She will put up with anyone's **** politely, no matter the personality path you choosing. There is no confrontational options, neither with npc, quest givers, or your companions.

    -Characters (usually the studio's strength) are bland and uninspired. That they unloading their whole story upfront, instead of developing over time just highlights the problem. You don't get to learn anything nuanced about their character, there simply isn't anything they won't tell you the first couple times you talk to them.

    -Combat is horrible: they went from real time with pause and full squad control to controlling your own character only with super minimal ability load out (3 abilities at a time with convoluted profile switching is a crime). Your squad are just bots who tag along and do their own thing.

    -Exploration - the vistas are the only positive thing about this game. The quest that tied to the exploration however can be summed up by scan, scan, scan some more and fetch ad naseum. Oh, and repeat exactly same thing on the next planet. If you thought Dragon Age inquisition had it bad with filler quests, prepare for something even worse.

    -Music score - minimalistic where present, absent in most of the scenes. A big let down compared to epic scores of their previous games.

    -Graphics - planetary visuals are the only good thing about it. Character detailing suffered a MAJOR step back from ME2 and ME3. There is one SINGLE asari head that's shared across the whole asari population, same with Salarians. Turians look like someone forgot to give them facial texture, nevermind the colony markings. I guess the Krogan look the least offensive out of the bunch, and that's not saying much. They looked better in ME2 and 3, just as did all other alien species. Humans took a beating too, btw. It's not just the aliens.

    Game Issues: Inability to save during priority missions. Horrendous animations. Gamebreaking bugs. Recycled alien life, bosses and puzzles from planet to planet. Characters referencing events that have not happened yet, often spoiling the story. Banter glitches where the whole party is silent for the duration of 2 planets and then exploding with banter only to go mute again the next planet around.

    I do not recommend this game to anyone.    … Expand
  81. Xirsa
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Right out of the front gate, Andromeda has one glaring issue: the character generator. It's disgustingly limited, and all of the starting templates are as unattractive as they can possibly be, which makes the limitations that much more infuriating. Dragon Age Inquisition had the option to not only change the shape of the eyes, nose, and mouth, but it also gave you a "sculpting" option that made it very easy to customize the character. Andromeda has none of that, limiting you to being able to change the "size" of the eyes, nose, and mouth, but not the shape. This means you have to pick whichever ugly template is the least ugly and try to work with it to make it attractive, which is a chore to say the least.

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

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

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

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

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

    All in all, I'd give this game a 4/10 because SOME things did work, but the few things that do work do NOT make up for the severe shortcomings of the rest of the game.    … Expand
  82. guilhermefdias
    Mar 26, 2017
    3
    A disrespect with gamers in general.
    This game is a offense.
    As a Mass Effect fan, and long time gamer since forever. In plain 2017 we receive this thing, the way it is, full of bugs, bad animations, and the most important aspect of a game is borderline awful: the WRITING! EVERYTHING is bad!! It is amazing. I can't understand! Someone should pay for this! EA is destroying the gaming    A disrespect with gamers in general.
    This game is a offense.

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

    This is a game that should't be released the way it was. The manager team hired people that can't do their jogs?! for what price?
    Biggest flop I have ever seen!    … Expand
  83. articlaus
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    One of the worst games i have ever played. i wouldn't want this piece of garbage even on my worst enemies.

    I'm a huge fan of the Old ME Trilogy but this... no words to describe the disappointment i felt.
  84. Trunkis
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Atari's ET 2600 has more narrative falling down a pixelated well than this mess.

    This is the problem with hipstery creators... they don't get that they don't get what videogaming is all about.
  85. PashlyandeR
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Oh gods..
    We are in 2017 there is so much great and good games out so far (yeah.also there is a lot of ****, but still)
    Is that what they offer for 60$? Ah wait... 80$ (where i live) Its a AAA project of 2017? Damn, its look like pre-alfa. Not joking. People who review this ME on score 6+ never played any games at all... And I completely lost my trust on Magazines reviews also. Good    Oh gods..
    We are in 2017 there is so much great and good games out so far (yeah.also there is a lot of ****, but still)
    Is that what they offer for 60$? Ah wait... 80$ (where i live) Its a AAA project of 2017? Damn, its look like pre-alfa. Not joking.
    People who review this ME on score 6+ never played any games at all...
    And I completely lost my trust on Magazines reviews also.
    Good luck for all of us. The future of game industry is DARK.    … Expand
  86. cloud1123
    Mar 28, 2017
    4
    Users are trying to defend this game like it's GOTY material the truth is, it's just mediocre and i bet this won't win the GOTY.
    Played the game for 30hrs now and let me put it this way, the game focuses on narrative and that is what the mass effect franchise is. This means that facial animation, dialogue, morality and difficult choices play the core vital role. The 5 yr development    Users are trying to defend this game like it's GOTY material the truth is, it's just mediocre and i bet this won't win the GOTY.
    Played the game for 30hrs now and let me put it this way, the game focuses on narrative and that is what the mass effect franchise is. This means that facial animation, dialogue, morality and difficult choices play the core vital role. The 5 yr development should have focused on those parts and not multiplayer/micro-transactions/combat and environmental aesthetics. Yes those are nice to have but this is a MASS EFFECT an RPG genre game and not some shooter/instagram vista photo-op game. Morality and choice also should have played a role as it will deepen and make the characters more likeable.
    And who filrts like this..
    “You definitely have an interesting perspective on the interplay between faith and science.”
    who says that.. dialogue please!
    The fetch side quest is just terrible i would love it if they took a little bit of consideration crafting it weaving through a mini story and not just some go here and get me x number of stuff.
    I never felt that i needed to take any of my crew mate in certain maps. I remember back in mass effect 2, i was torn in choosing who to bring in a mission because it was a Krogan planet but here. Meh same crew from start to finish. no reason to change. i try to be a douche bag to them but no reaction wtf? where are the tough choices with reason and weight. Everything feels rushed why to compete with horizon,zelda,nioh,nier? IF that is the reason for not delaying this massive project then i pity the dev teams. Just a delay for another 3months to polish things would have made this a real gem.

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

    This long rant is because i value the work BioWare has given its gamers but this game is not upon their standards nor worthy of the Mass Effect franchise. This should have been another IP instead.    … Expand
  87. Pariable
    Mar 23, 2017
    2
    I honestly have to rip this game and those at Bioware a new one. Why did they think this was OK to put out as a AAA title?! Worse bugs than AC Unity and far less fun (if we are comparing poor releases and buggy AAA titles). The dialogue is laughable. Honestly worse than the visual bugs and facial animations. I can forgive looks if the story has me intrigued. This did not. Don'tI honestly have to rip this game and those at Bioware a new one. Why did they think this was OK to put out as a AAA title?! Worse bugs than AC Unity and far less fun (if we are comparing poor releases and buggy AAA titles). The dialogue is laughable. Honestly worse than the visual bugs and facial animations. I can forgive looks if the story has me intrigued. This did not. Don't waste your time or money on this one. I'll be playing KOTOR and remembering the good ol days of this studio as a palate cleanser.… Expand
  88. Korld
    Mar 25, 2017
    2
    Not terrible story, nice graphics, I don't know what to do, I do not understand the interface construction and research. Boring collection of resources, boring missions. Repetitive. Nothing to do with the first Mass Effect. I stopped after 30 hours of game by bored.
  89. PersonalRiot
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    I love Mass Effect. Played through 1,2,3 multiple times. I honestly can't recommend Mass Effect Andromeda to anyone but the most diehard fans. The multiplayer experience is full of bugs, terrible balance, and a slow progression system that basically requires cash on hand. The single player experience is decent but lacks any sense of polish and refinement of the last series. Pass on thisI love Mass Effect. Played through 1,2,3 multiple times. I honestly can't recommend Mass Effect Andromeda to anyone but the most diehard fans. The multiplayer experience is full of bugs, terrible balance, and a slow progression system that basically requires cash on hand. The single player experience is decent but lacks any sense of polish and refinement of the last series. Pass on this unless it gets some major patches done.… Expand
  90. Derf_Xephon
    Apr 4, 2017
    0
    Buggy piece of crap that needed a better budget or to be in development longer. Writing is terrible and the story is predictable and boring. EA has turned yet another great franchise into garbage.
  91. Aldo_Drako
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    This game is just such a disappointment . Average game .... For Mass Effect game its a bad game , very bad game ... 5 years of developing ....facepalm
  92. Llame
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    Would give it a 4/10, but -4 because I feel used and scammed. BARELY playable (I can't load save games without restarting the whole game for example), and even when it is playable it's average at best.
  93. RodKratos
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Meu Deus do céu que porcaria de jogo é esse, nossa a bioware acabou com a franquia, só tem grafico o jogo
    ridiculo, jogabilidade bosta, expressão facil horrivel.
  94. Rangar
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Настоящий ужас и халтура, с таким бюджетом создать "это"? Черт с этой анимацией, потерпим, но кто писал сценарии, сайд квесты и главный сюжет? Группа школьников вперемешку с дцп больными? Откуда взялись такие наивные, детские диалоги? Почему персонажи толком не прописаны?
    Что за квесты в стиле иди и просканируй 10 растений, иди и просканируй кабель, иди и просканируй 10 камней, ЧТО ЭТО    Настоящий ужас и халтура, с таким бюджетом создать "это"? Черт с этой анимацией, потерпим, но кто писал сценарии, сайд квесты и главный сюжет? Группа школьников вперемешку с дцп больными? Откуда взялись такие наивные, детские диалоги? Почему персонажи толком не прописаны?
    Что за квесты в стиле иди и просканируй 10 растений, иди и просканируй кабель, иди и просканируй 10 камней, ЧТО ЭТО ТАКОЕ? Какой гений придумал опен ворлд сделать тупо пустым?
    Я удивляюсь как кому-то могла понравиться боёвка: оружия не чувствуется, никакой отдачи, никакого ощущения попадания, ощущения, что стреляешь по уткам времён Денди. Ужасно, эта игра от силы находится на уровне Альфа-теста    … Expand
  95. jcolin
    Mar 23, 2017
    1
    This is very disappointing. They completely **** over male/male relationships. Just about every female I encounter I can flirt with, but you only get 2 m/m options and theyre not even well done. Then the scenes are vanilla compared to hetero, you can tell the developing team did not even want to put it in the game. Bioware did a total betray, after leading the game industry inThis is very disappointing. They completely **** over male/male relationships. Just about every female I encounter I can flirt with, but you only get 2 m/m options and theyre not even well done. Then the scenes are vanilla compared to hetero, you can tell the developing team did not even want to put it in the game. Bioware did a total betray, after leading the game industry in progressiveness. The gameplay is alright, but they also seemed to screw over pure biotic/tech players as there are a million different guns and only 3 ability slots. Sure you can switch your loadout, but then they all go on cooldown and it really messes up the flow of action. The cryo perks are mostly about crafting which is mostly about weapons, so once again, it's all about non-tech/biotic builds. Also the plot...The whole "youre the only one who can save the world so special everyone follows you" trope was fun for one, maybe two games, but it's boring now, The story itself doesn't seem very original, making me roll my eyes more times than feel any sense of wonder.… Expand
  96. blackhind
    Mar 22, 2017
    1
    Horrible. Very bad game. Strong sense of disappointment.
    Bad disigne, very bad writing and characters, bad graphic for 2017. About the animation I say nothing, by the way is not the worst in the game. Poor almost everything.
    Bioware Monreal (BM) was the creator of this game, not Bioware Edmonton (BE). BM had never made the game AAA level just DLC. The result is natural. The fact that    Horrible. Very bad game. Strong sense of disappointment.
    Bad disigne, very bad writing and characters, bad graphic for 2017. About the animation I say nothing, by the way is not the worst in the game. Poor almost everything.
    Bioware Monreal (BM) was the creator of this game, not Bioware Edmonton (BE). BM had never made the game AAA level just DLC. The result is natural.
    The fact that the EA has published the game in this state demonstrates that it minimizes the losses. MEA will never be better. And it's really sad.    … Expand
  97. SmORC
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    There are only two things I can say:

    1) Do you want to play an actual RPG, with an engaging storyline? Take the Witcher 3. 2)Do you want to play an open world game with different things to do in it? Take GTA 5. So far, ME:A shows very little innovation in it's actual gameplay. It is the same schtick again: Go explore and then go full shooting gallery with a cover based system. Oh    There are only two things I can say:

    1) Do you want to play an actual RPG, with an engaging storyline? Take the Witcher 3.
    2)Do you want to play an open world game with different things to do in it? Take GTA 5.

    So far, ME:A shows very little innovation in it's actual gameplay. It is the same schtick again: Go explore and then go full shooting gallery with a cover based system. Oh okay, now you can also slide/rocket jump into and out of cover, but essentially it is the same. The gun is still the meat and bones of this title and with a budget of 40.000.000 dollars this shouldn't be the case. Another bugbear of this is the ever slow retardation of the dialogue system. There's the wheel, which now uses even less words and instead uses little symbols and keywords.

    Welcome to (BIOWARE) RPGS in 2017.    … Expand
  98. chettrockwell
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Extremely bad design and graphics, full of bugs and incomplete. As a fan of the previous games in this series it pains me to say this. Complete trash.
  99. x2ruff4u
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    This deserves no Mass Affection.

    I keep it short:

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

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

    Sad, but true.
  100. shelly366
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    EA / BIOWARE : Well done. You really screwed us over again. From Mass effect 3 endings to the worst Mass effck-up.

    REST OF THE WORLD: take note. This is how you not make a game.
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Critic score distribution:
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 61
  1. Power Unlimited
    Oct 19, 2017
    78
    It might be the biggest, most complex and action packed game in the franchise, but Mass Effect: Andromeda is also the least convincing one. The dated facial animations, the inconsistent writing quality and the regularly occurring bugs take you out of the experience too often. On top of that, BioWare has not used the concept of a whole new universe to its full potential, which often makes it feel like Mass Effect: Andromeda has not left our Milky Way at all.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Jul 7, 2017
    70
    While it’s underwhelming in places, there’s a lot to like as you venture into the weirder parts of Andromeda. Frequent technical issues hamper the experience a bit, as does an uninspiring main story. [June 2017, p66]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jun 6, 2017
    81
    A welcome, if slightly patch return for Mass Effect. The script has problems, but combat is bloody brilliant. [May 2017, p.62]
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